It was the day of Hyo's birthday. He was finally five. Since it was Hwoarang's first time being a part in his son's birthday party, he went all out. He rented bounce houses, clowns, a petting zoo, and a magician. Asuka made a three layer cake that took hours for her to create. The theme of his birthday party was Pokémon due to his obsession of that particular cartoon. Every kid that attended was either dressed as a Pokémon trainer or an actual Pokémon. Of course, Hyo was Ash.
"Mom, where's Hana?" Hyo asked his mother.
"I don't know; her mother told me that she was going to come," Asuka said.
"Ugh, this is going to suck if she's not going to go," Hyo muttered.
"Sounds like you have a crush on her," Asuka said.
"NO!" Hyo denied.
"Sure," Asuka said sarcastically.
"By the way, mom thanks for making the cake for me. It took you a while to make it," Hyo thanked as he hugged his mom.
"Ah, you're welcome," Asuka said as she kissed her son.
At that moment, Hana walked in. She was a little shorter than Hyo. She had dark, black hair and her skin was really white. She had a small smile that showed off her pink lips. She was wearing a pretty pink dress and her hair was in pigtails.
"Hana, you're here!" Asuka welcomed her.
"Uhm, I'm sorry I'm late," she said shyly.
"It's ok! Let's go; I want to show you the guy that can bend the balloon into different things!" Hyo said excitedly as he held Hana's hand leading the way.
When they left, Hwoarang entered.
"Ha, it looks like Hyo has had his first crush," Hwoarang observed.
"Yeah, well, I kind of knew from the beginning, but he keeps on denying the fact that he likes her; he reminds me of you," Asuka told Hwoarang.
"Oh yeah?" Hwoarang asked.
"Yeah, you denied to your friends that you didn't like me just because I was Jin's cousin," Asuka remembered.
"Oh yeah! I remember!" Hwoarang laughed at the flashback.
"Haha, you were so childish then," Asuka said.
"Uhm, Asuka, I need to tell you something," Hwoarang said nervously.
"What?" Asuka asked.
"Well, you know, ever since Baek adopted me when I was younger, he was my legal father. And now he wants to visit when he found out he had a grandson," Hwoarang told her.
"Oh, I don't mind him coming over," Asuka said, "Why you so nervous?"
"My stepmother is coming; they're going to arrive tonight," he said.
"NO!" Asuka screamed.
"I know that you despise her for brainwashing me into thinking that you were cheating on me, but you're going to have to face her sooner or later," he said.
"I hate her; I cannot stand her," Asuka stated.
"They're coming over here, though, for one night and two days," Hwoarang informed her.
"Can she like not come?" Asuka asked.
"I'm sorry, but wherever father goes, she goes. She's that attached to him," Hwoarang apologized.
"Ugh, that bitch only married your father because he has money," Asuka told him.
"Yeah, I know," Hwoarang agreed.
"Well, we need to share a bedroom already," Asuka said, "We can't be sleeping in a different bedroom every night."
"Yeah, I think you should move into my room," Hwoarang suggested.
"Why?" Asuka asked.
"It has a nice view," Hwoarang said.
"No, you can only see the garage," Asuka said confused.
"Yeah, but inside that garage is something I really love: my motorcycle," he said with a smile.
Asuka then smacked him in the back of his head, "If you love that motorcycle so much, why don't you get divorced with me and get married to it?"
"No, I was just kidding, you're the only person that I'm in love with," he said as he kissed Asuka's cheek.
"Hm, that better be true, or I'm going to castrate you," she joked.
"Don't worry, I promise never to intentionally hurt you again," he promised.
The hours went by quickly. To Asuka, it was the little time she had to herself until that witch would enter her premises and terrorize the whole household. Finally, Baek and his wife arrived.
The car stopped in front of the main entrance to the mansion. Hwoarang gave his best smile as he carried a sleeping Hyo. It must have been midnight. Asuka just rolled her eyes as the doors to the automobile opened.
"Son! I haven't seen you for a while!" Baek said happily.
Hwoarang just smiled.
"And Asuka, my, you look more mature from the last time I saw you. You have really grown into a successful woman. I have heard about your restaurant," he said with an encouraging smile.
"Thank you," Asuka said with a friendly smile.
"By the way dad, this is Hyo. He's my son," Hwoarang claimed proudly.
"He really does have a resemblance to you," he told Hwoarang.
"He has your red hair and everything," Baek observed.
"Uhm, I have noticed, you wife has not yet left the car," Asuka observed.
"Oh, yeah. She does that frequently. She stays in the car until she thinks that she looks absolutely perfect. She's probably putting make-up on right now," Baek explained.
Asuka was not sure if she could act like an adult in front of Hwoarang's stepmother. Asuka wanted to beat the hell out of her. Just because she was a mother didn't mean that she still didn't practice Kazama styled fighting. She grew up with it. She could never forget it. Asuka just wanted to grab that lady's hair and just pound it on the concrete of a sidewalk somewhere. She wanted to do that until her nose was bled and until she cried. She ruined the family. She ruined it for no particular reason. Was it that she didn't like her ethnicity? Was it because she knew that Asuka had a better life than her? Asuka had no idea on why she would do that.
Finally, the famous stepmother stepped out of the car. She slowly opened the door of the car and she extended her right leg. She was wearing black stilettos.
"That whore…" Asuka thought to herself.
She then finally revealed her whole body. She had short brown hair. She wore often revealing clothes, and she had the highest pair of heels Asuka had ever seen in her life. It was Anna Williams.
Haha, I know it was so unexpected that Anna Williams is the stepmother that caused the separation of Hwoarang and Asuka. :)
And if you are a fan of Anna, I'm sorry. :)