This was it
The day has finally come
It was morning and kotoko was doubling checking her things
Hoping that she didn't forget anything
They packed light
She gave a lot of her clothes away to jinko and satomi
She left most of her books, stupidly thinking she wouldn't need them anymore
The room was clean now
Kotoko spend a good hour cleaning and tidying up
She stood at the edge of the room
Looking around
Remembering the first time she laid eyes on the same space
When noriko showed her everything
She remembered how happy she felt
To have such girly decor, she was thankful, growing up her dad was too busy to help her decorate her room, she never had such feminine things
The over flowing color of pink made her so happy that day
I'm gonna miss this she sighed
Kotoko grabbed the last of her belongings and finally closed the door shut
No. i promised myself i won't cry. Not in front of okaasan , or irie-kun or everyone, i have to show them that i'm strong, i can do this she patted her face
Forcibly changing her expression into a blank one with a stiff grin while she was going down the steps
"Oi baka" yuki called
"Here, he handed her object, it was something wrapped in christmas wrapping paper"
Kotoko pointed at herself
"For me ? she looked at the wrapping paper and chuckled, you could have put it in a paper bag or something" she chuckled
Yuki gave her a annoyed face , it looked just like naoki's
"Not worth the effort,don't open it yet, if you don't want it, i'l-"
Before he could finish his sentence she quickly grabbed it from his hands
"No no no! Il take it ! thank you yuki!
She gave him a big hug, yuki held still for a second but then struggled to get away " OYY ! STOP THAT , YOU'RE SO GROSS, i don't want to catch your stupidity, let me goooo"
She laughed as she let the boy go
they both started the insults again
Yuki stuck his tongue out
They were doing their usual fight
Yuki would never admit it but it was fun for him to tease her like this
She laughed at the faces he made
They both chuckled
Continuing the act
As kotoko and yuki played around some more, the adults were saying their goodbyes
Shigeo gave the couple a bow
"Thank you for everything, we will forever be in your debt"
"Ai-chan , you're like family to us! It's not a problem! Your welcome back anytime ! make sure you visit okay? "
Noriko was tearing up again "we're going to miss you both, you're sure you won't change your mind? We can buy a bigger house and that should solve the-"
Shigeki patted her as an interruption "mama" he gave her a look
He felt bad for his wife, he didn't want the aihara's to move away as well but they didn't have a choice
"I know i know" noriko frowned
"Where's that onii-chan, after everything he's done, he doesn't have the face to say goodbye to kotoko !? that son of mine… how rude!"
"Um, he left already okaa-san , he said he had a meeting, but don't worry, he already said goodbye to papa and i when we were up packing early this morning" kotoko answered, with a slight smile on her face
"He's the worst , how can he-"
"Mama, it's okay, calm down" her husband patted her back again
"Oh kotoko-chan ! make sure you visit okay?" kotoko nodded her head
Noriko pulled away, still holding onto kotoko, she gave her a teary smile
"No matter what, you will always be my daughter, okay? Promise me you'll take care of yourself"
Kotoko reassured her with an even bigger smile,
"Yes"
The taxi left
And they waved goodbye
The irie's went back inside the house and noriko continued her crying there
Yuki locked himself in the room
Annoyed with his mother's exaggerated emotions
I'm gonna miss that baka he thought, as he looked at where his onii-chan's bed was, he remembered what happened in the hospital, the kiss he wasn't supposed to see
Yuki was worried for his onii-chan
He knew that now kotoko was gone, there was no turning back now
AN:
I was about to sleep after typing the 2 chapters and uploading them
I thought i was done but nope
I do apologise for the length though
I specifically wanted to keep it short
Simple and sweet
I know i said you'll get the feels for this chapter but i lied
Maybe the next one? We'll see ;)
FINALLY, the aihara's are on their way to osaka
Kotoko's new adventure begins !