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"He abandoned you now did he? After he learned that you were pregnant…?"
"No… it's quite the contrary," she smiled, "he married me as soon as he learned that I was pregnant"
"And…?"
"We fell in love…"
"I've never seen my grandparents and every friend of yours is someone from this town, whom you met after I was born…"
"Where are your friends..? Family…? Where the hell is KANATA?"
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Miyu sighed as she placed Shouta's favorite Pumpkin Chips into the trolley. She was at the 24x7 Supermarket a block away from home shopping for the week's groceries but her mind kept wavering to the awkward conversation she had had with her ten year old kid.
It amazed her how much Shouta was beyond his years. It made her wonder if this was how the ten year old Kanata was. Everyday Shouta was growing to be more and more like his father. It scared her…
She turned a corner and saw that the market had already set up Christmas decorations for sale.
'Is it that time of the year already…' she thought as she grazed her fingers against the decorations.
"Kanata Saionji"
How different her life would've been if she had not met him that night…
Was it fate that brought them together…?
"I Love You…"
Or was it destined that they should never be together.
Miyu closed her eyes tight shut as she remembered the night she had left Kanata. It was a haunting memory.
Maybe it was best that she have moved to Osho Island… Maybe it was better she hadn't met Kanata all these years…
Chapter 21
"Shouta…?"
"Hmmm….?"
Chihiro looked annoyed as she asked the little brat, "Are you sure you are only ten years old?"
"Yes am sure, why do you ask?" Shouta asked as he made himself comfortable in Chihiro's huge bed which she shared with her elder sister.
"By the way where is your onee-chan…? I haven't seen her in a while…" Shouta smirked.
Chihiro eyed her best friend angrily as she sat down on her bed, her arms crossed.
"You are not normal Shouta…" she said in a small voice, "the way you speak to your mommy, your attestude…"
"You mean my attitude…" he chuckled.
"Yes and this…! How come you are so smart?" she exclaimed, "This is not normal…"
Shouta sighed and his back facing to Chihiro said, "Fine… am not normal…"
"How..?" she enquired further, getting fully atop the bed, asking his furiously, "You have two legs, two hands and one head like the rest of us…"
Taking a deep breath, "But I have only one parent… unlike the rest of you guys…"
Chihiro didn't say a word.
"It's not just that I want a papa to teach me to play basketball, ride bike… take me on speedy cars…" he muttered coming to a sitting position.
"I want a papa to take care of my mama from bullies… I want to protect her but… let's face it, I'm just a kid… the maximum I can do is hit the guys who tease my mama with small stuff…"
The two kids sat in silence for an entire minute before Chihiro exclaimed, "I know!"
"What…?" asked Shouta, wiping away a tear he didn't want his best friend to see.
"Ai-Kami-Sama will help us…!"
"Eh?" Shouta blinked.
Chihiro was excited beyond words as she started, "Azu-chan was telling me that if we pray hard to Ai-Kami-Sama, you'll get a good boyfriend…"
Shouta raised his eyebrows.
"What…?" he asked almost revolted.
She giggled and pulled him up going, "Come on Shouta…! Let's go…!"
"Wah..! Is there even such a thing as Ai-Kami-Sama?!"
"There is!" exclaimed an excited Chihiro, "the temple in the next block…"
Shouta looked at her amazed, "That's not Ai-Kami-Sama… That's a Church…!"
"No…!" she exclaimed, "It's Ai-Kami-Sama… then explain why in every movie, all the couples get married before him eh? It's obvious because he is the God of Love…"
Shouta sighed.
"You are such a kid… What movies are you watching?!"
~Yours, Mine and Ours~
"Whoa…!" exclaimed Chihiro, "it's huge…"
Shouta pulled his jacket tighter and asked in a whisper, "are we even allowed to be here…?"
"Who cares…" said Chihiro lightly as she closed the back door through which they entered, which was conveniently unlocked that night. They two entered the dark church and finally stood before the cross.
Chihiro kneeled before Jesus and clapped her hands twice before praying loudly, "Dear Ai-Kami-Sama… Please let Miyu-chan find her guy soon…"
"Not any guy!" whispered Shouta angrily as he rushed to a kneeling position beside her.
"Shush!" she glared at him and continued, "If you are not that busy, please let her find him today… Please Kami-Sama… Shouta is very scared, although he won't admit it…"
Shouta glared at her for the last remark and then sighing, clapped his hands and closing his eyes prayed, "Al though I won't agree with Chihiro, but please god… Please, help my mama… she needs you right now… please…"
The two stared hard at the idol of Jesus.
Sighing Shouta asked, "you don't really expect magical light to appear... covering the entire idol… indicating that something is going to happen… right…?"
Chihiro blushed.
Shouta got up and said, "geez Chi-chan, grow up… this is not one of your movies…"
With that the two kids left the Church.
But little did they know that even though no magical light appeared to indicate that something was going to happen… something did happen…
~Yours, Mine and Ours~
"That would be 2855Yen Ma'am…" smiled the young clerk at the counter.
Miyu smiled as she stretched out her debit card.
The smile on the clerk's face vanished to be replaced by an apologetic look as she said, "Am very sorry ma'am but do you think you can pay by cash…? The card reader thing has not been working for the past hour…"
Miyu sighed and checked her purse. She didn't have that much cash on hand.
Seeing this, the clerk suggested, "There's an ATM right by the corner… I'll keep your purchases on hold…"
"Oh…" Miyu was a little too tired to walk all the way to the ATM and back.
"You know what… I'll throw in a 3% discount coupon for the trouble…" the clerk said smilingly.
Miyu gave her a smile understanding that she didn't want to lose a customer.
"Okay… I'll be right back…"
Miyu walked to the ATM, muttering under her breath the extra she had to withdraw to pay for the groceries. She wondered whether it was too early to buy Shouta his Christmas present.
'Well, he has been telling about buying a bicycle… maybe I should buy him for this Christmas…'
She sighed when she realized that she had no idea how she would teach him to ride one. But on the other hand, the boy was smarter than she imagined… Who knows, he might've even learned to ride one by now.
She opened the door to the ATM with her card and saw there were already two others in there. But fortunately, the ATM centre had three machines. Just as she reached the last machine in the room, passing the two guys, the two left leaving her alone.
She sighed as she inserted her card.
The door to the ATM centre opened behind her and someone occupied the one beside her.
"Well at least she is giving me a 3% discount for paying in cash…" she muttered to herself.
"Well you do realize that they are saving 4% brokerage they have to pay to the Bank if you pay by card…"
Miyu blinked.
"Is it…?"
She turned to look at the guy who had spoken to her and her eyes widened.
The middle-aged, well-dressed brunet standing in the ATM cubicle sensed her intense gaze on him and he awkwardly turned to face her.
"Err.. Hi…?"
Miyu gasped, "Ka-Kanata?"
He frowned.
"Yea… Do I know you?"
End Chapter 20
A/N: Hey guys… Am back..! Finally my exams are over and am free And I just came across this Taiwanese Serial called "Fated to Love You". The basis of the story is the same as Yours, Mine and Ours. Just inserted that to tell you guys two things:
Yours, Mine and Ours is not based on that since I saw that serial just last week.
The serial is not that bad… You guys should check it out ;)
