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Sparkle of Sunshine

Chapter 13

Slowly opening my eyes, they were greeted by the blinding light in the room. I grunt and pull the fluffy covers over my pink mess of hair, trying to fall back asleep.

Then, I hear a mumble voice coming towards the room and I peek an eye out of the covers, to see who it was.

The voice belonged to Hiro, who was on the phone which I guess is my father.

"Yes… Kin brought her here last night… no she's still sleeping……..sorry for worrying you…..yeah…. I'll bring her home after breakfast……..alright….bye." Hiro clicked the phone and peeked into my room and saw that I was indeed awake.

"Hey." He said smiling and I just pulled the covers back over my head.

I heard him chuckle, "Well breakfast is almost ready, you wouldn't want to look like a mess for Kin now would you?" he laughed, obviously joking but of course I just had to be like my father Shuichi and take it seriously.

I sat up quickly, pink and blonde hair falling all over the place as I glare at him, "What do you mean?" I ask and Hiro just laughs some more, "Man, you're so much like your father…"

Just then Hiro's younger twin, who was indeed his son, peeked his head in the door, "Hey Kari." He said, looking at me smiling but I just sit there in shock.

I look like royal shit.

I did the only think I could do, fling the covers back over my head, feeling totally embarrassed and screamed to close the door.

Both guys laughed and did as I told… but I couldn't help but let a smile crawl to my lips.

"She looked so cute just now." Kin thought, walking to the kitchen.

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"Hey Yuki, good news, Kari was at Hiro's." Shuichi sighed, putting the phone back on the charger and taking a seat next to his husband who was reading the morning paper on the couch, glasses on and hair in a mess, defying gravity.

"Hmmm" was all Yuki could say but Shuichi knew he was so relieved for hearing that their daughter was safe.

"Yuki… are you happy that we… have a daughter?" Shuichi asked, feeling a little nervous as he saw Yuki's eyes meet his. There was silent for a few moments before Yuki fully smiled, "Yeah."

Yuki saw Shuichi's eyes sparkle and his smile grow wide that he couldn't help but kiss his husband.

Yuki broke the kiss and smiled at Shuichi, looking in his eyes, "What's done is done so I can't be mad at you for things you cant change… lets just live the rest of our days, happy knowing that we have a beautiful daughter that we love so much."

"Eiri…" was all Shuichi could whisper, looking at his husband lovingly…

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"Thanks for breakfast Mrs. Nakano!" Kari chirped, sitting on the couch with Kin beside her, his arm rested straight out on the top of the couch. Kari just blushed and smiled up at Kin and he smiled back, and let his arm protectively and gently hug her shoulders and Kari felt the butterflies in her stomach multiply.

"Kari… I think its about time you understand how your father, Shuichi, feels about you." Came a strong voice, walking into the room.

Kari turned her head to look at saw Hiro standing there sternly, holding a video tape.

All she did was watch him walk up to the television set, and put the tape in, the machine making all the noises, adjusting to the object in its possession.

The room still silent except for the screen, which showed what looked like a blizzard till an image appeared and Hiro moved out of the way and sat on the couch, next to Kari.

Kari's eyes were fixed on the screen.

It was only her… and her past.

Nothing else existed in the room at the moment.

"Hahahaha Shuichi, that's one beautiful girl you have there!" Hiro's voice overpowered through the microphone on the camera since he was the one recording this history.

"Yeah, she's so beautiful and wonderful… I love her so much… I just know she'll love her life here in America." Shuichi's voice became weak as tears fell from his eyes, looking down at his baby, "I love you." He whispered to the infant, looking into his eyes, studying his image as if she knew that these were the last moments she would see him and wanted to remember his face.

The tape cut and there was a blue screen for a few seconds till another image appeared.

The image on the screen showed Shuichi in the hospital hallway, looking into the infant room through a window.

"Hey, what's going on?" Hiro asked approaching Shuichi, "Oh, she's just under doctor procedures; I want to make sure she's absolutely okay." Shuichi whispered, smiling at his baby girl.

Shuichi looked at the camera, smiling so bright, "I don't know what I would do if I ever saw her in the future… but I know for sure she'll grow up beautiful, loving, caring and successful…that I know… because she's my girl and she always will be."

Kari's eyes were full of tears, her father looked so young, so alive, and he loved her deeply. He still does. Giving her up practically killed him… but he knew that he had protect the one he loved… even if cost came at a heartbreaking price.

What came next, Kari never expected.

The next image showed Ayaka holding her baby boy, Kin and Hiro skimmed over to Shuichi who was holding his girl.

"Hiro your boy is beautiful… but hopefully he'll have his mother's brains." Shuichi laughed and so did Ayaka, "Haha very funny." Hiro said blankly.

Shuichi laid his baby on the bed and Ayaka set Kin down and Kin rolled over and gave Kari a baby kiss on the cheek and everyone in the room awed and laughed.

"Aww! They already love each other!" Shuichi said with happiness in his eyes as he watched his daughter and Ayaka walked over to re-adjust Kin.

Both Kari and Kin were blushing madly at this point… to think they were together as babies and didn't know it.

The image cut out once more and showed the final image on the screen.

Shuichi was dressed in a white button up shirt, jeans and holding his bundle of joy as if waiting for someone to come through the door.

Just then, Kari's parents walked in and instantly the mother's eyes were filled with tears of happiness as she saw her baby.

Shuichi felt uneasy but gave his baby to the mother, putting her gently into the woman's arms, letting go for the last time.

You could easily tell Shuichi was trying hard not to cry.

Then, you saw Shuichi slip an envelop to the mother and whisper something in her ear and she nodded then the new father shook Shuichi's hand and turned to leave, his arm around his wife's shoulders.

Baby Kari looked back and Shuichi and cried but the cry was silenced by the closed door.

Just then Shuichi fell to his knees in an uncontrollable cry.

The tape ended… giving a peaceful silence to the room.

Kari took it all in… she felt reconnected with her past… and now looking to her future… with her parents…

For she was… the sparkle of sunshine in their lives.

The End

I hope you all enjoyed my story and I thank all of you who REVIEWED! Oh my gosh did I love each and every review… I really appreciate it! It keeps me going, knowing I have people out there reading my material.

For those of you reading Virtue of Innocence, I'm so busy at the moment I don't know when it will be updated, but I know it will be sometime this week maybe.

I'm thinking of writing a spin off to this story, its another "Shuichi has a baby" but this perspective is completely different and I developed this idea with a friend of mine… if you think I should go through with this idea, let me know!

If that story doesn't happen… believe me I'm coming up with new ideas all the time and I plan to write a story you'll all love!

Till next time…

Ayaka Chan