As promised, here's chapter three. It's a decent length so don't get mad because of chapter two!
Disclaimer: I don't own anything except the plot.
Chapter three: Master of Confrontation
After talking to Riko, Teru felt a lot better. She went out to the grocery store and bought a couple essentials.(juice, coffee, veggies, etc) Then, she went to visit her friend, Kiyoshi and his wife, Rena. They had lunch together, but Teru was careful to not tell them just yet. She wanted to tell Tasuku first. By the time she got home, Teru was burned out. She didn't even change out of her jeans. She walked over to her side of the bed and sank into the pillows and blissfully dreamed about how happy Tasuku would be when she told him the good news.
About an hour after Teru fell asleep, Tasuku came home. He stepped out of his shoes and looked around the house. Teru was no where in sight.
"Teru? Where are you?"
No answer. Tasuku tried again.
"Teru? I'm sorry I made fun of you this morning."
Still no answer.
"TERU! Where the hell are you? If this is your idea of a joke, it's not funny or cute."
Tasuku stomped into their room and instantly softened when he saw his wife sleeping peacefully. Tasuku loosened his tie and unbuttoned his shirt. He pulled on a soft cotton grey t-shirt and lay down next to Teru. He brushed a strand of hair out of her face. Tasuku gently kissed her before drifting off to sleep.
When Teru woke up, she found a pair of strong arms around her waist. She looked up and smiled at Tasuku's cool blue eyes.
"Good morning, my beautiful princess."
She rubbed her eyes. "How long was I sleeping?"
Tasuku sat up. "I dunno. You were asleep before I came home."
Teru leaned over the side of the bed and peered at the clock. "Crap! It's seven thirty!"
"So?"
Teru stared pointedly at him. "So, I haven't made dinner!"
Tasuku got up and walked over to the closet and tossed Teru a jacket. "Don't worry, we can go to the Flower Garden. We can visit Master."
Teru played with the jacket in her hands. "It would be nice to see Master." she admitted.
"Let's go! Get dressed, brat!"
Teru threw a pillow at his back and sighed. Eight years later, and Tasuku still called her a brat. "What happened to Mrs. Tasuku Kurosaki?"
Tasuku turned around, grinning at Teru. "Sorry, force of habit."
Oh, so we're playing that game? "Maybe calling you a lolicon is a force of habit," Teru said slyly.
Tasuku pretended to be annoyed. "My fucking god. Call me a lolicon one more time."
Teru and Tasuku walked into the Flower Garden. Master looked up and saw the couple making their way toward him. His face lit up.
"How's the happy couple?" Master asked.
"OK." said Teru.
Master raised his eyebrow. This isn't like Teru. She usually tells me about how Tasuku screwed something up again. "What about Tasuku."
"Eh, I'm good. I'm gonna go outside…smoke." said Tasuku, leaving. Tasuku didn't like subjecting Teru to second-hand smoke.
Master turned to Teru. "What's wrong Teru?"
"Wha- Does something need to be wrong?"
"Teru, you always tell me a new story of how Tasuku screwed up."
I can't hide anything from Master. Teru looked around and made sure Tasuku was out of earshot. He was leaning against the building, smoking. She turned back to Master. "Tasuku and I are having a child!"
Master's face lit up again. "Congratulations, Teru! Have you told Tasuku yet?"
Teru's face fell. "No."
"Still telling you he doesn't deserve a child?" he asked.
Teru wasn't really surprised. Tasuku would trust Master with his life. "Uh-huh. Riko says I should tell him soon."
"Who else knows?"
"Souichirou of course."
Master smiled. "Souichirou was a hell of a guy."
Teru looked down at her feet. "It saddens me to know that my child will never know his zany uncle."
"Keep Souichirou's memory alive! Never let your child forget Souichirou!"
"Forget who?" asked Tasuku walking in.
Teru quickly turned to Master, who had disappeared into the kitchen. "Oh, uh, we were talking about Onii-tan."
A dark shadow crossed his face. "Oh."
"Tasuku!" called Master. "D' you want BABY carrots or BABY corn in your curry?"
Teru gave Master her "I will fucking kill you" stare, too bad Master was unfazed. Fortunately, Tasuku didn't notice.
"Corn. Ah what the hell? I'll have both."
"What about you, Teru?" asked Master.
"Um, I'll have carrots. Not too spicy, though." said Teru.
Tasuku was shocked. Teru loved her curry spicy. "Are you OK, Teru? You love your curry spicy."
Teru found it hard to lie to her husband over and over. "Oh my stomach's been hurting lately." Well, it's not a lie. I have had lots of stomach aches because of the baby.
Tasuku and Teru talked to Master for the rest of the dinner. when it was time to leave, Master held Teru back. He pressed something into her hand. It was a shiny rock.
"What's this?" she asked.
"Souichirou gave this to me before he died. He called it his good luck charm. He had it when he proposed to Riko and I'm sure he'd want me to pass it to you."
Tasuku honked his horn. Teru looked over her shoulder and signaled to him that she was coming. She hugged Master.
"Thank you! Bye!"
"Good luck!" called Master. "You're gonna need it." he added.
I originally had the chapter longer, but I felt if I went on, it'd be a run-on chapter. But I feel that this is a good place to end this chapter. Master knows and encouraged Teru to tell Tasuku. How will he respond? Don't forget to review! It makes me happy!
