Chapter 7: Welcomed and Unwelcomed
Hey guys sorry about Souhei's name being misspelled. Just ignore those because I fixed it and enjoy the story.
Yuki, Hana and Joaquin sat in the dining room on the table chairs. Yuki had on her sleep gown and was giving Joaquin a hostile look. Hana calmed the situation after Yuki tried to grab a plank to defend herself after the bathroom incident. Hana got drinks for all and made the peace.
"Ok Yuki, I'm sure you have some questions about our guest here." Hana sighed. She was not looking forward to the conundrum about to come.
"More like statements directed more to Valero here." Yuki said after drinking her iced tea. Valero readied himself for what was about to come.
"If his bike broke down, he should've just gone to a hotel instead of finding someone to bother." Yuki remarked angrily. "I mean if he's a soldier, then he-"
"Was, a soldier." Joaquin interrupted. Yuki found that insulting, how dare this man who was staying with her mom, a complete stranger now correcting her.
"NO ONE SAID YOU CAN TALK, HOUSEGUEST!" Yuki yelled. Hana got up in anger.
"Yuki! Don't be rude!" Hana said angrily. Joaquin just sat and waited for this whole thing to blow over.
"Mom, how do you know this man isn't a criminal or something even worse? You took a huge risk letting him in our house!" Yuki said with discontent.
"Yuki, don't be ridiculous." Hana said sighing.
"Ridiculous? I'm trying to be safe for both you and me! And I am not staying in the house where pervert is being housed!" Yuki remarked while snapping at Joaquin at the same time.
"Hey, whoa, rewind for a sec! Who are you calling a pervert?" Joaquin said calmly.
"Who do you think, pervert?! YOU!" Yuki snapped at him.
"How am I the pervert?" Joaquin asked.
"How do you think?! You saw me naked!" Yuki reminded him. Joaquin didn't see anything when she had the towel. If anything, she saw more of him and he did her.
"OK first of all I didn't see anything. You had on a towel and second of all you walked in on me, doesn't that make you the pervert?" Joaquin explained. Yuki turned red from both anger and embarrassment. Yuki went up to his face and started berating him.
"YOU GOT SOME NERVE CALLING ME A PERVERT! WOMEN CAN'T BE PERVERTS BECAUSE IT'S NOT WHAT WE DO! SO NOW TAKE BACK WHAT YOU CALLED ME OR ELSE!" Yuki was showing signs of turning into a wolf. Her eyes were red like when she and Ame fought each other. Hana went up to Yuki before she could change. Joaquin saw her eyes turning red. Where did he see that before? Why was her feeling so familiar? Could it be possible? They've been extinct for 100 years, how is it even possible here in Japan?
"YUKI!" Hana said to Yuki. Yuki calmed down and went outside after seeing in the mirror of what her eyes were becoming. Joaquin remained calm though a bit agitated from the insult from a 14 year old. He was berated by instructors but this felt different, he felt challenged, not by a teen girl, but by something else.
"I'm so sorry for my daughter. She usually doesn't act like this." Hana said apologetically. Yuki never acted like this with guests before. What set her off like that? Why was she changing in front of a stranger?
"Hey its ok, this was a bit of a FUBAR for all of us here, no need to apologize." Joaquin remarked. He was just glad that was done with.
"Looks like we both had it in for all of us. By the way, FUBAR? What's that?" Hana asked.
"F*cked up beyond Army Recognition." Joaquin answered. Hana was shocked at the answer and seemed to be that Army life can be vulgar.
"Oh my, interesting acronym." Hana responded.
"Like I said, the military teaches you many things." Joaquin answered. After Yuki calmed down outside, she was still hostile too Joaquin.
"Mother, I'm going to bed, I'll see you in the morning." Yuki said going to the room. Hana interrupted.
"Hold on Yuki, I think you owe Valero san an apology." Hana said. Yuki couldn't believe her ears. Apologize? To him? Why?
"I'm not asking." Hana demanded. Yuki turned around and apologized, then went to her room. Joaquin realized that his bag was still in her room. Yuki tossed it to him from a distance then slammed the door. Hana then realized that Joaquin doesn't have a bed. She went into Yuki's room to get the bed so Joaquin could sleep in the living room. Before she could leave the room, Yuki asked her mom.
"Mom, why is he here?" Yuki asked. Hana looked at Yuki with content.
"Because he needs help. You know how we are, when someone is down, we offer a hand. Plus we all have to look out for one another. Besides he helps with the garden and he's very good and kind." Hana explained. Yuki then turned her head to look at Hana.
"There's something about that man I don't understand. It's like I sensed something in him, something…Different." Yuki answered. She didn't understand it, usually she would let something like this pass but the instincts in her were making the feelings of standing ground and remain distance. Hana found it strange as well. Maybe this is why she let Joaquin stay with her for the time being.
"Get some sleep Yuki; we'll talk more in the morning. Besides, you're on break, so lets have some fun." Hana remarked. Yuki agreed and went to sleep. Hana came to Joaquin coughing again. He threw away a napkin and saw blood on it. Hana was concerned about the amount of blood on it.
"Should I call a doctor?" Hana asked. Joaquin looked at Hana with surprise.
"Oh, uh, no, no I don't. It's nothing to worry about" Joaquin answered. Hana grew even more concerned.
"Blood from coughing is something to worry about." Hana said.
"Please Ms. Hana, it's something I rather keep to myself. And it's not contagious." Joaquin asked Hana to not talk about it. Hana dropped the subject. She set up the bed in the living room, said goodnight to each other and went to bed.