Disclaimer: I do not own Hana-Kimi. A/N: This chapter takes place in America,so there's no Mizuki and gang just, Shizuki and their parents, but the next chapter has Mizuki and gang. : " " means speaking means thinking. Also everyone's kinda OOC in this first part )
Takumi, father of two, married happily, sauntered in his two story home after a slow but relaxing walk to his mail box. After shutting ,locking the door, and removing his shoes, Takumi sat down at a table next to the trash can to sort his mail. "Okay let's see... bill, junk, junk, merger proposal, mer-'Arrghh, another...' oh." Before carelessly tossing the letter in the trash, Takumi inspects it very closely. "This says "M- I", not "M- E". I've got to get better glasses..." Upon further inspection, he realized... " A letter... from Mizuki!"
Elated by hearing from Mizuki, Takumi hastily tears open the letter, eager to read its contents. "It's been months since we've gotten a letter from her." He read the first line:
OH MY GOD , SHIZUKI! Apparently this letter was meant for Shizuki, but Takumi let curiosity overrule his conscience:
OH MY GOD , SHIZUKI! Remember Sano? You know... Sano? Ok , so a few months after you left, he convinced me to join the track team. And guess what?! WE'RE GOING TO REGIONALS! YES! I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT EITHER!! I'm glad and so thankful for making it this far. I've happy that I've made a lot of friends. But I'm getting worried... about my secret...
"Heh heh.. kids and their secrets,"Takumi pondered. He continued reading. For one thing, I think my vest is getting tighter. "Tighter? Ahhh, my little Mizu-chan is growing up... Wait a minute, why would she worry about her vest getting tighter?" With growing apprehension, Takumi continued. I think I'll have Io (Dr. Umeda's older sister) make me another because I'm filling out and my chest is getting harder to hide. "Whoa, whoa, whoa, hold on a minute... she's hiding her breasts?!?! What is going on here?!"
After all, I AM in Osaka High. Osaka High... that name sounds familiar...' Takumi hurried to his home office to Google the school Osaka High. "Osaka...ah, here we are... Osaka High: an all boys' school known for academics and it's athletics pro...gram ..." Though he read the first line of the information fully, his mind did not get by the first five words of the sentence: Osaka High: ALL. BOYS. SCHOOL.' His mind feverently searched for an alternate solution, an excuse, anything, ANYTHING, to keep himself from realizing that he enrolled his daughter in a school filled with only hormone-infused teenage boys. He then did the only thing he could think of: "EIKO!!"
Eiko heard her husband yelling for her downstairs. Well, I'd better get down there before he pops a blood vessel...'Eiko slowly walked downstairs, only to see her red-faced husband pacing the living room.
"Honey, what's wrong ?" Eiko calmly asked Takumi. "What's wrong...what's wrong you ask?! Our daughter...your daughter...oh never mind, just read this!" boomed Takumi. As Eiko read the letter, she could hear her husband grumbling in the background. "How could she? No. A better question would be, how could Shizuki not tell me about this...oh, I can only imagine what going on in those dorms. Oh gods, this is a father's worst nightmare." Eiko finished the letter, but struggled to comprehend its meaning. When she finally looked at the computer's screen, it hit her as if she'd been thrown into a tsunami by a tornado. She began to feel dizzy and weak in the knees. Eiko managed an "Oh Kami-sama..." before falling into darkness.
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Shizuki Ashiya, currently unaware of the situation, jogged to his apartment door after a stressful day at work. After letting himself in, he stopped to listen to his messages. You have one new message.' "SHIZUKI CLAUDE ASHIYA, GET YOUR ASS OVER HERE NOW!!" Shizuki groaned. "Great, just what I need; another crisis. I wonder what crawled up dad's butt crack this time? I mean first in was the T.V., then the toaster..." Reluctantly, though with a sense of urgency, he grabbed his car keys and sped to his parents' house.
Before Shizuki could even ring the doorbell, the door burst open and he was pulled in by the collar of his shirt. His captor, Takumi, pushed him on the nearest couch. " Well, Shizuki?! What do you have to say for yourself !?" "Dad, what are you talking about? Are you sick or something?" Shizuki said as he stood up. "Calm down and let me take your temperature..." Shizuki whispered as he put his hand on his fathers' forehead, only to have it grabbed and used to push him back on the couch. "I'm not sick ! What I want to know is why you didn't tell me your sister is the only girl in an all boys school !"
Shizuki was stunned. For almost two long years they managed to keep her secret , well, a secret. But now, it was out in the open for everyone to see. Sorry, Mizuki; better check in to Heartbreak Hotel...' Shizuki thought as he felt his father's eyes drill holes in his head. " Father I'm sorry please forgive me, but when I went to Japan two years ago I found out. I tried to make her come home, and I was unsuccessful. She told she hated me when I told her she was to come home with me. Soon after, I learned an important lesson about being a brother from the school doctor, so I let her stay because I didn't want to regret it later on." Shizuki bowed his head in shame, but spoke in desparation. "Father ,you didn't see her there, she looked so happy. And from what I saw she made a lot of friends and no one suspected a thing. To tell the truth I-I disliked the fact that she was at that school , but after I saw that she loved Sano I could not force her to leave." Please, please, please believe in love conquers all .
I hope he doesn't think I'm falling for that love conquers all crap.' " Shizuki , you think that if she's in love with a boy that she could possibly be sharing a dorm with, should stay?" Shizuki thought it over and it sounded absolutely horrible, but before he could stop himself he said, "Actually, Dad, they are sharing a dorm room." Shizuki mentally slapped himself Oh, fuck me and my big mouth!!'
" What the hell?!! Now she's really coming home!!"
"NO, Father you can't... where's mother she'll back me up on this!"
" As far as your mother goes, she's upstairs unconscious from passing out after findingo out. Now, back to the matter at hand, Mizuki will be here, with me, by the next two days."
" No! Father you can't; it'll break her heart!!"
"I'm not going to break her heart, you are! You should've had the sense to bring her home! Now listen to me... you are to call her this very instant and tell her to pack her bags and be ready to get on her plane tomorrow. If she refuses, tell her the whole family will be there to get her by force. You stay here while I book her flight."
With that Takumi walked in the direction of his office, leaving Shizuki to figure out how to best tell Mizuki of this terrible development.How will I ever break the news to her?' "I'm sorry Mizu-chan, but this is for your own protection." Akito whispered to himself.
Shizuki walks over to the phone, and silently dials a number.
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