CHAPTER 12:
Ema is silently eating her meal with the rest of the Asahina brothers when Miwa arrived; she smiled fondly of her own sons who are all reluctant and indifferent about her arrival. Louis was the first one to greet the beautiful lady. Ema observed how Miwa truly cares for Louis and then she remembered the memories that Juli and her father showed her. Ema clenched her fist, Hikaru eyed her with distrust.
"Good Morning Mother" Louis said softly. Louis had always been indifferent over Miwa since the day she left them but he is still grateful about her adoption of him. Although none of his younger brothers knows about it.
"Good Morning my dear" Miwa squeeze his shoulders. "I missed my boys"
"Mother, where's your husband?" Hikaru asked her without malice on his voice.
"He's busy with his new adventures" Miwa answered her fourth son and then she greeted Ema with fondness. "Hello my dear! It is so nice to have such a daughter!"
"You adventures or he is busy with something else?" Hikaru muttered, Louis elbowed him.
"Don't be rude Hikaru-niisan"
"Mother, I hope you have some time to talk to me. I have something important to tell you"
"Of course, I have always time for my children" The pretty woman smiled to his fourth son
"Mother's hair needs a haircut. May I?" Louis asked politely.
"Why of course my dear"
After lunch, Louis gave Miwa Asahina a new haircut which the lady is so happy about. She looked younger at her new hairstyle, Louis smiled lazily, he enjoyed seeing others liking his work. Later that day, Hikaru rudely barge inside his mother's office, locking the door behind him.
"We need to talk. It is about your new husband"
"Hikaru, we already talked about it—"
"I don't care. He ordered those low class vampires, no? Have you gone insane?! We are pureblood! No one must touch us, it is a rule but your husband and his pet ordered those lackeys of his to kill us all!"
"Do you have a proof?"
"You are blind! Always thinking of men over your own son"
"…" Miwa frowned and her hand connected to her own son's cheek.
"How dare you lift a hand on me?! I will make sure father will have a wind of this!" Hikaru shouted at her.
"Hika— please… wait, I did not mean to hurt you" Miwa grabbed his son's arms. "Please—"
"Father is correct, you are a bitch" The young vampire coldly eyed his mother. Before leaving the woman alone.
"…"
"Hikaru-san?" Ema accidentally bumped into the angry man.
"Don't speak to me, woman. If you do not want me to snap your neck" Hikaru pushed her and the man vanished out of her sight. Miwa rushed outside of her office, tears on her eyes.
"Have you seen Hikaru?" Miwa asked her step daughter
"He was here awhile ago—"
"Mother what happened?" Ukyo asked
"Hikaru— I did not mean to hurt him"
"…"
"Miwa-san" Ema tried to calm the woman by soothing her back
"He's probably on his way to where Father is staying" Ukyo sigh,
"He'll take Hikaru away from me— even you, Kaname and Masaomi" Miwa cried more upon realizing that she'll lost custody of her four children if their father had a wind of what he did to their youngest son.
"…" Ema looked confused at first then Ukyo smiled tiredly.
"Masomi-niisan, I, Kaname and Hikaru… we shared the same father while the triplets and Iori has the same father. Subaru has another father. The three youngest shares the same father. Louis is—"
"I understand" Ema nodded her head.
Hikaru reached a mansion that is located into one of the deserted lands of Kyoto. He barged into a window on one of the rooms on the third floor and there he saw his father, the man is drinking a glass of blood while signing a few papers.
"What do I owe my youngest son's sudden visit?" The man humoured the boy by beckoning him to partake in his meal. He has a short wavy hair like his first son that has the same colour as Kaname's hair while his face resembles so much of Hikaru except the man is as serious as his second son.
"Good evening Father—" He eyed the man who just quietly looking at him
"What did that whore did again?"
"How did you know?"
"You are always visiting me whenever you are displeased with her. Sometimes I am wondering if my sons can only remember me when they are in trouble"
"T-that's not it"
"Is it not? So what did the whore do again?"
"She hit me for accusing her new man of trying to kill us. We were attacked before— I mean they tried to kill me and if not for Louie-chan, I would have died"
"…" The pen into the man's hands was snapped into half. "Would you please tell that again?"
"You heard me; there were attackers who were sent to get rid of me"
"Where's your whorish mother?"
"Home?"
"Go back to your room and don't come out until I say so. She's on her way here"