Chapter 7
Suddenly Kyo walked into the laundry room holding a bundle. "Here Haruhi, you can wear these home or at least until your uniform is clean," he said.
"Thanks, I'll just go change out of this robe then," Haruhi said. As soon as she walked out, Kyo shut the door. He walked towards the washer where Nobu was finishing the load, holding a cup for his husband. Kyo pressed his lips to his lovers' quickly
"So, did you get her to talk?" Kyo asked.
"Yes, and it's as we feared. Even some at the rich people school just can't seem to accept we're both Namiko's daddies." Nobu sighed, resting his cheek against his hand.
"I see," said Kyo, as he sat down next to Nobu, "well I just hope Namiko didn't do anything too bad towards those rich people or embarrass Haruhi."
"No, quite the opposite," Nobu said, "according to Haruhi, those men from the host club help defend her." Nobu smiled.
"Oh really? How sweet!" Kyo exclaimed, "let's just hope they don't ever make a move on our Namiko." He pictured one of them, trying to kiss her or fall in love with her and it immediately made his blood boil.
Nobu looked towards the door real fast before he said, "they may not, but another boy may..."
"A what?" Kyo said, eyes wide. 'Please no! Not just yet!'
"According to Haruhi, there may be a boy in the little gardening club who Namiko has started to fancy," Nobu whispered. "He said that she had seen them blushing at each other once in a while."
"Already?!" Kyo said, "oh lord why do daughters have to be so precious?" He spoke dramatically, throwing his hands up in the air.
"I don't know, maybe we should have had a boy," said Nobu, giving a quick shrug, sipping from his tea.
"Never!" Kyo snapped. He could never picture any other child he would rather have than Namiko.
"Then we, as men, are just going to have to try and deal with this the best we can!" Nobu said, forcefully.
"Yes," said Kyo. It was then that Namiko popped her head around the corner.
"Dad K, are you going to help me with dinner or not?" she asked annoyed.
"Oh, yes, I'll be right there sweetheart," Kyo called back, "got to run."
"That's alright," Nobu said. He managed to steal a quick kiss from Kyo, "we'll talk about it later, tonight."
Kyo wasted no time, moving towards the kitchen with Namiko, starting to prepare dinner.
'A boy, huh?' He sighed and smiled a little. He know it would happen, someday, but even though he didn't show it, he was finding it hard to let go of the little girl he had raised. She wouldn't just be theirs anymore. Some special someone would own her heart as well. Sighing, he grabbed the rice cooker.
"Is something wrong dad?" Kyo looked at Namiko, seeing her concern.
"It's nothing, honey." He said, trying to reassure her.
Namiko scowled at him, "Dad! I know something is wrong. Please, tell me?" Kyo sighed and put down his paring knife.
"Well, you were talking about this club, what's the president like? Appearance? Personality?"
Namiko looked at me, a light blush lighting her cheeks.
'Oh No... She's feeling for him already.' She smiled and washed it away quickly, not wanting me to see the blush.
"Well, there is no president at the moment, just two hopefulls. I'm helping the guy, he's tall. His skin is about the same skin color as mine, but his hair is the most beautiful shade of red and burgundy, but believe it or not, it's his natural hair. A lot of kids are mean to him. His face is a little mean looking, but he was born that way." Kyo looked at his daughter and realized why she might like him. He was a man who was troubled by the harsh nature of people, as was she. "He's very kind though. He loves animals and loves plants, he even loves being around people, but people don't enjoy being around him seeing as he looks "scary" but he's not. His personality makes up for it... when I was crying, about a girl who tried telling me you two weren't both my fathers... he cheered me up by not bringing it up and having a water fight with me... that's why my dress was wet..." She said, smiling.
'Looking at her, in my mind, this boy sounded nice and kind, but as a father, I wanted to tell her no, lock her up until she was fifty. Though, I knew that wouldn't be possible,' Kyo thought. Sighing very quietly, he nodded to myself. 'Even if I wanted to pretend for now that this wasn't happening, I would let that stay within other than me talking with Nobu. The way she spoke about this boy, is was how I spoke about Nobu to my brother when I started to fall for him.'
Smiling, he wrapped his arm around her, "What are we making for dinner tonight?"I asked.
"Well, I was thinking about fried chicken tonight... teriyaki flavored?" Namiko suggested. Kyo nodded at the suggestion.
"Sounds great!" While cooking, Namiko tried picturing making this for everyone, while having Kasanoda over. She wanted to cook for him some day. The food she made was always enjoyed by her fathers, her uncle, and her cousin. But! Never before had her food been tried by someone she might like.
After Haruhi had returned home, the family had all gone to bed. Namiko laid, thinking about how her initiation to the gardening club would go, while her fathers laid, thinking about this man.
"So, I got her to talk about this boy... I really think we might be in trouble..." Kyo mentioned.
Nobu looked at him, his eyes widening immediately. "Why is that?"
"Well... when she was describing his appearance to me, she was blushing the entire time... also, she found a man who has similar problems... of not being accepted..." Nobu sighed, turning on his side while resting a hand on Kyo's chest.
"Look, I know this is scary. I don't want this to start yet either. Though, if she really does start liking this man, we'll have to accept him unless we see something terrible within him. I mean, come on, he couldn't be that bad... Namiko doesn't usually like being friends with mean people or those we define as bad." Nobu said, laying his head on his husband's chest. "Who knows, we might even like the guy."
Kyo snorted. "Not likely."
Nobu laughed and lifted himself on his one elbow, looking into Kyo's eyes. "I mean, even if it doesn't happen now, some day our Namiko will grow up, get married, have children of her own someday, it's the way of the world. I don't want to accept this either, but like I said, he might be someone we like."
Kyo sighed and looked at Nobu. "I hate how you're right." He chuckled, moving a hand into his husband's hair. "I love you."
Nobu blushed and smiled, nodding. "I love you too." He then laid his head down on Kyo's chest, falling asleep.
Back in Namiko's room, the girl laid in her bed, thinking about the day's events, mostly about the time she spent with Kasanoda. In all honesty, she'd never met a guy like him.
"I almost feel like Beauty from Beauty and the beast," she said smiling at the thought, "even if Kasanoda doesn't turn into a "handsome" prince, it's kind of nice!"
Just then she heard a ding from her computer. She got up and saw her friend Hanako was on Skype.
"Hey-Ho," she said.
"Hey, just wanted to hear how your first day at Ouran went," said Hanako.
"Good, I somehow got myself in the gardening club," said Namiko.
"The gardening club?" Hanako asked, "is this a real gardening club where you plant things or one where you sit in a garden drinking tea or something?"
"No we're supposed to create actual gardens," said Namiko, "at least for now, while they're trying to figure out who's the new president."
"Huh, so, any cute boys?" Hanako asked, teasing.
"Oh yeah, met my cousin's famous host friends and," Namiko blushed again, thinking of Kasanoda.
"And?" Hanako pressured.
"And one of the candidates for the gardening club president, he's kind of a nice guy," said Namiko.
"Oh my gosh! I knew you'd land yourself a rich guy!" Hanako cheered.
"I didn't come to Ouran to just land a rich guy you know," said Namiko.
"Yeah, but we all knew it was going to happen. Which means, now you can find us all some rich husbands," said Hanoko.
"We'll see," said Namiko. She suddenly remembered seeing Ami with Hoshiko earlier. "So how was your first day?"
"It was okay, better than Ami's I heard. She has science with Hoshiko and apparently they've already been assigned as partners for their first science project!" said Hanako.
"They're science partners?" Namiko asked.
"Yes," said Hanoko, "they even had to go to her house to work on it."
'Oh, so that's it,' Namiko tried telling herself through thought.
"Namiko?" Hanako asked.
"Oh sorry, guess I'm getting tired," said Namiko.
"Sure, I should get off too. Want to try this again tomorrow?" Hanako asked.
"Sure, can't wait," said Namiko as she and Hanako each got off.
'They're lab partners, that's all. That's all, right?" Namiko kept telling herself. She figured she should just ignore that uneasy feeling. She and Mai had been friends for a long time, they wouldn't throw that all away right?
Meanwhile at the Kasanoda syndicate.
Kasanoda sat in his room, sitting before the shrine he had in his room. Sitting before it, he looked at a flower, doing the same thing he did when he felt that he had began to like Haruhi Fujioka. Though, the words he did were a little different. "Friend, Like, Love"
Pulling away each delicate petal, he would blush, waiting for the end result. "Friend, Like, Love... Friend, Like, Love... Friend, Like, Love... Friend, Like, L-" He said as he pulled away the last petal. "I'm... I'm in love with Namiko Fujioka." He whispered to himself, his blush depending.
Knock, Knock "It's me young lord." Tetsuya said through the the door.
"Please, do some in." He said. Tetsuya walked in, nodding at Ritsu.
"Did you have a pleasant school day, young lord?" He nodded.
"Yes, thank you. Has my father summoned me?"
Tetsuya shook his head. "No young lord. I just wanted to check on you. You haven't touched your food all night. You didn't even do the nightly rumble. Last time you did that was when you fell in love with that boy... Haruhi Fujioka, was it?" Ritsu's eyes widened. "Have you fallen for someone, young lord?"
Ritsu looked at Tetsuya. "I may have. I'm not sure how she feels about me yet though."
"If I may offer up my opinion Young Lord?" Tetsuya asked, "if this is the same girl from today, I think she actually may like you. Even after finding out who your father is, I truly believe she likes you in a different way than Haruhi Fujioka and the rest of the host club or by your men."
"You think?" Kasanoda asked.
"I would not lie like that Young Lord," said Tetsuya.
"Hmm, thank you," said Kasanoda, "can I have some more alone time?"
"Yes Sir," Tetsuya said as he walked out.
Outside stood all of the usual men.
"So Tetsuya, what's the verdict?" one asked.
"I think the young lord may have found a true friend in this new girl. I think he may have some feelings for her," said Tetsuya.
"But what about his feelings for what's his name, the girl's cousin, Haruhi?"
"Well, maybe our young lord and this girl are better suited for each other. If anything, I think we should help the two as best we can as long as they seem to be interested in each other," said Tetsuya.
"Right!" shouted all the men.
Big Boss Kasanoda looked out his window towards his son's shrine and room at the sound of his men shouting.
"Boss?" asked his attendee with him.
"What are they shouting about?" Big Boss asked.
"Knowing them it's either helping your son get the position of Gardening Club president or about the new lady he met today," said the assistant.
"Young Lady?" Big Boss asked.
"That's what I heard," said the assistant.
"Hmm, it's about Damn time," said Big Boss.
"Time for what sir?" asked the assistant.
"Time my son man up and find himself a companion to rule by his side when he takes over. Man or woman, I don't care, I just want him to have someone by his side," said Big Boss, " I think tomorrow he and I should have a talk on the matter."
"Sure thing boss," said his assistant.
To Be Continued...
