miranda's 'family'

Part 49: Re-union II

After a solid minuet of him ranting at me, i was hurt yes but i knew it would help him. The duke just watched the events unfold infront of him and i just stayed there knelt down as Karl paced the area.  He let out a sigh and walked back over to me, his eyes still burned with the fuel of hate but they became tamed and coated with sympathy. 

"Im sorry kid, that was uncalled for especially in public."

He offered me his hand and i took it, getting pulled up i stumbled and he caught me, a hollow laugh escaped me as he rolled his eyes, face plastered with a smirk.  

"Sooo shall we head back to yours then?"

"Yeah that might be a good idea as its beginning to get later. Come on then, by the way i havent fully forgave you for leaving me"

"Wouldnt expect you to in all fairness."

He laughed and we began to walk towards the factory, karl grabbed the bag of things and set off. 

My chest felt weird as seeing him made me remember all the good times and how he protected me from it all. I hung back a bit as he walked forward, my mind filling with all the good times we shared. I wanted to tell him everything how  was taught by donna all the basic like what bela and the sisters did for me. How i now know how to build and read blue prints, i can do so much but so little as well. I did miss him, however i remember what drove us apart.

"Oi! You coming or just gunna stand there?!"

"Yeah yeah im coming dont worry your little head"

"What was that"

"Nothing"

"Sassy like always"

"I learnt from the best"

"...didnt think donna was sassy?"

I slapped my forehead, karl laughed and raised and eyebrow.

"Fucks sake"

I mumbled under my breath with a exasperated sigh, Karls head quickly turned to me and i went red. He spun on the spot and rested on his hammer.

"Pardon?"

"Oh nothing nothing lets get moving before it gets dark shall we"

I paced passed him and i heard a sigh then a tug on my wrist.

"Slow down okay, ive lost you once i dont want to do it again,oh and also mind your fucking language"

A sly smile crept on his face as he said the final sentence. However i heard his voice break during the first sentence, he tried to hide it with a cough but failed miserably.

We laughed all the way to the factory and i was almost in tears as he had not changed one bit with his bad dad jokes and humour.  It feels like nothing happened between us yet there is this tension in the air that weighs on my lungs.

We reach the factory, i can already hear the machinery running. Much louder than I remember. Seeing the smoke rise into the darkining sky Karl looks at me. His face sending mixed messages.

He looks happy to see me and that however something was off he often avoided eye contact or just looked straight through me. It undoubtedly felt like i was a ghost to him sometimes, we reached the gates in a silence that deafened me. Walking through the over grown fields i saw visions of me, a younger me, running through them and getting chased by karl. Letting out a sigh i wandered into the factory. Home.