A/N Xx I can never be a professional writer, I am too damn lazy…Xx Sorry guys…here is another chap Xx
Tima was Mizuno-san's lawyer so naturally I went to see her a lot of times. There was a case going on and she was accused of murdering the child. There were investigations going on, yet it almost seemed impossible to prove that Mizuno-san hadn't murdered it. I tried saying that since I had the child's custody to begin with I should be able to life the murder charge but no, they said, the father had rights too.
Tima's plan was to prove that Kihono Shikou wasn't my baby father after all. She said that since I hadn't tried to do any investigation about how I had gotten pregnant then I might be able to say that Kihono Shikou wasn't the father and it was someone else. Except Haruka wouldn't agree.
"Haruka…" I started in the car on our way home.
"No!" She replied firmly, frowning at the road.
"Not even to save Mizuno-san?" I pleaded.
"I am not gonna have you stand in a court and say that you slept with some guy you don't even know jus to prove that Kihono is not your baby father," she said through clenched teeth.
"So you'd rather have the worl believe that I slept with Kihono instead?" I asked, amazed at her weird logic.
"I don't know!" She snapped and I quieted down. I couldn't think of anything else to say to her. There was already enough friction between us. Insisting would just add more to it. Poor Ami, I thought, Her mother is in jail all because of me…That's when it hit me. I remembered what Ami had told a long time ago.
"Haruka?" I asked softly.
"Yes?"
"Can we go see Ami-chan? I have an idea." Haruka looked at me from the corner of her eyes but nonetheless she turned toward Ami's place.
Ami looked very tired and stressed. There was a hint of redness in her eyes that showed excessive crying and lack of sleep. There was a slump in her walk that showed defeat. My heart went out to her.
"Hi Michiru-san, Haruka-san," She said to us surprised.
"Hi Ami," Haruka said.
"How are you?" I asked but felt stupid after wards.
"I am surviving," She managed a small smile.
She took us to her living room and sitting down I told her Tima's plan.
"That is a good plan…" she said hesitantly.
"But Haruka won't agree…" I said looking sideways at her handsome profile. She got irritated instantly.
"Now you're jus making me sound like the bad guy here!" She protested.
"No," I sighed, "Ami that's where I need your help."
"Yes?" Ami looked confused.
"Remember when you told me about the sperm banks?" I asked and Haruka literally snorted.
"Those crackpot idea of medical science…it's absolutely ridiculous…"
"Well I was wondering," I turned back to Ami, "You think you can get papers made for me there? As in like saying that how I pregnant was through the sperm bank and not by Kihono?" It was a dangerous thing to do, but it was the only thing I can think. I could see Haruka was about to object to this too. Ami just looked very puzzled.
"Michiru-san that is very…dangerous…I don't know…" she trailed off.
"Look, Ami, just see if you can," I told her, "If it's hard, then don't do it, okay?" Out of the corner of my eye I saw Haruka frowning and Ami was still hesitating. Then she finally sighed.
"Alright, I'll see what can be done," she smiled.
"Great!" I beamed, "Thanks a lot, it'll really help." Then we left.
"You know what you're gonna do is wrong," Haruka stated at home.
"Not as wrong as what they did to me," I scowled.
"Michi…" she started but I stopped her.
"No, don't start," I said annoyed, "My life has been turned upside down ever since all this happened. Now finally I am getting some control. Let me get back at them. In my way. It's illegal, yes, but it's the only thing I can think of." Haruka just moved closer to me and put her arms around me. Her warmth and her love would keep me going, no matter where I end up at. Sighing I closed my eyes and let go of all worries.
Three days later I was in bed in the morning. Haruka had already left. Suddenly the phone rang.
"Hello?" I said groggily.
"Michiru-san?" It was Ami.
"Yeah, hi Ami," I said sitting up.
"I…I couldn't find much for the papers but…" she hesitated.
"But?"
"Well…I took the liberty…and went into their data system…"
"And what Ami?" I asked impatiently.
"Well, I saw that Kihono Shikou was registered into the bank," she said softly. There was a long silenence that followed.
"Oh," it was all I could say.
"Also…" she hesitated again, "There had been an insertion from him into someone, it doesn't say the name, about exactly 8 months ago." I felt my eyes widened.
"Ami do you have the date of the insertion?" I asked.
"Yeah…" she gave me the date and I almost choked on air. It was the same weekend Haruka had went on that trip.
A/N Short but yah…heh…there ya go another chapter…sorry for not updating forever Xx
