-Hana-

Anna had reached an entirely new level of being pissed off with her husband, Yoh. His secrecy was getting on her nerves. Recently, he would get up early in the morning and leave the house purposely not telling her where he was going and wouldn't come back until later that afternoon and for some odd reason, he would be covered in dirt and grass. It was a really unsightly and rather suspicious condition to be in after being gone for the entire day. Her questions quickly escalated when she first found him coming into Funbari Inn all disheveled and dirty three days in a row. It at first seemed like it would be a simple thing to explain and understand, but due to his tight-lipped responses, it was totally not the case. He completely refused to answer her no matter how many times she asked or demanded. No matter how much she tried to pry details from him; he would never tell her.

And as punishment for his incompetence and not giving her the well-needed information she wanted, Anna made Yoh do countless hours of extra chores and exercise as long as he kept up his little "secret". But even the strenuous labor didn't make him own up for his actions. He would simply tend to his tasks with a beaming smile on his face. That little cocky bastard's smile was the thing that made her the angriest.

How could someone gain such pleasure by holding a secret from their own wife? His behavior was unorthodox and unacceptable to her and she wouldn't stand for it…not in the least. She even almost resorted to slapping him with her Left Hand, but she stopped herself from doing so. It had become quite the lethal weapon since she had gotten older. And even the constant threat of Anna suddenly taking his life with a mere flinch of her wrist didn't stop him from hiding the truth from her. Being the sort of woman that she was, she was too prideful to simply ask him directly because she felt that would make her look weak in a sense. She tried her best to trust her husband, but his questionable behavior wasn't actually helping her dilemma.

Any other time, his compulsive behavior would have been fine, barely something she would even give the time of day. She knew just as well as everyone else that these sorts of things would never have bothered her before. In a case such as this, she wouldn't even have batted an eye in Yoh's direction for the most part because of her husband's usual lack of common sense. But now, it was different…for many reasons. Now was not the time for him to be doing whatever the hell he wanted while leaving her alone in the house, not the time for him to be acting like an idiot, not the time for him to act foolish and immature. He needed to pay more attention to her, to look at her more intently...what WAS he doing to keep himself so occupied?

And thus, today had marked the sixth time Yoh had gotten up and left her alone in the house, but today, she made a conscious decision not to let it get to her. She had been in the kitchen sitting in silence thinking over her current situation while she was calmly sipping on a cup of hot tea and eating a cinnamon bun (which was the exact cinnamon bun Yoh had asked her not to eat because he had saved it to eat later…a childish but satisfying way to get back at him for acting suspicious). Even though she told herself not to let Yoh get to her, she was still allowing herself to give his precarious behavior a little thought. Just thinking about him made her angry. She took a huge bite out of the bun. Anger had apparently started to make it taste better.

Calm down Anna…

She was not about to give in. She wasn't about to march out the down and track him down and drag him back to Funbari wrapped in her needed to concentrate on something else. It was then at that moment that she began to actually notice the things around her. It was actually quite the beautiful day outside. Sunlight poured through the open window sill up above her. The bird that landed on the perch was a nice touch to the tranquil springtime atmosphere that found its way into the inn. Maybe this relaxing atmosphere could get her mind off things. She sat the cup of tea back on the table and closed her eyes taking in all of her surroundings. A chilly breeze blew through the kitchen blowing her now lengthy hair about her face.

"I wonder what he's doing…?"

The veins in her forehead began to throb.

Damn it! Even THIS pleasant atmosphere wasn't helping. She was indeed significantly calmer than she had been in the past few days, but she was now more curious than ever. Usually, Yoh was never really motivated to do anything but look up at the sky and listen to music all day. Whatever it was, it was really giving him the ability to actually get up and do it. He wasn't just dirty when he came to the house, he was tired and would soon pass out in their bedroom after taking a shower, giving her no time to ask him anything. But in any case, she could see SOME good out of this ordeal. Later, when she found out what he was really doing, he would have absolutely not excuse or room to complain about cooking or cleaning till he was exhausted. If he was enthusiastic enough to hold secrets from her, he should be able to pull some more enthusiasm out of him to do even more strenuous chores.

She suddenly heard the back door open.

"Hey, Anna, are you home?"

Yoh's voice, clear as day.

Before she could even respond to him, he came walking through the door of the kitchen immediately meeting her eyes.

He smiled, "...There you are."

Instinctively, she frowned. So far, for the past few days, he has been extra friendly and loving towards her. And in response, she refused to talk to him as little as possible. She was not about to lose to him no matter what he was planning, regardless of how much he smiled and flirted with her.

She looked at his attire. Odd. His clothes were actually cleaner than they usually were. There weren't any grass marks or dirt on them. And he was home earlier than usual. She watched as her husband walked over to the sink and poured himself a glass of water.

"You're home early…" she said sarcastically. "...what happened with this THING you've been keeping a secret from me? Now all of a sudden you have free time?"

He took a huge sip out of his beverage and sighed happily.

"That's why I'm here so early," he said placing his drink on the table and walking up to her. He took her by the hand without even thinking about the consequences of doing so. He was indeed in a very dangerous situation with her. Doing something like grabbing her hand without a rhyme or reason while she was already irritated was pushing his limits and testing her patience to the extreme. Regardless of whether or not he was married to her, she was still very capable of vaporizing his soul, but he apparently didn't care in the slightest.

He spoke before she could lash out, "I wanted to show you what I've been doing this week. It's finally finished. Would you take a little walk with me down the road? I want to show you something."

Curiosity almost got the best of her in an instant. She was almost up out of her seat without really thinking but she forced herself to stop. She was not about to be drawn into his pace so easily. She was still pissed off.

"Tell me what it is first," she demanded. "You think I'm going to just go along with your little plan after being left in the dark for six days? You have a limited brain capacity for thinking that."

He continued to smile at her, "Pleeeease…I promise to explain everything to you once we get there. Just take a walk with me." He got down on one knee refusing to release her hand. "Pretty pleeeeaase…?"

His dark eyes widened like a child begging for a toy…and she couldn't believe that she dared herself to be drawn into it. How could such childish curiosity bring her to a level of conflicting emotions…debating with herself on whether or not she was going to get up from her seat? Either way, she had to admit that he was the only one who was capable of finding the small cracks in her personality some called her "weaknesses". She was more infuriated with herself knowing she couldn't stay angry with him. It was exhausting.

She sighed heavily, "Fine...I'll go, but if what you're showing me isn't legit, I promise you, I will personally see that your soul will find the most excruciating and most painful path into Hell that I can find."

And her threat was quite true…but it didn't seem to faze him at all.

"I promise you, you'll like it," he said gracefully raising her up from her seat. He led her out into the hallway and to the front door swiping the straw hat the two of them used when they went walking downtown off the coat rack. He lightly placed it on her head and patted it down around her eyebrows which flustered her even more.

"What. Are. You. Do-"

"It looks good on you. It goes with your white dress. You look beautiful in it."

Her heart began to race much to her discomfort. She was having mixed emotions with this whole situation. What exactly was he hiding? What the hell was he planning?

The grip on her hand tightened. "Off we go then."

Her heart suddenly skipped a beat.

"Ok..." she muttered under her breath following in his footsteps out the door and into the front yard. She had to admit it. She was silently giving in. She had missed his touch…holding his hand. She hadn't felt it in days and now…he was back to his normal carefree self again smiling like a complete idiot for no reason and she was being dragged around going along with whatever his plans were.

She firmly took hold of his hand for a moment forgetting all of the confusion she had once felt.

She missed this.

"Yoh…we've been walking for thirty minutes. Where are we going?" They had walked together into a nearby thicket and were on their way into a clearing. They had made their way away from the hustle and bustle of the city, climbed a distant hill and all was quiet now. The only sound was the blowing wind and the chirping of the birds. But even by now, her curiosity and irritation had reached its peak.

"We're almost there Anna. This'll explain everything in a short while. For the moment, could you close your eyes?"

She looked at him skeptically, "Why?"

He chuckled under his breath at her lack of cooperation. He always found that cute about her, "It's a surprise. I promise that you'll like it."

She frowned but complied with his request. He took hold of both of her hands and lead her towards the clearing in the forest.

"Don't worry, I won't let you go," he told her.

"If we don't make it to our destination soon, you are going to wish you HAD let me go," she threatened again in a mixed of anger and slight excitement.

He lightly laughed under his breath continuing to lead her on. About two minutes of walking passed before Anna asked to open her eyes again.

"Ok…you can open them now," he told her stepping to the side.

It took a half-second for her to actually realize it, but she was actually in a field of flowers….thousands of flowers. And they were in every color she could think of. In every direction she looked, she saw nothing but flowers swaying back and forth in the wind as far as the clearing was. It was like she had woken up into a dream. It was a sea of colors and the sweet smell of all the kinds of efflorescence filled the air. But this was no dream. This was real. Thousands of beautiful flowers dancing around her ankles as if praising the beautiful mid afternoon. She was at a loss for words.

She turned to face Yoh who was standing next to her, "You did this?"

He nodded, "I wanted it to be a surprise no matter what so I kept your birthday present a secret from you. I know you probably thought that I had forgotten about it or something like that since I've been acting like a jerk lately, but I didn't. I promise. I'd never."

He hadn't forgotten...about her birthday.

That was one of the reasons why she wanted him to stay at the house so badly. She thought that he was actually stupid enough to forget his wife's birthday. Had that been so, it would have been a capital offense on his part. But for the moment, she was speechless. He would go to this length to make her happy?

"I know you like flowers?"

"Yeah, but I don't think I gave you any indication that I liked them this much" she said, eyes glued to the thousands of lilies that danced around her. She was certain that even he wouldn't know something like that about her. She never told him…right?

He smiled, "You know that vase of flowers on the kitchen table we have?"

She nodded.

"Well, for as long as I have been living together with you, I began to notice that no matter how many times we went to fight or no matter what occupied our free time, you always kept those flowers alive and healthy…picking off the dead leave and constantly watering them. It probably seemed like a little thing to you, but I had begun to notice. And so, when I was about sixteen I made a conscious decision. On the first birthday that you had within the first year of our marriage, I would make you a field of flowers." He laughed out loud, "Yeah, kind of a stupid thing to do, right?"

Wow.

Of all the people in her life, he was the most selfless person she had ever met. He wouldn't betray her trust. What he had done for her was so sweet and kind...it was the nicest thing anyone had ever done for her.

She took him by the hand and rose off her heels to kiss him on the cheek, "Thank you Yoh…from the bottom of my heart. Thank you so much. I love it."

He smiled contently at her, "You're welcome. Happy birthday." He scratched the back of his head with his other hand, "Oh, and I'm really sorry for making you worried all this time. I'll never do it again. I promise."

She lightly laughed under her breath, "Its fine. Don't worry about it." she looked out into the sea of flowers and suddenly, a named came to mind.

"Hana…"

Yoh looked at her, "You say something?"

She smiled slyly, "Well Yoh, I also have a confession to make. While you were keeping secrets, I've kept a secret from you as well."

She looked up at him and smiled brightly, "I'm pregnant….and we're naming him Hana. I just thought of the name. Do you like it...?"

(After Yoh regained consciousness from the shock, the two happily went back home together finally over the recent chain of events. Yoh then realized that his cinnamon bun that he saved was missing. To this day, he still has no idea where it went.)