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Emi’s dad often talked about a ‘poker face’ which didn’t really make sense to her since he never hid his emotions. Grandpa Jii said dad used to be better at it and hadn’t quite figured out he’d lost it. Emi wasn’t going to tell Kaito that’s for sure.
This was especially because if dad knew that he didn’t have as much control over his face as he thought, she wouldn’t get to see his silly expressions.
Kaito was working at his desk, and since he wasn’t on call, Emi figured she could see what he was up to. The rule was never to try to enter a call unless she had permission beforehand because apparently some clients saw it as ‘unprofessional’
They were stupid meanies, but whatever. He wasn’t on call so it was fair game.
Emi tugged on Kaito’s sleeve to get his attention. “Hey dad?”
Kaito looked down at her. “What’s up, Em?”
“What’s sex?”
Confusion and fear wrote across his face. “Um. Adult stuff. Where did you hear about it?”
“Oh the show had the lady and the guy-”
Kaito minimized his screen and stood up. Oh this was juicy. She could show him it! Maybe he’d even want to watch it.
“What are you watching?”
Emi grabbed his hand, and lead him out of his bedroom. “If it's an adult thing, have you done it?”
“Yeah…uh, once.”
His eyes flickered between her and the tv screen before she bounded over to the remote and rewinded. It was a hospital show she’d found. Face your fears and all.
”and the sex of your partner?” repeated as she heard it on screen. She paused again.
“That!” She waved the remote. “What does that mean?”
Her dad snorted, and then properly laughed. “Oh! OKAY. So that is like. Not what I thought you meant.” Kaito slapped his knee a little. “Fuck, I thought…okay, so that’s like, not an adult thing. Just a less accurate way of asking if they’re a boy or girl or not.”
“Hmm…” Emi’s brow furled. “Then why didn’t he just say so?”
Kaito shrugged. “It's your show.”
Emi wasn’t as satisfied with the answer as she thought it would be. “Could you watch it with me and then tell me? I know you have a laptop and can work out here.”
“Wow, miss demanding, but…sure.”
Emi excitedly flapped her arms as she left to grab his laptop. Should she rewind just the episode? Start at episode 1?
She was just happy to hang out with her dad