After another usual you day, you woke up to your blaring alarm again. Trying to widen your heavy eyelids, you stretched out your arms and legs to give them a good stretch. Once your body relaxed again, you removed the covers from off you and sat up, to only then stand up and walk off to the shower. On the way, you felt your cheek and felt your once swollen cheek, not swollen anymore. Once in the bathroom, you shed off your sleepwear and stepped into the shower. As your hand reached out to turn the temperature to suit you, you began to think about Sugawara's words, about the man who saved Yujiro.

'I need to find out who this guy is, so I can thank him properly for saving Yujiro.' While standing under the hot shower, it gave you feel-good goosebumps as it soaked your skin and ran through your hair smoothly. You rubbed the soapy lathered cloth over your skin. From your legs to your thighs; to your waist to your stomach and belly button; to your arms to your chest; then from your neck to your face. All were lathered, then washed away in an instant. When you stepped out, you grabbed your white towel and wrapped it around your frame. When you walked out, your grabbed another towel and started to dry your hair.

You plopped down on the bed with a light bounce. 'Crazy hair? I doubt someone like that would be hard to miss though, so I guess he shouldn't be hard to find.' As you dried your hair, the ends dripped droplets of water onto your skin as you tried to dry it with your towel. Finally with everything dry, you went to the closet and found something to wear for the day. Before putting anything on, you put lotion on your skin, then a panty and bra went first. A pair of white jeans, and a yellow and white top that's sleeves stopped down at your elbows. all you had to do was brush your hair and that was it. After putting on clothes, you went down to make some breakfast for the both of you. And right after setting up the table and laying out the breakfast for the day, you went back upstairs to wake up Yujiro.

"Good morning." You said to him as he rose up with closed eyes. "Time to get up. Let's get you to the bath and then down to breakfast." You said while lifting him up to get him to the bathroom. When you were sure he was awake, you got him in the bath and left him alone to bathe. In about 7 minutes, he was finished and called for you to help dry him off.

"Mama, you look pretty again today." He stated. You took it upon yourself to blush.

"T-thank you. You're so sweet." You kissed his cheek and sent him to his room to get ready. In his room, Yujiro put on his outfit for the day and came out, seeking a yummy breakfast. Right after breakfast, you grabbed your lunches, his bag and yours and head straight out the door for another day with everyone. You both got in the car and sped off all the way towards the school. Once out of the car, you went around and let Yujiro out first, so you could circle back around to the other side of the car and get your things.

While the small boy stood there waiting for you, his eyes were wondering all over the place. His head whipping from side to side at the all the passing people. When his eyes laid on a particular person, his eyes widened. "Oniisan!" He called out with a bright smile and started running towards that person.

"'Oniisan'?" You had heard him say. You looked up and saw your son running away from the car. "Wait, Yujiro! Where are you going?!" You dropped your stuff and sprinted after him. When he stopped, you saw his arms wrap around someone's leg, that's when you stopped as well, in question to his actions. Yujiro was then lifted up into the strangers arms. The first thing that cam to mind was: He's going to take my baby. "Yujiro!" You picked up your feet and started running towards them. As you got up to them, you snatched Yujiro back out of the mans's hand. Your sudden action surprised both males. "What are you doing with him!?" You asked while glaring at the man. But upon staring him down, your brain was connecting and you had soon realized who this guy was. "Wait, you're the cashier from the convenience store." 'But where is his apron?'

"And you're that beautiful customer who forgot her lunch." He stated with a smile.

"Wait, Yujiro, do you know him?" You looked at him and he nodded furiously.

"Oniisan saved me yesterday!"

"Saved you?!" After a few more connections, it finally all came together. Crazy hair that was basically bed hair, it was him, he was the one who Sugawara was talking about. "You're the one who saved Yujiro!?"

"So I was right, he was your son." He said while looking over to him.

"I—I-" You had no idea what to say. The same creep guy that had randomly asked for your personal information the other day, was the savior of your 4 year old son.

He put a frown on his face. "Where were you yesterday?"

"Excuse me?" You asked him with confused features.

"I usually see the both of you together in the morning, getting in and out of the car for school."

"Usually...?" You were getting creeped out again. What was this usually? Did that mean that he was stalking you? If so, for how long?! You took a step back away from him so you could get ready to run at any second.

"Wait, I didn't mean it like that!" He took a step forward towards you to try and fix your understanding. "I just happen to notice you guys all the time. When I see you, you always seem to have a smile on your face, no matter what. Whether the weather is bad or not, you always go in and come out of that school smiling. It's a just one of those things, that a guy like me can't help but notice. And by the way, you have a beautiful smile." He said with a soft smile.

During his explanation, you were just a bit weirded out, but when he talked about your smile, red marks dusted over your cheeks. "Thank you." You said.

"No problem."

"Um...thank you so much for saving him, I appreciate it very much. I don't know what I would do without him, because, he's the only thing that makes me smile in truth. Everything I do is for him." A smiled graced your lips when you looked at Yujiro and he was affected by it, giving you a kiss to your cheek. "Anyway, if there's anything I can do for you in return for this, please let me know." You turned around to walk away.

"Your name."

"Eh?" You stopped in your tracks and looked back at him.

"What's your name? I want to know."

"Wha—" You caught yourself in an upcoming complaint, but then smiled. "It's (f/n). (l/n) (f/n)." You said in reply to his request.

"That's a nice name, (f/n)." He said.

"Thank you. If you'll excuse us now." You turned your head back and went back to the car to gather up your things so that you could get to the school.

"Bye Oniisan! See you later!" Yujiro waved to him, and he did the same. When you entered, Sugawara's grinning face was the first thing you saw when you put one foot inside. You placed Yujiro and the bags down. "W-what is it?" Both his fists were on his hips, his legs spread apart. He was standing in a rather 'confident' position.

"Welcome back!" He said.

"Where is everyone?" You looked around to see the place empty except for the three of you inside.

"Welcome back (l/n)-sensei!" Out of nowhere, the kids jumped out from hiding places and ran out towards you. With their small hands, they grabbed onto you. Their beaming and smiling faces confused you for a moment, until you understand what they were trying to do.

With a chuckle you respond, "I'm back." With grins and smiles all, the children get off you so you can stand. "I missed you all so much. And thank you all for making me that wonderfully made card, I loved it very much."

"Did you really?!" A girl asked.

"I did! You all are so creative! Sensei is very fortunate to have wonderful students like you all."

"See, I knew she would love it!" She exclaimed to others behind her.

"Here you go, sensei." Sugawara passed you your apron with a warming smile, his left hand behind behind his back.

"Thank you, you smiled." You took it from him and slipped it on over your head. 'Feels good to be back to this bubbly and happy atmosphere.'

About 1 month prior to this event, Renji was on his way somewhere. This was happening in the afternoon. When he arrived at his destination, he stepped out the car, slammed the car door shut and slipped his hands in his pockets. Where had arrived at the place, was a white building that read the words, "Anger Management Center" Renji took a sigh and then walked away to the building. When he walked inside, he could smell a mix of new furniture and incense permeating throughout the whole place.

As he looked around he saw the front desk and the woman sitting behind it. As he walked up to her, he took his hands out his pockets. "Excuse me, I have an appointment with Dr. Yoshino." He said to her.

"Ah yes, you must be Mr. Kazunori." She said with a smile. "The doctor should be finished with his his appointment in about 3 minutes, until then, you may have a seat over on the couch there." She pointed out to the comfy red couch with black buttons on it and a magazine rack next to it.

"Alright." Renji walked over to the couch and sat there as instructed, waiting for his appointment to begin with his Doctor. As Renji looked around, he noticed that this place was actually very calming. With it's solid colors, he seemed actually a bit relaxed. While sitting there he couldn't help but think about his past, and all the wrong things he's done, just because of his anger. He had felt like his anger was the source of all his downfall, but knew it was mainly his fault for letting his anger get the best of him.

"Mr. Kazunori, Dr. Yoshino will see you now." The woman called to him. Before he had knew it, it was time. "He's in room 3." As he got up, he thanked her once more and made his way down to room 3.

With a knock, followed up by a turning doorknob, Renji walked inside and found a man who looked like he was in his mid 40's sitting in a comfy red recliner chair. His hair was all black and it was slicked back. He wore a white dress shirt with it's sleeves rolled up to his elbows and black dark blue tie. He had on black suit pants with a black belt to keep his pants up. "Dr. Yoshino?"

"Yes, you must be Mr. Kazunori. Please have a seat." He directed him to the red therapy chair across from him. Dr. Yoshino watched Renji's every move from when he closed the door behind him, to when he sat in the chair. "So, Mr. Kazunori, what seems to be your problem?" Dr, Yoshino sat forward with his elbows on his knees and his clenched fists to keep his head up. "What would you like to achieve at the end of these sessions?"

Renji looked towards the floor with his hands lazily clasped together. "I want more than anything...to restore my family. I also want to atone for what I've done." He sounded serious in his words.

"I see, so you're anger is interfering with your family." Dr. Yoshino's tone was calm and collected.

"More then you know."

"Tell me, about your life, Mr. Kazunori. Where do you work, and other stuff like that."

"...I'm actually the CEO of a big automotive company."

"Oh? What company?"

"A new and uprising one, "Core"."

"Ah, I've heard of that one. So you're the CEO, huh."

"Yeah. I have one kid, a son. His name is Yujiro, and he stays with my ex-wife, (f/n). I usually just come over whenever I want." In the last sentence, Renji sort of mumbled to himself, but Dr. Yoshino was still able to hear his words.

"So you're divorced."

"Yes, but we divorced because our marriage was falling apart. In all honesty, I think it was my fault." Renji took his hand to his head and began rubbing his temples.

"And why is that?" He asked.

"My low patience, my short temper span, and the fact that I get irritated easily sometimes." Renji answered. "We were so happy together, until we one day got into an argument over me going to anger management, because I kept breaking a lot of stuff in the house. She thought it would help me. All she was doing was caring about me, but I got snapped at her, and hit her. Right then, I had broken our promise. I said I would never hit her, but then I did."

"When did you both divorce?"

"We separated half a year ago; but we were married for 4 years."

"And how old is your son?"

"He's 4. As soon as we got married, (f/n) got pregnant. I was so happy to finally be a father."

"I see...Another question towards you, Mr. Kazunori. Have you ever beaten on your child?"

"No!" Renji lashed out while finally looking up at the doctor. His eyes filled with sincerity.

"What about you ex-wife, (f/n)?"

"!" As the question was asked, Renji's heart stopped. He clenched his fists up tight into a ball and bit down hard on his bottom lip from the burning guilt in his heart.

"Looks like a 'yes' to me. Could there be something—anything at all— that makes you tick, about your ex-wife? Do you fine any faults in her?"

"No. She's perfect, and she's a wonderful mother. She takes care of our son with all the love and care that he needs. The problem is me."

"Mr. Kazunori, do you by any chance drink or do drugs, maybe smoke?"

"I go out drinking a times. People tell me that I can get out of control when I'm drunk, but that doesn't stop me."

"Well that's one problem." The doctor grabbed a clipboard off his desk along with a pen and wrote something down. "Let's see...Did (f/n) know you had an anger problem, before you got married?"

"She knew, but she still loved me enough to stay. Knowing that something like that wasn't enough to scare her off, made me seriously happy. No other girl I have dated before has stayed with me for so long knowing how I act, they always leave me, calling me a 'monster' or saying that I'm 'crazy' and that I 'need help', but not her. I knew she was the one for me, so I asked for her hand in marriage and she happily said yes with that gorgeous smile of hers."

"The way you talk about your ex-wife (f/n), it sounds like you have a deep and undying love for her."

"You're not wrong there. But she's terrified of me now."

'I'm not surprised.' "Have you tried to patch things up with her?"

"N-no...not yet. It never works out."

"Alright, this is what I think we should do about your 'habits' Mr. Kazunori. I want you try, and I mean really try to tone down your drinking. I mean, if you really care about your family, then there's no other way, right. Come back to me at the end of the month, and we shall take care of the rest of your problems. Also, do not step foot near (f/n)'s house. You shouldn't go there when you're not 'healthy'. Being there will just escalate the problem to even more greater heights. But we can only start to rebuild your relationship with your child's mother, if you're serious about kicking your habit, alright?"

"Yeah. Thank you, Dr. Yoshino. If it's for them, I'll try." Renji stood up, getting ready to head out of the room.

"Oh, and Mr. Kazunori,"

"Yes?" Renji turned around to face the doctor.

"Try and relax your head for a while."

"...Yes."

"I said that, but I fucked up in the last week." Renji was sitting in his car with his head rested back on the headrest lazily. Half of his arm lazily hanging out the winded down car window. "Forgive me, (f/n). You really are the love of my life. No one—and I mean no one—understands me, like you do." Renji sighed softly to himself. His car was parked out side of the Anger Management Center. He opened the car door, and it took him a second before he could actually get out the car. He slammed the car door back shut and proceeded in going inside the building.

Once again, the place smelled like new furniture. It was weird smell because this building had been around for about 4 years now, why did it still smell like new furniture. Could they have possibly rented new furniture recently? Well, building smells were the least of Renji's worries. As Renji walked inside, he went to the front desk, where the usual lady was. "I'm here to see Dr, Yoshino." He explained once again to her.

"Ah, Mr. Kazunori, Dr. Yoshino is open right now, so you can just go right in. Do you remember which room he is in?"

"Yes, I do. Thank you." He bowed slightly in respect, and so did she. She watched as Renji disappeared into the hallway before talking with the next person after him. As Renji knocked on the door, he turned the knob and pushed the door open to where Dr. Yoshino was found sitting in his chair sipping his beverage out of a teacup. The aroma of freshly brewed coffee wrapped around Renji's nose as he stepped further into the room, so it was obvious of what he were drinking. He closed the door behind him and progressed in taking a seat.

"Good morning Mr. Kazunori. Care for some coffee?"

"No, thank you." Renji watched as the doctor sipped his coffee and reach back his hand to place it down on his desk. A small *thunk* noise followed after it was placed down.

"How are you feeling these days?" Asked Dr. Yoshino, that was sitting in a chair with his leg crossed over the next. A clipboard in his left hand and a pen in his right.

"...Fine." Renji answered with his usual stern voice. But the way he answered was more, calm.

"Have you been able to kick your habit?"

"Sort of..."

'Sort of? That must mean he gave in at the last moment. I'll give him props for trying though.' "What about your behavior? Have you been doing what I've been suggesting?" Renji kept quiet. He wrote something down again, then proceeded in speaking. "Mr. Kazunori, where are the places you have been to this past week?"

"..."

"...Did you go over to her house?" He asked, uncrossing his legs and leaning forward. When he asked that, Renji lowered his head and gave a somber look. His right hand fitting snug over the left, clenching the both in guilt. "I see." He put the clipboard and pen down and decided not to use them. "Tell me, what did you do when you went for your 'visit'. He emphasized. "Please, be specific if you could."

"2 days ago, I went to her place, when I was drunk. I kicked down the door again, cursed at her, tore off all her clothes, punched her in the face...then I raped her. Right on the kitchen floor...I raped her again." Renji looked like he was struggling as he confessed to the man. "Yujiro, came down from his nap and saw us in the kitchen. I didn't know how to play it off so I just...I just-!" Renji couldn't fill in the unknown words he was struggling to find. "He saw what I was doing to his mother, and tried to stop me, but then I turned on him and got rough with him..."

"Even though you said you've never hit Yujiro, what made you get rough with him?"

"I don't know! I'm a such a shitty father! Yet, he still manages to call me 'papa'...He's good kid and he'll grow up to be a great person, just like his beautiful mother."

"(f/n)... she was crying so hard, the whole time I did it to her. She plead and plead, but I wouldn't let up! I kicked her, said more hurtful words and then left her there."

'He really did fuck up...'

"It's just—-When I want to go see her, I have good intentions, and I want to make our relationship better again! But every time I go up to the door, I just get so angry, because I'm reminded that she divorced me, and that she might not ever want to work it out! Every time she sees my face, she just starts to shake! Just knowing that I'm the one who put all that fear and terror into that gentle heart, makes me sick and I feel like dying. I've wanted to try suicide, but just when I'm a second away from ending it all, a flashing image of her just pops up, along with special moments that we've shared, and I chicken out."

Dr. Yoshino leaned back in his chair and crossed his leg over the other again. "Like you're life flashing before your eyes?"

"Yes! It's and endless loop and I can't stop!"

"Don't say you can't stop, because saying that will just keep the loop in play. If you really want to stop the endless cycle with her, then do the opposite of what you're doing."

"The opposite?"

"If you really want to win her back-"

"I do!"

"Then you'll have to start with kicking your drinking habit—seriously this time. Once you complete that, distance yourself away from her for a while. Help her out when she needs the help. If she feels you're going to be violent again, then back away. Show her you're no longer a threat to her or your son. Slowly, and I mean very slowly get closer to her. Instead of kicking, try knocking and ringing the doorbell. If she doesn't answer, then retreat. I suggest you ring or knock at most three time, but again, if she doesn't respond, then leave in peace. Do you really, and honestly love this woman?"

"So much." He huffed out in saying.

"Show her you want nothing but peace between the both of you, and I guarantee, she will open up her closed cage. Treat her like she's themost precious flower on this whole entire planet, because it's most likely that at this point and time, it will become very difficult for her to trust another man again, maybe even for the rest of her life." Doctor Yujiro's words caught onto Renji. He was right in so many ways. If he didn't make a change, neither would his current relationship with his family. He was the only person who could put a stop to this madness. "Well, it seems like time is up for this session, please come back next week. Same time.

"Thank you Dr. Yoshino." Yujiro stood up and bowed slightly towards the relaxed doctor. Renji went to the door and opened it, closing it right behind when he stepped out of the room. Renji walked all the way back out to the front desk and out the center's doors and into his car. As he sat down in the passenger seat, he winded down the window on his side, slipped his phone out his pocket and dialed the number to his secretary's phone.

"Hello? Takeshi, I'm not going to be able to come to work today, so please take care of everything for today."

"Wait, wh-" Before Takeshi was even able to ask a proper question, Renji hung up on him and closed is phone, slipping it back into his pocket. After inhaling and exhaling to try and calm himself, Renji placed his hand on the steering wheel, his foot on the accelerator and then sped off right away from the center.

Right after school, the kids flocked to their parents who arrived to pick them up and take them back home. Before you went out the door with Yujiro, you said goodbye to Sugawara, and went on your way. When you got to the car, you placed Yujiro in his car seat and placed all your stuff beside him in the empty space and drove off after you got in.

As soon as you got home, you tried to get dinner started. "Yujiro, go take a bath while I get dinner started, okay."

"Yes!" He rang out and ran up the stairs, careful not to trip over. Looking up at the clock to see the time, you thought it was better to make something simple for dinner. Taking out pots and ingredients, you decided to make a hot pot. You were able to makes and finish dinner without any interruptions, and by interruptions, you meant Renji. You sent Yujiro up to his room to wait for you, so that you could wash up the dishes. After that, you went up stairs and tucked him in, watching him fall fast asleep.

You walked back to the door and stooped, your hand reaching up to the switch. 'Why can't we have peaceful times like these everyday?' You thought as you flicked the switch down to shut of the light.