Mr Farouk and mr ajayi

Chapter 23 - parents

Back at home : 4:30 pm
Youseff is pacing up and down the living room murmuring a bit to himself . " what if they are really horrible to you though ?" He turned to Nathan and stopped pacing
" I'm sure it will be okay , you don't need to worry about anything "
" we will see , but if they say anything please just ignore them "
" it's just your parents seff , it's all good "
Youseff sat next to Nathan on the sofa and kissed him gently " thank you for being there for me "
" I love you so it's sort of my job "
They both chuckled
Youseff leant towards Nathan and kissed him again softly on the lips and put his hand on his face pulling him closer . " I love you too "
They began cuddling on the sofa , youssef stroking  his hand softly through his boyfriend's thick coily hair . Nathan rubbing up and down seff's  thigh until a there was a knock on the door . " shit " Youseff  said under his breath .
They both stood up and then Nathan sat back down awkwardly on the arm of the sofa as seff opened the door . " hello " he said trying to sound enthusiastic
" y'alright youssef ? " said a deep voice
" yeah good ,  how are you dad ? "
" mhm "
Youseff walked back into the lounge with his mum and dad trailing behind . Giving Nathan a very fake looking smile .
He stood from the arm of the sofa and went to shake hands with his father . " I'm nathan nice to meet you " he said . But was just looked at and not shaken hands with and got a blunt reply " Joe "
Joe was rather scary looking , essentially a bigger , taller greyer haired version of seff . But with large gold chains and rings that were probably more expensive than anything Nathan could afford .
He then turned to his mum and got a similar response " becca " she seemed more timid , smaller . She looked permanently pissed off and like she really don't want to be here .
" nice to meet you both "
There was a silence hanging over the room until broken by youssef " should we all sit down  then ?"
" yeah " both parents replied
" tea ?"
" gwon then " his father said
He then walked out the room leaving Nathan alone with them
" so why are you here then Nathan ?"
A very forward question he thought  but he had to gather some kind of answer before they got suspicious " just staying here a while as some , uh repairs are happening at mine "
" yeah could have gotten out the house while I was visiting my son though couldn't you ? "
" uh I suppose yeah " he awkwardly laughed almost begging for seff to come back and help him out of this .
" what do you do as a job then ? " Joe  continued
" I'm an art teacher at Truman high school , just round the corner "
" art ? Where's that going to get you ? "He laughed
" well .. I just really enjoy it I suppose , get lots of experience working with kids . Very helpful job "
" won't get enough money out of teaching , that's why I hate that youssef does it . Gets him nowhere "
Just then he walks  back in holding 3 cups of tea . Handed one to becca and one to Joe and one to Nathan .
" so he's staying then ? " his dad began again a bit more shouty this time
" well yeah he does live here " seff responded
" he said he was just staying while his house was under repair what do you mean living here ?" He was getting more angry, you could almost feel the heat coming off his face
" he lives here okay , not that big of a deal , right ?"
" of course it's a big fucking deal youssef I want him gone . At least while I'm here . "
" he isn't going dad , okay so just get over it ."
It was getting more heated and becca began to look more and more uncomfortable and Nathan watched for a while but tried to intercept " come on let's  change topics now "

"Shut up you ! No youssef I won't get over it I'm not having him here while I am . While I have to look at him and I have to sit talking to him acting like I give a shit about him . You shouldn't give a damn about him either "
" well . Uh well "
Seff was stuttering over his words and Nathan was puzzled of what was going to happen but stood up from the arm of the sofa just in case something kicked off .
" well he's my fucking boyfriend dad and I love him and there's nothing you can do about it and if you don't like it just leave "
Nathan was stunned , incredibly proud, but stunned .

The silence was almost deafening

" what do you mean youssef " becca chipped in
" I mean , mum , he's my boyfriend and we've been going out since the start of summer "
"That's about 5 months why am I only hearing this now ?!" She shouted
" because I knew both of you would act like pieces of shit about it !" He shouted back even louder
Joe was just sat on the sofa with his head in his hands shaking with anger , face red . He suddenly stood up and got right up in youssef face. " no son of mine will be a fucking fag . You hear me youssef ? You will break up with him . NOW ."
" NO . I'm not going to . Im not 13 years old anymore . You don't get to control anything I do . You dont have a say in my life or who I choose to date . It's my life not yours and if you don't like it then just piss off "
Joe turned and grabbed beccas arm "fine , but I hope you know this is that last time you will see me . "
" whatever " seff said as they both turned and slammed the door on their way out .
Nathan turned to youssef and hugged him tightly and whispered in his ear " I'm so proud of you "
Seff hugged back and kissed his neck softly and let out a big sigh " I think it's safe to say I will never let my parents come round again "
" I'm sorry seff , that was so horrible for you "
Youssef pulled out of the hug " no don't say that , I'm more worried about you . My dad said some horrible things and I'm so sorry "
" it's okay , I'm not worried about it ."
" as long as your sure nath ?"
They kissed softly in the lips and slumped back down heavily on the sofa in each others arms
" that was a very eventful 15 minutes " Nathan joked
They both laughed and held each other close .