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#Guess who watched Kuro Neko and wants to murder!!!
magical-awesome-kid · 2 years
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You ever think about how un-redeemable as a character Gabriel Agreste is?
Like he goes on and on about how he loves his son and his family but he's so... absolutely terrible? Negligent? Downright abusive? And like, we've seen, over and over again, that as soon as he finds out Adrien is Chat Noir, he'll destroy the boy's life to get what he wants.
Even worse, he never cares or even notices anything about Adrien unless it interferes with his plans or is related to the Miraculous. He notices that the ring looks familiar, but not that Adrien really wanted him to come to career day? Even after all the other parents put in so much effort? Never shows up to any event Adrien asks him to, but will notice Adrien calling Marinette a cute name in an alternate timeline and suddenly piecing together that his son is Chat Noir? Forgets his birthday and bans his friends from the house, but will absolutely use them for his own plans?
Like this guy is the worst. How in the hell did Emile ever see anything in him? How does Natalie continue to do his bidding? She's become crippled!
My thoughts? If Emilie is not a good person, I am going to personally book a trip to Paris, France, hunt down Zag, and drag whoever approved of this through the Sine before tossing them off the Eiffel Tower.
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into-september · 2 years
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to cross your DNA with something reptile
With the answer set to be given within the next couple of days (to what extent it even was a quesetion any more), I guess now’s the time for me to pull together the the threads from some three or four different drafts of blergh and explain why no amount of desperate positive takes has made me excited about the sentiadrien narrative. 
I’m putting this under cut because god knows I am myself tired of seeing this disc horse on my dash; I just need to get it out before whatever meltdown tomorrow will bring and because I’ll probably be AFK for most of it because Christmas is all around us (as evident in how I’m posting this between batches of Christmas sweets made with my sisters, thirty minutes before Kuro Neko drops. See you on the other side and DM me when the subs are out; spoiler tags shall be ON after this) (welp). I also want to stress that this is in no way meant as salt; I’m writing this from a place of profound love of this show, and I’m fully aware that it’s not that deep, sis. I’m not taking this terribly seriously because the show isn’t going to either, but. 
Well. 
Loving something for what it is does not mean that I have to deny its genre and target audience and they way they’ve previously dealt with anything demanding the audience to question the story. TL;DR, the inclusion of heavy existential themes into a story without the backbone to carry them is a substantial part of why my feelings about this are pretty much
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The title of this post isn’t completely random, and the lord only knows that my predictions about MLB are usually proven wrong. The show has done some legit clever storytelling before and I don’t doubt there’ll be more of it to come. Maybe they’ll pull this storyline and make something truly fantastic out of it, and that’s the hope. 
And that’s all I have.
I. The dubious narrative precedent
Miraculous Ladybug is this absolutely bonkers, absolutely adorable series of twenty-three minute episodes about two teenage superheroes who fight dinosaurse and weaponied pidegons and don’t know that they sit next to each other in class and are desperately in love. Yeah yeah there’s a magical terrorist posessing innocent citizens and sending them out on murder sprees weekly, but his presence is merely the excuse for having our two heroes look cool and be cute at each other. Miraculous Ladybug is very, very good at being that show. 
The introduction of season-spanning plot developments creates two issues. First, of course, is that breaking away from the formula means that Miraculous Ladybug no longer is that very thing I love. This has of course been what many fans have been crying for since like season two, so... good for you?
But that makes the second problem all the more urgent: The few previous times the show has batted its kitty-paws at more meaningful storylines, the results have been mixed. And by "mixed”, I mean “mostly not particularly good”. 
Succumbing to pessimism is an individual’s choice, and honestly: I can’t say I entirely have, because observe the prime example of my very objection - the fact that Season 4 includes a number of plot elements that by all accounts should have turned the story from the episodic nonsense to something at least somewhat more grave and comtemplative. Instead, the writers opted to let the characters almost uniformly ignore huge changes that should upset any status quo. In theory, it’s not terribly good writing to refuse to let universe-changing events have narrative consequences. In practice, it’s letting me continue to watch the same delighfully dumb show, so I’m not actually complaining. 
This is of course not to say that they won’t suddenly start being as good at writing long plots as they are at writing singular episodes, but the way S4 has gone about the other changes is not promising. And let’s be real: For all the good times they’ve given us, the writers of the show are not above being blatantly lazy.
The resident mean girl having a super sweet and super stylish and super sad sister who was introduced to the story completely out of the blue to instantly befriend the established cast, discover her silly stepfather’s abandoned dreams, and being given her undeserving sister’s miraculous the episode after she met Ladybug - that was a thing that happened. 
II. The thematic collapse
Either sentimonsters are merely objects to be used and discarded, or Gabriel and Nathalie are serial murderers. TPTB on are bending over backwards on twitter to deny the first and I sincerely struggle to see the show confirm the second, and that’s not indicative of a lot of thought having been put into this. 
III. The philosophical pretension
I don’t give a rat’s back end about the question of whether or not non-human intelligence should have their human rights recognised. IRL, it’s a hypothetical. In fiction, it is usually brought up to justify the existence of already beloved "artificial” characters. It’s not a question that merits discussion, unless it’s an allegory for recognising the humanity of real people who would somehow be dehumanised. And when we’re at that point, in a liberal western work in the twenty-first century, that would raise the question of who. Who are these people whose humanity is not recognised in our society? 
Not queer people or racial minorities - both groups are visibly present on the show and portrayed as no less included and accepted than the straight whites. A less usual suspect would be disabled people, particularly pertinent given that Adrien’s original character conception used a walking aid, but the prejudices they are met with are usually of a different breed entirely. The similar absence of lower class people and visible religious minorities is a flaw in the show, not society. 
Of course, I’m just being difficult. The question of does non-human intelligence deserve recognition on par with biological humans has been posed twice already and answered as the banality it is both times. Even without the pocket-sized alien gods making up the story’s entire premise and their recognition as individuals, Markov is human enough to be targeted for akumatisation at least twice, and Aeon’s death was so traumatic that it effectively ended Paris’ superhero duo until she personally put it together again. 
Unless there is something substantially more lore to sentimonsters than what we know at this point, sentiadrien can’t be included for the purpose of inciting any profound reflections about the human condition. Discount the existential horror that is every sentimonster’s fate, and we’re left with the magical equivalent of “found out I was adopted”. 
IV. The thematic collapse, part two
Unless Duusuu’s powers are permanently and fundamentally changed, ~senti representation~ is not something for which the show should strive, because real people living under that condition is, uh. 
Screwed up, to put it mildly. To recap: 
1. The point of Duusuu’s power is that whoever has the amok has control over the sentimonster, fully able to overide any free will it has and effectively render it a puppet at their command. The only known way a sentimonster can escape this fate is to have the amok item somehow embedded inside their bodies so that it can neither be lost nor reached by anyone else. 
2. When Duusuu’s powers are being used, the wielder can remove the amok as easily as plucking a hair from their head; they are figuratively holding the sentimonster’s beating heart in the palm of their hand. Even without the slavery to the amok, they are living under the threat of instant death at the hands of the peacock wielder. As the number of lost and found miraculouses on this show well proves, a sympathetic and trustworthy peacock wielder can never be taken for granted. As was demonstrated by Feast, eating your amok is no path to liberation from this master. The only known way a sentimonster can escape this fate is if Duusuu’s miraculous is cast into the fires of Mount Doom. 
V. (and you want to bridge the schism, a built-in mechanism to protect you) 
(the entire problem, the only problem, is that Duusuu’s power is to create life for the purpose of unconditional servitude. This is morally questionable if said life is clearly non-human and with limited degrees of intelligence [hence the name and the “goes ape crazy if amok is no longer in charge]. It comes a horror show of entirely different dimensions when it is used for creating life that for all intents and purposes is human and capable of participating in human society like any other person. Banana Boom Boom probably wouldn’t spend time mulling over his slavery to Queen Banana, but it is a crisis that could explain a lot of Felix’ allegedly uncharacteristically rotten attitude in his intro episode.)
(the question, then, is this: will Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir ever acknowledge that Duusuu’s power is so ripe for abuse that it should come with an ethical charter?)
(because lol, wasn’t it funny that Plagg sunkt the Atlantis. Isn’t it hilarious how Sabrina does Chloé’s homework in her closet. Wasn’t it just any akuma attack like usual that time a teenage girl disappointed in love drowned every person in western Europe except for a handful of middle schoolers)
(through real world lenses, Su-Han’s rage at finding the miraculous box in the hands of a fourteen year old girl is entirely justified. Per the established reality of canon, of course, he’s just a boomer)
(it’ll be fine as long as the person with the miraculous is noble and well-intended. And that’s easy, since there are only two kinds of people: Nice People, or Bad People. Sometimes Nice People do bad things under the influence of Bad People. That’s okay; they’ll come around. How lucky that Marinette always knows to which group a person belongs. This is a show for primary schoolers, it’s not that deep, sis)
(will Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir ever acknowledge that Duusuu’s power is so ripe for abuse that it should come with an ethical charter)
VI. And now for something completely different
Yeah yeah, I probably won’t be done with this anytime soon, because the narrative parallell between Gabriel’s “super strict parenting” and Adrien being a sentimonster whose amok is in posession of his father who also has the peacock miraculous cannot be an accident. One reflects in the other, and the yikes is twofold. 
First: We’ve by now got confirmation that the show isn’t out to thematise emotional abuse, since the head honcho denies that Audrey’s treatment of Chloé is causing harm, nevermind that the show clearly shows that it is. Of course, Thomas Astruc’s understanding of the semantics is one thing; another entirely is that it is in fact debatable to what extent Adrien is a victim of parental abuse. Not because Gabriel’s actions and attitude aren’t abusive, but because Adrien’s bottomless optimism lets him excuse it as the results of his father’s grief. Even though the neglect hurts him, he has yet to question whether he is worthy of his father’s love and attention. Dad’ll come around once he moves on, and Adrien’s self-worth remains solid. 
The audience, of course, knows that this is technically true but not for the reason Adrien thinks. The message, at any rate, remains the same: Gabriel isn’t treating Adrien badly because sometimes adults intentionally hurt their children. Gabriel is treating Adrien badly because he’s a supervillain, and if Adrien isn’t harmed then it’s not that bad, anyway. Certainly not next to the willingness to use the amok to force Adrien into hurting people he loves. 
(yes, I’m like 70% certain that a sentiadrien storyline will be part of a Gabriel redemption storyline, and I hate it here)
The other “hoe don’t” is the - mildly put - unfortunate implications in how sentiadrien has been affected by his father’s non-magical mistreatment. Namely, that the reason he "just puts up with it" is because the core of his existence is that his father literally can control his mind and his every action. 
Not because so many children will accept and internalise their parents’ abuse in the horrible misunderstanding that this is how we care for them. Not because abuse will tear down your self-worth until you truly believe that you are unlovable, that your feelings and opinions are irrelevant, and that you deserve being treated like a nothing. 
Adrien's tacit acceptance and steadfast defending and excusing his father's treatment of him is a realistic response in abused children. One very obvious reading of the sentiadrien narrative is that he is like that because he is a puppet at his father's command - that he would rebel if he could, because his submission has nothing to do with his father’s attitude. 
That victims of "real" abuse would take a stand, would talk back, would make accusations, would know that this is wrong. If you're a passive victim like Adrien, then clearly the things destroying you is all in your head, sticks and stones, because it's not his father's treatment of him that makes Adrien Like That, it's his father being a supervillain.
VII. and then what’s the point
With how easy come, easy go Marinette and Gabriel’s power upgrades have been this season, the show has paved the path for sentiadrien to release himself from his slavery by just really really wanting to. Amoks are visually equated to akumas, and the lord only knows Alya and Nino needed little else than a friend telling them to get it together. Why should it be any more difficult for sentiadrien? “Using their imagination”, after all, was all it took for Ladybug and Shadow Moth. 
And at that point, then what was the point, except giving the audience one more horror to wait for him to discover, and giving him an episode or two of misery, and possibly pursuing some insipid ruminations on a topic whose truth the story has been long since established. 
If they’re going to re-define the entire existence of one of their main characters, then it has better be for something more than cheap angst. 
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Part 3 after like
A week or 3
Kuro: Let the rest of my day be quiet thank you
Literally anyone: hey Kuro
Kuro: see there is no god
Hyde: GIVE US SOME MONEY
Gear: did enjoy the 200 years?
Kuro: no I wish
Lily: and I said I'm young but I lied I'm 300+
Misono: SILENCE
Hyde: HELLOOO MY BOYFRIEND'S A BITCH
Licht: everyone get out of my way I just want to sit here and feed Neko san
Tetsu: I don't know what my body is for other then just taking my head room to room
Misono: when will I get big and strong?
Kuro: I didn't drink water the entire time
Tsubaki: no in fact we're gonna frame you for murder and you're gonna go to jail for 30 years!
Kuro: well then let's just not see each other for 200 years and it doesn't matter at all
Sakuya to Mahiru: hey do you want me to kill that guy for you?
Kuro: they don't even need to look at you for long they'll just be like "hahaha hahaha hey look at that high waisted man he got feminine hips" and I'm like "no! that's the thing I'm sensitive about!"
Youtarou: you ever seen a ghost?
Hugh: thank you for asking well you know how I'm filled with rage?
Kuro: which was kind of nice cuz I don't keep in touch with people so that's my bit for the year
Tetsu: I zone out constantly have you ever zoned out for a few minutes? I've been zoned out since 2014
Kuro: you sit on the floor with your back perfectly straight which I hate more then vacuums and then you take deep breaths I DON'T LIKE SITTING UP STRAIGHT ALL RIGHT? IT'S NEVER GONNA HAPPEN
youtarou: sometimes my boyfriend- I have this boyfriend and he'll be like "are you watching the road?" and I'm always like "I am looking through the windshield and I'm not gonna hit anyone but no I'm thinking about dogs"
Inner Kuro: dearest eve could I enquire how your physical form was able to reach this place in such a short duration of time?
Kuro: I wanna go home I don't like this party I'm allergic to people
Mahiru: you're not allergic to people Kuro
Kuro: yes I am
Inner Kuro: do you like socializing?
Kuro: no I don't like socializing
Inner Kuro: do you like people?
Kuro: I don't like people
Inner Kuro: do you like the war?
Kuro: LEAVE ME ALONE!
Izuna: OH NOOOO
Izuna: MY NENTENDOGGGGG
Izuna: I HAVEN'T TAKEN CARE OF HER SINCE 2008
Izuna: PLEASE BE OKAYYYY
Izuna: Please please please pleaseee PLEASEE-
Izuna: she's ok! ehah.. That was a close one! Hehahaha!
Izuna: I almost spiraled Ehah!
Hyde: yes babe the heelys are off this time I promise
Licht: -_-
Hyde: please come back to bed
Licht: *comes back to bed*
Hyde: I FUCKIN LIED
Licht: you fucking r-
Hyde: THE SWAG NEVER STOPS
Licht: you have five seconds before I kick you off this bed and murder you
Shuuhei: what are you up to?
Izuna: nothing big just practicing my time traveling so-
Shuuhei: I'm sorry did you say time traveling?
Izuna: IN FACT the love of your life is gonna walk through that door!
Izuna: in 3,2,1-
Ildio walks in: hey sorry have you seen my eve?
Shuuhui: the love of my life is a man? AND A VAMPIRE?
Izuna: oh have we not gotten to that part yet?
Cappuccino: wait what the fu- wait- what are you doing in my room? What do you want!?
Ildio: *silently staring at him at the edge of the of his bed*
Cappuccino: WHAT DO YOU WANT!?
Ildio: I want waffle fries
Hyde: Ruhroh!
Ildio: zoinks!
Lily: jinkies!
Freya: jeepers!
Kuro: FU-
~we'll be right back~
Touma: then you're a normal cat aren't you?
Kuro: that's true
Touma: a heterosexual cat
Kuro: a what😀?
Misono: if you press that button it'll take one year off your life
Lily: *starts pressing it*
Misono: but you'll get a hundred- thousand dollar- .....
Lily: *still pressing it*
Misono: ..... L-
Lily: *pressing it as fast as he can*
Misono: LILY NO STOP-
Lily: *pressing it even faster*
Misono: NO-
Mahiru: I'm gonna let God fix it
Mahiru: because if I fix it
Mahiru: I'm going to jail!
Shuuhei: I used to be a sprinkles guy when I was younger so this is nice
Mikuni: you look like a sprinkles guy
Shuuhei: the fuck is that supposed to mean?
Mikuni: I'M JUST SAYING YOU LOOK LIKE A SPRINKLES GUY-
Mitsuki: why is there so many romance animes on MY account?
Lily:.......LET ME DEAL WITH WITH MY DEPRESSION IN MY OWN WAY-
Hyde: could it beeee...... You fell in love?!
Ildio: ...!
Hyde: oh my tails swinging maybe I'm in love~!
Ildio: .....
Hyde: Il-Il-Ildio I-Il- wait- HUH!? *running to Ildio*
Ildio: *walking off*
Hyde: ARE YOU SERIOUS!? YOU?!!!?? WHO'S NEVER HAD A SIGNIFICANT OTHER SINCE THE BEGINNING OF NEVER! WOW! YOU REALLY HAVE CHANGED!
Ildio: let's get back with the others-
Hyde: wait who is ittt!?
Inner Kuro: well what do you have there Kuro?
Kuro: it's mental illness just insult me and let me go homeeee
Inner Kuro: well explain it
Kuro: WELL IT'S TRAUMA AND BOTTLED UP EMOTIONS I CALL IT MENTAL ILLNESS
Misono: why are you calling your therapist at 3 am!? He told you not to do that!
Mahiru: Misono.......You do know I'm a literal teenager trying to stop a war right?
Kuro: this is the perfect moon for a werewolf to come out
Gear: ... I'm gay
Mahiru about Kuro: you never know what the homosexual is about
Mahiru: he may appear normal
Mahiru with Kuro in his arms: and it may be too late when you discovered he is mentally ill-
Hyde: fuck C3
Ildio: yeah fuck C3
Later
Ildio: guess who I hooked up with last night
Hyde: who?
Ildio: Shuuhei Tsuyuki
Hyde: W H A T
Ildio: you said fuck C3- ....
Ildio: you didn't mean literally-....
Hyde: NO I DIDN'T MEAN LITERALLY-
Ildio: ・///~///・
Tsurugi: p.o.v you never thought you'd live this long and now you're just gonna keep on going out of spite
Tsurugi: "to spite who?" might ask
Tsurugi: TO SPITE GOD
Shuuhei: did I get anything out of this experience? No it was completely and totally uneventful
Izuna: he kissed a guy!
Shuuhei: no I didn't!
Izuna: yes you did!
Shuuhei: DIDN'T
Izuna: didddd
Shuuhei: DID NOT
Izuna: did, did, did, did, did did did diddd
Freya: ahem I can break this tie
Freya: he totally did *looking at Ildio and Shuuhei*
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pocket-luv101 · 6 years
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@jadelop here’s the second part of your request
LawLicht {13: “I lost our baby”} Fem Licht
“Uncle Neko!” Lucy cheered when she saw her favourite uncle. She raced across the room to him. Kuro was sleeping on the couch so he couldn’t defend himself when his niece jumped onto his stomach. He groaned in pain as he opened his eyes reluctantly. The four year old was smiling down at him and speaking a mile a minute. “Wake up, Uncle! I wanna play!”
“Play time!” Machi left Mahiru’s side and ran out of the room to play with them. She was a little younger than Lucy but they were close and got along well. Kuro couldn’t sit up with the two little girls jumping on his back. He faced many enemies in his life but he was defenceless against them. He was relieved when his brother saved him. Hyde lifted Lucy off him and into his arms.
“You’re going to hurt your uncle, Lucy.” He knew that people were easily overwhelmed with her energy and enthusiasm. He ruffled his daughter’s hair and she puffed her cheeks. She hated being treated like a child and tried to mess up his hair in revenge. He didn’t mind and merely chuckled before he turned to Kuro. “Sorry she interrupted your nap, Nii-san.”
“It’s fine.” Kuro shook his head with a smile. Even though children were tiring, he was glad that they were happy and full of energy. He wanted his family to have a warm childhood that was better than his. Their smiles told him that he was doing a good job as a parent.
“Welcome to Japan, Auntie.” Machi said politely and waved at Licht. She picked up her niece to give her a hug. It had been a long time since they last visited Mahiru and Kuro. After Lucy was born, they returned to her home in Austria to give her a normal childhood. Of course, they tended to spoil Lucy more than other children. Hyde would visit his family as often as he could so Lucy could know her extended family.
She placed Machi on the ground again and the little girl immediately skipped to her cousin to play with the toys littering the floor. Licht was glad that the girls got along and were speaking like friends who knew each other for years. She turned away from them and asked Kuro, “Where’s Mahiru?”
“I’m here!” Mahiru came out of her room with a large smile. She was struggling with her jacket as she rushed to get ready. “I hope you had a nice plane ride. Just give me a minute to get ready and then we can head out. Machi decided to decorate my earlier outfit with a juice stain.”
The Todoroki family was going to stay with them for the weekend. For the first day, Licht wanted to relax, hang out with her best friend and catch up. She knelt next to Lucy and told her. “Mom is going out for a bit but I’ll be back right away. Have fun with Machi and Uncle Neko and make sure your father doesn’t misbehave. Be a good angel while I’m gone.”
“I wanna go, Mom!” Lucy gripped her shirt and looked at her with large, pleading eyes. She learned the technique from her father and she knew that her mother was weak against it. “Please take me and Machi with you. We can go to the park and play.”
“You can’t go, Lucy.” Hyde could see how much Licht wanted to say yes to their daughter. But he also knew that it had been a long time since she had a day to herself. He patted Lucy’s blond hair and whispered secretively, “Mom and your aunt is going on a super secret angel mission. You’re still an angel in training so it’s too dangerous for you to go with her. You need to stay home and protect the house.”
“Okay!” She believed every word he told her and nodded. Then Lucy beamed to her mother. “When I become a grown angel, I wanna go purify the world with you.”
“You’re already my precious little angel.” Licht kissed her goodbye.
“Do I get a kiss too?” Hyde smiled suggestively at her and she rolled her eyes. But she did give him a quick peck. There was a slight tinge if pink on her cheeks as she left. He watched her leave until she was out of the room. He still enjoyed teasing her after years of being together. She only became more captivating the longer they stay together.
He looked down at his daughter who appeared a little lonely after being left behind. Lucy was closest with Licht and they rarely spend time apart. He wanted to cheer her up so he searched for a toy she would like. His eyes fell onto a photo resting on a shelf and said. “I remember this. Hey, Lucy, check this out! It’s a photo of your mom in full angel mode.”
Hyde took the photo from the shelf and handed it to his daughter. It was a picture they took at a piano contest. Licht stood in the center with an elaborate trophy in her hands. To Hyde, the most beautiful thing about the photograph was her smile. He knew the reason behind her proud smile wasn’t the trophy. It was the friends surrounding her and congratulating her that made her grin so wide.
“Mom was only nineteen when we took this picture. She was the youngest person in the competition but she still took first place. As expected of an angel though. She can do anything once she puts her mind to it. She really shined on stage. Maybe we can find a video of the competition and watch it.” He suggested and she nodded eagerly. Hyde stood and went to their suitcases to get his laptop.
Kuro looked over her shoulder and saw the photo she was holding. “That’s a really old picture. She was pretty talented back then. It’s a shame she gave up playing the piano.”
“I’m back!” Hyde interrupted and sat between them with his laptop.
“That was a great movie. It would’ve been better if the hero was an angel rather than a man dressed as a bat. Hugh would probably love it though.” Licht said. Mahiru nodded in agreement and laughed lightly. They both had a great time together. Behind them, Gil followed them while struggling to carry the many toys and books Licht bought Lucy and Machi while they walked through the mall.
“Everyone is coming to dinner tomorrow and they’re excited to see you again. That’s going to be a huge party. It’s been awhile since we all got together like this.” Mahiru unlocked the door and they walked into the apartment. No one came to greet them and she wondered if Kuro made them have an afternoon nap. She could hear the song of a piano flowing through the apartment.
They stepped into the living room where one of Licht’s old performance was playing. Mahiru smiled when she saw her family sleeping soundly in front of the tv. On the other hand, Licht began to panic and ran to Hyde’s side. She kicked him roughly to wake him up and yelled, “Where’s Lucy? If you lost our daughter, I am going to fucking murder you, Shit Rat!”
“What are you talking about, Angel Babe? Lucy’s right here.” Hyde patted the spot next to him where Lucy was sleeping before he fell asleep himself. She wasn’t there now and Hyde felt dread fall onto him. The house was quiet and he instinctively knew that she wasn’t in the apartment. “I lost our baby.”
“I go out for an hour and you lose our baby! Put your nose to the ground and find her. You can still find her by her scent, right?” Licht began to pace in front of him. “What if someone took her? How can someone break in without a purified demon noticing? We need to find her right away. She doesn’t know the area or anyone she can go to for help.”
“We’ll find her, Licht.” He stood and placed his hands on her shoulders to stop her from pacing. Hyde was worried as well because he knew that Lucy would never leave without telling him. He rubbed her arms reassuringly and she forced herself to relax. Panicking wouldn’t help them find Lucy. “I don’t think someone took her. There isn’t an unfamiliar scent in the apartment.”
“She wanted to go out with us so maybe that’s why she left.” Licht bit her lip and hated the thought that she was the reason her daughter was in danger. “I’ll call Misono and ask if Lily’s subclasses could help us find her. Mahiru, can you stay here in case she comes back? I need to go look for her.”
“Of course!” Mahiru nodded and Licht was already running out the door to find her daughter. She didn’t know where to start looking but she couldn’t sit still when her daughter was missing. She could hear frantic steps behind her and knew that it was likely Hyde. Licht didn’t slow down for him because her mind was focused on finding Lucy.
“Wait, Lichtan, she didn’t run that way!” His words made her stop. She turned back to him and hope entered her eyes. He took her hand and brought her to the staircase. Hyde opened heavy door and there was Lucy sitting on the stairs. Licht shoved him aside in her impatience and she called her name. She was glad that she hadn’t wander too far from the apartment.
Licht sank to her knees next Lucy and quickly looked for any injuries. Once she was certain her daughter was unharmed, Licht hugged her tightly. “Thank goodness, you’re safe, Lucy! I was scared to death. Did someone take you from the apartment? How did you get away from that evil man that took you? Is he still here? I’ll kill him for touching my little angel.”
Hyde knew that Licht wasn’t exaggerating either. He sat on the stairs next to them. “Let’s go back and you can tell us what happened.”
“… I was running away.” Lucy muttered and her face fell. No answer could surprise or hurt Licht more. She didn’t know how to respond to her daughter’s admission. They were a close family so she couldn’t guess why Lucy would run away. Hyde was shocked as well but he recovered quicker than Licht did.
“Why did you run away, Kiddo? Did we do something to upset you? Mom and Dad are very sorry so will you come back home?” Hyde asked softly. She shook her head frantically and tears entered her eyes. He lifted her into a hug when he saw her cry. “Everything’s going to be okay, Lucy. We love you so much.”
“I love Mom and Dad too!” Lucy wailed as more tears fell. That only made her parents more confused. Licht ran her hand over Lucy’s hair to ease her tears. She let go of Hyde and held out her arms to her mother. Licht placed her on her lap readily. “I’m sorry Mommy. You had to stop being an angel because of me. You don’t play your piano for a big crowd anymore.”
“What do you mean? Your mom is an angel and I still play the piano every day.” Licht took Hyde’s scarf and used it to wipe her tears away. “I have the dream of playing my piano for the world and I haven’t given up it. Mom just found another dream. My newest dream is to raise a little angel into a strong woman. Once I accomplish that, I will resume my career as a pianist.”
“You don’t hate me for making you stop.” Lucy remembered watching the performances and how happy her mother looked while she played.
“We can never hate you.” Licht kissed the top of her head. “You and Dad are my dream come true.”
I think Hyde and Licht will spoil their little girl.
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