Optimasolaris (Kirito x Eugeo AU)

灰色と青

[Kirito POV]

"Mum? Dad? I'm home," I called out, looking around. A few seconds later I heard Mum travelling down the stairs at speed and looked at me concerningly.
"Kazuto! Sugu!" She hugged me tightly, and the last time she hugged me like this was when she saw me awake after the SAO incident. "Why are you getting yourself involved in these dangerous things..." I slowly released myself of her embrace, and wiped a tear off her face.
"Why are you so scared about this? It's not like SAO anymore, I won't die in real life if I die in VR..."
"You've got it all wrong. Look at this!" She got her phone out and unlocked it, and it opened to a news page.

The Japanese government has admitted to making a close call a few hours ago. Kenshi Nagashima, head of the Japanese Cyber Security Department has stated that there was a chance all VR players fighting in the Security Chamber Conflict, both American players or Japanese, could have suffered severe brain damage or even death whilst they were trying to shut down the server to end a 3 day war. The risk was unknown to them until around 9 o'clock this morning. Mr. Nagashima also made an announcement that after finding this out himself, he would be stepping down from his position and will leave the government as soon as possible.

I couldn't read anymore as she had turned off her phone and hugged me again.
"I didn't know... I'm sorry for making you worry about me again, but in my defence that wasn't my fault..."
"It doesn't matter anymore," she said back, starting to sob. "Both of you are here now and that's what matters." Dad soon came downstairs, analysed the situation and gave me a hug too. Sugu followed him as she felt left out.
"Ok! That's enough now, I'm fine, I can't breathe... Let go of me, damnit..." They obeyed, and Mum kept wiping her tears.
"I'm very happy you're safe, Kazuto." Dad held in a tear, as he was starting to go pink. "As for you, Sugu, we were even more worried about you."
"It's OK Papa, if Big Brother is going to fight I'm going to join him!" she said confidently. Mum started crying when she heard that, knowing that there will be another time in her life where she'll be involved in something really serious.
"Oh, how you've grown up, Sugu..." She continued crying, and Dad hugged her. Sugu got confused again.
"Why are you crying? Nothing bad happened..."
"Sugu, why don't you go play?" I told her. She nodded and ran off to the living room. I need to get the announcement over with.

"Mum, Dad. I haven't come here to tell you we're both alive. I have an announcement to make, and I'm not sure how you will react to it. You may be fine with it, you may hate me, I don't know." Both of them started making worried faces, but seemed prepared anyway. "I wanted to get this over with as quick as possible so the thought wouldn't keep messing with my head." I sighed and looked down, my stomach starting to churn and make me feel uncomfortable. "It's only been this way for a day, but... but..."
"But what? Please tell us, Kazuto. We're you're parents, and you don't need to be scared about telling us things," Mum reassured.
"Sorry. I was getting nervous." I made a sharp inhale and looked back at them with a serious face. "Mum, Dad, I'm bisexual and I'm going out with a boy." I thought about what might happen. They might hate me. They might love me. I squinted, the images of every outcome playing in my head. I got a third hug from my mum, who managed to repress her emotions.
"Kazuto... I'm completely OK with that. I will always continue to support what you do as your mother. I don't care if you end up gay or homeless. I'll always be there for you." My face lit up and I put my hands around her back. I looked over at Dad, whose glasses almost fell of.
"D-Dad? Are you OK with this?" He seemed a tiny bit phased out.

Is he fine with it or not? Dad, come on, just tell me already!

"Oh, s-sorry. Yeah, I'm fine, this all just happened so quickly. I didn't really suspect a thing."
"Neither did I. I-I promise though, my boyfriend is the nicest person you'll meet..." Dad didn't respond, and walked to the living room, smiling. It wasn't genuine, and I knew that. There was something about this that my dad didn't like. I whispered my mum's name and told her he'd left us, and made a sad face.
"Y-Yuuki? Is something wrong?" She let go of me and ran after him, and I stayed at the door, sighing. It wasn't as bad as I thought, but I know from this point on Dad would see me differently. Luckily for now things weren't getting heated, so I didn't have to bring Eugeo in to help me.