PLEASE READ: Okay I know many of you didn't like the last chapter and I'm sorry for that. The most named reason is that you said Nowaki is an orphan and that letting him have a family ruins the story. I understand the thought but I must say that I don't agree with it. My reason for giving Nowaki a family is that I myself have a big family. And I kind of found it cruel that such a nice guy who loved kids and seems to love having a family have none. So I gave him one. And I think it makes my story more interesting. ^^

So I hope you'll like this chapter more.

So enjoy...please and review^^

Chapter 14

Two month had passed since Nowaki had asked Hiroki to meet his family. Two month in which they had, after many calls without result, found a date to meet. And this date was next week.

Thomas had been delighted to see his son again, like the rest of his family. And Nowaki was almost floating through the air and humming all the time.

Hiroki on the other hand was scared and nervous as hell.

What if Thomas didn't like him? What if he hated his character? What if the whole family didn't like him?

It was one thing that Nowaki loved him despite his character, or may it even be because of his character, but it was another to make some totally foreign American people to like him. People that grew up in a totally different surrounding than Nowaki.

It was hard enough to be in a relationship and to live with another man, but it was even harder if the family of this man didn't accept you. And this was a problem that Hiroki might have to face in future days.

But Nowaki didn't seem to notice how miserable his lover felt. And it made the professor feel a little lonely. But Nowakis caring ways made him feel a little better. The gentle touches and love confessions that he again found too embarrassing to return, but that made him feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

When Hiroki woke up this morning, he was in Nowakis arms, wrapped in the warmth of his gentle lover who held him tight. The calming smell of his partner surrounding him and lulling him back to sleep.

A sudden nauseous feeling drove him out of bed into the bathroom. The brunette bowed over the toilett, thowing his guts out. Sweat covered his face, running down his skin, disapearing in his shirt.

The nausea was gone as fast as it had come, almost like it never had happened.

Hiroki stood up from the ground, a frown on his brows. He slowly stepped over to the basin, where he brushed his teeth.

I probably ate something bad.

He then tip-toed into the bedroom, sliding under the covers and snuggling into his warm lover, breathing in the manly scent and closing his eyes.

„ Hiro-san?", Nowaki mumbled sleepy, his eyes not even opening. „ Ya oke?", he slurred, still half asleep.

„ It's nothing... Sleep.", Hiroki whispered and ran his hands through Nowakis hair.

The raven hummed contentedly, not really realizing what Hiroki just did, and fell asleep again. Hiroki gently kissed hsi hair.

It was only on the weekends in the mornings when he would act so affectionate. At other times it was to embarrassing. But when Nowaki had his days off he would always sleep in and Hiroki would always watch his sleeping face.

Saturday 10 am

Hiroki stood in the kitchen, preparing their breakfast while he hoped that the smell of egg wouldn't make him throw up again. Because right now would be a really bad moment for that.

He had been able to hide his morning throw-up-sessions from Nowaki because he knew that the doctor would only worry unnecessarily. But it was harder to hide with every day, because it became worse with each. He had hoped it would at least stay at just throwing up harder each day, but it went as far as doing so even more than once a day. Sometimes he even had to run to the toilet at work. Luckily never during a lecture.

But he didn't want Nowaki to know that all. Because except of the throwing up he felt great. Okay...the thowing up and the fact that Nowakis family was to arrive today...but otherwise...

Hiroki felt how his stomach began protesting and closed his eyes, concentrating on holding it back.

Please not now..., he thought and send a silent prayer to the heavens.

„ Dad said they will arrive at twelve at Narita airport." Nowaki stepped into the room, his eyes fixed on his clock, so he didn't see the almost white paleness of his lover.

Hiroki smiled slightly at his happy and exited lover, but then he felt his supper coming up again.

Damn this nausea!, he though while storming to the bathroom, hovering over the toilet while he once again threw up his life.

He could hear Nowakis fast footsteps following him and stopping in the frame.

„ Hiro-san?", he asked, his voice worried. He then knelt down behind his lover and supported his back, while holding up his hair.

The warm hand on his back calmed Hiroki in an instant, but it also made him terrible aware of the fact that he couldn't hide it any longer.

„ I'm okay... Sorry about that...", he said quietly, almost shy after he had finished. He couldn't look Nowaki in the eyes.

God this was so embarrassing!

„ How long have you been throwing up?", Nowaki asked and the brunette could only curse his good senses for such things. Okay he was a doctor, but this?!

He thought about lying for a moment, but knew that it wouldn't do any difference. Nowaki just knew him too well.

„ Since last...week.", he admitted while he went over to the basin, repeating what he had done the last seven mornings. Brushing his teeth.

The he turned around and stared at Nowaki, his eyes almost challenging. His gaze was met with concern and a little anger.

„ Why didn't you tell me?", the raven asked, piercing the brunette with his eyes.

Hiroki felt how he got angry and couldn't explain it. Because there was really no reason to get angry. Nowaki only was worried about him.

„ Because I didn't feel the need to!", he hissed and pushed Nowaki aside, walking to the stove and pulling the pan from it.

Nowaki came after him, his hand brushing the brunettes shoulder and turning him around.

„ Hiro-san?", he asked wonderous and kind of beat down.

Hiroki looked at him for a moment, his anger fading, being replaced by guilt.

„ I'm sorry... I don't know what came into me...", he whispered. Nowaki smiled at him gently.

„ It's okay. Is there anything that hurts? Or somewhere you feel uncomfortable? I mean except of your stomach", he asked.

Oh great... there comes the doctor.

„ I'm fine, Nowaki. Really.", he said again, this time putting more finality in it. The raven sighed and then gave a small smile.

„ Alright. Let's eat."

Hiroki gave him a smile in return and sat down. The food didn't look all that attractive to him, but he knew that he had to eat something. Because an empty stomach in combination with meeting your lovers father wasn't the best idea.

„ We still have about an hour before we have to go. So...any idea what to do till then?"

Hiroki looked up from his food, mustering his boyfriend with a frown. When he saw the glint in Nowakis eyes he blushed furiously.

„ Oh no...we won't!", he said and jumped up from his chair.

„ Hiro-san...", Nowaki begged, going after his lover, wrapping his arm around him from behind and pulling him close.

„ No!", the brunette said and tried to break free from the embrace.

Then Nowakis lips were on his. He moved them gently, but determined.

„ We should drive earlier.", Hiroki mumbled against the ravens lips, trying to push him away.

„ Why?", the younger aspirated while he began drawing kisses down the others neck.

„ Because the traffic is terrible on Saturdays!" Hiroki got rid of Nowakis arms with one last, powerful push.

The doctor sighed again.

„ Sometimes you're really being to rational..."

Saturday 11 am

It turned out to be the right decision to go early. The both were stuck in a traffic jam on the highway caused by an accident.

„ See? I told you!", Hiroki said, his face red with anger. Nowaki looked over to him, sighing another time. This really started to annoy Hiroki.

I'm sorry I'm so difficult!, a voice inside him grumbled.

He didn't want to annoy the man he loved. He didn't want to make Nowaki feel bad or down, but it was his nature to be a hot head and he couldn't change that. Even if he could, he wouldn't. Because if someone loved him he should love him for himself and not for some changed, unrealistic version of him. And he hoped that Nowaki was that someone, still, and would always be.

Saturday 12:15 am

„ They are late..." Hiroki looked at his jumpy lover who was tiptoeing at the barrier to look over the people. Something that Hiroki found absolutely unnecessarily because he already was bigger than everybody else.

„ They'll be here soon...", he said, trying hard to hide his nervousness, but Nowaki was to exited to realize. Again.

Nowaki looked down at his lover and smiled. His hand slid into the brunettes, then he looked over the waiting crowd to the exit again.

„ There they are." Nowaki raised his free hand and began waving.

Hiroki rolled his eyes. This was seriously getting embarrassing and his stomach began to go in circles.

The brunette took his hand out of his lovers and wiped it at his jeans. He began to sweat really hard, his breath hitched.

Maybe he was overreacting a bit, but not being accepted by Nowakis family could get them into a quite serious situation. Because now that he had a family the raven wouldn't want to give it up. In fact the brunette was quite sure that his lover now would choose his family over him and so he decided to try his best to make the Miles like him.

„ Nowaki..." A band of copper passed Hiroki and flung around Nowakis neck. Hiroki could only watch with growing jealousy who his lover returned the hug and whirled the girl through the air.

It took him a moment until he realized that this must be Lily, Nowakis younger sister. But that didn't really deflated his jealousy. Because there still was a girl, that he had to admit was quite beautiful, that embraced his lover.

He heard a soft chuckle next to him.

„ Lily, Nowaki... I think your making your precious one quite...lets say uncomfortable here.", someone said in English.

Hiroki turned around to the tall women next to him. She had a gentle smile on her face while she looked at him.

„ Hiroki Kamijou, right?", she asked and stretched her hands out. Hiroki was confused for a moment by the order of his names, but then he catched up to the fact that he left his lovers mother-in-laws hand hang in the air. Something that was quite rude. He realized that she started to look unsure and was about to retrieve her hand.

He grabbed it with a smile and shook at for a short moment.

„ Yeah. Sharon, I guess?", he said while blushing a bit. She nodded and then was hugged by the brunettes giant.

„ Hey Nowaki. I'm happy to see you to...but your crushing me.", she laughed when the hug grew tighter.

The raven took a step back, looking embarrassed. Hiroki started to like the women who had a nice nature that made one feel safe and comfortable.

„ In fact it would take more strength to crush a human. If you mean 'crushing' in sense of to crush humans bones."

Hiroki looked around, seeing to young boys standing there with cheeky smiles on their faces. They looked almost identical, except that one of them had a mole on his cheek.

„ Smart asses...", Nowaki chuckled before he also hugged the boys. The laughed and stepped out of the embrace.

„ Sorry how rude of me! I'm Lily." The copper haired girl stretched out her hand and shook Hirokis.

„ Ah... Hiroki..." This all was getting kind of too much for Hiroki. It was hectic and confusing. Though he somehow enjoyed it, it was tiring.

„ And this are Dean and Ray. But I guess you already figured that out.", she smiled at him and there was something in her eyes that made Hiroki embarrassed and even feeling a little observed.

„ Noki...Noki...Noki!" A small girl embraced the ravens leg and clung to it tightly.

„ Hey, sweety!" Nowaki lifted the little girl up and swirled her around. He kissed her cheeks and she giggled. He then settled her on his waist, like he never did anything else.

„ Look Maya...this is Hiro-san. I told you 'bout him didn't I?" Hiroki smiled at the little girl. She looked at him for a moment and then hid behind her hair.

Hiroki looked at Nowaki unsure.

„ She's a little bit shy...", the raven whispered in Japanese and then turned to the last person in the group, who had stood there quiet and calm, his face stern.

Hiroki unintentionally flinched when he saw the strict face. He had imagined Thomas Miles to be a whole different person. Friendly and open like his lover. To see that he wasn't made him even more nervous and uncomfortable.

Suddenly the stern face lit up in a smile and he looked like the person Hiroki had hoped him to be.

„ Well son, you told us your lover was cute, but I must say I didn't believe it until just now." He walked over and hugged his son, patting him on the shoulder and whispering something into the ravens ear. Nowaki smiled and nodded.

Then Thomas Miles walked over to Hiroki and mustered him for a moment.

The brunette looked at him nervously and tried to take a deep breath without anyone noticing it.

He was about to give the older man his hand when he suddenly was pulled into a friendly hug.

For a moment he was too surprised to react, but then he awkwardly returned that hug and stepped back after a moment.

„ It's nice to meet you Mr. Miles.", he said, a forced but still somehow soft smile on his lips.

„ Oh...no. Thomas is fine. And it's a pleasure to meet you too."

They all stayed quite for a moment and the Nowaki laughed loudly. It was a laugh full of relieve and happiness and seemed to affect everyone around. Even Hiroki, even if it was only a little.

Because he had felt kind of dizzy since a while now, but he blamed that on all the stir around him.

Nowaki intertwined their hands, and held it tight, making it impossible for the brunette to escape his grip.

„ Well, we've got a car rented. It's standing outside, so..." Nowaki began walking towards the exit, always looking behind them like he feared loosing his family in the crowd.

But that was a thing that could be described as impossible, because all the Miles were bigger then the Japanese around and the only small one, Maya, was still sitting on her big brothers waist.

The drive to their apartment, which Hiroki realized on frequently was probably a bit small for this big family, was lively. They made jokes and laughed a lot and for Hiroki it felt unreal that it all went so well. It felt like the calm before the storm, but he tried his best to push that feeling away and to laugh with the others.

Saturday 2:30 pm

When they had arrived at the apartment, their was a slight confusion because they didn't know how to settle the family in.

Nowaki had insisted that the guest would get their bedroom and the guest room and that they would sleep in the living room, but Sharon wouldn't hear any of that. She said that she and Thomas would gladly take the guest room and that Nowaki and Hiroki should remain in their room, while the kids all could stay in the living room. After all they were still young. She then had leaned closer to the younger couple and whispered something that made Hiroki blush furiously and Lily who happened to have heard it giggle loudly.

„ And after all we don't want to disturb or witness your nightly activities!"

When they all were settling in Nowaki bowed over and pressed a soft kiss on his lovers lips. He then leaned closer to Hirokis ear.

„ I think we must be careful in front of Lily. Because she's a real gay lover.", he said while chuckling.

And something in that sentence triggered something inside of Hirokis feeling of everything being to much and...

He collapsed.

So I hope you liked it.

Special thanks to my dear friend and muse Paulie MickyJ. She really helps me a lot. And I just love her stories. I can only advise you to read her "Story of a Typhoons love" and " Chasing Cinderella".

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