The tension in the room was so thick you could cut it with a knife, the men staring each other down as they all took a seat. I sat next to the two boys who looked similar and then Mig sitting next to me after he put me down in a seat. I pulled my jacket over my shoulders and watched the men look at each other.
"Hi, I'm Atom." I say waving, giving off very happy energy. "I'm Toshi, yours and these three boys' father." The Japanese man said, glancing at the boys.
"Aight paperwork?" I ask. Toshi slides a file across the table to me and nods. I open the file and start reading everything.
"Blah blah blah, DNA test results.... Hold the fuck up, what's aunt summer have to do with this?. Never mind saving that for later... This is why I shouldn't just skim through shit..... Blah blah blah.... Ooh cute cat....." My inner monologue says as I read the file.
I hum and suck in my lips. "What?" Toshi asks. "Nothing." I say sarcastically. "Atom please control yourself." Marco said, taking a deep breath. "Yes grandpa." I respond to him in a sickeningly happy voice that makes my inner monologue cringe, gag, and die all at the same time. He responds with a glare then goes back to looking at the other men in front of us.
"I would like to talk to my lawyer." I say folding my hands in front of me after closing the file. "You don't have a lawyer." Marco says. "Well they didn't know that?!" I replied irritated. "If you're gonna talk please talk normal." Marco says rubbing his temples. "We'll see." I say back.
"Wait, so we're all triplets?" The two boys and I say in sync. "Yes." A few of the adults say. We all pause then look at each other for a second. "Cool." We say in sync, nodding our heads in approval.
"I want to take my daughter and have her live with me." Toshi said in a very serious tone. "Nah, cause you iz a stranger and I got trust issues, I just started warming up to this ass over here." I say pointing to my grandfather.
"I mean I read all your files and stuff and did some research online, so I do know you but I want to try and warm up to you more and I want you to know me. I guess that's what I'm trying to say." I say, cutting off my grandfather before he can speak.
"Atom I already know about you." My 'father' says. "Oh really, you know that I skipped two years of school? You know that I almost have an anxiety attack if I have to order stuff at a drive through but I'm not afraid to kill a bitch? You know that I don't have a favorite color because there are over ten decillion colors and some of them I will never see and because I'm super indecisive? You know that I have three plus kills so technically I'm a serial killer?" I asked him as I was getting irritated.
We make eye contact as I can feel my aura grow around me as a protective barrier but also to give off intimidation. "You might know me, but you don't know me. The only person that really knows me is hidden away and I fear when they come out, because the real me isn't pretty." I say getting even more frustrated.
Toshi takes a deep breath and looks at me. "I understand." He said, trying to be nice using a sickeningly sweet tone that made me mad. "I want to get to know you, and so does your family-.". "My family is dead!" I cut him off.
"They weren't that amazing; they were just people trying to figure it out as they went just like everyone else, but they raised me, they helped me become who I am. Ya I know it's Yui's fault that I didn't get to live with you or be raised by you, but she also saved me. I honestly wouldn't have cared either way if I was dead or not, and looking at your track record could you really save me if they tried to kill me?!" I yell back at him, I can feel my body heating up as I get overwhelmed.
"I can handle myself. At least 3 people or gangs have tried killing me this week. I'm currently a burden, so after I heal we can discuss talking about me living with you. But only after I can fully take care of myself." I say taking deep breaths trying to calm myself. "Ok." Toshi said understanding.
I break out in laughter. "Ya know I didnt think my first real meeting with a mob boss would involve me getting upset and going off a bit." I laugh. "Anyway we might need to work on that... I mean it did work but if someone wanted to kill me back talking wouldn't help my case even if I do have a death wish." I say thinking out loud.
"Ok so I think we should spend more time together and the family." Toshi says. "Wait wait wait." I say interrupting him before he can say anything else. "What?" He asks. "Do the others know about me or just the people in this room?" I reply.
"Well Aakesh, Shawn, Majá, Maison, Eren and I know about you but none of the kids under eight teen except the twins know about you-" He responds. "Good and let's keep it that way for now, I have an idea." I interrupt him with a mischievous smile.
My two brothers catch on immediately and their facial expressions change to the exact same as mine. "I think we all know what the others are thinking." The one says deviously. "Yup." Me and my other brother say in sync. "Oh ya I'm Kai." The black haired one said.
"And I'm Deigo." The brown haired one added. "I know, I'm Atom." I say with a smile. Kai gasps and smiles. "I have an idea." He says. "To dye the tips of our hair?" Diego adds. "Each of us in a different primary color?" I smirk.
We all smile and look at our dad. "We'll discuss it." Toshi says. "This is kinda freaking me out." The teenage boy says. "You'll get used to it, it'll be like how Kai and Diego are constantly in sync just with an added person. Also I'm your uncle Eren and that's the oldest of your brothers Daichi." Eren says.
"Ya I read the files Marco gave me so I know the basic information on the gang and I also did a little research soooo...." I reply.
"So Atom lets learn a bit about you." My father says. "Nah, I'm good. Why ruin the surprise?" I let out a fake laugh but add a smirk. "So are all your emotions fake?" Rafael asks while looking at me curiously. "No, but the majority kinda. There are more of a reaction or a reflex that I've picked up on that I see normal people do.
Most of the time when I'm not making a facial expression people ask me what's wrong, so I just usually just react or make myself express some sort of emotion throughout the day so people stop being annoying and asking me questions." I respond, adding a very obvious fake smile at the end. "Ok then." he says leaning back and looking at the wall.
"So I think we should call-" Toshi starts. "AH DA DA DA DA DUH. Hold up." I interrupt my father. "I can do texting, calls I don't like. One on one talking is ok, though but I swear to god you put me around a shit ton if people I'm not comfortable with I won't say almost anything until I'm comfortable with my surroundings and that will probably be never just for future reference. If someone I know and comfortable with talks to me in a group of people I don't know I can do that, I just need an emotional support human." I say.
"Can we keep her?" Kai asks. "Eventually." Toshi says. "Bold of you to assume I'll still be alive tomorrow." I say rolling my eyes. "Atom." My grandfather warns. I roll my eyes as a response.
"Is something wrong? You're a lot more irritated than usual." Mig chimes in. "I'm hungry, tired, want to lay in my nest and watch tv, and my meds are wearing off so my back hurts." I reply. "You didn't!!" I hear a bang on the other side of the table. My father and uncles face fuming with anger looking like they're about to kill someone.
"DID YOU CARVE OUR LAST NAME INTO HER BACK???!!!" Eren yells. My grandfather stays silent. "DID HE??!!" My uncle asks me. "Ooooh I fucked up..." I say looking away to avoid eye contact. "Um, I plead the fifth." I say looking at him smiling nervously. They both get visibly more irritated as my brothers catch on to the situation.
"Wait." Kai and Diego say. "Ya so what it doesn't even hurt it's almost healed..." I say before anyone can say another word. "I mean it hurt for the time but I just woke up with a knot in my back and the meds are for my leg because fucking clumsy. I promise I'm ok, and the broken leg is because of a guy who's already dead, no need to get revenge." I say trying to calm everyone down.
"Now how about you guys go back to the house." I say dismissing my grandfather's men. "And we can have some family bonding time." I say looking around the room trying to come to some kind of agreement. "Fine." They all say.
Marcos men leave the room (except Mig) and we all order food. "Wait why is he still here?" Kai asks, pointing to Mig. "Because he is my human, and he shall not leave the side until I die." I say sipping on my drink. "So he's your boyfriend?" Daichi asks.
"No. He's my... Right hand man." I say nodding my head while double checking with myself on the last part. "Since when." Mig asks me, raising an eyebrow. "Since I fucking said so, now shut up or I'll hire a hit man against you." I say smacking his arm.
"Ya know you talk a big game for a cripple." He says with a smirk getting closer to my face. "... I will not hesitate to stab you." I say glaring at him while keeping eye contact. "Oh yeah, and with what knife?" Mig responds with a cocky smile leaning in closer. "With this one." I say putting my black combat knife up to his throat. "Fair enough" he says, backing away."
"I thought we said no weapons." Marco groans. "Hey a bitch has gotta be prepared.'' I say holding up my hands in defense while smirking.