***** A/N: The first scene is set on episode 14 (I think). The episode where Takano takes Onodera on a date for his birthday and towards the end, Takano is seen kissing Onodera. *****
Just Another Daddy's Girl
Erika Kohinata
Takano kissed Onodera.
"Daddy!" A little girl shouted.
The little girl dragged her mother by her hand and and let go when she was close to Onodera.
Onodera lifted her up to his chest and hugged her. "Hi, baby. An..."
"Daddy?" Takano asked.
Takano recognized the woman with the girl.
"Uh... yeah..." He hugged the girl tighter. "She's my daughter."
Takano chuckled. "No."
This offended An. "She's my cousin. I adopted her and since Ritsu is my fiance, she assumed him as her father."
"And... her parents?" Takano asked with a hint of annoyance in his voice because he thinks Onodera is being forced to be a girl's father.
"They died in a car accident five years ago. That was just shortly after she was born. She doesn't know who her real parents really are. Now, she thinks we are her parents." An took the little girl. "Now, if you'd excuse us."
"Eh... Erika..." Onodera gently resisted.
"Mommy~ but you said we'd get to spend more time with daddy when we see him again." Erika pouted.
"Daddy has to go to work, Eri-chan." An said.
"Can't daddy sleep at our house today, mommy?" Erika insisted.
"Daddy has work to do. So he can't. Sorry, baby. But mommy's here. Is that okay?" An said.
"Yeah!" She grinned. "But I still want daddy to come home soon."
"Okay then, my baby girl. Daddy's gonna sleep at our house." Onodera committed without realizing his 'date' with Takano.
Onodera looked over to where Takano was standing.
Crap! I completely forgot about Takano-san. Onodera thought.
"It's fine. You can have your family day." Takano said, pissed. He went inside his car and drove off.
Dammit. He whacked the steering wheel gently with his hand. Then he rested his elbow on the closed window and rested his head on his fist. So much for a birthday.
"Ritsu? You shouldn't have said yes if you were gonna look like that." An told Onodera.
"You know I can't say no to Erika..." Onodera replied.
"I guess that's a good thing. I get to spend more time with you then." An said.
"So... you're using the child now?" Onodera asked, jokingly.
"Nope, Erika is the best thing that ever happened to me, not you. Don't get cocky." An replied.
"No way. I'm not cocky." Onodera grinned.
An lifted Erika to her chest and said, "It would be nice if she had a complete family. I mean... a dad that she would wait for to come home every~day. And would tell her something like, ' You're so cute. ' or ' Where's my little girl. ' or a dad who would hug her as tight as possible when he gets back from work." An put Erika in her car seat and sat beside her. "But no~... you just love that neighbor of yours more than Erika."
It left Onodera speechless for a while. "You know that's not true. We've been over this before. I want to be able to support you and Erika by myself."
"You're right. But that was before you met your friendly neighbor again." She crossed her legs and looked out the window.
Onodera didn't say anything after that.
Erika fell asleep when they got home. Onodera carried her inside the Kohinata mansion.
"Mom and dad are probably asleep already. So you can put her down in her bedroom and you can go home." An suggested.
"I promised her I'd stay the night, so I will." Onodera replied.
"Suit yourself." An walked to her bedroom.
Onodera followed.
"You know where the guest rooms are... Why are you here?" An asked in a mean tone.
"Erika might wake up and come here. You're the one who said it would be nice if she had a dad around." Onodera replied.
An sighed and shook her head.
Erika came into An's room rubbing her eyes with her small hand.
"I woke up and daddy wasn't there..." She was groggy.
"I'm right here, baby. Do you want to sleep here with daddy and mommy?" Onodera asked.
"Yeah..." Erika replied and yawned. "I can't sleep now... daddy, can you sing me a lullaby?"
"Of course, baby." Onodera put her down in the middle of the bed, put the blanket on her and started humming softly while patting her leg along with the rhythm of the music.
Erika stared at him as he was humming and slowly drifted into a deep sleep.
"Here, some clothes to change into." An handed Onodera a white T-shirt and a pair of checkered pajama bottoms. "The bathroom's right there." She pointed at the corner of the room.
He was about to go in, but he turned around. "Hey... An? Can you come here for a minute?"
An didn't say anything, just glared at him. She folded her arms and walked to the bathroom with him.
Onodera followed and closed the door slightly.
"So... What do you want to talk about?" An asked leaning her back on the sink, but facing Onodera.
"Why... have you been so mean lately?" Onodera asked.
"Me? Mean? How?" An sarcastically asked.
"Like that..." Onodera replied.
"Like what?" She denied.
"Don't play dumb..." Onodera insisted.
"I really don't know what you're talking about." An said.
She attempted to leave and avoid the conversation but Onodera pushed his arms on the sink, locking An down momentarily.
"No... Seriously, what's wrong?" Onodera asked.
"You wanna know what's wrong?" She unfolded her arms. "Kiss me... if you even have the balls to." She taunted.
They both thought that he wouldn't do it. He couldn't. But he did. He got so pissed because An had, even the slightest idea that he didn't have the guts to kiss her.
Onodera kissed An and they both got sucked into it. They passionately kissed in the bathroom and Onodera lifted An on the sink. An wrapped her legs around Onodera's waist. Onodera put his hands inside An's tank top and he felt her body curve as he smoothed his way to unhook An's bra. Onodera went in for a kiss, but An turned away. Onodera pulled away slightly and An unwrapped her legs from Onodera's waist.
"Exactly." An said, disappointed and hurt.
She came down on the ground and pulled her top down. She went to the kitchen, got some water, took a sip and sat down on the table. She shed a tear. One tear and it was all over. She wanted to spend this last time with Onodera as a fiance...
After about half an hour, she came back to the room. The lights were off. Her daughter and Onodera were sleeping.
She stood by Onodera's side and leaned over. A gentle kiss...
"Goodbye... Ricchan. All these years, I really did love you." She walked away and laid down on her side of the bed.
Onodera opened his eyes and thought, I'm sorry, An-chan.
