“good.. that’s.. good.” daya knew him just a little too well to know that he would never hurt his own daughter on purpose, yet there was still a small part of her worrying about just that and she couldn’t help it. she didn’t want for him to leave the litte girl hanging, to realize that this isn’t what he wants from life. naomi was her whole world — after isaiah had left naomi, understandably, after all she was her daughter, had become the only person to render emotions from daya, drawing her to bring back out the light in her, the love. to anyone else she’d become cold, distant even, she merely liked to leave people guessing about her feelings — and daya wasn’t sure if she’d be able to see her daughter hurting. “well, i’ll just talk to her then in the next few days then, try to explain it the best you can to a four year old and let her know that you’d like to meet her.. gives you some time to prepare for it, as well.” daya had absolutely no idea how to go about any of it, it was confusing and challening to say the least. how did you explain to a child, who’s grown up with only one parent by their side, that all of a sudden another one would step into their life and be there from now on? would she even understand? and how would it make her feel to bounce back and forth between two homes? there were plenty of questions running through the brunette’s mind and she really hoped that all of her fears would turn out to not become a reality.
a scoff parted her lips and she merely chose to ignore the words that came from him. it was a cruel thought that without naomi there wouldn’t be a reason for him to be in her life again, a thought daya was quick to push away. she had tried so hard, so, so hard, to remember all the good times they had spend together, but all she could see whenever she looked at him was indeed only the man that had left. maybe it was because the pain he had caused her when he’d left all these years ago was still as permanent as ever; it hadn’t been easy on her when she’d found out that he had left. she could remember that night as if it’d been yesterday and all of a sudden thoughts of the night he’d left consumed her again. she could remember waking up at her parents place at two in the morning, a searing pain in her chest confirming her worst fears, the sticky dampness on her face burning her skin as a reminder of what she’d lost. loud sobs, hands covering her face as she rolled over, screaming and crying for him, the cracking sounds of his otherwise gravelly voice haunting her and breaking her down further, weeping until there were no more tears left.. isaiah stepping closer to her figure was what eventually forced her to focus her attention back on him — he was dangerously close; too close for her liking. biting at the crimson shade of her lips, she couldn’t stand being this close to him and not being able to touch him, kiss him, pull him closer to her own figure. it was torture, to be so close to someone that every fibre of your body still craved but not being able to touch that someone. “mad? no. you’re really not that special. i went four years without kissing you, i can go another four.” daya raised up on her toes, leaning in the slightest bit so her lips were nearly grazing his, but instead they brushed over his cheek until she came to a halt once she’d reached his ear. “don’t flatter yourself so much.” she breathed out in a perfect sing-song voice. “only makes you seem like an even bigger dick than you already are.”
he couldn’t wrap his mind around the concept of being a father quite yet; isaiah had always wanted kids — more specifically with daya and only with daya — but the pair were admittedly too young to be parents and he’s sure they would’ve started with some sort of pet before even considering having a child yet just as life apparently didn’t agree with any decisions he thought to be best, here they were. parents and not even together. it seemed to isaiah as though they were living in another universe in which their lives followed the story of some horribly written romantic movie plot but he didn’t expect a happy ending for them in the near future. daya made it perfectly clear there wouldn’t be anything between them and whatever history isaiah was desperately trying to push away from his thoughts would most likely haunt the man each and every time he looked at both daya or naomi because regardless of how much adoration he viewed naomi with, isaiah was well aware every smile cast in his direction or every glance directed towards him by the little girl would only remind him of what he had left behind when he got on the plane that night. could he live the rest of his life like this? love had never been his thing so to say but daya changed the game for him; she changed everything he knew about life and god did it pain him to look at her right now. “cool. are you going to call me and let me know when i can meet her or forget to mention that too?” he asked with a raised eyebrow and part of him regretted letting the slight dig at her escape his lips but he was still upset with the fact that he missed four years of naomi’s life, mostly due to his own fault but still.
with her lips nearly hovering against his, isaiah felt his knees buckle and everything he felt beyond four years ago seemingly began to stir in his stomach. once her lips grazed his cheek, isaiah was sure he would cave — possibly turn his face the slightest bit and slam his mouth against hers to ensue a kiss he had been missing for the past few years but the only movement from him was the shutting of his eyes. he would take any contact he could from the woman he loved with his entire being and hell, if she decided to slap him right then and there, he would gladly accept it as sickening as it sounded. “sorry, but you can’t use ‘bigger’ and ‘dick’ in the same sentence and expect me to keep focus, can you?” he attempted to keep a sturdy voice but the shortened distance between them resulted in a slight quiver in his words once he spoke and isaiah had to clench and unclench his fists at his sides in order to keep them situated. it worked for possibly a fraction of a second — his hand trailing up lightly against her arm. how could he ever pretend to be out of love with her when the only feelings isaiah felt in regards towards daya was blatant love? anger existed among his pile of mixed emotions but it was mostly love. talking to other girls was easy; he wouldn’t have to do much and they would be swooning over isaiah almost too soon but daya had always been different and there was no doubt that would remain the same, always. the thought of any other person taking her place disgusted him as the thought seemed so unnatural. would he have to get over it? he didn’t want to — god, no he didn’t want to. ever since he saw her for the first time in years a few days ago, anything seemed better than being apart from daya.