Ch. 25

(A/N): Hello everyone, sorry I didn't post a new chapter yesterday, today I will try to do one more chapter if not, I'll do one tomorrow. Yesterday was just too lazy for me. Anyway for those who do not know, the second season of B-Project is finally up! There are also tons of new anime this season I might mention later. That's all for now, I do not own MK-LT.

Ch. 25

It was finally Saturday evening and everyone had just gotten finished getting ready for their dinner with Naoki and Sahoko. While they waited Mrs. Irie could not help but take a couple of pictures of how nice the kids looked. "Kotoko, you are so lucky to have two cute children."

"Um, thank you," said Kotoko. She could feel a little irritation from her children getting their pictures taken. There had been a couple of incidents when a camera or to got smashed at some fancy parties.

Finally the doorbell rang, bringing everyone to a pause. Yuki sighed, "I'll get it," he said as he walked to the door with Ayu beside him.

When he opened the door, sure enough Naoki and Sahoko were there, each one holding a bag. "Well about time you two showed up," stated Yuki.

"Were actually on time," noted Naoki, also smiling down at the young girl. "But I must say your date tonight is adorable." Ayu just giggled as she ran back to her mother as they all walked in.

There was a moment of awardness when everyone just looked at each other. Kotoko finally broke the tension a little as she went ahead and introduced her son to his… step-mom. "Yuga, this is Sahoko, Naoki's wife."

Yuga gulped, and then took a small step from his mother's side. "It's nice to meet you Mrs. Sahoko."

Sahoko could not help but stare for a bit at the young boy. There was no doubt that boy was her husband's son. "Wow, you're an exact copy of your father," she said in a surprising tone. "It's nice to finally meet you."

"Yeah, it's um, nice to meet you too," said Yuga. Sahoko missed the annoyed look in the boy's eyes. For now though he would be nice to the other woman.

"And this is my daughter Ayu," said Kotoko as her daughter took her hand.

"Well isn't she cute," said Sahoko in a more simple way. "I bet it's nice to have a smart older brother to help you out, hu?" stated Sahoko smiling at the young boy.

"Actually both my children are at the top of their classes, and both only focus on their own work," stated at Sahoko. She felt a little offended that the woman thought that her daughter wasn't that smart.

"Oh is that so," trying to force a smile. In a way she knew that just because Yuga was Naoki's son didn't mean that Ayu was any less smart than her brother. "That must mean your father was pretty smart wasn't he?" she said to the little girl smiling.

"Yeah, our dad was really smart," exclaimed Ayu, phasing the word 'our.' She had been listening very well to what the woman was saying. Like her mother had said she was just as smart as her brother. "At our other grandparent's house there is a room dedicated to all of his awards." Kotoko had to smile at her daughter, even though her husband's family was still mad at him they never took down any of awards.

"Oh I almost forgot, Sahoko bought gifts for the kids," said Naoki trying to defuse the tension from the room. He could already tell the older adults in the room, and Yuki, were getting a little peeved at the situation.

"Really?" asked the two kids.

"Yes, I went out and bought them yesterday," said Sahoko actually with a real smile. "I hope you kids like them."

Yuga and Ayu took the gifts from Sahoko with pleasant smiles on their faces; however, they soon disappeared when they opened them. The kids looked at each other before looking toward their mom.

Not wanting anymore unpleasantness, Kotoko put on a pleasant smile, "Those are some nice gifts. Kids what do you say to Mrs. Sahoko?"

Looking at their gifts one more time, "Thank you Mrs. Sahoko."

"Well I think dinner is ready," said Mrs. Irie. 'The sooner she leaves the better,' she thought in her head as she lead the way to the dining room.

For a while dinner was actually pleasant and everyone agreed that Mrs. Irie had done a great job preparing the food. "Mom I actually think this is your best work yet," said Yuki, very surprised that his mother put a lot of thought into dinner, considering the company in the room. However, he was sure that she thought about the other company, the ones that were staying with them, and hoped they would stay forever.

"You know Yuki, I'm very pleased to know that you and your brother are now going to get along better, and I hope this means our companies will work even better."

"Well, no offence Sahoko, but our company has actually doing a little better then it normally has for the past two years. We have barely even touched the money that your company helps us out with.

Naoki and Kotoko could tell there was little tension, but not as much as before. But both knew that he said that just to annoy her a bit.

"Well that's good to know," said Sahoko trying to sound pleasant

Dinner was going just fine.

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