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[right][sup]Mentions: [@Lovely Complex] Joy and Melody in spirit
Location: Somewhere to watch the sunset, okay?
Time: Like… 6:30 or 7:30 PM on Wednesday night[/sup][/right]
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[indent][indent][color=d32626][b]“Damian? Where are you?”[/b][/color]

Damian was kind of surprised that his father was calling him, but he was even more surprised that he opened with such a bold, questionable question. [color=309b75][b]“I am at a parking garage. Why, what’s up?”[/b][/color] It wasn’t a lie; Damian was indeed on top of a parking garage, where he was watching the sunset on the Beverly Hills area; the skyline wasn’t bad. Sure, it wasn’t a mountain, but… these fuckin’ things were basically the next best thing, as far as ‘stuff to be on top of to dramatically watch the sunset on your city’ went.

[color=d32626][b]“Right… when are you coming home? Your mom is [i]not[/i] happy.”[/b][/color]

Good. She was being a child. [color=309b75][b]“Well… so am I! You weren’t there earlier today, Dad! She’s acting like a child, and I don’t wanna deal with it. It’s not cool. I’m almost an adult! When she wants to treat me like it, I’ll come home.”[/b][/color] There, that made sense in his head, it was sure to make sense in his Dad’s. They usually saw eye to eye on this sort of thing…

[color=d32626][b]“Right… I dunno, man. She’s being petty, for sure, but you’re not mu—”[/b][/color]

Okay, now it was Damian’s turn to go on the offensive. If his Dad was gonna say he was being childish that was one thing, but he [i]definitely[/i] wasn’t being as bad as his mom, who all but fucking ignored him. [color=309b75][b]“Dad! I’m going through a lot right now, okay?! I got kicked off the team because I threw a party that got a little out of control! Mom came in and went ballistic on live closed circuit television! So I [i]already[/i] knew that was gonna go poorly, and guess what happened next? I started hanging out with Joy more, so today, I had to tell Ender that I’m falling in love with his daug—”[/b][/color]

[color=d32626][b]“Wait, wait. Did you say [i]love[/i]?! I thought you were just trying to have sex with her! This is a [i]big[/i] deal! Did you tell your mother!?”[/b][/color]

There, now Connor was back on his side. The fact that he had to even work so hard to get it this way was kind of annoying, [color=309b75][b]“[i]nO[/i]! She was too busy [i]embarrassing[/i] me by acting like a child and pretending like I’m a baby that’s gonna crawl to her and beg for forgiveness. [i]I[/i] wanted to introduce her to my new girlfriend! But now that has to wait until Friday.”[/b][/color] Damian made a noise somewhere between a grunt and a ‘hmph.’

[color=d32626][b]“I mean, yes. I got the reservations and texted Ender. My part of the work is done, but… you should try to apologize to her before dinner. Just… say you’re sorry. Sometimes, it’s better with women to just admit you lost, rather than fight it.”[/b][/color]

Connor was offering fatherly advice, and Damian accepted it with a bit of a sigh. [color=309b75][b]“Yeah, okay. I’ll come to talk to her again — with Joy again. But you have to talk to her and tell her to act like an adult. I’m an adult. We can have an adult conversation — or she can at least scream at me a lot instead of what happened.”[/b][/color]

[color=d32626][b]“Alright, alright… I’ll talk to her. Do you have a place to stay tonight?”[/b][/color]

[color=309b75][b]“Sure. Trev’s, Brian’s… I’ll be fine. Thanks for looking out, though.”[/b][/color] Damian shook his head. At least his dad was trying; he appreciated that.

[color=d32626][b]“Okay, I just wanted to make sure. I love you, bud. I’ll see you Friday.”[/b][/color]

[color=309b75][b]“I love you too, Dad. I’ll see you then — maybe Thursday depending on how I’m feeling.”[/b][/color] Damian was willing to try and talk to her earlier, maybe. It really depended on how his Thursday went, because he might not be in the mood…

[color=d32626][b]“Alright. I’ll talk to her tonight. Bye. Good night.”[/b][/color]

[color=309b75][b]“Bye. Good night.”[/b][/color] Damian took the phone from his ear and shook his head. Well, at least he’d watched the sunset…[/indent][/indent]