(Lin's POV)
Smiling at my family while my hand is on Mayune's lower back I watch as my mother pulls Akiko into a hug and places a kiss on her head. Watching this I suddenly realize that my wedding was only a week and a half away and Mayune and I have yet to get her registered. I quickly lean down and whisper in her ear, "Arien...we have yet to change your family registry here."
At my words, I feel Mayune freeze before her head quickly turned and looked me in the eyes as she says, "Oh My goodness I totally forgot...Oh my..." She says as she grabs my arm as she fully turns to face. "Koujo where did the last two weeks go?"
I respond, "I don't know...but I have to guess that neither of us had gotten any cases meaning every day passed us by without us noticing them." I state as I stare into her eyes.
As soon as I had spoken those words I heard my mother say, "What is wrong?" bot Mayune and I turn and see her looking at us as Dangiaxang was purchasing Akiko's new items at the register.
"We lost track of time and didn't realize that we only have a week and a half till our wedding..." I say as I glance down at Mayune before looking back up at my mother.
"Hum..." Says my mother as she nods her head before glancing over her shoulder to see father and Akiko coming back towards us with a bag in his had as Akiko hold her new doll. "Well if anything is needed to be done let's do it before we go back to the house." says my mother as she looks back towards Mayune and me.
Nodding my head I say, "Well then I guess that we have to go by the Koseki family registry records to add Mayune to our family tree." As soon as the last word left my mouth my father was right in front of us with Akiko right next to him smiling up at me and Mayune.
"That's fine at least we will get to be there when she is added to the registry." Says my father as he places his hand on Akiko's head. Nodding my head in acceptance I look down at Akiko before crouching in front of her and opening my arms. She quickly raced into my arms and hugged me I close my arms around her before standing up with her in my arms. I rested her on my left arm and began to head towards the building exit and towards the van as the others followed behind. I pull my keys out and unlock the van before sliding the back door open and placing Akiko in her booster seat and buckle her up before stepping back and allowing the others to get in the van. I walk around to the drivers' side and get in as Mayune is buckling up in the passenger seat. Smiling I put the van in reverse pulling out of the parking spot before shifting gears to dive and head towards Koseki family registry records. We arrive within fifteen minutes and I quickly find a parking spot and park the van before turning it off. Everyone including father Michel exited the van and headed towards the building entrance.
Right before we could enter the building father Michel says, "I will sit out here and read my book, this is something that should only be done with family or soon to be family." He says as he pulls his book out of his back pocket before sitting down at one of the benches near the entrance and begins to read.
Mayune then says, "Are you sure?"
Father Michel then says, "I am positive...go and do everything you need to do."
"Okay," I say as I give him a nod of thanks before placing my hand on Mayunes lower back and guiding her into the building.
As Mayune and I approach the desk a woman sitting there looks up and says, "Wellcome to Koseki family registry records how can I help you?"
Mayune then spoke by saying, "Yes we would like to combine our registries."
"Of course...what is the occasion?" asked the woman behind the desk as she typed away at the computer.
"We are getting married," I say causing the woman to look up at us before looking back towards the computer.
"Congratulations...may I please have both of your ID's and Social security cards?" ASk the woman as she typed away at the keyboard. Mayune and I quickly pull out what she has asked for and hand them to her and wait for her to continue. "I see that you Mr. Lin are from China just to inform you...you will have to register with them as well."
"I understand," I say as I nod my head in acceptance of what she is saying.
"Alright then here are your ID's and Social security cards..." she says as she hands up back our stuff before reaching over and pulling some papers off the print and setting them on the desk in front of her as she says, "Please sign these documents and use this ink to mark your name as proof of identity, then you will receive a copy of your new family registry in the mail. Which mail would you like the documents to be sent to?"
I watch as Mayune wrote down the address to the house we are currently staying in down on a piece of paper before handing it to the woman and saying, "This property, please."
We both watch as the woman picks up the paper and quickly types in the address before looking back at us and saying, "Thank you for doing business with the Koseki family registry records, please come again." she says as she hands up a receipt before standing up from her chair and bowing to us signaling that it was done.
Smiling me and Mayune turn around to face my parents as see them watching us I quickly held up the receipt showing the document had been filed.
I watch both my parents smile proudly as my mother let some tears slide down her face before she quickly approached us both and encompassed us in a warm embrace as she whispered, "I am so happy you are finally apart of our family officially." Looking down towards Mayune I see a few tears slip down her cheeks as she returns my mother embrace with a small smile on her face.
"Thank you, mother," I say as I return her hug. As we pull away from my mother I see that Mayune is no longer crying she is just smiling as she rubs away the last of the remanents of tears off her face. I feel Mayune grab my hand as she looks up at me while staring me in the eyes.
"I love you Koujo." Says Mayune as she keeps eye contact with me before she gets on her toes and gives my cheek a kiss.
"EWWW!" Says Akiko as she takes a step back as she looks at the both of us before coming up to us and giving our legs a hug. After releasing our legs she looks up at us and asks, "Can we go to the house now?"
"Sure... let's go father Michel must be bored waiting for us to finish." Says Mayune as she puts her hand out for Akiko to grab. Once Akiko has hold of her hand we all started for the exit as soon as we were outside father Maichel spotted us and got up to join us as we head back towards the van.
"Congratulations." Says father Michel as he started to walk alongside me.
"Thank you, Michel," I say as I nod my head at him before continuing to walk to the van. Once everyone is inside I begin the drive home where the others were waiting for us to return. As we approach the house after almost an hour drive the gates open allowing us to drive up to the house and park the van in the shade of a tree. I feel that time went quickly as Mayune and I made dinner for everyone. I remember Akiko giggling as she ate pasta for the first time and had some difficulties using a fork, and Mayune had to teach her how to hold it so she could eat. I remember Akiko crying as we walked her to Father James where I whispered to her, "Akiko we will be back for you tomorrow...please don't cry." As I pull her in for a hug before I watch father James lead her inside the building as she waved good-bye.
As we got back to the house Mayune and I walked back to our room where I pulled Mayune flush against my body as she slipped her arms around my neck. I press my lips to her as I squeeze her hips before pulling out of the kiss and allowing her to go get ready for bed. I turn and go to the dresser and pull out my pajamas as I took off my tie and work shirt and dropping it into the laundry basket. I quickly slip out of my pants and change my underwear before slipping on my pajama bottoms. As I finish putting them on Mayune walks out of the bathroom ready for bed as she slowly walked over to the bed and crawled under the sheets.
I do the same and pull her against me as place a soft kiss on her color bone. Shortly after I feel her lips press to my chest I feel her breaths even out as my eyes slowly close bringing nothing but darkness. The next morning I feel the warmth of Mayune's head on my chest and smiling I allow my hand to rub up and down her back drawing her from her slumber. Looking down at her face I see when she opens her eyes and looks up me with a small smile on her face as she whispers, "I love you." and she gets up and presses and a soft kiss to my lips.
We both slip out of bed and get ready for the day once I am fully dressed in my normal work shirt and tie I look over as Mayune finishes putting on her makeup. She is wearing a white dress with a gray cardigan wrap with gray pumps as I look at her through the reflection of the mirror I see that she is smirking at catching me checking her out. "Like what you see?" Mayune says as she turns around to face me as she pulls her hair over onto her left shoulder.
"Most definitely," I respond with a smirk as I walk up to her and pull her flush with my body and kiss her causing her to lose her breath before I release her from my hold. "Come on we best get going everyone must be waiting for us."
"Okay," Says Mayune as she grabs my hand and follows me out of the room and closes the door behind her as we head to the kitchen. As we enter the kitchen we find that breakfast has been made and everyone is already eating, so Mayune and I grab our seats and begin to join them in eating.
Once everyone had finished eating and dishes were washed, I stood up and gave Mayune a kiss on the cheek and said, "I love you and I will see you later and I will talk to Noll's parents and talk to them about what we discussed."
"Okay, see you when you get home and tell me how everything goes...and I love you too." Says Mayune as she squeezes my hand as she walked me to the door and watched me leave. After the short drive to work, I park the car and exit the van locking it behind me as I climb the stairs to the office. I enter the office only to come face to face with Noll sitting in one of the armchairs reading a book. Noll looks up at me and I acknowledge him by nodding my head before retreating into my office and locking the door behind me.
I sit at my desk and open my laptop and click on the skype button and see that it is 8pm there since it was 5am here. I wait for them to pick up and almost instantly Martin pick up the phone and says, "Koujo...it's good to hear from you what is it you need?"
"I need to talk to you about my resignation," I say as I watch through the link how he will react.
"Oh...what is it you want to talk about it for." Say's, Martin.
"Well I talked to Mayune and well we have decided that I won't resign and I will continue to work at SPR with Noll but I am going to need at least six months leave may be more so Mayune and I can adjust to the family life especially with our daughter Akiko," I say as I yet again watch Martin for any emotion.
"Oh, my congratulations I did not know Mayune was pregnant." Say's Martine in surprise.
"No Mayune is not pregnant we are adopting a little girl named Akiko. We just want to have time with her as a family." I say as I looked at the photo on my desk of Mayune and Akiko in front of the orphanage.
"That is amazing...well if you need time off I believe a year is all I can give you, but if you are in needed because Olliver takes a dangerous case then I will request that you go to the case as well." Says Martin as he looks down at his hands before look back at me. He then says, "I will cancel your resignation and on your wedding day I will start your leave of absence but you will need to talk to Oliver about making it so you have more time to spend with your family."
"Thank you, Martin," I say as I allow a smile to grace my lips.
"No problem, now good night Lin see you at your wedding." Says Martin as he nods goodbye before the line cuts signaling the end of the video call.
Sighing I close my laptop and open my mind and tell Mayune "Hay I just got off the Skype with Noll's parents they are going to give me a year leave. Though if Noll takes a dangerous case I will need to be there for the case, but we need to talk to Noll about more time off to spend with the family."
I hear Mayune's response, "Wow that is a long time but I am happy, and that is totally understandable about them wanting you to be there if he takes a dangerous case. We will talk to Noll about this tomorrow how does that sound."
Smiling I allow my thoughts transfer to her allowing her to hear, "Sure I will tell him and put it on his schedule, I love you and see you when you get home."
I hear her respond, "Good, and I love you too and see you when you get home."
Laughing I smile as I shake my head before looking up at the ceiling. I quickly stand up and leave my office and head to Noll's. Knocking on his office door I hear Noll say, "Enter."
"Noll, tomorrow you have a meeting at noon," I say looking at him as he sits behind his desk.
"Who is the meeting with...a client?" Ask Oliver as he glances up at me.
"No, you have a meeting with Mayune and me," I say and watch shock take over his face before all emotion leaves his face back to his normal unexpressive mask.
"I understand," says Noll as he looks back down at the book in front of him.