Well I know it took me a while to get this up. I'm sorry about that. Spent a lot of time at work and cleaning the new apartment. Thank you Reusch17 and RukaMichi92 for their help with this chapter, I was a bit stuck
Without You
Chapter 5
"Mom, can Emiko come over. She said she brought something for mom." Rune glanced at me from his phone. I smiled and nodded.
"That's fine honey, she's more than welcome here. Even if your mom doesn't show it, she likes the girl just as much as I do." I rested my head against Haruka's arm and closed my eyes. I was so tired. I felt as though I wanted to let myself go to sleep, and never wake up. Just so I could be with Haruka.
"I'll send her a message then. I'm sure her mom will be able to bring her over.
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"Mom, Emiko's here!" Rune ran to the front door and opened it. I smiled as I saw him give her a hug. "Emiko, this is my Mama Michiru." I stood from my spot to greet her.
"So you're Emiko…Rune's talked so much about you." I giggled when I saw him blush. My head turned when I heard Haruka sigh from behind me.
"Emiko, this is my mom, Haruka." He motioned to her and I saw Emiko's expression change to that of a confused one.
"You have two mothers?" She looked to him.
"There a problem with that?" Haruka chimed in with a frown on her face.
"Haruka calm down. She's probably never seen it before." I leaned up to whisper in her ear. "Just try to relax and have a good dinner. He really likes this girl."
She sighed and forced a smile. "It's a…pleasure to finally meet you Emiko. Please…come and join us for dinner. Michiru makes a mean stir fry." I blushed and followed them into the kitchen.
Emiko sat beside Rune and I sat beside Haruka, we each served our own plates from the serving dishes in the center of the table.
"So do you like my son?"
Emiko smiled at Rune and nodded. "Yes I do, I like him very much."
"How can you be so sure of yourself with that? You're only 14, just like he is. How can you know that?" Haruka slowly picked at her food. I frowned as I watched this exchange.
"I just got this strange feeling in the pit of my stomach the first time I ever saw him in the store. I just didn't have the courage to go up and talk to him that first time. Then that second time he talked to me and I felt such a connection."
"Mm hm." She took a bite of her food. "Well personally I don't think he's old enough to date. I don't think either of you are. Ow!" I smacked her arm to get her to stop it.
"Haruka let it go, Rune's happy, that's what matters isn't it?" She sighed and nodded.
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I smiled when I opened my eyes to the sound of the door opening about a half hour later. "It's nice to see you Emiko. Where's your mother?" I sat up and watched her.
"She said she'd come back in about an hour or so to get me. Has there been any change?" She sat down next to Rune and set the bouquet of roses she had brought on the window ledge behind her.
I shook my head before resting it against the mattress again. "I just want her to wake up. I miss her so much." I wiped a tear from my eye before once again closing them and drifting to sleep.
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I frowned as I walked around the corner and into Haruka's garage. I stopped dead in my tracks when I saw a younger woman had Haruka pressed against the side of a vehicle, her lips dangerously close to my wife's.
"Come on honey, she'll never know about this. I know you want me." My blood boiled as I watched the exchange between them.
"Yea, she'd never know…but I can't." She looked down into the woman's eyes. "I'm happily married."
"I don't care, she's nothing." Before she was able to kiss her I grabbed her arm and yanked her away from my wife.
"Nothing huh? I think you should get out of here before I hang you by this hair." I watched her frown and leave the garage.
"Thank you so much Michi."
I turned back to her, my eyes only seeing red. "And as for you!"…
"Michiru, do I really have to do this?" I smirked as I stood beside Rune in the hallway outside of our bedroom.
"Yes, you have to do this all week long, now get out here so I can see you."
"Rune isn't around is he?"
I smirked and put my hand over his mouth. "No, he's playing outside with the neighbors."
We both burst into laughter when Haruka opened the door and appeared in the doorway wearing a tightly fitting French maid outfit. "I thought you said he was gone!" She attempted to hide behind the doorway.
"Well, OK, so I lied, he didn't want to miss watching his mother clean house for a week. And you know if you're not wearing that outfit then you have to sleep in the garage, with the door open, with everybody watching you." I grinned.
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My eyes opened and I chuckled softly.
"What's so funny mama?"
"Remember the maid outfit?" I glanced at him. He thought for a moment before laughing. "I was just thinking about all the good times…" I sighed.
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"And as always Haruka Tenou is in first place. But Takada Yamashino is gaining on her fast. They're coming around the final turn!" I stood up and held the binoculars to my eyes to watch my wife's car come around the final corner. "Takada clipped Haruka…"
My hands released the binoculars; I didn't hear them as they hit the cement floor and shattered. I could only watch Haruka's car roll across the center field. "No…" My body froze as I watched the scene before me. "Dammit Haruka you should have just let him pass you!" Tears slid down my cheeks as I ran down to the track.
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"You were in a coma for three days." I spoke softly as I looked down at her. "When you woke up you said it would take more than a car accident to take you away from us. You said that you would never leave us. You lied to me!" I couldn't control my hand as it pounded on her stomach. "You lied to us!" Again my hand struck her stomach as tears rolled down my cheeks.
When I struck her stomach one last time she reacted, her hand jumped ever so slightly in my own.
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