Log On: KHR Reality

40 - The Red-Haired Boy

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Author's note: Hello readers! We're posting two chapters to make up for the long time we took for the previous one. Hope you guys enjoy reading, and thank you all so much for your support so far! :)

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About 9 years ago...

"Are you sure we have to go through with this, Tobu?"

"They might be obscure now, but it's not wise to anger them. I believe it would be best to invite them over and see what they have to say first before finding a way to reject them..."

"So you're against the idea as well, am I correct?"

"Of course I am! Why would I agree to something like that?! I don't get why they would decide to make themselves known after hiding for the past ten generations, not to mention there's no way I could give her up like that!"

"Daddy, Mummy, what's going on?" Five-year-old Utau asked in confusion as she looked up from her sketchbook. For a while, her parents had been discussing something within themselves that seemed serious, and she couldn't help but wonder what it could be about.

Startled, the two of them turned towards their daughter. Shinko hurriedly smiled back and knelt to meet Utau at eye level.

"This is an adult's talk, Utau. We'll talk to you more about this next time, okay?"

"Eh..." She puffed up her chubby cheeks in frustration. Adult talk? Seriously? It's a shame she was stuck in this childish body of hers...

"We won't talk to you about it now, but we'll tell you in the future when you're all grown up, okay?" Tobu smiled warmly at her as he patted her head, causing her to let out a sigh as she relented.

"Ah, that reminds me," Shinko suddenly spoke up once again. "Utau, we will be expecting guests this coming Saturday, so that means you will have to dress up more formally, okay?"

"Guests?"

"Mm-hm! Guests from afar who want to pay a visit to your Daddy. I'll make sure to get your pink dress prepared as soon as possible, okay?"

Utau grimaced internally. She didn't mean that frilly pink dress, did she?! The one dress that was sitting in her mother's closet, and the one her parents had decided that she was going to wear to formal occasions?! To be fair, she did think it was cute, but being someone who was mentally 16 years old and preferring tomboyish clothing in general, the idea that she had to wear that piece of 'kawaii' clothing made a chill go down her spine! Not to mention she hardly wore dresses in her past life and hence she was a little uncomfortable with wearing such outfits, even if she may feel strangely appealed by cutesy outfits once in a while...

Then again, she understood why. She was the only female child in the household, so she was the only one her mom could pamper with feminine items. Her mother previously had a hard life and could never enjoy all of these things that Utau herself had back in her childhood. Utau was sure that if her mother ever tried that on her older brother Kyoya, he would just try to escape...

... Or would he actually go along with it? To be honest, she wasn't sure. He did train to protect his mother after all of that BS her ex-husband had done to both of them. She couldn't help but thank god that her own father was extremely loving towards Kyoya and not just herself. Step-parent cliches were just one of the few things she didn't want to deal with.

Despite all of her distaste towards wearing that dress, Utau still forced a smile on her face as she nodded back. "Okay!"

If it was anyone else, Utau would have long kicked the living daylights out of whoever just requested for her to wear that sort of thing. This is just for her mom, after all.