Chapter 34: We meet Again and A Surprise Added

When Hikaru said, he had no say in what was going to happen in the wedding. He wasn't joking. Renge went all out on this wedding, but she makes Jime's girl look like a paragon. Dear, lord, helps us.

Speaking of the said person, they were here too. Mami, bless her heart, got everyone, on the next flight here when they got wedding letter from Hiro, who sadly had to take another flight. For something that came at the last second and had to be done.

And not surprising from Yosh, Kazu, or Jime of how they took my new look. Seeing that, I kept the punk look on. Hair growing out and kept in a short ponytail. Dark makeup cover to little too hardly on my face. Showing off a new ear piece to complete the look. I am so glad it didn't clash with the tux.

"Whoa." Jime started out with, as we took a seat at a table seeing that after party was going better than the wedding. One word: Hell. "You look way different from back then."

"Yeah . . . "

Kazu, not saying anything for the moment. Blushing no less, must be upset that he can't play the lover's not here card. For he won't share it with anyone but me. I only gave him a slight nod in understanding.

Yosh seem to know what to say next. "Hiro called you right?"

Too soon for this heart. "No."

"What?!" Now Kazu's speaks.

"I thought he would have, but he didn't. Your calls were all I got."

Kazu looks straight at me from the round table we sat at. "Well, keep in mind, that he has a good reason."

"I'm sure." Half-hearted, but the feelings didn't drop or rise. "Not one phone call, a handful of letters, but it's not what I want."

Before any else was to be said, Hikaru tink his glass to give a few words. Renge too. Love seeing the guys twitch at her voice, and it brought a smile to my face. Pretty soon the live band was playing. Playing songs, I knew all to well. Not knowing I was humming along.

Choosing to take my mind off it, I fine myself to watch children dancing around to the music. Mami and Jime's kids, look like they were having the time of their lives. Looking more like their mother, but still have Jime's eyes.

Kuma, striking images of her mother as well, and have her father's eyes and attitude. Haruhi must have her hands full with those two together.

I see not far Hunny and Reiko, who looked heavily pregnant. Mori and his girlfriend sitting next to Hunny. Both of them look like they were in honeymoon stage.

Everyone seems to be having a good time, in their own way.

Going back to kids, when Kuma just gave a big laugh that couldn't be hard to miss. Being spun around by a young lad, I have never seen before.

He had on a little tux like a gentleman, short black-brown hair, green eyes as a forest, pales skin as snow. Yet, what really got me to notice was the dance moves he was doing. Where I have seen them before?

A tap on my knee made me look down to a little girl with a big bun of shocking red hair as lava. Her skin not as pale as the boy dancing, as her olive eyes look at me with a tiny smile on her lips.

"Ava, hey honey." I heard Yosh say to the little girl, picking her up to sit on his lap. "When did you get here?"

"When the band started. Daddy had to hurry." Yosh glanced over to the band, to fast for my taste.

"Oh, really."

Jime, just sneaks in for a hug. "Ava, what's my favorite little niece doing without her brother around."

"I know Jade wouldn't have ditched you." Kazu said, ruffling her hair a bit.

"He's dancing with that girl over there." Pointing to the boy with Kuma.

I am so lost now.

"Umm, will someone please tell me what's going on . . . "

A woman called for the girl but the buffet table. Thinking for a fact that I might be asking the wrong people at this moment, seeing that they won't say anything at all to me.

For that, I just get up and walked over, calmly. Too calmly over to the buffet table. Grabbing a drink. Taking my time to look at the woman before me. The little child, Ava, hid under the table.

The woman, those her back to me. Tall, dark skin as a panther, a light color dress over it, curly hair that was only a few shades lighter than her skin bounce of her shoulders. Her long fingers pick up the finger foods with care onto her plate.

"Having fun?"

"Sorry, what did you say?" Then turning to me, with shock of deer in the headlights with her light brown eyes.

"Forgive me, I asked if you were having a good time?"

"Oh, yes, thank you." Holding her hand out to me. "It's nice to meet you . . . "

"Kaoru, brother to man who just tried the knot." Shaking her hand as I gave her my answer.

"You're Kaoru? I have heard so much about you!"

"Oh, really. From whom?"

"My brother, he talks so fondly of you and your work."

"And who would this brother of yours be?"

"Well, that's him playing in the band over there. So sorry, about coming late, our flight was on hold for a slight weather delay. He was so upset about it."

Only hearing half of what, she said, looking to where the band was. My heart just stops, seeing that face, hiding behind that thin microphone. With a smile/grin no less. Looking right at me the time singing our song.

Then looking back the woman, Hiro's sister. "Well, it's nice to meet you, too, Elina, Hiro has told me much about you as well."

Bonding with Elina was a great way to know what Hiro has been up to. Seeing as he never told me full on what was going on in USA. Knowing that the kids are his, sadly Elina didn't know how to answer of how the two children connection with Hiro, seeing that they were with him, when he came knocking on her door.

The thoughts that Hiro met up with someone while he was gone, hurt me a lot. I was hoping not to get that answer.

I would get that answer soon, when band went on break. Sneaking off to find Hiro.

Only to be grabbed by the arm and pulled into a room, where the door was soon locked in one go. I'm trying hard to fight off whoever this is. But the kiss was all too over powering for me, as it knew how to trick my body into weakness.

The kiss soon broke.

"H . . .Hiro . . . "

"Hush, no talking now." And I could only reply with heavier kisses.

But stops short, with my buoyant temper at him for taking too long. And yes, I did hit him for it.

"You think, again that after all this I would let it slip!" Giving him some mock anger.

"No, but I wanted to feel those lips before they hit me with heated words of non-love." His arms still holding me.

"You have . . . no idea how much I missed you." I tell him, letting the anger go and hugged him and tightly no less, praying that he wouldn't go anywhere.

"I can take a good guess." His voice low within my hair.

"Hiro, got to head back soon, we still have a few more hours." A wedding band member told to Hiro as he held me close, once we left the locked room. Our faces red, from a long, over due, heavy make out.

"Okay, be there soon."

And the person left us be. Hiro asking me, if I could watch his kids. One of the many questions I had for him, but I knew I wouldn't get the answers so soon.

Once I gave the okay to watch them, he went off to do his thing, as I went to go look for them. Thanks to a maid, who moved all the children to another room for play. Seeing that this night party for the adults with the skies turning so dark.

Walking aimlessly down the hallways, I was stopped short with something or someone clinging to my legs. Glancing down to see that shocking red of hair again.

"Hello . . . " I almost forgot, did she even know Japanese?

"Hi!" Her voice spoked out with a full smile.

Thank you, Hiro.

"Ava! There you are." My eyes followed to the near end of the hallway, to see the boy. Jade, is what I heard his name is. Who soon saw me, with his sister clinging to me. "Oh, umm . . . M . . . Mr. Hitachiin . . . "

Very shy, I was more thinking the girl would be. I beckon him over, soon in arm reach.

"You can call me, Kaoru, I'm okay with that." I tell him with a smile, looking at ever inch of him, seeing if there was anything that mimic Hiro. Nothing.

"Your name means fragrance!" Ava yelled in laughter. Her arms, not showing any sign of letting me go. "Mine means life of sweet melody!"

"Cute." Not knowing what else to say. "You father, ask me to watch over you two, until he's done." Taking the same chance with Ava, it was the same as her brother.

"Oh, okay, Kaoru, sir." Jade said to me, very unsure what to do around me.

I thought it would be a good idea for them to go outside for some fresh air. Walking through the gardens. And just chat. After which, Jade open up more with me, as Ava ran a ahead of us to look at the flower fields.

Jade. A bright boy he was. When he ever spoke of Hiro or Carter as he was called in the States. I did find out of how Jade and his sister were so close to Hiro.

Whoever dares to leave children at a random's person house without a care in the world, is forever dead to me. Jade was just a little over a year old, with his few months old sister at Jime and his wife's house. Hiro was babysitting their kids, while they spend some alone time together. Only to hear a knock at the door, just hours after they left.

"Dad told us that he didn't care we weren't his, Ava and I, had no place to go. Ava, ask dad first about it. I took it more to heart. Reason why I will call him father and very proud to do so."

"Very grown up, Jade." I tell him, sitting on nice, fresh-cut grass. Ava found some fireflies and was trying to catch them with her hands.

"I had to, for Ava and dad." Jades said, bringing his legs closer to himself. "With dad working so much, I wanted to make it up to him. For taking us, unwanted children, in."

"You were a little tot, Jade. No reason to go that far." I rubbed his back to ease his inner pain. "Even if you met your father a different way, his love for you both, wouldn't have been any different. That is just how he is. I should know, that's what won me over."

He looks at me with tinted eyes of deep forest and a smile. Childlike as it should be for his age.

"Dad told us, that the reason he came here was for you." Jade said out of the blue almost, sides glancing me. "Saying, that you were going to mine and Ava's Otouchan?"

My face was so red. Hiro, when I ever saw him again, I promise. This is will be a night he'll never forget.

"Otouchan!" Ava called to me, hearing the same word from her brother and came too hugged me. "You will, right?"

What Can I say to that?

"I wouldn't have it another way, Ava." Holding her close to me, looking up to see the sky clear with only stars out. Jade only leaning on my shoulder, doing a young tough guy thing, must have that from his father.