Chapter two
Disclaimer: I don't own Junjou Romantica and it's characters. But I do own the children of Romantica, egoist, and terrorist.
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Akihiko and Misaki were walking in the park, watching the leaves fall from the trees, feeling the autumn air blowing. Misaki had his arm wrapped around his husband's, who is looking at him as they were walking. They saw people sitting on benches, children playing, and dogs running around. This day just seems perfect for the two.
Misaki commented," Isn't the day just beautiful? I wish we could have days like this. I'm happy to that you took the day off from work today just so you could spend the day with me."
Akihiko responded," Anything for you, Misaki. It would be nice to spend quality time with someone I love, without the kids screamming at each other."
Misaki chuckled at his response, agreeing with him. "True. You know, the fighting has never been a problem when they were little kids. But now that they're teenagers, the fighting gets worse."
"Yes, with their teenage hormones, moodswings, and dramatic problems." Akihiko stated, looking forward. "I'm definitely looking forward to them going to college."
"You're not going to kick them out, are you?"
"No, I won't. I'm thinking that when they go to college, they'll become mature adults."
Misaki smiled. "Ahh I see."
As they continued walking, they saw a brunette boy kissing a silver-haired girl underneath a tree that is only 20 feet away. The girl gently pressed her hands against his shoulder, making it look as though she's pushing him away. Akihiko stared at the couple and said," Just look at that boy kissing that girl. She looks so young. I would certainly feel bad if she ever got hurt."
Misaki stared at the couple as well and replied, "Yeah, I would too."
Akihiko squinted his eyes a little. "You know, I could've swore that the girl looks so much like Chiyoko. She has the same long hair and wears the same outfit as her."
Misaki squinted his eyes too and then his eyes went wide. "Actually, that is her. Usagi-san, you don't think-"
Akihiko couldn't believe that he just saw his own daughter kissing a tall brunette boy. He pulled his arm out of Misaki's grasp and stormed over towards the couple far away from him. Misaki lunged after him, tugging at his arm, saying," Usagi-san, don't you think we need to think this throughly? It could be possible that he's just a foreign exchange student."
Akihiko disagreed with his husband's statment and told him," I don't think so. It seems that the boy is not going to let her go. He better take his grubby hands off of her or else he'll be getting a beating!"
Misaki tried to get Akihiko to stop but he just kept going. Chiyoko was kissing her boyfriend til she felt a force that pulled the two apart. She looked to find her dad standing between her and Haku, looking at the two with a very angry face.
Her face went pale, thinking,' Oh crap...!'
Chiyoko greeted," Oh... H-hi Dad... funny seeing you here A-are you enjoying your day off? Boy, what nice weather we're having", her voice shaking.
Akihiko glanced over at her and responded, "Young lady, what were you thinking? Kissing a boy like that? You have a lot of explaining to do." Then he turned to Haku. "You! Who do you think you are to take advantage of my daughter like that?"
Haku put on a calm expression and he said," I wasn't taking advantage of her. It was only a kiss."
"Better be." The author glared.
Misaki pulled his husband back, apologizing," I'm really sorry about that. Akihiko tends to be very overprotective of our children."
Haku introduced himself, "So you two must be her parents. My name is Kou Haku. Nice to meet you", bowing down.
Akihiko refused to bow back and continued to glare at him.
Chiyoko felt awkward from the scene. She introduced her boyfriend to her parents, "Haku, this is my father, Akihiko, and my mother, Misaki."
Haku observed the parent, seeing the resemblence Chiyoko has with her parents. He commented," Ahh I see where Chiyoko gets her good looks from. A handsome father and a beautiful... mother...", feeling awkward to refer Misaki as 'mother.'
Chiyoko replied," Aww thank you. Though you had to admit, my mom is pretty."
Misaki released his hold on Akihiko, worried of what he might do. Akihiko grabbed hold of his daughter's wrists, saying," Enough small talk, we're going home!"
With that, he dragged her away from the boy. Misaki followed after them, looking at the boy behind him.
Chiyoko called out to Haku, "I'll call you tonight, okay? Love you."
Haku just stood there and waved.
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As soon as they arrived at the condo, Akihiko released his tight grip on his daughter's wrist and asked her," Chiyoko, what were you thinking?"
"Dad, he's only 21 and in college!" Chiyoko answered, rubbing her sore wrist. "Don't tighten your grip on my wrist, it hurts."
Akihiko took a deep breath and went on a soft approach. He questioned her, "Let me get this straight. You're dating a guy, who is 21 and also a college student. Correct?"
Chiyoko nodded. "That's correct."
Akihiko pinched the bridge of his nose, and asked her," Why didn't you tell us that you're dating a college guy?"
Chiyoko took the time to sort out the reasons to why she didn't tell her parents about her relationship with Haku, but she found none. She simply shrugged and told them," I don't know. I guess I was afraid that you'll hate him."
Akihiko sighed. "Okay. Where and when did you first met him?"
"Two weeks ago at the local library."
"What did you do in the library?" Akihiko asked.
Chiyoko snapped. "Geez Dad, is this really any of your business for what I do in the library? All I did was talk to the guy and then we hit it off. Does that answer your question?"
Akihiko turned away from his daughter, rubbing his temples to soothe away a headache, and headed upstairs towards his bedroom. Misaki went up to his daughter and told her, "He's very upset, Chiyoko. How come you didn't tell us about your relationship with Haku?"
Chiyoko replied, "I was scared that father might reject him since he's known as the 'Boyfriend Killer.' I don't see what the big deal is about me dating an older guy?"
Misaki went to the kitchen and took out some vegetables from the fridge. He was cutting away at the cucumbers as he explained," Dating an older guy is a huge deal to many people. Most people feared that older men dating younger women will either mess with their feelings or worse, do the 'unthinkable.' Your father and I talked about this when you and Katsuro were babies, only four weeks after you two were born. We feared that if you ever went out with an older guy, there will be serious consequences coming your way. You'll never know, Haku might be a alcoholic who is looking for a girl to have 'fun' with."
"But he's not an alcoholic. He never drank any alcoholic in his entire life." Chiyoko defended her boyfriend.
"Yeah, but I'm just saying that we don't want to see you going out with older guys." Misaki replied, still cutting the cucumbers.
Chiyoko crossed her arms over her chest, putting on an unimpressed look. She walked over to her mother and asked him, "Mom, isn't it true that Dad is TEN years older than you?"
Misaki frozed when she asked him that, slamming down the knife. He turned his gaze towards her and quickly changed the subject. "Don't you have any homework to do tonight?"
Chiyoko rolled her eyes at this, knowing that Misaki is only trying to change the subject. But she shook it off and went upstairs.
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At Mitsuhashi University, Hiroki and Akihiko were in the library, talking about what happened yesterday. Akihiko explained to Hiroki that his teenage daughter is dating a college student, who is only 21. Akihiko couldn't help but feel furious at his daughter for dating a guy behind his back. Hiroki is just shocked by this.
Hiroki questioned," So, your daughter is dating a college guy?"
"Yes, she's going out with an older guy." Akihiko answered, running his finger through his silvery locks.
The grumpy brunette kept his composure and continued questioning, "Okay, he's 21, on his third year of college, and is currently dating a high school girl. Since when did that happen?"
Akihiko responded, "She met him two weeks ago at the library. I just don't understand why would a teenage high school girl, like Chiyoko, go out with a college junior?"
"I don't have the answer but I think maybe she prefers mature guys." Hiroki shrugged.
"Maybe. But I still don't want her to see that man. That boy is too old for her. High school girl dating a college boy... that's.. ugh..." Akihiko sighed in disgust.
Hiroki pointed out, "You know, you dated a college student too when you were young."
"Yes, but I'm not in school anymore. Besides, you did that too." Akihiko added with a smirk.
Hiroki pouted at this, admitting, "That's true, we both did."
Entered the office came a proffessor with black hair. Miygai greeted," Hey guys, what's going on?"
Hiroki responded, "We're just talking about dating."
Miygai sat down in a chair and scooted up close to them, saying," Ohh I like talking about our love lives. What's new this time?"
Akihiko explained," I just found out yesterday that my daughter is dating a college boy, who is 21 and a college junior. His name is Kou Haku."
"Is he the guy with brown hair, brown eyes, and wears that Mitsuhashi sweatshirt?" Miyagi asked, pointing to Akihiko, who then nodded. He sighed. "I know him. He's in my literature class. I remember hearing stuff about him from my son, who I have a feeling despises him. Haku seems like a great guy, but I'd never thought he would go out with a high school girl."
Hiroki pointed out, "You know, you went out with a high school student too!"
The black-haired male shrugged. "So what? At least my husband's not four years younger than me. Seriously, you're the wife in that relationship, even though you're older than your husband."
Hiroki glared daggers at him after he said that. Then Akihiko jumped in. "My husband is ten years younger than me."
"Whoa, ten years. That's a hug gap right there." Miyagi replied.
"But your husband is SEVENTEEN years younger than you. Now that's a huge gap." Akihiko insulted. "Ten years plus seven!"
Miyagi placed a mortified look on his face when he heard those words come out of the author's mouth.
Hiroki said," Wow, he got you pretty good." Miyagi hung his head down in shame. "Okay, this is just weird. Earlier we were talking about Chiyoko's boyfriend and now we're sitting here, talking about age difference."
Akihiko admitted," I could hardly imagine how my kids would react if they found out that I'm ten years older than Misaki."
Hiroki jumped in. "My kids knew about the age difference between me and Nowaki, but they don't seem to care. I wonder what they really thought the first time."
Miyagi raised his head up and told them, "Let's face it, we're just a bunch of old men who were cursed to attract younger men."
After he said that, they all hung their heads low.
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At the Usami condo, Misaki is having a friend over and helping him learn how to cook. He told his friend, Shinobu, about yesterday when he and Akihiko found out that Chiyoko is dating a college guy and keeping it a secret behind their backs. Shinobu didn't seem to be affected by this, but he is shocked.
Shinobu asked," So she's dating a college guy, eh?"
Misaki answered," Yes, I just don't understand why she would keep it a secret from us."
The blond man turned on the faucet and rinsed the vegetables in the bowl. He guessed," Maybe she was afraid that you two might overreact and throw her out. My parents did that to me after I told them that I'm going out with Miyagi."
"Akihiko and I would never do such a thing like that. We love our daughter." Misaki stated. "That's too bad about what happened to you."
Shinobu shrugged. "Don't worry about it. I knew it was going to happen. At least I'm grateful enough that Miyagi took me in and helped me find a job as a clerk in a convenient store." He turned off the faucet and took the bowl out of the sink. "Didn't I tell you I was pregnant during that time?"
Misaki nodded. "Yeah, you did. You got kicked out sixteen years ago on July 27th, right?"
"Yep, right after your twins were born. I'll never forget this day. I was only four weeks pregnant when that happened." Shinobu reflected, looking up at the ceiling, thinking about the day when he got kicked out of his home.
Misaki and Shinobu became fast friends ever since they first met. Every now and then, they would come over to each other's houses and talk about their families. They even joke about their husbands' antics. Sometimes, they would take their kids with them when they visit each other. That's how Chiyoko became good friends with Kenichi. Since Miyagi and Kenichi got sick of eating cabbage for dinner every night, they insisted that Shinobu should learn how to cook from Misaki. When Shinobu first started, he almost got the house on fire. Luckily, Misaki is kind enough to forgive him.
Misaki patted his friend's shoulder, saying, "At least you made it through, and you successfully gave birth to a healthy baby boy."
"True, Kenichi turned out okay." Shinobu admitted. "Anyway, back to Chiyoko's boyfriend."
Misaki took the vegetables from Shinobu and and started cutting them, showing him how to carefully cut perfect slices.
He began, "I already talked to Katsuro about it since he promised Chiyoko not to tell anyone about her relationship with Haku. I told him that he ever caught Chiyoko doing something bad, he will have to tell me and Akihiko."
"I can understand that. My father told me the same thing." Shinobu stated.
Misaki stressed," I can't help but stress about Chiyoko dating a college guy."
"Don't stress about it, I doubt that the relationship between them will last long. Soon, they'll find out that they have nothing in common and then break up." Shinobu assured him.
"Yeah, you could be right." The brunette agreed, finishing cutting the vegetables.
Shinobu placed his hand on his friend's shoulder, saying," Of course I'm right. I wouldn't stress about it if I were you. It wouldn't do any good. What I suggest you do now is try to give Haku a chance."
Misaki nodded in agreement and went back to teaching Shinobu how to cook.
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Chiyoko got busted for dating a college guy behind her backs and Akihiko is angry about it. I thought it would be funny if Hiroki, Akihiko, and Miyagi have a conversation about age difference. It's not meant to offend anyone. Trust me, I have grandparents that have a big age difference. Don't ask. Akihiko is just being an overprotective father and just can't stand the idea of his own daughter dating an older guy. I'm sorry if I offend anyone.
