ᴛᴇxᴛ ᴍᴇ ᴀɢᴀɪɴ | ᴀ ꜱᴇQᴜᴇʟ

Part 4

Sept 12
4:30pm

After greeting everyone at school, you started walking home as everyone else went their own ways. Scaramouche walked you halfway then changed paths to go to his own home.

There had been a strange feeling residing inside you the entire day, yet you decided to just ignore it. You assumed it was probably nothing important. Though, the feeling remained.

As you were approaching your house, you noticed an unusual figure standing outside your door. It seemed to be a man, and it looked like he was waiting for someone.

But when you walked closer and closer, you could feel yourself getting uneasy as you slowly started to recognize who the man was.

"What in the shit," you halted not too far from your home, but far enough for the man to not notice you right away.

You stood there in a state of confusion and shock. The man seemed familiar yet so strange.

Then it finally hit you. After remembering who the peculiar man was, you immediately took a few steps backwards. This had managed to catch his attention.

He looked your way and your eyes widened as your body frailed in disbelief. You hadn't seen your father in so long, you didn't even know how to react.

"Y/n, is that you?" Your father asked as he took a couple of steps forward. You didn't answer and simply just stared in disbelief.

"It's been so long, y/n. I'm so sorry for leaving you but I had no other choice. I will explain everything, I promise." As he continued his explanation, you felt more and more conflicted.

The correct words to say weren't coming to mind. Your thoughts were scattered everywhere trying to come up with a proper response.

But when the moment became silent and your father finished what he was saying, you said what you needed to. "Explain then."

Seeming a bit surprised by your straightforwardness, your father took in a deep breath. "Alright, I will explain."

You waited patiently for him to find the right words to explain himself. "I was going through a lot at the time y'know. I didn't want to tell you because you were so young and I didn't want you to worry. Things happened, and if I had stayed, I would've done more harm than good," he spoke in a different tone than before. This tone was more serious.

Although you could understand what he meant, it was still difficult for you to just forgive him for leaving you like that. After all, you could only blame yourself for him leaving at the time since you couldn't think of any other reason.

"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry for leaving you out of the blue. For not giving an explanation beforehand. I just didn't want to hurt you and your mother. I didn't want to make things worse. I wanted to protect you two," he continued.

You felt a bit of guilt for seeing your father like this. It was truly an unpleasant sight. One you wished you never had to see nor deal with.

"But I'm better now. I feel much better than before. That's why I decided to return. I understand if you don't forgive me, I wouldn't forgive myself either. But, I hope you'll atleast give me a chance to make it up to you and your mother," and with those words, he finished his explanation.

After noticing he was done, you spoke. "You're right about me not forgiving you right away. I mean, a lot has happened to both me and mom after you left. Mostly mom. But I guess since you are my father, I can give you one last chance."

You didn't want to say what you did. But you would've felt guilty if you didn't. He was your father and naturally, you had a soft spot for him. Especially since you two had been so close in the past.

But you still felt hesitant to forgive him after everything that happened. After all, if your father hadn't left, your mother wouldn't had ever done what she did to Scaramouche.

Recalling everything that had happened made it fairly difficult for you to just forgive the man.

Though, as you two kept conversing, you had forgotten you were still both standing outside of your house. Meaning, anyone could see you two.

And soon, another male approached the two of you.

"Who the fuck is he?"