The Love that Binds Chapter 10
4:00pm...Davis Jr's house.
Taichi's car pulled up into the driveway he put it into park but he hadn't unlocked the door yet, "Taichi unlock the doors now!" Sora demanded. She was angry all right so angry that Saria could scare them to death by not coming home the way she had.
"Sora look at me...Saria's going to be more upset at us if go in and embarrass her in front of her best friend's parents...we can't do that to her," He replied.
Sora calmed down and sighed agreeing with him, "Yeah...I Know...I was scared and she knows she should call us and at least tell us, where she was going," Sora replied.
"It's okay just breath in and out a few seconds and relax yourself," Taichi said to her he gently rubbed her arms. "Okay so come on," He whispered. she nodded and looked at him carefully as he unlocked the doors. The two stepped out of the vehicle and closed the doors.
Taichi and Sora made there way up to the door and Sora knocked. Ken invited them both in. Then the three made there way to the living room and sat down.
"So where's our daughter?" Sora asked in a whisper.
"She and Davis are upstairs," Miyako replied.
"Mom? Dad?" Saria questioned in surprise as she and Davis came into the living room.
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Yamato groaned he turned over and was about to knock the alarm clock off the table but saw time, which was four thirty, and jumped out of the bed, "I'm going to be late!" he cried.
He ran around the room with his boxers and tried quickly to put on a pair of jeans and a sweater that was dark green and had a two thin white stripes running across his chest. He made sure he had his wallet on him and some cash.
5:01pm...
Mimi was sleeping in her bed. Yamato peeked into the window of her hospital room then he disappears for a second he turned the handle on the door and opens it quietly. As he entered the room he carried in a bouquet of flowers that were nicely arranged in a beautiful basket. He placed the basket on the chair for a second and carefully and quietly as he could put the hospital tray just above her mid-section. Then taking a cautious glance at his wife; he carefully and quietly once again placed that basket on the tray. He looked at her again and came to his wife's side and started to run his fingers gently through her hair.
"Mmmmmm," She moved a bit then opened her eyes. "Yamato...hi." she smiled up at him.
"I told you I'd come back," He replied.
"I knew you would. There was no doubt in my mind you wouldn't," she said happily to him.
"Oh yeah well...I got you something," He replied, he pointed to the flowers.
She gasped in surprise, "Oh...Yamato...they're beautiful...my favorite colors too...and my favorite flowers..." she replied.
"The Lilies are beautiful and so are the roses...and the baby's breathe," She said softly.
"Here read the note," He said taking it from with in the flowers and gave it to Mimi. She smiled at him as she took it and unwrapped and opened the envelope then she looked down to the package and took out the note.
For not being much a friend and a lover lately I'm sorry...but remember this that your heart will always belong to me.
Love your husband Yamato.
Mimi then looked back up to Yamato, "That's so sweet of you. Thank you so much," She replied then folded the card up and placed it in the envelope again.
"Then I get a kiss then?" he questioned.
she smiled, "Yeah of course," Yamato leaned down, and gently grabbed her lips with his own and then let go. They then kissed passionately but gently.
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Takeru came all dressed up in a tux to the Yagami front door he rang the doorbell. The maid answered it. "Hello Takeru...come in Miss. Yagami will be right down with you." She replied.
Takeru stepped in and was greeted by Mrs. Yagami, "Hi Takeru...you look handsome tonight are you two going out some where fancy?" she asked.
Takeru blushed, "Um...I guess yeah." He replied.
Hikari came down the stairs in her red spaghetti strap dress, which was long to her ankles. She wore her waist length hair down with a two small dark green hair clips, they held her hair from falling into her face.
"Mom...your making him feel uncomfortable," Hikari replied.
"I'm sorry...but he does look really good right honey?" Anna asked her daughter.
Hikari simply smiled at her mother then to Takeru, "Yes he does." she replied.
"Okay now you're both making me nervous," He replied.
The two women laughed at his comment, "Okay, well you both have a good night okay," Anna replied.
"Yup we will mom," Hikari replied.
Takeru helped her to put on her shawl, which was a dark green, "Bye Mrs. Yagami." He replied he held the door open for her.
"Oh and Takeru you can call me Anna did you forget?" Anna asked him.
"Okay bye Anna," He replied.
"Good," She smiled and waved at the couple as they left.
"Your mother sure doesn't waste time to get rid of us," Takeru replied Hikari giggled.
"You're really silly Takeru," She replied and laughed.
"I just want to say that you look really Christmassy in that red dress and the green shawl," He replied.
"I'm I supposed to say thank you our where you trying to say that it looks bad?" she eyed him carefully as Takeru got his keys out and unlocked the door.
He shook his head, "No way it's a compliment it really suits the season after all Christmas is only a week a way," He replied.
"Your right...so um...about tonight where are you taking me?" Hikari asked Takeru started the car then turned to her.
"It's a surprise," He replied.
"Oh...I see." She replied and watched him carefully Takeru back out of the drive way thought security gate and onto the road.
After a few minutes of driving, "Is this my Christmas present?" she asked.
"Um...maybe...maybe not depends whether or not you're interested in it," he replied.
"Now you've got me curious Takeru," She replied.
"Okay fine remember the promise about four years ago...we promised that we would sleep together for until after we are married?" he questioned her.
"Yeah I remember," She said.
"Okay well I want to break that promise," He replied. Hikari eye's widen shocked.
Takeru kept his eyes on the road.
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"Saria...honey we need to talk about last night so were going home," Taichi said standing.
"I'm not going home I want to stay here," She replied not looking at her dad.
"Saria...this is personal business we can't discuss this in front of Davis and his parents," Sora said.
"How about we leave you all in this room?" Ken asked them.
"You wouldn't mind?" Sora asked.
He shook his head.
"No not at all," Miyako replied, she took her son and pushed him out of the living room and they closed the doors to enter the living room.
Taichi and Sora both took a seat on the sofa, "Saria I don't like that fact that we have to talk about this here...in someone's house and on top of that where have your manners gone?" Taichi asked he was a little upset at her and the way she was acting toward them.
"I'm still mad," She replied she had her back to them. The two sighed.
"Okay look Saria...that poster was false...that's not the truth...we were only friend...and your Dad and I didn't get together till we were sixteen. Remember that tale uncle Yamato told you...well that really did happened your daddy almost died when he was sixteen and Uncle Yamato saved his life...and remember what you said to uncle Yamato?" She asked.
Saria frowned, "No," she replied.
"You said thank you for saving my daddy," Sora whispered to her.
Saria did remember what she told her uncle and she softened up a bit.
Sora and Taichi remembered that day it was anniversary of Taichi's near death experience.
It was January 2014...
Flashback...
Yamato, Mimi, Takeru, Hikari, there parents...and Taichi and Sora's parents were also there...they had a family dinner it was sort of a gathering thing the did during this time of year.
Eight year old Saria Yagami was putting a puzzle together, on the floor of her grandma's house, Saria always wondered why everyone gathered this day every year...they where talking in the dinning room table...she got up and went to the dinning room where the adults were in conversation they were laughing at something Yamato had said.
Saria walked up to her Mother who was seated beside Yamato. "Mommy? How come everyone comes over on this day? When it's not daddy's birthday and it's not your birthday and it's not grandma's or grandpa's birthday or Aunt Hikari's birthday or..."
Sora stopped her, "Honey it's something that happened along time ago." Sora answered.
"Hey...Saria how about I tell you," Yamato said to her. Yamato lifted her up and she sat on his knee.
"Yamato don't." Taichi said to him.
"Taichi she's big girl...right Saria?" he asked. She nodded.
"Yeah," She replied, Taichi didn't like it when Yamato would do that stuff with Saria...but when she got like that she was like her mother she wanted to know what is or else.
Taichi sighed, Sora put a hand on his shoulder. The table grew quite as Yamato began.
"See Saria...daddy when he was sixteen; was upset cause he loved your mommy very much but some one else was going out with her and she didn't know he was in love with her...and this caused him to drink, a lot of grown up stuff, anyway...your daddy was pushed out side by a bad person who then didn't go back to get him...and daddy fell asleep outside in the cold.
But I came in time to find him and I helped to wake up your daddy and the reason why we are all here today is that it give some comfort to your mommy that everyone's here on this bad day cause we know that was when your mommy realized she loved your daddy," Yamato replied softly to her.
Saria looked to her mommy and then to her daddy. The next thing she said nearly brought tears to everyone's eyes including Yamato's and it was hard to get tears from him sometimes, "Uncle Yamato...Thank you for saving my daddy," She said and gave him a hug.
End of Flashback... back to present time...
"So, Saria do you still hate us?" Taichi asked.
She shook her head, "But I'm still mad and I won't forgive you for what happened last night," She replied.
"Okay...that makes us both feel a little bit better honey," Taichi said to her.
"Can I have a hug?" Sora asked.
"I don't feel like to give you one," Saria replied.
Taichi was getting a little angry at his daughter but Sora calmed him down by placing her hand on his shoulder, "Okay I understand you feel uncomfortable about giving me a hug right now...okay well you can stay here for the week if it's all right with Davis's parents," Sora said.
Taichi went to open the doors to the family room, "Everything sort of settled," Taichi said to Ken and Miyako who then came in followed by Davis.
"Can you two kids go upstairs us adult's have to talk," Ken said to them and the two ran upstairs.
Sora and Taichi sat down as Ken and Miyako did also, "So I take it things went okay," Miyako asked carefully.
"Um...yeah...sort off...she kind of mad...is it really okay with you two if she stay's for the week?" Taichi asked them.
"Yes, we don't mind at all," Ken said and smiled.
"Thank you for doing this... I really appreciate it," Sora said to them, she stood up and Taichi followed. "Yeah...we are going to go...call if anything happens or if Saria doesn't listen." Sora said.
"We will," Miyako smiled at her. They hugged Taichi shook hands with Ken. The four walked to the door...Taichi and Sora both put on their coats and shoes.
"Saria, Bye honey were going." Taichi called.
"Bye!" she called back, from Davis's room.
"Thank you again...bye," Sora said. Taichi held the door for Sora and they smiled and waved them bye.
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"What? Takeru...what do you mean?" Hikari asked.
"I can't keep it up any more...I think about you every night Hikari..." he said.
Hikari turned her attention to the window and watched the houses go by as they drove by them. The silence startled Takeru a bit.
Takeru glance over to her, "Hikari? What's wrong?" he asked.
"What's wrong? What's wrong!" she shouted, "I'll tell you what's wrong! You're telling me that you want to break the promise we made four years ago!" she cried.
"Hikari I was just saying..." she interrupted him.
"NO! Takeru if I say I don't want to break the promise you'll probably going to cheat on me!" Hikari replied.
Takeru eyes widened at her, "Hikari! how can you think I'd do that to you!" he cried.
"I don't know...it kind of makes me wonder if you're cheating on me right now." She replied.
Takeru pulled the car over, and parked it, "Don't you accuse me of something that I wouldn't do," He replied raising his voice a bit.
"Oh yeah...how can I be so sure huh? Four years we haven't had sex okay and you being a man...I don't think I can really trust you now Takeru," She replied
"I controlled myself Hikari I'm not that out of control as you think," He said to her.
"Right so what were you going to do tonight then? Take me to a restaurant, do a whole bunch of romantic things then rape me?" she asked bitterly.
"WHAT? HIKARI you know I won't force you to anything!" he cried, he started to get frustrated and angry.
"Oh bull Takeru open the door now!" she demanded to him.
"NO HIKARI I WON'T! NOT UNTIL YOU MAKE ME UNDERSTAND WHERE ALL THIS WAS COMING FROM!" he raised his voice to her.
"I SAID OPEN THE DOOR. BEFORE I SCREAM RAPE," She shouted back.
Takeru looked hurt he then unlocked the door, "Where you going?" he asked.
"Home," She replied.
"But, let me drive you at least," He said to her as she got out of the car
"NO," she replied turning to face him.
"Hikari please," Takeru begged.
"NO now leave me alone!" she shouted at him, she slammed the door shut.
Hikari began a fast paced walk back home, tears started to fall down her cheek...the cold air December air froze them as the rolled down her cheeks.
Takeru's Car...
He rested his head on the stirring wheel. "What the hell did I say that was wrong? I thought she wanted this too," He replied. He could still see her walking down the sidewalk. 'I'll follow her just to make sure she makes it home okay.' He thought Takeru started the car and followed Hikari very discreetly.
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Sora and Taichi both stopped at the main house first...see if Taichi's mother was there. Taichi opened the door for Sora and then he stepped in and closed the door.
"Mom are you in here?" Taichi called.
"Yup sweetie, haven't you noticed that Li drinks a lot of milk, he already finished one bottle I think he wants another one," Anna replied.
"Oh gosh...he's picked up Taichi's eating habit...great," Sora replied.
Taichi frowned, "Hey...that hurt my feelings." He said pouting and pretending to be hurt.
"So did you two talk to Saria?" Anna asked.
"Yup...and she wants to stay over at Davis's house for the week," Sora replied taking a seat on the sofa.
"Oh...she's mad then." Anna replied.
"Yeah she is...but the good thing is that she doesn't hate us," Taichi said.
"Well, of course she doesn't hate you two. You're her parents," She said.
"I know that mom...You know what I'm kind of tired Sora what do you think?" he asked.
"Yeah I am too," She replied in agreement.
"Oh I like the Christmas Tree mom," Sora replied.
"Oh thank you," Anna replied.
"Yeah it's really nice, mother," Taichi said to her.
"Oh and Sora before you leave. Do you know if your mother is coming here for Christmas or is she staying in England?" Anna asked. "Um...I don't know I haven't gotten anything from her, yet. I'll have to phone her tomorrow," She replied.
"Okay," Anna finished changing Li into his winter suit and put him into his carrier.
"We will see you tomorrow mom bye," Taichi said to his mother, him and Sora both walked out of the house and headed back to her house.
Once they reached there Taichi stumbled with his keys then he managed to put the keys into the hole and turned it.
Li began to stir in the carriage, "Op...Hey honey...shh," Sora whispered.
Taichi looked over at her, "What is he doing?" he asked he dropped his coat onto the coat hanger and walked over to his desk which was littered in paper, and dropped his keys on top of the mess.
"Beginning to wake up," Sora said as she slowly took off his snow suite and carried him into the children's bed room.
When she came out, "Taichi remember what the time you lost your keys?" Sora asked.
"Yeah," He replied.
"Don't put them on the desk. Or else you'll cause more grief then we already need," She said to him.
he nodded, "Yeah I understand. Don't..." he paused for a second. "Did you hear that? It sounds like crying..." he said.
Sora frowned slightly at him but she listened, "Oh it is," She replied.
"And it's definitely not Li because when he crying it sounds like a fog horn," Taichi said looking toward their children's bedroom.
Sora looked around the small living room, "I think it's coming from our room," Sora pointed.
The two carefully went toward they're room, Sora peeked through she gasped.
"Oh, Hikari?" she questioned carefully.
"Soooorrrrraaaaa!" she jumped up off Taichi and Sora's bed and hugged Sora tightly.
"Hey...what's wrong?" she asked softly.
Taichi watched feeling very concerned about his sister, "Me and...Takeru got into a fight..." she cried on the older woman's shoulder.
Sora pulled Hikari away from her, she looked at the young woman's face...Hikari's eye make up was running.
"How about you clean yourself up and we will talk about it," Sora suggested.
Hikari nodded, "Okay," She said softly.
"Oh, I'll get you something from my clothes you could wear," Sora quickly ran into the bedroom and then came back out again. "Here you go." Hikari thanked Sora again and went into the bathroom.
"I swear if Takeru hurt her I'll beat him...so he won't be able to eat for a whole month," Taichi replied.
Sora rolled her eyes at him, "Taichi you will do no such thing," Sora told him.
"What? Why?" he asked.
"Because it's not necessary for you to beat the crap of Takeru...Hikari can handle her own problems with out your kind of help," Sora said to him.
he sighed, "Yeah okay..." he replied.
Hikari came out in the pajama set that Sora loan to her. Sora directed her to the couch; Taichi sat in the rocking chair.
"What was this fight about?" Sora asked.
"I...I started it...it's my fault." She cried. "I don't really want to talk about it now."
"Hikari it's always better to talk now then later," Sora told her. "I know but I don't feel like it now...please Sora you have to understand," Hikari replied as she pleaded with her eyes.
"Hikari what did he do to you?" Taichi asked.
"Taichi, Sora I need to think about this please..." she whispered softly she curled herself in a ball on the couch.
"Could I stay here for the night?" she asked.
"Yeah...sure as long as you don't mind Li because he'll cry really early in the morning," Sora said to her, she shook her head no.
"Okay well I'll get you a blanket and pillow...or better yet you could use Saria's bed," Taichi told her.
"Okay...but were is my niece," Hikari asked.
"At a friend's house for the week." He replied.
"Oh..." Hikari trailed off.
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It was late almost around ten thirty and Takeru was walking around his apartment...there was various candles all over the place, he had planned a special night with his fiancée...but they weren't going to have a really a special night because of the stupid suggestion he made to her.
He backhanded a couple of candles to the ground angrily. "I'm an idiot!" he shouted, he grab some of his hair tightly but then let go and took a seat at the island in his kitchen, but then got up and walked to his fridge and opened it up then took out a seven hundred and fifty milliliter bottle of Champaign. He opened it up and took a big glup of the cold liquid which he felt good going down. He put the bottle down...he had drunk about a quarter of the bottle already. 'I understand why Taichi would drink. It does help you relax a bit,' He thought then took another swig of the Champaign that he and Hikari were going to drink that night. Then took another swig of the Champaign, so now what was left was half a bottle of Champaign. He shook his head angry because it wasn't working... "HOW COULD SHE THING I'D SLEEP WILL ANOTHER WOMAN!" he cried, the then gulped the entire bottle down really fast.
He started crying upset...then walked to the other drawers and looked for some more alcoholic beverages. "Why don't I have any around?" he asked he then remember the bottle of wine Yamato got him for Christmas last year he hadn't gotten around to opening it but it didn't really matter now he just needed another alcoholic beverage to numb the pain he was feeling.
Takeru rummaged through his cabinets throwing any papers that were in there as well onto the ground, he found the bottle and stumbled toward the kitchen...the effects of the drinking a whole bottle of Champaign had started to show.
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Taichi and Sora lay in bed. Neither of them could sleep because they were so worried about Hikari, "Taichi?" she whispered.
"Yeah." He answered.
"I was just seeing if you were awake," She replied softly.
They both turned over on there side and faced each other, "Yeah am I." He replied.
"I can't help but be worried I mean this is their first fight... I feel I have to do something you know," Sora said to him.
"I know what you mean and so do I, but we got to respect Hikari's wishes and wait for her to tell us," Taichi answered.
"Want to snuggle then maybe that could help?" Sora asked him, he smiled.
"Yeah... of course," He whispered.
He and Sora moved closer to each other then kissed softly and pulled away and hugged. They both stayed like that as they had started to drift off.
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"So you thought about it. I mean telling Daisuke about his child that he has had for ten years which he doesn't even know about?" Ken asked her.
"Yeah and I decided I'll tell him after the holidays...I don't want to ruin Christmas for Davis," she said to him.
He nodded, "Yeah Christmas is not the best time to tell him. Beside Davis will be eleven this coming January," He said to her.
"Are you coming up?" Ken asked as he prepared to head upstairs.
"Yeah I'll be there in a second," She replied she sat down at the table; put her head in her hands. "Oh gosh...How will Daisuke react when he finds out, I got pregnant with his kid after we had a one night stand and this kid is ten years old," She thought out loud.
Northern Tokyo... Daisuke's apartment
Daisuke walked to his fiancée, she looked nervous. "Hey honey what wrong?" he asked. 'Oh no...What do I say...what do I tell him?' she thought and sat down a little upset on the couch.
Davis frowned slightly, "Something's wrong sweet heart, tell me what it is," He said to her.
"Okay...I...I'm pregnant," She replied.
Takeru's apartment...
There was two candles still lighted sitting on the kitchen counter Takeru chugged back the rest of the wine, and was going to set it on the counter until he decided to throw the bottle across the room. on it's trip across the room it sent the two lighted candles to the ground and onto the carpet.
Then a small fire had started. Takeru was drunk and was still able to notice there was a fire in his apartment but not thinking to get out of the apartment he filled up the empty bottle of Champaign with water then walked slowly made his way toward the flame. But on his last step he stumble and the bottle slipped and fell on to the cold ceramic floor, causing the bottle to shatter and spill water all over the ground.
"Oh shit," He replied and bent down to pick up the glass pieces but he couldn't and kept cutting his hands on the glass pieces.
"Fucking pieces of glass," He muttered angrily, he stood up and went to walk forward but he end up slipping on the water and fell backwards hitting his head on the ground knocking him out cold.
Takeru lay there unconscious as the fire had started to grow bigger by the minute.
To Be Continued...
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I do hope to post the rest of the chapters by the New Year...so keep on the watch. - lilac Kamiya