"If you don't mind me asking, where have you been for the last ten years?"
"Huh?"
Alexandria was sitting in her kitchen, holding a mug in hand, her other hand moving around the tea bag she had in the mug as she leaned back against the counter. Her green eyes were focusing on the brown haired woman who sat at the kitchen table.
"I mean, it's kind of hard to believe that someone like you can drop off the face of the earth within moments. So, where did you go? Canada, China, Africa?" The blonde questioned, her eyes narrowing slightly.
The red eyed woman blinked a few times before she frowned and looked down, her eyebrows drawn together. "Why do you care?" She asked.
"I don't"-The blonde snorted, rolling her eyes before she turned her gaze to her mug of water that was fully mixed in with the tea. She pulled out the tea bag and pushed herself off from the counter, walking over to the trash can before she dropped the useless tea bag in it. She then turned her attention back to the woman, Ashlynn as she said, who was under her watch at the moment.- "You could've gone to the fucking moon for all I care. I just want to know where you ran off too while your son got beaten and raped by your husband." She said, her voice cold and her eyes hard.
Ashlynn flinched, glancing around the room, purposely avoiding the blonde's eyes, she then let out a small sigh as she closed her eyes. "I went to Australia, it was the furthest country away from here, I didn't want to go to Japan because they knew that I had been there before and I couldn't take the risk of being caught."
Alexandria hummed softly in a disbelieving way before she clicked her tongue. "And the thought of letting your family know that you're still alive never crossed your mind? Tch, some mother you are." She snorted as she took a sip of her tea.
Ashlynn looked at her and glared, she got up slamming her hands down on the table. "Why are you interrogating me, you already know why I lelt!" She snarled. "What else do you want from me?! I left because I was terrified that they would both Kyoma and Taiga, why can't you just accept that?!"
Alexandria narrowed her eyes, made her way over to the brunette and stopped in front of her. She then slapped her again, but harder than the first time. "First off, don't you dare raise your voice in my HOUSE. I can and will kick you off if you piss me off, but I'm a nice person so I let a lot of things slide. And second off, that's not the whole truth is it? You're hiding something, the pitch of your voice goes higher when you lie about something. So tell me the whole truth now, no more of this half assed excuses anymore." She hissed.
Ashlynn stared at Alexandria with a blank look before she let out a small pained sound and looked away, squeezing her eyes closed as she shook her head.
"When I left...I was also pregnant." She said softly.
Alexandria's eyes widened, her mouth falling open slightly in her surprise. She then made a small sound and closed her mouth, rubbing her face with a hand before she balled that hand into a fist and rested it on her hip.
"So what you're saying is, Taiga has a younger sibling and he has no clue about it? Oh my god, you really are unbelievable." She said, shaking her head as she turned away, walking back to the counter, placing her mug down.
"I didn't know that I was until shortly after I moved to Australia. I was feeling ill so I went to the doctors, and sure enough I was pregnant with Kyoma's and I second child." The brunette said, her frown deepening as she looked at Alexandria. "That's why I came here to talk to you. I want...no..I need to talk to Taiga. I need to fix everything that has happened between us, and I need to let him know that he's a big brother."
Alexandria sighed and ran a hand through her blonde hair, her hand resting on her head for a few moments before she let it fall back to her side. "To be honest, I don't even know Taiga will forgive you. At first maybe, but now, holy shit, you've dug yourself a deeper grave than before. Listen Ashlynn...or whatever your real name is, I know Taiga. I know him almost as if he was my biological son, he's a good young man with a big heart, but when something big like this has happened, he isn't that forgiving. A old friend of his did something to him, I'm not fully aware of what, but he came home crying his eyes out and then he never spoke of that kid again. Hell, he probably still hasn't forgiven that boy of whatever he had said to Taiga that day. But my point is, if you do something to him that he doesn't like, he tends to hold grudges, and those grudges can last a very long time depending on what you had done to him. When you first came here, I was just being nice, but now I'm being dead serious with you. He most likely won't forgive you, and if he does then it's a fucking miracle. But that kid is so hard to read at times to the point I don't know what he's thinking or feeling. You're just going to have to pray to the fucking god up above that he'll at least listen to your story. Because if he's at least somewhat interested, he'll give you his attention."
Ashlynn nodded. "I don't expect him to forgive me, but I need to try. I...I want to try and be a proper mother to him this time. I need to, if what you are saying is true about Kyoma..." She trailed off shaking her head. "I want him to have at least one proper parent in his life." She said.
Alexandria stayed silent for a few moments before she chuckled and shook her head. "Just as stubborn as he is, now I see where he got his stubbornness from." She said before she turned, looking at Ashlynn with crossed arms. "Okay then. We'll leave to go to Japan and go to his basketball game, we'll have you talk to him and tell him EVERYTHING that you have just told me. About where you went, why you went, and about his mysterious younger sibling. If you tell him one single lie, I will personally make it my job to find these people that are after you and turn you in. I'm not saying that I would because I'm not that kind of person, but if it comes to it, you'd be surprise of how much of a bitch I can become when it comes to the people I love."
Ashlynn stared at the blonde for a few moments before she gave a small smile and nodded. "I promise to tell him everything, especially about his sister." She said.
Alexandria made a small sound before she nodded. "Good. We'll be leaving for Japan soon, I hope you have money of your own, I'm not paying for your ticket."
Once Taiga got back stairs he quickly went into the kitchen, purposely ignoring his coach and the three children. He glanced around the kitchen, his motivation to make dinner had disappeared due to Daiki's earlier stunt. Sighing, Taiga left the kitchen and crossed his arms over his chest as he eyed the children and the pink haired woman.
"Let's go out and eat something, I don't feel like cooking." The red head said simply causing the four of them to stop what they had been doing and look at him in confusion.
"Huh? Is something wrong Taiga-Kun?" His coach, Satsuki asked a frown on her face, her brows furrowed as she stared at him, making the teenager feel uncomfortable.
"No, I'm fine..I just don't have any plans for dinner tonight. So let's go to the burger place close by." Taiga said as he looked away, swallowing hard as he felt a burning sensation in the back of his throat.
The woman frowned before she nodded. "Okay then….I'll go tell Dai-Chan, I'll be right back!" She said before she ran off, going upstairs to Daiki's room.
Taiga let out a small sigh of relief before he felt eyes on him and turned his attention to the three Aomine children. His right eyebrow twitched as he made a small sound.
"What?" He asked.
Emiko frowned, getting up from her spot on the floor and walked over to him, wrapping her arms around his legs tightly. "Are you okay Tiger-Chan? You seem sad." She said.
Taiga blinked in surprise. Could Emiko really tell that he was upset about something? Was she really able to read his expression, or was he still an open book to everyone? He made a small sound, looking down at her a small smile appearing on his face. He reached down and grabbed her by the shoulders and gently pushed her away before he crouched down. He stared at her before he pulled her close, hugging her tightly, but not tight enough to hurt her.
"You're too nice for your own good Emiko...thank you for worrying about me but I'm okay. I'll make sure to talk to you if I need to." He said softly before he pulled away.
Emiko's eyes were wide along with her mouth that was opened wide in surprise, she then grinned brightly and nodded. "You're welcome Tiger-Chan! I love you!" She said.
The red head blinked in surprise before he blushed softly and stood back up, rubbing the back of his head with one of his hands as he glanced away. "Don't say something like that so suddenly." He mumbled making Emiko laugh.
"I made Tiger-Chan blush!" Emiko cheered making Taiga grunt and huff in annoyance, his blush darkening slightly.
"Oh shut it you brat!" He said making Emiko giggle, her hands covering her mouth as she did so, Arashi and Ayame even snickered making Taiga grow even more embarrassed. He growled before he turned and walked over to the front door.
Luckily for him that's when Satsuki came back downstairs, her hand gripping Daiki's left wrist, obviously having to drag him around just so he would move around.
"Let's just go, you rich folk are really pissing me off at the moment." Taiga grumbled before he opened the front door, his eye twitching when he heard a gasp.
"Oooooooh! Tiger said a bad word! Now he owes us money!" Emiko said.
"I don't owe you crap! You'll never catch me and my nonexisting money!" The red head shouted before he darted out of the house and down the sidewalk.
"After him! He has our future college money!" Arashi shouted before he ran out, a grin on his face, Ayame and Emiko soon hot on Taiga's heels along with Arashi who seemed to be in a good mood.
"Leave me alone you god forsaken money eating monsters! I need my money! Go after your fa-Ah, don't tackle me!" Taiga shouted when suddenly two weights appeared on his legs. He looked down and saw Emiko and Arashi down there, Ayame was standing a bit away, not wanting to get close and personal.
"You can't escape, hand over the cash now or you'll forever be held as our prisoner!" Emiko said, hanging onto Taiga tightly.
"Why are you so greedy all of a sudden?!"
Satsuki and Daiki soon got to the scene and when they did they both blinked. The pinkette stared for a few moments before she laughed. Taiga may not even realize it, the children may not even realize it, and hell, Daiki doesn't even realize it, but they five of them were meant to be together.
"Alright Emiko, Arashi, that's enough. The idiot isn't going to cough up his money anytime soon. You can get him back later, but right now I'm hungry so let's cut this little play time to an end and get a move on." Daiki suddenly said causing all three children to freeze for a few moments before doing as said.
Arashi and Emiko let go of Taiga and stepped back. Emiko had a pout on her face and Arashi looked unamused and now pissed off. Taiga inwardly rolled his eyes and huffed.
"Oh stop looking so sour, if you don't stop making those faces you'll end up looking like a grumpy old person like your father back there. You don't want to be a meanie poopoo pants for the rest of your life now do you?" Taiga asked.
Emiko immediately laughed, Arashi scowled and glared up at him, and Ayame simply smiled softly. Satsuki snickered and glanced at the blue haired man who stood there next to her who was scowling.
"You're never going to let me live that down are you Bakami?" He asked.
The teen twitched at the nickname and looked over his shoulder at the blunette, he then smirked at the older man. "Not at all, just remember that Ahomine. Try anything with me, I'll reveal it to the world and you'll forever be known as the meanie poopoo pants who is stuck with an old man grumpy face because he doesn't know how to have fun." He said.
Daiki stared at him with a blank expression before he scoffed and narrowed his eyes at the red head. "Do that to me you won't ever see the light of day again." He hissed.
The red head chuckled before he turned back around, walking down the sidewalk, making his way towards to the close by the burger joint. Within the next few minutes they got to the said place and they all walked inside. They said their order before they went over to an empty table and sat at it, waiting for them to be called back up to the counter to get their food when it's ready.
Emiko had Satsuki sitting on her right side, Arashi sat to her left alongside with Ayame, and next to Ayame was Daiki, and last but not least, Taiga was sitting next to Daiki. The two weren't happy about the sitting arrangements but they didn't argue, deciding it let it slip….just for the time being anyway.
"In a few days Taiga-Kun is going to have a basketball game, would you three like to come and watch?" Satsuki suddenly asked the three children out of the blue, randomly breaking the silence that had fell upon them.
"We'll be able to see Tiger-Chan play?! Yes! Yes! Yes! I want to go! Please Tou-Chan? Pleeeease?! I want to see Tiger-Chan kick butt!" Emiko said, her eyes wide in excitement as she bounced up and down in her seat.
Daiki let out a small sigh and gave his best friend a glare who returned it with a innocent smile, the blunette then grunted and shrugged, waving a hand in front of his face dismissively. "If you really want to go then I guess I can take you." He grumbled.
"Yay!" Emiko cheered loudly, immediately getting hushed by both Arashi and Ayame who both looked annoyed.
Taiga rubbed the back of his head and made a small sound as he tilted his head to the side. "I don't know why you're so excited, not really that big of a deal." He mumbled.
"Yeah, he probably sucks Emiko. He's just a overly confident stupid weird eyebrowed freak who sucks at playing at Basketball!" Arashi hissed, crossing his arms over his chest as he glared at the red head.
Taiga snorted. "Says the sour sport who threw a tantrum when this weird eyebrowed freak beat you on a one on one game."
"It's because you cheated!"
"Alright you two, we're in public, don't argue please. Just look away from one another if that has to be what keeps you from arguing with one another." Satsuki said, letting out a small sigh as both boys huffed and looked away stubbornly.
If I didn't know any better, I would confuse Arashi as Taiga's child instead of Dai-Chan's, but then again, all three are stubborn. The pinkette deadpanned.
"Why can't you can Tiger-Chan just get along? Tiger-Chan is nice, why is that so hard to believe?" Emiko asked Arashi softly, a frown on her face.
Arashi looked at his twin sister and glared at her darkly. "He'll be just like all the other Nannies! Just you wait! He acts all nice now but right when Tou-Chan leaves he'll become the monster the others turned into! You're stupid! Stop believing that he's any different!" The boy snarled making the girl blink violently before her eyes glistened with tears.
"Arashi! Do not talk to your sister like that, and don't talk about Taiga-Kun as if he isn't here! He isn't anything like those women that watched you before! I agree with Emiko, why can't you and Taiga just get along with one another?" Satsuki asked, frowning deeply.
The blue haired small boy scowled darkly, glaring at the table darkly as he went back to eating, ignoring Satsuki.
The pinkette looked at Daiki and he just shrugged and looked off to the side making the woman frown before she sighed, shaking her head. Of course he wasn't any help, he still had doubts about Taiga. Why can't they just trust him, and if not him, then what about her? Why wouldn't they just trust her judgement? Was it really that hard? Yes, they had a lot of bad experiences with the past Nannies, but Taiga wouldn't be anything like that. But maybe they would never believe that and never trust Taiga.
Satsuki frowned deeply and looked down.
I just want them to be happy...all of them.
Author's notes: Hey everyone, thank you all so much for all of the support so far! I really appreciate it and I hope to continue on seeing things from you all in the future as well! A big event is coming up soon, in chapter fifteen if things goes well in the next few chapters, so keep an eye on that! Updates may be slower now due to school just starting back up for me, but I'll try to come up with something throughout the week and post it on the weekends! I'll try, but I won't make any promises!
