She laid there and thought about everything that had happened that day.
Hoshi, Ryoichi, and their father, had gotten home from Burger King a few hours ago, and Hoshi had had a bath and then had to go to bed.
Ryoichi and her father were still awake, but they were in their rooms.
Hoshi laid in the silence and looked up at the ceiling.
"Hey, Ai? Do you think that if I look hard enough at the ceiling, that I'll see mommy?" Hoshi whispered.
"I don't know. Maybe." Ai replied.
"Ai? Why did my mommy die?" Hoshi asked, keeping her eyes on the ceiling.
"I don't think I'm the right one to ask. Maybe you should go ask your father." Ai said.
Hoshi nodded. She kept looking at the ceiling for a few more minutes, and then got out of bed and slowly walked to her door.
She opened the door slowly and stuck her head out.
She looked down the hall and then headed for her father's room, which was three doors down and to the left.
When she had gotten to he father's bedroom door, she knocked lightly.
After she heard her father say, 'Come in' she entered, closing the door behind her.
Ryo looked over at her. "What are you doing out of bed? It's way past your bedtime."
Hoshi walked over to his bed and climbed up onto it.
"Daddy, how did mommy die"
Hoshi asked, looking serious.
Ryo looked at his young daughter. She looked so much like Rika. Well… except for her hair. Her hair was the same color as his. But her eyes and facial expressions were just like Rika's at times.
"Hoshi, I'll tell you later, ok?" Ryo looked away from his daughter.
"Daddy. I want to know now. Not later, not in the morning, and not when I'm older. Now." Hoshi looked up at her father.
Ryo smiled slightly. "Hoshi, I know you want to know what happened to mommy, but… I don't know if I can tell you yet."
Hoshi's expression went from serious to confused. "What do you mean, daddy?"
"It's just that… If I tell you now, there'll be a chance of me crying."
"So? Daddy, you don't have to worry about that whole… guys don't cry thing. It's just me. And I cry ALL the time. So, daddy, please tell me. And if you cry, it'll be ok"
"Hoshi…" Ryo began, but before he could get on with his sentence, there was another knock at his door.
"Come in." Hoshi and Ryo said in unison.
The door opened and Ryoichi stepped in.
Ryoichi waited for his father to invite him over to join him and Hoshi and when his father finally said that he could join them, Ryoichi ran over to the bed and climbed up onto it.
"Daddy, what were you going to say?" Hoshi asked.
Ryo looked down at Hoshi. She was clinging to his arm.
He smiled at her. "It was nothing. Just forget about it, ok sweet heart?"
Hoshi nodded and then Ryo asked, "Ryoichi, did you need me for something?"
Ryoichi shook his head. "No. I just thought that I'd come in and see what you were doing, but I see that you're busy talking with Hoshi. So I'll just go back to my room."
Ryoichi scooted over to the edge of his father's bed and was about to hop off, when he felt something grab his arm.
He looked back and saw Hoshi holding his right arm with both of her hands.
"Don't go, 'Ichi. If you go, then we can't bond." Hoshi said.
Ryoichi looked at his sister.
She was sitting there looking innocent. Looking as if the world hadn't hurt her by taking their mother. It mad him kind of mad. But on the other side, she was only five years old, and didn't understand very much.
"Bond?" Ryo and Ryoichi said in unison.
Hoshi giggled and Ryo laughed.
"Yeah, bond. Mommy told me that bond means to form a close personal relationship. She also told me that she always wanted us all to bond sometime."
Ryo raised an eyebrow. "Wow. I never thought that your mother would ever want to bond. And I never thought that you could say such big words."
Hoshi smiled. "I can say big words, cause I'm a big girl."
"Well, Miss Big Girl, you should be asleep."
"Aw, but daddy, big girls get to stay up as late as they want." Hoshi looked up at her father with pleading eyes.
Ryoichi snorted.
Ryo shot a slight glare at his son, before looking down at his young daughter. "Hoshi, you know that your bed time is eight o'clock. And you know that you have to go to school tomorrow. So, I'm sorry, but you have to go to bed."
Hoshi sighed softly. "Can I at least stay up for ten more minutes?"
"Hoshi, no." Ryo said.
"Five more minutes?"
"No."
"Three more minutes?"
"Hoshi, what did I just say?"
"You said no, but how about 1 more minutes?"
"By the time you get back into your room it'll be one more minute."
Ryoichi laughed. "You couldn't even stay up if dad let you. You'd be out like a light in two minutes."
Ryoichi and Ryo looked down at Hoshi, who had curled up into a ball and fallen asleep.
"Wow. Less then 5 seconds." Ryoichi said.
Ryo smiled. "How about you go get ready for bed, Ryoichi, and then I'll be in to tuck you in and check your home work in a few minutes."
"Dad, I'm not five. I don't need you to tuck me in anymore." Ryoichi hopped off the bed and walked out the door, heading to the bathroom.
Ryo smiled slightly. He then picked Hoshi up off his bed and carried her to her room.
He laid her on her bed and tucked her back in (He had already done it once.
Ryo kissed his young, sleeping daughter on the forehead and then walked to the door.
He was about to turn then light off and leave when he heard her say, "Daddy, 'Ichi's growing up. And tomorrow you half to tell me how mommy died." And having that said, Hoshi fell into a deep sleep.
Ryo smiled. "I know." He looked at his daughter once more, before leaving, turning the light off and shutting the door when he did.
After shutting Hoshi's door, Ryo walked down the hall and walked into Ryoichi's room.
As Ryo entered his son's room, he saw that he was already in bed, and looked like he was asleep.
Ryo smiled. He walked over to his son's bed and leaned over and kissed his son on the forehead.
Ryo walked over to the door, giving one last glance at his son, and leaving, shutting the door behind him.
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A/N: Ok… like I know this is probably a weird place to put an A/N but…anyways… Hooray for suspense! Sorry about that…I had planed on putting it in before now… but… uh… I kind of didn't get to it… So sorry everyone! X). Oh and…you might have noticed that Ryo didn't check Ryoichi's home work… yeah uh… sorry… I'll make up for it. And… Hoshi's calling Ryoichi 'Ichi, because it sounded cute. Bit me if you don't like it. Just pretend that she's calling him Ryoichi. Ok.. I'll go now…
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The next morning Hoshi woke up around nine o'clock. (A.M.)
She sat up and rubbed at her eyes. She then stretched and got out of bed.
Remembering that she would find out why her mother died, she ran as fast as she could down the stairs and into the kitchen.
As she entered she slid and hit the wall.
After she hit, there was an slight sound. It sounded kind of like 'Waa haa.'
Ryoichi, who was sitting at the breakfast table laughed. "Nice going there, miss not famous."
Ryo rushed over to his daughter and helped her off the floor. "Are you ok, sweetheart?"
Hoshi groaned slightly and nodded. "Yeah. I'm fine, daddy"
Hoshi then walked over to the table and sat down next to her brother.
She looked over at the empty place, where her mother once sat.
Hoshi frowned. "Daddy. Will you please tell me how mommy died now?"
Ryo walked over and sat down a bowl of oatmeal and a glass of milk down in front of Hoshi.
"Yes. I'll tell you know, even though I wish you would wait until after you eat before I tell you."
"Daddy. You're stalling." Hoshi said in a very Rika-ish tone.
Ryo smiled. "Well. Your mom, she was sick. She wasn't just sick, she was very sick. She had lung cancer. The exact name of it was, Diffuse pulmonary lymphangiomatosis. Do you guys remember when your mom would say that she was out of breath all the time?" Ryoichi and Hoshi nodded and Ryo continued.
"Well, that is one of the symptoms. And when she and I went out to visit your grandmother, she got really pale, and she almost stopped breathing. And then I called nine one one. They came and took her to the hospital. And I had to wait for a few hours. And they finally let me go see her. And about ten or so minutes after I had been in the room she was in… She… Died." Ryo let a tear fall from his eye.
Hoshi stood up in her chair and hugged her father. (He was standing next to her.)
Ryo let more tears fall as he hugged his daughter tightly.
Ryoichi, who was almost in tears, got up and walked around the table and hugged his father.
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A/N: I'm going to stop there… Sad…. Very sad…
Sorry for not having this chapter out earlier… I've been busy with school and… I just got a boy friend :teehee: and so.. I've been busy. Uh. You're all probably wondering about how Rika died… Well…. Uh… I just kind of looked up lung cancer on yahoo and got this one page… And I got that off of there… So uh… Know you all know how she died.
I was trying to make jokes in this chapter... so... If you saw them, and caught them... Ten cookies or points to you! which ever you like more...but the points are really... Kind of like on Whose Line Is It Anyway... If anyone's seen that...
And for those of you who haven't looked at my… page thingy… I shall put it on here as well.
Ok
1: A Terrible Loss is only going to be about five chapters or so. But don't worry, I'll come back with a sequel.
2: The sequel will be placed a short time later then the first one.
3: I plan on making the second one, about... 9 or 10 chapters long.
4: There shall be a sequel after the sequel .
5: I thank all of you for reading/ reviewing A Terrible Loss .
And now… I'm done... at least for now... I have home work to do, and the next chapter should be up soon! Look forward to it
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