Disclaimer: Honestly, why would you be reading an Ayashi No Ceres fanfic if you didn't know who originally created this magnificant work of art? o.O;; This chapter is basically about a phone call from a certain someone ^^; This chapter is a bit longer than the first chapters o.O;; And it's only a phone call! O.o;; Ionno how it turned out that way, but it did. Anyway, enjoy! ^^
Yuuhi sat down on the sofa in the living room, holding the phone in his hand. "Onne-san?"
"Hai, Yuuhi. How's Aya doing?" the woman on the other end of the phone immediately questioned him with a hint of worry in her voice.
Yuuhi remained silent. He didn't know whether or not Aya WAS all right. 'Sometimes she seems as though she'll be all right. But then... other times she just breaks down and acts as though she's all alone.... She can be such an enigma at times....'
The silence said it all.
"I see.... Perhaps it would be better for her if...."
"If?"
"If she come stay with us for a while.... It might be better for her if she were to be around people that she is familiar with," Suzumi concluded.
"With you and Q-san?"
"Of COURSE with us! You sure are slow, Yuuhi."
"Oi!!!" he protested, seeing red.
"Anyway, ask Aya and see if she agrees. I truly think that this will be best for her. She might even have a good time here and manage to take her mind away from... Tooya."
The very mention of THAT name was enough to enrage Yuuhi. "I'll be sure to ask her, onne-san."
"Yuuhi? Who is that on the phone?" a familiar voice asked from behind Yuuhi.
"Aya...!" Yuuhi nearly dropped the cordless phone that he held in his hand.
"Gomen.... Did I startle you?"
"Not really.... It's just been a long time since I've seen you in daylight. I just forgot how you looked in the view of the light, that's all!" he light-heartedly teased her.
Aya couldn't help but suppress a chuckle at his half-joke. "Who's on the phone?" she asked again, remembering her present question.
"Suzumi," he quickly answered, handing her the phone. "Here."
Aya took the phone in her hand and held it to her ear, letting the soothing sound of Suzumi's voice calm her beating heart.
"Aya, have you been all right?"
"I've been fine, Suzumi-san. Thanks to Yuuhi," she turned to him and flashed him one of her now rare, tender smiles. Yuuhi blushed in reply. It had been several years now, but she still had that effect on him.
"You've been eating well and everything, right? You'd better look fit to me or else Yuuhi will be in for it when the three of you come stay with us next week," the woman chided.
"Stay with you?" Aya asked in a quizzical tone.
"Hai; you, Yuuhi, and Miku are coming to stay with us next week. And I will take it as a personal insult if you refuse."
Aya's mouth gaped open. She knew there was no arguing with Suzumi once her mind had been made up. It was useless. Plus, it wasn't like Aya didn't WANT to see Suzumi and Q-san. She missed them from the bottom of her heart, but she wasn't too content in them witnessing the pain that she was still going through.
"All right, Miku and I will come stay with you and Q-san."
There was a sudden yelp from the other side of the phone.
"Suzumi-san? What's going on?"
Yuuhi sat straight up. "What's wrong, Aya?"
"Aya-san!"
"Eh? Q-san!" she cried happily. Although she had to admit that Q-san could be slightly annoying at times, Aya had begun to miss the sound of her voice. She flinched as she heard yelling in the background. 'Suzumi-san sure is in a huff now....'
"So you're coming to stay with Suzumi-sama and me for a while? That's wonderful news!"
Aya laughed at the remark. The sound of her laughter was like music to Yuuhi's ears. He had missed that laughter so much; he had even begun to wonder is he would ever hear her carefree laughter again.
"So you and Yuuhi have been living together for a while.... Has anything... interesting happened yet?"
"NANI YO!?" Yuuhi cried as he grabbed the phone out of Aya's hand. "I thought I told you NOT to ask STUPID questions like that!"
"Yea, Q-san! We wouldn't do anything of the sort! We're not like that!" Aya turned beet red. 'Besides... the only one for me is Tooya....'
"Gomen ne! I just thought that seeing as you two were--" the original caller claimed the use of the phone.
"I apologize for Q's brashness, Aya."
"It's all right...."
"I hope to see you and your child in good health, Aya. We've got to go now, but it won't be long before I'll be able to speak to you in person. Good bye! And tell Yuuhi that I said 'good bye' to him as well!"
"All right. Good bye, Suzumi-san!" she pressed the 'end call' button on the phone and Yuuhi took it from her her hands, setting it back in it's rightful place atop the counter.
"Gomen ne, Aya! I don't know why Q-san said that but I didn't have anything to do with it!" he inched away from her, expecting her to slap him like old times.
"I know, Yuuhi. Q-san is just like that, that's all. So... what's for dinner tonight?" she asked, trying to divert Yuuhi from the current subject.
Although Yuuhi sensed what Aya was trying to do, he was glad that her appetite had returned. "Anything you want!"
Aya smiled once again and turned toward her room. "I'll go ask Miku-chan what she wants!"
Yuuhi returned the smile. "I doubt she'll tell you what she wants, though. You know how stubborn she is," he joked, grinning. Talking with her like this, made him feel as though everything was back to normal. 'Like how things USED to be before this whole mess occured. I realize only now how much I wish that things could be the way they were before.... Even if it meant having to accept Ceres... and even Tooya again, I wouldn't mind as long as I could have the Aya I came to love, back....'
Author's note: Not TOO much longer than the other chapters, but I have to say that it's an improvement ^^;; The chapters were't really meant to be LONG chapters in the first place so, yknow ^^;;; I'll really try and make the chapters longer but I can't really promise anything vv;; Since the first two chapters were a bit angsty, as you can see, I made this chapter a bit more light-hearted ^^ Hope you people enjoy. Read and review, please! ^^;;
Yuuhi sat down on the sofa in the living room, holding the phone in his hand. "Onne-san?"
"Hai, Yuuhi. How's Aya doing?" the woman on the other end of the phone immediately questioned him with a hint of worry in her voice.
Yuuhi remained silent. He didn't know whether or not Aya WAS all right. 'Sometimes she seems as though she'll be all right. But then... other times she just breaks down and acts as though she's all alone.... She can be such an enigma at times....'
The silence said it all.
"I see.... Perhaps it would be better for her if...."
"If?"
"If she come stay with us for a while.... It might be better for her if she were to be around people that she is familiar with," Suzumi concluded.
"With you and Q-san?"
"Of COURSE with us! You sure are slow, Yuuhi."
"Oi!!!" he protested, seeing red.
"Anyway, ask Aya and see if she agrees. I truly think that this will be best for her. She might even have a good time here and manage to take her mind away from... Tooya."
The very mention of THAT name was enough to enrage Yuuhi. "I'll be sure to ask her, onne-san."
"Yuuhi? Who is that on the phone?" a familiar voice asked from behind Yuuhi.
"Aya...!" Yuuhi nearly dropped the cordless phone that he held in his hand.
"Gomen.... Did I startle you?"
"Not really.... It's just been a long time since I've seen you in daylight. I just forgot how you looked in the view of the light, that's all!" he light-heartedly teased her.
Aya couldn't help but suppress a chuckle at his half-joke. "Who's on the phone?" she asked again, remembering her present question.
"Suzumi," he quickly answered, handing her the phone. "Here."
Aya took the phone in her hand and held it to her ear, letting the soothing sound of Suzumi's voice calm her beating heart.
"Aya, have you been all right?"
"I've been fine, Suzumi-san. Thanks to Yuuhi," she turned to him and flashed him one of her now rare, tender smiles. Yuuhi blushed in reply. It had been several years now, but she still had that effect on him.
"You've been eating well and everything, right? You'd better look fit to me or else Yuuhi will be in for it when the three of you come stay with us next week," the woman chided.
"Stay with you?" Aya asked in a quizzical tone.
"Hai; you, Yuuhi, and Miku are coming to stay with us next week. And I will take it as a personal insult if you refuse."
Aya's mouth gaped open. She knew there was no arguing with Suzumi once her mind had been made up. It was useless. Plus, it wasn't like Aya didn't WANT to see Suzumi and Q-san. She missed them from the bottom of her heart, but she wasn't too content in them witnessing the pain that she was still going through.
"All right, Miku and I will come stay with you and Q-san."
There was a sudden yelp from the other side of the phone.
"Suzumi-san? What's going on?"
Yuuhi sat straight up. "What's wrong, Aya?"
"Aya-san!"
"Eh? Q-san!" she cried happily. Although she had to admit that Q-san could be slightly annoying at times, Aya had begun to miss the sound of her voice. She flinched as she heard yelling in the background. 'Suzumi-san sure is in a huff now....'
"So you're coming to stay with Suzumi-sama and me for a while? That's wonderful news!"
Aya laughed at the remark. The sound of her laughter was like music to Yuuhi's ears. He had missed that laughter so much; he had even begun to wonder is he would ever hear her carefree laughter again.
"So you and Yuuhi have been living together for a while.... Has anything... interesting happened yet?"
"NANI YO!?" Yuuhi cried as he grabbed the phone out of Aya's hand. "I thought I told you NOT to ask STUPID questions like that!"
"Yea, Q-san! We wouldn't do anything of the sort! We're not like that!" Aya turned beet red. 'Besides... the only one for me is Tooya....'
"Gomen ne! I just thought that seeing as you two were--" the original caller claimed the use of the phone.
"I apologize for Q's brashness, Aya."
"It's all right...."
"I hope to see you and your child in good health, Aya. We've got to go now, but it won't be long before I'll be able to speak to you in person. Good bye! And tell Yuuhi that I said 'good bye' to him as well!"
"All right. Good bye, Suzumi-san!" she pressed the 'end call' button on the phone and Yuuhi took it from her her hands, setting it back in it's rightful place atop the counter.
"Gomen ne, Aya! I don't know why Q-san said that but I didn't have anything to do with it!" he inched away from her, expecting her to slap him like old times.
"I know, Yuuhi. Q-san is just like that, that's all. So... what's for dinner tonight?" she asked, trying to divert Yuuhi from the current subject.
Although Yuuhi sensed what Aya was trying to do, he was glad that her appetite had returned. "Anything you want!"
Aya smiled once again and turned toward her room. "I'll go ask Miku-chan what she wants!"
Yuuhi returned the smile. "I doubt she'll tell you what she wants, though. You know how stubborn she is," he joked, grinning. Talking with her like this, made him feel as though everything was back to normal. 'Like how things USED to be before this whole mess occured. I realize only now how much I wish that things could be the way they were before.... Even if it meant having to accept Ceres... and even Tooya again, I wouldn't mind as long as I could have the Aya I came to love, back....'
Author's note: Not TOO much longer than the other chapters, but I have to say that it's an improvement ^^;; The chapters were't really meant to be LONG chapters in the first place so, yknow ^^;;; I'll really try and make the chapters longer but I can't really promise anything vv;; Since the first two chapters were a bit angsty, as you can see, I made this chapter a bit more light-hearted ^^ Hope you people enjoy. Read and review, please! ^^;;