Chapter 7 – Longing
Disclaimer: Nope, still don't own it.
Sara sat in a rocking chair, gazing out of the window. With a deep sigh, she laid her hand over her enlarged belly. "How are you two doing in there?" A couple of movements seemed to answer her. She smiled wistfully. "So you miss daddy too?"
It had
been two weeks now, and Sara was halfway through her pregnancy –
her belly now of a very noticeable size. Her mother took care of her
like she would do with a little child, but never mentioned the name
of the babies' father. She almost seemed to have repressed the fact
that her son was the one that had impregnated her daughter.
Sara,
on the other hand, thought of him every second of the day. How could
she not? His children were bouncing around inside of her, making it
feel like they were playing with her intestines. Not the most
pleasant feeling, but she was glad that she had them – no matter
what happened, she would always have a living reminder of him.
The teenager hovered between being sure that Setsuna any day now would come and rescue her, and feeling totally hopeless – thinking that she would never get away from her mother again. Although today it was a mixture of both: one side of her felt like Setsuna would burst in through the door at any moment now, while the other side felt like all hope was gone – he wasn't going to come and get her. But every time she felt down and that everything was hopeless, one or both of her children would kick and remind her that no matter how dark reality may seem, hope always were there.
She stroked her belly gently and smiled. "Don't worry, daddy's going to come and save us soon – you'll see.
Setsuna was frantic. No matter where he turned to, to get help – he always got the same answer: They couldn't do anything to help him because of the fact that Sara was a minor and their mother had the law on her side. The fact that the teenagers loved one another more than anything didn't matter, and some of the people that he turned to looked at him in disgust when they found out the reason to why he so desperately tried to get his sister back.
Today he decided to go to Dr. Watanabe. Sara's next appointment was scheduled for today, and he desperately hoped that she would go there – even if he deep inside didn't think that their mother would allow her to do so.
Dr. Watanabe smiled gently at the young man in front of him. "I'm sorry, but it seems like she isn't coming…"
"I know," Setsuna groaned, "But I just hoped that…" A sob escaped from behind the hands he had put his head in.
The doctor tried to comfort him the best he could. "If you don't mind telling me: What happened?
The teenager sighed deeply and nodded, and bit for bit he told the whole story – excluding the bit about the angels and demons and such, of course.
Watanabe sat quiet and listened to the story, nodding every now and then. When Setsuna finished, he gave a lopsided smile. "I actually suspected as much."
The teen just stared at him, and Watanabe's smile grew into a grin. "You're way too young to get married, and the fact that you look very much alike didn't exactly help either."
Setsuna blushed a bit. "Yeah, I guess so… You don't think what we're doing is disgusting and wrong?"
The doctor smiled gently at him. "I think that you can't help who you love, and that the society shouldn't try to stop you. It's not like you're hurting anyone with what you're doing."
Setsuna returned the smile, relieved that at least someone understood. Then he sighed. "I just don't know what to do anymore. It feels like I've tried everything," he said in a very tired voice.
"Have you tried to go there and just grab your girl and run?"
The blond blinked a few times. It sounded so easy when he said it like that. Why not? It wasn't like they hadn't done it before. Then it dawned at him. "We don't have anywhere to go. That woman still has the law on her side, we can't even get out of the country without her help…"
The doctor frowned in thought and then shrugged. "Then take her, run, and stay hidden."
Setsuna wasn't very fond of that idea though – what kind of life would that give to their children?
"Good luck, I hope that you'll live a long and happy life together with your children," Watanabe said his farewell.
Setsuna thanked Dr. Watanabe for his help and advice, and shook his hand for the last time.
As he left the building he knew that this was the last time that he got to see the doctor. He felt a bit sad – Watanabe was the only one (except for a couple of angels and demons) that knew about his and Sara's relationship without condemning them. A deep sigh left his lips once again; sure, he just had to go there and "kidnap" Sara – but then what? Where would they go? Where could they be safe?
After he had pondered about it for a bit, a light was beginning to show in his eyes. "Of course! Why haven't I thought about that before?" he smiled light-heartedly and ran to their apartment with new hope shining in his eyes.
Sara sighed deeply. Several weeks had gone by, and she was now in the eight month of her pregnancy. By now she had lost almost all hope of ever seeing her beloved Setsuna again; although somewhere deep inside of her there was a voice screaming that he was coming for her.
"Here's your breakfast, sweetie."
The young girl looked tiredly at her mother; she had been taking care of her all this time, but she just couldn't take it anymore -it drove her crazy! She couldn't go anywhere without her mother following her, and when ever she mentioned the babies' father, she tensed and changed the subject. It seemed like for her, the babies were Sara's and only hers – in her mind they didn't have a father at all.
The former angel looked down at her food and felt her stomach turn a bit, but she knew that she had to eat it for her children's sake. She slowly ate it, swallowing the bread with a grimace.
Afterwards she sat at her usual place at the window, gazing out on the rain.
Setsuna… Where are you, why haven't you come for me? We all miss you… Please come for us, please save us…
The young boy smiled. "So it's all settled then? We can live here?"
The other person grinned. "Of course! You two are always welcome here!"
Setsuna smiled happily and waved goodbye. "I'll see you soon – and then I'll have Sara with me!"
The person waved back. It was going to be nice to see them both again, and this time they were going to have their children with them. The person smirked and started to prepare its home for the little family.
AN: I'm sorry that I haven't updated for so long (again…) and that it is so short, but it felt like a good place to end this chapter. I've gotten sidetracked by other series and read lots and lots of manga. I have to recommend that you read Bokura no Oukoku (Our Kingdom) – that manga is just great! I'm somewhat addicted to it now. smiles sheepishly
Anyway… Just so you know – the next chapter will be the last. I don't have any inspiration for this story, so I'm going to finish it while it's still good and continue with my other fics instead.
DireSwine: Why, thank you! blushes Yeah, it's always nice to get some specific feedback. I know that I'm portraying Mrs. Mudou a bit simple, but that's actually the way I think she is portrayed in the manga. It's not an excuse, but this is: I really hate that woman! If I portrayed her more in detail… I really don't want to know what'd happen. grin
Jea Kinnaran: Nice too see you again, and thanks once again. I tried to reach you by e-mail, but never got a response – so I hope you're satisfied with this chapter as it is.
Cerridwene: NOOOO! Not my lemonpermit! Everything is better now, yes? Pleeease don't my lemonpermit away... cries Don't you like me anymore..? cries even more
