Yours, Mine and Ours
A perfect mismatch makes a perfect couple
A/N: Hey Guys!!! One of my favorite reviewers pointed out that this tale is a little slow-paced. I'm extremely sorry but unfortunately, I'm a solid follower of the principle, "slow and steady wins the race". So, you just have to bear with my slow narrative. Thank you again, for reading ;-)
Reiteration of the Fifth Chapter:
Mrs. Miyu Kanata Saionji
There was no mistake.
How could this be?
When did that spoiled brat get married?
How come his wife is pregnant?
How long had he been married?
He hastily signed it and asked his attendant to leave. As soon as the confused lady closed the door, the blond picked up the phone beside his stethoscope and tapping his feet impatiently, muttered into it, "connect me to Santa's office, now…"
A few seconds later…
The blond sighed at the sound of Santa's machine, "hey… its Nozomu… call me when you get this message… it's about Kanata… you wouldn't believe this!"
Chapter 6
Deceit & Candor
The one with all the lies
"You have to be kidding me," said the furious brunet through clenched teeth, fighting back the urge to shout at the poor butler who had had the misfortune to inform his master about the most disturbing news early in the morning.
"I'm ex-extremely sorry s-si-sir," said the raven-haired butler, bowing deep as the burnet paced around the lounge, irritated.
Kanata Saionji sighed harshly and dropped on the couch with his eyes tight closed, hoping that he was just in a very bad nightmare. Not even two days had passed since he got married and he was already facing a crisis. By far, married life was not doing him much good.
"Erm, sir…?" called the butler carefully but stopped midway as at that moment, one of the doors to the lounge opened and a cheerful looking blonde walked out, looking about tentatively.
Kanata neither responded to the butler nor to the entry of the blonde for he was wondering how he was going to solve this sudden problem. He was already having a lot on his plate for today, having promised her he'd take her to the hospital and all.
"Kanata…?"
The brunet looked up to the sound of the new voice. His auburn eyes strayed and finally found its target on the beautiful blonde standing by the door wearing a white shirt over a pair of black jeans, her hair let loose.
He couldn't help wondering how she looked a treat to sore eyes even when she's wearing the most simplest of clothes.
A light tinge of crimson appeared across his cheeks as he cleared his mind of those thoughts and got to his feet, with his face jerked away from her as she walked meekly towards him.
He was only faintly aware of the butler retiring from the room.
"What's wrong?" she asked, worriedly.
He cleared his throat uncertainly and with a sigh muttered under his breath, finally giving her a glance, "we have some early morning visitors…"
Miyu frowned and asked, "Who…?"
…..
"Tokyo Times," cried a man in his early thirties, while cameras clicked away, as he pointed before the couple a recorder along with a dozen others, "is it true that you two got married in Hong Kong?"
"We hear that you met Mr. Saionji at a Ski trip," asked a professional looking crimson haired lady, "can you confirm that information…?"
"How, can you say, you got married…?"
"Where did your relationship start…?"
"Is it true that you are going to have a baby…?"
Miyu's heart started to beat at a threateningly fast pace as the questions continued. She was never good at answering queries. She had trouble even providing with an answer for the most simplest of questions. And now, every question that the press people asked her pierced her through, leaving her mercilessly, answerless.
Kanata, on the other hand, was shaking with fury as he tried to weave past the stupid media people, only in vain. He glanced over at his wife and was surprised to see her in the verge of tears as the queries, mostly directed towards her, became more and more forceful.
He cleared his throat pointedly and many of the media people turned their microphones towards the brunet.
"You want to know how we met?" he enquired under his breath with a furious glint in his auburn orbs.
There was a widespread silence.
"We met at a nightc—"
"—at a night in Paris!" a cheerful voice said.
Everybody turned towards the blonde who was positively beaming.
"What?" gasped many, "Paris…?"
Kanata leaned closer to her and queried in a whisper, "seriously, what?"
"Yeah…" continued Miyu smiling, "it was a beautiful night… I shall never forget it…"
Kanata looked at her incredulously as the rest were hanging onto every one of her words.
"My parents work at Colorado University… so, as a… er… birthday present, they gifted me with a trip to Paris…" she said smiling widely, as Kanata frowned as he was sure he had never heard of this before, "on one of the nights in my stay there, on my way back to the hotel, the taxi broke down…"
She drew a slight breath and looking around and trying very hard not to glance at the brunet continued, "It was like a fairy tale… the driver gave me instructions to head back to the hotel and on the way I stopped at this beautiful fountain…"
She turned a light shade of crimson around her cheeks as the entire place was silent except for her voice which dropped in volume as she continued in a husky whisper, "and… he was there…"
'Definitely didn't happen,' Kanata chanted inside his head but staring at her, saying all those things, a very tiny portion of his heart seem to believe her tale though he was sure it didn't happen.
"I don't know about him," she continued, looking at the floor whilst the entire population there at the Saionji Mansion held onto every one of her words, "but for me, it was lo-love at first sight…"
Kanata's heart started to really slow down as he looked at her, with a blank look in his eyes.
"And…" she started again, trying to remember everything that Pierre had told her.
"And," continued the brunet out-of-the-blue, "and, I knew we were meant to be together…"
A few of the women-reporters gasped under their breaths. Miyu looked at him surprised but her heart almost stopped at his words, as he looked directly into her emerald depths searching for something only he could seem to see.
"We were always in contact…" she continued looking away from his piercing gaze, "though I lived at Heiomachi and him at Tokyo…"
"How did Mr. Saionji propose?" a strangled query came from among the mass of reporters and cameramen.
Miyu's breath caught. Pierre had said nothing about an answer to this question. All her lies up until now were well rehearsed from yesterday but this question was never anticipated. She sweat-dropped, and was unable to give an answer.
Kanata looked at her as she started fidgeting lightly, thinking. Despite himself he found the sight amusing. He knew he would be able to stare at that sight for a long time. But, he had an appointment to keep and so, he took a deep breath.
"I…" he started and everybody turned back to him again, "I asked her out on a date… we went to this beautiful fountain near her hometown… it was almost midnight… and I had the entire place decorated with lilies…"
"…my favorite flowers…" she whispered, smiling.
Their eyes met for a second and then clearing his throat he continued with a slight tinge of crimson decorating both their faces, "…the setting was similar to the fountain where we first met… at the stroke of twelve, I asked her to be mine forever…"
There was silence as he paused.
"…and I said "yes"…" finished Miyu in almost a whisper, smiling directly at the brunet.
After what he had felt like eternity, he smiled back at her as the reporters after a second of enjoying their cooked up story, continued with their questionnaire.
…..
The black BMW swept past the streets, easily overtaking the other vehicles with ease and compatibility. The one driving it, a handsome brunet with auburn irises, did not take his eyes off the roads despite the fact he felt his companion, a beautiful emerald-eyed blonde, staring at him from the moment they drove out of the Saionji Mansion Driveway.
"At some point," he muttered under his breath, seriously, making the blonde wince in surprise, "you have to stop staring…"
Miyu turned a bright shade of crimson hue and jerked her head towards her window and stared steadily outside, at the passing grayish blur of the roads. A small smirk played across his lips as he saw her red face through the corner of his eyes.
He sighed under his breath as he faced forward again. He looked at his wrist-watch on his left arm which was resting with ease on the steering wheel and he saw that it was slowly ticking towards 9AM.
There was silence inside the car as they drove steadily away from the hustle and bustle and into a silent neighborhood. Kanata knew it was only seconds before he'd be before his annoying friend, answering his questions—or just trying to block out all of his annoying questions. Either way, it was a waste of time.
If it had been two or three days before, he'd never have set foot inside that blonde's clinic. But now… he had no other choice.
In what seemed like seconds, he was parking his car outside the clinic. He got out of his car wondering why his throat felt as though he was carrying a lump. He watched the blonde get out the car nervously.
He sighed.
…..
"Mr. Saionji is here, Doctor," informed his receptionist with a very depressed look on her face.
"Send them to examination room…" he responded, pulling a smile as the receptionist left with a long face.
Nozomu sighed as he wondered how many women's hearts his friend had broken without even realizing it. He had caught the Business News that morning and was not at all happy. Replaying it in his head, it sounded more ridiculous than the first time he heard it.
"I asked her out on a date… we went to this beautiful fountain near her hometown… it was almost midnight… and I had the entire place decorated with lilies…"
He was sure they were utter lies. The Kanata Saionji would never do something like that.
Or would he…?
He no longer had any idea as to what the brunet would or would not do… not any more…
He sighed again and got to his feet. He walked over to the door which would lead him to the examination room from his office. He clutched the door knob wondering what kind of a mess his friend had landed himself in. Taking a deep breath, he opened the door.
…..
He helped the blonde onto the cushioned examination table to a sitting position, which she did reluctantly. He walked over to the head of the bed-like equipment and pushed both his hands in his pant pockets.
"That was an awesome proposal, Kanata…" said the blonde suddenly.
Kanata looked up and frowned at her back, confused. She had her eyes fixed on her hands which were entwined together on her lap.
"The one with the lilies…?" he asked slowly.
She nodded.
"Oh…" he didn't know what else to say, "thanks…."
There was silence. And then she started again.
"Though… it was too amazing to be a lie… that too cooked up at the last minute…" she said, smiling.
A soft sigh escaped his lips and he muttered almost inaudibly, "that was not something I cooked up…"
"Huh?" asked Miyu, turning around to look at him.
He had his auburn eyes gazing steadily out of the window and muttered, "That was how my dad proposed to my mum…" and added with an afterthought, "That's what she said anyway…"
There was a moment of weighed silence as Kanata tried very hard not to think about his parents whilst his wife was gazing at him with a warm look in her emerald orbs. After a minute, he looked into them and her smile widened. And for no reason, Kanata felt his insides heat up.
"No wonder your parents got married," she said thoughtfully.
"Why you say that…?" he asked sharply.
"Cause that seemed like a proposal where it would've been very hard to reject," she said cheerfully.
Kanata felt his stomach do some weird sort of jumps as he stood there seeing her smile up at him.
At that moment, the door in which she had not passed through opened and in came a handsome blond, earnestly.
He gave Kanata one weird and questioning look and then walked towards Miyu with a huge smile on his flawless face, going, "good morning… how are we doing today…?"
Miyu smiled as well and replied, "Fine, I think…"
He flashed her, another smile and picking up a pad from the nearby table glanced through the particulars and then looking up from it said to Miyu, "I'm Dr. Nozomu Hikarigaoka… you can call me Nozomu…"
"Miyu Kouzuki," said Miyu with a smile.
Nozomu smiling face changed and he asked incredulously, "what?"
She flushed and started again, "I mean… er... I'm Mi-Miyu…"
"Miyu Saionji," offered Kanata curtly, glaring at the blond doctor.
The two blonds turned to face him.
Dr. Hikarigaoka cleared his throat and said with another smile directed towards Miyu, "someone would be here shortly to take a check-up on the baby…"
Miyu smiled awkwardly whilst Kanata held a stone face.
"…And, can I have a word with you Mr. Saionji… in private?" he asked, nervously.
"I prefer to stay by my wife," said Kanata shortly, making the emerald-eyed blonde turn a light shade of crimson across her cheeks.
Before anybody could say anything, she said with a small smile at the brunet, "I'd be fine, Kanata… you go ahead…"
Kanata opened his mouth to protest when the azure-eyed blond smirked and said, "This way please, Mr. Saionji".
Kanata clenched his fists and then taking a deep breath followed him through the doors through which he arrived. Kanata wondered what kind of a talk he was going to receive but knew too well about the situation to even expect a "congratulations".
As soon as he closed the doors, he rounded on the brunet and asked with shock disrupting his otherwise flawless face, "What did you do?"
Kanata sighed as he realized that his friend was going to give the same pep-talk as his butler. So he replied with a serious face, "You know, I think… I think I got married…"
"Very funny…" said Nozomu with a cold smile, "I can hardly breathe from laughing…"
Kanata smirked.
"If you think any of us bought that crap that you said on TV, forget it!" said Nozomu tensely, "tell me what really happened…!"
There was a moment's pause whilst the two friends looked at each other—one with boredom and the other with fury.
Finally the former sighed and asked, "The short or the long version of it…?"
"Short…?" asked Nozomu.
"I knocked her up and we got married," muttered Kanata in an undertone.
It took about a minute for Nozomu to actually digest the information that just poured out his friend's lips.
When
he actually did, he exclaimed, "What!?!?!"
Meanwhile…
Miyu played with the hem of her top and wondered what's taking them so long. Though she said she'd be fine, she couldn't help but feel a little alone without that arrogant brunet by her side. She sighed and rested her head lightly and closing her eyes wondered what was going to happen now when the door opened.
"Sorry about the delay Mrs. Saionji," the smart voice of a woman came.
Miyu's emerald orbs snapped open at the familiar voice. She turned around in the position she was in and her eyes widened.
"Miyu…?" gasped the short-haired doctor with dark locks and sharp auburn irises, dropping the pad she was carrying to the floor.
"Nanami…" muttered the blonde and losing her balance fell to the marble floor, head-first.
End Chapter 6
A/N: I know it's a bit small but I had a very much tensed two weeks with no time to rest at all. So, I hope you'd be happy with the chapter. I'll try my best to give a full-fledged long chapter next time ;-) so, please review….
Now, for today's thought:
Personality
Don't guess a person's personality by his/her current situation…
Because,
Time has the power to change a Slumdog into a Millionaire…
