Mustang: The Road to Redemption

Chapter 19: One Last Talk

Six days would pass after Alex's reunion with his mom.

In the time that passed, nothing really changed or felt different with her arrival.

It was almost like Akari had never left at all to begin with.

As New Year's drew closer and closer, the mother and child had spent a lot of time hanging out around the city catching up with one another on extra and unimportant details that they just found interesting.

Thankfully Rita and Kaitlyn got quickly adjusted to the two new occupants as now the mom and Rita would share chores amongst one another, though Alex was still adamant about paying rent himself despite Akari's insistence that she pay it instead.

Just like they did for his birthday and Christmas, the CPUs would hold another party this time for New Year's at the Lastation Basilicom once again.

Though Alex found three parties in one month a little excessive, he quickly accepted Uni's invitation since he knew what was gonna go down that Nighy.

The fated showdown with his father.

Naturally, his mom would question him if he stepped out extremely late had he stayed home so Alex decided to use the CPU's party as a way to sneak out to the slums as he'd head there after the party was over.

After he had accepted the invite, Alex quickly called his mom to inform her about the party.

Though upset, she was fine with it as long as he promised to be back before midnight to see the fireworks with her.

The boy agreed and promised even though he knew he more than likely wasn't gonna be able to see them this year.

Eventually, the fated day would come as today was the thirty-first of December.

Alex would spend a majority of the morning and afternoon with his mom and Rita as he helped the two run some errands as they planned to make a nice dinner for the occassion.

After returning to the apartment and putting the stuff away, sunset had arrived as Alex began to make his way over to the Basilicom.

He made his way up to the living room and from there he'd spent the rest of the night as truthfully nothing was much different for this party compared to the last two.

Everyone was there as well as Kunsil too.

Currently, Alex was sitting on the couch alongside Uni as he checked the time on his phone.

It read, "11:00 P.M."

He felt like now was the right time as he got up from the couch.

"Sorry Uni but I better get going." He said.

"Hm? Why?" She asked.

"I promised my mom I'd get back home before midnight. She really wants me to watch the fireworks with her."

"Okay but, there's still a whole hour left."

"U-Um, better to be safer than sorry r-right?" Asked Alex in a nervous tone as he hoped Uni wouldn't question him any further.

Thankfully the Candidate just sighed, seemingly believing his excuse.

"Oh alright." She said, getting up and kissing Alex on the cheek. "Happy New Year."

"Happy New Year to you too Uni."

The couple shared a quick hug before Alex entered the elevator, going down to the ground floor as he walked out of the Basilicom, entering a nearby alleyway as he rummaged through a duffel bag he had left there before the party started.