Da Future

[50shadesofprotag]

Soooo in the future! Hilda managed to woo Silver and keep him for more than a week.

When Hilda's about 26 and Silver's 24, she's finally got him doing more "couple"-like things with her.




It's a good thing they're a somewhat decent age to be parents?

Comments

[tsuntrader]

[Nope, nope, nope. None of that registers. He's just going to scoop up his two kids and pull them into a hug, okay. Just. Come here. Come here, everything's okay.]

[morelikethedude]

[They accept hugs! They accept them wordlessly. Barett clings for a little longer, as Blue lets go to pass the note into her father's hand. Barett eventually does the same.

Blue's note says that some kid made fun of her for reasons not explained to them and got in trouble for verbal harassment, but Blue escalated the fight into a fistfight and is primarily responsible for that. She's getting a warning since it's her first day.

Barett's is simply a notice that he can't refuse to participate in PE and he should be encouraged to participate, he's not actually in trouble.]

[tsuntrader]

[Oh what are you hand...

Blue what happened to you

Who hurt my baby I'll-]

What happened to you? -We can talk about it while we walk home. [Not here. He'll read the notes eventually, but he'd rather hear things from Blue's own words than from reading them on a piece of paper.

C'mon, let's head home, guys. Walking and talking.]

[shhhspoilers]

[POUT POUT POUT. Barett clings desperately onto Silver's hand, but Blue only loosely holds her father's.]

I punched a stupid kid in the face! He was making fun of Barett and calling him fat and slow and stupid!

[Barett shrinks, at that...]

So I punched him in his stupid girly face!

1/2

[tsuntrader]

[...

They said what]

[tsuntrader]

[Hey. Hey. No. Take it easy.

...Grr...

Well, they're far away enough from the school.]

He had it coming.

[shhhspoilers]

Yeah he did! I hate them. They're jerks.

[tsuntrader]

[...Sigh.]

That still doesn't mean that you can just hit them, you know.

[shhhspoilers]

I'm not gonna let anyone pick on Barett!

[tsuntrader]

Listen to me, Blue.

[How does he explain this without being hypocritical?...]

Your school has rules that you have to follow. [This. This is a good start. Why does parenting have to be hard.]

[shhhspoilers]

...So I can beat them up outside of school?

[tsuntrader]

[Yes. Exactly.

-No. No. Ugh being a parent is so hard god dammit-]

No. You still go to school with them. Whether or not that kid deserved it, hitting him didn't make anything better. It didn't make him change his mind about what he said. He might make fun of both of you next time. The entire class might fear you because all they know is that you punched some kid. That's no way to get along or make friends with anyone, and it's gonna be a lot tougher going to school with a bunch of kids that don't like you.

The same goes for me too, you know. If someone ever said something bad about anyone in my family, I'd want to punch them too, but if I punched them, I could get into a lot of trouble. I might not be able to see you guys for a while.

You're a strong, bright, beautiful, and energetic girl with a lot to offer. Letting one kid ruin that for you thanks to a few dumb words he said is letting him win. He doesn't know what he's talking about.

[morelikethedude]

[Blue opens her mouth to protest, until Barett speaks up.]

It's my fault.

[tsuntrader]

No it's not, Barett. You didn't open your mouth and say those things.

[morelikethedude]

I wasn't running in PE...

[tsuntrader]

[...?] Why not?

[morelikethedude]

It made me too tired.

[tsuntrader]

[...] What about you, Blue?

[shhhspoilers]

I'm never tired!

[tsuntrader]

[That's...

He knows that Barett is more laid back, but... He shouldn't be too tired to do something like that at school. There's no way.

... ... ...

He turns to Barett.]

Try your best to get through the whole class tomorrow, alright? [Still, he looks concerned. Is that... normal? Are they just different? Or...]

[morelikethedude]

I don't really want to...

[tsuntrader]

But you have to, if it's a part of school.

Get through tomorrow. If it's really that bad, I'll see what I can do.

[morelikethedude]

[The confusion is clear on Blue's face, but she stays silent as Barett just sadly nods.]

[tsuntrader]

[...Hey. Don't make that face. Silver picks Barett up and gives him a little poke on his nose.]

And you're a strong, calm, sweet, and handsome boy. You're destined for as many great things as your sister is.

[morelikethedude]

[Barett hugs Silver around the neck, blushing happily. He nods! Blue is still silent...]