Yuna Inspired: Our Virtual Family

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Logan and Hana sat on the bench. He popped open the coffee drink and handed it to her, and she accepted it and took a sip.

"Thanks. For what you said earlier," he said.

She smiled at him. "That's what friends are for."

He laughed and returned a smile. "I'm glad you're my friend."

She turned shy.

Just then, a security guard approached them. "Kids, you two lost?"

Logan stood up. "No, Sir. I'm waiting for the five o'clock stop, and she's keeping me company."

The security guard walked away, trusting them.

The moment Logan sat back down, Hana sent him a look that demanded answers.

She asked through gritted teeth, "What do you mean you're waiting for the five o'clock stop? You didn't say anything about that. To where? Why?"

"By kicking me out, my father meant for me to not stay in the same city as him. That's how far he wants me to be away from them."

She stood up and scoffed. "But he's hardly home! He's married to his lab work." She was too loud and woke up the infant, and it started crying.

Logan panicked. He didn't want to go through the baby's crying again.

As an instinctive response, Hana's body moved on its own to the wailing baby. She carefully took the baby out of the basket and rocked the baby. She playfully tapped the infant's chin as she murmured some baby sounds to tell the baby that someone was there. She smiled when the baby went back to sleep again. "How many months?' she asked, looking back at her friend with glowing eyes.

His eyes widened. "Don't tell me—you! You can't fawn over it!"

"She's so cute! Who could ever throw this baby away?" She planted a gentle kiss on its forehead.

He turned to the side and muttered, "Apparently, it isn't cute enough for its mother."

"Logan!" hissed Hana. "And stop calling the baby, 'it'. Boy or girl?"

"Boy."

"A boy?" gasped an excited Hana.

"What's up with you?"

"I've always wanted a boy. I think most moms want sons first to be the big brother to protect the younger ones. I want that kind of family."

"I thought girls would want girls so that they could do girl stuff together."

Hana sat down with the baby asleep in her arms. "Well, that too, but I know girls can grow up to become a bit dramatic. You know...like..."

"Like Hailey."

The friends laughed.

Hailey came from a rich family, but she wasn't spoiled nor snobby. She could be feisty though, and she had little tact. She spoke whatever came to her.

"Then what about the baby?" Hana asked. "What about you?" Finally, she asked the painful question of them all. "What about us?"

It was quiet between them again.

He had too much to think about on his mind now, but hearing the questions out loud stabbed his heart. "Well, I'm thinking that with all the money I have, I'll travel along 'til I find an old couple that would take me in, and work with them for life." He then glared off into the distance as his imagination got to him. "Then, when this brat grows up, I'm gonna force him to pay me back for all I've done for him."