"A Moment in Spring" Ch. 11
During the events that took place at the Komine house, Kammie and Kozue were going for a walk. The twilight sky began to darken, the sprinklers on lawns sprayed out water, the air began to cool as the wind subsided. Stars began to twinkle, the sun fell asleep as the moon began to wake. Kammie sat on a bench in the park near a fountain, "So, what did you want to talk to me about?" Kozue sat down next to her and let out a sigh, "It was about dad. I was approached today by a detective that told me a report he had made. He handed me this paper." Kozue gave her the file about Kazuma. "Apparently he had broken into our work place and sabotaged a few machines. He knew that Mitsuo and I worked there, the detective said that he kept on repeating 'I will have my revenge' so I would assume he was hoping to kill one of us."
Kammie was completely shocked that Kazuma would hate the family so much. "Why did this have to happen to our family? My precious daughter gets traumatized by him and then my husband gets murdered." Her eyes began to tear, "I hate this man, I can't imagine what Nikki must feel like." Kozue sighed again, "I don't think we should tell Nikki about this, it's bad enough she is already depressed." Kammie agreed with him as the night sky grew black and the crickets began to sing their song. Fireflies danced together as the street lights opened their eyes, Kammie said, "I guess it's time to head back." Kozue gently smiled and nodded, "Let's take the long way home, a night like this is too beautiful to pass up."
They began to walk around the park and entered the city, the sound of cars honking while driving by echoed in the distance, giant skyscrapers towered over the people, staring down on them with open eyes. Neon lights flashed in restaurant windows, telling everybody "come inside and eat, we are open!" Street musicians played on the sidewalk with an open case, hungry for money. This side of town is always awake, full of energy as if it dances together. Kozue grabs a quick drink at a liquor store for Kammie, "Here, drink up. You need a break." Kammie gladly accepts and gulps it down. "Guess you were thirsty." Kozue laughed while Kammie giggled, "I guess so, it's been a long day so we should head back home." They had both agreed as they began to walk back to the house.
This time they decided to take the shorter route home as Kam was getting tired. As they walked away from the city, the sounds began to dial down. The crickets began to chirp and the fireflies were dancing together again. A slight breeze was felt as the mist from the fountain kissed their skin. The lights of the city no longer controlled the color of the sky, they continued to walk, the frogs croaked in the running river. "This is really peaceful, I wish we could do this more often." Kammie thought outloud, Kozue agreed, "Yeah, but next time we should bring Nikki." Kam nodded.
Their house was in view, and the lights were still on. Kammie thought to herself, "Huh, I could have sworn Nikki would have been in bed by now." As they walked closer, the door opens and Nikki is seen standing there. "Hey! Where did you guys go? I was getting lonely." Kammie replies "Oh, we just went for a walk and grabbed a drink." At this moment the phone rang, Kam runs inside to answer. Nikki and Kozue are left standing at the door, he looks down at Nikki, grabs her chin and pulls her in for a kiss. Nikki closes her eyes and lets out a soft moan, she pulls Kozue closer as he begins to grope her. She pushes him away and slaps him, "I didn't say you can." She winks at him and runs inside the house, Kozue frowns and thinks to himself, "Damn it Nikki, you're driving me crazy!" Kozue walks into the house and closes the door.
Nikki jumps on the couch as Kozue sits on the recliner, they hear the tone in Kammie's voice as they both look at her. She hangs up the phone and looks at her children, "Oshiro and Rieko are going to come over, they need a place to stay for a while." The teapot that Nikki prepared started to whistle, as she got up to serve some tea, "Do you guys want any?" Kammie agreed but Kozue declined. Nikki grabs another cup to serve Kam, after the tea had been served, they sat down on the couch to watch television and wait.
Moments later, Oshiro pulled into their driveway and the car shuts off, Nikki runs out to greet them, with Kam and Kozue following behind slowly. They all say 'hello' and help unpack the car, Nikki puts all of Rieko's stuff in her room, while Rieko grabs the baby stuff and places it on another side of the room. After they had all got settled in, they sat in the living room and talked about what had happened at their house. Everybody was in shock and disbelief, Kammie said, "Well you guys can live here for as long as you want! We can be a family together and start a new chapter in our lives." Oshiro sighed with relief as a burden had been lifted off her shoulders, Rieko grinned happily as she will have her baby and live with Nikki together. They went to their rooms, said 'goodnight' while they closed the doors. They laid in their beds and went to sleep as a happy family.