A/N: Yes, it's an update! And first off, I'd like to thank everyone who reviewed, followed, and favorite-d this story.

The goal that I was referring to was for the story to reach 300 reviews. I didn't want to mention it since I didn't want it to seem like I was begging for the reviews. I love reviews. I adore them! But it's just not my style to beg for them – let alone put the story on hiatus because I didn't reach a certain review milestone.

As of now, this has 306 reviews and this just makes me want to cry! Thanks a lot everyone!

This chapter is short… with a few vague adult ideas here and there. But I wanted to get this out.

Anyway, on with the story!

Chapter 23: Me and the Rival

"Mama?" Kanata said seriously as he brought his face closer towards the blonde baby.

Not liking the way the brunet was staring (read: glaring) at him, Ruu started to squirm on to Miyu's hold – his glaring eyes starting to glisten with unshed tears. Miyu immediately noticed his reaction and decided that it would be better to discuss things elsewhere.

"Yes… yes… let's go home now," she said to the blonde baby, her voice calming him down.

"Seiya, would you mind pushing the stroller on the way out, please?" Miyu sweetly said to her still shell-shocked bestfriend, effectively breaking him from his state.

As the four plus one continued walking, so were the thoughts of the two young men in the group.

"Was that the surprise that she was talking about?" Seiya said, as he mindlessly pushed the stroller.

"She was gone for two years… That's more than enough time to make the baby, have it, then raise it," Kanata thought as he followed the others.

An unpleasant question suddenly came across the brunet's mind. "So… who's the father?" Kanata asked, not noticing how cold and icy his tone was. Seiya choked on his own saliva after hearing the brunet's bold question – not mentally prepared in finding out more about his best friend and her baby.

"Hmmm…" Miyu started. "I'm not sure exactly," she said as she realized that she still had no answer to that question.

This immediately stopped the two young men in their tracks – both reasonably paler than normal.

"Was it… forced on you?" Seiya continued asking – already imagining the worst things that could have happened to his bestfriend in the foreign country. "There are a lot of Americans who will take advantage of a poor, naïve girl such as Miyu."

Seiya's Mind Drama 1

"Excuse me sir, but I seem to have gotten lost. Could you help me find my way back to the Kijou residence?" a doe-eyed Miyu asked one of the strangers she conveniently bumped on to the street.

Said stranger pulls down his shades, runs his hair through his blonde, spiky hair, and flashes her a 1000 kilowatt smile. "Why yes. Why don't you hop on to my car and I'll drop you off there?" he said, as he motions for Miyu to enter his car.

The stranger immediately drives off a secluded area, child locks all the doors, and takes advantage of pure, innocent, Miyu without any introductions.

End of Seiya's Mind Drama 1

The blonde maid stopped and turned to look at the two, giving them one of her sweet smiles. "Nope. Not at all," she said happily, as she turned and continued to walk towards the exit. "I guess, I kind of liked it too," she continued.

Both faces of the young men turned even whiter. The two of them could only gawk at their conclusion.

"She had the kid willingly?!"

Unwanted images suddenly filled their minds…

Seiya's Mind Drama 2

Instead of driving off to a secluded area, the stranger really does what he promised and drove Miyu back to the Kijou residence. Before the blonde could leave the car, the stranger pulled on to her arm - a determined look etched on his face.

"Can I see you again?" he asked seriously, a red hue starting to show on his cheeks.

Being caught off-guard, the blonde couldn't help but light up as bright as a tomato. She looked anywhere but the stranger's face but timidly nodded an affirmative.

The stranger immediately shot his 1000 kilowatt smile again. Slowly, the two's faces come nearer… and nearer… and.

End of Seiya's Mind Drama 2

The handles of the stroller suddenly got bent as the blonde butler shakingly held on to them.

Kanata's Mind Drama 1

"I've always loved you, Ms. Miyu," Mizuki confessed as soon as the two of them were left alone in the Kijou mansion.

With big, sparkling eyes, Miyu gazed up to the suave older butler, "I've always loved you too, Mizuki," the blonde said as she ran into the arms of the waiting butler.

The two immediately made their way towards one of the empty Kijou guestrooms.

The room was suddenly filled with heat and the sounds of panting and moaning. Then… then…

End of Kanata's Mind Drama 1

A pamphlet from the airport bulletin board was viscously torn off – the brunet still clutching it in his hands as an evil aura surrounded him.

The elder Kouzuki could only sweat-drop at the two young men's reactions.

"This is more fun than I thought!" he thought mischievously as he continued to follow and observe from rear.

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Once they were inside the limo, Miyu immediately gathered Ruu into her arms as the tired blonde baby yawned from exhaustion.

As soon as the baby was asleep, she finally had the time to look up to her other three companions. She immediately was taken aback by the three's extremely different expressions.

Seiya was pale – seemingly frozen into an uncanny replica of Van Gogh's the Scream.

Her grandfather was smiling, rather, smirking from ear to ear as he looked outside the limo's window. His head cradled by the palm of his hand.

Her young master too was looking outside the window – but rather than a triumphant look, his aura screamed murder. Miyu could vaguely hear him mentioning the names of her two companions in the States.

"Is something wrong?" she said questioningly, unable to bear the awkwardness of the situation.

The three immediately turned to look at her then automatically at the baby clutching her chest.

Slowly, Seiya brought his face closer to the sleeping baby – noticing how uncanny the resemblance is between his best friend and the infant. Seeing where the child was placed, he also couldn't help but notice something unusual.

"Miyu?" he started as he continued to stare at the child's direction. The three immediately turned to look at him.

"Aren't your boobs suppose to get bigger once you give birth?" he continued.

Blood immediately rushed up to the blonde maid's face. Realization hit her that her (ex-) best friend was staring at her chest rather than the child she was holding.

"SEIYA YOU IDIOT!" she yelled as she slapped him right across the face.

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"So let me get this straight," Kanata started, as he pinched the bridge of his nose tight.

"The baby was left at the Kijou's front door – with no trace of the parents nor any relatives whatsoever," the two Kouzukis nodded in agreement.

"Feeling sorry for the kid, you and Akira decided to keep it and care for it yourselves," he said, as he eyed the nodding blonde maid.

"But seeing how the child has gotten so attached to you, everyone has decided it would be best if the baby was to come with you rather than be left in America with the Kijou family," Kanata said as he clamped his hands in top of his knees.

"And Kouzuki knew about this plan as well…" the brunet said as he ran his hand down his face.

Miyu couldn't help but become slightly nervous on how the brunet is reacting. She then turned to glare at her grandfather, who has conveniently moved in the passenger seat beside the limo driver.

"This is exactly why I told the old man about this in advance," she said as she intensified her glare. She already got her grandfather's permission about adopting the blonde baby as part of their family. She just needed him to tell this to Kanata himself since the brunet has a soft spot for the head butler.

Miyu sighed as she shifted the baby on her lap for the nth time. She nervously turned to look at the still exasperated brunet.

"Are you against the idea, young master?" she asked calmly, her nervousness barely audible in her tone.

Kanata peeked from under his palm to get a good look at the blonde mother-son pair in front of him. The blonde baby buried his face closer towards the maid's chest – probably from the unfriendly aura emanating from the brunet.

Seeing the two look hopefully at him, Kanata couldn't help but give out a defeated sigh. "Not even one day has passed since she came back and she's already turning my life upside own already," he thought, making him chuckle to himself.

"No," Kanata said, as he lazily flung him arm to his side and sat upright to look at the two.

Miyu's face immediately lit up with his answer, as she gave him one of her breath-taking smiles. "Thank you, young master," Miyu said, too happy to say anything else.

Seeing her smile, Kanata couldn't help but smirk towards her, a little color showing on his cheeks as well.

He then forgot to say one important thing at the airport. Clearing his throat, the brunet then looked anywhere but the blonde in front of him.

"Oh, and welcome back, Miyu," Kanata said, as color rose up his cheeks.

Miyu couldn't also help but feel the rush of blood up her face. She then couldn't help but smile once again at the young man in front of her.

Too busy enjoying the moment, the two failed to notice the young infant frantically shifting his head from his 'Mama' to the stranger back and forth – as if attempting to understand what was going on between the two.

Finally getting enough of the weird atmosphere, Ruu let out a small squeal to get back the sole attention of his 'Mama'. Much to his chagrin though, this also caught the brunet's attention.

The blonde baby frowned at the stranger as he eyed him. Ruu clenched his little fists tighter around Miyu's chest.

"Hey, what's the matter, Ruu?" Miyu said, as she coaxed the visibly upset blonde baby.

The infant just buried his face deeper on the maid's chest. "My Mama," he muffled against the blonde.

Kanata's eyebrows immediately shot up. Once he was able to connect the dots, the brunet couldn't help but laugh at the situation – earning a questioning look from the blonde maid.

As soon as he was able to compose himself, the brunet wiped a tear forming at the side of his eye and brought his attention back to the still moping blonde baby.

"Looks like someone doesn't like sharing his Mama," Kanata thought to himself as he smirked at the glaring baby.

The brunet the rested his chin on his hand as he rested it against the window. He then shot a challenging smirk at the baby.

"She was mine first, brat."

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Looking over the rearview mirror, the elder Kouzuki couldn't help but chuckle at the sight.

Curiously, the young driver beside him couldn't help but question the old man's actions. "Did you know about Miyu-chan's plans, Mr. Kouzuki?" he asked as he kept his eyes on the road.

The old man just crossed his arms in his chest as he brought his head up proudly.

"Of course!" the elder Kouzuki answered smugly, making the driver sweat-drop.

"Any particular reason why you kept it from everyone else?" he asked, as he expertly turned into a corner.

A glint suddenly appeared in the old man's eyes. "Let's just say that two years of the young master's brooding and mood swings were a little too much for everyone to handle," he said.

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Frantic knocking was suddenly heard from the trunk.

"Someone, let me out!" Seiya yelled as he found himself, once again, trapped inside the limo's trunk.

He dropped his head to the mat exasperatedly.

"I really should learn to keep my mouth shut."

-Chapter 23 End-

A/N: Yes, I am ending it here. This chapter is short but I felt like it would've dragged on too much if I added some more.

I did not edit this. I just typed it, read it once, then uploaded it. Apologies for any mistakes in this.

Hope it wasn't too anti-climatic. Tried to spice it up with the two's imagination stories so I hope you guys liked those. They were really fun to write! And Ruu thinks Kanata is his rival for Miyu's attention ergo the title :D

Love it? Hate it? Getting tired of it? :)