The Foundation of Love

Chapter 1: Broken Vow

"On this day, I give you my heart, my promise that I will walk with you, hand in hand, wherever our journey takes us, living, learning, loving, together, forever."

The vow that Yusei and Aki pledged to each other on their wedding day


"-o you mind? It's standard procedure that we record down all our sessions as part of our audits."

"No, no it's fine. I mean nothing in this room is going to be shared out, right? Even to my wife?"

"Yes of course, you specifically requested to have a male counsellor and a separate session from your wife; everything that is shared here remains private and confidential."

"I'm ready then."

"Alright. Shall we begin with the introductions first?"

"Of course; my name is Fudo Yusei, age 26, currently married to Izayoi Aki and father of Fudo Yuki, soon to reach her third year of life. I work at the Arcadia Movement as a senior engineer in their advance engineering division."

"About a week ago, when my wife and I were having a quiet moment after putting our child to sleep, I shared with her that the company was going to have the celebratory party for the fiscal year for the department when she broke down in tears and confessed to me."

At this point Yusei paused, attempting to speak out but held himself back at the last second; wandering his gaze to the ceiling while he clutched his two hands tightly before looking down and continuing.

"She agreed to sleep with my boss in exchange for my promotion a year ago."

He kept silent after that, adjusting himself to lean his body forward, cupping his nose and mouth and his eyes closed. He rubbed his eyes hard before leaning back onto the sofa and delivered a weak smile, allowing silence to fill the room.

"I am very sorry to hear that."

He failed to respond; continuing to remain totally aloof after the reveal.

"So what is it that you require from us?"

That got back his attention; he stared into the ground while contemplating the question, establishing eye contact once he knew how to articulate his answer.

"Please,"

Yusei opened up his hands to reveal two identical rings.

"save my marriage."


Author's note:

Hello, I'ts been a long time since I return to this site; real life had kept me busy for this last year and sadly this will continue to last for another year.

In the meantime, this is a story I managed to squeeze out while I was less busy. I original had the idea of this story after reading a similar story on the internet and asked myself "how would I attempt to create a story about mending a relationship in an almost unforgivable situation?"

I don't own 5D's or any of its characters. If you could, please leave a review or favorite the story if you enjoyed it. If you identified a spelling or grammatical error feel free to just point it out.