Haruo knocked on Naomi's door, a few seconds later Naomi opens the door and looked up at him. "Son, what's wrong? You look like you've seen a ghost."
"Can we talk..?"
"Sure," she let him in and then sat him down on the bed, "What's wrong?"
"There's something dark inside of me...I black out and by the time I regain consciousness something bad has happened...the Aratrum...it's been destroyed and it happened while I blacked out."
"You feel like you were the cause of it?" She thought for a minute, "Do you remember feeling anything before you blacked out?"
"Not really..." he said, "But I remembering hearing bells...and some sort of cackle."
"..." Naomi knew exactly what was happening, sheswallowed and grabbed his hand. "Hey, you're okay. You're just tired is all. You've been under a lot of stress."
"Yeah...that's it..."
"Go to your room, hold Haruka, and if you need yo take a nap."
He nodded, he then stood up and walked to his bedroom. He walked in and Haruka was crying, he frowned, "Hey sweetie," he walked over to the crib, "What's wrong?" He picked up Haruka and cradled her in his arms he started to bounce her softly, "Where's mommy?" He looked around the room, Yuko was nowhere in sight. It seemed unusual that Yuko would just up and leave Haruka. After a while of bouncing Haruka then calmed down, "There you go, see, you're okay." He then kissed her forehead, she opened her eyes and looked up at him, "Hey there." Haruka yawned and then put her fingers in her mouth before closing her eyes. "Silly girl. You look just like your mom you know that?" Soon Yuko rushes into the room.
"Oh..."
Haruo turns and faced her, "Hey."
"Oh thank god you have her..." she sighed, "I just...I thought I put her down somewhere and I couldn't remember where...I just-"
"Are you okay?" He asked, she slowly shook her head and tears fell down her face.
"No..." she walked over to Haruo, Haruo then wrapped on of his arms around Yuko, "I can't believe they're all gone...my mom...my cousins...all of them..."
"I'm sorry," he rubbed his hand up and down her back, "If I could turn back time and save them all I would."
"What does this all mean...?"
"I don't know. But we have to be strong. Everything will turn out okay." He sighed, "I'm sorry Yuko...this isn't the nice Earth life I promised you. What would have been nice sunny days full of beaches is instead replaced with the truth. Monsters, death, all of it."
"Can we just go back to Okinawa now...?"
"I wish we could, that's where you belong. But right now, we have to stay here, we need to stop X and find the Genesis Chambers."
"Stop X?" She backed away and looked up at him, "There's no stopping him..."
"Yes there is, there's always a way."
"Are you just going to take us all to war?"
"That son of a bitch brought the war to ya the moment he stepped foot on this ship and the moment he messed with my family."
"HARUO HE'LL KILL YOU!!!!" Haruo jumped at Yuko suddenly telling, Haruka started to cry. Yuko took a deep breath, she ran her fingers through her hair then looked back to Haruo, "He'll kill you Haruo, is that what you want? For him to win and for him to tear our family apart?" Her lip started to quiver, "Do you not know everything that I would be going through if you died?! I'm very scared right now Haruo! I'd be raising Haruka alone, and I'd have to adjust to the life of being a single mother. Hell I don't think I'm even fit to be a mother right now! I wouldn't know what to do...not without you!" She started crying, she wiped her tears. Haruo frowned, he then set Haruka down in her crib. He then wrapped both of his arms around Yuko, Yuko laid her head on his chest and started to sob. Haruo places one hand on the back of her head.
"You're okay." He said, "You're scared, I understand. You've lost your family. I didn't even begin to think if this was affecting you too. I'm sorry. What can I do?"
"Hold onto me and don't let go."
"Alright." Haruo stood there with his arms around Yuko. Yuko sobbed as many tears as she could and then a lot more. Haruo rested his head on top of Yuko's head. "Babe..." she froze, he had never called her babe before, "I feel like some of the pain you're in is my fault...recently I've been blacking out...after I wake up it's usually after something bad has happened...I feel like I'm the cause."
"Don't do that to yourself..." she said wrapping her arms tighter around him, "You're fine just the way you are okay? Don't be stressed..." she then started sobbing again. Haruo didn't want her to cry, so he dug down to the bottom of his soul and pulled out his ultimate trump card. He started to sing softly to her.
Wise men say only fools rush in
But I can't help falling in love with you
Shall I stay?
Would it be a sin
If I can't help falling in love with you?
Like a river flows surely to the sea
Darling so it goes
Some things are meant to be
Take my hand, take my whole life too
For I can't help falling in love with you
Like a river flows surely to the sea
Darling so it goes
Some things are meant to be
Take my hand, take my whole life too
For I can't help falling in love with you
For I can't help falling in love with you
Yuko sniffled, she then smiled a little, "That's nice...who's that by...?"
"Elvis Presley, he was the king."
"I see..." she sighed, it seemed to cheer her up a bit. "Thank you...I needed that..." she then looked up at him, "You have a beautiful singing voice."
"Thank you very much." He said in his best Elvis voice, Yuko snickered and then laughed a little.
"Wow. What was that?"
"That's how he sounded."
"Don't do that again." She said with a smile,
"No?"
"Nope." She shook her head,
"Oh, how dare you. You've insulted my taste in music." She smiled at him, she then got on her toes and wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him, he placed his hands on her hips and kissed back. He pulled away, "You know, I think Elvis can be our thing." She giggled,
"Maybe." They then kissed again. "Mmm~" she hummed, Haruo smiled.
"You need to stop doing that."
"Why should I? I love the feeling of kissing you and I should enjoy it."
"If you say so."
"I know so." They went to kiss again when suddenly Haruka made a small noise.
"I think she's jealous." Haruo said, he then turned around and picked up Haruka again, "Hey sweetie." She looked up at her dad and stuck her tongue out, "Cutie." Yuko walked over to Haruo and looked over at her daughter.
"I think she's got your cheeks."
"She does not have my cheeks."
"She does! You had the cutest little squirrel cheeks as a baby!"
"Are you saying I was a fat baby?"
"You were a bit on the chubby side but it was cute!" She smiled, "You know, I think you're still on the chubby side." She then pinched his cheek, "You've still got big cheeks!"
"I do not." He said gently pulling her hand away, she smiled.
"Whatever you say tough guy." She then looked back to Haruka.
"She's got your pretty eyes you know?"
"Yeah." She smiled, "But she's got your smile."
"You've seen her smile?"
"Yeah, it's really cute." Yuko said giving Haruka her finger. "Do you think she's going to look more like me or you when she grows up?"
"Either way she's going to break a lot of hearts."
"Yeah." It wasn't long before Haruka started crying, "Uh-oh," Yuko then gently took Haruka from Haruo, "What's wrong? What's wrong baby?" She said to her gently bouncing her up and down. "You're probably hungry huh?" Yuko then went and sat on the bed, she lifted her shirt and started to breastfeed Haruka. "See, there you go, you were just hungry." After a while Yuko looks up at Haruo, "So Haruo, I wanted to ask you something."
"What's up?"
"Since your mom told me when your birthday is what do you want?"
"My birthday isn't until March."
"I know, it'd still be something nice to plan for."
"I don't know." He said, "I don't usually celebrate my birthday."
"Why not?"
"It's just not a big deal."
"I see." As soon as Haruka stopped feeding she started crying. Yuko pulled her shirt down, she then looked to Haruo, "Want to try burping her?"
"Uh...I don't know how..."
"That's okay, it's easy." She then walks over to Haruo and hands him Haruka, "So you want to hold her so she's laying on your chest."
"Like this?" Haruo asked as he moved Haruka to the position.
"Mhmm! Now just gently pat her back until she burps."
"Alright." Haruo starts to gently pat her back as well as bouncing her up and down softly. "Hey, it's okay, daddy's got you." Yuko smiled at them, it wasn't long before Haruka let out a soft burp.
"There you go."
"That was easy." He then laid Haruka back down in his arms and held her normally. Haruka looked up at her father, "Hey cutie." Haruo said with a smile, Haruka gave a soft smile back, this of course mad Haruo smile abhit wider at her. "You're pretty cute little one." She yawned and gave a soft sneeze, "Bless you." She then sneezed again, "Bless you." Haruka yawned again and then drifted off to sleep. "She's a cute little one."
"Yeah, we did good with this one." Yuko said as Haruo then placed her back in the crib, "Hey, I've been thinking about what you said...about Hanabi." She placed her hands behind her back, "I think it would be a great idea to have her come live with us?"
"Are you sure?" Haruo asked laying the blanket on Haruka, he stood up and turned around to face her.
"Yeah...I think it would be good for her. I mean, I can't force her to forgive her parents, and I can't make her forgive humanity. She needs some sort of family bond, and you are it. I've seen how she is around you, she actually is calm and relaxed."
Haruo smiled, "Thank you for understanding."
"Yeah, I'd do the same for my sibling if I had one." She walked over to him and grabbed onto his hands, they looked into each other's eyes and Yuko smiled.
"Are you hungry?"
"A little bit, but it can wait."
"When was the last time you ate?"
"Yesterday at dinner."
"Go get food, I'll stay here with Haruka."
"Are you sure?"
"Go." He said, "You need to eat."
"Alright," she quickly kissed his chin before she walked off to the cafeteria. Once she arrived in the cafeteria she saw Kairi sitting at the table eating some food. Yuko smiled, "Hey." Kairi looked up at Yuko.
"Um...Hey...I was actually meaning to talk to you."
"What's up?" Yuko asked sitting across from Kairi, Kairi leaned in close to Yuko.
"When did you know when you were pregnant?"
"..." Yuko suddenly gasped, "Kairi Are you pregnant?!"
"Sh! Not so loud!"
"Sorry..." Yuko whispered, Kairi sighed.
"Yes, I think I'm pregnant with Glenn's baby."
"Awww how sweet?"
"The thing is, I don't know how to tell him because I don't know how he'll react."
"Just tell him, I'm sure he'll be thrilled."
"He will be, but I'm not."
"Why not?"
"Back on the Aratrum doctors told me that I couldn't get pregnant. And now here I am...with this..." she pulls a positive pregnancy test out of her pocket and shows it to Yuko, "I'm not sure what to really think of this. I mostly took it because I've felt a bit sick the past couple of days and Naomi gave me this for just in case. So I took it and now it's positive."
"Well...do you not want to be pregnant?"
"I don't know." She said putting the test back in her pocket, "Glenn is always talking about marrying me and ya having kids. But...I don't feel like is being married or having kids will change anything. Just being with him alone makes me happy I don't want to add a child onto the equation."
"Well, even though I'm new to being a mother...being a mother is honestly the best thing to ever happen to me." Yuko said with a smile, Kairi sighed.
"How is your little one by the way?"
"She's fine, she really loves her dad. And her dad really really loves her, it kind of makes me jealous."
"I see."
"If you ever need anything then just let me know okay?"
"Sure."
Yuko smiled, she then stood up and walked over to the pantry. She looked through the different dehydrated food packets, she eventually found some rice balls filled with meat. Once she started to make the food she then reached into fridge and grabbed a bottle of water. Once her food was finished she took it over to the able and sat down and started to eat. It wasn't long before Miana burst in the room, she ran over to Yuko, "Hey!"
"Oh, hey Miana, what's up?"
"Haruo."
"What about Haruo?"
"Strange noises from Hanabi."
"What?"
"Haruo and Hanabi."
"You're not making any sense." Miana groaned, she then made a loop with one hand and then pointed her finger with the other one. She then put her hands together. Yuko just laughed, "Miana, you're hilarious. Haruo and Hanabi wouldn't do that stuff, they're brother and sister."
"What..." Miana froze stiff, now that she knew Haruo were brother and sister the situation got worse.
"Yeah, though if Haruo was involved and Hanabi was moaning in pleasure then Haruo was probably helping Hanabi with her back. Hanabi has some back problems." Miana swallowed, Yuko then handed Miana a riceball, "Want one?" Miana shook her head, "Alright, suit yourself." Miana stood up and left. "She's a really funny and strange girl." Yuko thought.
A/N
Heyyyy!!! Sorry this one took so long, I was sick all day yesterday and I'm still sick today...oof...anywho, I figured we needed a chapter focused on Haruo and Yuko's family life.