Disclaimer: Haruka and Michiru are sadly someone else's idea, but this story is completely mine.
Hi! I'm writing down from the beach now that I had some alone time, my girlfriend is in a yacht having a cute tour, I didn't go cause I get seasick, lucky you, I decided to update this story while I wait her to come back….thanks for your reviews!
Unwelcome to the family Miss Kaioh!
By auraluna7
Chapter 15: Cause I love you.
(Synopsis: After giving Michiru a prenup Haruka and Michiru got into a big fight resulting in Michiru calling of the wedding now let's see what would happen...)
Michiru ran upstairs and locked herself in her old bedroom, how could something so easy turn to be such a mess? "Should I have signed it? Is she right? Oh God why is she such a hard-headed bitch? Why oh, why did I start screaming? Cause I was angry even before she arrived home that's why."
Haruka slammed her fist against the wall with anger. "Why she didn't sign it? Why did I lose my temper instead of talking to her? Were her demands too much? No, she said she wanted us to rewrite it but...why did she had to mess up with lawyers? It's just a stupid paper…. A stupid paper I didn't even wanted….but if she loves me then why she didn't sign? We did we even fought for? Could it be that I was already willing to fight? Haruka took out of acabinet a whiskey bottle and sat down back in the couch to get seriously drunk. "This sucks"
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Michiru had a headache, a bad one, crying was probably the reason, now that her head was cool once more she realized she had called off the wedding. "She cannot think I'm serious…can she?" Tears fell from her beautiful blue eyes-. "I should have signed the fucking papers… but she didn't even mind about me calling the wedding did she? What if that's what she wanted? Oh God…"
Knock, knock
"Haruka" Michiru pulled herself together and wiped the tears out of her eyes before answering in a cool voice. "Who is it?"
"It's me Taz" Michiru felt so disappointed, but she tried her best to smile and pretend everything was alright and opened the door.
"What is it dear?"
"Are you ok?"
"Of course I'm ok! "
"Then why are you in this room alone?"
"Smart girl…" "I … I got migraine Taz and I can't stand the TV noise."
"Don't lie to me Michiru, I might be a little stupid but I'm not deaf I heard the screams downstairs and I heard you crying"
""I'm so sorry you heard that"
"Can I help you?"
"No dear"
"Are you and Haruka…." Tazuka's voice tremble, she was about to burst into tears.
"Things are going to improve soon, we had a little fight, these things happen."
"Why did you fought for?"
"That's between your sister and me"
"Oh Michi, but you said we were a family, why don't you trust your sister?" Michiru sighted, she was not telling Taz about the prenup, she was not forcing her to take sides in this discussion.
"Let's said we have a disagreement Taz, the truth is that I get easily upset and Haruka gets easily….Oh well when she gets an idea it's…." Michiru closed her mouth, she was not bitching about Haruka in front of Tazuka.
"I now she's a hardhead. But you love each other right? You said that to me"
Michiru nodded. "Taz, don't worry I'm not leaving, we are not splitting up". "Oh god please don't make that happen"" We'll solve this out"
"You both should cool off and TALK and I mean talk not scream at each other"
"It sounds easier than it is Taz. But let this on us ok?"
Taz looked at Michiru for a moment like weighting what she was about to say. "She was hurtful right? Every time you fight she says something that makes you mad doesn't she? Don't answer I know that's true, let me tell you a little story Michiru:
Long time ago, before my mother died; anyone could have thought we were a happy family, the perfect one. My mom smiled all the time, my father was so polite and always in such a good mood…. But behind closed doors things were everything but perfect; they fought all the time, they screamed , throw things at each other it was horrible I… I was very little then and I was very afraid sometimes at night I couldn't sleep because of the fights and I cried a lot… Haruka was my age then and I bet she was afraid too, but instead of being a child she decided to protect me, I never saw her cry Michiru, not even in my mother funeral, she only had comforting words for me. She built a wall around her feelings, she hide behind that rude exterior, every time she's hurt or she feels afraid she attacks, she doesn't know how to deal with her fears Michiru every time she says something hurtful it's because she feels even more hurt, you should not pay attention to all the bullshit she says she doesn't mean it.:…" Taz was crying already, Michiru felt very guilty about her listening to the screams downstairs….she also felt guilty of throwing the prenup at Haruka.
"Tell me Taz, how come you're younger than me and wiser ah? Go to bed before we star crying again I'll figure things out with Haruka."
"Michiru…. You promised remember? You promise me you would try and you would make us a family and you also promise her…" Tazuka took Michiru's left hand where the sparkling diamond ring seemed like a bright tear. "Don't forget"
"I won't Taz, good night" Taz kissed Michiru's cheek and left. Michiru looked down her engagement ring once more. "Promises are holy"
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"What are you doing up so late? "
"Apparently no one is sleeping tonight, are you drunk enough Haruka?"
"Go to bed Taz." Taz sat down in the couch next to a miserable looking Haruka.
"So what happened?"
"It is not your business"
"Since you didn't mind screaming, I is my business now, come on who are you going to tell? What did you did to piss up Michiru?"
"Why do you assume it was my fault?"
"It always is, you are a jackass. Michiru is too nice to make you upset"
"You don't know her that well, she can be pretty irritating"
"See? She doesn't bitches about you, that reinforces my theory that whatever happened was your fault, besides she has been upstairs crying her eyes out for hours….what's that grin Haruka? Remorse perhaps?"
"It was not my fault she should have signed it" Haruka didn't say anymore but she kept staring at the scattered papers on the floor, Taz kneeled down to gather them.
"What's this Haruka?"
"A prenuptial Agreement"
"What? No way! Why did you give her this?"
"It had to be done"
"What does it say?" Haruka seemed to lost track of the conversation, she placed both hands on her face, she had a bad headache. "Answer!"
"What? I don't know"
"You are not that stupid Haruka, not even you, you reads it right? No? Who give you these?"
"Dad" Taz felt the pain in Haruka's words , she had always been dad's favourite obviously she wanted to believe in him desperately. Taz put the documents in the desk and tried to figure them out the pink and red post its where still on it. A few minutes later Taz came back to the couch; Haruka was half asleep.
"Wake up"
"What? Why are you still here Taz? Go to bed"
"First, you'll go upstairs to take a shower and then pretending your best not to be drunk you'll say to Michiru that you are a stupid, stupid, stupid woman and that you wish her forgiveness"
"No, I'm not! Who died and left you in charge?"
"Mom" Haruka open her eyes to see Tazuka, she looked so much older than she remember. "Do you love me Haruka?"
"Of course I do! Why do you ask me that?"
"What would you say if the guy I was going to marry make me promise him I won't gain weight or he'll divorce me?"
"Is this a game?"
"Just answer"
"I'll say he's a jackass"
"And what about if he says that if can't give him an heir he'll leave me? Or let's say that if I refuse to have sex with him or better that if he finds another woman he'll left me, he'll keep our children and gave me a miserable pension?"
"I'll break that creep legs, what's your point Taz? I got a headache"
"One more Haruka, what would you say if this creep makes me sign a document containing all this promises and he includes a clause that claims that if he dies his family would take custody of our children and all our money, houses, everything we owned?"
"I'm tired Taz…. I don't know I'll tell you to dump that poor son of a bitch….what do you want? How does this helps me?"
"It's simple you are that jackass creep son of a bitch…"
"What?"
"Those clauses are in the prenup you gave Michiru, I'm surprised she didn't slap your stupid face…." Haruka was fully awake now. She took the documents of Tazuka's hands reading them with misbelieve. "You have lived with Michiru for 5 years and you have not talked to our father for 8 years and you decided to trust our father… you have the emotional intelligence of a three years old… good night Haruka, I don't want to speak to you anymore."
Haruka felt like crap. "I should go take a fucking shower"
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Michiru open the library door and found the lights were still on but Haruka was not there. Her bare feet made a soft noise on the wooden floor, she approached the desk and sat down. The prenup lay there waiting for her. She opened the folder and closed her eyes to inhale some fresh air, then she open her eyes once more and signed the prenup. "Love is stronger than these" There were no tears in her eyes but she was sad and over all tired. When she stand up she found Haruka was staring at her form the door.
"Why?" Michiru looked at her without understanding. "Why did you sign it?"
"Cause I love you"
Haruka walked toward her and took the papers and then she tore them up.
"Why? I thought they were very important to you…"
"Because I love you too" Michiru sighted, she wanted to smile but her head felt heavy and she was sleepy, and so tired.
"I'm sorry I screamed at you"
"I'm the one who's sorry Michiru. I'm sorry I was stupid enough not to read it and I'0m sorry cause I came here tonight ready to fight not to talk things down."
"I was also upset. I'm sorry I called you selfish bitch"
"You didn't"
"Oh, you didn't hear it but I did…" Haruka smiled.
"So we are ok now?"
"Just…Haruka why don't you trust me?"
"I do trust you"
"Haruka…"
"I do Michi I swear"
"Remember how do you treat me at the hospital when Tazuka had the accident? And how about tonight? Prenups may be a fashion these days but the truth is that you sneak this one in our lives because you didn't trust me to discuss it earlier, you freaked when I decided not to sign it , do you honestly think that after 5 years of having access to your money I'm waiting for us to get married so I can run away with it?"
"I… I cannot make any excuses Michiru. I could tell you that back at the hospital I was not angry I was terrified, I could say that the prenup was my father's idea but I have to accept my fault. I trust you I really do but I'm not good handling my anger, I'm sorry Michiru" Michiru wanted to kiss Haruka but she felt sick, to dizzy, she could barely open up her eyes. "Michiru are you alright?"
"I don't feel too good Haruka"
"What is it Michiru?" But Michiru could not answer her, because she fainted…..
(Ah this chapter turned to be longer that I expected….anyway I'll try to update soon ….review!)
