senku / reader
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If love took the form of a door, Senku would never leave. If love took the form of spring, you would be kissing dandelions into the breeze.
Maybe if you did it enough times, Senku would grow curious from watch...
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Senku was still fourteen years old when he last saw his dad.
Christmas had just passed and his dad was visiting Japan to spend the holiday with him. Senku somehow convinced himself to stop working on his research about the whole petrification workload and celebrated winter with his old man.
Apparently, Byakuya will be boarding the Soyuz Spacecraft and entering the International Space Station when spring comes. Meaning he won't be able to visit his son for quite a while, so it wasn't a surprise that Byakuya went all out for the holidays.
This includes the new year's celebration.
If anyone were to hear about his dad's work, they would probably think Senku will feel a tiny bit sad knowing he won't be able to see his dad for a long, long time. But Senku likes to think otherwise. He wouldn't be really gloomy about it; if anything, he's slightly jealous.
Plus, it's not like he won't see his dad again. He'll just have to wait, he can do that.
Senku thought of himself as independent enough to live alone. He knows what's needed around the house, he knows how to cook his own food, and he knows how to handle money.
He doesn't want to admit it but Senku thinks that, with enough time, he'll grow to miss his dad.
So then he headed to town, a few hours before the arrival of a new year. After learning that his dad would return to the US right after new year, he figured that he might as well buy him a gift.
He thought of making something, but with the holidays making everyone too busy, he doubts he'll finish in time. So Senku just walks around the streets, glancing every so often at the shops and stalls that might interest his dad.
Buying a gift for him wasn't so difficult, after all the man likes a lot of things. He ended up buying that American songstress's holiday collection dvd. It had just been released and Senku remembered his dad mentioning about buying it when he first returned.
This saves him from staying out in the cold for too long. Senku wanted to get back immediately, the temperature felt like it's hitting its lowest at every passing second he remained outside.
Just when he was going back, Senku saw a bunch of kids with their parents pointing at some shop. It's a typical gift shop that families and friends would buy from during the holidays. He watches through the window as the shopkeeper wraps a product in a gift box before giving it to the purchaser.
It didn't take long before Senku also found himself inside the store. But he likes to think that it was because he needed warmth before he made his way back, and there was still a lot of time to spare before the clock strikes midnight.
So he takes a look around without the intention of buying anything.
But he looks at a foreign keychain hanging from an empty hook.
