"I've heard from Fujisaki that Mr. Shindou will be arriving in Japan sometime this week." Yukis fingers, which were pounding away at his keyboard, froze. "It's been quite sometime since you've seen eachother, maybe you should get together-"
"It's over between us." He placed a cigarette between his lips. "He doesn't want anything to do with me anymore." After lighting it, he took a long drag and leaned back in his chair.
"I know you want him back, Eiri."
"That doesn't matter. What matters is what he feels." Tohmas eyes moved to the child sleeping on the sofa beside him. He pushed his fingers through his hair and smiled.
"He was hurt, Eiri. How could you not expect him to say some things he might not mean?"
"He moved to America to get away from me." He leaned back, closing his eyes. "It's obvious he was serious when he said he never wanted to see me again."
"Daddy?" The toddlers eyes popped open, and she sat up wiping the sleep out of her eyes.
"Come on, it's time to go home, Mika." She crawled into his arms, and he stood.
"You shouldn't give up. I never saw you happy like you were when you were with him." He stopped at the front door, and turned to give his brother-in-law one last look. "What do you have to lose?:"
Sorry the chapters are so short! I don't have much time to write, I've been kind of busy. I am planning for number three to be a doozy though, so please bare with me! Oh, thanks to the people who reviewed! I really appreciate it!