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Another big Thanks to these people who reviewed the last chappy. I love you guys!

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obsessed dreamer: haha! Actually, Kaiya is a combination of tokiya, neon (Kaiya's mom in the fic) and fuuko. She got neon's orange hair, fuuko's innocence and tokiya's over-all profile. Here's the next chapter! Hope u like it!

abubi-chan: Well, heres what u have been waiting for! Please read and review! Mwah!

Anon: Haha! Im happy to see you back! Thanks for reading the last chapters. And the fact that tokiya and fuuko are in denial really gives spark in the story. Hehe, but happy tofuu moments will end in this chapter. Read to find out why! Surely, ull like it!

Aoi-chan07: Haha! I guess you're right. And oh yea, I want to say sorry coz I wasn't able to post the links in this chapter as what I have promised. Ive been really busy with our next play and its driving me nuts…im so sad I don't have time to draw. Sorry again, ill try posting it in the next chappy! Hope to see ur review again!

yanagi-chyan: Aw…yan-chan…I explained it in the last last chappy! Its becoz she wanted revenge more than anything… -sniff sniff- I thought u read chapter 5…--runs to the corner and cry--

Shenhui: Haha! I love romance comedy and love-hate relationships too. That's why I love tofuu! And thank you so much for consoling raiha, but sorry for stealing him last night without permission. I just need him back in my story.

Malo: Oh naaaa…don't worry. I was surprised with that long review but I didn't say I don't like it. I love reading ur reviews malo and thank you so much for the continuous reading.

RAIHA'S BACK PEOPLE!!! Here's chapter 8! Have a nice day and enjoy reading! And please don't forget to review…I need more confident boosters!

CHAPTER 8

More than a month had passed and Fuuko only had a week to stay in the Mikagami mansion before her contract ends.

"Why are you here today fridge boy?," Fuuko greeted Tokiya with a questioning look in the dining room while he's having his late breakfast.

"You have been asking me that question everytime I take my breakfast here. Haven't you noticed that I've been doing it for a month now?" Tokiya retorted curtly and dug his fork on his ham.

"It is because you haven't answered me directly until now," Fuuko remarked with equal sarcasm. She went to the sink and began pouring water on her hands. She shook her hands and dried it with the washcloth hung on the fridge's door.

Tokiya was still eating silently when Fuuko took her pancake and sat across him.

"Where's Kaiya?" she asked casually.

"Outside with her tutor," he answered.

"This pancake is good," she said.

"It was supposed to be mine but you took it without permission," he glared at her and took a sip of his coffee.

"I know. But too much calories is not good for you," she beamed and gulped the pancake on her mouth.

"As if it's also good for you," he murmured and stood up, bringing his plate on the sink.

Fuuko just grinned at him and continued eating her meal. "Don't you have work today?" she asked innocently.

"I took a week off," he replied, washing his plate and cup.

"I wonder why…" Fuuko answered slyly. She eyed him intently from the behind, with eyes merrily twinkling.

She obviously knew why Tokiya took a week vacation and why he had been at home every meal time. A month was enough to have her plans executed smoothly and without hindrance. All went perfectly well with her plans and she was fortunate that Tokiya didn't seem to notice a single mischief of what she had been doing. And at that moment, she finally gave herself a mental handshake.

Tokiya placed his plate and cup on their proper places and turned to look at Fuuko. "The sea monkey called early in the morning and asked me to go to their house to pay a visit. Yanagi gave birth to their fourth baby last night. I'll take you and Kaiya with me," he demanded.

"What a great way to invite a woman," she grinned like a bobcat and went beside Tokiya to place her plate on the sink. "I saw three missed calls in my phone earlier before I came here to work. I guess Recca wanted me to come too so no need for the invitation, iceman," she pinched the tip of his nose teasingly.

He turned his nose away, acting irritated. "You can touch every part of me except for my nose and my hair. They're my assets," he glared at her.

Fuuko giggled. "Did you self-proclaimed that? Who the heck told you they're your assets?" she said and pulled a strand of his hair and shoved it on his face.

Tokiya arched an eyebrow and snaked his arm behind her waist, pulling her closer. "I remember it was a girl with purple hair a long time ago. She was so crazy about me," he smirked and attempted to draw his face close to hers.

Fuuko pulled her tongue out at him and pushed his face away from her with her palm. She poked his eyes with the other hand's finger and ran blithely away from him.

Tokiya winced at the poke and searched for Fuuko. She was standing near the dining room's entrance with her hands on her hips and her tongue stuck out from her mouth. "Come and get me?" she teased.

Tokiya narrowed his eyes before saying, "Pray that I will never catch you Fuuko," he warned before leaping off towards her.

They ran all around the house like teenagers sharing their puppy love together on the first blossom of spring. Fuuko ran towards the small space lawn in front of the mansion and leaned her palms on a cherry blossom tree, slightly panting.

"Giving up, monkey?" Tokiya smirked behind her.

Fuuko panted for three more breaths before swiftly turned her face towards Tokiya's grinning one and scowled. "Shut up, fridge boy!" She looked back to the tree and panted again.

Fuuko was about to face the man behind her when she noticed a shadow towering over her, blocking the sunlight from Fuuko's spot. She turned around, anticipating the person closely behind her.

He looked at her with extreme degree of admiration within his eyes, mixed with desire, passion and lust. He rested his forearm on the tree just above Fuuko's head and moved his face closer to hers.

"You are so beautiful," his voice was coarse and almost whispering.

Fuuko had to suck on her breath just to stay steady, though she could feel her knees starting to fail her. She leaned her spine on the trunk for support and started thinking of a way to escape from Tokiya's tentacles. And charm. That fucking damn charm.

Tokiya angled his nose closer to hers until he got a satisfying view. She had become more breath-taking than he had expected that it was hard for him to keep breathing. He inclined closer to hers, accepting the fact that he had completely been drowned to her natural remarkable beauty.

"Fuuko…" he huskily whispered, voice so deep that desire was so evident on it.

Fuuko gulped and stared at his eyes which were a darker shade of blue now. "Tokiya…" she whispered back, softly and trembling.

Tokiya's vision landed on her pink full lips and began imagining touching his lips to hers again. His free arm glided slowly behind her waist and pulled her nearer to him. He touched his nose to her dainty cute one and brushed his lips to hers, trying to slowly tease her.

Fuuko was alarmed. Oh, shit. She wanted to pull him away but her arms don't seem to cooperate. It was like Tokiya had managed to absorb all her energy just in a few minutes and she felt her bones starting to weaken. "Tokiya.." she whispered again, her voice was starting to get unrefined due to the lacking of enough oxygen to support a proper volume. She whispered with a hint of fear and hesitation to make Tokiya aware of what she was implying. If she even have something to imply.

"I still love you so much, Fuuko," Tokiya admitted, nibbling her lower lip open.

Fuuko's eyes widened at the sudden revelation and weakly pulled Tokiya's chest away from her. Tokiya took a pause and gazed intently at her. There was a minute of silence before Tokiya asked her another question.

"Do you still love me?"

Gasping at the question would be overreaction so Fuuko just bit her lip to zip her mouth close. Her eyeballs unconsciously averted sideways as though the best answer would be found on the freshly cut grass below.

Tokiya held her hand and tried squeezing it to get her back to reality. She looked up to meet his face. His hopeful stare was starting to pinch her heart little by little and she can feel her conscience starting to envelop her avenging mind with complete guilt. She lowered her head, trying to collect all of her rational sides to join together and form the most appropriate thing to do. This is totally out of the plan…

Tokiya was patiently holding her hand to wait for her answer. He knew it would be hard for her to decide. He completely understood her current situation but this would be his last chance. He had a great confidence that Fuuko still loved him. It was evident on the way she was acting towards him within those days they shared together while Fuuko was working for his father.

He wasn't arrogant enough not to admit to himself that he still loved her after all those years. He would just feel stupid trying to fool himself. He had established his own dreams with her on his side and he was determined to follow that dream with his Fuuko forever beside him. This would be his last chance. If he wouldn't take the action then he would live miserably after Fuuko's wedding with Raiha.

He was not going to give her up immediately even if they were engaged. He hated her once because of the way she acted when they met again but he was ready to swallow his pride and arrogance for her. This is for his own sake, to keep himself living. Eight years without Fuuko was like living without life and he had enough of that. Selfish, he knew. But it was his only way to resume a life out of hell.

Fuuko took a deep breath as though getting ready for a public speech. She looked back at the silver-head bishounen and replied " Tokiya, I wanted to tell you tha—"

"Daddy, you have a call!" Kaiya ran towards them and they instantly parted. Fuuko's cheeks burnt furiously that even frying eggs there would be possible.

Kaiya grinned at her mischievously and to her dad who was busily talking with Recca on the phone.

"Yes, were coming sea monkey…maybe around 11am or at noon…yea yea, were taking lunch there. Ok, go call that gorilla if you want him to come…yes, Fuuko's coming too, we'll be there together and we'll bring Kaiya with us. Yes, yes! Ok? Can I hang up now?" Tokiya scowled and flipped his phone close immediately, not waiting for Recca's reply.

"What did he say?" Fuuko asked.

"He keep babbling about his new-born child and keep repeating that we should really come there," Tokiya responded curtly.

"Were going to Uncle Recca's house?" Kaiya asked excitedly.

Tokiya nodded at his daughter. Kaiya grinned more. "Yeheey! I'll get to see Aki-kun and Mitsu-kun again!" she jumped towards her father and embraced him tightly on his neck.

"Who are they?" Fuuko asked.

"Recca's sea monkey sons," Tokiya curtly replied and put his daughter back slowly on the ground.

Fuuko rolled her eyes on him and began speaking at Kaiya. "So, lets change your clothes now Kaiya?" she bent down to have a face-to-face with the little girl.

Kaiya nodded enthusiastically. "Hai!"

Tokiya glued his eyes on his daughter and to the woman she was with who were approaching the mansion and headed upstairs. He felt contented seeing them together, as though they were really genetically connected.

He stared at the blue cotton clouds above him, recalling their encounter earlier. And how he finally confessed his love for her. His eternal love. It was a sin to love her. But he cannot blame himself for doing so. Though his conscience occasionally hit him, he doesn't seem to mind. All that matters was that she was there, and that he loved her.

The rest would be something he'll think about later.

He went inside after feeling the sun's rays starting to strike painfully on his porcelain skin.

TOFUU

They arrived at Recca's house ten minutes before noon and Fuuko knew that a lot of other visitors came first before them, indicated by the sound of merry laughing and glasses tossed together.

Tokiya parked his car beside a silver Honda civic and the other females followed him shortly. He got the key and hold Kaiya's hand, the other was held by Fuuko. The three of them marched towards the house's oak door and Fuuko was about to knock it when an excited Ganko opened it before she did, revealing herself on a white sundress paired with a pale pink ribbon on the head.

"Fuuko-neechan!" she hugged her sister swiftly on her chest and pulled away after a couple of seconds, noticing Fuuko's company.

Ganko gasped slightly after seeing Tokiya with this daughter behind. "Oh, Tokiya-kun!" she exclaimed.

Tokiya practically nodded and Kaiya beamed at the blond teen. "Hello!" Kaiya greeted her, though she didn't know who Ganko really was. Her father never brought her to his friend's reunion, not that he really liked attending. But she knew that Ganko was one of her dad's old friends along with her uncle recca, uncle domon and the others. And she remembered her in the picture she saw in Fuuko's house. The ones she was familiar were only the Hanabishis since Yanagi and Recca used to visit their house a long time ago.

"Hi! You are Kaiya, right? I never thought you would be super duper cute! Fuuko-neechan's been talking about you everytime she gets home. I'm happy I finally meet you!" Ganko bent closer to Kaiya, touching the little girl's chin gently.

"I'm happy to meet you too, Ganko-neechan!" the topaz-head girl grinned widely at Ganko.

Ganko giggled and ruffled Kaiya's hair adoringly. She turned to Tokiya and bowed politely. "I'm glad to see you again, Tokiya-niisan."

Tokiya smiled at her, acknowledging the respect she threw on him. "Its nice to see you too, Ganko. You have grown faster than I had expected."

Ganko grinned. "Have you been taking care of oneechan a lot?" she teased.

Tokiya raised both of his eyebrows at the question. "Monkeys can take care of themselves very well, and I've got no plans of having a pet monkey for myself, especially not as wild as your sister," he responded sardonically.

Fuuko frowned and glared immediately at the man behind her. She pulled the end of Tokiya's ponytailed hair and stormed inside Recca's house. "You talk too much iceblock!"

Kaiya and Ganko giggled at what the adults were doing. They acted more like preschoolers having their L.Q. rather than the matured rational citizens they really were. And to think they were already in their early thirty's.

Ganko continued giggling while she gently dragged Kaiya inside. The celebration was held upstairs so the girls hurried themselves towards the others.

Everyone was already there. Domon and his girlfriend were both seated on the couch on one side of the spacious room. The big guy was munching a bowl of chips laid on the glassed-table while his girlfriend rested her head silently on Domon's chest, with a cone of vanilla ice cream on her hand. They seemed to be watching something on the television so Ganko didn't bother introducing Kaiya to them.

Kaiya saw a tall spiky haired young man approaching them and knew exactly who it was. He didn't seem to change much anyway, he still got that confident smirk Kaiya saw in the picture.

"I just saw your sister and Tokiya-niisan approaching Recca and Yanagi-chan in their room," he started. "I almost chocked my ice cream out. You know, seeing them together as though nothing had happened," he said and laughed.

"What?" Kaiya asked in confusion.

"Opps," Koganei paled. He just slipped up and Ganko was eyeing him warily. "Oh, nothing little girl. Haha!" he scratched his head and laughed nervously.

Kaiya looked up at him in a naively innocent manner. And Ganko tried waving the topic off by asking Kaiya immediately.

"Kaiya, do you know him?"

The little girl shook her head slowly, waiting for a proper introduction. It was Kauro Koganei, she knew his name. But she hadn't met him personally, she only knew him in pictures and everytime his dad mention his friends. And that's like once in a year, so she knew she wasn't lying when she shook her head.

"Ok then. Kaiya, this is Koganei. He's one of your daddy's friends," Ganko introduced.

"Oh ok…" Kaiya stared innocently at the young lad. That introduction didn't seem to help in knowing Koganei more.

"You're Tokiya-niisan's daughter Kaiya, right?" Kaiya nodded.

"It's nice meeting you little girl," Koganei pinched Kaiya's cheeks. "You have your dad's eyes, so cute!" he squealed like a highschool girl, making Kaiya sweatdrop.

"Kaiya, would you want to see Yanagi-neechan's new boy?" Ganko asked her.

"Sure! Are Aki-kun and Mitsu-kun there too?"

"They're inside their mommy's room. Your dad's there too. Let's go get inside!" Ganko pulled her little hand once more. Kaiya let herself get dragged by the bigger girl after waving at Koganei.

Ganko knocked on the door and was invited inside by Kagerou-san.

Kaiya looked directly at the king-sized bed at the center of the room where everyone crowded. She looked for her dad and Fuuko and was glad to see them immediately. She walked slowly towards the bed and everyone stared at her in awe.

She held her dad's fingers and hid half of herself behind his legs, scared at the sudden attention she captured.

"Kaiya, you have become prettier than the last time we saw you," Yanagi, who was still weak from the labor last night, sighed in admiration. Beside her was her newly born son, Toshi, who was currently asleep.

Kaiya blushed at the compliment and whispered 'Thanks' softly. "Can I see him?" Yanagi nodded and she leaned her small arms above the cushion, attempting to bring herself above the bed to take a better look at the infant. She tried jumping helplessly to have her knees land on the cushion but she failed miserably. Why do adult beds have to be out of reach? She thought and glared at the bed. She tried getting above it for the second time and pouted when she tumbled down on the floor once more. The older people around her started laughing when she kicked the bed cushion madly.

Fuuko giggled at her cute attempts and elbowed Tokiya to help his daughter. Tokiya chuckled and held Kaiya's waist to pull her up on the bed.

"Kaiya, you have become a pig," a little guy across the bed commented after Kaiya was brought up and took a peek at the little Hanabishi.

She looked up and saw flame red eyes staring back at him, a smug plastered on his handsome face. It was unmistakably Mitsu Hanabishi, Recca's oldest son. She glared at him as though trying to kill him with her looks. She straightened her spine while kneeling on the bed and placed both her hands on her hips. "Well, at least I don't look as ugly as you are. You filthy little baboon!" she scowled back.

"Now, now, that's not a really good thing to say, Kaiya," Fuuko bent down to cover Kaiya's mouth.

Kaiya looked back at Fuuko, unregretful of what she had said. "He started it!" she pointed at Mitsu, trying to speak up beneath Fuuko's palm.

The eight year old boy smirked at her victoriously and said "That's what you get for trying to argue with your oniisan."

"Oniisan, my ass!" Kaiya immediately exclaimed, with Fuuko's palm still covered on her little mouth. All adults looked at her bewildered. And Tokiya looked totally freaked out at his daughter's feedback. "Oopsy." Kaiya sheepishly smiled at them before running behind Tokiya's posterior knee.

Tokiya gave her a we-should-talk-later-about-this look and Kaiya nodded nervously as though understanding her dad's silent demand.

"Daddy's girl huh? Yea, go to your dad—" Mitsu tried to add another insult when his mother silenced him with a quick pat on the head. (A/N: But not painful, alright? Yanagi's always gentle). The raven-haired lad scratched his head slowly and smiled nervously at his mother.

Kaiya grinned and stuck her tongue out on him. "Mommy's boy!" she muttered and giggled. Tokiya glanced behind him but didn't do anything to stop his daughter. That stinking kid deserved it anyway, for being such a stupid little idiot like his father.

Fuuko silenced Kaiya by placing her index finger on her mouth and blew a 'shhh' sound for her. Kaiya covered her mouth with her little fist but didn't stop tittering.

"Looks like our kids inherited our innate fondness for each other, Mikagami," Recca voiced in, making everybody laugh. Tokiya smirked, knowing fully what Recca was saying.

Another small kid with huge eyeglasses divulged out from behind Recca and greeted Kaiya politely. "Hi, Kaiya," he smiled genuinely and raised his small hand to Kaiya as though trying to catch her attention.

Kaiya's big eyes grew wider after seeing her one and only favorite Akio, Recca's second son. She went out from behind Tokiya's pants and immediately jumped towards the bed, passed Yanagi and went across Fuuko and Tokiya in a mere second, crushing the boy's lithe form in a bear hug. "Aki-kun! I missed you sooo much!"

Fuuko and Tokiya looked at each other and sweatdropped. How on earth did she just manage to climb up the bed without losing a drop of sweat? When they knew that she was struggling to do that earlier.

Kaiya pulled away from the little brunette, waiting patiently for him to fix his glasses which were almost broken from Kaiya's insistent embrace.

"I missed you too, Kaiya," Akio smiled warmly. "Dad made me a new room where I can put all my books there, its like a mini library. Want to check it out?" he invited.

Kaiya gave him a quick peck on the cheeks. "Sure!"

Akio's cute smile turned to a merry chortle and he moved his face to look at his brother beside him. "Want to go with us, Mitsu?"

"No, thanks. I got more interesting things to do than to stick my nose at that stupid bunch of boring papers," the older boy replied nonchalantly. Then he glowered at Kaiya who seemed to enjoy sticking her tongue out on him.

"You're just jealous because you don't have someone to play with, especially someone as cute as ME ," Kaiya proudly raised her chin up and placed her palm on her chest victoriously.

Mitsu stared at her angrily and stormed out of the room, leaving everyone with a big bang on the door. Kaiya and Akio followed briefly after him, laughing their hearts out of Mitsu's reaction.

"Kids. They seemed to mature faster today," Fuuko commented after a few minutes of amusement.

The others nodded in exchange agreement before locking their eyes back at the new angel sleeping peacefully within Yanagi's arm.

"Recca, I thought you have four kids. Where's the other one?" Fuuko asked.

"Dad's taking care of him. He's still one year old. He's probably in the backyard with dad," Recca replied casually. "Would you guys want to eat lunch now? I prepared a new set of meal for all of us," Recca beamed.

Fuuko clasped her hands together and smiled excitedly back at Recca. "Yummy!"

Tokiya gazed at Fuuko in complete bewilderment and turned to look at Recca, sensing the big grin waiting patiently for him to acknowledge.

"Are you trying to kill everyone by stuffing your cooking in our mouth, sea monkey?" he baffled at the grinning Recca, making a great effort not to lose his composure in front of everyone.

Fuuko tittered and pulled Tokiya's elbow with her two arms. "I assure you Mi-chan, it's gonna be a satisfying meal," she said impishly.

Tokiya looked at her, still unconvinced but she trusted her taste in food and the fact that all of them were still alive gave him a guarantee.

TOFUU

It was a satisfying meal indeed. But of course Mi-chan didn't admit it to Recca or the sea monkey will grow another liter of water inside his head, making it bigger than what it was.

Domon introduced Tokiya his girlfriend and even asked him to come to their wedding on the twenty-fourth of December. He also asked for Kaiya to be one of the flower girls. Tokiya agreed after a full thirty minutes of Domon's persistence and after he mentioned that Fuuko would be the maid-of-honor. Tokiya would be one of the groomsmen and Recca's the best man.

The guests decided to stay for dinner so Recca gratified them with another satisfying evening meal. Yanagi also joined them, leaving her son to Kagerou-san. They gathered up on the spacious living room downstairs and started munching some popcorn and tossing big mugs of beer.

Recca and Yanagi silently seated on the middle couch a few feet away from the television screen with Koganei and Ganko beside them. Domon and his girlfriend, who already drowsed off after a bottle of beer, were silently placed on the couch below a giant framed painting. Fuuko and Tokiya settled across them, mutely eating the chips laid on the table.

They were watching a romantic movie with shared silence, undeniably tired of the whole day event.

A sudden knock was heard from outside the main door and Fuuko turned her head towards Koganei and Ganko who were nearer to the door, finding out that the two teens practically slept on their couch.

She looked at Recca, who also stared at her, silently asking him to open the door. But he pointed on Yanagi who rested her head on his chest, her hair covered her face but Fuuko knew that she was also knocked out.

So she was left with no choice but be the one to open the door. "I'll go open it," she whispered at Tokiya before getting up.

The knocking continued for more seconds before Fuuko opened it cautiously. She sneaked her head outside, taking a peek of the person in front of the house.

She was greeted by Mrs. Kirisawa outside and she opened the door widely to have a full view of her mom. "Mom!" she greeted her a little bit surprised.

The other occupants of the room turned towards the door and saw Fuuko's mom outside. Yanagi stirred up and weakly flung her eyelids open to see Fuuko standing in front of the door with her mom on the doorstep. "Is that your mom, Fuuko? Why don't you let her come?" she said tiredly, moaning a little while getting up on a seated position.

Fuuko nodded and hastily gestured her mom to enter the house.

"Anou, Fuuko dear. There was a man looking for you so I brought him here," her mom said gingerly, still on her spot.

"Where is he?" Fuuko moved her face behind her mom, searching for the person she mentioned.

Mrs. Kirisawa looked behind her and shouted slowly. "Come here, young man."

Fuuko stared at the tall form emerging from the darkness outside. It looks so familiar. The shadow of the long hair swaying gracefully with the cold December wind was enough for her to anticipate who it was. The man stood in front of her, revealing himself with a signature smile on his face.

Fuuko gasped at the figure laid after her.

"I would be happier to see you crying happily than to see you look at me like that," the man said and quickly kissed her on the lips, which lasted for only three seconds. Just enough to snap her out from the initial shock she received.

Fuuko eyed the man intently as though doing reality check through his eyes. She widened her eyes excitedly after confirming no mistakes and threw her arms around the tall man.

Yanagi, who was about to drowse off again, stared at Fuuko with shock reaction. Recca and the others did the same.

"Raiha!" Fuuko cried out.

A/N: Anou…hehe sorry for the delay. Class had officially started meaning I only got nighttime to continue writing but I'm trying very hard to finish this fic before our exams start.

Hope you like this chapter and I guess you can already anticipate what will happen next. Tokiya's jealousy and Fuuko's confusion up next!

Akio- Meaning 'bright boy or intelligent'

Mitsu- means 'Light or honey/nectar' (I actually got this from one of Yan-chan's fic. Hope she didn't mind)