Author's note:
Thank you to the one reviewer I got on the last chapter, I'm glad you like the last installment and I hope this chapter doesn't disappoint you but I will not be going into detail right now why Natsuko is so bitter towards Kyoya but known the less there will be some ups in this chapter that I hope you enjoy.
Now to start the story
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Chapter 4: The understanding
Natsuko walked down the long halls of her literature building, Haruhi seemed to understand her reasoning for hating Kyoya and they didn't talk about it again. Today was just another Monday for most people but for Natsuko it was an even more depressing Monday because today she turned 19, this would be the first birthday she has spent without her twin in 19 years. She was thankful that the only class she had on Mondays was her AP Literature class and that only lasted an hour and a half, so she could go wallow in herself pity in her room later.
In America she was still a no body; and she happened to like that very much. Cause the moment she stepped foot in Japan she was the fiancée of the youngest Ootori and the media wouldn't leave her alone. Japan, as she thought about the small isle land she thought of her friends, her father and then she thought of her real mother. That's right the famous Moriko Ritsu was and never will be the twins biological mother. Their mother was a commoner by the name of Keiri-Ai Borrelli the surname of their step father Nathaniel D'lyns Borrelli an Italian, who own most of Italy's shipping industries and fishing industries. A kind man, someone Natsuko and Ichigo had both looked up to, having spent almost every summer with their mother and stepfather.
By the time the AP Literature was over Natsuko was in the up most hurry to leave the school, to get to her brothers hospital room was her number one priority at the moment, and it hadn't helped that her car refused to start. "Taylor!" She yelled in the direction of her friend and her brother.
"Oh, Hey Nats!" The energetic red head called as she basically bounced over to her class mate. Her brother followed slowly behind her.
"Could you be an amazing friend and have you and your brother take a look at my car?" Natsuko asked, Taylor nodded her head the looked over her shoulder.
"Jason, get your lazy aft over here, Nats needs us to look at her car!" she yelled as her brother only gave a shrug but walked at a faster pace than before and joined his sister at the hood of the Camaro.
The two took a quick look over everything. "eh, we'd have to take this back to uncle's shop, it's not a problem we can fix in the parking lot of a college." Taylor apologized while she rubbed the back of her head.
"I can get it to run to drive it to "the Workshop" if you like Natsu, but to go into the city would be dangerous." Jason said.
"very well, let me get my stuff out and I'll give you the keys. Taylor could you please drive me to the Forest General Hospital?" Natsuko asked as she turned and looked at the red head.
"Sure, I have a present for you anyway." Taylor said as she helped her friend grabbed all her stuff out of the back seat of the car.
Once Natsuko laptop and backpack were inside Taylor's truck the two college girls drove off. "So what's this present for me you mentioned." Natsuko asked.
"Well we have to go by my apartment to get it, besides you need to put your stuff up anyway." Taylor said in a clear cheerful tone as a smile found its way to Natsuko's lips.
Taylor pulled up to the apartment complex, Natsuko grabbed all her stuff as the two headed to the third floor houses. "How long have we known each other?" Taylor asked, a certain innocence shone in on her question.
"Well I'm 19 now you started dating Ichigo when we were in the 7th grade, but we've been friends since elementary school. It's been about 10 years since we met you that summer when we were visiting our aunt and uncle." Taylor knew about their mom, so she would understand the lie that Natsuko just told.
"10 years, I thought it had been longer." Taylor mused, as they walked up a flight of stairs both knowing the statistic about elevators.
The two girls stood at Natsuko's door, pulling out her key Natsuko opened the door and stepped in. Taylor said she be right back and walked across to her room. Turning on the lights in her apartment Taylor went to her room to grab a brown lather bound scrap book; the book's title read "The Misadventure of three best friends." Taylor smiled and grabbed the book; she also grabbed a small sleeping kitten off her bed.
Taylor walked back into Natsuko's apartment to hear intense arguing. "Get out of my house! I don't want to see you until the day I walk down the aisle!" She heard Natsuko scream at someone, so this must be the person she is engaged to.
Taylor sat the book down on the counter and put the kitten on the fluffy couch pillow and it fell fast into sleep. "Nat?" She called into the apartment.
"Taylor I'm in the library; no don't touch anything Ootori, I thought I told you get the hell out." Taylor winced she didn't like it when people cursed; it was just how she was.
"Natsuko, hey come on I want to go see him." Taylor said as she walked into the library.
"I'm coming, Ootori get out of my apartment, come on Taylor I want to see him also." Natsuko quickly replied as she exited the library.
"I have two presents for you Nats." Taylor called at her friend because she was already back in the kitchen area by the time the other two college students left the library.
"You didn't have to get me anything." Natsuko said finally.
"As you best friend and future sister in law it is my duty to give you a present for ever present giving holiday.", Taylor declared softly.
Taylor and Ichigo weren't engaged but they been dating so long that the two acted as if they were an old married couple, Natsuko found it rather hilarious. The day Ichigo and Natsuko were in the wreck was the same day he had purchased an engagement ring for Taylor, Natsuko had it locked away somewhere safe for when her brother would wake up and need it back so he could give it to Taylor.
"Okay Taylor, what is it?" Natsuko finally gave in which resulted in Taylor doing a small happy dance then she handed over the adventure book.
"I found it a few months ago, and I finished all the pages excepted for the last two." Taylor told her, the last two pages they were titled "Family", there were three family pages in all but one of the was already finished it was the non-blood related family.
"Now because once Ichigo wakes up you will have to share the book, I got you a special gift." Taylor said as she walked over to the couch and picked up the small white kitten.
"Happy Birthday, Natsuko." Taylor said happily as she placed the fluffy kitten in Natsuko's arms.
"Taylor, you got me a kitten. Thank you." Natsuko said in a small sweet tone and hugged her friend.
"Yep now come on, I want to go see my boyfriend." Taylor said and took the kitten back and placed her back on the couch.
The two girls then left the apartment and left for the hospital, pulling the old truck into a parking place the two hoped down and out. Natsuko made her way to the front desk and the two got visitor passes and head straight for Ichigo's room. "Taylor, are you sure you want to go in there?" Natsuko questioned.
"Yah I'm sure." Then the two girls braced themselves for what they might find when they entered the room.
It shocked them; there Ichigo was after a month of being in a coma sitting up reading the Japanese news paper. "You're getting married now, well I'll be damned?" Natsuko was speechless not only was Ichigo sitting up and reading the news paper he had also had the nerve to joke about that.
"Ichigo!" Taylor exclaimed and ran over to him threw her arms around him and started to cry. Ichigo slowly wrapped his arms around the sobbing red head. Natsuko walked slowly over to the other side of her brother's hospital bed.
Rolling up the magazine she had in her purse, unnoticed by her brother. She hit him in the back of his head. "Baka! Don't you ever do that again." She screeched and Ichigo now rubbed the back of his head as Taylor burst out laughing.
"Did you have to hit me." Ichigo whined as he rubbed the back of his head.
"Yes, I did." She replied smugly.
"This is why I don't go on trips with the two of you." Taylor said as she laughed.
"Actually you stopped going on trips with us because you fell in the mountains and ended up on crutches for a month." The twins said at the exact time.
"It's creepy when you two do that." Taylor said as she scratched the back of her head.
"Yah we know." Again at the same time.
"STOP IT!" She demanded putting her hands on her hips in a fit of playful rage.
"I don't think we will." The two said together.
"Okay guys, seriously stop it." Taylor said.
"So when do you get to leave?" Natsuko asked.
"Today, I've been waiting all morning for you to get here to check me out of this hell hole." Ichigo replied.
"Where will you stay, your old roommate got a new roommate and neither one of us have a extra bed in our apartment." Taylor asked.
"Who knows I'll probably occupy Natsuko's fluffy couch for a while until I find and available apartment complex on campus." Ichigo said and his sister sighed.
"We can move the couch into my study room and set up a temporary guest bed room, Haruhi won't mind and i can convince Tamaki easily that you won't be doing anything to his little girl." Natsuko replied.
She sighed this was turning out to be a longer day than she had wished for. Sometimes she hated reality.
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Hello everyone it is I Summer again. The lady is out again she has been real busy lately and just finished the update, she hopes you enjoy and that you might review and tell her what you think.
As always summer's pride.