Disclaimer: Mihona Fuji created Super Gals, therefore all the creative rights belong to her! Arigatou Mihona-san!
Author's Note: You know, shopping is a form of exercise! Yesterday, I was asked by my sister to accompany her in a shopping district full of affordable finds! We shopped for her new house which will be occupied next week! We are so excited! Anyway, I'll be having another day off this week to help her design the baby's room! Yhey! So, if I didn't update this story it would be because of her! Don't be mad at me, be mad at her! LOL! *sighs* I want to have a house of my own too! Anyway, read and enjoy! Xoxo.
Camryholicz: Maybe that's his weakness! Haha. Of course, Yuuya will never do such a thing he's a good guy! I won't make him do that. About the scratches, well Rei's case is different from Yuuya's case. I'll write the story about that – soon! Just give me time. *winks* Congratulations to Aya, you're right she's brave now! Haha. Actually Katase has appeared already in one of the previous chapters! I just didn't say that it was him! *evil laugh* Don't worry I'll write about the whole story – soon! You will see more of him soon! Hehe. Have a nice weekend as well! Yhey! (",
dyalicious: Oh, not yet, I haven't watched Personal Taste yet – I haven't been on DVD stores these days. Haha. Yes, he's handsome but I like the one in Princess Hours more. I like guys who look skinny. Haha! I don't know. Anyway, yes he got jealous! And he will be jealous on the following chapters after the break! Haha. Just give me time to write it. (", And yes, the lovey-dovey moments are back! Yhey! Yhey! (",
luckyclover15: That's okay, just keep on reading! *wink* You were on a cruise? That is fantastic! Where did you go? (", Oh, yeah we are all on her side! I will always be on her side until he said what I wanted him to say. Haha. (",
angeLsapphire: Oh, yes. He was jealous! And he will get even more on the future chapters! Haha. Well everything will be fine, for a few days or a day? We can't help problems from coming, right? Hmm. Katase's just around the corner so let's expect a problem. Haha! (",
Chiby Angel-chan: Whatever happened to her, right? She has been so careless, so clueless – that is so sad. Hmm. (",
"The Dreamer: My Dream"
Turning the radio did no good to what she was feeling. First she heard sequence of love songs, and then depressing songs. Wouldn't there be a station with uplifting sounds, the kind of beat which will make her forget everything for the mean time? She decided to turn the radio off and drift to sleep, she was awakened by a ring.
Her husband stopped the car on the side, he reached for his phone at the backseat. She yawned a little and laid her head on the backrest. 'Hello?' He kept quiet, listening on the caller. 'Yeah, yeah. Really?' He slightly smiled. 'I guess we will be there in an hour. Okay, bye.' He put his phone down then turned to look at his wife, 'Aya?'
Slowly twisting her head, she looked at him under her eyelashes, giving him a lazy look. Inside her head, she wondered why he called her name all of a sudden. After an hour of not talking, what does he need or wanted to say? '.' She looked into his eyes, trying to read what's in there but still she can't read anything. Are eyes really the window to one's soul?
'Aya?'
She blinked her eyes, 'What?' Has she been staring at him?
'I'm sorry.'
'About what?' She asked innocently.
'I'm just worried about you.'
'.' She embraced herself.
'This is not how I wanted things to be.' He confessed to her.
'How do you want things to be?' She searched for answers through his expression; he was good not to show any.
'The way they used to be – I mean, okay.'
'I wanted things to be that way too.'
They both agreed, 'we've fought a lot.'
'Yes.'
'I'm really sorry too; I've been so childish-'
'I've been harsh.'
'Could we start it all over?' They asked to each other, he smiled at her. Her jaw slightly opened, she can't believe that he just smiled like that. How she missed him! She nodded at him; he looked for something inside the car.
'What are you looking for?' He found a small box and handed it to her. 'What's this? You don't mean-' He nodded and smiled, she gasped when she saw her engagement ring and wedding band. A tear fell on her cheek, 'Oh, my-' out of so much joy she embraced him. 'Where did you ge-'
'Omoni found it.' He embraced her back, they embraced each other for a few minutes savoring the act and the silence. 'I missed my wife.'
Her cheeks started to burn, 'I missed my husband too.' He let go of the embrace and took the box from her, he wore the engagement ring and wedding band on her left hand, ring finger. They smiled at each other, 'Wait, how did you get the rings? Through shipping?'
He shook his head and drove the car, 'Omoni's here in Tokyo.'
'Really?'
'Yes, she's in our house.'
'I have to thank her personally for finding my rings.' He noticed that the little smile on his face wasn't fading. 'You look happy.'
'What?'
'I said you look happy.'
'.'
When they got in front of the house, Omoni was at the garden watering the plants. 'Omoni!' Aya said when she got out of the car. Her aunt opened the gate for them. 'Omoni!'
'My dear!' Her aunt embraced her, 'Ugh. What's with the clothes, is that the new fashion here? Anyway, you look thin what have you been doing? You've got to eat a lot!'
'Omoni, thank you so much for finding my ring.'
'That's nothing.' Her aunt took her arm, 'Come on, you've got to eat. I prepared so many dishes for you and of course for my future grandchild.'
She just nodded, 'Thank you. You came all the way from Seoul for that. I'm really grateful!'
'You're welcome. Now, why don't you take a seat?'
She nodded with a smile. '.'
'Your table is so small; the dishes won't even fit in there.' She said while observing the other furniture.
She looked at the table, 'really? For us I think this is fine.'
'Of course, but when you have children you should have a bigger table.' She placed the bowl of soup, veggies, meat, and dessert at the table. 'Or maybe you should go buy a big house.' She placed both of her hands near her heart, 'right!'
'This house is big enough, but I don't know.' She smiled looking at the dishes. 'Korean dishes, delicious!'
'Say, how are you? I missed you so much. I don't know what to do in Seoul without you.' Omoni wiped a crocodile tear, 'really.'
She smiled at her, 'I missed you too, Omoni.' She sat on the dining area, her aunt sat beside her. Her husband entered the house with his mother, 'Mom?'
'Aya! I missed you so much!' Rei's mother embraced her daughter-in-law then looked at her from head to toe. 'What happened? Oh it must be because of the awful news; I just thought that you need me here, I was right!'
She nodded. 'Yes, but everything's fine now.'
'Really? What happened to your clothes?'
'Oh, I-I'm actually going to change.'
'I feel so bad about everything! How can they put a lot of stress to my daughter? Look at what they've done to you!'
'Oh, mom-'
'And you,' she turned to her son 'how come no one told me about your renewal of vows?'
'How did you know about that?' Aya asked her.
'I should've been there.' She turned to Omoni, 'Did you bring the pictures?'
'Of course! Come with me, I brought the album and the video coverage!'
The two went upstairs together, leaving her confused. She looked at her husband, '.'
'Those two are very close friends.'
'I see.' She looked at the foods in the table, 'Shall we eat?'
'Gladly.'
They smiled at each other, her husband's phone rang. 'Hello? I know. I told you, I can't - we can't. We need some rest, what? Really? Then let them handle it. Just leave us alone.' He pushed the end button, it rang again. 'I already told you, it's final.'
Another phone rang, it was Aya's. 'That's my phone.' She stood up and searched for her phone. She found it near the sink. Did she leave it there? She answered the call, 'Hello? Mami? Yes, what's up? I see, okay. I'll get it. Yes, what? This afternoon? Hold on a second, I'll ask him.' She turned to her husband, 'Rei?'
'What?' He sat on one of the chairs, facing his wife.
'It's Mami, she told me that there will be a press conference for us this afterno-'
'I know.'
'You know?'
'We're not going.'
'Why?'
'You need to take a rest.'
'I'm okay. Maybe we need to be there, just to get this over with.'
'.'
'Please?'
'Okay.'
She smiled at him then spoke to Mami, 'hello Mami? Yes we will be there.' Her husband took the phone from her.
'It's Rei, our place not anywhere else. Got it?' He hangs up and gave the phone back.
Aya looked at her phone registry to dial Mami's number, she wondered why there's a registered call made for Rei this morning. Did she call him? But she left her phone, and why was her phone beside the sink? She's pretty sure she didn't leave it there.
'You can easily forgive after everything.'
'You mean what Mami did?'
'.'
'Of course, you've got to hear her side. She just loves Yuuya so much, I understand that kind of love.' She sighed and took a bowl of veggies.
Omoni descended from the glass stairs, she joined them on the table sitting beside Aya, 'Oh, young love. You're a cute couple!' She said teasing them as if they were teenagers.
Rei's mother went down the stairs and sat beside her son, 'Well, shouldn't you be giving us some news now?' She winked on Aya, 'right Omoni?'
'Yeah, yeah. Have you checked it already?' Omoni asked Aya. 'What's the news?'
She took a sip from her soup and placed the bowl on top of the table, 'Check? Check what?'
'Check your condition.' Omoni answered her query.
'Oh, I'm okay now.'
'Is it positive?'
'Positive?' Aya thought for a while. 'Since everything's okay now, yes. Yes, I guess.'
'Really?' Omoni and Rei's mother asked in chorus while clapping their hands.
'She's not pregnant.' He said stopping them from being so cheerful.
'What?' His mother asked. 'Not not not not y-yet?'
'This can't be,' Omoni took a bowl of rice, 'really?'
'P-pregnant?' Aya blushed then drank a glass of water, '.'
'Did you visit a doctor?' Rei's mother asked. 'Ugh. I know the number one specialist here in Tokyo, he can help you.'
'Why don't we go this afternoon?' Omoni suggested.
The two close friends talked, 'Right. She must go to an OB, we have to find the root cause.'
'I think your son should go too. What if he's the one who has a problem?'
'What? Excuse me, I don't think so. My son can produce an heir or an heiress. But you're right, maybe they should be the one to go-' The newly-wedded couple pretended to be not listening. 'And-' Rei's mother whispered to Omoni, 'then while we're here why don't we set the mood?' She moved her eyebrows up and down.
Aya choked and blushed, '.'
'Great idea!' Omoni winked at her and gave her a 'thumbs up.'
'I'm afraid you have to postpone whatever you're planning on. We have a press conference this afternoon right here in our house.' The two sighed, glaring at him and rolling their eyes after.
'But this is an emergency, we have to find out the problem and solve it before it gets worse!'
Omoni nodded her head, 'Your mother is right,' she turned to Aya, 'so what are you working for?'
'Well, I taught Aya how to create a girl. I badly wanted a girl.' Rei's mother answered while looking at Aya with dreamy eyes. 'Or maybe a twin!'
'Yes, a twin will be great! I wouldn't mind whatever gender; just a child would make me happy.'
'But you know, I've found out a great technique on how to create a twin!'
'Really?'
Rei's mother nodded, 'My son has the possibility to create a twin because my grandmother had a twin sister!'
'Yes, I know that! Oh, you! I'm so happy for you!' The two stood up and embraced each other, 'It'll be a twin!'
'Yeah, I've been praying for that! I'm so excited to see my little Rei and little Aya running around with their siblings. I want a lot of grandchildren!'
Rei coughed, '.'
They looked at him, 'what?'
'Why don't we just eat?'
Aya was blushing so hard and flustered, the conversation of the two made her feel so awkward.
Rei's mother sat beside him, 'but seriously, you should work on it. I'm not getting any younger; I want my grandchildren to see my youthful beauty not my aging or dying skin full of wrinkles.'
'Oh, Aya. I almost forgot – I'm sorry I used you phone to call Rei.' She winked at her. Her aunt smiled at her then to Rei. His smile reached his eyes this time, 'I remember my younger years.'
'You used my phone to call Rei?' She gasped then remembered what her husband's name there. Of course, she has seen that! She blushed then lowered her gaze, did he tell him about that?
'I used to give code names too when I was young, I gave my husband the code name prince charming.' Omoni looked at Rei's mom. 'You did that too right?' The two friends talked as if they were the only people left in the world.
She tucked her hair, 'aw, yah! Until now, my husband's code name is my highness.' She giggled while thinking of her husband, 'I missed him.'
'That's so sweet, how does he call you back? Still the same?'
'Oh, come on. As if you don't know!' She looked at her in disbelief.
She shook her head, 'still princess?'
'No! Princess? He calls me my queen!' She glared at Omoni.
Omoni looked at Aya, 'I see so much of myself in you.' She sighed.
'Don't say that! You have a sad or could've been happy marriage!'
'I'm not talking about that.'
'Yeah, so what are you talking about?'
'Her utmost love for her husband, the way she looks at him – that's how I look at my husband before.'
'Oh, really?'
'Yeah.'
'But you know, I think he really loved you.'
'Oh, there you go again-'
'Oh, why remember-'
'I don't rem-'
'You don't really-'
The newly wedded couple finished their meal and left the dining area unnoticed. They ascended the stairs without a sound, when they got out of the balcony they both breathed and laughed.
'I think that they're very good friends.'
'Mom is a total pain, to add up another one like her? That's a whole lot of terrible ride!'
They sat on the floor and looked through the glass fence. 'Yeah. It's like they are aging back, I'm worried.'
'I agree.'
'Did you see your mother's dreamy eyes?'
'That was funny!'
They both laughed. 'The way they talk, they just look so hilarious. Your mom is so in love with your father.'
'She is.'
'Is that true?'
'What is true?'
'That your dad calls her my queen?'
'I don't know.'
'That is just so sweet.'
'So, that's my name in your phone?'
She blinked her eyes thrice, 'what?'
'Nothing.'
'Your name?' She shook her head.
He looked for her phone inside the pockets of her clothing, 'Let me see it.'
'Oh,' she jumped away. 'No,' she moved away, 'don't come near me.'
'I have to see it, I need to find if what Omoni said was true.'
She felt the glass fence on her lower back, she was cornered. 'Please, I might fall and I'm ticklish.'
'If that's not my name, why won't you let me see it?' He held both of her arms.
She just laughed, 'Please, stop tickling me. I'm really ticklish, I might d-'
'No.' He tickled her until she gave up.
'Fine.' Her heart pounded out of her chest, she looked at his face and deep into his eyes.
'You don't have to deny it.'
'O-okay. Yes, it's true.' She said without hesitation.
'Really?'
She nodded. 'Yes, you're my dream. I mean, you're every girl's dream.' She said under her lashes. 'I've been dreaming about you day and night.'
He pinched her cheek, 'you're just the same.'
'You mean I'm every man's dream?'
'.' He scratched his head.
'What?'
'Yes, that's what I mean.' He leaned in close to her face for a kiss.
'You think so?'
He caressed her cheek, when their lips met he made a sound which made her startle. She closed her eyes and enjoyed the kiss. After a minute, he pulled from it looking at her then at the door '.'
She opened her eyes blushing, 'w-what's wrong? Did I do something wrong? Do I have to moan too?' She said cluelessly.
'Yes, what's wrong? Just continue! We will be quiet.' It was Rei's mom, holding a camera.
Omoni hid behind the curtain, 'just go on you two! Go all the way!'
She blushed even more and bite her upper lip, '.'
The two friends started to talk again, like they own the whole world.
'Oh, they're cute! Look at this picture, look at how they kissed!'
'Wow! That's breathtaking! It's like a scene in a movie!'
'Yes, they have such passion – don't you think?'
'Ah! Young love! Too sweet!'
'Ya, ya, they're too sweet!'
'Mom, we're here.' Rei reminded her, shaking his head
'I know. So what?'
'Yes, don't be shy! Just continue with your kiss! Come on!' Omoni insisted.
Author's Note: Finally! All seems well, right? For now, I'll be giving our newly-wedded couple a break! Anyway, in the near future there will be a problem! Haha. Did anyone catch Katase in one of the previous chapters? He was there! Go look for him. Haha. Thank you so much for all the support, I love you all! Have good week! Yhey! Xoxo.
