The Many Adventures Of Rivers the Dad

The beginning (Age: 7)

You were hoping to get adopted before your 7th birthday, but that had passed a month or so since. You hated it here, you saw all the shows of those nice big happy families. Oh, family. You never had one before, you've been here since you were a baby. 

And you've had so many interviews with so many couples. A couple of them stood out to you these last couple of weeks or so, but none of them came back.

"(Y/N)! Get ready and come down here please!" Your case manager called up to you. 

You quickly brushed your hair. Another interview, you think. 

You start to run down the stairs, eager and filled with hope. You're stopped midway down by your case  manager. "Where are your things, (Y/N)?" 

You look at her curiously. "My things? Am.. Where am I going?"

"Didn't the caretakers tell you? A family chose you, you're going home with them! You're being adopted!" She says excitedly. 

"Ooh! By who? Who am I going home with?" You ask her as you eagerly turn and start walking back up the stairs to quickly pack your things.

"Oh that nice sweet couple that you said you wanted to stay with a few weeks ago. Kyoko and Rivers. The Cuomo's" She said as she watched you grab your suitcase and start stuffing your things in it.

"Oh, Rivers! Was he the one that wore those big glasses and looked kind of like a big nerd?" You say taking your couple sets of clothes hanging up off of the hangers.

Your case manager laughs. "Ah, yes, that's the one. I feel like you'll be well, they both seem so very sweet and caring."

You zip up your suitcase. "I'm so excited! I'm going to miss you, Mrs. Law Lady!"

She laughs and starts walking you downstairs. When you get to the bottom of the stairs you can see them.

"Hi! Hi! I'm (Y/N)! You know that!" You say excitedly.

Kyoko and Rivers both give you the biggest smiles. "Hi, (Y/N)!"  Rivers says as if he's just as excited to adopt you as you are to be adopted.

They sign some more last minute paperwork, and then take you to the car.

"Hey, um, Rivers? Kyoko? What am I supposed to call you?" You ask after a couple minutes of silence on the car ride.

Kyoko is driving but you see her make eye contact with Rivers for a second before Rivers answers.

"Oh, kid, call us whatever you want! We're not going to make you call us Mom or Dad or anything, its up to you. Whatever you're comfortable with. You can call us Rivers and Kyoko, or you can call us Mom and Dad, you can start with our names now and call us Mom and Dad later, or you don't ever have to call us that if you don't want. Just whatever you want, okay?" Rivers says, sincerely.

"Oh," You say, thinking for a minute. "I think I'm going to call you Rivers and Kyoko. For now." 

When you arrive at their house, you're overwhelmed with excitement. A house. A real house. 

The couple walk you to your own room. They seemed to have prepared it for you. The room has blue walls and a bed, with a set of blue and green sheets and blankets on the bed. Next to the bed is a little table with a plain white lamp. Along the wall, near the closet is a dresser, its black and white. Along another wall a few shelves, with various things on it.

Rivers cleared his throat before speaking. "So, we didn't know what colors you liked,  so we figured blue was a safe choice, its the color of the sky, um.. Same with the green on the bed set, the sky, grass, trees, whatever.. nature is pretty universally appreciated, i think." 

He pauses for a moment to see your reaction. You're standing there amazed that you have a house, a room, your own bed. He chuckles a little. 

"Uh, over there is a dresser for your regular everyday clothes and stuff, and there's a closet for you nicer clothes, oh and over here!" 

He points at those shelves. "I didn't know if you liked music or even really knew any, so here's my old record player, it still works I just got a newer one, and a few of my my favorite albums. There's a radio, its also a CD player, but most of the CDs I have are the same as the records I have. Uh, I got you a nice set of headphones, sitting there, you can plug them in to either of those, if you want to listen louder without bothering us if its late or something." 

He looked over to you and tilted his head in the direction of the shelves.

You walk over and see the artists and albums he had there. Nirvana, Prince, KISS, Aerosmith, Van Halen. Just tons and tons. You'd heard some of these songs, probably, on the MTV channel.

"Wow!" You run over to the two and hug them tightly. "Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! This is so cool! It's so awesome! You guys are the best!"

And, so begins the memories that you, Rivers and Kyoko shall make and share together.