Chapter 4 – Naru's House
Naru's house was very gorgeous and also very big; I always knew he was rich, but this is incredible. House is no longer a word I would use for where Naru lives because this is more like a mansion; I'm already bracing myself for getting lost when by myself. "Naru, you do realise that I'm going to get lost if I'm by myself," I tell Naru in a slightly frightened voice.
"I do know that, that is why you will not be going anywhere by yourself; you'll be spending your time with either me or my mother when she kidnaps you to take you shopping," he tells me with a chuckle.
"She isn't going to take me shopping every day is she?" I can't help but ask.
"Not likely, she'll take you shopping either today or tomorrow and when she either feels like it or something exciting to her comes up," he reassures me.
"Define 'exciting,'" I ask him worriedly.
"Things like us going on a date, going to a conference, us getting engaged, us getting married and even you being pregnant," Naru says, wincing with every one of those possibilities.
"I see, then it won't be for a while before she takes me shopping again will it?" I ask him hopefully.
"Well the first time will be her way of celebrating us getting together, you being here and our first date no matter how far into the future that may be. The others most likely won't be happening anytime soon as you say," he answers with a smirk.
"Phew, I don't know how much shopping I could take," I reply while letting out a sigh of relief.
"Well we better get into the house now before they come out to find us," he says as he opens his door to get out.
I was about to open my door when Naru opened it for me and extended his hand for me to hold. I take a hold of it and he helps me out of the car. After he closes the door, he pulls me to him and plants a gentle peck on my lips. "I did that because there won't be many chances for it before we go to bed tonight," he tells me as he pulls me towards the front door.
"You don't have to give a reason every time you kiss me Naru," I tell him while giggling.
"I know, but I decided to tell you anyway," he replies with a smirk and opens the door.
As soon as I step over the threshold, I'm enveloped into a bear hug that could rival the ones I got when I arrived at the airport. "Mai, where did that devil son of mine take you," cries Luella as she finally releases her hold on me.
"We spent the night at the hotel, Mai was rather exhausted after the funeral," Naru states bluntly.
"Well, I hope you used protection," she mutters.
That makes us both freeze; we didn't use protection, we were so caught up in the moment that it didn't cross our minds. Unfortunately, Luella noticed our frozen bodies and frowned, "I was only joking about it, you two actually did that last night? Oh well, that just means I'm getting grandchildren earlier than I expected," she says as her mood brightens at the prospect of grandchildren.
I look at Naru to see his reaction is just like mine; worried. "How could I have been so stupid?" he whispers to himself.
"It's not just you; I should have mentioned it," I say reassuringly while wrapping my arms around his torso.
"I was the one that started it," he argues while placing his arms around me.
"What are we going to do if it turns out I am pregnant?" I whisper, scared of the prospect but also trying to get Naru's mind off his previous thoughts.
"We won't be able to tell for another week, but either way, I still love you," he whispers in my ear as he gives me a reassuring smile.
"What's with the mortified looks on your faces?" asks Martin as he enters the room and sees our faces.
"Martin, we may be grandparents," Luella shouts happily.
"We don't know that for sure mother; you could just be overreacting," Naru says matter-of-factly.
"Grandparents? How might we be grandparents?" Martin asks us, now looking at Naru intently.
"We had sex last night and forgot to use protection," Naru says calmly, how can he tell his father something like that so calmly?
"Forgot to use protection or it didn't even cross your minds?" Martin asks suspiciously.
"Fine, it didn't cross our minds, but that's beside the point; Mai may not even be pregnant and we won't know until after a week. We'll worry then," Naru says as he starts to get impatient with his parents.
"Fine, but you take responsibility for your child," Martin says with a sigh.
"You make it sound as if I won't," Naru says as he raises his eyebrow.
"I'm just making it clear and why don't you get Mai settled, maybe calm her down also; she looks really shocked about this conversation," Martin says as he turns and sees my incredibly shocked facial expression.
Naru turns to face me and also sees the look on my face, "Mai, don't worry about it yet, you may not even be pregnant. Let's just go upstairs and unpack your things," he says as he grabs my hand and pulls me, along with my luggage, towards the staircase in the middle of the room.
I open my mouth to say something but nothing comes out, so I just follow Naru up the stairs. When we reach the top, we walk down the hallway and on the walls are lots of photos: photos of Martin and Luella, Naru and Gene, all four of them together and even pictures with Lin and Madoka in them. When we get about halfway down the hallway, Naru opens a door and behind the door is a room that could only be Naru's room; almost everything is black. "This is my room, well actually, our room now. You can unpack all of your things into the right places, I don't mind where either," he says as he carries my luggage over to the double, four-poster bed up against the wall.
"Okay, hey Naru, can you take me on a tour of the house when I'm done?" I ask him as I make my way over to the bed as well.
"I don't see why not and then we can join everyone else for lunch," he says as he starts to help me unpack.
"Cool, lets get this done then," I say as I start to take out my clothes.
I'm on a roll. Four chapters in three days, go me. Anyway, I didn't describe the mansion because I'm not good at those things, so you can come up with it yourselves if you like. I think that's it
Seza, over and out.