So I must apologize to all my readers out there. I bet you thought I was dead. And no I wasn't but I was moving and enjoying my life with my now Fiancé Trixxie! So after much prodding from her I'm trying to finish this story but I'm feeling a little bit rusty so this chapter is like a filler, as I try to get my writing skills back. Sooooo I hope you guys enjoy it.

Family Life Ch. 10

Haruka woke the next day and found herself tangled in the sheets and taking up practically the entire bed. She glanced at the clock and saw that it was already 11:37 in the morning. Normally she was up far earlier but, stress and a beating can really tire a person out. She escaped the sheets and hit the shower, enjoying the warmth that cascaded down her. Once she was dressed she made her way down the hall. When she reached the stairs she could hear voices in the living room and followed them to find Arian and Michiru once again surrounded by books and magazines of weddings.

"How nice of you to join us before the day is over Haru-Chan." Arian smirked, barely looking up from her magazine.

Michiru turned and smiled at Haruka as she got up and moved towards the blonde.

"How are you feeling love?" she asked as she placed her arms around Haruka.

"Not that bad. Actually I think that was one of the best sleeps I've had on awhile." Michiru giggled at her.

"Well you had the whole bed. I woke up and was almost on the floor. I decided it was safer if I got up." Haruka blushed a bit at this.

"Sorry about that." She said sheepishly.

"That's alright. You looked so adorable I couldn't be mad. Besides I wanted to get some more wedding planning going. Arian and I have been looking at venues and we found one we really like."

"I really thought you guys had already planned most of this." Haruka commented as she let herself be pulled to the couch. Michiru handed her a magazine that was open to a gorgeous mountain cabin that did ceremonies by a nearby waterfall.

"We've planned lots of things but there's a lot that goes into a wedding Ruka. We still need the venue and flowers, favours, music and" Michiru was cut off my Haruka putting her hand up.

"Ok I get it." She laughed. "Lots more than I thought."

"Maybe you should help us?" Michiru asked.

"Wow I don't know Michiru do we really trust Haruka? I mean this wedding is suppose to be stylish and amazing." Arian dodged the magazine that flew at her. "We leave things to her and we're going to have plastic flowers, a shanty and some overweight guy in a ruffled tuxedo singing."

"Ha ha. I wouldn't do that to my own wedding... yours however... might be an idea." Arian stuck her tongue out at Haruka.

"Well we really do need to start getting things in order Ruka, we don't have all that much time. We especially need to book the venue for the day we want."

"Well I do like the one you just showed me in the magazine I threw at Arian."

"Well here look at it again." Arian tossed the magazine back at Haruka, who manage to catch it right before it hit her. Now it was Haruka's turn to stick her tongue out at Arian.

"Honestly you two." Michiru snatched the magazine from Haruka. "It is part of a resort that's up there so I think we should take a weekend and go up there to see if we really like it. If we do we can reserve it then."

"Mmm a romantic getaway with you? I like where this is going." She kissed Michiru before turning to look at Arian. "Would you mi-"

"Watching Hotaru while you two go away? Yeah yeah. Honestly I'm starting to think I should get paid for this."

"Hey this is just part of the best friend's job."

"Job? I wasn't aware that this was a job. But now that you mention it taking care of you is a lot of work..."

"Hey!" Haruka threw one of the pillows on the couch at Arian who caught it and threw it back, hitting Haruka in the face.

"I'm going to the kitchen to call the resort before I get hit with friendly fire." Michiru words fell on deaf ears as Haruka leaped off the couch pillow in hand and chased Arian, who was screaming as she ran up the stairs. In the kitchen Hotaru was sitting at the table doing some homework listening to the radio. "I often wonder how it is that you're more mature then the two of them."

"What are you talking about Michiru-mama?"

"Haruka and Arian are chasing each other with pillows" Michiru said as she shook her head.

"I wanna play too!" Hotaru exclaimed as she ran from the kitchen to find her papa and auntie.

"I spoke to soon." Michiru picked up the phone and dialled the number from the magazine add and made reservations for the next weekend. When she hung up she went into the hall and was shocked to hear how quiet it was. There was no one in the living room so she went upstairs and found Haruka, Arian and Hotaru all huffing and puffing in Hotaru's room on the floor. It really was an adorable sight. Everyone looked so dishevelled and happy she couldn't help but laugh.

"Who won?"

"Isn't it obvious?" smiled Haruka. "Me of course."

"Pft yeah right I clearly won." Arian commented as she half heartedly hit Haruka with a pillow.

"I think Haruka's right... she won."

"That's right! Thanks baby." Haruka smirked smugly.

"And it's customary for everyone to tickle the winner!" Michiru yelled as she pounced on Haruka. Everyone quickly followed suit and Haruka wasn't able to bat away all three pairs of hands.

After 10 minutes everyone was now in a heap on the floor. Tears were in Haruka's eyes from laughing so much.

"That was soooo unfair!" Haruka said as she poked Michiru in the side.

"I thought it was fair." She said innocently and kissed Haruka on the cheek.

"Me too. Well I think we're done with wedding planning for the day so I'm going to get going. I'll call you guys later. Take care Hotaru!" All three of them wished their goodbyes to Arian as she left.

"Well that was exhausting."

"I want to go to the park now!" Hotaru exclaimed

"Hotaru your papa is quite happy on the floor right now. OW! Hey that hurt!"Haruka said rubbing her side where Michiru had just poked her.

"You haven't even been up an hour! We'll have some lunch and then we'll go to the park."

"Alright alright."

"Wow! It's even nicer than in the pictures." Haruka breathed as she looked around her. She and Michiru had just arrived at the resort. It was up in the mountains outside Tokyo and the scenery was just breath taking,

"It's gorgeous. This would be the perfect place for the wedding! Let's go check in." Michiru grabbed Haruka's arm and dragged her towards the main building.

They checked in and dropped their bags off in their room and decided to go walk the grounds and check out where the ceremony would be held and the reception. They walked along a path until they could make out the sound of falling water. They had arrived at the waterfall. It was beautiful. The water crashed onto the rocks underneath and traveled down the river. A mist fell softly in the air gave it that ultra fresh feeling. A grassy area stood nearby which would be used for the ceremony.

"Well this is definitely where I want to marry you." Haruka said as she twirled Michiru around.

"Honestly I could get married anywhere as long as it's too you. But I do agree that this place is just amazing." Michiru leaned up to kiss Haruka.

They shared a lovely romantic dinner at the resort restaurant and agreed that if the food at the reception was just as good, no one would leave their wedding hungry or unhappy. Back in their room they spent the night making love and relishing in each other's presence.

"Mmm it's been so long since we've had a nice romantic weekend to ourselves." Michiru mused as she laid her head on Haruka's chest and wrapped her arm around Haruka's stomach.

"It has." Haruka said as she absently ran her fingers through Michiru's aqua tresses. "Sadly we do have to go home tomorrow. And then we have to plan the rest of our wedding. Now we have a venue we can send out all the invites and everything."

"Yes. It's going to be a busy few months... you don't think we're rushing the wedding do you?"

"God no. As far as I'm concerned it's still too far away. 6 Months is more than enough. It's going to be a small wedding cause... well let's face it it's only friends. We don't really have any family coming. And at the most we'll have like 20-30 people there."

"Yeah..."

"I'm sorry about your parents Michi... I really am."

"Don't be Ruka. It's not your fault. It's no one's fault but their own."

"Still it's not easy." She said as she squeezed Michiru against her.

"As long as I have you and Hotaru I'm fine. I'm happier than I ever thought I would be with my life."

"Good. All I want is for you to be happy." Haruka said as she kissed the top of Michiru's head. Michiru lifted herself so she could look at Haruka.

"I am very Happy Ruka." Michiru pressed her lips to Haruka's in a passionate kiss. "Now... let's make the most of the rest of this weekend." She said in a sultry voice as she climbed on top of Haruka.

"Mmm yes please!"

And there it is. As I said before I'm a little rusty since it's been well over a year since I last wrote something. But I hope you guys like it enough to review. Thanks for reading.

-Reusch