Sparkle of Sunshine
Disclaimer: I do not own Gravitation but I do own Kari, Kin and the band Forbidden Rose, I also do not own any lyrics I put into this story.
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Chapter 8
"Star's Uncle"
YAWN!
Kari laid her head in her arms on the kitchen table, she was so tired yet she knew even though it was her day off that too much sleep was bad for you.
Yuki rustled around the kitchen, trying to find nicotine gum and he was making coffee along with some breakfast for Kari and himself.
"So how has work been going for you?" Yuki asked while flipping the pancakes in the pan on the stove.
"Great actually, Mr. Seguchi is very pleased with our progress and has commented that our singing together has improved and our cd will be out soon, oh and that concert we performed on hit stage, even though we were the opening we did compare nicely to the other band and our song was ranked number twelve on the cd ranking list."
Yuki set down a plate in front of Kari, "You ramble on and on like someone I know." Yuki smirked turning back to the stove.
"Oh so you ask how my life is going and when I tell you the whole story you think I'm rambling." Kari was becoming angry.
"See, there you go again, you have such a high ego." Yuki said calmly, pouring more batter into the pan.
"Oh and you think you're so perfect huh?" Kari asked, crossing her arms and glaring at Yuki's back.
"As a matter of fact I do." Yuki chuckled and turned to face Kari who was giving him the death look, "Can't take a joke this early in the morning, can you?" Yuki asked.
"No, I can't." Kari said and started on her pancakes.
The two of them didn't speak for some time, only concentrating on their own little worlds.
Kari finished quickly and put her dish in the sink and went to open a cabinet to get a glass for orange juice. She reached for a glass when she noticed walkie talkies sitting off to the side.
Kari pulled them out and turned to Yuki, "What are these doing in there?" she asked and Yuki looked up and nearly choked on his food, "I was hiding those from Shuichi, they've been in there so long I guess I forgot about them." He said with a questioning look.
"Why were you hiding these from him? They're really nice." She said, looking them over.
"Let's just say this, Shuichi plus noise makers equals headache." Yuki said, taking another bite of food.
"And you still love him?" Kari asked smiling.
Yuki took her seriously and looked up at her, "How could I not love him?"
(A/N: awwwwwww! The cuteness!)
Kari smiled, "I hope I can find the kind of bond you two have one day, its so overwhelming."
Yuki smirked, "You think so?"
Kari nodded and looked down at the walkie talkies and had a brilliant idea, "Yuki, is Shuichi a heavy sleepier?"
Yuki nodded, not looking up at her.
"But if there were to be a loud noise, would he awaken?" she asked again innocently.
Yuki nodded and looked up at her, "What are you planning on?" he asked.
Kari grinned evilly, "Follow my lead."
Shuichi snored lightly, his face was facing the door and he was on his stomach with the covers covering his waist down.
"Please tell me he's fully dressed?" Kari whispered to Yuki as they peeked in the door.
Yuki chuckled, "He has boxers on."
Kari moved into the room slowly and quietly trying not to make any sudden noises that would awaken the pink sleeper.
Kari stepped on a cat toy belonging to Mr. Joe and it gave off a loud squeak.
Kari jumped a little and Yuki had the look of panic when Shuichi stirred but soon he settled and was back to his dreamy state.
Kari moved over to the bed and was about to place the walkie talkie down beside Shuichi's ear when all of a sudden Mr. Joe was walking over Shuichi to greet Kari.
"Meow?" Mr. Joe said loudly and Kari panicked and Yuki whispered, "Joey baby, come here Joe!"
Kari gave off a dumbfounded look, "Joey baby?" she whispered
Yuki just looked at her and said nothing as he gathered Mr. Joe in his arms.
Kari made sure the volume was up loud enough and ran out of the room quickly and Yuki followed her to the door and they left the apartment and stood so they were ten feet from the door.
"Ready?" Yuki asked with Mr. Joe purring in his arms.
Kari nodded and clicked the talk button on the side of the walkie talkie and let out an ear piercing scream and started yelling, "OH MY GOD! WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIIIEEE! RUN FOR YOUR LIFE! THE BOOGIE MAN IS AFTER YOU!"
Kari stopped when the both of them heard a loud scream from the house, a silent pause then loud foot steps towards the door.
Yuki looked over at her, "This is the part where we run for our dear lives."
"Why?" she asked and saw Joe jump down and run down the hall.
Shuichi opened the door, shirtless and in some baggy jeans that he threw on and he glared at the two of them.
"That's why." Yuki said calmly and the two of them bolted down the hallway with an angry morning Shuichi after them.
"I forgot to tell you Kari, Shuichi is very grumpy when awoken suddenly." Yuki said, turning the corner along with Kari.
"WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME BEFORE?" She yelled back at him.
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Star sipped her vanilla coffee and looked out the window for the millionth time.
"Where is he? He was suppose to be here fifteen minutes ago!" Star exclaimed in her mind.
Just then she saw the familiar face she had been hoping to see all morning make his way into the coffee shop as the door bells clanged together and he met eye contact with the young blonde.
"Good morning Star." He smiled and took a seat.
"Morning uncle." She giggled and sipped her coffee.
"So, what's so important that you need to tell me?" he asked leaning back into his chair.
"Well, Kari, you know her, she's been looking for her real parents in Japan and needs help finding them!" Star said and the man across from her seemed to be in deep thought.
"And Kari's parents are two men! So I don't think it will take long to go through a few records and stuff with the adoption agencies back in America where she was adopted." Star grinned.
"Is her heart set on finding the two?" he asked.
"Most definitely uncle." Star sighed and closed her eyes and took a few moments before she reopened them and looked over at the blonde haired man across from her, "I just want her to be happy again, she's like a sister to me." Star said with sincere and her uncle smiled.
"I'll see what I can do." He said and the two of them got up and walked out of the coffee shop.
"I'll give you a call if I find out anything, do you need a ride home?" he asked and Star nodded.
The two were silent for the whole ride, which was only about five minutes.
"Here we are, and I'll see you bright and early tomorrow." He said and watched his niece exist the car. The girl turned around and gave her uncle the peace sign and smiled, "Wouldn't miss work for the world Uncle K!"
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"Are you okay Joe?" Yuki asked in a baby voice. He only baby talked to his cat when no one else could hear him or when no one was around.
Joe looked up at his owner and purred in his lap, rubbing his face against Yuki's.
Yuki smiled and petted Joe's back a few times, "Yeah, Shuichi gave me a few scratches and bruises but that's what I get for letting someone wake him up." Yuki sighed and looked down at his cat, "Do you think I'm getting way too soft Joe?" he asked and the cat just tilted his head to the side and meowed.
Yuki grinned, "Maybe, change is a good thing, I mean after being married to Shuichi for seventeen years, who wouldn't be?"
Joe meowed and looked away and Yuki chuckled, "Hey, I'd do anything for my Shuichi, I love him so much, he really brought me out of the darkness, I don't know where or who I'd be without him, I guess his kindness is just rubbing off on me."
Joe looked up confused and gave him the look, "Sure that's what you want me to think."
"How about we get your favorite cat dish Mr. Joe?" Yuki asked and instantly the cat perked up and jumped off his lap and trotted all the way to the kitchen with Yuki following him.
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"She was suppose to call thirty minutes ago… I hope everything went okay." Kari thought as she laid on her bed, arms out to her sides and her hair fanned out. She lifted her left hand which contained her new cell phone and looked at the time and put the phone back down and sighed.
Kari closed her eyes and thought of nothing, nothing at all.
Suddenly, the song Rage Beat began to fill the air and Kari's eyes snapped open and she sat up and flipped open her phone.
"Hello?"
"Hey Kari, its Star!"
"So how did everything go with your uncle?"
"Just great, he said he'll help us, isn't that just awesome?"
"Yeah I guess that is but who's your uncle anyway? Some major corporate suit?"
"Actually he has American military connections and connections with people all over Japan."
"That's so cool! But who is he?"
"Oh, he's our manager, K!"
"……….."
"Kari?"
"…..You mean the man who wants to shoot me every morning for being two minutes late?"
"Yup, that's our man!"
"I guess that explains the military connections, I hope he can help find them, I would do anything to meet them."
By that time Yuki was walking past Kari's bedroom door when he heard her say that.
"Who does she want to meet?" Yuki wondered and headed towards the living room.
"Well just give me an update on what K's found out for me, okay?" Kari asked
"Sure thing! Well I have to get going, I'll talk to you later, bye."
"Bye." Kari closed her phone and looked out the window, "Where are you?" Kari whispered to her window and decided to go work on some lyrics in the living room.
Kari entered with a pencil and a pad of paper and spotted Yuki reading the newspaper.
"Oh, hey Yuki." Kari said blankly and took a spot across from him in a black leather chair and started to write down lyrics.
"So, who is it that you want to meet?" Yuki asked, peeking over his paper.
"You were listening to my conversation?" Kari asked in a shocked tone yet felt sort of angry.
"No, I was walking by and happened to over hear that you wanted to meet someone, if anything I have connections as well I would be happy to help out." Yuki said, putting down the paper.
"You would do that….for me?" Kari asked and blinked.
Yuki smirked, "You've seemed to grow on me, you're like the daughter I never had."
Kari jumped up and hugged the novelist, "Oh thank you Yuki! You're the best!"
"So who is it that you want to meet?" Yuki asked yet again.
Kari backed off and looked him in the eyes, "Well, since I do trust you, I'm looking for my real parents, I was adopted as an infant in America over seventeen years ago."
Yuki looked shocked, "Oh, well do you have any information about them?"
Kari shook her head in a no and looked sad, "I would do anything to finally meet my fathers and I have so many questions yet I want to thank them for giving me to a loving family."
"Your fathers?" Yuki asked confused.
"Yes, one of them had a male pregnancy done and had the baby in America, I want to know why, I mean I thought it would have been a male and female relationship but now I figure it might be a gay relationship because most gay men are the ones who have male pregnancies, from what I've researched on the internet."
Yuki nodded his head, "Well I'll give a few phone calls and such and see what I can do for you."
Kari smiled, "Thank you Yuki, this means the world to me."
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"That's very interesting K." Tohma said sitting in his black leather desk chair, facing the windows.
"I'm not sure how this situation should be handled, I don't know what the reaction would be if Kari knew the truth of her parents." K said, standing in front of Tohma's desk.
"I'm glad you brought this to my attention, I knew that girl looked very familiar and it's so surprising that she's staying with Shuichi and Yuki, seeing the three of them together, you can tell they're all related." Tohma smiled to himself.
"So, what should I tell Kari?" K asked.
Tohma turned around and looked K in the eyes, "Tell her you haven't found any information yet and keep it that way." Tohma said sternly, "I have to think this through and see what the best option is, if one side wins, the other might lose, Shuichi could lose his husband or Kari could live a life never knowing her real parents, it's a very hard decision to make."
"But what if Yuki does stay with Shuichi?" K asked.
"That will have to be thought through, now in the mean time, just tell Kari what I have instructed you to tell her."
"Good day Mr. Seguchi." K said and walked out of the office.
Tohma closed his sadden eyes and reopened them and looked at the picture of Shuichi and Yuki on his desk. Yuki had his arm wrapped around Shuichi's waist and they were both smiling, "They're so happy together." Tohma thought and picked up his phone.
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"Spicy Marmalade…" Shuichi whispered the words and hummed the song to himself as he stood in front of the wash machine and did some laundry.
Shuichi reached for his pair of jeans and checked the pockets because a long time ago, when Shuichi didn't check the pockets and happened to have red food dye in his pocket, Yuki was too pleased with pink boxers and socks.
Shuichi found a couple of coins and the picture of his beloved Rose.
Shuichi smiled at the picture and decided to put it away now so Yuki wouldn't see it.
Shuichi peeked his head out and looked both ways and proceeded to the bedroom.
Shuichi walked into their room and found the key to the drawer and opened it and sat there shocked… and confused…
How did he have two photos?
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Well this chapter took a while to write but it was worth it! Sorry for the wait but updating my chapters will take almost a week in between because I'm super busy this summer! I'm honestly updating as fast as I can! Oh and if Yuki seems a little ooc, well go figure because he's soften over seventeen years! Lol
Ayaka Chan