A Prick From A Rose: The Sequel
Written by: Hita-Chan and Lietiana
Beta'd: Lietiana (you would understand if you wrote with her sitting next to you)
Disclaimer: We don't own Ouran or any of it's main characters, we do own our OCs and the main plot. :)
Chapter 7
"No nothing is as bad as it seems, We'll come clean" -P!nk ft Nate Ruess
-Rewind back to the day we left them on-
Kaoru walked down the sidewalk and up the driveway to their house. He didn't see any lights on inside so he pulled out his keys. But before he even reached the door it opened. Aylin stood there with her arms crossed.
"Aylin!" Kaoru greeted with a smile.
"Hey, Kaoru," she smiled softly and gave him a hug.
He hugged her back and then slid passed her and inside. He exhaled deeply. Aylin watched him; he set down his bag and stretched.
"You would not believe the day I've had," Kaoru muttered.
"Oh? Was it really that bad Kaoru?"
"Yeah, we had a horrible client in there today who was trying to tell me how to do my job, it was very frustrating."
"Sounds like it," Aylin replied, walking into the kitchen to grab a water bottle.
"How was your day though, sweetie?"
She wanted to scream at him right there but decided against it, "My day was great. I sat here and did nothing."
Kaoru chuckled, "I told you I could get you a job at my office building if you ever want to work."
"And I already told you that that reminds me too much of my past, Kao."
He sighed and nodded, "I know, I'm just letting you know. I don't want you to have to go asking random guys for jobs."
"Someone sounds like they would be jealous," she looked over at him with a small smirk.
He rolled his eyes, "You wish."
She stuck her tongue out and took a drink of her water. Kaoru looked around their home, noticing the untidiness of it.
"You could've cleaned up a bit while you were home."
"I did, actually. Thanks for noticing," She stated, looking over at him.
"Hm… I don't see a difference. It looks just as messy as it did yesterday."
"Well then you should clean it yourself, I'm not your maid Kao."
"I know, I know."
"Watch your mouth then," She scolded him, looking over briefly again.
"Why do you keep doing that?"
"Doing what?" She asked.
"Looking over here and looking away!"
"Because I enjoy doing that. Is there a problem?"
Kaoru shook his head and left to their bedroom, wanting to get out of his suit. Aylin watched him leave and then grabbed her coat, leaving the house.
"I forgot I need to get some stuff from in town! I'll be back!" She called before leaving the house. She shivered slightly at the cold and looked around.
"Oh! I do actually need a few things.." she mumbled walking towards town.
In reality though she only left so she could get away from him, she never really noticed it until now. She whistled as she walked down the street, looking around again. Everything looked different in the winter. She sighed and continued walking, they lived quite a ways away from the main shopping part in town so she had a while until she reached the market.
"Aylin! Good evening!"
She smiled over at one of their neighbors, "Good evening!"
The neighbor waved her goodbye and went back to making dinner. Aylin continued walking, she was always happy to see their neighbors.
It was dark by the time she reached the market, she started looking around for a few things. Aylin greeted the salesmen and looked around some more, not finding anything she wanted. She checked the time and nodded slowly, she should probably be heading back home. So she left without any of the things she had remembered she needed.
"Hopefully he's done being an ass…" She muttered as she made her way back up the small steps to her front door. She opened it and noticed that the place was cleaner.
"Um… Kao?"
"Yeah?" He asked from on the couch.
She turned to look at him and then the house again, "It's cleaner...than when I left."
He looked at her and nodded, smiling sheepishly, "Yeah… I'm sorry for what I said, I shouldn't expect you to do all the cleaning by yourself."
Aylin smiled and nodded, "It's fine, thank you for cleaning up."
"It wasn't a problem, I kind of owed it to you. I've been a jerk lately."
She nodded with a small smirk, "So you've noticed?"
He sighed and didn't really say anything.
"It's fine, Kao. But if you don't mind me asking, where were you this morning?"
"Um, what are you talking about, Aylin? I told you, I had to go to work early."
"Come on, Kaoru, I know that isn't true."
"What're you talking about? Of course it's true!"
"I called Mai, Kao. She said you didn't clock in until nine-ish."
Kaoru stared at her confused, "You called my secretary?"
"What did you expect me to do? Just believe that you actually went to work without me waking you up? Yeah right."
Kaoru shook his head, "I was at work, Aylin. That's all there is to it."
"I don't think you were, Kaoru. And the fact that you aren't telling me anything else is not helping."
"Why are you not trusting me? Where else would I have gone at five in the morning?"
"You tell me."
He rose an eyebrow, "Why are you starting another fight?"
"I'm not. I just want to know the truth, okay?"
"There's nothing else to say, Aylin. I was at work. End of story."
"If that's really where you were then why didn't I wake up when you got the message saying you needed to go? You know they always call."
"Aylin, seriously? You're being ridiculous."
"Answer the question Kaoru."
"You know, you aren't the lightest sleeper."
She scoffed and looked away, "Seriously? Kaoru that's not a serious answer."
He shrugged, "I don't think it's right that you don't trust me."
"Fine. Why did you have to go in then?"
He looked at her, his amber/green eyes stared at her, "They needed me to get some paperwork done."
"Bullshit, you don't do paperwork Kaoru! I know what you do for a job and that's not it! Where were you this morning?"
"Out okay?! I was out!"
"Doing what?!" Aylin was tired of this conversation.
"Visiting my brother's grave, okay?!" He exclaimed, tears welled up in his eyes.
Aylin stopped, "What?"
"You heard me! I was visiting Hikaru, okay?! I miss him! Are you satisfied now?" Kaoru asked.
"Wh-why wouldn't you just tell me?"
"Because I didn't want you to know…"
"Why?"
"I don't know! Because you'd think was weak or something! I don't know, I just don't…"
Aylin felt horrible; here she had thought he was cheating on her when really he just missed his brother.
"Kaoru…"
He shook his head, "Just forget it, Aylin…"
"If you miss him then why wouldn't you tell me? It's understandable to miss him."
"I know, I don't know what I was thinking."
She sighed and played with her hair nervously, "I'm sorry…"
"It's fine," he waved it off and then wiped his eyes.
"Is that why… Nevermind.."
"Is that why I've been a jerk lately? Probably. I can't help how angry I get when I realize that he's gone. It kills me cause I blame myself for it, Aylin. It's something that can't be helped."
Aylin walked over and gave him a hug, "It's okay… I understand. Just next time you leave before I wake up, can you at least tell me the real reason?"
He chuckled, "Sure."
She smiled and kissed his cheek quickly before going to change out of her clothes into something more comfortable.
-End Chapter 7-
So Liet almost cried during the part of confrontation. Hehe, did I get some of you too? I felt mean writing but it was sooooo perfect! What do you guys think is gonna happen next? Now we have issues resolved and appearing with Kaoru and Aylin, Rose is pregnant, and Kyoya and Krista are just having a hard time coming to agreements on things. :DDDD Hope you all enjoyed it, please leave a review and let us know what you think. Thanks for reading!
Until next time,
~Say Bye Bye~
