Taka: A Father’s Love“You what?” My brain was still sluggishly trying to comprehend what my father had just said as I glared at him. “Why would you do that? You know Shinji is my best friend!”
“Those two are clearly a bad influence on you. I knew that boy was from a trashy family, but it’s too much, just too much. I won’t let him ruin your future.”
“What are you talking about?”
“Taka,” my mom jumped in, ever the peacemaker. “Your father is just concerned because of what we saw this morning.”
“This morning?”
“Yes, when you kissed that girl and then kissed Tsuda-kun.” Even after all these years, my father refused to call Shinji by his first name, even though my mom did. It was one of his ways to remind us he didn’t approve of our friendship because of Shinji’s social status. My father w
