DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN OURAN IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM
"So how was lunch Mrs. Seiko?" asked Kaede when Haruhi walked in.
"Just fine," said Haruhi feeling it was best not to worry everyone about running into Rai. "Are you still getting calls from my sister-in-law?"
"Hmm, not any more; About after the 50th call, I transferred her to Mr. Hiroaki, and from what I heard he told her he would not hesitate to have all the lawyers come down on her and sue her for harassment," said Kaede.
"Really?" said Haruhi.
"Or something like that, I don't know exactly. All I know is I haven't gotten any calls from her since," said Kaede.
"Well I'm sorry you had to put up with that," said Haruhi.
"It's no problem, I only wish I could have told her to fuck off!" said Kaede. Haruhi laughed.
"Just make sure Mr. Hiroaki doesn't hear you say that, you know how he is with the language," she said as she headed back to her office.
"Hello, anyone here?" called out Hikaru as he walked into his house.
"Oh hello Master Hikaru, welcome home," said Emi walking up to him and bowing. "May I take your coat?"
"Oh sure, thanks," said Hikaru talking it off. "Where is everyone?"
"Well Miss Haruhi is at work, little Miss Kotoko is at her daycare and I believe your brother is in his studio," said Emi.
"Thanks," said Hikaru heading towards Kaoru's studio where Kaoru sketched and made his clothes designs.
"Hey Kaoru," Hikaru called out. Kaoru looked up from the canvas he was currently working at.
"Oh hey Hikaru how did the meeting go?" he asked as he stood up.
"Went great, did Haruhi really go to work?" asked Hikaru.
"Yeah, she said getting back to work will help make her feel better," said Kaoru.
"Hmm, once a book worm, always a book worm," said Hikaru.
"That's exactly what I said," said Kaoru.
"Well anyway, what have you've been up to all day?" asked Hikaru.
"Nothing much after I got to drop Kotoko at day care," said Kaoru.
"Wait you got to drop her off?" said Hikaru jealous.
"Yeah," said Kaoru smiling.
"Oh no fair!" said Hikaru.
"You know you sound like the boss when you say that!" said Kaoru.
"Hey watch it!" said Hikaru. Kaoru laughed.
"Excuse me sir, but Miss Haruhi is on the phone," said Emi walking into the room holding a phone.
"I'll take it!" said Hikaru quickly picking it up before Kaoru could react, "Hey Haruhi!"
"Hey guys, how's it going?" asked Haruhi.
"Everything's fine here," said Hikaru as he looked over at his brother. Kaoru was standing with his arms crossed looking mad about Hikaru beating him to the phone.
"Well listen I hate to be a bother but can you guys do me a favor?" asked Haruhi.
"Sure what?" asked Hikaru.
"Would either you or Kaoru mind picking up Kotoko from daycare? I need to go see my phone company about changing some stuff on my cell phone," said Haruhi.
"Sure, it's no bother, we'd love to pick her up," said Hikaru.
"Thanks, I really appreciate it," said Haruhi. "I figured it'd be better than dragging her to some boring phone company, bye now."
"Bye," said Hikaru.
"Does Haruhi want us to pick up Kotoko?" asked Kaoru.
"Yeah, she said she needed to do something with her phone, and didn't want to drag Kotoko along," said Hikaru.
"Well we better go and get her," said Kaoru.
"Hey you got to drop her off, I should get to pick her up!" said Hikaru.
"That was only because you weren't here!" said Kaoru.
"All right we'll go together," said Hikaru.
"You can go in by yourself if you want," said Kaoru when the two of them arrived at the daycare.
"Okay than, thanks," said Hikaru as he got out of the limo.
"Can I help you?" asked the lady at the front desk.
"Uh yeah, I'm here to collect Kotoko Seiko," said Hikaru.
"Oh that's right you were here this morning," said the lady.
"Huh?" said Hikaru.
"Uncle Hikaru!" he suddenly heard Kotoko call out. He turned and saw the little girl running towards him happily.
"How can you tell I'm not your Uncle Kaoru?" asked Hikaru. Kotoko stopped right in front of him.
"Because you're not," she said plain and simple like everyone should know it. That took Hikaru by surprise.
"Hmm, fair enough," he said.
"Oh so you're the other brother?" asked the front desk lady.
"Yeah," said Hikaru as he pulled out his I.D. to show her.
"Oh I'm so sorry," she said.
"It's okay, very few can tell me and my brother apart, except for someone special like Kotoko here," said Hikaru winking at Kotoko who laughed. Just than another mother walked into the center
"Hi I'm here to pick up Ryo," she said.
"Hi Mommy," said Ryo as he ran up to his mother.
"Ready to go to the park dear?" she said as she lead her son out.
"Yeah Mommy," said Ryo. Hikaru notice Kotoko suddenly looked really sad.
"Kotoko, are you okay?" he asked.
"Yeah I'm fine," said Kotoko giving Hikaru a small smile.
"Okay let's go home," said Hikaru gently taking Kotoko's hand and walk out with her. As the front desk lady watch the two of them walk away she couldn't help but think, 'This one acts like a father to her too. I mean I never met her father before but it is nice to see Kotoko with some sort of father figure.'
"Hey Kotoko, how was day care?" asked Kaoru when she and Hikaru got back to the car.
"It was fine," said Kotoko, not really paying attention to Kaoru. Instead she was looking out the window of the car.
"What's wrong?" asked Hikaru as he looked out the window, then he noticed Ryo and his mother walking down the street.
"I wish I could go to the park like Ryo and his mommy do," she said.
"You want to go to the park?" asked Hikaru.
"Mommy usually too busy and Daddy doesn't like the park. He says they're too noise, so I don't normally get to," said Kotoko.
"Oh I see," said Hikaru. He looked over at Kaoru.
"I have nothing else planned for the day," said Kaoru, "Let's go to the park."
"Really, can we?" asked Kotoko.
"Sure we can," said the twins.
"Yay!" said Kotoko.
"Did you get that Katsu?" asked Hikaru.
"Yes sir," said Katsu.
"Well let's go then," said Kaoru.
"Of course sir," said Katsu. Once the group arrived, they took the long path towards the playground, each twin holding one of Kotoko's hands who was smiling happily about being at the park.
"So this is a public park huh?" said Kaoru as he and Hikaru looked around the vast park.
"Wow, it's actually kind of big," said Hikaru.
"Have you never been to one?" asked Kotoko.
"Hmm, not really," said Kaoru.
"We never got out much and played with other kids when we were little," said Hikaru.
"Why not?" asked Kotoko.
"We just didn't feel like it," said Kaoru.
"Well here's the playground, go ahead and play. We'll just be over here on the bench," said Hikaru as he and Kaoru let go of Kotoko's hands and let her go off and play. Around them a lot of other mothers were sitting and talking to each other or tending to their children.
"Mommy is that one of those weird families that has two daddies?" they heard a kid ask his mom.
"Sweetie, don't be rude," said the mother.
"I wonder if that's a new family to the neighborhood or something," they heard another mother whisper. Hikaru and Kaoru both looked at each and smiled, each thinking the same thing.
"I'm so glad we found a nice place for our little Kotoko to play don't you agree Kaoru?" said Hikaru talking Kaoru's hands in his.
"Yes Hikaru, it's so nice to see our precious little girl free to roam around and play with children her own age," said Kaoru, giving Hikaru's hands a squeeze.
"Oh my god, they are gay!" whispered a different mother.
"But they look so much alike, you'd think they were brothers or something," whispered another one.
"And to think, there was a time we almost thought we wouldn't be able to bless our mother and father with a grandchild," said Hikaru.
"Yes, but now we know we haven't failed them as sons," said Kaoru. That just got all of the mothers in an uproar.
"So they really are brothers?"
"Yet they're a couple?"
"And they have a child together?"
"Oh wow,"
All the children stopped playing when they noticed all their mothers were surrounding two men sitting next to each other holding hands tenderly.
"Why are our moms all standing around those two guys?" asked one kid.
"Who are they any way?" asked another.
"That's my Uncle Kaoru and Uncle Hikaru," said Kotoko proudly.
"Those two are your uncles?" asked Ryo. "They're so weird!"
"They're not that weird, they're nice" said Kotoko as she headed over to them.
"Uncle Hikaru, Uncle Kaoru" she said as walked up to them. Both looked down at her.
"What's wrong our precious princess?" asked Hikaru genteelly taking one her hands.
"You didn't hurt yourself did you?" asked Kaoru talking the other one.
"Oh wow, look at that,"
"They're so kind and caring towards their child,"
"Oh I wished my husband was like that,"
"Well now then, if you're fine, why don't you go back and play with the other children?" said the twins.
"But what are you two doing?" Kotoko tried to ask, only to get gently pushed back towards the playground.
"Just go and play dear, we'll be right here," they both said with a smile.
"Okay," said Kotoko heading back.
'Maybe they are a little weird,' she thought. She looked back and saw that even through the big crowed of fawning mothers, both Hikaru and Kaoru managed to smile up at her and wave. Kotoko smiled and waved back.
'But they're still nice and I like them,' she thought as she skipped off to play.
Rai grumbled to himself as he stood in line at the grocery store.
'I hate having to do my own grocery shopping. How could Haruhi just abandon me like this and force me to do my own shopping!' he thought.
"Yes and they were with Kotoko Seiko, she called them her uncles," he suddenly heard someone say behind him. He turned around to see two women standing near him.
"Who?" asked one.
"You know, Kotoko Seiko, Haruhi Seiko's daughter. She goes to the same daycare as Ryo, Happy Sun down on Third," said the other.
'Happy Sun huh, on Third? That's real great to know,' thought Rai with a smile.