Abandoned
Hearing Damien ask about his father made Akira's expression stiff as she briefly looked away.
"Your father is…gone, Damien," Akira said in a heavy tone after a few moments of silence and continued, "But there was not a single moment where he didn't care about you. In fact, he was risking his life every second since you were born."
"What do you mean by saying he is gone? Do you mean he is…dead?" Damien didn't know why he was feeling so concerned about a man he had never met, yet after hearing Akira mention how much his biological father cared about him, Damien could feel some emotions stirring up inside him.
In his past life, he grew up with the notion that he was an unwanted kid abandoned by his parents, and because of that, he would watch with envy as he saw other parents play with their kids.