AUTHOR'S NOTE: Thanks for those who reviewed the three chapters. Here comes
chapter 4. Enjoy!
GUIDES:
[...] - flashback
`...` - thoughts
DISCLAIMER: I'm poor. Needless to say, if ever you'll sue me, you won't get a single centavo.
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Sakuragi woke up unusually early the next day. He barely slept through the night and always find himself staring into space. It was already two in the morning before he got a decent sleep. He woke up a quarter after five. Since he couldn't go back to sleep, Sakuragi got off from his bed and decided to fix breakfast.
Yui woke up to the smell of burning pots and pans. `Oh, for kami-sama's sake! Hana is trying to cook breakfast again,` Yui said exasperatingly but she couldn't help smiling at her son's thoughtfulness. She wouldn't trade Hanamichi's burnt pancakes for anything. So with renewed spirit, Yui made readied herself for this day's work before finally going downstairs to meet Hana.
When she reached the first floor, Yui noted that there was a mad scrambling of movements and voices in the kitchen. She could make out Hana's I-didn't- do-it-really voice and the other voice was full of pent-up irritation. `James. You still have your hands full after all this years` Yui thought, a chuckle escaping from her.
"Why, in the name of God, do you have to fix breakfast? Do you want to disturb Master Henry!?! He has asthma for God's sake!!!" James said annoyingly as he tried to salvage Sakuragi's 'breakfast'.
"I told you it's a surprise for my mom," Sakuragi said in a small voice.
James sighed and looked up. "Why am I in this position? First with Master Lance, and now with Master Hanamichi," the man finished with an exaggerated shaked of the head. Sakuragi couldn't help but notice a tiny smile formed in the lipsof James when the latter mentioned his father. Hmmm, there were a lot of things he still has to know about his dad.
"What's going on here?" Yui entered the kitchen and gave her son a light peck in the cheek.
James came forward and apologized for the racket, "I'm really sorry for the trouble it might cause you mistress,"
Yui laughed at James formality and said, "Oh, it's alright. I get use to this." With that comment, Sakuragi felt his face grew warm. This only made Yui laughed even more. "Mom! Try to be grateful," Sakuragi complained and turned around. "Hana I'm only kidding!" Yui said to appease her son. Henry entered the kitchen after a little while.
"Oh, Master Henry! I'm so sorry for this. Master Hanamichi tried to burn down the house," James said sternly.
This illicit a slight chuckle from Henry. "You know Hanamichi, our family line is really disastrous in the kitchen. So I say, stay out of it,"
After they have finally eaten their breakfast, the three prepared to leave. "Hana, if you come home early, will you please go to the office to send those mails in the drawer!" Yui asked her son before finally leaving the house.
Sakuragi was already at the door when Henry spoke up. "Where are you going Hanamichi?" Henry asked.
Sakuragi looked at him weirdly and said,"To school, where else?"
Henry asked again, "And tell me, how will you go there?"
"I'm going to walk,"
"Oh no,no, no. You'll come with me young man. We'll go to the school together,"
"How?"
"We'll ride the limo," with that, Henry smiled at the gawking Sakuragi.
GUIDES:
[...] - flashback
`...` - thoughts
DISCLAIMER: I'm poor. Needless to say, if ever you'll sue me, you won't get a single centavo.
**************************************************************************** ******
Sakuragi woke up unusually early the next day. He barely slept through the night and always find himself staring into space. It was already two in the morning before he got a decent sleep. He woke up a quarter after five. Since he couldn't go back to sleep, Sakuragi got off from his bed and decided to fix breakfast.
Yui woke up to the smell of burning pots and pans. `Oh, for kami-sama's sake! Hana is trying to cook breakfast again,` Yui said exasperatingly but she couldn't help smiling at her son's thoughtfulness. She wouldn't trade Hanamichi's burnt pancakes for anything. So with renewed spirit, Yui made readied herself for this day's work before finally going downstairs to meet Hana.
When she reached the first floor, Yui noted that there was a mad scrambling of movements and voices in the kitchen. She could make out Hana's I-didn't- do-it-really voice and the other voice was full of pent-up irritation. `James. You still have your hands full after all this years` Yui thought, a chuckle escaping from her.
"Why, in the name of God, do you have to fix breakfast? Do you want to disturb Master Henry!?! He has asthma for God's sake!!!" James said annoyingly as he tried to salvage Sakuragi's 'breakfast'.
"I told you it's a surprise for my mom," Sakuragi said in a small voice.
James sighed and looked up. "Why am I in this position? First with Master Lance, and now with Master Hanamichi," the man finished with an exaggerated shaked of the head. Sakuragi couldn't help but notice a tiny smile formed in the lipsof James when the latter mentioned his father. Hmmm, there were a lot of things he still has to know about his dad.
"What's going on here?" Yui entered the kitchen and gave her son a light peck in the cheek.
James came forward and apologized for the racket, "I'm really sorry for the trouble it might cause you mistress,"
Yui laughed at James formality and said, "Oh, it's alright. I get use to this." With that comment, Sakuragi felt his face grew warm. This only made Yui laughed even more. "Mom! Try to be grateful," Sakuragi complained and turned around. "Hana I'm only kidding!" Yui said to appease her son. Henry entered the kitchen after a little while.
"Oh, Master Henry! I'm so sorry for this. Master Hanamichi tried to burn down the house," James said sternly.
This illicit a slight chuckle from Henry. "You know Hanamichi, our family line is really disastrous in the kitchen. So I say, stay out of it,"
After they have finally eaten their breakfast, the three prepared to leave. "Hana, if you come home early, will you please go to the office to send those mails in the drawer!" Yui asked her son before finally leaving the house.
Sakuragi was already at the door when Henry spoke up. "Where are you going Hanamichi?" Henry asked.
Sakuragi looked at him weirdly and said,"To school, where else?"
Henry asked again, "And tell me, how will you go there?"
"I'm going to walk,"
"Oh no,no, no. You'll come with me young man. We'll go to the school together,"
"How?"
"We'll ride the limo," with that, Henry smiled at the gawking Sakuragi.