A Month of Fic Day 26
26. Blood - Lagoon Engine
Cousins. Sharing 12.5% of genetic material on average. Mother’s sister’s son. Shared maternal grandparents. No matter how Yen lays it out in his head, the factual knowledge of ‘cousin’ fails to match up to Housui Ayato.
Maybe it’s because he didn’t know he had a cousin before Aya came to stay with them. His mom doesn’t really talk about her family much after all. But Aya knew about Yen and Jin and had followed their names enough to recognize Yen on their first meeting. Yen’s a little guilty about it because he’s always paid more attention to his father’s family anyway; they’re the gakushi chasing down rogue maga after all. His mother’s family has nothing to do with Yen’s day to day life. And yet now they do because Aya is in his life, in his home, and constantly in his mind.
He shares the same amount of genetic relationship with his aunt as he does his grandparents, but he’s never met her or his mother’s parents. Is that normal? He kind of wants to know more about them, but it never feels like the right time to ask. There are maga to chase, Jin to corral, books to read or homework to do.
It feels like the time in which he can ask is coming to a close. He can’t explain it any more than he can explain his fascination with Aya. He’ll make time, soon. There’s too many questions building up in his head that Aya can answer.
Cousins. Sharing 12.5% of genetic material on average. Mother’s sister’s son. Shared maternal grandparents. No matter how Yen lays it out in his head, the factual knowledge of ‘cousin’ fails to match up to Housui Ayato.
Maybe it’s because he didn’t know he had a cousin before Aya came to stay with them. His mom doesn’t really talk about her family much after all. But Aya knew about Yen and Jin and had followed their names enough to recognize Yen on their first meeting. Yen’s a little guilty about it because he’s always paid more attention to his father’s family anyway; they’re the gakushi chasing down rogue maga after all. His mother’s family has nothing to do with Yen’s day to day life. And yet now they do because Aya is in his life, in his home, and constantly in his mind.
He shares the same amount of genetic relationship with his aunt as he does his grandparents, but he’s never met her or his mother’s parents. Is that normal? He kind of wants to know more about them, but it never feels like the right time to ask. There are maga to chase, Jin to corral, books to read or homework to do.
It feels like the time in which he can ask is coming to a close. He can’t explain it any more than he can explain his fascination with Aya. He’ll make time, soon. There’s too many questions building up in his head that Aya can answer.