"I'm home," Sera called as soon as she walked through the front door of the small apartment that her and her mother lived in. Sera lived with her mother (who was a widowed) because her father passed away when she was young. She loved her mother dearly and ever since the passing of her father, Sera made sure to always look after her mother (who was a bit of an airhead at times) hence why she never really bothered to find a guy for herself. She wanted to make sure that her mother was content and happy first before she would find her own happiness. Sera slipped off her shoes and slipped into a pair of house slippers, "Mom?" she called as she walked up the step towards the living area. As soon as she entered, she saw her mother happily cooking in the kitchen, "what's this?" Sera asked, walking to the sofa to place her books and backpack down.

"Sera!" Yoko chimed happily. She unhooked the apron from her waist and placed it on the dining table before walking over to give her a daughter a hug, "I'm so glad you're home in time," she said.

"Why?" Sera asked, pulling away from her overly excited mother.

"I wanted you to meet Kazakiri-san," Yoko explained.

"Kazakiri-san?" Sera asked and Yoko nodded, "oh the guy whom you've been seeing for the past three months?"

"Yes yes," Yoko chimed happily, "he'll be coming over for dinner tonight and I thought to myself, why not allow my daughter join in on the fun with us? Get to know Kazakiri-san and such," she chuckled.

"That would be nice mom, but I have a lot of homework to catch up on," Sera said and grabbed for her belongings from the sofa, "I'll be in my room if you need anything plus, I don't want to bother you and Kazakiri-san."

"But…Sera…," Yoko tried her best to squeeze tears of guilt from her eyes, "but but…"

Sera squinted her eyes at her mom for a few seconds before heaving out a sigh, "Oh alright," she gave in, "but I'll be busy with my homework so…"

"Don't worry," Yoko beamed happily, going from sad to happily within seconds, "I'll come get you when dinner is ready," she said and went back to her cooking. Sera could only smile and shake her head at her love struck mother.


"And that's a wrap!" Yamato shouted. He grabbed the folders and papers in front of him and straightened them out, "I'm looking forward to be working with all of you guys."

"Yamato-san," a short, chubby, and bald headed man walked up to Yamato, "I just want to say, congratulations for your previous work. I heard that the movie won all the awards that it was nominated for," he said and shook Yamato's hand excitedly, "I've only heard of good things about you from others who has gotten the chance to work with you so I'm so excited to get this opportunity."

"Thank you Oda-san," Yamato said, "I'm looking forward to work with you too."

Oda-san gave Yamato a final bow before leaving the meeting room with the other people.

"The all time famous movie producer slash director," Tusk teased as he walked up to Yamato. He slung an arm around Yamato's shoulders and leaned forward, "Let's go get some drinks after this yeah? My treat," he said and pointed a finger to himself.

"Tusk, I'm busy," Yamato stated, "plus, don't you need to practice your script? We'll start shooting this Saturday."

"Aww c'mon Yama-chan," Tusk pouted and pulled away from the younger one. He sat down on the edge of the table and crossed his arms across his chest, "Just for tonight, let me take a breather," he said and held up clasped hands. Yamato eyed his pleading friend before letting out a chuckle.

"Sure Tusk," Yamato answered and grabbed his belongings from the table, "but you better have some of those script memorized by tomorrow morning," he ordered.

"Yes sir!" Tusk shouted and saluted Yamato with his hand. Yamato shook his head at the older one and made his way to the door but stopped midway.

"Oh that's right," Yamato said, spinning around to face Tusk, "a little birdie told me that you disobeyed his orders today."

Tusk heaved out a breath of guilt and pushed himself off the table, "Okay, what Misao said was all true," he stated, "but it was worth it though!"

"Why?" Yamato asked, "you could have been injured by a crazy fangirl."

"Because Yama-chan," Tusk walked up to the younger one and slung his arm around the younger one's shoulders again, "by me disobeying Misao's orders, I was able to meet the girl of my dreams."

"The girl of your dreams? You never told me this," Yamato said.

Tusk laughed and pulled Yamato towards the door of the room, "She's beautiful," Tusk began, "slim, small, and beautiful. She's everything that I've been looking for in a woman."

"I thought you were only interested in other female celebrities, you know those who are on your level in life?" Yamato reminded Tusk.

"My perspective changed okay," Tusk argued, "it changed when I first laid eyes on her," he said dreamily. Yamato laughed and pried his friend's arm off his shoulder.

"In that case, you'll have to introduce this girl to me one day, after all I am your childhood friend," Yamato teased.

"Of course! Definitely!" Tusk shouted and followed Yamato out of the room.


"Sera," Yoko called as she stuck her head into Sera's room, "dinner is ready."

"I'll be right there mom," Sera answered, not looking up from her books. Yoko gave her a daughter proud smile before leaving her alone with her books. Sera wrote a few more notes down before pushing away from her desk and stretched, "ah! That felt good," she breathed out. She stood up from her chair and left her room for dinner.

"Where's your daughter?" Mr. Kazakiri asked as he took a seat at the dining table.

"She'll be here in a minute," Yoko answered.

Mr. Kazakiri watched as the love of his life wore the ring he gave her earlier today. The ring shined and glistened from the light of the kitchen. He couldn't have been more proud than he was today. After marrying a person whom he had that would love and help benefit his life (only to find out that that all she ever did was for her own selfish needs and wants) Mr. Kazakiri thought that his happily ever after had arrived. But after finding out that all his ex-wife wanted from him was money and fame, he quickly divorced her after having a son with her. He doesn't regret it that they had a child together. If anything, it had taught him a life lesson about certain people. He was glad that Yamato was very understanding of his life situation and instead of not allowing him to date (even when the divorce paper hadn't gone through yet)Yamato allowed him to do whatever he wanted. After his first failed marriage, he met Yoko and fell immediately in love with her. Everything about Yoko was right. The way Yoko would talk to him. The way Yoko looked at him. The way Yoko understood him. And especially the way Yoko was. The person Yoko was was what made him fall so deeply in love with her and he couldn't ask for more.

So lost in his thoughts about Yoko and himself, Mr. Kazakiri failed to notice Sera taking a seat across from him, "Jin," Yoko called and snapped him out of his thoughts, "this is my daughter, Sera," Yoko introduced.

"Sera, what a pretty name," Mr. Kazakiri complimented her. Sera smiled and bowed.

"It's nice to finally meet the man who swept my mother off of her feet for three months," Sera said with a giggle.

Mr. Kazakiri blushed and looked down.

After a nice and delicious dinner made by Yoko, Sera helped her mother with the dishes and clean up the mess in the kitchen. She washed and dried the dishes first before entering the living area to let Yoko know that she'll be retreating to her room again, "Mom," Sera called, walking up to the couple who were engrossed in a love drama that was being aired on the television.

"Yes?" Yoko answered, not tearing her eyes away from the screen.

"I'm going to go finish up my homework now," Sera answered.

"Sera," Yoko stood up from the sofa and gave her daughter her full attention, "come here," she said, grabbing her daughter's hands and lead her to the sofa adjacent from the, "Jin and I have a news we would like to announce to you," she explained.

"News?" Sera asked, eyeing the two older ones in front of her.

"Yes," Yoko answered. She took a seat beside Jin again and took in a deep breath, "I know that it has been years since your father passed. You grew up watching me struggle for a few years before I was able to fully support the both of us as a single mother. And I know that you've been putting your happiness on hold because of me. You want me to be happy first before you go and meet someone who can bring the same happiness that Jin brings to me. But, I would like to announce that from this day on, you don't have to worry about me anymore," Yoko reached out and grabbed Jin by the hand, "what I'm saying is…"

"I proposed to your mother," Jin butted in, "and she said yes."

Sera didn't say anything but only stared. Stared at the two who was holding in their breath waiting to see what she had to say, "I…," she began.

"Sera…I don't want you to think that I'm forgetting about your father," Yoko interrupted, "your father will always be in my heart and memories but…"

"Mom…it's okay," Sera said, not allowing her mother to finish, "if anything, I'm glad that you two found each other. I'm glad that the person who will be taking care of my mom treats her like she's a queen and that's exactly what I want to see," she gave Mr. Kazakiri a smile and stood up from the sofa, "congratulations you two."

Yoko immediately shot up from the sofa and jumped her daughter with a huge hug, "thank you Sera! You don't know how much this means to me."

Sera laughed and pried her mom away from her, "I'm sure it means a lot mom," she said, "but I'll leave you two alone while I go finish up my homework."

Yoko nodded and allowed her daughter to leave her alone with Mr. Kazakiri. Sera entered her room and smiled to herself, "She found someone dad," she said, looking at the photo of her parents hanging on the wall.


Saturday morning came by with a bit of nose biting cold in the air. Amu opened the door to the café and a gush of cold air came swarming in. She shivered a bit before placing the small wooden sign beside the door. She then retreated into the café, grabbed the wooden coffee tables and placed them in their respective areas.

"Good morning," came a very familiar voice. Amu glanced up to see Yamato standing in front of her.

"Yamato-san," Amu called, "can I help you?"

"Yeah, is Sera in yet?" he asked, glancing into the café through the window.

"She isn't at the moment," Amu answered, "but why don't you come inside? It's a bit cold today," she walked back to the café with Yamato following suit, "take a seat, I'll have hot chocolate out for you."

"Thank you," Yamato said before taking a seat on one of the wooden chairs. Amu disappeared into the kitchen and left him alone to observe his surroundings. The door to the café opened which caused the bell to jingle. Yamato glanced at that direction in time to catch Sera walking in and he smiled. Since Sera didn't notice him yet, Yamato took the time to observe her. Sera had her hair down (as compared to the last time he saw her, she had her hair up in a ponytail) which settled a bit over her bottom. She wore black skinny jeans and paired it with a black turtleneck. She had a brown jacket with white fur lining the opening, bottom, and bottom part of the sleeves. She paired the jacket with a pair of two inch brown mid-length calf boots. Along with Sera's outfit, she carried a medium size black handbag with her as she entered the café. Along with her stylish black handbag, Sera was also carrying a bunch of paper bags with her, making Yamato guess that she had to stop at a store on her way before coming here.

"Amu," Sera called as she allowed the door the close behind her, "sorry that I'm late."

"Oh Sera," Amu said, walking in to see her friend, "um…" she pierced her lips together and nudged her chin towards Yamato. Sera followed the direction and saw Yamato sitting there.

"Yamato-san," Sera surprisingly called, "sorry, I didn't noticed that you were there."

Yamato chuckled and got up from the chair, "It's fine," he told her and walked up to her,, "need some help? You seem to be struggling a bit," he said.

"I…I think I got it," Sera answered, trying her best to cover the fact that yes she was struggling a bit. Of course Yamato didn't buy into it and grabbed the paper bags from her hands, "Ah…I said…" before she could finish, Yamato walked up to the bar and placed it on the surface.

"If you're not too busy today," Yamato began, and walked back to Sera, "I thought…why not bring you to my work place today?" he said.

"What? Work place?" Sera asked, "for what reason?"

Yamato jut the bottom of his lip and knitted his eyebrows together and thought, "Well…" he said slowly, "no reasons," he grabbed Sera's cold hands, "oh…your hands are cold," he stated.

"Yeah…I just came from outside," Sera pointed the obvious.

Yamato cupped both of Sera's hands into his and brought it up to his mouth and blew into it, warming up Sera's hands. Doing this caused Sera to blushed deeply and she looked away, not being able to stand watching Yamato heat her hands up with his breath.

"Um…I'll just head back…to the kitchen," Amu stated.

"Wait! Amu!" Sera called for her friend but was ignored.

"Have I told you?" Yamato began. He stared straight into Sera's eyes and locked her gaze into his, "that you're the most beautiful woman I've ever met?" he asked.

Hearing Yamato's words and staring deeply into his eyes caused Sera's heart to skip mountains. She didn't know what to say or what to do but to stay silent and stare into Yamato's gaze.

"If you don't want to go to my workplace, how about…," Yamato glanced up to the ceiling and pondered for a moment, "how about we go on a date?" he asked.

"But…," Sera racked her brain furiously to come up with an excuse to turn down the offer but couldn't think of one. Didn't help that Yamato's intense but addicting stare made her go brainless.

"Don't worry about Amu, I've requested for one of my friend to come help her while you're gone," Yamato stated, "he's a wonderful cook too."

"Who?" Sera asked.

"His name is Leo," Yamato answered. He intertwined their hands together and lead Sera towards the door, "what about it Sera? Let's go on a date."

Sera knew she shouldn't. Shouldn't leave her best friend with a wonderful cook stranger but somehow with just that once electrifying stare that Yamato gave her turned her into pudding. Somehow she couldn't come up with a reason or somehow she couldn't simply say no to his offer. She should say no. She should break away from Yamato's grasp and return to Amu but somewhere deep down inside of her, Sera didn't want to go back to the café. She wanted to go on a date with Yamato and enjoy his presence. She didn't know why since she had only met him once. But somehow, with Yamato holding onto her hands and leading her out, everything felt all too familiar, as if it has happened before.


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