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Leonardo Pov
Me and Mikey walk into Jared's, and I chuckle when my little brothers jaw drops in complete awe. I remember the first time I came here, to buy Karai's engagement ring. I, too, was in shock at how huge the store was, and all of the jewelry filled cases. "You ready to pick out a wedding ring?" Michelangelo nods, and we walk over to the glass cases dedicated to rings.
My eyes skim through the hundreds of rings, thinking of my father and his girlfriend all the while. Back when I was shopping for Karai's ring, I thought of her personality traits, likes/dislikes, and everything I love about her. The ring I walked out with was titled, "Twist of Fate," which basically looked like two silver ropes twisting around each other in the shape of a circle. I purposefully chose a simpler ring, nothing big or fancy, Karai doesn't like that.
"Hey, Leo, what about this one?" I walk back over to my baby brother, and study the ring he's pointing at. It's a plain, silver band with a golden butterfly on it. Very elegant, but I'm pretty sure my Father wants something more, well, wedding like. "Maybe, keep looking though."
I go back to my previous spot and start looking at the rings again. As my eyes glance around, my mind wanders back to Karai. I wonder what she's doing right now, probably playing with the puppy. She was really happy about Ace, I know that a dog was exactly what she needed. I think that the car ride home with Ace was the happiest I'd seen Karai in a long time. He climbed around on her lap, licking her face and pawing at the windows. She soon gave into his desire to feel the wind in his fur, and Karai rolled down her window. Ace's fur blowed in the wind, his tongue flapping as it stuck out of his smiling mouth. Karai laughed and laughed, talking sweetly to her new puppy. I had grinned greatly, I don't think I've ever been so happy.
I snap back to reality as my eyes land on a beautiful ring. It's silver, with a rope like texture to it. A rose is placed on it, and a golden ring with a heart drops over the rose. The title, "Reminder Ring."
"Mike, come look at this one." I wave my brother over, pointing at the ring I had just found.
"Wow, that ones perfect! Claire'll love it!" I glance at the price, and realize that it really isn't that cheap. "Only $150. Should we buy it?" Michelangelo nods and a worker, seemingly knowing that we are ready, walks over to us.
"What can I get ya?"
"The 'Reminder Ring,' please." The man opens the glass case from behind, and pulls out the ring. "This one?" I nod and pull out my wallet, handing my dad's credit card to the man.
I watch the tall man as he types in a couple of codes on the register, and swipes the card. I punch in a couple of numbers into the keypad, and then we're set to go.
I lead my brother to the door, but am from when he ushers me over to a case. "Leo, come look at these!" I stand next to my brother and stare into a case filled with pandora charms. They're beautiful, actually. And I can't help but think of Karai...
"I'm getting a bracelet for Karai. Help me pick out the charms?" My brother nods. "But first we have to pick out the bracelet." Michelangelo guides me over to the bracelets, and I study each one carefully. There's a lighter silver, gold, black, and darker silver. My eyes stock to the black, knowing that's the one that Karai would want.
I walk over to a worker, a blonde girl working the registers. "I wanted to purchase a pandora bracelet." The lady nods and walks behind the case I had previously been standing at. "Ok, so these are the bracelets, which you keep the charms on. Which one would you like?"
"Black, please."
"Ok, is there a preference in size?"
I think for a second. I don't the bracelet to be too big, but I don't want it to be too small either. "I'll go with 19 cm."
"Great choice." The woman pulls out the bracelet and sets it on the counter. "Now for the clips. Usually you have two of them on your bracelet, but of course you don't have to use them."
Michelangelo furrows his brow. "What are they for?"
"They keep the charms from sliding around two much. You can take them on and off rather easily, so if you ever decide you don't like them, you can take them right off." Michelangelo nods from beside me, clearly understanding what the woman just said.
My eyes drift down to the clips, debating on which to get. Something that Karai will love, something that fits her personality perfectly. I consider a silver heart, but then I notice the clip next to it. "I'll take the cherry blossoms." Cherry blossom, the tree she stood under that first day of school.
The woman pulls out two cherry blossom clips from a bag under the counter, sliding one onto the bracelet, leaving the other off. "And now you can pick out your charms."
Mikey grins at me brightly, and I smile back. "If you see anything that looks like something Karai would like, let me know."
I walk out of Jared's with a slight skip to my step, excited to get home and give Karai her bracelet. "You had a lot of money in your wallet. Why don't you ever buy anything?"
I heave a sigh of defeat. "Because me and Karai have been saving any money we get for an apartment. And I just spent $685 on a bracelet."
Michelangelo laughs. "Karai is gonna be so mad!"
"Yes, yes, probably will, but at the same time I'm sure she'll be very happy." She better be, at least.
Karai Pov
"Ace, is that your name? Yes it is, yes it is!" I run my puppy's stomach fast, talking to him in a tone that everyone uses towards pets. It's just sorta mandatory, you can't talk to an animal in a regular tone.
"Hey, beautiful." I turn around to find Leonardo leaning against the doorway. "Hey, turtle-boy. I was wondering when you'd get home." Leonardo shuts the door and walks over to sit with me on the floor, leaning his back against our bed.
"Ya, well, we made an extra purchase." A glint of mischief ignites in Leonardo's sapphire eyes, and I know right away that he did something I wouldn't approve of, but at the same time will love gratefully. This happens regularly, believe it or not. When he got me pregnant, purposes to me, bought me Ace; I was angry at him for doing it, but at the same time was the happiest person in the world. What is it gonna be this time?
That's when I notice the bag in his hand, tucked just out of eyesight. The white bag has a word on it, a word that pisses me off; Pandora.
"Oh my fucking God, Leonardo DaVinci Hamato, what the hell is in that bag?!" Demanding, I am, infuriated, I am.
Leonardo smirks, pulling the bag out from its horrible hiding place behind him, placing it instead on my lap. "Surprise." He whispers mischievously.
I glare at him out of the corner of my eyes as I pull a small black box out of the bag. "If this is what I think it is, I am going to kill you in your sleep."
A faint chuckle escapes Leonardo's throat. "Just open it."
I do, and my heart melts immediately. Just as I suspected, it's a Pandora bracelet, filled with charms. Several of them are cherry blossoms, for obvious reasons. There's a heart with a Japanese symbol in it, a dog, a turtle, hearts, my birthstone, and the letters K and L. It's beautiful, and I love it. I love Leo, I love Ace, I love my life. On days like these I feel like the happiest person in the world. The happiest and luckiest.
"Omigod, Leonardo, it's beautiful. Thank you so much." I wrap my arms around his neck, holding him in a tight embrace.
"I couldn't not get you one, I'm glad you like it."
I loosen my grip on my fiancé, and move my face so it's just a small space away from his. I rest my forehead against his. "I love you so much."
"I love you, too."
Our lips meet once again, with as much passion as any other time. This time are lips move slower, savoring the taste of each other. We're not desperate, no, we're taking our time. Holding on each other. I sit on his lap, my legs wrapped around his back, my arms around his neck, his around wrist. Ace rubs against us, clearly wanting in on the affection. Me and Leonardo pull apart laughing, and my hands wander down to Ace's soft coat. I slide off of Leonardo, and sit in front of him instead, pulling Ace onto my lap gently. Leo takes my wrist and snaps my bracelet together, it now on my arm.
I admire my new piece of jewelry, and glance over at the engaging ring on my finger, smiling at the sight of it.
"I hate to be the one to break the romance, but I think we should talk." I sigh, he's right. We really need to work out our issues, no matter how long it takes.
"You're right, we should talk. But where do we start?"
"I think we should start where it all began; with Sakura." A pain shoots through my heart at the name we had chosen for our daughter. Why do bad things happen to good people? Why couldn't she have made it?
Guilt races through my veins, and I look deep into Leonardo's eyes, quickly getting lost in them. "I'm sorry for blaming you, there was nothing you could've done."
"There wasn't anything either of us could've done, Karai." Oh, but that's where he's wrong. I could've done something about it, because I knew that my father was going to come.
"Leo, I knew that my father was coming." My eyes wander away from Leonardo's, and instead down to Ace.
"If this is about the Ouija again..." Leonardo trails off, not knowing how to finish.
"No, it's not. Shortly before my father came, he called me. He said he knew that I was pregnant, and that he wanted to come visit me. I was scared, and I hid it from you, not wanting to scare you as well. I gave my father a fake name for you, and expected him to come in an orderly fashion. I didn't think he'd be in full gear, an attack in plan. I thought we'd be safe." Tears stream down my cheeks, my makeup running. I sniffle as words continue to form in my mouth, all begging to be set free. "I could've done something, I could've told you and we could've left and I could've changed my phone number and we could've moved in here sooner, then we'd be safe. With Sakura." I whisper that last part under my breath.
"Karai...why didn't you just tell me? I could've taken that, I wouldn't have been scared. I could've done something, we'd be fine, we wouldn't be sitting here arguing with each other, we'd be cradling Sakura or, or something! But you didn't tell me. You chose to hide that from me, to keep secrets from me." Leonardo's words are harsh, spitting out in an angered manner.
"Leo, calm down."
"No Karai, I can't calm down! You kept that from me, for some messed up reason you thought I couldn't take it, that'd I'd cower away in fear. But that's not the case. I would've done something to make things okay, to keep us and our child safe! But you decided to keep secrets from me, to shut me out and leave me in the dark." Betrayal floods Leonardo's voice and tears rain out of my eyes as I bite my bottom lip, holding back a sob.
"I don't know why I did it, but I'm sorry." My voice is small, leaving me looking vulnerable, weak.
"Sorry doesn't cut it this time, Karai." That's the last thing said between us. Leonardo stands up and leaves, slamming the door shut. I push Ace off of me, and crawl over to the door. I lock it, leaning my head against the tall, white door as tears flee my eyes. A sob escapes my throat as I break and crumble under the weight of the world resting on my shoulders.
Chapter five, everyone. Short, but meaningful. Sorry, proposal in next chapter. So, Karai and Leo, what's going to happen between them? Are they going to fix things, or just make things worse? Please review, only got two last chapter. I'll update faster if you review. Have a nice week.
-RaphSai03