A Destiny Never Considered

Author: Nikki Kou

Chapter 1

Dark Blue met identical dark blue before meeting light blue. They seemed

familiar but he'd never seen these children before. Twins, identical in every

way except gender, eye color and slight facial structure differences. Looking at

the information outside of their charts he noted their names. 'Kou Seiji' and

'Kou Hikari'.

'How strange, they have the same name as me!' he thought.

Kou Seiya had been doing his manager a favor. He'd asked Seiya to visit his

daughter at the hospital to cheer her up before her scheduled corrective spinal

surgery. Seiya had agreed but he'd gotten lost on his way to her room, 730 and

some how managed to find himself in the pediatrics section.

From what little he could see on the charts they were both born on the 15th of

July. They were about 6 months old. As his eyes returned to their close scrutiny

of the twins the boy, Seiji, spoke.

"Da...da" he cooed smiling a big gummy smile that showed two small white upper

incisors, a smile that made him seem like he was pleased with himself.

"Whaaaa?!" yelped Seiya his eyes going big like saucers, suddenly he felt light-

headed.

As if to further taunt him the girl, Hikari, began chanting 'da da' over and

over again and was joined by her brother. To compound the situation a nurse

chose that opportune moment to enter the room.

"Excuse me sir but you're not supposed to be in here unless you're family...does

anyone knows you're in here?" she said.

Seiya turned, startled out of his shock, towards the nurse.

The nurse was startled.

"You're Kou Seiya!" she stated, her shocked eyes flicking between him and the

twins, then to their name tags. If possible her eyes became bigger. "Are

they...?"

"Are they...HUH?! WHAT!? No Way! I'm only 18! I've...No Way! They're not mine! I

stumbled in here by mistake!" Seiya said trying to lower his voice, he was

beginning to hyperventilate, his face turning red.

As if to disprove his claims, Hikari held out her hands to him and said,

"Da...da" with a smile identical to the one Seiji had given him before,

miniature incisors and all.

"Look, I really don't know who these kids are...I'm here to visit my manager's

daughter but I lost my way and ended up here. These two caught my attention when

I came in here. Why do you assume that I'm their father? Don't you know who

their parents are?" asked Seiya a red flush tinting his cheeks.

"They were found in a double stroller in the park. They've been here almost 2

weeks now--ever since they were found. We do not know who their parents are so

the hospital will be handing them over to Social Services soon," answered the

nurse.

"Are they sick?" asked Seiya, disturbed by what he'd been told.

"No...as a matter of fact, from all outwardly appearances they appear to be quite

healthy and were apparently well fed when they were found. We have no medical

records on them and could locate none at any other hospitals in the city. We've

been running tests on them to compile medical information on them for adoption

purposes," replied the nurse.

'Poor kids, who could be so cruel to leave them like that? And they're so

adorable too...If they're put up for adoption they could be spilt up...probably

for good and right now the only family they've got is each other. I wish there

was some way I could help...' Seiya thought as he looked into Seiji's eyes-- eyes

that mirrored the color of his own.

"How long are they here for?" he asked turning towards the nurse again.

"I don't know. It depends on how soon the tests are completed which could take anywhere from 3 weeks to over a month, that is including the 2 weeks they've

been here already," she replied.

"Thanks, is it...is it okay if I come back to visit them? They seem nice and I

have free time after school most days. I could keep them company," said Seiya

making a choice mentally.

"Yes, that would be nice of you, visiting hours are between 8 a.m. and 12 p.m.

and 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. through out the week in the pediatric unit," she answered

smiling.

Seiya thanked the nurse then asked for directions to the room he had been

heading to before smiling at the children and leaving the room, tuning out the

cries of "da...da" that tugged pathetically at his heart strings.

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3:00 p.m. two days later...

"Odango! Sorry but I won't be able to hang with you today. I can try to meet you

later but I can't make any promises," said Seiya running up to Usagi after

school.

"That's okay Seiya. Photo shoot you forgot about?" she asked in an understanding

tone of voice.

"No, something came up. Look, I don't mean to sound rude but I don't have time

to chat. Talk to you later!" replied Seiya before leaving quickly through the

main doors.

"That was weird..." mumbled Usagi to herself.

"What was weird?" asked Makoto walking up.

"Seiya. He doesn't have football practice today and I don't think he has any

idol work scheduled this week but he left quickly today...his only explanation,

'something came up'," answered Usagi turning towards Makoto.

"Maybe he had a...doctor's appointment and didn't want to worry you," suggested

Makoto as they began to walk to the main doors of the school.

"But he's healthy...at least he seems healthy, you don't think he's ill and he's

been hiding it from me do you? Or maybe he's just sick and tired of me!" wailed

Usagi her eyes flooding with tears.

"Usagi-chan Seiya adores you, I was just making a suggestion, besides Seiya- kun

looked fine during lunch. Why are you so worried about this anyway? Could it be

that someone has a crush on Seiya-kun?" teased Makoto raising her eyebrows

suggestively.

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Sorry bout the long wait but I haven't had time lately and my modem and phone

line were both down because of lightning storms. I will try to update my other

fics soon. Till then Ja!!