Settled Hearts by Duckie4rmabove

Chapter 5

Andy rolled over in bed and his arm automatically went over to the other side of the bed. To his surprise he found nothing there, it's been about 4 days since Mai had stay in America and Andy had gotten use to someone next to him. The empty space cause his brain to notice something wrong and Andy woke up not knowing why. He looked around and knew why he just woke up all a sudden. Mai was missing, so Andy climbed out of bed and began his search.

"Have you seen Mistress Mai anywhere" Andy asked as he came down the stairs and saw a servant dusting the statues.

"I saw her with your son in the dinning hall" the servant bowed as he answered Andy.

"Thank you" Andy started for the dinning hall. When Andy opened the door, sure enough there were Mai and Jonathan sitting there eating and talking about something.

"Father!" Jonathan turned around and saw her half awaken father.

"Son" Andy smiled. "Mai" Andy went over to a seat next to Mai. "How come you didn't wake me up to come down with you?" He asked

"Didn't want to disturb you" She took her fork with a piece of egg on it and gracefully lay it in her mouth.

"Father, will you come back to Japan so I can show you to all my friends that you are stronger than all of their fathers" Jonathan asked

Andy laughed. "Why can't I show your friends in America?"

Johnny's hopes let up a bit, but he didn't show it. "Because I already argue with all the kids at school already in Japan" Johnny wanted both his mother and father to be in Japan and happy about it. He knew his mother missed Japan deeply, but his father was a totally different story.

"Well when you argue with all the little kids in your school in American, I will gladly show up then" Andy smiled thinking he did something good.

"Ok father" said in a happy voice, but inside his heart was really sorrow.

"What do you guys want to do today? Since all of you have it off and it's really rare that everyone is here" Andy was so happy that they were a family again.

"I would like to see some sites... nice to get out of the house for a little while" Mai never left the house once after she came in.

"I would to!" Jonathan agreed.

"Ok then exploring it is!" Andy couldn't wipe the smile off his face.

After everyone got ready, they all got into the limousine and the driver drove them to different exciting places. When Mai would get out of the car men would holler and shout at her. Andy did his best restraining himself from going over there and punching their lights out. Mai was such a popular sight that she even got some model agency's attention. She got offer couple of jobs as a runway model...an actress...even for a model for a bunny with a bowtie magazine.

"America is quite a country...I see why you came here" Mai said as everyone was in the car and tried, all wanted to go home and rest.

"I'm hungry" Johnny's stomach growled tremendously loud.

Andy and Mai laughed at their son's expense. "Ok I'll take all of you out for dinner" Andy put his arm around Mai and ruffled up his son's hair.

At the restaurant Mai got stares and whispers from the customers and the servers. Mai was use to it, she knew the way she dress and the way she carried herself got her attention, that why she did it. The dinner was excellent and the desert was even better according to Jonathan. After dinner Andy, Mai and Jonathan went back to the house to calm down from all the excitement the day had given them.

"Master Bogard, there are a group of female in the waiting hall" the servant informed Andy was he walked through the door.

Andy thanked him and went into the dinning hall, Mai was following him of course, but he did not care. Jonathan ran upstairs to get ready for bed.

"Master Bogard!" A group of Andy's students chanted as they notice him coming in with a woman behind him.

"Students... What may this pleasure be?" Andy said calm and stern.

"Who's she?" A girl pointed a Mai.

"She's my..." Andy was a bit confused on what to say.

"Mai Shiranui of the Shiranui School in Japan" Mai caught his spilt second pause, and she held her right hand for the girl to shake. Andy with shocked looked at Mai, he was also deeply hurt, but he didn't say anything just yet.

The girl took her hand and smiled. "You're a fighter too?"

Mai nodded.

"Cool!" Another girl shouted.

They all talked for a while, some even went home really quick to get their cameras to take a picture with her. No one notice except for Mai that Andy had left and gone upstairs. By the time that the old grandfather clock had struck 10 the last person had left and Mai began her debated to whenever to go upstairs to Andy or not. Finally deciding that she would have to go upstairs anyway she started the first step.

When she reached the room, she peered in to see Andy sitting on the bed concentrating. Mai walked in and Andy's head looked up. Mai slowly walked to where Andy was sitting and waited for him to say something.

"Mai........ can I see your left hand?" Andy had a serious face on.

Mai slowly showed her left hand to Andy. He looked at it, and he hadn't expected it, but there it was the wedding ring was still on her hand.

"Now... Andy show me your" Mai knew that he didn't have it, because she noticed it already. When Andy did show her, Mai was right he didn't have it. "Did you lose it somewhere or did you just take it off?"

Andy walked over to a drawn next to his side of the bed and pulled out a little velvet bag. "Mai...Shiranui...I...why?" Andy's heart begged to find out.

"You'll see I'm just trying to help you" Mai was still in the same spot that she had been for the last 5 minutes. "So do you imply to everyone that you're not married or just your students?" Mai asked.

"Mai... we were so happy this week... we were actually a real family spending time together...Mai why did you.........." Andy was cut off when Mai kissed him. The kiss felt good as always, and Andy's problems seem to all disappear.

Andy backed up until his legs hit the edge of the bed. He bended down and was sitting on the bed with Mai in his arms and on his lips. Mai pushed him back till he was lying on the bed. Andy closed his eyes after he got himself comfortable on the bed. Mai looked like was doing a push up with Andy beneath her. Andy snaked his hands around Mai's slim waist and he closed his eyes.

Andy woke up and he saw the clock next to his bed showed 9:07 am. He turned around still sleepy when he noticed that Mai wasn't there again. He remembered yesterday night...

"I have to go talk to Jonathan" Mai said as she got off of Andy and left the room. Andy couldn't believe it; Mai was just teasing him all along. But he remembered her coming back into the room and getting into bed later around 11 pm. He remembered waiting for her till she came back, so he though that she just might have gone to breakfast again without him.

When he went downstairs and into the dinning hall, he only found his son eating his breakfast.

"Where's Mommy?" Andy asked his son.

Jonathan looked up and put his head down immediately. "She went out"

"When is she going to be back?" Andy got into a chair and motion for the servants to fix him something.

"She went back to Japan father" Jonathan softly said.

"What? How come she didn't tell me?" Andy raised his voice.

"She said she left you something in your drawn" Andy knew exactly which drawn he was talking about.

Andy ran upstairs and into his room. He opened his drawn and there it was an envelope. He pulled it out and read it.

"Dear Andy,

I want to thank you for taking care of me and letting me stay in your beautiful house while I was in America. I appreciate that you took the time to show around America too. Probably by the time you read this, I will be on my plane and off to my home where I belong. Andy...I just want to say that it was very nice seeing you again. I hope you feel the same away about the time we share together. Please take good care of Jonathan for me... maybe...somehow...you'll be able to pull yourself out of America and you'll come back to me in Japan...But until that time I will wait for you.

Love,

Mai Shiranui -

Andy flipped the page over.

Bogard =)"

Andy sighed and a tear ran down his cheek.
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Disclaimer: I do not own Fatal Fury or any of its character. The only character that is mines and from my own imagination is Johnny.