Chapter Thirty-Eight
Four Weeks:
She was miserable. Morning sickness had her on a diet of saltines, water and little bits of cheese. She was so tired, that she felt she was sleeping from sun up to sun down. Her breasts felt like they were on fire, they were so sore. It seemed as though whenever she took a drink of water, she had to pee only minutes later and finally the coup de grace... the mood swings. Every little thing would set her into a fit of tears.
"I thought Kuon and Father were going to join us." Kyoko commented to Julie as they sat in the quiet little outdoor café. Kyoko sipping mint tea and Julie nursing her chamomile.
"Kuu took Kuon shopping." Julie told her with a smile. "How are you feeling today?"
Kyoko sat back in her chair. "A little better. The peppermint tea is really helping; although, some smells really have been getting to me. It's usually the things on the list to avoid the Doctor Kealoha gave to me. Which makes it that much easier to avoid them, I guess." She giggled. "By the way... Thank you for finding him. I really appreciate it and the fact that he knows about our situation helps immensely."
Julie smiled softly and took her hand across the table. "No problem Sweetie. I just wanted you to have an easier time than Saena and I did." She confessed.
Kyoko nodded and took another sip of tea.
"Have you been in contact with your mother?" Julie asked with a bit of hesitation.
Kyoko nodded again and sighed. "I looked her up after Father told me everything that had happened. She couldn't get any time off until next month. She wants to visit..."
Julie gave her a concerned look. "Are you okay with that?"
Kyoko gave her a small smile. "I think so. I have you and Father and Kuon here for me. I'll be okay."
Julie nodded and sighed with relief. "You certainly do."
"So how's my beautiful wife doing?" A deep rich voice, accompanied by a warmth behind her purred into her ear as he kissed her neck.
Her slender hand snaked up around his neck and her fingers curled into his blond locks as she turned slightly and kissed his cheek. "Much better." She smiled. "So, what were you and Father shopping for?" She asked as he sat next to her and Kuu sat next to Julie after kissing her on the top of her head.
"Hmm... It's a surprise that you'll get to see later." He smiled mischievously as he thumbed through the menu. "What's good here?" He asked looking up from the menu at Kuu.
"Everything." Kuu told him.
Kuon snorted. "Of course... Why don't you order for us Dad." He told him not wanting to bother with it.
Kuu scoffed. "Get your own food."
Quite a bit of food was ordered by the two men as the flustered waiter quickly scribbled down their culinary desires. "Are you sure you want this much?" He asked.
They both laughed. Kuu had his appetite and Kuon's was half that of Kuu's after their wedding night. Julie and Kyoko just shook their heads and continued their girl conversations as the boys carried on with theirs.
It was beautiful. Four bedrooms, three bathrooms, two-story, sunken living room, chef's kitchen, backyard was a private beach and the perfect amount of room for four adults and two little ones on the way.
"Well?" His deep rich voice caressed her ears for a response. "What do you think?"
Kyoko was awestruck. The house was perfect. "So, we're going to rent this one?"
Kuu cleared his throat and rubbed the back of his neck. "Uh... Actually, it's a wedding gift for you two from me and Julie." He said sheepishly with a boyish grin.
"It's ours?" She was feeling a little woozy now. How could anyone spend this much money on a gift? Everything was spinning and the world went dark.
"Kyoko!" Kuon caught her in his arms and carried her to their new 2nd floor bedroom at the end of the hall and lay her on their comfortable new mattress that was covered in soft thin sheets.
"Is she going to be alright?" Kuu asked.
"Yeah, but expect a long lecture on excess when she wakes up." He chuckled as he made himself comfortable on the rattan chair next to their King-sized bed.
"I think your mother and I can handle it." Kuu laughed as he opened the French doors to the bedroom to let the cool afternoon breeze in. "I'm going to start dinner while your mother unpacks our things. Call me if you two need anything."
Kuon nodded. "Thanks for everything Dad."
Kuu shook his head. "No Son... Thank you for catching her. She's where she belongs now." He smiled and gently shut the bedroom door.
"That long huh?" Mark asked in awe. He couldn't believe that those two had been dancing around each other for the amount of time it took them.
Yukihito chuckled. "It was a living hell to watch them."
Kuu laughed. "I can imagine."
Julie just shook her head as she browsed the internet on her laptop for baby items that she was planning on buying for her future grandbabies.
"Have you already told Takarada-san?" Yashiro questioned as he sipped his tea.
"We can wait to tell the kidnapper. He doesn't need to know right now." Julie commented offhandedly as she browsed to another page and added more to her shopping cart.
Kuu sighed.
Mark looked at her in surprise. "Kidnapper?"
Kuu nodded. "She's still pissed he took Kuon to Japan with him when he was 15."
Yukihito silently observed.
"Of course I am! He took 7 years of my baby away from me!" She clicked a little harder on the mouse pad than intended.
Kuu raised his hands in surrender. "Alright, alright... That's all done now. We've got him back and more. If he hadn't gone to Japan... Our little Kyoko wouldn't be here right now."
Julie looked up in surprise at the revelation. "Kuu... You're absolutely right! I really didn't think of it that way and we certainly wouldn't be expecting two new little additions to the family." She smiled softly.
Yukihito squealed. "Why didn't anyone tell me this?! Is this why he wanted time off?"
Kuu nodded. "Kyoko isn't going to be able to travel until they get here. She's a high risk pregnancy." Yukihito didn't need to know why she was and her manager Mark already knew. Keep it in the pack, was the saying. "You do realize that in order for me to get him that much time off... I will have to tell Takarada-san..."
In a tall building, in downtown Tokyo, an eccentrically dressed gentleman in his 50's went into a sneezing fit. "Whooh! Must be winter allergies." He commented while rubbing his nose.
She slowly awakened to the calming scent of the man whose arms she was wrapped in and the delicious scent of dinner wafting up from the kitchen. She snuggled deeper into him and softly hummed in approval of her position. His arms tightened around her and his deep voice lightly chuckled.
"All better now?" The words caressed her ears.
She nodded. "You know... You really could have warned me." Her voice was warm and mischievous.
He sighed a little. "I know, but Mom and Dad made me promise. It was their gift to us. They would have given us the house regardless." He was gently rubbing tiny circles on her back as he told her.
"Do we need to get our stuff from the bungalow?" She asked quietly into his shirt.
He shook his head and pulled her on top of him. "Na... Dad and I took care of that this afternoon. Mom brought some of your stuff from LA too." He told her as he was nibbling on her neck.
She giggled and his stomach growled. "Hungry?"
"Yeah... We better go down there before they come up here." He chuckled then rolled over with her and kissed her as she squealed.
"Kuon! I thought you were hungry?" She laughed playfully. "Mmm..." He kissed her before she could say anything else.
"I am..." He looked at her with his lusty Emperor of the Night look then nipped the swell of her breast.
KNOCK...KNOCK...
"Hey you two... Dinner's ready." Julie snickered as they went completely silent and red faced.
"Be out in a bit Mother!" Kyoko called out with a slightly embarrassed tone.
Kuon cleared his throat. "Guess we better get freshened up." He chuckled as he pecked her on the cheek and rolled off the bed to head to their bathroom.
"Alright Sweetie. Oh! Yukihito and Mark are here too." Julie added then made her way back to the living room shaking her head at all the cute little noises she heard as the couple had been trying to be quiet.