A/N: Hi! Here's chapter 3. And miraculously, that's all I got to say...
Note: Oh my God! That is not all I have to say!!! I totally forgot that Fuyuki is Akito's dad's name too!!!! Oh my God!!! I can't have Akito's dad be his own girlfriend too!!! (Gasp!!! Ew!! That's incest!!) I was just thinking about the seasons, because in Akito's family, it's like this: Fuyu (ki), winter, Natsu (mi) summer, Aki (to) fall. I forgot his mother's name. I think it was Koharu or something...if it is, then it would be (ko) Haru, spring. See? Akito's family is like, The Four Seasons!!! Hehe!! But I'll have to keep Fuyuki (the girl) Fuyuki because it's already the 3rd chapter and that would be ruining the storyline. Hehe...! Right?
2nd Note: All of you who are waiting for my CCS fic, I'm LivingDead, for the 7th chapter, I'M WORKING ON IT! I SWEAR!!
Disclaimer: Don't own Kodomo no Omocha/Kodocha, because the talented Miho Obana does.
3rd Note: Oh! I was thinking of entering the 2nd Rising Stars of Manga contest from tokyopop but....I can draw manga, but it's not good....man....I'll give it a try, anyway....if I win, I'll make sure to tell you all!!! Mwahs!!!
4th Note: If anyone is wondering why I made Rei so overprotected and mean and cold and tranvestitish (juuust kiddin) in this one, I got kind of sick of his daddyness for Sana, so I made him be more of a coldhearted one :( i know, it's weird but it's just for this chapter and REI IS SO COOL! I LOVE HIM! This is just for the story. No hard feelings.

Forgiveness, Chapter 3

(Sana's POV)

The interview is taking forever. The girl who's interviewing me, Kao, seems to be giggling more than asking. I think she's in love with me. Every time she looks at me her face turns red and she starts giggling again.
Rei is just standing in the corner flipping through a magazine. The reason he's not paying attention to me is because the magazine is one of those autobiographical ones, and it's about Asako Kurumi. There is no way I could snap him out of a reverie of his lover. So....I'll just have to sit here waiting for the ceiling to crash on Kao's head.
"So, uh, um-teehee!" Kao stifles her laugh. I roll my eyes. "Uh, um, uh, what's goin on in your love life?"
Instantly I freeze and the glass in my hand hits the floor and cracks. "Um...well..."
"I always here this stuff about you and Naozumi Kamura but I don't know if it's true coz it's in like, all of those fakey magazines. But then four years ago in the Daily Yomimuri it printed that you guys were like makin out!! And the Daily Yomimuri do not lie, girl. So...what's the scoop?"
I think that's the most I ever heard Kao speak without giggling. I blink.
"Well....I guess...we are...going out, but...I'm kind of confused right now."
Kao blinks. "Oh? Really? Is there someone else?"
Suddenly I hear a rustle of pages and Rei comes over. "Time's up, Sana," He turns to Kao. "Sorry, Kao, but the interview has to be cut here. Sana's got to go review her radio show."
I do? I thought. BUT I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE FREE AFTER THIS!!!
"Rei!!" I snap as we walk out of the building. "What the hell is this?!? I'm supposed to be free. Free so I can go have a little talk with Hayama."
Rei keeps walking. "Sorry, Sana, but the producers called me during your interview."
Oh, my God, he did not just lie to me. "REI! That is so bull! I never heard your cell ring once during that interview!" I grab his arm. "Hey! What's the deal, Rei? What are you doing??!?!"
Rei turned around and looked me in the face. "I'm sorry I have to do this, Sana, but it's for your own--"
My own good? My own destiny? I don't listen to the rest because my hand goes reaching up to Rei's cheek and there's a loud slap.
I gasp. Did I just do that to Rei? My bodygaurd? My almost-dad? My manager? The first man I "loved"? How could I? Rei's cheek is turned to the left and a burning red mark is there.
"Oh my God, Rei, I am so sorry....I don't know what came over me..."
Rei shakes his head. "Forget it, Sana....I know how you are feeling...I don't want you to get hurt..."
My face turns cold. "How could you? It's not like Asako ever left you for another guy. It's not like you've been missing her forever..."
Then, I watch as Rei lowers himself onto the bench and a few salty tears drop from his eyes to his khaki pants. First, I don't understand. Then, seconds later, it hits me.
"Oh, Rei...what did Asako do?!?"
Rei hands me the magazine he was reading during my interview. I open it up to the middle and there, beautiful and heatbreaking, is Asako Kurumi, holding hands with Takamitsu, the guy she did the love scene with in Mansion of Water. This is so, so sad...my eyes flicker over the headline, Kurumi and Takamitsu Together At Last! At last...what? What do they mean, at last!??!
"I am so, so sorry, Rei..."
Rei shakes his head. "I always knew she liked that guy better than me. If I was an actor and I'd did the same thing as Takamitsu maybe I'd have a chance, women are too fickle..." He chewed the inside of his lip.
"No, Rei, all women have different needs."
"Actually, Sana, they all need locking up..." (A/N: Got that from Dancing in My Nuddy Pants! Aha! Great book!)
In a rare moment we laugh, and Rei reluctantly drives me to the Starbucks which I was to meet Akito for the first time in a long time.


(Akito's POV)

I sit at a table, tapping my foot in time to the music and awaiting Sana, who's 30 minutes late.
How am I supposed to recognize her? I think. After all, she's supposed to be disguised...
Then, suddenly, the bells on the door jingles and a tall woman walks in.
Her hair is dark brown and wavy, just like Sana's, except their are blonde streaks all over it. Her eyes are green, not brown, and a silk scarf hides half of her neck. A subtle red lipstick outlines her lips and a velvety black coat hangs over her slim figure, only showing off her black ankle boots and red tights.
My eyes pop out of my face. Is that Sana Kurata?!?!? What the heck?!?! How did she get so sexy!?!?!? Why have I been missing all this newfound beauty when I watched TV!?!? I blink and shake my head and at least try to smile but hey, how can I? It comes out looking more like a pained grimace.
Sana (or, it might be someone different) looks around and spots me. Her pale rouged cheeks automatically turn five different shades of pink. She looks scared, almost, and a little embarassed. But hey. It's just me. What's the problem?
No, it's the fact that I am her ex boyfriend who so drastically left her 4 years ago. That's the problem.
She walks over and stops like, a foot away. Her smile (is that a smile?) looks awkward and twitchy and I can tell she's as nervous as hell. After all, I was the guy who so graciously went with her to meet her birth mother and half-sister. I knew nervous on Sana when I saw it.
"Um." Yup. That's my greeting. 'Um.'
"Yeah..."
Oh yep. I was right. She was nervous.
"So."
"Um..."
The woman at the next table slammed down her coffee and turned around. "Would you guys please have a normal conversation?!?!? Your pathetic excuse for a talk is giving my vocabulary the limits." Then she looked up at Sana. Her face changed. Uh-oh. Was Sana's disguise a failure?
"You know, young lady, you bear a striking resemblance to Sana Kurata," She said, then turned around again.
Sana raised her eyebrow. Then she awkwardly (meaning, she just did it without warning) sat down. "So, Akito. Haven't seen you in awhile."
OH, YEAH. START THE CONVERSATION RECOUNTING WHAT I DID. I'M TRYING TO FORGET THAT!!!! NOT DISCUSS IT WITH THE OTHER PERSON WHO WAS IN IT!
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"It means that you haven't been so grateful for the past 4 years that you just called me NOW?!?!"
This was not going the way I planned it.


(Sana's POV)

Oh nooooooooooooooooooo!!! I hadn't planned to meet Akito like this, you know, all mean and unforgiving and all, but I was just so nervous I wanted to show him how I felt. But that was the problem. It wasn't how I felt. Sure, it was how I felt 4 years ago but I'd forgiven him!!! I mean, I would have done the same. I was just....jittery, I guess.
"Well, I'm sorry, you know, it's not like I had the guts to!" Akito countered. My mind told me to resolve this and tell him I was all nervous and stuff, but my mouth just shot off a defensive stroke.
"Oh yeah? Akito the Great with no guts to call the girl he left in tears?"
Akito sighed. "Sana, I said I'm sorry, now cut the crap--"
"No! No, Akito, I'm not gonna cut the crap! I'm not shittin' any crap! You cut the damn bullshit and I'll cut the friggin crap!"
Akito stared. I couldn't believe myself either...had I just said all those harsh cuss words?
Um, yeah.
Finally, he spoke. "Oh, well...I guess there was no point in us meeting then."
He turned and started to leave but I grabbed him.
"No, Akito, stay."
So he sat down.


(Akito's POV)

I have never in my entire life heard a girl say so many cuss words in a sentence. Not even those punky chain-belt ones. How many words in there--crap, friggin, bullshit, shittin', damn.....I never knew Sana was capable of even saying those words in a full sentence.
Oh well. Proved myself wrong.
But then again, this whole thing was starting to get weird. She tells me to stop bullshittin' her so I leave but now she pulls on me and tells me to stay. I'm like, huh? Make up your mind, Sana...
Not only that....but the whole majority of Starbucks is staring. Thankfully, no one notices Sana....I think. She's so disguised, not even that woman, close up, knew it was the REAL Sana Kurata. Well, thank god for that. I'm not one to see myself in a tabloid newspaper.
"Why should I stay?" I grunt after the last of the staring crowd goes back to their lattes and New York Times.
Sana stared at me with a blank expression in her eyes. "Just stay, okay?"
Once again, I'm baffled at this actress' way of thinking. I roll my eyes and clear my throat.
"Well..."
"Yeah..."
"Um..."
Wow. Intresting conversation.
"So what's up with you and Kamura?" I grunt. I have to get this conversation moving in a direction that does not question my motive of leaving Sana Kurata in tears.
She sighs. "Well....lately, I've been....out of it..."
Meaning, I've been thinking bout you, Akito! Take me back, lover! All these years I have been lonely and so desolate without Hayama in my life. Take me back, Akito, take me back--!
Damn, I need to stop watching those stupid chick flicks with Fuyuki, they're going to my head.
"...and, well...I guess he's just rubbing off me....because I'm not paying any attention to him lately."
I nod. I can feel your pain, Sana.
"So how about you?" She raises her eyebrows. "Laid much?"
My mouth dropped open. LAID MUCH?? What the hell??!?!?
"Uh, well, um....not...exactly..."
Sana laughed. "I'm just kidding, Akito, stop taking everything so seriously!"
"Me, seriously?"
"Yes, you...."
Whew....at least we're getting somewhere.


(Fuyuki's POV)

Oh, what a hottie. And, the best of my luck, he's famous, too. Mr. Naozumi Kamura....has his delicate beautiful blue eyes on me.
"Got plans for tonight?" He asks me, a thickness to his voice.
I think back. Plans....oh, damn...Akito. He probably wants me to come home so he can have a nice lay again. Sometimes I wonder, is that what I'm there for!?? Some perverted slave??!
So I shake my head no. "No, no plans. You?"
He seems to be thinking for a moment. Then he shakes his head.
"Nope, no plans."
Excellent.

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A/N: Woot! I finally got this chap done~!!!! YES!!!! Thankye God! Aha....Well, R and R! And....this fic might get a little limey....considering everything so....be forewarned!!! And don't flame me and tell me I'm too young to be writing crap like this! Aha...well....^^;;