Rent a Girlfriend: The Tale Told (Short Story) Part 1

Characters:

Kazuya Kinoshita

Chizuru Mizuhara

Mami Nanami

Ruka Sarashina

Sumi Sakurasawa

Nagomi Kinoshita

Yoshiaki Kibe

Shun Kuribayashi

Sayuri Ichinose

The Moment:

"I HATE YOU KAZUYA! I HATE YOU FOR DOING THIS TO ME!" Chizuru yelled as she felt a new intense wave of pain ebb through her. She squeezed her eyes shut and waited for the pain to reduce or go away. "Natural Child Birth my Ass! Who's idea was it for me to want to do this without Drugs?" She asked wincing already knowing the answer. She had requested it and now as she felt the onset of Contractions, she was regretting making that choice. But this was their first baby and she wanted to experience every aspect of it. She opened her eyes to see her Husband Kazuya smiling and holding her hand. Though she could see on his expression that he also was wincing.

"It was your idea honey. You want to try the Breathing Exercises?" Kazuya asked and she shook her head.

"No. It does not help." Chizuru replied the pain she felt was reducing to being not so bad. "You know after this...No more Sex. If this is what happens because of us having Sex then I am never having it again." She told him with a small smirk and she could tell that they both did not believed that. This happy accident had actually been her fault. But he was not about to mention that. He liked his Balls where they were and already he suspected his right hand that she was holding was broken from her squeezing it so tightly. She had been in labor for the past two hours and he had been advised by his and her Grandmothers and his Parents that she would be saying things that she did not mean. All of them were in the Waiting Room waiting impatiently for the new Family Member. He smiled at his Wife and she smiled back at him, then once more a Contraction came and she was no longer smiling. A few minutes later a Doctor came in trailed by two Nurses. The Doctor lifted the Sheet and then smiled.

"Okay...She is fully dilated." The Doctor announced and before the two new to be Parents were fully ready. Chizuru gave birth within an hour. According to the Doctor it was a textbook delivery as he handed the baby Girl to Chizuru who was crying uncontrollably as she held her Daughter. While Kazuya beamed happily at both of his Girls.

In another Hospital Room, The Great Grandma's and the now Grandparents handed little Sayuri Nagomi Kinoshita around. His Parents were crying so much that Chizuru worried they might drown Sayuri in the wake of their tears. The Great Grandma's to her estimates looked at least a good ten years younger as they held the baby. When a Nurse came in the Family knew it was time to go. That Chizuru needed to rest and then be instructed about Breast Feeding. Kazuya also could not stop smiling and he also had tears streaming down his face. When her Grandmother handed her back little Sayuri. Chizuru held her and then started to cry as well. Two hours later, she looked over to see Kazuya unconscious slumped uncomfortably in a chair. She could not fault or blame her Husband for being tired. He had been up since Midnight and now it was near 2 PM. She also knew with him going to the Family Store most of the day and then with her False Labor bouts. He had probably only slept for about seven hours in the past week. So she knew he was tired. She smiled. "Get some sleep now my Love. I suspect Sayuri here is not going to let us get much after this." She whispered gazing fondly at the small baby Girls face and could not stop thinking how beautiful her daughter was. She chuckled and lightly touched her babies face. "Let me tell you a true story Sayuri. It is about me and your Daddy." She said softly to her and then began to tell her the story.

The Story Begins:

"I guess I will start from the beginning." Chizuru said to her Daughter who was awake and looking up at her. She knew that Sayuri did not really understand her, but she was too tired and felt too good to actually sleep yet herself. So she decided to just do what the Nurse had suggested. Talk to her Baby soothingly. Which she decided to tell the story that she would tell her baby later when Sayuri was older and could understand. "Now me and your Daddy did not meet like normal people would." She chuckled. "No. You see when I met your Daddy, I was what was called a Rental Girlfriend. Your Daddy rented me to go out with him and pretend to be his Girlfriend." She said and then chuckled again as she looked over at Kazuya fondly. "In the beginning...I did not really like him. I thought he was just like the others that used to Rent me. Shallow, conceded and self absorbed. No that was not your Daddy. It took me awhile to see that, but when he saved my life when I fell off a Ferry into the Sea and he almost died trying to save me. I...I started to look at him differently and at that time I could not let myself do that. You see Sayuri...I was being an idiot. I had these really stupid and foolish Rules that I came up with...that kept me from realizing how much your Daddy meant to me." Taking a breath, she smiled once more over at Kazuya who she could tell was still asleep. "Oh, your Daddy will tell you that in the beginning...I only let him rent me for so long to keep up the lie so that your Great Grandmothers did not find out that I was a Rental and that we were not really a couple." She laughed softly and shook her head. "Which is what we told ourselves. Truth is I had fallen for him and could not bring myself to at least admit to myself that we were a couple. Though at the time I would foolishly deny it." She felt tired herself as she looked down to see that Sayuri had fallen asleep. "I will continue after we both get some rest." She whispered and closed her eyes. Drifting off to sleep as she held her and kazuya's baby within her left arm.

A few hours later a Nurse came in and took Sayuri to be checked over and have her diaper changed. Chizuru at first was reluctant to let go of her Baby, but then relented and laid back to wait for the Nurse to bring her back. Soon Sayuri would be taken to the Nursery to be monitored for the next twelve hours and Chizuru did not know if she would be able to let that happen. Not wanting to actually let go of her baby. Glancing over she looked at her Husband and he was still asleep. Though he had readjusted himself within the chair to a more uncomfortable position. Sitting up, she drank some water and ate some of the Hospital Food. Frowning as she tasted the food. "When you wake up Kazuya...You are so getting me some normal food." She said and then got up to visit the bathroom. By the time she was done, the Nurse had returned and after she laid down. The Nurse handed Sayuri back to her. As soon as the Nurse left. "Okay now I can continue the story. Let me tell you about some of the obstacles which would be two dear friends that will be very important to you as well." She said and then smiled.

"Everything changed, well for me when your Aunt Ruka...Oh you will get to meet her. She is a dear friend to me and to your Daddy. Your Aunt Ruka began to show interest in your Daddy and that made me feel something I never felt before with any of those before him or after. I was jealous." Chizuru took a breath and smiled. "I of course tried to ignore and not show any signs that I felt that way. But at the time, Ruka was determined to take him away from me. To replace me, claiming that because I was a Rental Girlfriend that I really did not care about your Daddy." She was not going to tell Sayuri that also at the time she and Kazuya thought that the younger girl was unhinged. "Then there was your Aunt Sumi...Who you will also meet later. She too began to show an interest in your Daddy. Now she was a real threat since she was more of a match to your Daddy then I was." She remembered when the soft spoken and shy Girl had come to her. Asking if it would be alright if she asked Kazuya out on a real Date and that made her feel also pings of jealousy. She chuckled at that memory. She had to really call upon her acting skills not to let Sumi see how upset it made her to learn that the other Girl was showing an interest in Kazuya. "Oh here is the Nurse." She said to Sayuri who had drifted off to sleep again. With even more reluctance, she handed her Daughter to the Nurse who was going to take her to the Nursery to be observed and monitored for the next 12 hours. The Nurse then told her while holding her baby that she should try to get as much rest as possible. As soon as the Nurse left, Chizuru picked up a nearby small pillow and chucked it at Kazuya. Waking him up so he could go check on their Baby.

At the Nursery. Kibe, Kuri, Ruka, Sumi, The Now Great Grandmothers and the Now Grandparents pressed themselves against the Glass barrier peering in at Sayuri. Each commenting on how beautiful or how cute she was. When Kazuya joined them, he was assaulted with hugs from his and Chizuru's four friends. "You know I am betting that she got her cuteness from her Mother and not from you." Kibe said with a small chuckle as the others also chuckled.

"Yeah well she still has more hair then you do." Kazuya said with a huge smile, pointing up at Kibe's decreasing hair line and then at his daughter that only had a few bits of hair. His friend frowned reaching up to touch his hairline. As everyone chuckled at that as well.

"So how is Chizuru doing?" Ruka interjected wanting to stop the two before they became embarrassing in their teasing each other.

"She is tired and I hope by now she is getting some rest." Kazuya told her and then stepped closer so he too could look into where his Daughter was. He actually could not believe that he was now a Father and that little darling inside was his and Chizuru's. He then informed the four friends of their new titles as Aunts and Uncles. Which amazed and they hugged him again. Returning to report to Chizuru that their Baby was fine, he found her sleeping and he retook his seat at the chair he had been dozing in. He still felt tired and as he stretched out once more in the padded chair it did not take long for him to fall back asleep himself.

With Sayuri once more returned to her, Chizuru sat up and cradled her within her arms. Kazuya had left to get her some food from a nearby Takeout and would not be back for a bit. So she decided to continue telling Sayuri the rest of the Tale.

The Story Continues:

"Okay on with the tale. Now you have to understand at that time I was so conflicted about your Daddy that I had no idea what to do. I think he was having the same problem, because after my confrontation with someone that your Daddy used to think he was in love with. Her name was Mami and she knew of my being a Rental and my and your Daddies relationship being what it was." Chizuru still did not like Mami for what she had done and she doubted she would ever like the other Girl. "Later after my little chat with Mami, your Daddy told me he wanted me to be his Girlfriend. For a brief moment I felt so wonderful. But instead of telling him that...I asked him what he meant and of course your Daddy being the way he was. He recanted. Stating that he wanted me to continue being his Rental Girlfriend." She scowled slightly at that memory of him being so stupid. "Now you have to understand...I told your Daddy several times that if he ever fell in love with me then I would no longer let him rent me. I would no longer let him see me and to him that would be the worse thing to ever happen to him." She told Sayuri with a deep exhale. "For he did love me. He was so in love with me that I could tell already how he felt." She smiled and thought about it. At the time she also loved him, but just could not bring herself to say it to him. Glancing down she noticed that again Sayuri had gone to sleep.

Home:

By the end of that day and after another examination. Chizuru and her baby were released. So with Kazuya carrying her Overnight Bag and her carrying Sayuri they headed back to their two bedroom Apartment. In route by Taxi, Kazuya sent a general text message to everyone informing them that they would be at home. An hour after Chizuru put Sayuri down for a nap. The Gifts began to arrive. A large bouquet of Fabric Flowers from Chizuru's Manager. A Fruit basket from the Director of the first play she was in and other gifts from some of her Friends from that Play. A Check in the Amount of 10,000 Yen from her Current Director and the Producer of the TV Series she was in and some of her Co-Stars also sent Money. On Kazuya's side. The Produce Supplier sent two boxes of assorted vegetables. Some long time Costumers of the Store sent Cards with Money in them. Then there were some of his Friends that sent Cards and money as well. For the two it seemed like an almost endless time of one of them going to the door to receive gifts sent by Messengers and Delivery Drivers. Answering the door on one delivery. Chizuru took the dozen Multi Colored Roses, read the Card and then threw the Roses into the Trashcan outside. Ripping the Card and tossing it in the Trash as well. She scowled as she shut the door. "Never thought he would have the balls to send me a gift." She growled as she went to check on Sayuri. Standing there somewhat confused, Kazuya retrieved the Card and then read who the Flowers were from. He looked towards the Babies bedroom and inhaled sharply. He understood immediately why she had done that. Picking up her baby, Chizuru sat down in the Rocker and began to rock back and forth slowly and carefully. She was still upset about Umi Nakano daring to send her flowers. She suspected he did that to soothe over why she no longer talked or even acknowledged him. "Let me tell you about a real...No I cannot say that in front of you." She said as she tried to calm herself down. "I told your Daddy all about what happened with Umi Nakano long ago. Now I think I need to tell you about him. You see for awhile me and Umi were friends. We both attended the same Acting School and he got me the part in my First Play." She smiled slightly. Remembering at that time Umi was a good friend. Then frowned. "By the time I finished acting in the Play and by the time I got my next part in another. I was Married to your Daddy for about two months and up to that point I was extremely happy. I Still am." She smiled again. "Well Umi was also Married and had been for almost half a year." She hated this part of her story so much she had an impulse not to say it aloud ever again. "He came to me...and wanted to have...he wanted to have an affair with me. Where I cheat on your Daddy while he cheats on his Wife. He claimed he was bored with being Married and really did not love his wife anymore."

"You almost got kicked off that Second Play for what you did to him." Kazuya said from the door, remembering arriving at the Theater to see Umi laying on a Ambulance Gurney. Clutching his balls as he moaned in pain.

"He wanted an answer and I gave him one! A good swift kick in the balls!" Chizuru said and then looked back down at Sayuri. "You see my darling Sayuri...he actually believed that I really did not love your Daddy and thought I would jump at the chance to be with him. I had to correct that assumption." She then chuckled as did Kazuya.

"Now tell her what almost happened because you did that." Kazuya said with a mischievous smirk and Chizuru rolled her eyes.

"Well...the Director almost fired me and kicked me off the Play. That is until others there explained to him that Umi had been coming onto me. Instead Umi got kicked off the Play and his Wife divorced him when she found out that he was indeed cheating on her with someone else." Chizuru said with a smile of satisfaction. Though now she had to believe that the only reason Umi sent her Flowers. He was still thinking that perhaps now she would be willing to have an affair. She decided if that was the reason and he came by to inquire later on. Then she would have to kick him in the balls again. This time a lot harder. Kazuya left to answer the door and Chizuru closed her eyes for a few minutes. When she reopened them, she exhaled with a sigh. "Okay back to the story. This is the best part. This is where I and your Daddy...stopped lying to each other and admitted that we were in love with each other." She said with a huge smile.

The Day of Destiny:

"On that day I was running late." Chizuru said to her Baby. "I had stayed up too late after I came back from a Booked Rental with someone else. A real nobody that only wanted me to walk around with him near his Neighborhood so that some of his friends there would not think that he was a complete loser. Well I got home rather late from that whole debacle due to the idiot actually thought your Mommy was...Never mind what he thought I was." She had run across others like that idiot. Who thought if he gave her a little extra, she would go home with him. Like she was a prostitute or a slut. She remembered blocking him and putting in a report to Diamond about him. "The problem I was having during that time was that I constantly for about three months began to compare these others to your Daddy and they were seriously coming up short in all categories. But let's get back to then where I was late for Class." Later she would tell Sayuri about when she had the sudden revaluation that she had been doing that. Comparing all of her clients to Kazuya. How their obvious shortcomings now annoyed her and made it extremely hard for her to do her job as a Rental. She smiled and then continued with the tale. "Fate sort of somehow had us...me and your Daddy...bump into each other a lot. It was not that the College Campus was small...far from it. But somehow we seemed to always end up seeing each other. Even when we both were following those stupid rules I told you about. Well today was no different except when I bumped into your Daddy." Chizuru shook her head and chuckled. "I accidentally knocked him down two flights of stairs." She chuckled again as she remembered that. "I panicked because I thought I seriously hurt your Daddy. So I rushed down the stairs and...he was not moving or seemed to be even conscious." She thought back to then. She not only panicked she was so concerned that she had hurt him that she began to cry. "I sat there and put your Daddy's head in my lap. I...I was so scared that...I thought I seriously hurt him so badly that...that...when he opened his eyes. I became overly emotional. I hugged your Daddy and cried. That was when I admitted that I had fallen in love with him. Not to my surprise...he said he had fallen in love with me. That was it. No great dramatic moment or not some moment where we were talking and were we both decided to finally stop lying to each other. Nope. It happened because of some accident and I realized that I was in love with your Daddy." She smiled and chuckled again. "I missed my Class that day because I took your Daddy to the Emergency Room and stayed with him until he was released and sent home." She said and reached up to wipe some tears from her cheeks. "Three months later...Your Daddy proposed and I said Yes. Two months after that...I married your Daddy six months before Graduation. The rest is history. A history where every day I find myself loving your Daddy more and more." Looking up she noticed Kazuya standing at the door smiling broadly.

"It is the same with your Mommy. I somehow find myself loving your Mommy more and more every day." Kazuya said and Chizuru blew him a kiss. He walked further into the room and sat down before his Wife and his Daughter. He just sat there gazing up at them fondly and wished moments like this would never end. But he knew in time they would, though they would be replaced with other happy moments like this and he was looking forward to them. That moment was disturbed when there was a knock on the door.

"Hey you in there. It is us. I know we just saw you guys at the Hospital. But...we all want to see our Niece again." They heard Kibe yell from outside their front door. Kazuya stood and looked out a window.

"Uhm...it is not just the four of them. My Parents and both of our Grandmothers are there too." Kazuya told her and Chizuru smiled.

"Well go let them in. Make sure they all wash their hands with the Antibiotic Soap if they intend on holding Sayuri." Chizuru ordered and Kazuya nodded. Then before he actually went to answer the door. He approached her, leaned down and kissed her. Then further down to lightly kiss Sayuri on the top of her head. "Go on before My Grandmother or Yours breaks down the door to get to their Great Granddaughter." She told him with a loving smile. He went to let in the visitors.

The End Or Not?