Itty-Bitty Black Heart
Reconciliation
A few months later. . .
"Kaoru-Sama, there is a stranger who demands to see you."
A butler says in a stern voice. Kaoru turns from his book while he sat outside in the yard. He places the book onto the table and stands up,
"A stranger?"
He asked while the butler escorted him.
"Yes, very robunkous and rude. I thought maybe I should send them away, until they claimed that they were your family members."
Kaoru's eyes widened. Mom and dad? He thought. It couldn't be. If they were going to come, they would've come quite earlier.
The boy stepped out the front door and at the gate he saw a few guards keeping an eye on the intruders. Holding up his red and blue garment, Kaoru makes his way toward the gate. His hair had grown a few inches longer and was now tied up to the front in a tail. He wore the most glamorous garment with a matching pair of shoes to go along.
And sure enough it was the rest of his family standing at the gate, sweating from the heat and quite frusturated.
"Kaoru darling!"
His mother cried as she rushed toward the gate, her hands on the bars.
"Look at you,"
She exclaims. Kaoru couldn't help but not smile at the sight of his brother who was glaring daggers at him.
"You grew so much."
"Why are you here?"
Kaoru changed the subject so abruptly his mother and father stopped smiling.
"Darling we're very sorry the way we've been treating you, if there is any way we can make up for it. Would you please please come home?"
His mother pleaded, but Kaoru turned away.
"No mom, I've already made my decision. And if you really wanted me home, you would've come here a little earlier."
The boy started to walk off when his parents kept calling him,
"Wait! Kaoru Please! At least let us meet your husband!"
Kaoru turned around surprised at the remark,
"How'd you know I was married?"
He asked,
"Newsflash, like no one in Japan knows of the infamous elder twin of the Hitacchin family eloped with some china-guy."
Hikaru scoffed, when his mother jedded her elbow into his ribs making him say "Ow!"
"Sweetie please, we wouldn't miss it for the world. We've already missed your weddnig, at least let us meet our in-laws."
She smiled nervously. Kaoru raised an eyebrow in suspicion. He wasn't really convinced at this thought, seeing as how his brother hadn't changed a bit. But anyhow, he invited them in for some tea, since he still had the tiniest little bit of respect left for his parents.
"This place is beautiful."
His mother says, wiping the sweat from her brow.
"So where is your husband?"
The father jumped in,
"He's at work, sadly he'll be back in a few hours."
"Tell us about your time here then."
His father smiles. Slowly Kaoru finds himself smile and in a long time, he actually sat at a table and spoke with his family about all that's happened to him.
"That sounds so exciting,"
Mrs. Hitacchin says, sipping her tea,
"I wish I was there to experience that."
The woman sighs. Kaoru hesitates at this and smiles, quickly walking up the stairs and into a bedroom, the boy grabs ahold of the drawer handle and pulls out a large white album. Carefully holding it, he walks back down the stairs and presents the album to his parents.
"This was our wedding day,"
He says flipping the pages. Hikaru scoffs and rolls his eyes at his seat, when his mother yet again jets her elbows into his ribs.
"Oh what a lovely dress Kaoru,"
His mother exclaims,
"I just wish your husband was home quicker."
Suddenly the butler interrupted with a knock at the door and opened,
"Kaoru-Sama, master is home, he'd like to see you."
Excited than ever, Kaoru tells his parents to wait as he goes off. But his parents didn't heed this and decided to peek. While peering through the doors, they see Kaoru and his husband embrace each other with a passionate kiss.
"I have a surprise for you."
Chen smiles, holding tightly onto Kaoru's waist. Kaoru chuckles,
"You've been getting me a lot of gifts lately, don't you think its time to stop?"
He asks,
"Never~"
Chen tickles his nose close to Kaoru's cheeks making him giggle and fidget.
"Here it is,"
He says and presenting his arms wide open he revealing behind him was a glorious curtain. And as it parted Kaoru set his eyes on a lovely set of. . . baby items?
"Chen! Its all I ever dreamed of!"
Kaoru clings to his husband in squeals of joy,
"Luo Xeng would love those."
"Who's Luo Xeng?"
Hikaru asked his parents' who deliberately shrugged their shoulders.
"Oh my parents came over, they want to see you."
Kaoru says, pulling his husband toward the door.
"Your parents?"
He asked surprised,
"I thought. . . I thought they hate you now."
Chen said,
"I don't know, maybe they had a change of heart."
The couple came back into the lounge and Kaoru did the introduction much to Hikaru's dismay, since he wasn't so happy to see either of them.
"We're very grateful you've looked after our eldest since he's left. We were very worried he would feel left out."
Chen chuckles,
"Not to worry, actually he didn't feel left out at all. He fit in just fine."
Suddenly a loud piercing scream hit the ceiling, all eyes turned to the sound which turned to the stairs. But it was no ordinary scream, it sounded like a baby's cry?!
Kaoru immediately placed down his cup and without dismissing himself like his parents had taught him, he left up the stairs. Chen watched after him,
"He probably had a nightmare,"
He says after Kaoru who nodded and went up more.
"He?"
The in laws asked,
"Our son, Luo Xeng."
The parents had their mouths gaped as Hikaru just stared with his eye balls wanting to fall out of their sockets.
"A-A-A. . . son?!"
They asked hiding their screams,
"B-But you-you're just. . . just 18?!"
They say,
"No I'm 19 this year,"
Chen smirks,
"Its Kaoru who's 18."
He says. It only showed the parents that they had left Kaoru alone for so long they even forgot his age! Both parents were ashamed of themselves.
"But at the age of 18 and you two already have a son?!"
Mrs. Hitacchin asked,
Chen could only stare and smirk.
"Yeppers,"
He grinned. Then all four people could hear soft foot steps coming down the stairs and when they all looked up, they saw Kaoru coming down carrying a small bundle of joy with him in his arms.
"Oh let me take a look!"
The Hitacchin mother squeals. She came over and just when she peered down that amazingly, adorable, undeniably cute baby face she teared.
"He's so beautiful, he looks just like his father."
Chen nods in agreement,
"He does. Come Hikaru take a look."
His father says. Grumpily Hikaru stomps over but when he gazed down at his nephew, it made his heart melt. Melt so much he felt embarrassed and ashamed of himself about what he said so many months ago.
While the grandparents held their first grandchild Chen came along and told them stories of how and when they had him, while the twins had a time together.
"Hey Kaoru,"
Hikaru started.
"I'm sorry I made your life a hell."
He says,
"I guess I was just. . . so warped up in the gossips. . . I didn't stop to think."
Turning to his brother Hikaru sighs,
"Forgive me?"
Kaoru's eyes widened, then his frown turned into a smile while his arm came around his brother and gave him a tight-brotherly-love embrace.
"Apology accepted."
The brothers had finally reconciled and in all of Kaoru's 18 years he couldn't feel any happier.
"C'mon I want to hear how you got Luo."
Hikaru teased,
"By the way how is Haruhi?"
"She's doing great, although everyone is worried about you."
The two brothers came back to the table. The grandparents cuddling their grandson while Luo played with his brand-new toys his father had bought.
It was the happy ending Kaoru had always wanted, but it was just that, it wasn't an ending. It was a brand-new beginning.
THE END
A/N: Thanks for reading :)