AnyaxFamily

Chapter I

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"Anya..? What are you doing?" A tall blond male asked, stopping in his cooking as soon as he noticed a small hand peek from behind the island counter.

A small squeak was heard before the hand disappeared and soft footsteps echoed to run away. The male, named Loid Forger sighed as he turned off the stove altogether before walking the short distance to the countertop to see what was it that the small hand tried to reach and saw the plate which contained the remaining peanuts he had awhile ago.

A smile tugged at his lips before it lowered and again a sigh escaped as he grabbed the plate of peanuts and walked in the direction where the footsteps had run off to.

"Anya? Did you want the peanuts? I can give you some if you promise not to eat too much since dinner is almost ready and you need to eat something other than these okay?" He called out to the dark room, knocking on the door despite it being open.

He waited, squinting his eyes in the darkness of the room that no child should be in but didn't want to turn on the lights in fear of scaring her further, the lights from the hallway could only do so much as light the place where he was in and could not spread further in the room while the large window had curtains over it thus the moonlight could not penetrate too much.

He waited a few more minutes, awkwardly staring at nowhere and everywhere around the room in hopes of catching a glimpse of his daughter despite the darkness, he was about to speak again when he glimpsed a small movement behind the small dresser.

He tried putting a small smile to his face and crouched down stiffly in his place to seem smaller while being careful of the plate he had, "Anya?" He called out as softly as he could, his voice nearing a bit above a whisper.

The small shadow behind the dresser stopped for a few seconds before it moved again, this time nearing him which made the smile on his face a bit wider and his posture to relax.

"Papa..." Came a small velvety whisper from the small girl as she moved and showed herself from behind the dresser, her eyes to the floor and her hands clutching tight to the pink lion plush.

"Hello Anya, did you want the peanuts?" Loid asked his daughter a smile still on his face but becoming more natural as his daughter slowly approached him.

Anya said nothing but gave a small nod, taking a small, quick glimpse at her father's face before immediately looking down again.

Loid's smile dropped a little at that action but tried to bring it back for the sake and improvement his daughter gave and her display of courage.

"Okay Anya, you can have some peanuts but please not too much because dinner is almost ready and you still need to eat okay?" Loid compromised as he offered the plate of peanuts to his daughter.

He watched as Anya let a hand go from their hold of the plush and approach the plate before grabbing a fistful of the peanuts, he smiled at the sight before slowly standing up from his crouching position after his daughter took a few steps back in what he hoped was a sign to give him space so he could stand rather than a sign of retreat to hide once again.

"Okay, I will go and continue making dinner, would you like to come with me and watch cartoons as you wait?" Loid asked Anya as he extended his hand that was not holding the plate towards her, in hopes that she reciprocated.

Silence ensued for a few seconds as he observed how she studied his hand and clenched hers that was still holding the plush before slowly it moved to reach his, her small pinky extended thus allowing him to hold it which made him smile.

"Thank you Anya, let's go? I will turn on the tv for you and give you the remote so you can watch what you want okay? But please do come when I call for you to eat dinner, is that alright?" He asked, his voice still soft and a smile though now real still on his face, as he looked down at his daughter.

Anya remained quiet for a few seconds before slowly nodding and letting out an audible hum of agreement as they walked down the hallway to the living where, as promised, Loid turned on the tv and gave the remote to her after she was able to climb and sit on the couch, before straightening up and raising his hand to which she flinched before relaxing when all that the hand of her father did was to give her a soft pat on the head.

Loid, no matter how much progress Anya showed to him, it still brought a twinge of hurt and sadness in his heart whenever she flinched or turned silent at any sudden movement.

' I'm sorry Anya for not being there for you sooner. Hopefully we, you, would be able to overcome this and return to what we were once or rather how I have remembered you to be. '

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Quick Note please read!!

Hello I would just like to explain a few things about the story aside from what I'm sure many of you have noticed hehe.. in this story Loid will be a psychiatrist only instead of also being a spy, same with Yor meaning she will only be an accountant in the Central Hall instead of also being an assassin (please excuse me if I got her job wrong 😅 I don't really remember what is it).
Also very important note!! Loid and Anya are biological father and daughter and the ex-wife that Loid has made up in the series is real but as to where she is and other things, you will discover them as you read and as I update hehe.

Again thank you for reading this story :) hopefully is up to your liking :) 💜💜