FAKE Drabble: Still A Kid

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Title: Still A Kid

Author: badly_knitted

Characters: Victor ‘Bikky’ Goldman, Dick Goldman

Rating: G

Setting: Just before Vol. 1.

Summary: Bikky realises he’s not as grown up as he thought.

Written For: The tw100 prompt ‘Ten.’

Disclaimer: I don’t own FAKE, or the characters. They belong to the wonderful Sanami Matoh.

Victor Goldman is ten years old; that makes him practically a grownup, right? At any rate, he’s not a little kid anymore. His dad says he’s growing too fast.

“Don’t be a no-hoper like me, Biks, promise me you’ll make something of yourself. Okay?”

Bikky nods. “Sure, dad. I’m gonna play pro basketball.”

“That’s my boy!”

A week later, his dad is dead, and suddenly Bikky doesn’t feel so big. His dad was his only family; now he’s alone in the world. Grownups don’t cry, but as tears fall, he thinks maybe he’ll be a kid a little while longer.

The End

Comments

[lil-1337.livejournal.com]

That was heartbreaking. No 10 year old should ever have to feel like he is an adult.

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With a life like Bikky's, I reckon he had to grow up pretty fast. Mixed race, mother dead at an early age, father a petty criminal who's probably not home a lot, Bikky's had to learn to take care of himself. Ryo taking him in is the best thing that could have happened to him. He gets to be a kid.

Thank you.