Chapter 9: My Son?!?

Knock knock knock!

My eyes slowly start to open as I hear knocking at the front door. My whole body is sore from sleeping on the kitchen floor with nothing but a blanket and a pillow. Once again, Mari is nowhere to be seen. "She could've at least bring me to my bedroom" I thought to myself as I slowly get up and stretch. Is Mari that upset with me?

It's a good thing I have clothes on, because there's a window in the kitchen so someone would've seen my naked body. I assume Mari put these on me so I don't get cold. What I have on is a black skirt and a navy blue hoodie. It's strange, I remember June used to always wear a blue hoodie, she had a bunch of them and she would let me wear the sometimes. As I take a big whiff of the hoodie, I smelled vanilla. I wrap my arms around myself and I think "It smells like you, June."

Knock knock knock! "I'm coming!" I shout as I walk to the front door. When I opened it, I see a young muscular man at my doorstep. The sunlight glazed on his pale skin, his shiny black hair sways through the warm breeze. He wore a white tank top and jeans with Timberland boots. He's facing away from me and he seems like he's looking for something, not realizing I already answered the door. He then realized someone answered him, facing me and scratching the back of his head laughing awkwardly. He's also very tall, almost the same height as Amelia and Jackson, but me being short, I only reach to his stomach. So I'm 5'1" and Mari, without her wearing heels, is 5'2". I assume Amelia and Jackson are around 6'0" but this guy looks taller than that and that's scary.

When the man is facing me, I take a good look at him again. He's muscular, and he has brown eyes and of course his short black hair. I notice that he has freckles and a necklace with a golden ring wrapped around it.

"Excuse me, are you Miss Hanarama?" The awkward man asks me and I wonder how these people know my name. Is he a God? Demon? Elf? What am I going to deal with this time?

But anyway, I sigh and while looking up at him, I answered "Yes, and who might you be?" The man clears his throat and says these words "I'm uhh...I don't know how to say this, but....I'm your son".

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The awkward man sits on my couch and I sit on a chair opposite from him. He looks at his surroundings in curiosity as I look at him in confusion, wondering what drugs he's on. And I let him in my home?! June and I never thought about having kids, but this giant claims to be my son?! I'm twenty three and he looks older than me with his manly features!

I take a deep breath, trying to calm down about this bizarre situation and I ask him "Do you have a name?" The man turns to me with wide eyes and answers, saying "I don't know my name. I don't even know where I came from." He then gets excited and asks "Can you give me a name?"

"Geez, he's very childlike, isn't he?" I thought to myself. "But I guess I'll play along". I couldn't immediately think of a name, so I tell him "Okay, how about Tommie? Is Tommie good for you?" I could've sworn I saw stars in his eyes and he cheers. I honestly don't know why I chose the name Tommie, I guess it just popped up in my mind. I then ask him another question, since he claims he doesn't know where he came from, I ask "Do you know how old you are?"

"I think I'm nineteen" My eyes go wide and I lose my breath for a second. "Nineteen? In twenty three!" Tommie tilts his head to the side and says "Wow Mommy, you're really young". I deeply blush and yell "DO NOT CALL ME MOMMY!!" He looks at me in shock and looks away feeling sad that I yelled at him. I didn't mean to upset him but hearing a tall muscular man say that he's my son and saying Mommy creeps me out. Matter of fact, he does look a lot like me. Pale skin, black hair, brown eyes, and I think we have the same nose. Is he really my son somehow?

I felt bad and I sit next to him. "T-Tommie, I'm sorry for yelling at you. This is just a new experience for me, and I just got surprised. Just call me Mom if you want and you can even stay here". He then turns his head to me and says "It's okay Miss Hanarama. I'll be patient for you. And I--I promise I won't be a bother! I'll help you clean, cook, and do all sorts of things to help you!" I give him a warm welcoming smile and I tell him "You're very sweet Tommie. And I told you, you can call me Mom if you want. Miss Hanarama makes me seem old" We both laugh and he gives me a big hug, almost suffocating me with his muscles. Well, I guess motherhood came early for me.

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We go out to the plaza to buy somethings for Tommie. For a giant like him, he's very shy. I let him hold my hand and he squeezes it. I get a bit curious about his necklace and I ask him about it but he doesn't know why he has it. Oh well, first we try finding clothes for him. He has his tank to and jeans, but I feel like he needs more to wear. For now I buy him a few plain t-shirts and pants. I see him eyeing a teddy bear and I ask him "You want that?" He nods and I gladly buy it for him, good thing its cheap. He holds it and thanks me. He's very polite and he has manners.

Next we have to find a bed for him to sleep in, at least an air mattress. He can sleep in my room because there's no other bedroom besides Mom and Dads room, Grandmas room, and my twin brothers room. I'll have to keep an eye on him. A thought came to my head. Since Dad and the boys are in America, and Mom and Grandma went to Moms friends place again, how the hell am I going to explain this situation to them? I guess I'll say he's a friend of mine....? I don't know, I'll think of something.

We get an air mattress and walk home. I got a basket for the stuff I bought and its pretty heavy, Tommie notices this and asks "Can I carry that Mom?" I tell him it's fine and that I can carry it even though I'm struggling a little bit. "Please Mom, I insist". He then takes the basket out of my hands and carries it. He gets curious and asks "Mom, where even is this?" I then answer "This village is called Ninjō. This is where I grew up". It's not much, but it is home. "What country are we in?" Tommie asks.

"Japan" I answered. This becomes an interview because Tommie ask so many questions like a curious child. As we continue to walk home, he asks "Do you have a boyfriend?" I tell him about June and he gets surprised. "A girl can marry another girl?" I didn't take it as a rude question at all, he's curious. He wants to learn. I explain to him that people can fall in love with whoever they want, it's the same as a woman falling involve with a man but with the same gender. My family, my friends, they were accepting of the fact that I'm bisexual and that I'm in love with a woman. But unfortunately, there's people that are not accepting of bisexuality, homosexuality, and other things like that. I then asked Tommie how he feels and he explains "I...I love everyone and I want everyone to be happy. I don't know, I'm a little confused".

I stop walking and I look at Tommie straight in his eyes. I hold his large hands and I tell him in a serious tone "That is completely okay. This is my first time becoming a mother, but I want you to know that I will always love you and you can be whatever you want. Don't be scared to be yourself Tommie". I feel like I'm getting attached to Tommie already. I see his eyes watering and he hugs me with one arm. I want him to feel accepted and to feel comfortable like I was with my family. I hope he understand that.

We get back home and I notice a note on the door saying :

"Hi honey! Me and your Grandma decided to leave again, I'm sorry honey. But good news, your Father and brothers are coming home in two days so you can see them when they get back home. They really miss you and can't wait to see you. I love you so much sweetie!

Love, Mom"

Great, I'm home alone again. Me and Tommie go inside and Mari graces us with her presence wearing a black nightgown and slippers. Tommie cautiously stares at her and asks "Mom, who is that?" Mari smiles and greets Tommie. "Tommie, take the basket and go to my bedroom. It's upstairs okay?" He then nods and quickly walks upstairs to my bedroom. "Don't you think that's inappropriate to wear in front of my son?" I ask hinting at the nightgown that's again, so short that I can see her vagina!

"Don't you mean OUR son?" What is she talking about? I walk up to her and ask "Do you have something to do with him coming her earlier? Where did you find him Mari?" She looks me in my eyes and says "That boy has nowhere else to go, so we have to take care of him". She's becoming more and more of a bitch ever since last night. I bet she went on her killing spree again, hurting innocent people. I don't trust her, and I definitely don't trust her around Tommie. "No! I have to take care of him. You leave and you don't tell me where you went, you left me on the kitchen floor, and now you want to be a part of Tommie's life?" I felt a tear fall off my face and I ask "What have I done to make you so angry at me? Do you want me to leave?"

"Oh, I guess you don't care about June. I won't bring her back if you leave me.....puppy". I start to get angry and yell "Don't you dare bring my June into this! I'm not going to let you use me like this anymore. You're nothing but a slutty bitch! Do you even love me?!"

"Of course I do, but you're being a bit difficult right now". I wave my arms around as my blood starts to boil. "How? How am I being difficult Mari?" I ask her. She said she'll bring June back if I become hers. This is just torture at this point. Amelia was right, this isn't love. Couples fight all the time, but Mari has been acting different.

Mari sighs and asks "Okay, do you want to know what I've been doing? Do you really want to know?" I tell her yes. Finally! Let's see if I'm right. Mari leans in and says "You know those group of friends that you have? They don't seem to care about you. They said so many terrible things about you so I had to make them.....go away. You know what I mean by going away, right?"

Why am I not surprised? I give Mari a slap to the face and shout "You lied to me! I thought you were a Goddess, aren't Goddesses supposed to do good things? So what, are you going to kill my family next? It's like you want me to have nothing in my life that isn't you. I will never give my heart to you, you demon!!"

Mari laughs at me and says "Beautiful, you already have".