What Men Want
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Beyblade characters, only Gigi, Kurina, Melody, and a few others. That means don't sue me 'cuz u don't have a reason to!
Chapter 11: Melody and Vinny
~*Seven Months Later*~
"How long did you say you are going to be gone?" Kai asked as he sat down on the couch.
"I told you, I'll be home tomorrow morning, at the latest." Kurina replied as she grabbed her coat. "Now, take care of Melody for me. Don't leave her alone in the house, and I mean it. I don't care if Tala or Eni, or Tyson or Ray or whoever calls, take her with you."
"Okay, okay." He sighed.
"And try to act like a father."
"I'll try." He muttered, watching Kurina leave. She had somehow talked him into babysitting Melody. "Looks like it's just me and you, kid." He glanced at his daughter, who was watching a cartoon and drawing. He wasn't quite sure what to do, so he just sat there for a while. "Are you hungry?' He finally asked after his own stomach reminded him he hadn't eaten lunch.
"Yesh." She answered, her eyes glued to the television.
"I'll try to find something." He said to no one inparticular as he stood up and went to the kitchen. It took some looking around, but he found chicken and stars soup for her, and a pretty pathetic looking salad he'd manage to scrounge up.
"Chicken and shars! Chicken and shars!" Melody exclaimed gleefully when she saw it. "I drew you a picture, Daddy." She held up a drawing of Kai and her.
"That's really good." He was about to pat her on the back, but thought to himself, 'what the hell, she's my daughter.' He gave her a big hug.
"Can we put it on the fwidge?" She asked, running over to the fridge. He nodded and watched her put a magnet on it. "What's that green lump?" She turned to the salad.
"Uh, that's some garbage I forgot to throw out." He lied as he dumped it into the trash and put the dish in the dishwasher.
~*After Dinner*~
"Let's go to the park." Melody suggested, jumping up and down.
"Um... okay." Kai agreed uncertainly as she got her coat on. She grabbed his hand and ran out of the house. She didn't stop until she reached the park, leaving them both panting. "Come on the swings with me." She said, heading towards them. She hopped on one, and Kai pushed her until she was swinging as high as she could. He got onto the swing beside her, and pumped his legs. In a matter of seconds, he was just as high as her. "Why aren't you and Mommy married?" Melody asked suddenly, catching Kai off guard. He couldn't tell her he didn't love Kurina, he couldn't tell her that she was just a fluke to him. But she wasn't now, was she? He'd come to care for her, and love her over the past seven or eight months.
"Well..." He began. His cell-phone started ringing. Sighing, he answered it. "Hello? Yeah, of course. Right now? Are you there? Okay, I'll be there in a mintute." He pressed the off button and put the cell back into his coat. "We should be leaving now."
"Why? We just got here..." She complained.
"We can come back tomorrow, let's go." He led her back to the house, and they got into the car.
"Where are we going?" She pouted from the backseat.
"Just a little visit to a friend of mine." He replied.
"You mean the one you got pwegnant?"
"Is that what you're mother said?"
"Yesh."
"Kurina..." Kai growled lowly. "Well, I'm not the father, okay? You're my only child."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah, I'm sure." He stopped the car in the hospital parking lot. She unbuckled her seat belt and followed him through the large white building. Hestitantly, he knocked on the door. It opened slowly. Mrs. Thorson's face peeked out.
"Oh, Kai. Gigi's been waiting for you." She let him into the room.
"Hey Gigi." Kai greeted uncomfortably under Mr. Thorson's unfriendly stare.
"Hi... glad you could make it..." She sounded tired, in her arms she was holding a small body encompassed in a baby blue blanket.
"It's a boy." Cynthia nodded to the baby.
"What's his name?" Melody asked, standing on her tip toes to see over the side of the bed. Noticing this, Kai picked her up to get a better view of the infant.
"Vincent, or Vinny." Gigi replied.
"I thought you were going to name him Kurt, after his grandfather." Mr. Thorson whined.
"No, you decided that. I wanted to name him Vinny." Kurt's face fell, he turned to Kai, Melody had her arms around his neck, and his head over his shoulder, drifting to sleep.
"So, Kai. Is this your daughter?" He asked.
"Yeah..."
"How long have you two been married?"
"Dad!" Gigi exclaimed.
"What? He's got a child, he should be married." Kurt shrugged.
"Just drop the subject, dear." Mrs. Thorson stated.
"I should get going. Bye Gigi." Kai said quietly.
"No, Kai. Please stay." She replied.
"We need to leave. I'll come visit you tomorrow, okay?" He turned to the door, and left.
"Thanks a lot, dad." Gigi grumbled.
"What did I do?" He asked innocently.
"I think you know."
"Go out there and apologize to that young man, what has he ever done to you? You know fully well it's not his fault he has a daughter." Cynthia ordered. "Now go." Kurt sighed and exited the room. He looked down the hall, no one was in sight. Sighing, he jogged down the hall, and out of the hospital. He spotted Kai and Melody on the sidewalk. He went up to him, and touched his shoulder.
"What do you want?" Kai snapped.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make you feel bad, or ashamed." Kurt replied guiltily. "I should be ashamed of myself. Gigi's had a lot of boyfriends, and I just thought you'd be like the rest, uncaring, only wanting to get girls pregnant. Cause that's what men want, right? But, you turned out to be different. Come on, you pummeled the kid who raped her, and if that wasn't showing love and caring, I don't know what is. I was wrong about you, I was just scared you'd hurt her like the others. But, you've stayed by her side for the past ten months or so. And I'm sorry I asked about you being married to Kurina and all, I was just mad that Gigi wasn't doing what I thought was right. Heck, I didn't even want her to have the baby, let alone name it Vinny. But now, whatever's best for Gigi is best for me."
"That was quite a speech." Kai stated.
"Gigi wants to see you." Mr. Thorson responded and led them back into the hospital.
Okay. Sorry if that was too short. Guess what? The next chapter is going to be the last, no doubt about it. I'm really sorry, for those of you who care. I hope you've enjoyed it this far, but you must have if you're even reading this. Thanks a bunch, reviewers! Please stay tuned for Chapter 12, the final chapter of this fic. Please R'N'R!! :)
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Beyblade characters, only Gigi, Kurina, Melody, and a few others. That means don't sue me 'cuz u don't have a reason to!
Chapter 11: Melody and Vinny
~*Seven Months Later*~
"How long did you say you are going to be gone?" Kai asked as he sat down on the couch.
"I told you, I'll be home tomorrow morning, at the latest." Kurina replied as she grabbed her coat. "Now, take care of Melody for me. Don't leave her alone in the house, and I mean it. I don't care if Tala or Eni, or Tyson or Ray or whoever calls, take her with you."
"Okay, okay." He sighed.
"And try to act like a father."
"I'll try." He muttered, watching Kurina leave. She had somehow talked him into babysitting Melody. "Looks like it's just me and you, kid." He glanced at his daughter, who was watching a cartoon and drawing. He wasn't quite sure what to do, so he just sat there for a while. "Are you hungry?' He finally asked after his own stomach reminded him he hadn't eaten lunch.
"Yesh." She answered, her eyes glued to the television.
"I'll try to find something." He said to no one inparticular as he stood up and went to the kitchen. It took some looking around, but he found chicken and stars soup for her, and a pretty pathetic looking salad he'd manage to scrounge up.
"Chicken and shars! Chicken and shars!" Melody exclaimed gleefully when she saw it. "I drew you a picture, Daddy." She held up a drawing of Kai and her.
"That's really good." He was about to pat her on the back, but thought to himself, 'what the hell, she's my daughter.' He gave her a big hug.
"Can we put it on the fwidge?" She asked, running over to the fridge. He nodded and watched her put a magnet on it. "What's that green lump?" She turned to the salad.
"Uh, that's some garbage I forgot to throw out." He lied as he dumped it into the trash and put the dish in the dishwasher.
~*After Dinner*~
"Let's go to the park." Melody suggested, jumping up and down.
"Um... okay." Kai agreed uncertainly as she got her coat on. She grabbed his hand and ran out of the house. She didn't stop until she reached the park, leaving them both panting. "Come on the swings with me." She said, heading towards them. She hopped on one, and Kai pushed her until she was swinging as high as she could. He got onto the swing beside her, and pumped his legs. In a matter of seconds, he was just as high as her. "Why aren't you and Mommy married?" Melody asked suddenly, catching Kai off guard. He couldn't tell her he didn't love Kurina, he couldn't tell her that she was just a fluke to him. But she wasn't now, was she? He'd come to care for her, and love her over the past seven or eight months.
"Well..." He began. His cell-phone started ringing. Sighing, he answered it. "Hello? Yeah, of course. Right now? Are you there? Okay, I'll be there in a mintute." He pressed the off button and put the cell back into his coat. "We should be leaving now."
"Why? We just got here..." She complained.
"We can come back tomorrow, let's go." He led her back to the house, and they got into the car.
"Where are we going?" She pouted from the backseat.
"Just a little visit to a friend of mine." He replied.
"You mean the one you got pwegnant?"
"Is that what you're mother said?"
"Yesh."
"Kurina..." Kai growled lowly. "Well, I'm not the father, okay? You're my only child."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah, I'm sure." He stopped the car in the hospital parking lot. She unbuckled her seat belt and followed him through the large white building. Hestitantly, he knocked on the door. It opened slowly. Mrs. Thorson's face peeked out.
"Oh, Kai. Gigi's been waiting for you." She let him into the room.
"Hey Gigi." Kai greeted uncomfortably under Mr. Thorson's unfriendly stare.
"Hi... glad you could make it..." She sounded tired, in her arms she was holding a small body encompassed in a baby blue blanket.
"It's a boy." Cynthia nodded to the baby.
"What's his name?" Melody asked, standing on her tip toes to see over the side of the bed. Noticing this, Kai picked her up to get a better view of the infant.
"Vincent, or Vinny." Gigi replied.
"I thought you were going to name him Kurt, after his grandfather." Mr. Thorson whined.
"No, you decided that. I wanted to name him Vinny." Kurt's face fell, he turned to Kai, Melody had her arms around his neck, and his head over his shoulder, drifting to sleep.
"So, Kai. Is this your daughter?" He asked.
"Yeah..."
"How long have you two been married?"
"Dad!" Gigi exclaimed.
"What? He's got a child, he should be married." Kurt shrugged.
"Just drop the subject, dear." Mrs. Thorson stated.
"I should get going. Bye Gigi." Kai said quietly.
"No, Kai. Please stay." She replied.
"We need to leave. I'll come visit you tomorrow, okay?" He turned to the door, and left.
"Thanks a lot, dad." Gigi grumbled.
"What did I do?" He asked innocently.
"I think you know."
"Go out there and apologize to that young man, what has he ever done to you? You know fully well it's not his fault he has a daughter." Cynthia ordered. "Now go." Kurt sighed and exited the room. He looked down the hall, no one was in sight. Sighing, he jogged down the hall, and out of the hospital. He spotted Kai and Melody on the sidewalk. He went up to him, and touched his shoulder.
"What do you want?" Kai snapped.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make you feel bad, or ashamed." Kurt replied guiltily. "I should be ashamed of myself. Gigi's had a lot of boyfriends, and I just thought you'd be like the rest, uncaring, only wanting to get girls pregnant. Cause that's what men want, right? But, you turned out to be different. Come on, you pummeled the kid who raped her, and if that wasn't showing love and caring, I don't know what is. I was wrong about you, I was just scared you'd hurt her like the others. But, you've stayed by her side for the past ten months or so. And I'm sorry I asked about you being married to Kurina and all, I was just mad that Gigi wasn't doing what I thought was right. Heck, I didn't even want her to have the baby, let alone name it Vinny. But now, whatever's best for Gigi is best for me."
"That was quite a speech." Kai stated.
"Gigi wants to see you." Mr. Thorson responded and led them back into the hospital.
Okay. Sorry if that was too short. Guess what? The next chapter is going to be the last, no doubt about it. I'm really sorry, for those of you who care. I hope you've enjoyed it this far, but you must have if you're even reading this. Thanks a bunch, reviewers! Please stay tuned for Chapter 12, the final chapter of this fic. Please R'N'R!! :)