Yours, Mine and Ours
Chapter 19
All It Takes Are Three Words
That night dinner at the Saionji beach house was spent in silence.
Even Pierre was a little bit surprised that even the Mistress was not uttering a word at the Dinner table when she's usually so vibrant and cheerful.
Pierre's sharp yet warm eyes first eyed the Senior Master Saionji. He was surprisingly smiling to himself which made him wonder if he was, to quote his own words, "spinning around her little finger". It didn't need a genius to realize that the entire Saionji Household has a latent soft spot for the young blonde.
His eyes then moved to the Mistress who was busy emptying her soup, her head bowed and not a single sound escaping from her. Pierre was certain that the Mistress appeared a little crimson and wondered what could've happened. He was still trying to decipher the expression that she had had on her face when Pierre saw her and the elder Saionji through the glass window, discussing something.
It appeared as though the older Saionji had asked her something serious.
"Pass the salt Pierre," the young master's voice sounded shrill and domineering in that silent atmosphere.
Before Pierre could make heed to his demand, Miyu passed him the small salt holder which was nearest to her. The brunet got to his feet at once and left the dinner table, a cold look in his eyes and a steely demeanor about him.
The blonde looked visibly hurt but pursed her lips and returned to her soup.
Even the elder Saionji was a little bit surprised by his son's actions but didn't dare to utter a word as he wordlessly continued his dinner.
Pierre sighed, wondering what could've gone wrong now.
Yours, Mine and Ours
"Damn it!" Kanata kicked the edge of his bed and sat down on it, clutching his head. His soft and smooth brunet locks were protruding through the gaps between his fingers as he sat there, his eyes boring into the clear marble floor, his mind elsewhere.
He couldn't understand why he was this irritated.
True, he was mad at his father but why was he this annoyed when he sees her?
"Ugh!" he cursed as he landed on his back on that feather soft bed, his hands pillowing his head.
He stared at the roof.
Thoughts of how he had stood up to his father began to cruise through his head. He remembered every line, every word that they shared that same morning. As far as he could remember, this was the first time that he had raised his voice and practically threatened to throw him out of the house.
He didn't have to think for more than two seconds to understand what changed him… no… to understand who changed him.
He sighed and closed his eyes.
Was it just him…?
Was he the only one who…?
"Kanata…?"
Kanata's eyes popped open but he didn't bother to get up at the voice of hers calling out to him.
"Why are you mad at me?" she asked, her voice quivering lightly.
Kanata lay there still for a few seconds after which, he got to a sitting position and gave her a cold glare but it didn't last long since he saw how delicate she looked. His protective instincts toward her kicked in at once.
She looked at him for a second before tears suddenly flowed down her cheek, almost instantaneously.
"He-ey..." Kanata's voice quivered lightly as she sat down at the edge of the bed, her face covered with her hands.
"W-what d-d-did I do…? Hah?" she asked through her sobs, shaking lightly cause of the nervous breakdown she was facing.
Kanata nervously extended his hand toward her, wondering why he was suddenly feeling this anxious despite being her husband and all that.
"..I am lead to believe that you two were planning on sleeping in different rooms".
Kanata withdrew his hand at once as his dad's voice echoed inside his head. He turned away from her, his face flushing with irritation as he pushed his fist into the bed, feeling the need to punch something right now cause of the stung sensation that he was feeling inside his chest.
"Shit," he muttered under his breath as he pushed his hand into his brunet locks.
The couple was like that for another entire ten minutes before the blonde finally decided to control her tears and got to her feet. She walked to the brunet, who had his face turned away from her.
She hiccupped and looked down at him, her face red from all the crying.
He looked up at her, his face also crimson from embarrassment and fury.
"I'm sorry I made you angry," she apologized, sniffing lightly, "Please don't ignore me, Kanata".
Kanata placed a hand over the lower part of his face, trying to hide the blush that had crept to his cheeks.
"I hate not talking to you properly," she said.
Kanata sighed and then without much of a warning, he grabbed her wrist and pulled her into a warm hug, shocking the living daylights out of his wife.
"K-Kanata?" she stuttered as he hugged her tightly, his face buried into her hair.
Miyu felt the fast thumping of her own heart matching that of the brunet who was hugging her. Slowly, she hugged him back and closed her eyes, enjoying the warmth that he was giving her, wishing that it would always be like this forever.
"I don't care even if you don't feel the same way," Kanata whispered, still hugging her with his eyes closed tightly.
Miyu opened her eyes, confusion evident in those emerald orbs of hers.
"K-Kanata…?"
"I love you," he whispered, his voice cracking lightly.
Miyu's heart thumped even faster, but this time with happiness like she's never experienced before. But suddenly she needed to see Kanata's face at once. She wanted to see what his expression was at that moment.
She pulled away from him a little so that they came face to face, with not more than an inch gap between their faces.
Kanata darted his eyes away from the blonde, his face completely red after all he had never ever told anyone those three words. After all, the only other woman whom he had loved is long dead and gone before he even knew what "I love you" meant.
"Ka…Kanata…" she whispered his name, wanting to look into his eyes when she gives her answer.
Kanata nervously looked into her eyes and his eyes grew wide at that astounding smile that she was giving him. He knew what she wanted to tell him even before she uttered the first word.
But as he expected her to say it, she lunged forward and kissed him.
Although initially caught by surprise, Kanata recovered soon enough and kissed her back, grazing her cheeks with his hands.
"I love you too," she whispered, her lips touching his even as she said it.
Kanata smiled as he continued to kiss her.
Those two content in their own little world, did not know that both were wishing that time would stop at exactly the same moment.
But little did they know that they were never meant to be.
End Chapter 19
A/N: I know that this is seriously dead short but I wanted to upload this as a "Come Back Soon" present to my friends who are leaving tomorrow.
"It's better to be lonely than to get closer to someone... Because feeling of being lonely is better than the feeling of missing our dear ones"
