Afterschool at home.

It took you a good 40 minutes to arrive at home thanks to the weather. Pulling into the driveway, you turn off the engine. Going to the door, you find it locked. "Sunyi hasn't made it back yet, I guess," you tell your niece.

Entering the house, you toss your keys and briefcase on the island. You hear the door close, and a moment later, you hear Krystal say,"So Uncle?"

"Yes, sweetie.....," you say, turning.

Krystal was leaning back against the door. Her left hand was playing with the buttons on her blouse. She was smiling at you, but it was anything but sweet or innocent.

"Should we...." she coyly asked.

You swallow hard, oh so tempted, but instead of doing what you want to, you say,"Later tonight, Krystal."

You could see her consider pushing it, but after a moment, she seems to wilt. She huffs, saying,"I guess I'll change into something dry and do my homework."

Krystal passes you heading to her room, and you briefly close your eyes, thanking god. The last thing you need would be for Sunyi to come home and find you nailing Krystal to the door. Heading into your room, you strip off your wet things and change into some shorts and a t-shirt.

Heading back into the kitchen, you first deposit your wet clothes in the laundry hamper. Opening the fridge, you peruse the contents, deciding to make some beef tacos. Soon, the smell of cooking beef was wafting through the house. You had refried beans slowly heating while you were chopping vegetables when you heard a key go into the lock on the door.

Looking at the clock, it was just about 6 pm. "I take it things took a longer than you thought," you ask the visibly tired woman.

She nods as she puts her bag onto the kitchen table."I can help..." she starts, but you put hand.

"No, Sunyi sit and rest. I have things well in hand," You tell her as you wash a tomato.

Sunyi quietly sits down at the table. You give her a few moments before asking,"So how did it go today?" Sunyi slowly tells you about how she left this morning and retained Jessie Strickland, a divorce attorney.

"Right as my meeting with Jessica ended, Jae called me after getting bail." She finishes.

" And that would be where he demanded you go home for punishment. I take it," you ask

"Yes, it was," she confirmed.

Her breath hitched before saying,"After I hung up, he.... he started texting vile things."

You finish chopping the tomatoes and start cutting the lettuce while you ket Sunyi gather her thoughts.

"I showed Ms. Strickland, what he was texting. She took photos and them and advised me to call the police." She recounted.

Nodding along, you ask,"I take it non contact was part of the protection order."

"Yes, i turned my phone over to police and the DA said there would be a hearing."

"Did you get a new phone," you ask.

Sunyi shakes her head, and you say,"Afterschool tommorow I'll take you to get a new one."

She looked like she was going to object, so you said,"Sunyi, you need a phone if you really feel the need you can pay me back."

You reach to grab an onion when a thought occurs to you,"Now that I'm thinking it, we should probably get Lili a new phone too. God knows your husband may start texting her next."

Sunyi gets a stricken look before saying,"Very well."

Right about, then you see the front door open, and Lili walks in. You see her turn and wave as headlights move across, indicating someone was pulling out of the driveway.

"Good evening. Lili, dinner will be ready in about 10 minutes."

"Oh good, I'm starving," she tells you.

Lili heads back to her room for a minute before coming back out of the kitchen. Lili sits down at the table and reaches out, grasping her mothers hand. "Mom, father, started texting me, and I had to turn my phone off."

"I'm sorry, my Lili," she choked out.

"I'm afraid that would happen," you interject,"lili ill take you and your mom to get new phones tomorrow after school."

"Thank you, da..... " she starts when you burst in saying,"Lili, can you let Krystal know dinner is ready."

Nodding, she hops up, heading to inform Krystal. You look at Sunyi, hoping that it didn't occur to her that Lili was calling you daddy.

You're setting out the food when Lili and Krystal barrel into the kitchen. The four you sit down and enjoy dinner. Sunyi, for the most part, was quiet while the two teens dominated the conversation. After you finish eating, Sunyi tells you she'll clean up. Thanking her, you grab your briefcase, pulling out your work laptop.

For the next hour, you work first by sending a message out to the cheer team about the car wash. Looking thru the parent questions once again made you want to punch something.... like a politician.

After you finish plowing thru the unrelenting and often clashing demands and expectations. You had now moved on to grading papers when from the hallway you heard.⁹

Knock. Knock. Knock.

"Lili, can I ask you a favor?"

You fight the need to look and see what Krystal was up to. 10 minutes later, you were wondering how Mr.Jacobi was going to maintain his football eligibility. Making another awnser red because Prince phillips war did not happen 10 years before the founding of Jamestown.

"Thank Lili, this is going to be so epic."

You stop grading for a long minute. Dear Lord, you think to yourself. I hope my heart can last through whatever she thinks is epic. Another 15 minutes, and you finish the last of the tests. Putting the papers away, you raise your arms, taking a deep stretch.

Clising your briefcase, you shove it off to the side and reach for the remote when you notice Sunyi still sitting quietly at the table.

"Sunyi?" You question.

Her eyes blink several times before saying,"You ordered me to wait, and we'd discsuss me being yours later."

"That's right, i did," you admit. You pat the cushion next to you, saying,"Come sit next to me, Sunyi."

Getting up, Sunyi glided over to the couch sitting next to you. You studied the tiny woman perched next to you. Other than the fact Lili towered over her mother by a good 4 inches, you could see just how much her daughter favored her.

Gathering your thoughts, you ask,"Sunyi, what so you want from me?"

Sunyi look perplexed by your question. She had a tiny frown as she struggled to find a reply to your question.

Reaching out, you touch her shoulder," How about this when was the last time you were adked what you wanted."

Sunyi just stared at you like she was looking not at you but at the past. Finally, her eyes moistened with unshed tears and, in a small voice replied,"when I was in college."

Reaching out, you hug the tiny woman. You could feel her shivering as she burrowed her head into your chest. "Shhhhhh, it's alright," you murmur.

After a while, you ask,"Sunyi, you asked me to claim you be your master. Is it what you want or what you think you need to survive."

Sunyi looks up at you, her eyes darting around as she thinks. Nervously, she worries her lip before whispering,"Both."

"No, Sunyi binding yourself to me out survival is not an option." You squueze her shoulders asking,"If you're going to be mine, I want the girl who who was happy for direction who wanted to be cared for."

"I...I," she replied.

"I don't want the silent vessel. I know it will be hard but I'm sure you'll get there." You give her another gentle squeeze,"and at the end, when you're finally ready to be marked as mine forever, you'll weep tears of joy and not tears of fear."

Her hand drifts up, stroking your cheek. "I've been silent for so long."

You press a kiss into her hair, telling her,"That ends today."

You could see Sunyi was visibly tiring, so you told her,"Go rest and be readyfor tomorrow."

She nods, telling you in korean,"ne, juinnim."

You watch as Sunyi dissappears into her bedroom. After a day that had started in a rush and hadn't really slowed down, you felt like you had been run through a wringer.

You are able to go back to your room and head into the master bath. Stripping down you into a nice hot shower. Leaning against the wall, you let the heat soak into your tired muscles. You had left the door cracked open, expecting Krystal to sneak in, but surprisingly, she didn't.

What is she up to you wondered. Drying off, you head back into your room and sit on the bed. Unlike last night, you make sure your phone is lying on its wireless charger.

You were just about to get under the covers when your bedroom door opened. Krystal stepped in, closing the door. She was in a school cheerleading uniform. Not the one piece that went your neck to your midthigh. This uniform was two pieces that showed her bare midriff.

'Hope you like Uncle Jason," she teased. You like, you liked it a lot.

"Lili was happy to lend me the school competition uniform," she purred. Taking a step she pulled up the skirt high enough to flash a bare pussy at you. "I hope your ready to fuck your slutty cheerleader."