Tungkulin Sa Pamilya の小説・ストーリー

“I didn’t know.” “I told you he wouldn’t have kept the lad from us, Lena,” Da cooed, and I watched, confused, as Ma’s shoulders sagged like that was the best news she’d heard all year. “You thought I’d kept a kid from you?” I muttered, mostly bewildered, but a little pissed off too. After all, who the fuck did they think I was? Family was everything. Jesus. That was the first rule, wasn’t it? The first of a million, granted, but that was at the top of the agenda.

I'm not surprised considering he is from one of the most influential and wealthy families in the country. "But he hates me now….' He cut me off before I could finish up my statement. "Forget those childish notions little one, your judgments shouldn't and cannot be influenced by stupid emotions, it is time to make your responsibility to the family, that is the only way we can protect you." Marriage is a responsibility the family is putting on me, what happens if I don't want to? "What if I decline?" Grandpa looks up at me with a smile like he was expecting the question.

Alina was a little impulsive, and even these memory lapses. Here's how to explain to her, how to talk about duty to the family, about obligations. He could not choose a spouse, relying only on feelings. He needs a suitable partner who will give Maji's family healthy children. No matter how cynical it may sound, but these rules are the key to the survival and strengthening of the family. And if there was no love between spouses, then both spouses could have lovers. The main thing is to observe decency and not dishonor the clan with scandals.

He smirked that cold, knowing smirk he used every time he wanted to make me feel small. “I mean you’re distracted,” he said. “You’ve been distracted for weeks.” I stiffened, blood running cold. “And I don’t tolerate distractions,” he added. “It’s personal” I began. “There is no ‘personal’ in this family,” he snapped. “There is legacy. There is responsibility. There is the name you carry. Everything else is irrelevant.” My fists tightened. My entire life he’d drilled this into us me and Darius both. Blood. Duty.

"He's... he's family." Family, in the truest sense that transcended blood relationships and found its foundation in choice rather than obligation. Connection that had been forged through shared experience rather than inherited duty. Belonging that had emerged from mutual affection rather than social convention. Love that had proven strong enough to risk life protecting, regardless of probable outcomes. But family could be lost. Family could be destroyed by forces that recognized no obligation to preserve what mattered to others. Family could be eliminated by enemies who understood exactly what such elimination would cost their opponents.

I said out with the silence hanging in the air. My eyes held his. I was not supposed to be even telling him this. Family could be the best and most wicked thing in our lives. They had such a strong grip on us but family was not just those bonded to you through blood. Family are the people that stick, protect, care and love you no matter what. That trash was not his family, never was, never would be. He did not owe him any loyalty at all. Dante turned around, him knowing it as clear as I did.

"Mother, what about Lingling?" "She's grown up, let her stay here!" "Then what about father? And mother, aren't you also..." "He is the head of the family, so he needs to be here! I am only a wife and have no obligation to stay or watch, especially since I'm sure you have your reasons, right?"

"You've already done so much for me. I don't know how I can ever repay you." "You don't have to repay me," I said firmly. “That's what family is for.”

She said it like it was the most natural thing in the world, as if Adora was obligated to send money home. In a normal family, a child helping pay for a parent’s medical bills would be a duty. But in the Matthews family, they had no right to expect that. Adora remained unmoved. "I have some money, but not much. I can give you maybe one or two thousand. But don’t bother asking my husband—he has neither the responsibility nor the obligation to support your family."

Thank you so much for showing me how much my trust means to you. Do you know what family means? A group of people who have each other's back and are willing to go to the ends of the earth to bring a smile to the others' faces. Call it a true family or a real family—the true family definition is the sense of loyalty, selflessness, love, and genuine care and concern for the others. Love? Who am I kidding. We- I don't know that.