Red Herring

The Foreigner

I'm finally getting around to updating something, hurray! I hope that all your holidays were good and Happy new year! So I ended up listening to this song; Outsider by Eve which I felt fit pretty well with how this chapter will go. That is what Joji was for most of his childhood; an outsider, and I think that he'd still view himself as one even as a high schooler.

This update is long overdue, though it's been a rough month or so, so I haven't had the chance to update anything. I'm hoping to get this chapter out, a chapter for my Captain America fanfic, and possibly my Saiki k. fanfic done this month. I'm hoping I actually get that done. A new years resolution is definitely to get more writing done lol 

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THIS ISN'T THE SORT OF NEWS THAT Joji had thought his mother wanted to tell him today. It is surprising, to say the least. Any twelve-year-old would be a bit dumbfounded to be told that they were suddenly moving. Not only that but moving to a completely different country!

Here he sat, comfortable at the dining room table staring at his angelic mother who smiled apprehensively. Her crystal blue eyes were swimming in worry about the reaction of her son. The perfect smile on her thin lips was strained slightly and started to droop the longer Joji stayed quiet. She knows that this isn't exactly exciting news for her son to hear, but there wasn't much Eliza could do about it.

For all of Joji's life, he has lived with his mother in the heart of London in a posh apartment. The lavish lifestyle is all Joji has ever known. As well as a bit of an isolated one since he never really did anything a normal kid would. He's homeschooled, which in itself is not that strange for a child to go through, however, Joji has no friends. At least, no friends his age, since he would consider his elderly nanny his friend. That aside, Joji didn't have the normal life of most other children. Thanks to the fact that his parents were a part of the elite of the world, Joji was just about always spoiled by the best life can offer a little boy. However, Eliza's husband, Hideaki Endo, had practically demanded that she and their son move to Japan by the end of the month.

To have his life suddenly upended like this was a bit jarring for a young boy. Though there really wouldn't be anything too drastic with the move besides the change of scenery. It's not like the Endo family was unfamiliar with traveling around the world. Joji wasn't exactly new to the idea of going through customs and flying all the time thanks to his parents' work. Also, the fact that his mother likes to spoil him with lavish and exciting vacations for her little boy. However, moving was something entirely different.

"Japan?" He asked with a tilt of his head. "But why?"

Eliza sighed slightly, though her blinding smile barely faltered, "Daddy wants us to be closer to him. Especially now that his business is getting busier."

Joji has only ever lived in their home in London. While he's also been to Japan to visit family out there, he's never lived there before. He loves London, especially since it's Joji's and his mother's birthplace. Though Japan was his father's home country, so he also liked it quite a bit. Though moving there... That's going to be strange. His eyes then became alight with wonder and excitement as the idea really sunk in, "are we going to be living with daddy now?!"

Eliza laughed lightly at the obviously giddy child, "yes, of course."

Joji jumped up from his seat at the dinner table, "So we get to see more of him!"

His mother giggled at his enthusiasm. "Yes, dear. We'll be living with him permanently after this." Eliza loved the fact that her boy idolized his father, it's all she would have wanted for her children. After all, she knows what an amazing man her husband is, so it isn't much of a surprise to see her son so excited to get to see him more often. She doesn't like the fact that Hideaki is away almost all the time for business. She would argue with him about it most of the time. Though she knows it's a losing battle. He's a very, very busy entrepreneur. He's always traveling for work and has very little time to stay with his family. Hideaki visits them of course. If he didn't, then she'd have an even bigger issue with it. Though he never stayed in London long enough for his family to really be together. However, they found a solution!