I had trouble in writing this chapter because of too much excitement on writing the next. So I thank, Hailey Williams and the gang for bringing me back on track. Their song, 'Never Let This Go' helps a lot. . . . Thankies, Paramore!^_^
TuckingFypo: Wahaha! My parents always shove that on my face. . . But I'm not as smart as December so I end up puking. . . Thanks for adding this on your fave list. I appreciate it. . .
Satomika: You're reading this poop for a fic instead of reviewing?! Huhu! Anyway, being good in making NCP is never a talent. . . It's the power of recycles! Haha! Kala mo ah?! I always spend my time with my dad, since my mom's gone. . . He never likes my ceiling.
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Wow, I thought only four people read my fic. . . Thanks for reading!
EiRist: Well, Eirist-sempai, I'm honored . . . Hehe! Here's the next chapter. I'm not sure if you would like it though. I wanna spit on my monitor after reviewing it. But I promise you a better one, on my next update!
STANDARD DISCLAIMER: Nobuyuki Anzai own Flame of Recca. Not Sodium Nitrate.
My Parents Are Giving Me a Headache
By: Sodium Nitrate
Chapter Seven: The Fiancé I
The silver necklace with a rectangular pendant gleamed before her neck, after he helped her place the said jewelry, to where it rightfully belongs. Fuuko smiled at the man before her while touching the pendant with its weird signs and symbols. Raiha is, after all, full of surprises. . . Knowing him, it must have meant something romantic, but she decided to save the surprise for tomorrow.
"Arigatou, Raiha-kun"
He looked at her smiling face and Fuuko accidentally saw a weird emotion on his eyes. It wasn't shining like she remembers it. It wasn't shining with merriment or anything that can be brought by just looking at her.
"Is there anything wrong?" She have to ask.
He shook his head and resumes his staring. . .
Raiha is the life saver she uses when Tokiya push him off board. So at times like this, she wanted him to feel better, at least. . .
Fuuko put both of her palms on his cheeks. She looked at him intensely to discern any trace of anxiety. There are some but he won't let her share even a bit of it. He put his mouth on her and she oblige at once . . . She wanted him to feel better. And that is the only way she could think of, that can make the weight in his heart to vanish.
A loud bang made them stop. . .
"December---" Tokiya's voice followed the earth shaking banging of their door, afterwards.
Fuuko look at Raiha to say sorry but the latter just shove her and gesture her to investigate about the commotion. "I'll be ok here."
By the time she arrived at their living room, her daughter is already ascending their stairs, rather quickly. Tokiya is about to follow her, but Fuuko made him halt.
She noticed that he is not wearing his normal choice of clothing. Instead of office attires, Tokiya is wearing a casual, fitted, green Lacoste shirt with dark blue jeans and black doc martens. She finds it rather sexy but fishy.
"What the hell happen, Mikagami." She exclaimed with a glare. Her mother instinct is telling her that the ice-man did something to provoke their daughter.
"It's nothing. . . Try not to block my way, Kirisawa. I'm going to deal with my daughter." He tried to shove Fuuko off but the latter won't badge.
"She's my daughter too, Mikagami! And I have the very right to know what's going on!" She shouted at his face. "Now tell me. What did you do to her?"
Tokiya fidgeted a little on his spot. He tried to be his normal self but Fuuko can see the word 'guilty' on his eyes.
"Well, you see. I was busy at the office earlier so onechan had to pick her up," he started looking at floor.
"That's it?" Fuuko impatiently asked. The ice-block seems be delaying his answer.
"Yeah that's it. . ." He agreed then tried to shove Fuuko out off his way again.
"I'm loosing my patient now, Mikagami, so you better get your story strait!"
"Fine!" He spats. "The little turf entered my room without knocking. She saw me and Naoko exiting the shower. There! Are you happy now?"
"Who's this Naoko-girl?"
"My fiancé." He muttered on the floor.
"WHAT?!" Fuuko exclaimed indignantly. A few bird from the neighborhood, toke off in flight because of fright. "You're having sex while you're fully aware that a minor is under your own roof?!"
"I didn't know that she was there, ok?!" he retorted as if he don't want Fuuko to have any impression that he is a bad parent.
Fuuko fumed in too much rage. She glared at Mikagami to emphasize her temper. He is the most intelligent student she has ever met in her entire existence but sometimes, he let his instinct rule his superego. And that's the reason why they ended up with December, anyway.
"Do you want a December number two, huh, Mikagami?"
"For pete's sake, Kirisawa! I used condoms now!" He retorted again.
If Fuuko was about to describe this in one word, she will confidently say that this is awkward. On the peek of Tokiya's speech, Raiha and Ganko entered their living room, from opposite directions. . .
"Mikagami," Raiha scowled at the latter's direction.
They glared at each other to emphasize their level of loathing. After all, this is the first time that they're eyes met again, after five years. . . The Hokage almost punch Tokiya to death, anyway. . .
The ice-man look at Raiha one more time then turn to follow December on her room, leaving a furious Fuuko, smacking her head and having a second thought if this was a great idea, on the first hand. . .
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The November breeze is coming their way to bring news of the most anticipated holiday of the year. However, for a sensei like Fuuko Kirisawa, it also means, mountain of paper works and headaches. Her students are not paying attention to what she was teaching and they goof around and around the corridor for all they worth.
"Koganei, what in the Kami-sama, forsaken world are you doing here?" Fuuko shouts after spotting the fanged boy on their school's cafeteria.
There's nothing bizarre about it but everybody knows that the latter is now a freshman on an engineering school.
"Anou, Fuuko-nee, Koganei is picking me up. . ." Ganko interjected in. She was banging her two index fingers and not looking at her sister's eyes.
"Yeah, we're doing something for Toki—"Koganei answered Fuuko, grinning, but was replaced by facial grimace after Ganko kick him painfully on his foot.
"See you at home, Fuuko-nee!" Her blonde for a sister exclaimed while tagging Kaoro and running away from Fuuko.
"Why you, little----!"
"Take it easy Fuuko. You look like you're on your menopausal stage again." Recca then butted in. He was walking calmly towards Fuuko, with his hands', inside his pockets. "Ganko, doesn't have history classes this afternoon."
"And why are you not having your history classes this afternoon?" Recca is now the History class teacher in Nishikiri high, while Fuuko is on Physical education department.
"I'm doing something, too."
Fuuko cocked an eyebrow upward. It's odd enough that everybody is so busy, without her knowing the reason behind. The part that she couldn't take, however, is Hanashi, turning into some kind of serious, history teacher monster.
She looks up, straight unto his childhood's friend eyes but the latter is too busy looking up on the opposite direction.
"Is their anything wrong, Hanabishi?" How many times will she have to say that? Yesterday, Fuuko asked Raiha the same question then Mikagami barged in to say, he used condoms nowadays. She didn't want any surprises.
Recca sigh then walk slowly while gesturing Fuuko to follow him. The cafeteria is after all, crowded by this time in noon.
"Ganko and Koganei are doing something for Mikagami's birthday. " He started. "Ganko is not up for the idea of you, knowing it, so. . . Anyways, she said you and Mikagami had a brawl yesterday. What happen?"
"The usual staff. I don't even wanna talk about it. . ." Fuuko answered while shrugging. If Ganko is not up for the idea, of Fuuko, knowing about what they have in store for Mikagami, she, on the other hand doesn't want Recca to hear, about their chaotic explanation for their six years old, about sex and why it happens.
She looks up on her ex-comrade again and Fuuko caught him sighing again. The latter just underline the fact that this is not what's troubling him.
"Come on, Hanabishi. Spill it out. What's wrong?" She asked him again.
Recca halts before saying, 'Hime's parents want me to go to the doctor.'
It was about his old problem. . .
Yanagi and Recca are married for four years now. But they don't have a baby yet. It was giving them a slippery relationship, as the years pass. They consider going to a specialist, but Recca is afraid to take that step.
He sighs again. . . Fuuko's phone wrung and she is, but indeed, grateful. She doesn't know what to say to Hanabishi this time. . .
To her dismay, it wasn't a call that can be defined as cheerful. In fact, it was from December's principal, saying, her daughter got beaten up again. She say good bye to the gloomy Hanabishi, then rush towards her car and to the elementary department.
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Fuuko arrived at the principal office out of breathe and temper's already building up, after what seems to be, forever. So she was astounded when she found out that Tokiya and Raiha had punched Saicho, until the latter collapse. Her anger however didn't subside after learning that the nosy principal had called her to lecture about his parental concerns.
"Why didn't you just ask Kurei for another UBS, instead of punching someone to death?! You're on an elementary school, for christ's sake!" Fuuko shouted without even looking at the sweating principal.
"That kid had cut your daughter's hairs, Fuuko!" Raiha reminded Fuuko, talking about Saicho's sardonic daughter. "And now, she beat up December again, because of nonsense things."
"Look at December, Fuuko!" Tokiya interjected in, while showing her daughter's bruise and cuts. "My daughter is not a punching bag!"
"Leave me out of this, Tokiya. I don't want to be involved." December muttered then sits back again to resume examining her shoe laces.
Tokiya, Fuuko and Raiha were taken aback. They did the same then they tried there very hard to calm their selves down.
"As I was saying—"the principal started.
"You! How many times have you promise me that this won't happen again?!" Fuuko turn her anger on December's head master.
"Ms. Kirisawa, I---"He stammered.
"Just tell me if this school is not made up for my daughter Mr. Yuy. Coz I can afford to enroll her to a much more competent elementary school, anywhere here in Tokyo!" Tokiya butted in.
"Mr. Mikagami, I---"
"Stay out of this Mi-chan! This isn't about you and your moneys, it's about my daughter and her bullying problem!"
"Mr. Mikagami, Ms. Kirisawa, please calm down!" The principal shouted. Then she turns on to the speechless child before them. "Do you have something to say about this, December?"
The latter look at them, with wide eyes as if she hasn't seen them before. Then, she bowed her head down again before saying, "Can I go now?"
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"You really look like Yanagi-chan, Mifuya-san." December smiled at her aunt while the latter is fusing about her cuts and Bruises.
"Wait 'till you see her boyfriend." Tokiya muttered sulkily. Unfortunately, Mifuyu heard him so she have to endure another bonk on the head again. Before he even knows it, he had given December another five bucks after saying, 'what the fuck?!'
December urge him to drive her off at his place, after the fiasco. Then, Tokiya found himself, eating cookies and cream with his daughter and his older sister.
"So, why are you so keen to leave school today? And don't you wanna spend some time with Raiha?"
December look at Mifuyu before answering, "I'm doing something. I'm kinda busy nowadays"
"Hmm" Tokiya just nodded.
Mifuyu announced that she will fetch more ice cream on the fridge afterwards. When she's out of sight, December answered his second question at last. "I want mom to spend some time alone with daddy Raiha."
Tokiya cocked an eyebrow. If he suddenly decided to munch his ice-cream, then he'll probably been choked to death. Is she thinking about the sex explanation yesterday?
"December---"He started but she's not listening as ever.
"He never take a break except perhaps, once a mount, daddy Raiha I mean." She continued while staring out on the space blankly. "Then he came home a day before yesterday and he's acting all weird. Mom is worried. You know, how mom is."
He cocked his eyebrow again to urge her to continue.
"Then, I saw him yesterday talking to man I've never seen before."
They both stare at each other, unsure what to say. . .
"What is Raiha doing nowadays, December?" Tokiya asked suddenly. If his daughter finds it rather fishy, so did the great Tokiya Mikagami.
"He's an engineer in a firm company. I forgot the name."
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A/N: There you are dear readers! I know, I know! A stinky chapter. . . I tried to edit it, but it should be left in this state— a teaser chapter. I included important clues about the next chapters, so keep them eyes, wide open! I have to add, too, that I hate reading scenes that doesn't make sense to what is trying to be implied in a particular story. So I assure you, all written above is necessary. Er, including the trivia about Tokiya, learning how to use condoms, at last. . .
Next Chapter: The Fiancé II (one Tokiya and Fuuko steamy night, coming right up!)
