Chapter 14
As the evening arrives, Kagome wakes up. She pushes herself up from her bed. "Mom?" She calls out. She comes out of her room to see it completely dark. The entire area is pitch black. It's not her mother to just leave her apartment without telling her. She walks into the kitchen to dim the light on so it wouldn't hurt her eyes since she's still waking up. The kitchen is spotless. Typical for her mother to clean up the place. Kagome then spots the note on her countertop.
Dear Kagome
It was best not to wake you up. So I left you some food in the fridge. Your father and I went back home to take care of a few things. We'll be back tomorrow evening. Hope you get well soon
Love mom.
Kagome sighs with a smile. "That's something. I wonder what they had to take care of that was so important to them?" Kagome said to herself as she goes into the fridge to see the Tupperware filled with rice and chicken. She takes it out and reheats the food after putting them into a bowl. Little did she know that topic involves her. For now, she eats in peace.
Back at the Higurashi shrine, Ai is getting her outfit ready for the following morning. She has laid out a nice light blue blouse, and a pair of dress pants along with a black button sweater that goes with the blouse. "Hige, do you have your outfit picked out yet?" Ai calls to her husband. Hige is in the walk-in closet browsing tirelessly, trying to pick the right outfit. "Hige honey, I thought men had the easiest decisions to pick on what to wear." Ai comments to him as she peaks in. Hige shows her an annoyed glare. Ha ha Ai. That may be true, but that's just a myth." He replies back as he continues on searching the closet racks.
Ai frowns a little but stays positive. She looks through the racks. Seeing that each blouse iron and cleaned and hung up, with slacks in the same way. She sees the ties in a rack. Along with dress shoes at the bottom of the floor. Instinctively She pulls out a blue blouse with a navy-blue tie and a pair of brown slacks. "How about this?" She holds it up to him. All Hige could is nods, "You should pick my outfits from now on." He grins as he takes the set out with him. "That's what I just did." Ai crossed her arms.
The next morning, Hige and Ai drive to the workplace where Hige goes to work. "He should be in his office." Hige said as they enter the building. "He better." Ai said to him seriously. "Ah Mr. and Mrs. Higurashi. Good Morning." The one worker greets them. Hige sees that it was his boss's secretary. "Morning, Sakura. Do you know if Mr. Hirako is in?" Hige greets her back politely. Sakura looks down to the planner on the desk. "Yes he's on his break for the next ten minutes. Don't mind waiting?" She tells them. "That's fine. We can wait." Ai smiles to her as they turn around to take a seat in the lobby.
About ten minutes later, the elevator dings to let the riders to get out. Out comes a man in his middle 40's. Nicely dressed in business attire of suit and tie. "We'll continue on with our project." He tells the other man who came out with him. "Most definitely. How's your son?" The other guy asks him. "He's doing fine with his wife." The first one replies with a smile. A devious smile. "Well let's make sure that they are married for a long time." The other one said to him. "Most definitely." The first one keeps the act up. "Ok, see you tomorrow." The other guy said as he waves good bye and leaves the building.
When the door close, the man's face changes big time, to a scowled look. "Mr. Hirako." Hige calls out to him. Mr. Hirako turns to see Hige and his wife Ai with him. "Hige. You don't come to work on the weekends? What brings you two here?" He greets them. "It's a more personal meeting. I hope we have enough time to discuss about it." Hige said to him in a whisper. Mr. Hirako guides them to the elevator and takes them to the floor where his office is located. "So then what brings you two here in the first place?" Mr. Hirako asks them as they sit on the luxurious couches that are sitting from across each other.
"I'm just curious rather or not Koga told you what happened." Hige asks his boss. Mr. Hirako nods. "Yes, I got the call from my son three days ago. From what he told me was that he and Kagome are divorced. Why is that?" He asks them. Hige and Ai looked at each other, hoping one of them would have the better answer. "There've been reports of abuse, attempt rap and assault." Ai speaks out as she pulls out a few documents of claims that Kagome showed them earlier. Mr. Hirako takes the documents and reads them thoroughly. "Oh. I had no idea my son would do something like this." He is shocked to see this.
"You had no idea that Koga would express violence?" Ai asks him. "I know from time to time that Koga would through a temper, but I never expected this to go this far. I had no idea." Mr. Hirako replies honestly to the parents. "Is Kagome okay though?" He decides to change the topic to focus on girl. "She's fine as we speak. All they could do is a restraining order. Koga already violated the prohibition within the next few hours after it was made official by the judge." Ai explains to him. Mr. Hirako isn't surprised by that kind of punishment. "So Koga violated the deal. I'll take this into consideration to handle this situation on my behalf." Mr. Hirako gives the documents back to the parents. "You have my word." He swears to them. Mr. and Mrs. Higurashi shake his hand and leave the office via through the route Mr. Hirako lead them to.
As soon as Mr. And Mrs. Higurashi leave the scene, Mr. Hirako glares at his reflection in the window. "I should've known better. Koga is going to be in serious trouble." And that there he doesn't like it when things don't go his way instead of his son's way.