𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬 [𝑆𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑢 𝐺𝑜𝑗𝑜]

𝐀𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐬

"What do you need, Satoru?" You're more than annoyed when you're called into his office. You cross your arms, raising your brow as you look at him. The man looks a little too comfortable in his chair, and you've seem to stop caring about how he behaves. If you looked closer, you'd see him fidgeting with his fingers, something he rarely does.

"I was wondering..." He begins, and you feel yourself get more and more irritated by the second. He's wasting your time. "Do you have any plans on Friday?"

"Work, and maybe take Ren to the movie theater to watch a new kids' movie." You answer, and at first you don't understand why he asks. But then it clicks, and you find yourself even more irritated than before... He's not planning on asking you out, is he? He's not crazy enough to do that, at least you hope he isn't. Satoru has changed a lot, you never know just how crazy he's gotten.

"Can we go out?" He blurts out, tripping over his words and it almost makes you laugh because he's so nervous. But then you realize that he's actually asking you out, and you furrow your brows.

"Ren is coming along, right?" You question before deciding to berate him. Maybe you're reading things wrong, and you don't want to argue with him for no reason, so you allow him to make himself clear. But he shakes his head, and you try to take a deep breath to gather your thoughts, "What do you want, Satoru?"

"I feel like we have to properly talk about everything, and sadly, we can't do that when Ren is around." Satoru says, and he isn't wrong, but you don't really want to fix anything if it means that you have to be alone with him for an extended period of time. You're not sure what you'd do if you were alone with him, the moment you get your hands on him you might strangle him.

"I don't feel like it's time yet, Satoru." You tell him, and he bites his tongue. He thinks of how to argue with you, make a point that going with him is a smart decision. It'll improve your relationship so you can be better parents to Ren.

"Ren notices there's something wrong with us and he wonders why." Satoru points out which isn't a lie. When Ren was staying over he asked why you were so mean to him or something like that, and Satoru didn't know how to explain himself. But he knows well that it isn't the reason why he's asking you to dinner.

"Why don't you tell him that it's because his dad is a little–" You begin but you cut yourself off. You're mad at him, you can't deny that, but it seems that he just wants to make sure your relationship is better so you can parent Ren cordially. You have been rather mean with him lately, so you'll control your tongue. "I just don't see the point of going out alone, our relationship can get better with Ren there.."

"Don't you want to talk about heavier topics? You'll have to tell me what's on your mind, and you know that having Ren there isn't the best idea." Satoru argues, and you hate the fact that he's actually making a good point. "It's a nice place."

"Fine, just text me the address and the dress code. Don't take me anywhere too fancy, I usually don't like the food there." You answer, and Satoru nods in response. He has very different plans. Ones that probably aren't crossing your mind.

– – –

Ren is fairly surprised when you tell him that you're going out with his daddy– And you aren't taking him along. He's unsure what you could possibly do, but when he hears that he's staying with your mom, he stops caring quickly. Ren loves spending time with his grandmother, so he doesn't have an issue being with her all night.

"Where are we going?" You ask Satoru when you get into his car, and he tells you that it's a surprise. You're not exactly excited nor do you wonder what the surprise is. The car ride is quiet, Satoru tries to make conversation that you don't care to engage in even though you know you should. This is to talk about the issues that you have, but you don't really want to talk.