It was weird. Even if it was a night's stand that was fooled with alcohol, Sai still loved her, dearly so. The moment she entered his house after a year, his cheerful mask was shedding off. It was falling off. In this very instant, Sai does not feel like smiling. It hurts to smile. It hurts to think. That was why he hated to think, but smiling was different. If people were happy seeing him smile, then he will smile for them, even if he detested it deep inside.
Shindou Mitsuko sat cross legged onto the couch while taking out several documents from the folder. Sai had a cool exterior; he sat on the couch calmly, with Hikaru poking around with the new 'aunt' whom he had never seen before.
"You don't expect Chibi-chan to remember you when he was barely a year old then, hm?" Sai questioned his voice as cold as snow. Mitsuko chuckled, endearingly. She said nothing but just continued to lay out the documents onto the glass coffee table.
"Chibi-chan?" Mitsuko echoed, "A nice pet name. But the one who start everything was me, so the one to end everything should be me too." She murmured, putting out the last document onto the coffee table and pulled her hands back and placed them on her lap. Hikaru reached Kyoko and sat on her lap, with Seiji narrowing his orbs, looking hostilely at the woman.
"I wonder if you ever change, Mitsuko," Sai said, his voice soft and soothing, a genuine smile on his lips as he thought of the old days, "friends forever, eh? But since that night occurred, we were no longer friends, do we? An affair with a 'friend' and a 'good friend' too." Each word that left Sai's lips was like daggers aiming for Mitsuko.
"I didn't really expect the tension to be so… cold. I thought you would welcome me like before, wouldn't you, Sai-chan?" Mitsuko murmured, while Kyoko glared at the woman as though she was some alien object. Sai cackled, with a thin lace of mock amusement. He placed his fan on to the coffee table.
"It was different, we were 'friends' back then, but now, our roles have changed," Sai explained, he gaze met the wavering gaze of Mitsuko. Unexplained details were evident in her eyes. Hurt, sadness, reconcilable thoughts. Sai shook his head, "No, even if you think that way, we will never be back together as friends. It was like the time were Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit. As simple as it seems." Sai spoke, coldly. Mitsuko nodded in understanding, she would question no further.
It was useless to expect the unexpected. Just like how the shadows would never become humans. It just was not reality. She just has to go straight to the point, without beating around the bush.
"Fine," She spoke curtly, getting down to business, "I just want Hikaru to be back with my husband and I." As appalled as Seiji and Kyoko may be, both said nothing but to sit there silently. Hikaru, hearing his name mentioned, trotted to his father's side and grinned from ear to ear, without knowing what they were talking about. Sai, noticing Hikaru, gave him a slight smile and ruffled his head.
"Seiji-chan and Kyoko-chan, would you mind to tuck Hikaru in?" Knowing that Sai was signaling that he wanted to have a private conversation they nodded. Seiji and Kyoko excused themselves, with Hikaru in Seiji's arms; Hikaru muttered a good night to his father. Sai nodded and waited for the soft click of the bedroom door closing. They were alone, finally.
"Why?" Sai snapped, his arms folded, "it was you who brought him here to me in the first place. Saying whatever your husband doesn't want this child, yadaa yadaa, those crap! Taking him back to your husband, and taking that child away from me is not an option." He spoke, fiercely. Mitsuko flinched slightly, not knowing the dark side of Sai.
"I just placed him in your care," Mitsuko retorted, his eyes narrowing.
"Placed? Like hell you did! It was fairly obvious that you were pushing the child to me after you gave birth to it since you're already married!" Sai spoke, gasping for air, "and the father of the child was not your husband!"
"Right! You didn't even know what I've gone through, it was like hell! Parting with my child, can you understand?" Mitsuko snapped back to the guy with long mauve tresses. Sai smiled a bitter smile.
"As if I don't! Receiving a child after parting with you was so painful, knowing that I loved you so much, when you sheepishly told me that the night's incident was a mistake! A bloody mistake!" He yelled, agitated. Mitsuko said nothing, tears welling up in her eyes.
"…I. …I am sorry." She muttered, softly. Sai's frantic expression softened as he calmed down. It does not really matter anymore. It was better to let bygones be bygones, and buried that burning feeling deep inside his heart. It was all right, for he had Hikaru now. He smiled a real authentic smile.
"It's alright now…" he trailed off, while both the man and the woman remained eye contact. "You're here for business aren't you? State your reasons." He re-wore that cheerful mask, the mask that he detested so hard. Now, no one would see his real image, no one expect Hikaru.
"My husband… he cannot. We cannot have a baby. So we wanted to raise Hikaru… as our own child. We can provide him with a stable family, and my husband will love him like his own son, so please…!" Mitsuko stood up and bowed, while the glare from Sai intensified. They could provide Hikaru with a stable family, which Sai can't.
A stable family was very important for the growth of a child… To provide Hikaru with the best, was what his original intention was, right? Sai had his head bowed down, with his palm supporting his forehead. He really felt like breaking. He was seriously going to be crazy.
"Please, Mitsuko. Give me a day. Let me think through it before I make any decisions…" Sai murmured, giving a wave a dismissal. Mitsuko nodded in understanding.
"All right. I will leave the documents here." She said, before reaching towards the door and left the mansion. The door closed, with Kyoko and Seiji coming out from the bedroom, notifying Sai that Hikaru had fallen asleep. Sai looked up and forced a smile.
"Yeah, she left." Both noticed that Sai's face paled, being as white as sheet. Kyoko muttered a few comforting words before looking at him, pitifully. This was the real Fujiwara no Sai, the one that existed way before Hikaru had arrived. The cold, stubborn, yet dominant prodigy.
"We'll leave you here… Before you make any decisions, remember to call me. I left my phone number on bedside." Kyoko murmured, while leaving the mansion, with Seiji following closely behind. After they left, Sai stood up and went to the bedroom. He saw Hikaru sleeping peacefully, with the bed sheets in a mess and the blanket that barely covered his legs. Sai sat on the bed, wrapping his arms around the little child while lying down. His cold hands touched the child's warm cheeks.
"I love you so much, Chibi-chan." He murmured.
'… We can provide him with a stable family…'
A/N: Lol. When my friend read this, she was getting so agitated that it was so hard to calm her down. She was going crazy and muttering something about poor Sai. Thank God we spoke through msn. So, what do you think will be happening:P
Something good, or something bad?