Chapter 1
Not What We Expected
"Isn't this a 'good' different Kyouya-kun?!" Erika excitedly asked. Walking hand in hand with her husband inside of the nice restaurant was a breath of fresh air for her.
"It, is alright." Kyouya answered, looking around the establishment.
Erika and Kyouya were out for their occasional date night. With both being constantly swamped with work, they have not had an opportunity like this to open up for them in about 2 months.
It's been a while since her and Kyouya spent valuable time as a married couple together. Kyouya's mother is in town for two weeks and was excited to watch her granddaughter for them, so Erika decided that this was the best time to try something new.
She decided upon the French Nous, a restaurant known for it's high priced delicacies, and though Kyouya was and is still frustrated on her spending habits, he agreed to her request.
Kyouya was feeling it was a waste of time, but still felt her choice gave them a chance to dress up nice for each other.
Deciding on what to wear tonight was a hassle for Erika. She finally relented and went on a shopping trip for an outfit.
Luckily, she found an after five calf length satin black dress with long sleeve satin gloves to match. She looked like she was straight out of a 50's movie, but extravagant was she no doubt.
With her lucky collar always around her neck, she never fails to keep her gift from her husband close as she never takes it off.
Choosing a bracelet to match, the entire outfit was complete.
Kyouya was simple, and almost decided to wear his wedding suit to save money, and, because he didn't really care about the extras as Erika does. Luckily for him too, Takeru had a white after five suit for him to borrow, as his best friend forced him to put more thought and effort into this date.
He was glad that he did however upon seeing his wife for their date tonight.
Finally at the table, Kyouya gave the waiter their drink orders and waved him off with a pleasant smile.
Erika genuinely smiled at her husband as she knew his facade every time the moment he put it on. When the waiter left, he reverted back to his true self.
Sexy he definitely was, with a permanent intriguing gleam in his features. This was him even when he didn't have these clothes to accentuate him. However he always shows a sense of slight disinterest in everything inside those gorgeous features. That's her Black Prince.
"You look so handsome Kyouya, as always" she spoke up, with a small smile and pink blush on her cheeks.
Even though they have been married and have a child, and with everything they do with each other, she still becomes nervous when she focuses in on the looks of her husband.
"Thank you, I hope you are able to keep your composure the entire night with me", the blond smirked. Same ole Kyouya.
He showed his usual interestingly uninterested expression on the outside, but on the inside, his mind was turning flips in assessing how amazing his wife looked.
Looking at her dress, he thinks about the curves of her body caused by motherhood he knows well. Her hair up in a high ponytail, giving her that sexy, adult MILF look.
She is always gorgeous, but he knew this idiot, and her choice in attire in turn made her look even more sexier to him tonight.
He smirked as he glanced at her collar, remembering who she belongs to.
"You look nice too." he complimented flatly, then smirked at her. Another blush stained her cheeks.
As the date night went on, they talked about everything in the book, from work, to their friends, to responsibilities.
"Yuina has a kindergarten field trip she's going to day after tomorrow, Mrs. Nakamura called to remind us to sign the permission form", Kyouya reminded Erika.
She forgot she needed to stop by the grocery store to buy her lunch items before the end of tomorrow. "I need to pick up a few things for her for the trip at the store tomorrow, will you come with me?", She asked her husband.
He slightly rolled his eyes, only nodding his yes reply, clearly frustrated on her asking him to go with her for something so minor.
"Thank you darling!" she squeaked in happiness. She loves all the opportunities her and her Kyouya-kun can be together.
"When we go, can you consider not buying so much junk? Yuina needs to slow down on how much bad she is consuming" she asked Kyouya.
He thought, and realized that he doesn't even get them for Yuina, he gets them for himself.
"Well, I buy those things for myself, and I can't help that Yuina loves to take bites off my food when I'm eating." he retorted.
Erika clasped her gloved hands in front of her lips, "I know... but Kyouya-kun! She needs to not have so much access to the bad food! Come on, please?" she whined.
He hated when she got to this moment, and glared at her. "As I expressed, I buy the snacks for ME." he stated with a soft agitation to his tone.
Tired of his stubbornness on this subject, Erika strongly replied, "Kyouya, you're her father. You influence her! She needs to see positive examples, and I feel cutting down on snacks is one of them!"
She needed him to understand why she feels so strongly about this, junk food makes kids sick!
That line hurt a bit.
Kyouya knew his role as her father, as he was a great one! He began to feel like she was doing what she always is trying to do.
She know he loves her greatly and will do anything for her, and she uses this to control him in a way, without her even knowing.
He was not going to allow her to do this tonight, and he would not relent on this subject as well. He closed his eyes in irritation.
"When you decide to do better and listen to the things you try to teach Yuina, then you can talk to me about being her father and needing to see positive examples", he quietly spoke.
He opened his eyes to see Erika's face squinched up in confusion.
"Do better, what do you mean Kyouya-kun?" she asked in surprise. What is he referring to? She had no idea where this was coming from.
"You know how you are Erika, yet you try to get on me about something as minor as this?", he uttered. He was referring to her TOO easygoing attitude and always seeming to get in some type of trouble he needs to save her from over the years.
His annoyance at the moment was getting the best of him and gave him confidence to go further.
"You are her mother, and she needs positive examples to look at, not a hypocrite." he snapped.
Erika's eyes and mouth opened in surprise and hurt.
"A hypocrite?! You can't be serious right now." Erika expressed in unbelief.
"Oh, but I am. You can't be so strict on Yuina and not be strict on yourself.", he nonchalantly stated, not caring about her reactions at this moment.
Her heart was struck, and she softened her facial features after hearing this. She wanted to be the best mother she could be to Yuina, and didn't want anything she was doing to hinder that. Hurt, she lowered her head, looking down.
"Am I not a good mother, Kyouya?" she genuinely asked. Is that how Kyouya really felt about her?
"I didn't say that, idiot." he scoffed, turning his head, annoyed. "All I said was 'DO BETTER' before you come and talk to me about things so 'trivial' as that.", he calmly continued, looking at her, now viewing her expression through side eyes.
Erika's face snapped up in anger, wide eyed as her blood began to boil at the audacity of his words and tone. Her breathing picked up pace as anger flushed over her fast.
Come up to him about 'things so trivial'?! Could she not come to him about anything including this regarding the welfare of THEIR daughter?!
He read her expression and could see the resentment forming in her eyes and features.
Her face slowly covered pink, heavy tears threatening to spill at his nonchalant distaste. Her lips trembled in fury as they each stared into the other's eyes, mischievous slits meeting tearing ones.
This was supposed to be their date night after so long without time off. Erika looked so forward to this night.
She became even more upset when reflecting on the things they did not get a chance to talk about, like their love for each other.
With her emotions riled up, Erika knew she must look an angry, weak mess right now, and decided to leave the situation before it got any worse.
Before Kyouya had the chance to do anything, Erika roughly scooted her chair back and stood up from the table.
Kyouya gave her an astonished look, scanning her. Did I hurt her with that one? he thought in his mind.
He stared into her eyes questionly only to meet the eyes of his wife staring back with spilling tears.
With anger in her movements, she wiped the tears from her face with her right gloved hand harshly, snached her bag, and turned her back to him, rushing out of the restaurant.
"Erika!" he called after her, heads of the dinner guests looking.
Pissed off at her retreat and the attention it received, Kyouya quickly took $200 from his wallet to pay for their meal, placed it on the table, and rushed behind to catch up with his distraught wife.