(Mayune's POV)
With my forehead pressed against Koujo's, I feel all the stress in my body leave. As I begin to relax further into his hold, there is a knock on his office door causing us to separate from one another. After I take a step away from Koujo the door opens to reveal Kevin standing there. Smiling Kevin enters Koujo's office and ask, "Hey, when are we going to get going back to the house?"
I respond by saying, "We will be leaving right now I just need to say good buy to Koujo, give me a few minutes." I watch as he nods his head and leaves Koujo's office and closes the door behind him in the process. Turning back towards Koujo I quickly place a kiss on his cheek and give him a hug as I whisper, "See you at home." As I turn to leave I feel him grab my hand causing me to stop in place and glance over my shoulder to look at him.
As I am about to open my mouth he says, "I love you my airen, I'll see you when I get back to the house." As he speaks he stands up and pulls me into a hug and places a kiss on the top of my head before releasing me.
Hearing his words I glance back at him and say, "I love you to my airen." I can tell that I am blushing slightly as I exit his office, looking up I see the members of both SPR and LPRS sitting in the living room. I quickly say, "Alright guys lets go I want to get home and make dinner and have it ready for when Koujo gets home." watching SPR I see that they are shocked to hear that we live together. It is then that I remember that they don't know that Koujo and I are living together in the same house. I ignore the looks they are giving me and head to the front door and proceed to exit the building. I quickly decent the stairs as I unlock the van, hopping in I bring the van to life and buckle up. The other members of LPRS split between the two vans, once everyone is in I start the journey back to the house. After forty-five minutes of driving, we finally reach the house, all of us quickly exit the vans and head inside after I unlock the front door. The others head to their rooms to change their clothes while I head towards the kitchen to prepare dinner. Glancing at the oven clock I see the Koujo will be home in two hours and twenty-seven minutes. I quickly pull out some chicken and check to see if the oven is empty before seasoning the chicken and turning the oven on so the chicken will cook. Once the chicken is in the oven I go into the freezer and grab a bag of mixed vegetables.
I grabbed a pot and fill it to the middle before pouring the contents of the mixed vegetables into the pot. I suddenly remember that I forgot to set a timer for the chicken, I look at the oven and set the timer for fifty minutes before turning back to the deal at hand. I let the vegetables and chicken cook as I start to set the table as I am about to set the cups on the table Kikyo grabs them from me and puts one at every spot. "Thanks," I say as I turn away and head back to check on the food. Looking at the timer I see that I have fifteen minutes left for the chicken to cook, Smiling I look at the vegetables and see that they are just about done because I had set the stove to low so it would take awhile for them to finish cooking. I take a look at the microwave clock and see that I have forty-five minutes left before Koujo will be here. As I had calculated how long until Koujo would be here, the others had entered the kitchen and helped Kikyo finish setting the dining table, Kikyo had left the others to finish setting the table as she gotten the rice cooker out and turned it so we can have some rice for dinner as well. Turning around I see the rice cooker and that the table is set smiling I look towards the living room and find all of them sitting there watching TV. The timer for the chicken then goes off and I grab my oven mitts while turning off the oven and quickly pull them out and set them on top of the stove next to the vegetables, I then turn off the vegetables and push them to the back burner so as to not burn them. I then walk to the fridge and open the door as I look for the butter, once I spot it I grab it and set it on the counter, I also pull out the soy sauce and set it on the counter as well. Just as I am about to turn around I feel Koujo's presence. Smiling I quickly turn around and hug him saying, "Your home early."
"Haha.." hearing his laughs cause my smile to widen as he continues talking by saying, "Yeah, Oliver wanted to go home early because he felt like nothing got done so he closed the shop early so he could go home and think."
Pulling out of the hug I look him in the eyes as I say, "Well that's a first that Oliver has to go home to think about something." Shrugging my shoulders I turn around and grab the butter and soy sauce off the counter and walk around him towards the table, just as the rice cooker signals that it is done cooking the rice. Looking towards the living room I see the others getting up to come to the kitchen table to eat dinner. I quickly walk back towards the kitchen as I go to grab the chicken I see that it is off the cookie tray, glancing towards Koujo I see that he has it all on a plate and that he has even put the vegetables in a bowl. I smile and empty the contents of the rice cooker into a bowl, though just as I am about to head to the table I grab both the salt and pepper shakers. I quickly set them on the table and take my seat beside Koujo, as I look around the table everyone is smiling, then all at the same time they thank me for the food even Kikyo thanks me when she made the rice. Shaking my head I pick up my chopsticks and begin to eat the food Koujo had put on my plate while the others had thanked me for the food. After a while, I feel the urge to say something so as I continue to eat I say, " I have already emailed Oliver telling him that you aren't going to help him tomorrow because we will be training Akiko." When I finish speaking the table is quiet causing me to take a peek at Koujo to see what he is thinking only to find him looking at me with no expression. At his expression, I feel dread drop into my stomach making me regret telling him this.
"Mayune... you should have told me you were going to email Olive." Says Koujo as he turns his body to face me.
I look up at him and say, "I know...but Oliver said it was fine since we have to train Akiko tomorrow...and I am sorry that I made that decision without your consent...It's still your job sorry." halfway through talking I look back down at my plate and begin to push the food on my plate around, and as I come to a finish Koujo places his hand on mine stopping me from moving it.
I look up at his face just as he begins to say, "Arien you don't need to ask to do that just let me know next time so I can bring some work home." I feel my eyes widen at what he is saying and I nod my head accepting what he is saying to me.
He then releases my hand and begins to eat again, and just as I am about to take a bite of rice Kevin says, "So where will we be training her?"
I set the rice down and say, "We will be training her here there is an empty room on this floor that is there for this sort of thing. After we are done training her and we take her back to the church orphanage, then Koujo and I have an appointment to attend so we won't be back until late in the afternoon." I say as I look at him before picking up the rice and eating again. The rest of the meal goes by very quickly after we clean all the dishes, pans, and clear the table every one says goodnight and heads off to their rooms. I begin to head to my room as Koujo walks beside me and holds my hand, as we enter the room I grab my pajamas off the dresser and head into the bathroom by the time I get out Koujo is done and quickly walks into the bathroom to wash his face and brush his teeth. I listen to the water run as I crawl into bed exhausted from the day, and just as I get comfortable Koujo gets in bed and pulls me against his body. I lay my head on his chest and put a leg over his legs and snuggle into his hold basking in his warmth as my world begins to fade black.
(Lin/Koujo's POV)
I feel her warmth on the side of my body as I wonder how tomorrow is going to go. I think of why Mayune wants to adopt Akiko and I wonder as to what her reasoning is because she wouldn't tell me anything as to why she does want to adopt Akiko. I close my eye as I draw Mayune closer to my body and let sleep consume me. After seven hours of sleep, I open my eyes and turn towards Mayune's body warmth and I wrap both of my arms around her and breath in her sent. I place my forehead against hers as I am doing this I feel her arms wrap around me as well. I open my eyes and find myself looking straight into hers, smiling I place a chaste kiss on her lips and pull back slowly releasing her from my hold. I watch her watching me as I get up and her smile never falters as I leave her alone in the bed. Turning away from her I grab my black suit with my white color shirt and the black tie and head to the bathroom just as I am about to close the door I glance back at her and see her getting out of bed before looking at me with love in her eyes. I close the door and begin to get ready for the day once I have finished with my personal hygiene I open the bathroom door and see Mayune brushing her hair. I walk up behind her and place my hands on her hips and kiss the nape of her neck as I do I feel her shiver as she leans back into my touch. Smiling I bring my hands up to her hair and grab the brush out of her hand and brush it for her as she says, "Thank you Koujo."
"Your welcome my love," I respond as I release her hair and place the brush on the vanity in front of her. She turns around and I take a step back and look her over and see that she is wearing a black dress with a red coat and a pair of black heals. Her makeup was simple yet again a light lipstick and some eye-shadow with eyeliner and mascara. I smile and lean forward and place a soft kiss to the top of her head as my right hand rest on her cheek. Pulling back I notice that her cheeks are tinted pink. I turn away and smile that I can still effect her I begin to head towards the door when I feel her grab my hand.
I look over my shoulder at her and see that she has her purse on her shoulder and is ready to leave at seeing this I turn back around and tug her along with me until we leave our room. As soon as we exit the room Mayune says, "Why are you in such a rush airen?"
I quickly respond, "I just want to eat plus the others are probably waiting for us in the dinning room with food prepared." I look back at her as we continue to walk to the dinning room.
Mayune then says, "Okay." as she squeezes my hand and leans her head onto my arm as we walk side by side down the hallway. As we approach the dining room we can hear the others laughing and talking among themselves. Right before we enter the dining room she lifts her head off my arm. We walk in to the room and the others notice they all say high and go back to their conversations that they had been having before we entered the room just moment ago. Mayune and I take our seats and serve ourselves a plate of food and listen to the conversations going on around us. As I set my chop sticks down after my last bight of food I see Mayune get up and take her dishes to the kitchen I quietly follow behind her with mine. As I stand next to her at the sink I glance up at the others still siting at the table eating when I hear her whisper, "Koujo...How many children would you want to have once we are married?"
I feel my eyes widen as I look at her and see that she is waiting for me to answer I set my dishes down in the sink and turn to face her. I pull her into me as I notice she doesn't have anything in her hands. I lean my head down next to her ear and whisper, "As many as you want my love...I love children so any would be fine with me." I finish saying as I pull back to look her in the eyes and see tears on the surface and a smile on her lips.
Mayune smiles and nods her head while whipping away her tears and whispering a, "Hum!" Which I can only interpret as her accepting my answer.
(Mayune's POV)
As I pull out of his hold I wipe away a tear a release a hum as to give an answer to his response. Looking up at him I smile and turn back towards the dishes and quickly finish cleaning them before putting them in the dishwasher. As I close the dishwasher door I notice the others getting up and heading my way I quickly get out of their way and grab my purse off the back of my chair and head to the front door where Koujo stands waiting for me, I look over my shoulder and see Michel walking towards us. I smile because I knew that he remembered that he has to be with us so we can get Akiko without any problems so she can get her training done. I look back towards Koujo and see him holding the door open for me I exit the house and Michel follows behind me along with Koujo all three of us hop into the van and head towards the orphanage to get Akiko for her first day of training. One we pull into the parking lot of the church all of us get out of the van and enter the church where we find Father James talking to a nun a the last row of seats, as the door closes behind us a loud bang resonates throughout the church causing both of them to look towards us. Father James Quickly stands up and excuses him self leaving the nun to turn and leave the room. "Your here, it is good to see you Miss. Lau it is so good to see you again and you as well father, please follow me this way she is over here waiting for you."
We follow him to another room where Akiko is sitting at a table coloring as soon as we enter she looks up at us and when she realizes that it is us she drops her crayon and runs to me and collides with my legs causing me to take a small step back in order to prevent myself from falling on my but. "EEE!Your here...I knew you would come the others said you wouldn't but I knew I was right!" said Akiko as she giggled with her hold on my right leg, looking down at her I let a smile grace my lips and she looks up at me and a stunning smile then graces her face.
I remove her hands and keep a hold of them as I crouch down in front of her and say, "Of course I did...I told you I would and I never lie to you about that." I smile at her as her smile grows even bigger at hearing my words.
"Can we go?! Can we go!?" She shouts as she hops up and down while holding my hands.
Smiling I glance up at father James and see him nod his head at this gesture i say, "Yes lets get going we have some training to do." I stand and her grip on my hand tightens immensely as we head towards the van. As soon as i have her buckled up in the van we quickly head back to the house where the others are waiting for us in the training room.
As we pull up to the house Akiko says, "Wow...this place is so big! What is it for?"
Glancing at her from the passenger seat I say, "This is my house...it was a gift from my mother that I received a long time after she passed away." I notice her mouth drop open and her eyes become saddened I watch as she looks at me.
"Your mommy is dead too?" Akiko ask as she plays with the edge of her shirt while looking down at her lap.
"Yeah she died when I was twelve... and my father also passed away but he died before I was born." I say as I continue to watch her reactions.
"Hum...my daddy left me after mommy died." Said Akiko and at her words I feel as if someone is squeezing my heart. Sadness courses through me as think 'She loses her mother and then her father abandons her, pore girl she has been through so much in a short time frame.' As Koujo stops the car and puts into park I unbuckle once the car is fully stopped I hop out and find Michel helping Akiko hop out of the van. As soon as her feet tough the ground she bounds over to my side and grabs my hand before saying, "Lets go." Smiling down at her I nod my head a begin to walk to the front door with her hand held in mine. I watch Koujo's back as he walks in front of me as we approach the door Koujo opens the door and holds it open for us, smiling I get up on my toes and place a kiss on his cheeks this causes Akiko to say "eww."
I turn and look at her and see her looking at me and Koujo as she tries to enter the house while pulling on my hand. Rolling my eyes I allow her to pull me away from Koujo and into the house. As soon as we enter she stops dead in her tracks as she looks up at the sealing. Smiling as I tug on her hand I say, "Come on lets get to the training room." She allows herself to walk as she looks around at her surrounding once we are at the doors to the training room I push them open to reveal the members of LPRS stretching and dress to exercise. All of their eyes turn towards us as I feel Akiko Hid behind my legs smiling I say, "Hay guys this is Akiko...we are going to be training her from today onward." I finish as I step off to the side revealing Akiko to everyone.
Suddenly there is a squeal as Kikyo hops up and down while saying, "OMG! She is so cute." She then quickly approaches us causing Akiko to shrink behind my legs again. I send Kikyo a glare causing her to slow down before she got down on her knees and said, "Hello.."with a smile on her face she bows slightly before looking back a Akiko and continued to talk by saying, "My name is Kikyo what is your name?"
I watch Akiko's behavior and see that she is adjusting to Kikyo. She steps out from behind my legs and introduces herself properly to Kikyo by saying, "Hello my name is Akiko it is a pleasure to meet you." as she bows at the waist. Kikyo backs away and returns to the others some of which have already gotten started on their training. Kikyo quickly takes a seat next to Kevin and begins to meditate.
I look at Kevin and say, "Kevin can you come here and watch her for a bit, Koujo and I need to get changed?"
At my question Kevin gets up and walks towards me slowly as to not scare Akiko and says, "Yeah sure...and while your gone I teach her how to clear her mind."
Smiling I nod my head and watch as Akiko looks at me then at Kevin before walking over to him. I turn around and find Koujo watching me, I smile and exit the room with him following behind me. Once we enter the room to get change I grab my workout clothes and some hangers before heading towards the bathroom. I quickly change my clothing and and hang up the clothing I had just been wearing. Smiling I step out and find Koujo leaning against the dresser in his workout clothing watching me. I walk up to him and wrap my arms around his neck as he places his hands on my hips before leaning down and claiming my lips. As we pull back I step out of his hold and grab the brush off the dresser behind him, I then put my hair up in a ponytail as soon as that is done I feel his lips on the nape of my neck before he starts to push me towards the bedroom door.
"Come on my love we need to get some of her training done today before we have our meeting later on today." Koujo says as he continues to push me towards the bedroom door.
"Okay,Okay." I say as I start to walk a bit faster and exit the room I hear him close the door before I feel him grab my hand in his. We get to the training room fairly quickly and as we open the door to the room we find Akiko sitting next to Kevin with her eyes closed. at seeing this I say, "Akiko." Her eye's then open and a smile graces her lips as she get up and runs over to Koujo and I. Watching her I say, "Come sit with me I need to explain what your training will be." She then excitedly nods her head before plopping down on the sofa next to me. I quickly claim the spot next to her and turn to face her ready to explain what we will be doing for her training. "Okay Akiko we will be training your body and mind and by that I we will train you to stay fit this is so your powers don't effect you while your mind is to not let your powers get out of control. Once you are able to do that we will train you on how to use your powers so that you will not get injured when using them." I watch her face as every word sinks into her head she then nods her head in understanding before getting up and stretching her arms above her head. Training went by very quickly today we decided to train her for three hours before we got cleaned up and ready for our meeting after we drop her off at the church. She was unhappy to see us taking her back but I said, "Don't worry I will come get you tomorrow for training but you need to rest your body must be exhausted from every thing that we did today." I watched as she nodded her head and went and stood net to Father James and waved good buy to us.