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A New Family
Previously in chapter fifty two: As much as I would love to put her into my bed, I know she's not ready. Even though I would sleep much more soundly with her curled up next to me, I don't want her mad at me. I guess I need to have one of the maids come change her. I don't want to give her any excuse to pull away from me. But Haruhi if you only knew…he laid her in the bed and kissed her cheek. Then, against his own wishes, but because he knew that they would be her wishes, he had a maid come in and dress Haruhi for bed.
Chapter Fifty Three
When Haruhi woke, it took her a few minutes to recognize where she was. Once she realized were, she began to get upset. She remembered getting into the limo on the way home from the party, but not much more. Next to the bed, she found a bottle of water and aspirin, for which she was grateful. After consuming the aspirin and finding her bag on the dresser, she quickly dressed and made her way to the dinning room. Kyoya was there, feeding the baby.
"Good morning. How are you doing? Any sign of a hangover?" He asked as quietly as he could just in case she did have a hangover.
"Thank you for the aspirin by the bedside. But, umm… who changed my clothes?" Haruhi turned a bright crimson. She sat down and began to fidget with the food on the plate sat in front of her.
"I had one of my maids do it. I didn't think that you would want me to just yet. Although, you were very tempting, especially after your little tease the day before about my jealousy. Trust me, if I had been the one to dress you for bed, you would not have been in my guest room, nor would you have been wearing clothes. I would have had you as naked as the day you were born, and in my bed wrapped up in my arms. But alas, my desire to not have you hate me overrode my desire to hold you."
"Thank you. I am just asking you to hang in there a little longer. Date number two is next weekend, right? Plus, the custody court case is this coming week. So it should be settled by the time we go to the twins wedding. Just a little bit longer, ok?"
Since they had court the next morning, Haruhi chose to head home and spend her day at home preparing. Kyoya would pick her up in time to make it to court well before they were due to appear. Haruhi grabbed a copy of her data and had Kyoya place it in his briefcase as well as placing a copy into her own briefcase. That way, there was no denying it. No matter what, they would have a complete copy of all the data that she had for this case. In theory it should be simple, but judges have a way of drawing things out to last forever.
After breakfast Kyoya sent Haruhi home with a quick chaste kiss on the forehead. Then he called an emergency meeting of the heads of his private police force to arrange for extra protection to be placed on both his daughter and Haruhi. He knew in heart of hearts that his late wife's parents would pull some stunt. He didn't know what, but he knew that they would try something. It didn't take a rocket scientist to recognize that this was war.
After demanding that at least two guards keep visual contact with his daughter at all times he put three times the normal guards on Haruhi as well, with the understanding that they would keep out of sight. Then he pulled the supervisor who assigned the guards to their tasks aside. Kyoya asked that out of the guards that Haruhi would possibly see the next morning on the ride to the court house, he wanted Kenji to be one of them. He knew that she had a soft spot for the boy, and he for her. Kenji would set her mind at ease, or at least not alert her to the fact that he had more security on her than normal.
And while he may have acted jealous of Kenji, it was only because he missed having Haruhi just across the hall like they were when they were on the trip. He also had seen Hana and Kenji when they were off duty. He wanted to be able to act like a pair of school kids in love with Haruhi. So, in a way you could say he was jealous, but not really. He just missed what could be. He knew that it was only a matter of time, but that didn't stop the longing. He wanted more, but knew that she had her reasons for what she did.
It was Sunday, and he had no plans other than spending time with his daughter. During one particular walk through the garden, he could have sworn that he was being watched, but blew it off as being his own guards. Just before he retired to bed early due to court the next morning, he contacted his private police to confirmation that nothing unusual had gone on during the day as well as to verify that additional agents were monitoring Haruhi. He still had an uneasy feeling.
The next morning he found out why he had that suspicion that something was going down. He was informed upon his morning check-in that indeed someone had tried to break into Haruhi's apartment, but they were thwarted before the occupants ever got wind of it. After breakfast, he meet up with Kenji and one of the more senior guards as he made his way to the waiting car. Kenji had been told by the supervisor that he was to help keep Haruhi at ease, so he was curious as how to act in front of the head, who had not exactly been cordial to him recently. To Kenji's relief, Kyoya pulled him aside before they got to the vehicle and apologized to him for his recent actions. He explained that it was the stress of this case that was keeping them from spending time together the way he wanted, and thus made him feel slightly jealous of the time that Kenji was getting to spend with the woman he wanted to be spending time with.
With things settled, they headed out to pick up Haruhi for court. She was none the wiser about the attempted break in. She's looking better than a professional woman has the right to. I can already tell that she is going to keep me distracted all day. I hope this case doesn't drag on for very long. I don't know how much more of this I can handle. It's been a month since we returned home, yet the closest I've gotten to being where we were while abroad was that party we went to Saturday. That's nothing compared to what we were feeling before she found out that I had bought her a wedding set without her approval. Damn I want it to be like that again.
Haruhi slide into the seat next to Kyoya with a quick peck on the cheek and happily greeted the other occupants of the limo. They arrived at the court house with plenty of time to spare. As court started, Haruhi had to suppress a laugh when the judge stated that the original counselor was otherwise detained. That's what you get for trying to bribe me, and failing that, holding a gun to my head. How desperate were you, to do such a stupid thing?
The day progressed slowly, as the new lawyer for Mitsumi's parents was completely unprepared. Haruhi had explained to Kyoya to expect it, but that didn't stop him from getting frustrated by the repeated delays. More aggravating than the delays throughout the day was the major delay when the judge granted the new lawyer another day. Haruhi's frustration was primarily focused on the fact that this was a baseless case that was wasting the time of both her and the court's. Kyoya's frustration was in the fact that not only was it a waste of his time, but until it was over, he couldn't make progress to finding true happiness.
The end results of the day… a continuance for the next day. Haruhi had expected as much, but Kyoya was only more frustrated than he had been all day. He took a deep breath and exhaled slowly. He would only have to make it through the week. Surely that weekend, with the excitement that weddings bring would allow him to finally get that comfortable feeling back with Haruhi. After leaving the court house, Haruhi had Kyoya drop her off directly at the apartment. She would prepare alone, because she was confident in Kyoya's testimony. He would not need to prepare.
