|79| You've Got To Be Kidding Me!

                                    

                                          
You're walking towards the door, ready to leave. It was early in the morning, not so early though. It's a Saturday and Ryu is sleeping and you don't want to wake him up. You left a note saying how you were out.
                          
"Going somewhere?" Ryu asks standing behind you as his shoulder leans on the wall.
                          
"Ryu, good morning," you say as you turn around and see him.
                          
"Where you going, mum?" he asks you as he crosses his arms and you see Gem and Sky looking at you.
                          
"I'm going out, I'm going to meet up with someone," you tell him with an awkward smile.
                          
"You're wearing makeup, you're dressed up nicely and your hair is done, do you have a date mum?" Ryu asks you with a smile.
                          
"A date?" you say with a blush.
                          
Ryu notice the blush and smiles, "Who's the guy?" he asks.
                          
"Um, I ..." you don't know how to tell him.
                          
"Just go," he tells you and you smile sweetly.
                          
You walk up to him and kiss him on the cheek, "I'll be back home soon!" you tell him and then leave.
                          
Ryu looks at Sky and Gem, "Haven't seen mum blush about someone in a long time, wonder who the guy is," Ryu says and heads to the kitchen so that he can get something to eat.
                          
-With You-
                          
You're leaning your back on a wall. You're at the meeting spot waiting for him. You check your time to see if you were early.
                          
"(Name)," someone says walking up to you with a hat and a mask that cover his mouth. He's wearing a suit.

                          
"Hey, Karma," you say avoiding eye contact and repeating in your head that this is just a meeting.
                          
"Um... What did you want to talk about?" he asks.
                          
"I wanted to give you this," you tell him as you take out a USB from your pocket and give it to him.
                          
"What is it?" he asks as he takes it and takes off his mask.
                          
"You've been a baby about not being there for Ryu so in that USB, is every video I have of Ryu, from baby to now. I got his first of everything. I know it's not like being there in person but at least you get to see how he was as a kid," you tell him with a smile.
                          
"So I get to see how he was as a baby? How he grew up?" Karma asks you.
                          
"Yes. I feel a little guilty about how you weren't part of his life but you are now and---"
                          
"Haha!" he laughs and smiles so happily as he hugs you and spins you around. He then puts you on the ground, "This is amazing, thank you!" he tells you which made you blush. When Karma realized what he did, he backs up, "I... I'm sorry. I just a little excited," he tells you.
                          
"No, it's... um, It's okay. Don't worry about it but you seem a little too happy about the USB," you point out.
                          
"I don't know much about Ryu. Just a little bit of him and I didn't get the chance to see him as a kid. (Name), the point is that he's also my son and I know nothing about him. I asked him a few questions to get to know him and he answered them but I don't feel like I'll get any closer to him that way," Karma tells you with a sigh.
                          
"Um... Remember how I always rejected you after my little secret got out?" you ask but there was a little part of you hoping that he doesn't.
                          
"How can I forget. Those were the times I finally understood that words could hurt," he tells you making you feel a little guilty once again.