Here is the fifth chapter, this one will be mostly centered in my OCs and it might or might not have a character named after one of the most iconic J-horror creatures. I hope you enjoy it! Please remember to follow and fav if you do.
Disclaimer: I don't own Code Blue, I just like it a lot.
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Keisuke woke up late that morning. Their flight had arrived at Narita airport later than expected, and upon arrival, they found themselves face to face with a very pissed landlord who seemed to blame his new tenants for said delay. Of course Keisuke wasn't a fool and he understood why he was like that.
The man had had to wait until very late at night for them to arrive and give them the keys and finally sign the rental agreement. Not only that, he'd also been there early in the morning to receive all the boxes with the things that Keisuke couldn't carry as luggage and had sent ahead of his departure and, if one of the voicemails the man had left him was to be believed, force the people that brought them to get said boxes into the apartment. That was why, after signing the agreement, getting the keys and paying him the first month of rent and the rental deposit, he gave him a little extra cash as a form of appreciation. After that, he assembled his daughter's crib and also assembled and made his son's bed before falling unconscious on his own bed at around 4:30 AM in the morning.
Looking at the cellphone he'd managed to leave on the nightstand, he realized he'd slept for seven hours. He sighed, feeling like it wouldn't be bad to sleep a couple of hours more. However, he knew that he wouldn't be so lucky. As if the universe agreed with him, a baby's cry could be heard coming from his daughter's room. Groaning he rose up from his bed and moved to pick up his daughter.
"Daddy" he heard his son's tired voice coming from his room.
"Yes, Satoshi?" he replied kindly as he saw his son exiting his room and approach him sleepily.
"Why is Sakura crying today? I'm tired!" The little boy said, a little angry that his sister had woken him up.
"Well, Satoshi. You have to remember that Sakura is only one year old and crying is still the best way she has to tell us that she needs something." Keisuke explained, finding it a bit funny that his son thought his sister was crying just to bother him.
"And what does she want?" The little child asked.
"I'm not sure. Let's go and find out." he said, resuming his walk towards his daughter's room. After opening the door, a foul smell greeted him and revealed the reason for his child's cries. Maybe because of being so tired, the smell seemed to be worse than ever, but Keisuke didn't let that prevent him from doing what needed to be done and moved towards the crib to pick his daughter up. "Ok little missy, let's get you changed" he said, kissing his crying daughter and moving towards the bathroom where he'd left all of Sakura's spare diapers and other baby things to change her and clean her.
"I'm hungry" Satoshi said, his voice demanding that his father put a solution to that issue immediately. Keisuke looked at the child, it was well past breakfast time and they were going to eat Megumi's house, he didn't want his son not to eat anything. However, as a doctor he knew it wasn't good for anyone, especially children, to skip on a meal. After thinking about it, he reached a decision.
"Well we don't have any food here so what do you say we dress your sister and you and go out to have some breakfast. Deal?" He said. The child's eyes lit up and he nodded enthusiastically at his father's proposal.
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After getting his children ready, taking a quick shower and changing clothes, Keisuke took his children out for breakfast to a cafe that was near their new apartment. It was quite amusing to see his son trying to look at everything that was between their house and the cafe or be surprised that everyone around him spoke Japanese like his dad and himself. The young child felt like an explorer, exploring a new and mystical land.
The cafe was a small family-run business, a woman in her early forties seemed to cook the food and wait on the clients with the aid of a couple of teenagers, a boy and a girl, while a couple of children played nearby without bothering the clients. When Keisuke entered the cafe, the woman smiled at him.
"Welcome. Table for three?" She greeted them.
"Yes please" Keisuke replied and the woman looked at the girl.
"Sadako, take them to their table." The girl nodded, grabbing a menu and leading them to one of the empty tables.
"I'll bring you a highchair for the little one" she said. smiling at Sakura, who smiled at her and began to babble as if trying to say something.
"Thank you" Keisuke said, helping his son to sit on one of the chairs before unstrapping his daughter and picking his daughter up, holding her until the waitress returned with the children's highchair.
"Let me know when you are ready to order" she said before leaving to wait on another table.
"Daddy I want pancakes" Satoshi said as he eyed the menu, catching his father off guard for a moment until he noticed that the menu came with photos of the different dishes. Grabbing the menu he sat across the child who glared at him for doing so.
"Ok, we'll share a plate of pancakes" Keisuke said.
"I want a plate for me. You get another one daddy." Satoshi argued but his father shook his head.
"We are going to get one. Remember we are going to Auntie Megumi's for lunch later and I don't want you filling up with this late breakfast." He reminded his son.
"I won't fill up daddy. I promise!" Satoshi said with tears in his eyes, clearly about to throw a Tantrum.
"Satoshi, come on! We are going to eat tons of delicious food at Auntie's house." Keisuke tried to convince him. "Maybe you'll have pancakes there too."
"I want pancakes here!" The child began to cry. "I want pancakes here! A plate only for me."
"Satoshi, stop it or you will not have any pancakes." Keisuke warned.
"No! You will not have pancakes daddy! I want pancakes!" the child cried, prompting his little sister to begin to whimper as she noticed his bad mood.
"Enough!" Keisuke said, louder than he had intended to. The child cried harder than before and Sakura began to cry as well. Sighing, he rose up from the chair and put his daughter back in the trolley before picking up little Satoshi as well. "We are going home" he decided, walking towards the door and throwing several apologetic looks at everyone present.
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Looking at the time on his phone, Keisuke wondered if he should just cancel going to Megumi's house for lunch after the tantrum Satoshi had thrown. A part of him thought he shouldn't. After all, according to what Kōsaku had told him, it was a kind of welcome party to introduce him to some of the people who worked at Shohoku. Another part of him thought otherwise. Even though he had managed to feed his children after a painful trip to the supermarket, his son didn't seem ready to forgive him for the pancakes he had not gotten to eat yet.
He sighed. Whatever he decided, he knew he should decide within the next ten minutes. Luckily, the children were already dressed and, according to Google Maps it shouldn't take him too long to arrive at Megumi's apartment but they should leave within that period of time if they wanted to be punctual. Suddenly the phone began ringing, and, checking the caller's ID, he smiled.
"Hey mom" he said after picking up the phone.
"Are you already in Japan?" Sounded his mother's worried voice at the other side of the line.
"Of course" Keisuke replied. "Don't you remember I told you I'd arrive yesterday?"
"I do" his mom replied. "I also remember you telling me you'd call me as soon as the plane landed."
"Sorry mom, I completely forgot." He apologized. "But the plane arrived later than expected and I still had to do a few things upon arrival. By the time I finished I fell asleep."
"I fell asleep too" his mom said. "Waiting for your call. You could at least have called this morning."
"Sorry mom" he repeated.
"Anyway, I'm thinking of dropping by one of these days. I'd like to stay with you and the kids for a couple of months." his mother changed the topic.
"It's not necessary mom" Keisuke said, becoming nervous at the thought of his mother coming 'for a visit'. It wasn't that he didn't love the woman, far from it. She had raised him and his two sisters all on her own giving them all the love a mother could give her children.
The problem was that she still treated her offspring as children and whenever she stayed with one of them, it was like returning to their teenage years. Plus, there was the fact that his mom never stayed only a couple of months when she visited her daughters or her son. A couple of months was what she had claimed she'd stay with his older sister after her first husband died. Five years later she was still living with her, her children and her new husband. He couldn't let the same thing happen to him. "I was planning to take a few days off to visit you in a few months. Just stay in Sendai with Kyoko."
"I'm old enough to do whatever I please. I don't need my children telling me what to do." His mother scolded him.
'And your children are old enough to live on their own' Keisuke wanted to reply but he held his tongue knowing speaking such words would only complicate things. "Ok, listen. I've agreed to meet some friends for lunch. We'll talk about it further when I return. Love you mom."
"Ok, I'll talk to you then. I love you too son." His mom said before ending the call. Sighing, Keisuke noticed someone tugging at his pants and noticed Satoshi looking at him with puppy eyes.
"What is it?" He asked.
"I'm sorry I cried earlier daddy." The little child said. Keisuke was pleasantly surprised by this and smiled at his son. He'd always told him that when you did something wrong, it was important to apologize. He was proud of him for doing it without having to be reminded.
"It's alright Satoshi, I forgive you" the man said, smiling at his son. "Do you want to go to Auntie Megumi's house now?" He asked the little boy who nodded before hugging his father's leg.
"Let's go grab your sister then" Keisuke said, happy that this problem had been solved rather easily. If only every problem could be solved like this.
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