Part 12
The next morning, Shiraishi opened her bedroom's door ready to start the day and walks toward her kitchen. She drinks a glass of water then prepare to make the breakfast. She checked the rice, when Hiyama walking toward her.
"Shiraishi what happen to you and Aizawa at Shuzenji?" Hiyama asked her to the point.
"I told you yesterday. I toured in Shuzenji and tried the hot spring foot bath too." Shiraishi told her uninterested, she tried to evade her again. She rinsed the rice then cooked it in her mini rice cooker. Then moved again to open the refrigerator rummaging something and pulled out some ingredients from it.
"You know that is not what I mean." Hiyama crossed her hands in front of her chest, signaling Shiraishi to spill all about what happened to her and Aizawa with no more excuses.
Shiraishi sighed, knowing what her friend wants. Her friend would never stop plastering her until getting what she wants. She looked at her friend in the face, "nothing." She told her curtly then washing the ingredients and starts mincing onion, meat and green vegetables.
"Ei, that's impossible! You slept over with Aizawa for two nights." Hiyama grinned widely waiting for more information from her friend.
"You know what, I got sick, I have had a fever the first night we arrived at the ryokan. In the morning, my head like split in two and my body went limp. Fortunately I brought my first aid kit and have aspirin inside; I slept again until lunch time after taking the medicine. We toured for a while after lunch. At night, we were exhausted and go straight to sleep. The next day, Aizawa woke me up at ten!" She told Hiyama do not believe it herself, "Aizawa told me I am sleeping like the dead. Maybe I am too stressed out and tired, you know I had five flights with three serious injury patients that day, and at night I soaked too long in onsen, so my worn out body dropped in the worse condition." She told Hiyama half the truth. "Even now I am still feeling sore and tired." She expressed her tiredness to her, "and a little bit cold too." She added.
She moved around the kitchen, switching on the stove and put the frying pan on top of it, warming it a moment then pouring a little amount of oil and putting the pieces of ingredients in it and stirring it for a few moments. The sizzling sound from the frying pan echoed between their breaking conversations. She moved to other side of the kitchen, scoped two bowls of cooked rice then mixed it into the frying pan and added the seasoning. She's stirring it again.
Hiyama processed the information slowly, she looked at her turtle neck shirt suspicious then shouted at her, "no way!" she does not believe her story at all.
Shiraishi just shrugged carelessly, divided the fried rice into two plates. Then carefully cracking four eggs in a bowl and whisk it with spoon.
Hiyama looked at her friend intensely, she acted as usual but she still feels something amiss. It was impossible Aizawa stayed idle and did nothing to her for two nights. "Did you wear the black lingerie?"
Shiraishi let out an exasperate sigh, her hands moved to her waists, then looked at Hiyama, "why would I wear a see through lingerie when I was in fever?" she tried to reasoned with Hiyama, well she was practically naked that time but she doesn't want to tell her friend that secret fact either.
Hiyama still looked at Shiraishi suspiciously, but she knows her friend would never dare wearing that kind of seductive dress and in front of Aizawa no less. Hiyama snorted maybe Shiraishi would wear it someday, no harm in hoping, right? She starts to feel annoyed at Aizawa, who didn't make any moves toward Shiraishi at all. Did he really like Shiraishi? Then she remembered the champagne, which Fujikawa bought from Tsuneo. The aphrodisiac was strong enough to make them fall to each other, she cleared her throat then looked at her friend intensely, "how was the champagne?"
Shiraishi looked at Hiyama confused, "ah, did you plan it with Fujikawa?" she asked her playfully then looked at her stunned face, "seriously! Did you really plan this far to make us together?" She looked at her, did not believed it then pouring the whisked eggs to the frying pan to make omelet.
Hiyama's eyes shimmering in hope, then grinning widely, please let this plan worked she said it inside her mind, "No, it was out of plan and I just known about it later, but did you?" she looked at her cautiously.
Shiraishi didn't miss her friend grinning face, her body shivered a bit. Kousaku's prediction was true after all, "drunk?" she shook her head, "No, we are not." She told her clearly then added, "Aizawa already suspicious about everything and mentioned something about the dangerousness then disposed the champagne in the toilet." She told Hiyama dramatically, satisfied at her friend shocked expression.
Hiyama's eyes widened, her mouth gaped, "Impossible!"
"Nothing is impossible for him." Shiraishi looked at her friend's face amused, "Okay that is enough, clear the table! NOW!" Shiraishi ordered Hiyama who's still grumbling at herself about her failed plan, then pushed her out from the kitchen to clean the table.
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Shiraishi's still amusedly listening to Hiyama's chattering about what should she do while go dating with Kousaku until they arrived at medical office.
"Shiraishi sensei! You look stunning after back from your vacation." Yokomine looked at her dreamily.
Hiyama looked curiously at her friend from head to toe then furrowed her eyebrows.
Shiraishi ignored Hiyama then looked at Yokomine amused, "How did my looks before?" She gave her a bag full of snacks, "here a snack, you can share it with the others." She looked at her jumpsuit then checked her instructor at the doctor heli navigation table, Kousaku.
"Thank you so much for the snacks, Shiraishi sensei!" Yokomine eyes widened at the amount of the snacks. "Of course you did look stunning too, but now you look more brightly." She told her truthfully.
"Thank you." Shiraishi a little bit startled at Yokomine comment then moved at Fujikawa's table and Tachibana sensei's to drop their souvenirs.
"Yokota is right, you look unnaturally bright." Hiyama told her suspicious.
Shiraishi blinked her eyes unsure at Hiyama then clapping her hands, "okay enough for the chit chat let's move to the staff station, and don't forget your rounds and reports!" she told them and ushered them out from the office.
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Shiraishi exhale her breath with satisfaction, finally she can take her break for a moment. She had been moving around since morning. Two ambulances came with two seriously injured patients from collision. After that, prepared for accepting two more patients from heli dispatch, then she meets the patient's family to make an explanation and consent for the next operation. She is on her way to the staff station to write her report when a nurse stopped her and told her that there is someone who wants to meet her. She then looked at her aunt, surprised to find her near the staff station.
Her aunt come over her, then hugs her tightly, "Megumi dear, how are you?" she looked at her face, "you looked a little bit pale." She told her worriedly.
"Aunt! I am alright, I had been moving around constantly since morning and I just have my break. You look healthy and beautiful as usual." Shiraishi smiled at her reassured then checked the time from her phone, "it's already lunch time, want to have lunch together at the cafeteria?" she asked her aunt, her aunt nodded at her, then she linked her arm with her aunt and walks together to the cafeteria, talking something amusing about her uncle and cousins.
"Is something serious happened that you need to talk to me Aunt?" Shiraishi started the conversation when they settled at their chairs at the cafeteria. They eat their lunch for a while. She's a little bit afraid if her Aunt start talking about marriage again, demanding Kousaku's presence and make some ruckus in hospital.
"Should I have a reason to meet my own niece?" Shiraishi's aunt looked at her amused.
Shiraishi widened her eyes then swallowed her meal hurriedly, "No, I don't mean it like that. I am just surprised. It's not like usually, Aunt coming in without confirmation first." She told her unsure.
"I just want to see you, if you're alright. After that dinner you didn't call me again. I am afraid you will ignore me for the rest of my life if I am not reaching you first." Her aunt explained to her exaggerated.
Shiraishi looked at her aunt stunned, "oh, I am sorry. I didn't think it's a good idea to call Aunt first. I didn't want to hear any bad talk about Kousaku anymore." She told her Aunt truthfully with a little bit annoyed in her voice, her aunt looked at her with interest. She looked at her Aunt flustered, "I mean Aizawa sensei." She told her with flushed face then continue eating her lunch.
"So, now you called him by his first name?" She looked at her confused niece's face. "At dinner you called him formally. I thought you're not really dating him that time." She told her knowingly.
Shiraishi looked at her Aunt a little bit shocked, is that mean her Aunt knows that she didn't really date him that time and intentionally test her at dinner? She cleared her throat, "of course we're dating, it's just didn't seem right to introduced him to Aunt informally with his first name." she defended herself.
Her Aunt looked at her amused, "of course but usually a real couple will call each other with their first name unconsciously, that's why I provoked him a bit by saying something sensitive about him, to know how both of your reaction is. It's clear that both of you really close and care to each other with no pretend at all."
Shiraishi thought about what her Aunt said for a moment, "Aunt you went too far that night and I don't want to hear about it again in the future." She warned her Aunt.
"I know and I apologize." She told her niece truthfully. "Is Aizawa sensei still angry at me? It didn't affect your relationship, right?" she looked at her curiously.
"Annoyed at first but then he was busy with his work and later we didn't talk about it again." She told her Aunt then her attention moved to Kousaku who just walked in to the cafeteria and carrying his tray looking for empty table near her. She smiled at him briefly then looked at his pile of sandwiches, sausages and some bread with interest, his lunch looks mouthwatering for her.
His body went rigid when he knows who the lunch partner across her seat is. "Mrs. Shiraishi." He then bowed briefly at her Aunt. He takes the table near her seat. She can see him from her peripheral vision, he take the seat backing them.
"I didn't see you again after taking the last patient to the CT scan room. Are you with Saijou sensei?" she asked him casually then finished her lunch.
"Ah." He told her curtly then continues eating his lunch silently.
"Do you have an operation schedule at Neurosurgery Department again? Did you tell Tachibana sensei?" she asked him again after long silent.
"Tomorrow at ten, can you tell him? I didn't meet him since morning." he told her.
"Alright, Tachibana sensei and Mitsui sensei were taking Yusuke kun to his checkup." She informed him. "Aren't you tired? I can switch with you for flight duty this afternoon." She told him worriedly.
"I am fine." He told her reassured, then his phone ringing. He answered briefly then stands from his seat and walk toward her.
"Is it from lifesaving?" she checked her phone quickly but no call for her, she furrowed her eyebrows.
"It's Shinkai." He told her, "Do you want to eat my sandwiches?" he raised his eyebrow at her.
Shiraishi looked at him calmer. "Oh." then looked at his sandwich nodded happily, "eum." He then switched her empty lunch tray with his tray. "Mrs. Shiraishi." He bowed at her Aunt again then walks away from them to return her empty tray and walk out from the cafeteria without looking back. She looked at his still half water bottle and two sandwiches which not eaten yet then eating it in no time and drinking his water casually.
Mrs. Shiraishi observed their intimate interaction intensely then looked at her niece with interest, "Aren't you eating too much dear?"
Shiraishi shook her head, "we rarely have enough time for a break or eating on time in lifesaving. So, I just eat whenever I can."
"If you say it like that," she looked at her niece a little bit suspicious. "Anyway, it seems Aizawa sensei listed me at his most hated person right now." She told her niece casually, not surprised.
"It's not true. He's still bowed politely at Aunt." Her Aunt looked at her doubtful, "He will simply ignore something or someone he didn't like. Beside, I'm sure his mind still preoccupied by his upcoming operation, he will not thinking about anything else if it's not more interesting than his operation." She explained.
"In another words, he's just interested in you, because he only talked to you." Her Aunt dared her to deny.
Shiraishi blushed furiously, "It's not like that, he rarely talks to others, it was just ordinary conversation and he was in a hurry to meet Shinkai sensei. This Shinkai sensei is from the same department as Kousaku in Neurosurgery." She looked at her Aunt's scrutiny eyes, "I mean Aizawa. They both the best Neurosurgeon in Shohoku and used to be competitor for internship in Toronto, but now their team work improved after the Toronto University itself chose Aizawa specifically and Shinkai sensei admitted Aizawa's skill." She looked at her Aunt unsure. She keeps denying her closeness with Kousaku in panic and babbling something unimportant while she should make her Aunt believed their relationship. She shook her head not impressed at her own effort to change their conversation; she just has to admit their closeness.
Mrs. Shiraishi looked at her babbling niece amusedly, "Aizawa sensei is really good at his work, smart, and looks like caring responsible man too. And don't forget to add his handsome face and his attractive physical when wearing that flight uniform. Typically husband material and perfect son in law, if I was twenty years younger, I would fall to him too." She smiled at her niece, approved her man.
Shiraishi's blinking rapidly, shocked at her Aunt fan-girling Kousaku. She cleared her throat, "He is not that perfect, his sharp tongue always hurts other with harsh words, and he's too cold with others." She told her Aunt, "and I thought we are finished with this talk about marriage." She looked at her Aunt unsure. "I'm already has boyfriend."
"Of course not, this discussion about marriage is still open until you get married properly. Do you want to go to another omiai? I am still having another candidate even though your uncle still favoring Sawamura san." Her Aunt challenged her.
"I don't want to do it again. Kousaku would leash out his anger again if he know I go to another omiai." She rejected her Aunt firmly.
"Then you better married with Aizawa sensei sooner. Don't you want to get married? You can't remain unmarried forever." Her Aunt warned her.
"It's not like I don't want to get married, I just think he don't plan to get married sooner." She said to her Aunt unconsciously then frowned a bit. Is that his reason? He still has his residency in Toronto University a few years ahead in faraway country, he wouldn't be focused at his study if he has another big responsibilities. Residency in Toronto is a chance in a lifetime to escalate his skill. She's so selfish if she's just thinking about herself without understanding his position.
"Aizawa sensei would marry you sooner if you carrying his child." Her Aunt told her casually, halted her running thought.
Shiraishi shocked at her Aunt suggestion. She looked at her Aunt did she knowing something? "Even if I am with child I will not forcing him into marrying me." She told her Aunt calmly.
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Not far from Shiraishi's table three heads huddled together and whispered at each other while observing their friend with the Aunt.
"We can't hear anything from here." Fujikawa whined at the other two.
"Sttt lower your voice, we can't move closer, the others will be suspicious." Hiyama warned him.
"Her Aunt really come to Hospital, I don't think your plan worked at the Aunt, Hiyama sensei." Saejima told her doctor friend.
Hiyama snorted, "Actually it will work if they two become a real couple or acted like a real couple seriously. They keep calling each other formally."
"You called Ogata san formally too." Fujikawa told her sarcastic.
Hiyama glared at him, "that's my private matter and I called his name with endearment."
"Maybe they called each other with their first name in their private moment too, who knows?" Fujikawa shrugged his shoulders, "from my perspective I thought they're already a couple. They're really caring for each other."
"They're always caring for each other for a long time ago." Hiyama huffed. "But they never come out officially. What's the difference with I'm caring for you too."
Fujikawa snickered, "why most women always thought about the importance of confessions, I like you, I love you. I think if we always give her/him care and support purely from the heart it will reach their heart too." He smiled at his wife and his wife looked at him lovingly, "I am always showing my love by always calling Haruka's name."
Hiyama rolled her eyes, "are we talking about your love story now?"
Fujikawa rolled his eyes too, "you missed my point. Aizawa is a simple man, have you ever seen him closely with other woman beside Shiraishi? I am sure he's not that close either with both of you. Well maybe more closely than the other medical staff, because we're friends for almost ten years, it's impossible to ignore each other, but not as close as Shiraishi. I am sure Shiraishi not that dense either and I have never seen her with other man closely except Aizawa. I just like to see their funny interaction together but their bickering stressed me too." He shook his head.
Hiyama leaning her chin in her clasped hands, thinking deeply, "actually I have a hunch that something amiss with her this morning."
"She looked happy and glowing after her vacation. Even though I can't say the same with Aizawa sensei, he looked as usual." Saejima added.
"He always guarded his emotion except his bad mood. Oh he's here." Fujikawa nodded at Aizawa's direction. The three of them continue to observe.
"Why is he choosing to sit backing her? Shiraishi can't see him clearly." Hiyama furrowed her eyebrows. "He can't defend Shiraishi or showing their closeness in front of her Aunt."
"They talk to each other but ignoring the Aunt." Saejima informed.
"Oh, he switched their tray." Fujikawa commented.
In his way out, Aizawa noticed his friends. He rised his eyebrow at them and they grinned at him awkwardly. He shook his head and ignored them.
"You wouldn't share your food if you're not really close, right?" Saejima nodded at the sandwich in Shiraishi's hand. "Isn't she eating too much?"
"Maybe meeting her Aunt makes her really hungry too." Fujikawa chewed his lunch. He grinned widely when he saw Shiraishi drinking from Aizawa's water bottle, "another indirect kiss."
"You're right there's something going on with them. Wait, Shiraishi's expression changed again." Hiyama told them.
"She doesn't like what her Aunt says." Saejima told her.
"Do you think they are talking about marriage again?" Fujikawa asked the other two, they looked at each other.
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"Don't you want to know why my Aunt comes to the hospital?" Megumi asked him, when he escorted her back to her apartment after their day shift finished.
"Do I need to know? Is this important?" He asked her back.
"Hmm not really. She just wants to know if we're alright after that dinner and apologize. It seems she knows that we were not really dating that time and decided to provoke you to test us." She looked at his usual cold face, "want to know what she said about you?" She asked him but he just raised his eyebrow uninterested, "she praised you a lot, I think she approved you." She told him.
"Ah." He answered her curtly. After few seconds he asked her, "then there are no problems again with her, right?"
She startled at his question. She shook her head and smiled at him, "no." She can't mention about marriage talk in front of him. Then they walked hand in hand silently, enjoying their private moment together.
Kousaku walked her until her front door then kissed her forehead tenderly, he wants to say something to her but she beats him first.
"Want to come in? Hiyama takes the night shift she will not coming back." She invited him then turned to open her door.
It's best if he talk to her inside. "Ah." He followed her inside.
"Do you want a coffee?" She dropped her bag inside her bedroom hurriedly then walks inside her living room, prepare to make a coffee in the kitchen. She scanned her living room, gasped at Hiyama's mess around the sofa, her scattering items laying everywhere, her clothes piled on the floor and Hiyama didn't throw her garbage like she said this morning. She feels embarrassed, "I am so sorry! I forgot about the mess, I will clean it shortly." She starts to pick Hiyama's clothes on the floor.
Kousaku looked at the mess shocked and didn't dare to move. He saw her start to pick Hiyama's clothes then he grabbed her hand and pulled her body toward him, "It's alright you don't need to clean it."
Megumi startled at his moves and dropped the clothes in her hand, their mouths almost touched she can feel his breath. Then his hand pulled her waist closer, his other cupping her nape as his lips captured hers. He kissed her lips tenderly then slowly opened her mouth with his tongue, she complying him opening her mouth as his kiss deepened. She linked her arms in his nape pulling him closer. He groaned and pushed her to the nearest wall. She can feel his hardness grinding at hers, she moaned softly and swayed at him. He broke their kiss and leaning his forehead at hers, their breath labored. "Kousaku." He looked at her bright eyes.
"Megumi, I..." she kissed him softly. He looked at her unsure then stopped her, she looked at him confused. He moved away from her, dropped his backpack on the floor then rummaging something inside and pulling out a square foil. He moved back at her and rubbed the foil in his fingers unconsciously as in deep thought, "Megumi I need to tell you something first, about our last night in ryok..." she hugged his body tightly squeezed out the air from his lungs before he finished his sentence. He looked at her startled.
She looked at his face intensely, "I am understand and you don't need explain anything." then smiled at him brightly.
He scrutinized her face, "do you really understand what I want to say?"
She nodded at him with sure then reached his furrowed eyebrows smoothed it, "no more furrowed brows." She told him sternly then looked at him amused. "I understand what you are thinking and we don't need to hurry too." She said it firmly then pulling him into her bedroom.
Did she really understand? He feels relieved at what she said but a little bit disappointed too. Her hands moved inside his shirt then moved up to remove his shirt. His mind was forgotten and complying her removing his own shirt then start to undress her hurriedly. He untied her hair then touching her neck, he can see his kiss mark start to fade. She draped her hands on his shoulders swayed a bit. He put his hand on her waist to steady her body, his other moved down to her breast, rubbing it slowly until the tip hardened. She moved closer and gasped in his neck. He moved to her slim stomach, rubbing it tenderly selfishly hope she carried their child. He seeks her mouth and kisses her softly then moved his hand down to her private part. She's already wet. He thrusts two fingers ups and downs easily while his thumb rubbing her clitoris.
Megumi moaned at his mouth, gripped his shoulders tightly. Then unbuckle his pants and pulling it down hurriedly. "Kousaku." She breathed heavily, her legs start to wobble. He pushed her to bed then getting rid from his pants. He grabbed the foil on the floor tearing it with his teeth then wearing it on his hardness hastily. He looked up at her face. She looked back at him lovingly.
He joined her in bed, positioning himself between her legs. Her arms reached his back pulled him closer, kissed him passionately. He thrusts hard inside her. She moaned loudly then pushed her head back at the bed showing her long neck. He kissed her neck tenderly. She rises her legs, pushed his backside urged him to move. He moving out slowly, "fast" she whispered at him breathlessly. He grabbed her hip and raises it a bit then moved into her in fast rhythm her hands grabbed her bed sheets tightly, moaned softly everytime he thrusts inside her. His breath labored, beads of sweat wetting his forehead. Her body flushed and wet from sweat, she moved her hips to match his rhythm seeking the pleasure. "Kousaku." He knows she's almost there, he can feel her inner muscles squeezing him constantly. He gritted his teeth and moved faster, then he heard her moaning pleasure, he followed her groaning in her neck, her inner muscles squeezing out his essence. He can't withstand his body anymore and land on hers heavily. She hugged his slick body, rubbing his back soothingly until their labored breath calmed.
He moved his head then pecked her cheek, she giggled at him. He rise on his elbows then looked at her smiling face, "Don't furrow your eyebrows again!" She warned him.
He laughed at her, "I'm not." He kissed her mouth tenderly, licking open her mouth then she starts to moan. He broke their kiss then start to move out from her but she stopped him. He raises his eyebrow questionly.
"Are you going to go this fast?" She furrowed her eyebrows. He looked at her amused then smoothed her eyebrows tenderly.
"I... uh..." He motioned his lower body. "Need to clean it in the bathroom." She blushed furiously then pointing her bathroom. He rose from the bed leaving her alone. She shivered after losing his warm body then grabbed her blankets.
He walked back in her bed after a while. He looked at her buried under her thick blankets. "Are you alright?" He asked her worriedly.
"Umm." Her hands reached to him. He lay down beside her under the blankets then she rested her head on his chest and hugged his waists. They snuggled together contentedly, "I'm not hurting you, right?"
He looked at her confused, "no, why?"
"If I bite your shoulders or scratching your back, it will affect your performance and you can't do your best on your operation tomorrow." She told him truthfully.
He snickered at her, "the worrier Megumi is back." She poked his chest annoyed. He kissed her forehead.
"Will you stay?" She asked him. "I will cook you dinner." She persuaded him.
"Why? I didn't know you're this clingy before." He told her playfully, but she didn't say anything. He looked at her sullen face after a few silent moments. He looked at her strange behavior, and then rubbed her back soothingly. She hugged him closely. "I will stay and leave tomorrow morning before Hiyama coming back." He told her reassuring.
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A/N: long chapter again! Sorry again about the grammar error and misspelling words, I am always finding it after uploaded the story and too lazy to edit it again. Maybe if I have a long free time I will edit and upgrade the story completely. How about this part? Is this good or bad? or strange? kindly tell me. This is the last plot twist (hope so, since it's almost finished). Shiraishi's Aunt is not that bad, right? Just imagine her as Hiyama's older version :D Hope you like this chapter too. Big thanks to Jieberg, Guest, Guest, Guest for you comment and encouraging words
