Yours to take

Chapter 35

"By the way, mom dad... Uncle had a guy as his lover... You didn't had a problem with that? or thought it was weird?" , He asked hesitantly.

Tamako and Nobisuke glanced towards each other before looking back at him, Daiken kind of understood why he asked such a question.

"No son, of course not. Love is a feeling that can evolve between any two individuals, it doesn't specifically have to be a boy and a girl. It's just a stereotype set by us, human society, according to their standards that love can only happen between a boy and a girl, forgetting that love has nothing to do with genders but it's a feeling that connects two hearts" , Tamako answers with a soft smile.

"Your mother is right and we understand that son so we never have thought it to be weird or had a problem with that" , Nobisuke speaks adding behind Tamako, "What we wanted and still want is the happiness of our loved ones, that's all that matters to us."

After hearing their understanding and reassuring words, Nobita felt like some kind of burden had been lifted off of his heart. He now didn't have to worry about getting his parents upset by not meeting their expectations, he felt truly relieved.

He nods, mumbling a small thank you and goes upstairs to his room with the album.

"He will be okay right?" , Tamako asks, worry itches on her face again as soon as Nobita was out of sight, "we did the right thing?"

"Tamako don't take stress.. Nobita is a big boy now and he has grown more mature than boys his age. He said he needs time to sort out and regulate his memories and feelings, just trust him, he'll be fine" , Akira says to reassure her, clearly understanding her worry as a mother herself.

"Akira is right, love.. just give him some time" , Nobisuke adds, reassuring her, "And we are here for him too, to support him in any case".

Tamako nods at their words of reassurance but her worry did not seem to lessen.

There on the other hand, Nobita was sitting on his bed in his room, going through the album again. Feeling unsure how to feel about knowing he had an uncle.
How should he feel about knowing about a person who didn't even exist in his world until now.

He should be sad knowing he had an uncle who died saving him right?

But he wasn't feeling anything. He just stared at that person in those photos trying to feel the lost connection but he was having a real hard time. Instead, a feeling of guilt started pooling in his chest.

The day goes by and he lays in his bed as sleep evades him with all that going through his head, all things that happened, replaying in his head. He sits up, leaning to the headboard of the bed, taking his phone in his hands. He wanted to talk to someone.

"Hey bro.." , he sends, shortly adding after, "are you still awake?"

He fidgets with his phone, waiting for a reply from the other side for a while.

"Yes bro I'm still awake" , comes a reply from the other side, "was watching a drama but what are you doing still awake?'

"Can I call? I want to talk to you about something.."

As soon as he said that, his phone rang up. He picks up the call, "what is it that you want to talk about?" , comes the voice from the other side.

"Bro first promise me you won't think I'm weird"

"Hey where did that come from?.. When was it that I didn't understand you or thought you're weird?"

".. you didn't.. but I was saying just in case.."

"Okay okay I promise I won't think you're weird" , Suneo says to reassure him.

Nobita tells him about what happened that day from the start. Suneo listened to everything quietly, taking note of Nobita's tone and his emotions.