The following morning Natsuki woke up feeling her body sore. However that did not ruin her mood at all as she glanced at the sleeping purple haired beauty laying beside her.

The petite girl wished her girlfriend would be holding her like every morning where they had slept together, but due to her injuries mostly being on her sides, Yuri was afraid of hurting her because they still hurt even to the slightest touch.

Natsuki sighed but still smiled warmly at the sight of her lover. She leaned down a bit a gave her a soft kiss on her forehead and then got up, got ready for the day and went downstairs to make themselves some breakfast.

The pink haired girl was cooking some fish when her taller girlfriend came downstairs fully awake and ready for the day as well. "Good morning, love, how are you feeling?", Yuri asked while she approached next to her shorter girl. "Morning, still sore but I think I'm feeling better", Natsuki replied. "I am glad", Yuri said pressing her lips against her girlfriends right cheek. "Ouch, that's the cheek that hurts dummy", Natsuki said. "S-Sorry, I did not mean to...", Yuri replied looking down. "B-But that actually made it feel better, s-so you should do it again i-if you want it to heal faster..." Natsuki replied blushing madly while she tried to concentrate on the dish she was cooking. Yuri's eyes recovered their life as she smile happily and gave her girlfriend a few more gently kisses on her cheek. "Alright, alright, that's enough, you're gonna make me burn this fish, go sit down while I'm done here", Natsuki replied embarrassed. "Okay, my princess!", Yuri replied happily as she did what she was told. Natsuki's heart fluttered at that last nickname.

After the happy couple ate their breakfast, they agreed on continuing watching JoJo's part 3 as it was Saturday luckily and they didn't have school. They headed to the couch and Natsuki laid on her left side being the one with no serious injuries and laid her head in her girlfriends lap. Yuri
stroked her girlfriends soft hair as they both watched their show.

Around noon, Natsuki and Yuri heard something coming from Yuri's room, a anime song ring tone. "Oh shoot is my phone, pause it while I go answer please", Natsuki said while she got up and ran upstairs to pick up the call. Yuri just waited for her in silence still smiling happy that their days together had come back.

Natsuki reached her phone and picked up the call just in time. However she did not checked who was it coming from and her heart froze in fear when she heard a familiar man's voice from the other side. "Natsuki", the man's voice said coldly. "H-Hi, papa", Natsuki replied with fear in her voice. "I know it's sudden but could you and your eh, girlfriend come over today?", the man said. "W-What for?", Natsuki asked still scared yet surprised for her father's unusual calm. "I just want to talk, I-I'm not gonna hurt you", the man said seemingly ashamed. Natsuki thought about it briefly before replying, "O-Okay, what time?". "Around evening would be fine", the man said. "Alright", Natsuki replied. "Thanks, later then", the man said and hung up. Natsuki was still puzzled about her father's unusual behavior, when was the last time she heard him say thanks? She didn't remember.

Natsuki returned downstairs and faced her lover with a nervous look. Yuri started to get worried. "What happened love? Who called?", The taller girl asked concerned. "My dad", Natsuki replied. "W-What did he say? Does he want you to come back? B-Because I will not let you go back with that-", Yuri spoke nervously but was cut off. "He wants to talk to both of us", Natsuki replied nervously. "A-About what? Natsuki, i-it could be a trap, I-I do not want him to hurt you...", Yuri said with fear now in her voice and eyes about to water. Natsuki rushed to her lover and wrapped her arms around her. "It'll be okay, babe. He sounded... different. As long as we're together it'll be fine right? Besides I already told him we'd go", Natsuki replied nervously. "A-Alright, love, I will trust you on this one", the purple haired girl said still concerned. "Thanks, babe", Natsuki replied planting a quick peck on Yuri's cheek.

The pink and purple couple tried to forget momentarily of their later appointment and returned to watch their show. Natsuki laid her head on Yuri's lap again letting her girlfriend pet her just as she had been doing.

Eventually evening was falling and the girls prepared to go back to Natsuki's apartment. They had a quick meal and then left.

They decided to get an uber after Yuri's overprotective claims of her girlfriend having to take things easy due to her injuries, despite Natsuki wanting to go on foot so she could hold her lovers hand along the way. Yuri did anyway hold her shorter girlfriends hand while they traveled in the back of the car. And so they arrived after a few minutes.

Natsuki and Yuri were now at Natsuki's apartment door holding each other's hand, both equally nervous. They both took a deep breath and the pink one finally knocked on the door.

A skinny man stood at the other side of the open door. He looked at both girls who seemed visibly uneasy. "Please, come in", the man said and stepped aside to let the couple pass. Still a little reluctant, Natsuki and Yuri finally entered followed by the pink haired man. "Please take a seat on that couch, I'll go grab a chair from the kitchen", the man said. Still unable to say anything, the couple sat down on the couch never letting go of each other's hands. The skinny man returned almost immediately and placed a wooden chair in front of the girls and sat down.

An awkward silence was there for like one minute while the pink haired man looked at the ground seemingly preparing his words. Natsuki and Yuri simply waited anxiously. "May I have your name, kid?", the pink haired man finally spoke and lifted his gaze to face Yuri. "I-I am Y-Yuri, sir", the shy girl replied nervously. "Nice to meet you, Yuri, my name is Naoto, I'm Natsuki's father as you may have guessed already", Naoto replied. "N-Nice to m-meet you, Mr. Naoto", Yuri replied. "I know it must be hard for you to talk to me like we just met, specially after, well the way you met yesterday, so I would like to apologise for that first", Naoto said looking at the ground. "O-Okay, sir", Yuri said. "I really don't know where to start so I'll just say whatever that comes to my mind first... Natsuki", the man said now looking at his daughter. "Y-Yes, papa!", Natsuki replied startled. "I... Well I know I've been a horrible father to you these last years so I know it's not easy for you to just ignore it but I really am sorry for what I've done to you. You know ever since your mother left us I've had a rough time in general, not that I'm trying to justify myself for anything but well, you know that got me into drinking like a damn asshole and every time I ever I was drunk I did things I hated myself for. But yesterday, what I did to you well, it was the first time I did it being completely sober and that somehow made me realize what piece of shit I really am. If it wasn't for Yuri's interference here god knows what I could've ended up doing. My recent actions were because I was worried the person you were dating would be one of those horny assholes and leave you pregnant without making himself responsible, you know that shit happens a lot these days. Though that's just another excuse really. But well, the truth is I didn't want to have to take care of another child if that did happen. I was selfish. All this time I have blamed you for being a burden and the reason why your mother left, but the truth is I just didn't want to face the fact that I am failure in life in general and that she left me for being a man who can barely support his family with his shitty job all because I am an ignorant that dropped school when I was young. You look a lot like your mother and seeing you everyday was like seeing her again and reminded me why she left me. I truly loved her... Anyway, with depression and alcohol combined I felt into a dark place that lead me to lash out my frustrations on you. Long story short, I regret everything I did to you and I know I have no right to even ask for you to understand let alone forgive me, hell, I should be in jail by now even, but I'll say it anyway. I'm sorry", Naoto finally finished his story still looking at his daughter. Natsuki had trouble processing everything his father just told her. She already knew most of what he said but hearing it from him was extremely hard to accept after all she'd been through. "You don't have to say anything about that right now if you don't want to, take your time to think about it, but I understand if you don't ever talk to me again honestly", Naoto spoke after seeing her daughter was having trouble trying to reply. "Now, Yuri, so you're my daughter's girlfriend right?", The skinny man now looked at the girl next to her daughter. "Y-Yes", Yuri replied immediately. "I see, so... how long have you been together?", Naoto asked. "Ummm, around o-one month, a-a little bit more than that I believe", Yuri replied rubbing her girlfriends hand with her thumb trying to calm herself down. "That's not too long. Why did you put yourself in danger for her just knowing her for that short span of time", Naoto asked curiously. "B-Because I love her, i-it does not matter how long it has been, the time we have spent together she has proven to be an amazing woman that deserves nothing but love and happiness", Yuri spoke feeling some confidence coming into her. "Heh, well that's nice, I really don't know much about my daughter since we've been really distant from each other these years, my fault of course. I just wanted to know a little about her, sorry if it sounded like I doubted you" Naoto replied with a sad smile on his face. "I-It is fine, sir", Yuri replied. "Please just calm me Naoto, anyway, I just want you two to know that you have me support, not that you really need it though, but still. I'm also going to seek for help so I can get rid of my drinking problem and eh... Don't know what else to say, this is too much for me too", Naoto replied scratching the back of his neck. "Papa", Natsuki finally spoke. "Eh, ah, what is it kid?", the man said a little surprised. "I... I want to try, try to forgive you. It really is hard for me but I think it's not impossible. You may have done a lot of bad things to me but at least you never left. So I hope we can both try", Natsuki said with tears rolling down her face as she looked at her father. "Thank you", Naoto said unable to hold a couple of tears as well. Yuri simply watched at the father and his daughter feeling better for them.

"Umm, so... can Natsuki stay at my house now?", Yuri asked trying to relieve some of the tension there. "Eh, of course she can, though if you mean officially move in with you she's still underaged so she'll have to stay here for legal reasons, you know how's that stuff. She'll turn 18 next year though so what happens then is up to her", Naoto replied wiping off the remaining tears from his face. "I-I mean just come over every now and then, I-I too have to ask my parents if she wanted to move in though", Yuri replied blushing lightly at the thought of she and Natsuki living together everyday. "I practically lived with you those past weeks though, I only came here to sleep during the week", Natsuki replied flashing a smile at her girlfriend. Yuri blushed a bit more realizing that. "I'll give you a proper allowance and everything you need the time you're here Natsuki so you don't have to leave it all to your girlfriend", Naoto interrupted. "I-It is no problem honestly, s-she helps me at home too", Yuri replied embarrassed. "I still owe my daughter a decent life though, but thank you. By the way you're welcome everytime you want to come see her here, though I guess you both prefer your house since this place is small and you may need some privacy", Naoto said with a mischievous smile. "P-Papa!!", Natsuki blushed madly. Yuri and Naoto laughed for the first time since they met and then Natsuki joined laughing with her father for the first time in years.

The three talked for little longer until Natsuki and Yuri finally decided it was time to go. Natsuki got some stuff from her room and said goodbye to her father to spent the rest of the weekend at her girlfriends house.

The couple finally returned to Yuri's house both feeling as if a big weight had been lifted from them. Natsuki still having a hard time believing her father and her were now on good terms but still happy for it.

Yuri ordered some Chinese food for dinner which as soon as arrived Natsuki insisted in paying half of it with some of the money her father gave her before leaving. Yuri accepted and then both sat down to watch a movie while they ate. After that both agreed it was time to go to bed.

Both girls finally climbed Yuri's bed tired from the storm of emotions from the day. Yuri still worried for Natsuki's injuries insisted on not cuddling again as much as she hated not to. However Natsuki's pushed until Yuri agreed on letting Natsuki spoon her, laying on her healthy side so there would be no problem.

Before getting in position Yuri noticed her phone buzzing from the night stand and grabbed it see what it was. Yuri saw it was a text. "What is it babe?", Natsuki asked popping out her head from behind Yuri's shoulder. "Erika texted me, she's asking if she could meet us both tomorrow to talk about something".