Oh my god yes.
“Are you ready?” Matsuri’s hands sweat. He smiles at his cousin, who’s supposedly less valuable than him, but he likes sneaking away to play with the garden kids like her.
Hsaio nods before kicking open the door to Tsuneyoshi’s office.
“What on earth -”
“Move aside, idiots.” Matsuri shoves Arima out of the way.
Hsaio and Matsuri yank off their sweatshirts to reveal rainbow T-Shirts reading I’M GAY across the front.
Tsuneyoshi glowers at his grandchildren. “Is this a joke?”
“Nope,” Hsaio tells him.
“We gay,” Matsuri squeaks. “I want to marry a boy.”
“I want to kiss Big Sis Hairu,” Hsaio says dreamily.
Tsuneyoshi grabs his phone. “Yoshitoki? Get your ass in here.”
The room is awkwardly silent as everyone waits.. Arima remains expressionless.
“Oh.” Yoshitoki stops short in the doorway, the moment he sees their shirts. “Is that all?”
“Your spawn will destroy our legacy,” Tsuneyoshi growls. “We’ll get you a new wife and -”
Yoshitoki gasps. “No. I’m not putting another woman through that.”
“Oh, is that how it is? Are you like your son, then?” Tsuneyoshi mocks. There’s a dangerous edge to his voice.
Arima stays silent, knowing perfectly well what his brother and Special Investigator Marude do behind closed doors.
Yoshitoki sighs. Matsuri looks terrified, and Hsaio clutches his arm, determine to kill them all if they try to hurt her friend.
And his father would.
Yoshitoki sighs. His choice is obvious. “Yes.”
“What?”
“I put the B in LGBT.”
“I’m sorry?”
“I’m a man, I’m a tough man, and I’m bisexual, Father.” Yoshitoki looks at Matsuri, who sweats with fear.
“You – ”
“I’m in love with the half-ghoul leader of Aogiri,” Arima throws in quickly.
“What?!” Tsuneyoshi gasps. “What is wrong with my family?”
“I mean…inbreeding, rape, sex trafficking, toxic masculinity…” Hsaio rattles off the words that come to her mind.
“From now on, what if…we oppose V? What if we stop our abuse?” Arima suggests quietly.
“Yes!” cheers Matsuri.
Yoshitoki grabs his son’s hand. “For you, Matsuri, I would do anything.”
“What?! Get back here!” Tsuneyoshi fumes as his family walks away.
“We’ll be in trouble soon,” Arima says. “I’ll call my girl and get everyone whisked away to safety. A lot of secrets are about to come out.”
Yoshitoki smiles at Matsuri and Hsaio. Pride ripples through his heart. “Thanks to these two.”