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CHAPTER 11
"Its good to know that they were okay about you having a half –day off," Raiha stated after having his mushroom soup delivered on their table. He was wearing his casual light blue long sleeves inserted in his khaki slacks. Well, that's casual for him.
Fuuko looked up at him from her plate and glinted at his bowl. "Why are you eating a hot soup in a hot midnoon?" Fuuko remarked and pointed her spoon at the cream-colored china.
Raiha chortled at her. "You're cute when you pout like that." Seeing her blush, he laughed louder. "Blushy aren't we?" he teased.
"You are weird," Fuuko rolled her eyes and forced herself not to laugh with him.
"So how's your patient?" Raiha asked coolly while eating his soup. His eyeballs moved towards his girlfriend.
"He's alright. I'm making sure he will be completely well before my contract ends this week. We have been doing exercises for his feet and he was improving quite faster than I thought," Fuuko answered and drank her melon shake.
"Would you want me visit you sometimes and check him up?"
"He's alright honey. I can handle him well," Fuuko assured him with a smile. "So where are you taking me exactly?
"Sakura Park,"
"There?" Fuuko took a paused from sipping her glass and stared at Raiha in a slight shock.
"Yea, why?" her boyfriend blinked his eyes innocently.
Fuuko looked down and shook her head gently. "Nothing…I just thought…nevermind. Uhhh, maybe we can go there later? I still need to do my Christmas shopping you know. The sooner, the better. If we buy gifts next week then the malls will be crowded," she explained uneasily.
"Why, of course honey," Raiha nodded in understanding and went back eating his lunch.
"Hey," Fuuko called him with a whisper.
Raiha looked up and arched one eyebrow upward.
"I love you,"
Raiha reddened and looked away.
"Blushy aren't we?" Fuuko teased and laughed aloud, practically making some people around them turned their sights on their table.
Raiha rolled his eyes and chuckled. "You are weird."
Fuuko grinned cheekily and laughed louder.
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"Hey dad, lets buy that one!!!" Kaiya ran towards the toy section without waiting for her parents to catch up. She immediately took a kiddie toy sword and pointed it at her father who was coming towards her.
"Now come here and fight me like a man, you ugly piece of vermin!" Kaiya shouted and charged at him, practically aiming the tip of her sword at her father's….well, balls…she's pretty short, you know!
Tokiya sighed. Here we go again…
He effortlessly pivoted his body on the right and his daughter slid in front of him and stumbled on the floor with a loud thud.
Kaiya was lying on the floor with her stomach and she twisted her head to glare at her inconsiderate father. "That hurts, dad!" she pouted. Tokiya smirked. She has always been cute when she pouted.
Neon shook her head and helped her daughter got up. She dusted her already wrinkled clothing and took the sword from Kaiya. "You shouldn't be playing with this Kaiya. Why don't we buy Barbie dolls for you?"
Kaiya snorted. "Mom, you know I don't play those freaky looking dolls," she said in a 'duh' tone and blew her bangs up.
Neon kneeled down and urged her daughter to look straight at her. "Kaiya dear, you are a girl. And a girl doesn't play pointed toys like this," she gathered the plastic sword and shoved it at Kaiya for emphasis.
Kaiya stared at her firmly and let out a defeated groan. She took the toy from her mother's palm and brought it back to its stand, passing her dad with a shudder.
Tokiya looked at his ex-wife and shook his head. Neon stared at him as well and then to Kaiya who walked towards somewhere with her head inclined down. Neon followed her shortly but halted when she heard Tokiya whispered.
"You shouldn't do that to her,"
Neon brought her face to him. "I am her mother. I have the right," she said with a solid voice.
Tokiya shook his head once more and neared her. "Yes, you are her mother. That's the reason why you should understand her better than anyone else. You can't just come back here and spoil everything."
Neon stared at him, embarrassed. "Are we going to start an argument again, Tokiya?"
"No, I'm actually trying to bond us back,"
"Why?"
"No particular reason," he stated and led towards Kaiya.
He really did change…
Tokiya turned left where his daughter disappeared and didn't find her there. He looked around. No Kaiya. Neon was behind him and was wandering her eyes everywhere as well.
"Have you found her?" she asked in a mild trembling tone.
Tokiya didn't answer and was concentrating on every corners of the spacious floor. He ran towards everywhere in the toy section, his ex-wife followed him almost in hysterics. He stopped at the middle of the room and panted a little. A sweat was starting to escape from his forehead and he started feeling his hands getting cold. Kaiya, where are you? he screamed inwardly.
"Why have we been so careless?" Neon entwined her fingers with Tokiya's already pale one. Tokiya squeezed it a little, trying to calm her down.
He felt his heart beating loudly inside his chest as he focused his senses on the silence of the room. It was the first time he felt so worried like this. He's always the calm one, the i-don't-care-about-everything type. But not when it comes to his daughter. Take everything away, just not her. He cannot survive losing another beloved again. He almost died when he let go of the last one eight years ago. He cannot afford another suffering.
He turned his light blue orbs at Neon, not minding if she noticed the panic-stricken face he had. His pride was not important at that moment. All he wanted was his daughter back. "Lets go and page Kaiya," he suggested, almost shouting.
Neon was about to break down in panic but she managed to nod at him somehow.
Tokiya took a step and was ready to go.
"Tokiya?" a female's voice behind them called.
Neon and he swiftly turned their faces behind them in half a second.
There stood Fuuko and Raiha, who was carrying Kaiya with one arm. The purple-haired couple was somewhat surprised at their reaction.
"Kaiya!" Neon exclaimed and tears poured down from her eyes as she approached the sad-looking Kaiya from Raiha.
Neon held Kaiya tight and Kaiya was sobbing heavily on her shoulders. "I'm so sorry, honey. Mommy won't do that again alright?" Neon apologized between sniffs.
Tokiya went near his family and stroked Kaiya's cheeks with his big palms. He gave her a kiss on the forehead.
Fuuko fought the urge to get jealous. They looked magnificently beautiful. The three of them together. Tokiya and his own family. She bit her lower lip and held Raiha's hand, silently asking for them to go out from the scene.
They were about to leave when Neon voice stopped them. Fuuko turned around, just in time to gasp at Neon's long arms encircling around her.
"Thank you so much, Fuuko-san," the woman hollered.
Fuuko smiled and returned the hug. She glanced at Tokiya who seemed to have mixed expressions on his face. Fuuko knew he was feeling awkward about it. Whether he should forget about his pride and say 'thank you' or be as cold as always. If Neon was not crying out loud against her, she would be laughing her ass out at Tokiya.
Tokiya took a step forward with Kaiya carried on his arms. Anticipating him going towards her to give up his pride, Fuuko baffled after seeing him nearing Raiha and bowing at her boyfriend courteously. What the fuck?
She almost went berserk. She can feel the heated steams starting to escape from her ears and nose.
"Arigatou, Shinoda-san," she heard Tokiya said.
"I'm happy we are the ones who found her," Raiha replied and shuffled Kaiya's hair. The kid was still sniffing.
One of her eyebrows itching up and down in constrained annoyance and she held a fake smile after Neon ended the embrace and looked at her thankfully.
"Its alright, Neon-san. I'm happy she's back to you now," Fuuko smiled.
Neon sniffed and held her hands. "I'm happy you're the ones who saw my baby,"
Fuuko nodded and gave her a fond smile. "Hai. Anyway, we have to go now. I still need to do my Christmas shopping," she bowed politely and clung her arms around Raiha's.
Neon bowed back and waved at their departing form.
Fuuko released a sigh of relief after making sure that she's a hundred meters away from the couple.
"Are you alright?" Raiha asked her when they were in his car.
"Hai, just a little exhausted. Let's go shopping now?"
Raiha nodded and drove off.
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The snow had fallen a couple of hours ago when they reached Sakura Park. They had spent full three hours of shopping.
Fuuko opened the car door and thumped her boots on the snow-covered ground. She stood up and heaved her shoulders. She breathed deeply, closing her eyes as she did so.
It has been eight years since she last came here. And the park's still the same-- Sakura trees surrounding it; the benches on the park's circumference; the sounds of laughing children; the same wind; the same atmosphere; and the same feelings started to arise within her.
She opened her eyes as she felt Raiha's arm began creeping around her waist. She looked at him with a warm smile on her face.
"It's beautiful," she heard him sigh.
"Yea it is," she whispered and leaned closer to his chest.
"Do you always come here before?"
"Yea. A long time ago,"
"I see…Who's with you?"
Fuuko raised her head to look at him. He was still staring at the park.
"Well, I liked visiting here on my own. Or sometimes I'm with…" she paused and stared at one of the benches pensively. That particular bench she never forgot. The bench that witnessed her torment and pain, her cries, the sadness. It was where she broke down into fragments… where he ended it all.
"I'm getting married…," he said and paused. Her eyes slowly widened as she looked at him intently. "…to someone else," her mouth slightly opened in horror.
Her eyes narrowed as she recalled the most painful experience she had in her life. Since then, she had been aiming to avenge herself. To make that person endure the same pain she had have. To see him crumble into pieces. To see that pretty face of his, helpless and pleading for her love…which she will never give him again. Not again…never…
"I'll go buy a hot cocoa in there, wait for me alright?"
Raiha's gentle voice switched her thoughts back to reality. She smiled at him and nodded. "I'll wait you here, don't worry,"
Raiha hopped out from the scene and Fuuko allowed her gaze to follow his jogging form. He went to a little cocoa stand not so far from their car and she smiled as she stared at his calm face.
She didn't know why but she just felt a drop of tear landed on her scarf. Seeing him seemed to pain her. He looked so innocent about everything…oblivious of what she had been doing. And it hurt her inside. Was she feeling…guilt?
She averted her eyes towards the bench once more. And for an instant she thought she saw silver hair dangling freely with the breeze. She flung her curl lashes close.
Why the hell is this happening? It's like, he's haunting me down. Fuck, I'm the one who's supposed to be haunting you, Tokiya!
She glared back at the bench and stared wide-eyed at was she saw.
He was there. It wasn't just a sudden flash of memory. The real one was staring back at her with his usual cold blue eyes. His silver strands flowing accordingly with the wind and he was positioned at the side of the bench. He slowly walked towards her, very slow…like he was thinking twice before making another step.
Fuuko flinched and tried moving backwards, not because of fear of him. She just didn't want to see him that moment, especially not with Raiha just a couple of yards away. On her attempt to moved back, her spine hit something solid and she looked behind, seeing that it was Raiha's car.
For the first time in that day, she felt panic starting to engulf her and she close her eyes to cease her vision from the shadow that was starting to come her way.
"Fuuko?"
She blinked.
"What's the matter? Are you feeling cold?"
She blinked again and slowly opened her eyes. "Raiha-chan?"
A smiling face of Raiha met her and he handed her a plastic glass of hot cocoa. She accepted it gingerly, her hands were a little bit shaky.
A moment of silence occupied around them for a couple of minutes before Raiha took the courage to break it.
"Are you sure you're alright, koishi? I'm honestly starting to get worried about you," he asked on a serious tone.
"I'm alright, honey. I'm just feeling a little bit cold," Fuuko answered cheerfully and drank on her glass.
"Koishi…" Raiha whispered and he inched his face closer to hers, attempting to kiss her.
Fuuko gasped and bit her lower lip to seal her mouth. "Koishi, it's a public place…"
"Who cares, we do this much back in America…" he chuckled.
"But, koishi…"
"Hmmm. You're mine, right Fuuko?"
Fuuko gulped. "Errr...right,"
Raiha grinned. "I'm happy," he said and gave Fuuko a light smooch.
"We better get inside the car. You're starting to grin like an idiot," Fuuko giggled, her soft breath caressing Raiha's smooth cheeks.
"Awww. Let's finish our cocoa first and then one more kiss and I'll drive you home," the purple-head bishounen teased.
"You wish!" Fuuko pushed him playfully and immediately got inside the car.
Raiha laughed softly and loaded inside the car as well.
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Tokiya scowled while his eyes followed the moving machine away from his view. Half of his body was hidden behind a huge Sakura tree just a few meters away from where Fuuko and Raiha were.
He cursed and hissed under his breath and turned to his back to be met by Neon's face.
"If you love her that much, why don't you get her back?" she uttered earnestly.
Tokiya looked away and passed by her in a second.
Neon rolled her eyes and turned around. "I knew there was something fishy about you when we had breakfast this morning. 'Coz I know you would never change even if a hundred years would pass by. Don't make a fool out of me, Tokiya. I know you too well,"
"You don't know a thing about me, Neon, or a thing about us, so don't act as though you know everything," Tokiya halted but didn't bother turning back.
"Fuuko Kirisawa. She was your ex-girlfriend who left for the US eight years ago. You broke up after two years of relationship and the reason was…because you have to marry me. Correct?" Neon stated without pausing. She saw Tokiya's form beginning to get firmed and his fist clenching. She smirked.
"It's not that simple," was Tokiya's curt reply.
"Not simple to what?"
"She already got someone else…" Tokiya answered and went back to his waiting car, leaving Neon alone to look at his exhausted form.
So what? Are you just going to leave it like this, Tokiya? That is total foolishness and I know you know that…
A/N: Well, that's chapter 11 people. Do you like it? –stares with puppy eyes-
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0.o What!?!?But I spent a lot of time for this!!!
Alright, alright…ill give u a teaser for the next chapter….
It's the Ishijima-Yamamoto nuptials (do you really think I forgot about this?)…and of course, everyone's gonna be there. The wedding preparation up next. What do you think would happen to our pair?
I don't know myself…Nyahaha…ill leave you guess on that!
And another A/N (I hope wont get mad at me for this)…just as the previous chappies…there's no beta reader and I wrote this in a notepad SO ALL ERRORS ARE MINE TO KEEP! Unless someone wants to keep it for themselves! (",)
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