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Not supposed to be like this
Keitaro slowly woke up from his peaceful slumber, after he stretched his arms and back his mind slowly wired itself back to life as realization dawned on him just what today was. As a smile crept over his face he stood up and rolled up his futon mattress and folded his bedding before placing them in the corner. Reaching for his clothes he began to mull over the possibilities of the day.
'I wonder what they have planned for today, I have been dropping hints that today is my birthday for some time now. Maybe Naru will finally go out with me on a date and admit that it is a date.' Keitaro thought as a pleasant yet short fantasy ran through his mind.
Sighing he began to dress himself just as an unexpected visitor dropped into his room while muttering to herself about the long drop to the floor as well as the strain it placed on her arms as she dropped quickly into the room.
"Keitaro we have lots of things to do today and you should hurry up and get…" Naru started but stopped when confronted with a half naked Keitaro. "You Pervert." She yelled and punched him in the face.
After a short trip into his dresser Keitaro slowly rose up from the floor while groaning in pain, holding his head he looked up at the girl who held his heart as she turned her back to him in disgust.
"But, you walked in on me." Keitaro mumbled while pulling on the rest of his clothes, pain evident in his voice.
"What was that?" Naru asked with a fiery aura around her.
"Nothing." Keitaro quickly corrected himself to prevent another beating. 'Well, some of the best things have a rocky start.' Keitaro thought as he grabbed his stuff and quickly fallowed Naru out of his bedroom door.
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The day had gone like any other, first him and Naru dropped by Tokyo U for their classes, afterwards they went to the cafeteria, afterwards they headed to the shopping district to buy more supplies and books, then the long trip back to Hinata Sou as well as the usual study session involving Mutsumi.
Dinner was the time he had been waiting for, it was usually considered to be the point of no return for parties, sitting down to the table Keitaro looked around at the setting to try and find any traces of a surprise party. He got so into it that he forgot where he was and who else was there with him.
"You pervert, stop trying to look up other people skirts." Motoko growled menacingly at him while planting her foot in his face.
"Sorry, I was just looking for something." Keitaro defended from his position on the floor while Motoko humphed and sat back down. 'I guess they hid all the stuff really well, probably doesn't want to ruin the surprise for me.'
"What are you thinking about?" Naru spoke from the side of him
"Ah, well, just about the day, you know, the events of it and the significance of those events." Keitaro said while trying to avoid another punch in the face.
"In other words how you can have your way with us?" Naru accused.
"Uh, no that's not-" Keitaro began before Naru punched him causing him to hit the wall making a large dent in it.
Prying himself out of the wall he sat down again and kept his mouth shut, slowly eating his food while mulling over the all too real possibility that none of them got his hints about what today was.
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Keitaro slowly lowered into his bathing barrel, after dinner he had to fix the wall that had been broken during dinner and since the girls had gone to take a bath he had some time to himself to clean up and get ready for whatever they had planned.
Relaxing and leaning in against the back of the barrel he started to catch parts of the conversation that wafted in from the hot springs.
"That perverted bastard, what is he up to now?" Motoko growled. "First he spends weeks making stupid comments that are out of place or out of time as if he is trying to get on our good side."
"Aw lighten up, he's probably getting the urge to relieve himself, after all he is only a guy and guys tend to feel that urge." Kitsune replied.
"Well, he can just get over it, I don't want Shinobu, Su, or Sara walking in on that kind of activity. He really should be more considerate about the people he is around." Naru said back.
"Sempai isn't like that at all, he's just probably trying to tell us something about today that makes it very important to him." Shinobu tried to defend him.
"Or maybe he just wants us to help him with relieving himself, so what do you say Naru, will you help your boyfriend out?" Kitsune ribbed Naru while playing on what Shinobu said.
"He is not my boyfriend I have no intention of ever going out with a pervert like him, and if he ever so much as tried to get me to help him with that I'd beat him so senseless that he won't ever be able to walk again." Naru said in a serious tone of voice.
At hearing that Keitaro nearly had a heart attack, he was used to being accused of being a pervert but the way Naru said that she would never go out with him devastated him.
"I think he's been trying to tell us that it's his birthday." Su spoke up for the first time. "I was thinking of getting him a land mine."
"Yeah, and I was gong to give him a swift kick in the ass for being a dork." Sara added sarcastically.
"Yeah, and I'll get him a backbone" Motoko said making the others laugh. "I was being serious."
"Sure you were Motoko, sure you were." teased Kitsune
"I just hope he gets over it soon, that idiot can be so thoughtless about others." Naru said to the others gaining a collective agreement.
Keitaro quickly got dressed and left the bathroom, he needed somebody to talk to, somebody who would understand.
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Haruka greeted her nephew as he walked in the door to her shop as she was starting to close for the night. However he only acknowledged her with a wave of his hand and sat down at the usual booth. Something was up, she could feel it in her bones so she entered the kitchen and began to prepare something strong before bringing it out to her nephew and sat at the table.
Lighting a cigarette Haruka let a moment pass before she spoke. "Well, something must be up for you to be down in the dumps like this. "
Giving a heavy sigh Keitaro looked up at her, a look of deep hurt in his eyes. Sighing he slowly began to explain the situation and the events leading up to him being here in her tea shop.
"So, they forgot your birthday and insulted you for their mistake. Keitaro, while I'm not saying that they are in the right doing that to you, I will say that you should get over it. Things like this happen every day." Haruka calmly answered.
"It's not just that they forgot my birthday, it's what they said about me behind my back. I don't know if I can face them again, not without breaking down. But I can't leave them, I've got my obligations and if I run from them I'll never forgive myself, and they will chase me down and drag me back whether I want to go or not." Keitaro almost cried out.
Haruka sighed and put out her cigarette before leaning over and hugging her nephew. "Keitaro, I worry about you, aside from almost being killed every five minutes by their physical abuse, you also take the mental and emotional abuse in stride. You are such a nice person and I'm afraid that slowly, day by day, they are robbing you of who you are. I want you to be happy but I don't know how to help you."
"I don't know Haruka, I don't know, I would take a vacation but Kitsune keeps on spending my money while not paying any rent, and the only reason I get attacked is because I'm always in the wrong place at the wrong time. I wish there was a way to avoid them while not disregarding my duties as the land lord." Keitaro nearly cried as he said this.
Haruka held onto her nephew for a few minutes while he emotionally wound down, these were the times that he truly opened up. She truly cared for her nephew and wished that there was someway that she could make him happy, anything at all. None of the others could possibly understand him like she could, and every time she saw this side of her nephew she always felt a pang of guilt for letting it continue on like this, he was way too sweet, and often found herself wondering why they couldn't see that part of him. She knew that if they knew him like she did, not one of them would sit by and let him be as lonely and miserable as he was, there were even times she envied Naru because she not only held his heart, but also stood a chance with him.
"I'm sorry, Keitaro, I wish that there was something that I could say or do that would make this easier on you, but there isn't." at that point she leaned down to give him a quick peck on the cheek only for her lips to find his as he turned his head to look at her.
Pulling back Haruka could see the shock on his face, but the brief feeling of his lips on hers had sent a shrill through her body and she couldn't resist the urge to lean in and kiss him again, and again. He kissed back of course, just as awkwardly as she did but it was getting harder and harder for her to resist kissing him and not long after she had slid onto his lap to have better access to his lips, and soon they both fell into the situation they found themselves in. Haruka began feeling a familiar desire deep within her body, a powerful feeling that refused to be ignored once released. Everyone always said that they loose coherent thought whenever it came to these things, but she knew better, it's just that you want something very badly, and if you want it enough at that time, you will do anything to get it.
'Is this really all that bad? I know he's in a state where he needs to feel that someone loves him, and I do care about my nephew. But I don't want to use him just because I want sex. But I don't want to make him feel rejected either, but it would be nice even if it's just for tonight.' A mental fight raged inside her over what to do.
Keitaro suddenly pulled back as guilt overwhelmed him making him feel like he was taking advantage of his aunts' kindness.
"I'm so sorry Haruka, I just... Well... It won't happen again." He said to her in a very dejected tone.
Anger flared inside of her at his actions and she listened to her instincts and lashed out at her nephew feeling this was his fault, grabbing his hand she forced it to her breast and her face to his.
"Now you listen to me, and you listen good. Nobody is to blame for starting this, and if I wanted to I could have stopped what we were doing anytime I wanted, Just like right now." Haruka emphasized the moment by forcing his hand against her a bit harder. "So if anything, I should apologize to you. But I'm not, because I really do care about you, enough to not regret doing these things, no matter how shameful.
"Now, no more whimpering, no more apologies, no more arguing." Haruka spoke in a soft tone as she again leaned into her nephew bringing her lips close to his while staring into his eyes. "If you don't want to continue, just walk away. Otherwise, don't make any excuses." Capturing his lips with hers again she started out gently with a short kiss before leaning in to give him a full kiss on the lips, using her free hand she brought Keitaros' other hand to her other breast.
Slipping her arms around him the two remained like that for a few more minutes, Haruka encouraging her Nephew to be more bold with her as she made out with him before she gave him a long passionate moment before finally separated from him. Looking at her nephew, she felt as if there was only one more loose end to cover, standing up she gently took his hand and looked him in the eye.
"Keitaro, I know that I am your aunt, but if you want, you can stay here tonight. I don't mind at all if you do." Haruka spoke to him in a kind and loving voice.
Looking up at her he just slowly nodded as a smile replaced the frown on his face and a look of happiness radiated from his eyes which slowly made her melt on the inside.
Taking his hands she stood up and slowly started guiding him towards her room, stopping on occasion to give him a kiss.
'This feels so surreal, I can't believe that I'm going to do this, but it feels so right. I guess this could be considered his present, but it would feel wrong to call it that. Oh well, Happy Birthday Keitaro.' and with that thought finished Haruka slid the door to her room closed to keep out prying eyes.
(I would like to thank leowolfj for his amusing review and the support it gave that finally made me get up off my ass and post this story, the amusement comes from the fact he made the request on my birthday. I'm actually 4 chapters into this with two versions of chapters 2 and 3 right now and would probably have written the whole story before posting it here, I'm probably going to splice them together to make the final versions of them, hope you enjoy and I'll be silently listening to any reviews I might get)
