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 Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2013 9:09 am
"Congratulations on soon becoming a grandfather!" Tranqulity said as he walked past the undead rabbit, heading to the guest house of which the undead rabbit had come from.
"Grandfather?" He asked as he turned to see Tranq walk into the guest house, running after him he stood at the door "Tranq, what do you mean?" He asked curiously, the only one of his sons that had the chance to become a father was Necro, he was happily married...not that he liked the arrangement much considering his mates job but still, his son was happy and that was most important to him.
Tranq had stopped at the fridge of the guest house and took out a bottle of coke and opened it, throwing the lid into the bin and faced Muraki "oh, sorry, Necro said he would tell you today, as in, he promised when I left him three hours ago he would tell you then so I thought he had already spoken to you, please don't say I told you!" He begged, he and Necro were close, very close, they practically thought of each other as brothers, knowing he betrayed him like this would be horrible.
"What do you mean, he is thinking of becoming a father?"
"Not thinking, pretty much planned it all out, he wants children, he wants to be a parent, he wants to be able to give you and your mate grandchildren, all he needs to have happen now is for him to gift that mate of his with the home he is buying mortgage free, you gave him a lot of extra money besides his pocket money which, I might add, was rather generous of you, wish my parents were that kind, 100 bucks pocket money is a rather nice thing to get at the end of the week" he sighed as he shook his head "anyway, as I was saying, that pocket money went straight into a savings account, he didn't touch a single cent of it, over the years it mounted up with a nice bit of interest. Necro just wishing to save for a car when he could finally learn how to drive but instead he decided to leave it and let it mount up more and more, adding a bit into it here and there from his own wage and now he pretty much has enough money to buy a house and be mortgage free.
So he just now needs to buy a house for him and his mate and fall pregnant and you will pretty much be a proud grandfather! So as I said, congrats once again!" He said as he turned and made his way upstairs to see Anubis, wishing to ask him something about Bast.
Muraki let him go, upset would of been an understatement, his son, who was married to probably the most unsettled anthro around, was now thinking about having kids!? Muraki understood that they loved each other, that was all he ever wanted, his sons to be as happy as he was with his mer but the one thing Muraki didn't like was the fact his sons mate was never going to be around and when he was it was for short periods of time which meant Necro will be left taking care of the children for the majority of the time and no way was he going to sit by and watch his son take care of his grandchildren who won't even see their other parent for days if not weeks, on end.
Muraki left the guest house and headed back inside, taking his phone out as he went, what Tranq said was replaying in his mind and it was just making him upset more so but as he pressed the talk button, letting it ring for a few moments he finally heard his sons voice on the other line.
"Hello?"
Taking a few deep breaths to try and calm himself down he finally spoke up "hi, Necro, can you please meet me back home? I wish to talk to you and before you say anything else it IS important so whatever you are doing can wait" he said as he heard his son sigh and say alright before hanging up.
Muraki pocketed the phone, walked inside to the bar and looked at the contents, finding a bottle of wine that had been sitting there since before he died he decorked it, grabbed a glass, thankfully Kuri has kept the bar clean from any dust, and walked over to the fire place and sat down in the chair and waited for his son, pouring himself a glass of wine and placed the bottle down on the table in front of him.
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Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2013 2:42 am
As he got through half a bottle his son came through the door "dad?" He called, feeling that he would be around and finally spotted his head and walked over to him and sat down next to him "hi, so, what was it that you wanted to talk about?" He asked curiously as he got up and walked over to get himself a glass and a normal bottle of wine from the small fridge that was kept behind the bar these days, walked back, sat down and opened it, pouring himself a glass "how can you even drink that stuff? Isn't it old and how can you even stomach it?"
"I am the undead if you haven't realized, to me, I still can taste, if only a little, the sweet tastes of home, thankfully I can't really get sick from this because we undead don't really have much in the way of organs and what not so whatever eats away at the rest of our organs we will still be able to function for the most part because I was brought back by some sort of magical force and you were born from mine and your other fathers genes so you would, in a way, be able to drink the stuff as well. But anyway, I didn't call you to talk about this I called you because I thought there may be something you wish to tell me" he said as he took a sip and looked at his son "so, anything you want to tell me? And future plans maybe?"
Necro sat there, sipping his wine, saying nothing before he sighed "how did you find out?" Was it Tranq? If it was Tranq..." he said as his father stopped him
"Stop it, it was, but it seems someone was meant to tell me BEFORE now, not have me find out in this way, come on, Necro, I run this place, the anthros who are under my care and protection know that they can't and shouldn't hide things from me, some things I don't care about, some things the anthros here know they can keep a secret but if there is one thing that they can't keep secret it is to do with my sons, sons I wish were willing to talk to me. I just wish you were open with me, Necro, not keep things from me, why didn't you tell me you were wishing to start a family? And the house! How much did I give you? How much did you put in? Before you buy the house I want to see the buyers contract, I taught you what to look out for but when I was giving you lessons on this you cared to pretty much ignore me so I want to see this contract before you sign."
Necro sighed and looked to his father "but dad! I know what to look for! You taught me, I retained those lessons! I may not have shown it but I DID take on what you said! Please, can we just let me do what I want!? I am an adult now! I don't need to run my life choices by you anymore!"
"Necro!" The rabbit rarely raised his voice but sometimes it was needed "please, just hear me out!" He said as he placed his glass down and turned to face him, taking his glass out of his sons hands and placed it on the table "darling, I don't want you to have children, yes it would be nice for your father and i to have grandchildren but we don't need them, at least not yet, you know I have never been 100% fine with you marrying your mate, you know I just wished you would be with someone who is settled, not focused on his job so much BUT I also know that you love him, I know that you and he care deeply about each other but I worry, as a parent I need and have to. That day I and your father gave you away was one of the happiest days of our lives, I might not have agreed with it but your happiness is just all I ever wanted for our sons and that day you married your best friend and soul mate and for that your father and I couldn't be happier but you also know I reserved the right to fully accept him as my son-in-law because I had, in the back of my mind, that one day you will wish to have children and those children will have one parent who is never there.
Now please, before you start hear me out" he said as he took his sons hands in his own and held them, kissing each one of them before looking up into his sons eyes "your mate is always away, your mate has a job to do and I understand that, but you also have to understand that with him away as much as he is you will be left with minding the children, you will pretty much be there just to give him what he wants whilst you take care of the kids, never getting help etc and the children, they will never see him, they will be lucky to see him for a few hours a week. I understand that his job is never done but this is why I didn't fully want you to marry him either, how can you love someone whos never there? I know you love him and why I have come to terms with that but as for children...I don't want you to have to take care of them by yourself, it is unfair on you and especially unfair on the children, you know your father and I will help in any way that we can but I don't want them to wonder who this man is coming home and hugging them when to them he is pretty much a stranger.
Please, Necro, reconsider having children, at least for the time being, I would love grandchildren, both me and your father would, but not like this, not when your mates life is so unstable, children need stability and he can't really give them that, not yet at least, if ever" Muraki sighed and sat back a little, hands still in his sons and hoped his son listened.
Necro sighed, yes, this was EXACTLY where he knew it would go which is why he dreaded telling him "this is MY life, if I want to have children with someone it is my own husband! I know it isn't the greatest of situation but I love him and I want us to have children! You knew one day this would happen and no it has! I know I will spend most of the time with them but that is no different then a parent being stationed in Iraq or somewhere, at least I KNOW my mate will come home, at least I KNOW he can be a father even when he isn't there, regardless how much time he spends away and it isn't like my children won't know they are loved by both parents just that Req has a job that he just can't stop doing! And believe me, I know EXACTLY how these children will feel!"
He shut up, he stared at his father who was now wide eyed in shock, he wasn't meant to say that last part, he wasn't meant to ell his father how he truly felt, he..."dad, I am SO sorry..."
Muraki held up a hand and silenced his son and got up and walked over to the library and said in a calm voice "Necro, sit here, think of what you just said and when you realize how wrong you are I will be in the library" he said as he carried on to the library and shut the door, leaving his son where he was.
Necro sat there, if there was one thing he hated his father for it was this, his father didn't scream, he didn't yell, he didn't do anything normal parents did, he left that, if need be, up to the mer, his other father, the fact of the matter is, this annoyed him far more then what him yelling at him would of but there is one thing that he knew and understood and as much as he hated to believe it he was right, he had seen the paper work. Necro sat there, grabbed the bottle of wine and drunk straight from the bottle, thinking of what just happened and what his father said. Necro, once the bottle was finished, took a deep breath and sighed, slowly getting up he walked to the library door and knocked on it "dad, may I please come in?"
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Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2013 6:38 pm
Muraki looked up at the door and closed the book he was reading, Great Expectations by Dickens, one of his faves, and got up and walked to his desk and sat down "enter" he said, nothing more, he just sat and waited for his sons entrance.
Necro walked in and sat down in the arm chair that was by his fathers desk and straightened it up so it sat directly in front of the desk "dad, please, forgive me, I am SO sorry for saying what I did and I truly didn't mean what I said, I know that you had to, I know that if you didn't leave so much and so often we wouldn't have a house to live in, all these anthros would be out on the street and not one knows about this, the only ones you ever told were us, your family, and even then I only knew because I eavesdropped on a conversation you and dad were having so I went to tell Voo. I understand financial difficulties happened to you and I know you had to go straighten it out, you promised a roof over these anthros heads and you promised you would look after them, care for them, give them a home when no one else would, I know all this because if you lost the house you would lose your home, Uncle Ly and Uncle Kuri, besides the rest, and end up not being able to provide for your family, something you take pride in being able to do.
If it wasn't for you leaving so much during mine and Voo's upbringing we wouldn't be where we are now, still financially stable and STILL be able to live here, I know you had to sell two major investments to get out of the strife we were in but I guess, sometimes, I just wish you were around more as we were growing up, I know you had to go to a million meetings and what not to just try and save this place but I also missed you being around, that mer was fantastic, he was a great parent and he did great in your absence but still, it would of been SO much nicer to have you as a parent then you just sending funds every week or seeing us for two days before leaving again.
These children are going to be in EXACTLY the same situation, if not worse, I know this! I know they will be! But I want children, Req wants children, it isn't the greatest of situations, I know, but I just don't want to be childless for the rest of my life, at least that I know what I want and so does he but I just dont know if I can stand being a childless parent when all my friends are having babies and Voo, he will some day find someone and love and cherish and they will have children but me? I will still be lonely, I will still be mateless and childless. I know my mate loves me but do you know how hard it is to live now? I am lonely, I don't want children because of my loneliness, that is only partly why, I want children because it will give me the joy of being a parent and company when my mate is away, I don't want to sit there just shopping all day every day, it gets boring, I am doing well on my business course, I just want to take a break, want to be a parent, want to enjoy life a little, I passed everything I was meant to but I want to do something for myself.
I am not asking you to understand, father, I am asking just for you to support my decision, just please, let me do this, let me be a parent, let me enjoy the love and companionship you had with your own, when, of course, you didn't have to go to one meeting after another, I just want to experience the joy that is parenthood with a partner who, may not be there 24/7 but still will give me that connection to him through out children, something that we both desperately want."
Muraki sat there listening to his son, wanting so badly to say that he wouldn't support him but what his son said was true, it would be cruel to not let him be a parent and just stared at him for a little while before sighing, getting up and waking around to his son and held his hand out to him "come here" he said as he kept stone faced and let his son take his hand and get up "I hate this" he said as he pulled his son into a hug and kissed the top of his head "I really really do" he said as he let go. "This shouldn't happen, you should be bringing up your children together, as a partnership, you know I would take back what happened if I could, I would, I wouldn't let you and Voo grow up with a half time father, but I can't and that is why I would like it if you and your children grew up with both parents" he said as he finally let go of his son.
"I know dad, believe me, I know and if I could I would have it another way, truly I would, but think of it this way, you and dad get to babysit more often then most grandparents, you and dad get to see your grandparents more often then most grandparents, that alone should make you happy" he said smiling up at the zombie "I swear, I will be a great father just like you were (when you were around) but it is well overdue for Req and I to have children, we were married years ago, within the first year is when we are meant to have children...well, ok, lets be realistic, within the first two years or so but we got married years ago and it is now time for us to have our own family, I so much want to be a father."
"Alright, I will support and I guess I understand as well" he said smiling at his son and started toward the library door, holding a hand out to his son "you get pregnant and I will throw you a great baby shower" he said as he let his son take hold of his hand and walked out of the library with him, Muraki dropping his hand when they reached the reception hall and wrapped an arm around the hybrids waist.
"Oh no! Not one of your parties dad! No! I won't have it! You don't know what 'small, intimate gathering' is! You go overboard! You may have grown up in the 1800's where throwing huge parties for the smallest of things may have happened, heck, your normal tea parties were a major social event with all bells and whistles, but not here, not this period dad, we do things simply, so please, just don't worry about it, I will arrange everything, you just need to bring the gift" he said as he looked up at the rabbit who had a small frown on his face.
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Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2014 6:42 am
"But Necro! I wanna help!"
"NO! Remember my wedding!? The leftover food could have fed three third world countries! And the decorations, if we cashed in everything we would of been able to live off that profit alone for five years, you go overboard dad and for the baby shower I just want small and intimate, that is all, please, just leave it to me" he said as he saw his father sigh.
"Fine, it is being left up to you" he said as he took out his wallet and handed him a credit card "at least let my finance it" he said as he his son rolled his eyes and smiled "you just are so desperate to help aren't you?"
"You can do whatever you want, invite whomever you please, but I just want to at least contribute" he said as he kissed his sons head.
"Fine" he said taking the card and putting it in his pocket "but I promise, you won't see a huge amount gone from here, the baby shower will be catered and will, of course, have some good alcohol, but that is pretty much as extravagant it goes, the decorations will be decent but minimal and that's it, I wish to spend no more then a grand tops if I can, WAY less then what your shindigs end up as" he said as he stopped by the front door with his father.
"Alright, I get it, nothing but small and intimate in all aspects" he said as he hugged his son "I love you, you do know that right? I may not have been a great parent but you boys were always on my mind and in my heart, as well as your other father, you mean the world to me and I promise, if Mrta and I have children in the future I swear I will be a much better father to your little siblings, I won't let what happened to you and Voo happen to them" he said as he kissed his sons cheek.
"I love you to and thank you and I am sure if you two have kids again my childrens children will have grown up and had kids of their own before you two have kids again! Seriously! You two are taking WAY too long to give us siblings, I think you need to work on the lack of love making you and dad are having without worrying about me and Req" he said, slightly teasing.
"I know, I know, don't worry, I will talk to you father, see what he thinks, but I promise we will give you siblings it is just going to take a bit of persuasion to get him to say yes, you know your father doesn't like a huge crowd of people which means even another few kids or whatever may be a little much for him again but they will be his and he will be a great father, you know he will, so it is just going to take time" he said as he opened up the front door "now go, get what you need for the party, you can have it here in the ball room, now that I have cleared out my fathers old magic stuff I can hold extravgant parties in there" he said grinning to his son who just rolled his eyes.
"That whole room is extravagant! Seriously! Did you have to go for late 1700's to early 1800's design!" He said grinning at his father "i know you wanted it to match the rest of the house but come on! There are ballrooms and then there are...well...that! That ballroom should be in Buckingham Palace!"
"That palace just WISHES it could have my beautifully decked out ballroom!" He grinned as he let his son walk out the front door.
Necro laughed and shook his head "seriously dad, you need to start living in this century, the victorian era is over with, especially the Gothic Victorian period! Leave it be, move with the times!"
"Never! This is my life, I lived in this era, I am sorry son but I can't turn my back on that, it may have had some bad moments but in the grand scheme of things, it was home, it was my life, it was who I was and what helped me be who I am today, just be glad I took up your way of talking of we will still have their way of talking as well which I am sure you wouldn't want to hear all the time" he said as his son walked down the front steps.
"And thank goodness for that! You would of driven me insane!" He said standing at the bottom "and yes, I know, I know, I had to put up with etiquette lessons as well! Thankfully you have been lax on making me keep them up, but I do still remember what fork I should use with a salad and how to pronounce my words etc but as I said, you have been lax and let me off doing it all the time, thank you for that, I am sure it would have driven Req up the wall" she said as he ran to his car. "Anyway, best be off, thank you again dad and I promise, I will let you look over the contract also!" He called as he got in, buckled up and started the car and drove down the drive, deciding to go to town now.
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