Chapter 48
Namiko moaned sleepily as she managed to pull herself out of bed and prepared for the day. She pulled on the school's bright pastel yellow dress and her black flats. Today she decided to braid her knee length hair, her braid simple but adorable, not wanting it in it's usual ponytail.
When she came the kitchen, she found her dads in conversation.
"They'd be outdated anyway," she heard Kyo said.
"But how much new stuff can we afford?" Nobu asked.
"What new stuff?" Namiko asked as she stood into the kitchen, and grabbed some bread for toast.
Here dads looked at each other.
"We're discussing what we need to get ready for the new baby sweetie," Nobu finally said.
"Oh that thing," said Namiko.
"I hope you won't refer to your new brother or sister as a thing," Kyo scolded.
"I'll call that kid any name I want. It's just going to be an annoyance to me," Namiko joked, "that's what Uncle Ranka always told me."
"Oh" Kyo groaned.
"I could see you being a pain in the neck to Ranka growing up," Nobu said laughing.
"Hey!" Kyo snapped.
Nobu laughed some more before looking back at Namiko, "honey, are you really okay with the idea with me and your other dad having a new baby, especially with your mother?"
Namiko sighed and turned her attention back towards the toast.
"I'll be able to handle it I'm sure," she assured in a sincere voice.
"I should hope so," said Kyo, "if you're getting serious with your redhair prince, your kids are going to need an aunt or uncle to teach them how to give their parents are hard time."
"They'll have Haruhi, she'll be like an aunt to them," said Namiko.
"Yeah but your dad screwed up in teaching her how to misbehave for her dad," said Nobu.
"You didn't hurt either," Kyo reminded him.
"Anyway," Namiko interrupted, "I think a baby brother or sister would be kind of cool. Actually a sister would be awesome. I'd have someone on my team for a change."
Both her dads shared a look.
"Hmm, I supposed it would be nice to maybe level the playing field," Nobu joked.
"Mmm," Kyo groaned, "well both you and Namiko always gain up against me. If we do get another girl, she's mine!"
"We'll see," Nobu said, winking at Namiko.
Namiko was actually still smiling as she and Nobu headed out. Ritsu was already outside waiting for her. The look of her smiling looked refreshing.
"Have a good day dear," Nobu said, waving to her next to his car, "you too Mr. Kasanoda."
"Thank you sir," Ritsu called out, waving back. Then he looked at Namik. "You seem to be in a better mood today."
"I feel better. My dad's and I had a lively conversation about the new baby," Namiko explained.
"Namiko!" She suddenly heard Kyo call out from the front door. "Honey, when you come home today, let's go baby shopping. Or at least browsing, just for kicks."
"Sure Dad-K," Namiko called back.
"I can bring you home early if you want," Ritsu offered as he drove off.
"Sure," Namiko said, "I hope the garden's still in tacked today."
"I would assume Kyoya-Senpai's security cameras would work just fine," Ritsu said, "I was thinking of leaving early today myself anyway. I was going to meet with the operator of the Twee Shopping Arcade about having a booth to sell our vegetables."
"You sure you want to do that alone?" Namiko asked.
"Why not?" Ritsu asked.
"Well, it's just, we've been working on this together, I assumed that'd be something we would do together," said Namiko.
"I know, but I also have to learn how to handle things on my own, other than the Yakuza way," Ritsu tried to explain.
"Oh I get it," Namiko said. She leaned over and kissed her boyfriend's cheek. "Well this is something you feel you have to do alone, I'll be supporting you through my love."
"Thanks," Ritsu said.
When the two got to school and managed to make it past their "fans" they headed to their garden. They were relieved to see it was still in tacked with no signs of damage.
Namiko breathed a sigh of relief. "I'd hate it if we'd have to fix it all over again," she said.
"Yeah," Ritsu agreed.
"Tee-hee,"
Namiko groaned as she turned around to see Ayuka heading towards them.
"Oh look, you managed to fix your little dirt patch. It looks a little passable," she said.
"Yeah, but please don't get too close. We don't want your toxic breath on them!" Namiko said, throwing her arm up in front of her.
Ayuka giggled again.
"Oh did you hear by the way? The former garden club president is coming for a pre-inspection before his final inspection and choice for a successor."
"He is?" Ritsu asked, slightly worried. He looked at his garden again. Even though they had managed to restore, it didn't quite look presentable.
"Don't worry, I'll make sure he can come look at my beautiful flower garden before he comes look at your excuse of plant life. Maybe you can change it up a little before that," Ayuka said, giggling again and walking away.
Namiko groaned mad before once again reaching down to pick up a clump of dirt.
"Don't!" Ritsu insisted grabbing her hand.
"Did you know the former president was coming?" Namiko asked.
"No," Ritsu said.
"This is all her doing! She probably called him to ask if he could!" Namiko insisted.
"Possibly," Ritsu said, right as his phone went off. He pulled it out and saw it was a text message from the former president himself.
"Hey Kasanoda, Miss Shinneri asked if I'd like to come see the progress of her garden before my final inspection so I was wondering if you'd be okay if I also stopped by yours to check out your progress,"
Ritsu sighed as he read it before showing it to Namiko.
"See?! That little bitch! Well the jokes on her! I'm sure he's still going to like it!" Namiko insisted. Ritsu smiled and gave her a hug.
"Thanks for the support," he said.
"I'll call my dad and ask if we can do the baby browsing some other time so thatI can be here with you when he comes," Namiko promised.
"And. I'll try rescheduling my appointment with the arcade manager," Ritsu said, sounding a little upset.
"We'll get this going you'll see. It'll be amazing, even if you don't win," Namiko said.
"You're right," Ritsu agreed, hugging her tighter.
"No honey, I understand, that does sound important. We can try baby shopping another day. Good luck sweetie," Kyo assured his daughter over the phone. He hung and sighed.
"Well, guess I'll just keep looking at these color swatches for the baby's room," he said to himself.
Just than his doorbell rang. He hurried over to the door and was surprised to see Sachi there.
"Hey," she said, "I was wondering if you weren't busy enough to maybe go over our legal agreement about your second baby," she said.
"Sure, come in," Kyo said.
The two sat down in the kitchen as Kyo pulled out some of the paper work.
"So should we keep it the same as last time with the same amount?" Kyo asked.
"Actually, I don't need too much money this time around. The last time I was a surrogate mother, I was just starting to get on my feet, start my business and all. But now my business is booming and I'm good financially speaking. So you can cut my pay in half or even more if you wanted to. Save it for Namiko and the new baby."
"You sure?" Kyo asked. Sachi nodded. "Well okay, I'll write that up."
"I was also thinking that if you ever need financial support for your children, you can add me down as a benefactor. I mean, I probably will get a little more involved this time. Namiko knows who I am now and I don't want to hurt the next one by them thinking it didn't want them like Namiko assumed, but I will gladly help if need be."
"Okay, we'll add that to the contract then," said Kyo.
"May I ask one more thing?" Sachi asked.
"Sure," said Kyo.
"Can I offer a suggestion for a name for the baby? You don't have to like it, but I did want to throw one out there," said Sachi.
"Well of course, please by all means," said Kyo.
"Well, I was thinking for a girl Miyuki and a boy Akihiko," said Sachi.
"Oh those sound like nice names," said Kyo, "I will definitely keep those in mind."
"Thanks," Sachi said, "well, I'll make sure to set up an appointment with the fertility doctor to try and figure out when my body is ready again and I'll let you know when we could try."
"Thank you so much for doing this again for us Sachi! I know it's hard on you especially now," Kyo said as the two stood up and he actually hugged the woman.
"Thank you for letting me know I can do something good in this world," Sachi replied.
All during the day, Namiko and Ritsu could feel the nervousness of the former president's visit building up inside of them.
The two barely ate their lunches and instead sat together holding hands off in the corner during the whole lunch period.
"You know what?" Hikaru said as the host club watched the couple from a nearby table.
"We should even the stakes by doing a little "work" on the psycho princess's garden," said Kaoru.
"No!" Tamaki declared, "it'll just get pinned back on Bossanova and the last thing he'll need is more trouble with the candidacy for garden club president."
"Fine," muttered the twins, slouching in their seats, no doubt disappointed they wouldn't be allowed to try whatever evil scheme they had concocted.
"I'm sure the former president will understand if something happened to the garden that was beyond their control," Haruhi brought up hopefully.
"You're very optimistic Haruhi," Kyoya said, "and in this case, your optimism maybe rewarded. The former president is a rather reasonable man so, if Bossanova and Namiko can present their argument well enough for why the garden is in not quite tip-top shape, he should be more than understanding of the situation."
"I'm glad," said Haruhi.
Just then she felt something buzzing in her pocket. "Why am I getting a text from Hunny-senpai?" She asked out loud.
Nearby at the other table, Namiko was getting a text from Hunny as well.
It read, Nami-Chan, Haru-Chan, I have a special surprise for you today for gardening. meet me by the outdoor girls bathroom near Boss-Chan's garden after school okay?
"A surprise for gardening?" Namiko asked out loud, "let's hope whatever it is, it can help with the former president."
"Yeah," she heard Ritsu mutter.
"That's Mori-Senpai's line remember?" Namiko joked. She squeezed Ritsu's hand tighter. "Don't worry, no matter what happens today, even if he's disgusted with the garden wet still have time before the final decision to sprooce it up right?"
"You're right," Ritsu said, "I just, I've really been feeling proud of our garden lately and to have it get destroyed and have the former president not see who it looked like when it was great shape, it's just...,"
He felt another squeeze from Namiko, "I'm sure he'll be impressed, so don't worry about it. You know how I know? Because I'm impressed with you and your work."
"Thanks Namiko," Ritsu said, stealing a quick kiss.
After school that day, Haruhi and Namiko went to meet up with Hunny-senpai as well as Mori, while Ritsu found himself standing on the edge of his garden along with the host club and his other volunteers. The garden still looked in tack at least.
"I supposed this will just have to do," Ritsu said at last.
"It'll be fine Bossanova, you'll see!" Tamaki assured him, patting his back.
"Let's hope so," Ritsu said.
"Oh," he and Tamaki suddenly heard the twins say.
"Well, if the garden's not that great looking," said Hikaru.
"There's is something here that is easy on the eyes," said Kaoru.
"What?" Ritsu asked as he and Tamaki turned around to see Hunny and Mori heading towards them followed by Haruhi and Namiko wearing some sexy garden outfits. Both of the girls has pink cheeks as they walked closer wearing peasant top dresses with a heart applique. The midriff of the dress was a green overall style while the bust and hips area on Namiko was white with a yellow lattice design while Haruhi's was white with a blue lattice design. Namiko's large bust and wider hips gave her this sexy curvy look while Haruhi's smaller figure best featured her waist and B- cup bust. They were wearing green flats to bring the look all together.
"You're welcome," Hunny whispered to Hikaru and Kaoru.
"Nice," said both twins, goofy smiles on their faces as they eyed the girls.
Ritsu and Tamaki gulped at the sight of the Fujioka girls in their outfits.
Ritsu stared at Namiko as her large E-cup breasts were contained, but still managed to spill over the top off the dress and her curvy figure made him go red.
Tamaki looked at Haruhi, his face red as he looked at her pale legs and her dress, it complimenting all of her assets.
"I don't know if these outfits will exactly help with the gardening," Haruhi grumbled, ruffling the bottom, the wind on her legs.
"Oh I don't know," Namiko said, walking towards the water fountain and cooling off her upper chest. She then pulled her dress down a little more, exposing her breasts a little more, pushing them up. "These outfits might catch the former president's attention."
Ritsu gulped, fighting hard to not let his teenage boy hormones take over.
"Namiko!" Tamaki scolded, grasping her arms gently, "you don't use your body for things like that!"
"Well what do I use my body for?" Namiko asked, walking up to Ritsu and leaning back against his chest. "Haruhi and I've got the assets, might as well embrace them."
Haruhi gasped, her cheeks red as she playfully slapped Namiko's upper arm.
"Uh," Tamaki sputtered.
"Quit while you're ahead Senpai," Haruhi advised, "so when's the president supposed to be here?"
"Soon, he texted me that he's looking over Ayuka's garden right now," Ritsu said. He took a deep breath, fighting to not get absorbed into Namiko's outfit, "listen everyone, no matter what, let's try no playing the blame game on Ayuka on what happened, especially since we don't have any solid proof. Let's instead keep talking about the good things we've done with the garden okay?"
"Yes sir," said all the volunteers.
"Hello,"
"Tee-hee,"
"Oh crap, here we go," Namiko muttered as she came and stood next to Ritsu, holding his hand.
The president and Ayuka walked right up to her and Ritsu.
"Hello Kasanoda, how's it going?" The president asked, shaking his hand.
"It's fine president," Ritsu said, "oh I'd like to introduce you to Namiko Fujioka. She's a new member of the gardening club and has been my biggest help with my garden."
"Hello, I'm Namiko Fujioka! It is a pleasure to meet you." Namiko said, her cleavage nearly insane as she shook the president's hand.
"Nice to meet you Miss Fujioka," the president said shaking her hand as well. Namiko noticed him trying hard to avoid glancing down at her dress. "So, Kasanoda..." He cleared his throat. "About your garden...,"
"We had a little accident with it yesterday so it kind of still looks a little worse for wear," Namiko quickly said as she and Ritsu moved aside to reveal the garden.
The president stepped closer and looked it over. "Well looks like you were able to clean it up pretty well. What happened exactly?"
"Somehow, a hose got left out or something, we're not 100% sure, but it was flooded when we came to work on it yesterday," Ritsu tried to explain.
"Tee-hee," Namiko heard Ayuka giggled. She had to use all her free will not to turn around and smash her nose.
"Oh dear!" the president said, "that's awful! But at least you were able to save it. That's some fine skills right there."
"Thank you sir," Ritsu said.
"What?" Ayuka said. Namiko smirked at her obviously disappointed surprise.
"You manage to keep it up and going. That's great, I'd be worried with the idea of it getting destroyed beyond saving."
"We were scared of that at first, but due the great help and support, we did manage to save it!" Namiko said happily, "oh and did Ritsu-Senpai tell you what we're planning on doing with the vegetables we're growing?"
"No, please tell," the president said with a smile.
"We're hoping to open a shop in a commoners' shopping arcade to see and or give away the veggies to less fortunate people," said Ritsu.
"Wonderful!" The president praised, "just wonderful! I'm very impressed! You've done a lot of great work here Kasanoda!"
"Thank you very much," said Ritsu happily.
"Uh, Mr. President?" Ayuka spoke up as she walked closer, bumping her shoulder into Namiko as she did, "what about my pretty flower garden?"
"It looked nice and I can tell you did a lot of hard work," the president said, "but so has Kasanoda. I'm very happy with the work you've both done. This is going to make the final choice even harder."
"Well, I'm sure the right choice will come to you," Ayuka said, walking closer to him.
"Uh, you know sir, when we have our shop up, we'd love to have you come and see it for yourself," said Namiko.
"Oh yes, I'd like that," said the president.
"Thank you," said Namiko.
Ayuka gripped her hands behind her back.
'I bet I can find something else to show him that day as well!' She thought as she left.
Namiko snickered and side glanced at Haruhi.
"Nami, I think you nearly killed that president with your looks." Hunny-senpai teased.
Namiko blushed and laughed. "Well, only one person's glance means anything to me." She said, winking at Ritsu.
Ritsu gulped and walked to Namiko, taking her hand in his. His expression was undefinable as he gently grabbed her shoulders and placed a long gentle romantic kiss on her lips. "The guys need to stop getting you in such good outfits."
Namiko winked, posing with one hand up on her shoulder and the other on her hips. "Like what you see Mr. Kasanoda?" She teased
Haruhi gasped, and meant to playfully shove her when she actually pushed her into the mud. Haruhi's eyes went open. "Oh god! Namiko! I'm so sorry, I didn't mea- Whoa!" She yelled as Namiko pulled her into the mud, running and throwing mud at her and rubbing it into her hair. "Hey!"
Namiko laughed. "Payback!" She giggled as she looked at Haruhi, her still looking cute in the outfit, but totally covered in mud, just like she was. This caused Namiko and Haruhi to laugh. "Dad-K is going to kill me!" She laughed.
"Yeah... my dad too if I come home like this."
"Yeah, want me to hose the mud off of you?" Namiko offered, still laughing.
"Please." Haruhi said as was rinsed off and she grabbed a hose to rinse Namiko off, both of their sexy outfits soaked.
Namiko took her hair out of it's braid, her hair now very wavy as it fell to her knees. She winked at Haruhi as she went and hugged Ritsu, soaking wet. "Up for round two?"
"RITSU! YOU DIDN'T!" Tamaki yelled.
"Round two of what?" Ritsu asked, his cheeks red.
Namiko grabbed the hose and soaked Ritsu. "What do you think?"
"Oh ho! You just opened a can of worms that should have stayed closed."
"Oh, I'm shaking in my boots!" She teased, all of the volunteers getting a hose as they moved away from the garden, having a water fight.
At the end of it, they all found themselves soaked, dripping wet but they were all laughing as they had had a great time.
Namiko looked at ther watch. "We all should probably head home huh?"
Haruhi nodded. "Yeah. Especially if we want our uniforms clean by tomorrow for school."
Namiko looked at Ritsu. "Hey, I think Haruhi and I will take the bus. We don't want to get your car wet."
Ritsu and Tamaki shook their heads fast. "No! We can't have you ladies taking the bus in outfits like that..." Tamaki shrieked.
"Namiko, my seats are waterproof leather, it'll be okay."
Tamaki nodded. "Same with my car, come on Haruhi, I'll get you home!" Tamaki said, his cheeks red as he gently dragged her to his waiting limo.
Ritsu clapped his hands. "Thank you everyone for coming today! We hope you enjoyed yourselves. We will see you guys friday."
"Good work today!" Everyone said as they cleared away.
Namiko got into Ritsu's car as they made their way to Namiko's house. "Hey Ritsu, sometime i'd love to come over for a while. Ask your dad about it sometime."
Ritsu nodded, a sincere grin on his face. "I will."
It was a short ride to her house. Ritsu looked sad. "I will see you tomorrow?"
Namiko nodded as she leaned over and pressed her lips against his, caressing his cheek as she could feel his hot hand on her wet back. She pulled back and smiled, biting her lip as she got out of the car. "Love you." She said, waving as his car pulled out.
"MY GOD NAMIKO! WHAT IN THE HELL ARE YOU WEARING?!" Kyo yelled.
Namiko cringed as she walked into the house. "I'LL EXPLAIN IT TO YOU ONCE I'VE TAKEN A SHOWER!
"I knew it! He was after something!" Kyo judged, speaking to himself.
"As I said! I'll explain!" Namiko giggled, knowing this would take a while to assure him that nothing, inappropriate happened.
Once Haruhi got into her house, she has just taken her shoes off when Ranka came around the corner. "Hello Haruhi! How's my sweet lil-" Ranka stared, his eyes wide. "WHAT DID THAT BLONDE IDIOT AND YOU DO!" He demanded.
Haruhi sighed and sat down with him at the table, she knew this would take a lot of convincing.
