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A road trip to the Fuji area for the day is going to have to include a bit of train based travel, because there is no way Sojiro is going to sit in horrendous traffic or pay numerous tolls just to maybe, perhaps see the mountain with his kids. No, instead he’s being clever and catching a train to Otsuki, then renting a car to drive to Kawaguchiko, where he intends to view the mountain while lounging about an onsen.
In the case of his kids, Ren is often awake at strange hours, but getting Futaba out of bed before eleven is like breaking into a highly secured building drunk and armed only with a rusty crowbar. And even after achieving the miraculous feat (with the help of his attic dwelling assistant) Futaba still falls asleep on her adopted father's shoulder as soon as her butt hits the train seat.
“Ren, if she doesn't grow out of this habit, you're going to have a heck of a time having breakfast served to you in bed. And that’s vital for a man, you know.” It took Sojiro a good while to warm up to the troublemaking stranger he took in as a favour, and then no time at all for him to warm up to the idea of said troublemaking stranger dating his daughter. Of course, by then Ren was no longer a stranger. Quite far from that, in fact.
The quiet and intense young man sitting across from him, smiles, his sharp black eyes darting to Futaba, softening dramatically when they land on her. Teen romances, Sojiro doesn't dare put much hope in them, but one never knows, neither teen is anywhere near normal, they may just get a permanent thing going. He'd like that. He'd like that very much.