Yuuki's Story (My Side Part I) 10- Future
I run from my house to the office. Ready to get the day over with. I hate being Kageru. At least I convinced the council to allow me to wear my normal clothes instead of the annoying hat and robes. I shudder at the thought of those nuisances. As expected, I was intercepted by Haruka and his wife.
"Hey, Oka-chan." I smile politely, not wanting to talk at the moment.
"Hey Haruka-kun, *sigh* Kairi-chan."
"Um, Yuuki-sama? Are you okay? You seem a bit depressed." I growl at her words.
"Of course I'm depressed! It's my birthday, if you haven't noticed. And I think that if you were paying attention, I get depressed every year on my birthday! Now, if you'll excuse me, I have work to do. So, I'll be seeing you later." Ugh, I despise her. She's all wrong for Haruka. I don't know why he seems to like her enough to have asked his cousin, her father, for her hand. I might just be picky about his love life, because he's my son. I wish him every happiness.
I get to the office without incident and slump at my desk, waiting for the piles of papers that accompany my days. Nothing comes; no one comes into the office. In fact, I can't hear anyone even in the building. I get up and go out into the hallway. "Hello? Is anyone here?" No answer, no one's here. I go back to my desk and stare at the notice that I posted two weeks before. I forgot about that. Everyone wanted to give me a break for my birthday, I forgot to deny that request and they still took the day off.
I sigh and leave. I may as well go home. I check to make sure that absolutely no one is in my house before entering. A quiet birthday, for me to mope and be depressed. They do this every year. Since Haruka started looking more like his father and whenever I looked at him it would upset me. That was when he moved in with his grandfather. He couldn't live with me, because I was so depressed. I tried to hide the depression and look happy. With no success. I lie on the bed and stuff my face in the pillow.
I look around me; I recognize the room I'm in. This is the living room of the Uchiha house. A man that I don't know walks into the room from the kitchen.
"Hey, Yuuki! Did you come to get Itachi? He's in the back with his brother. I'll go get him." Who's Itachi? I'm confused, I don't know this man, but he seems to know me. He runs down the hall. "Itachi, I think that Sasuke-kun can survive without you for today, Yuuki's here."
"Sure, Otou-sama. Give me a minute." I recognize that voice though. Ushiiro-oniisama. Tears fill my eyes; I wipe them away before anyone sees. The first man returns, followed by a boy, I think about 5 or 6 years old. This must be Itachi; he looks just like Ushiiro-oniisama probably did when he was that age. He smiles at me and runs out the door. "I'll be waiting at the training grounds, Yuuki-sensei!" He runs to the training grounds.
"He's always so eager to train. He certainly is your son. I don't remember ever acting like that." My son? I only have one child, and I don't think I'd ever be able to find love again. I shake my head in confusion. This makes no sense. Why would I be seeing this? Is this my future? Will I find love again?
"Can I go see Sasuke?" He smiles and nods, grabbing my hand and dragging me to the back room, this is where I used to sleep! It's been transformed into a nursery. A crib is in the corner, low enough that Itachi can reach in and play with him. I lean over and look at the baby. He looks just like me! The sketches I found of me as a baby, he looks just like I did then. I gasp in shock and back away. Please, let me wake up! This is too much evidence! I shake my head and run out of the house.
"Yuuki?" I shake my head and keep running.
I sit bolt upright, gasping for air. I put my head in my hands and rock. That was an impossible future to see. Why do I always do that? A knock on the door startles me.
"Who is it?"
"Haruka. Oka-chan, can I come in?" I sigh and get up.
"Sure, come on in." He walks into the house and hugs me. I quickly pull away and sit on the couch. "Please, don't do that. Not today." He frowns, but sits down beside me.
"Oka-chan, I thought that I should tell you. Kairi-chan's pregnant. You're going to be a grandmother." I smile happily, a distraction from my strange dreams.
"That's great! Congratulations! How far along is she?" He laughs at my sudden joy.
"She's only a few months, she's just barely showing. We tried to tell you earlier, but you were in such a bad mood, we didn't get the chance." I smile, genuinely happy for the first time in 18 years.
"Wow, I'm so sorry. I suppose my behavior around you has been quite uncalled for. You must think I'm a horrible mother." He laughed.
"Not at all, I actually understand why you always got depressed. From the stories. You did your best to raise me right." He stands up and walks to the door. I follow him.
"I really am sorry; it's just that you look so much like him. It's all my fault that you never knew him." He knows that I'm talking about his father. I'm very careful not to mention his name; it hits me worse than Haruka's appearance. He respects that unspoken rule; his father's name is not to be mentioned.
"I'm not going to tell you what I think about that, you already know. I'll be going now, I'm expected back home. See you later, Oka-chan." I nod and he runs up the road, to the Hyuuga estate. I sigh and close the door. I'm glad that he's going to have a child. I just hope that Kairi doesn't have to deal with what I did.
She'd have the family to support her, and she's already a member of the family, so she wouldn't go through what I did. Trying to raise a child, without the help of his father. Having the family look at you and your son with disgust, all because you weren't married to the man before you got pregnant. At least my grandchild will be raised with her family around her, both parents, her aunts and uncles and cousins and grandparents. I'm truly happy for them.
The End (For Now)