Chapter 11:
After that night, Sunako would wake to a gift of some sort, much to her annoyance. But she was fine with the ones that she actually gave a damn for. Like the Adam's Family box set or a box of chocolates. The one that she didn't care for as much included roses and jewelry that usually accompanied what she did care about.
Sunako would set aside the jewelry, knowing that she could possibly give them to someone who would like them better that she (Noi or Tomao for instance.)
She would then go downstairs for meals and sometimes have a casual conversation with Kyouhei. When she was bored, she'd go into the kitchen and cook up a storm, or do some housework with Natsuko and the other maids. Sometimes, she'd run into one of Kyouhei's "boys" who would just bow politely to her and pass by her. Some of them acted strange around her, but she would glare at them and they'd walk off nervously.
Only one didn't fear her like the others: Enomoto. It didn't matter much, but whenever she passed by him, she felt chills circulate throughout her body. She wondered if she ought to tell Kyouhei about her discomfort, but she decided against it. She didn't need his help. Sometimes, she would go over to visit her old friends from school, but she realized that she hadn't seen Yuki for a while. When she discussed this with Kyouhei, he decided to go with her, to see how much he could get out of Yuki's restaurant before Yuki kicked him out.
"Glutton," Sunako muttered, rolling her eyes as she headed to get her light jacket. After getting in the limo, Kyouhei started complaining how hungry he was.
"Are we there yet!"
"I told you to eat before we left," Sunako lectured.
"But I wanna eat hotel food!"
Sunako's eye twitched. She didn't relinquish her promise to herself that she would probably kill Kyouhei eventually. "That makes no sense, Kyouhei."
"But…but…"
"No."
They arrived at the hotel and Yuki had come to greet them with Ranmaru."
"Sunako-chan!" They greeted, tackling her. Sunako felt like she was going to melt from the downpour of friendly affection.
It didn't bother her as much as it bothered Kyouhei. "Will you guys let go of her," he ordered. Ranmaru and Yuki did so immediately, apologizing to Sunako.
SQUIRT! Sunako collapsed. The last thing she heard before loosing consciousness was:
"AH! SUNAKO-CHAN!"
Ever since she was reunited with Kyouhei, it was school all over again, somewhat. When she woke up, she was in a hotel room.
Voices came from outside the room and she went to join them.
"I thought she got over her nosebleeds."
"Uh…that's my fault."
"Kyouhei no baka!"
"You'd think she'd be dead by now."
Sunako opened the door. "As I said before, it almost kills me every time."
"Sunako-chan! You're alive!" Yuki shouted.
"How are you feeling my kitten?" Ranmaru asked, stroking Sunako's head. She began to shiver from the over-affection.
Kyouhei, once again, saved her by grabbing Ranmaru by the shirt collar. "Don't you already have a woman?"
"It's a hard habit to break."
"Is it even worth Tomao's effort?" Yuki asked Sunako.
"I don't know if she realizes it's not," she answered him, shrugging. Kyouhei released Ranmaru and leaned against the wall.
"So, now all we need is the rest of the gang and we can have a hotel party like we always wanted to have!" Yuki said.
"That's very true…" Ranmaru thought. A smirk came to his face and he took out his cell phone. "Takenaga, you guys wanna spend the night at a hotel…WHAT?...You're where?...NOI'S PREGNANT!?" Sunako, Yuki, and Kyouhei gasped. "Hold on I'm putting you guys on speaker." Ranmaru pressed the speaker button and Takenaga's ecstatic voice echoed in the room.
"Am I on?"
"Yeah."
"Hi Takenaga!" Yuki said.
"Hello."
"Yo."
"Hey guys, I guess that you've heard from Ranmaru if you're all there."
"Noi's pregnant, huh," Kyouhei stated, he sounded a bit cheerful, but a look in his gaze clearly stated that he was a tad jealous. Sunako understood how he felt. She was planning on adopting in a couple years if she wasn't married by then. But she didn't know that Kyouhei wanted kids as well.
"That's awesome! We'll come over to give you a soon to be Daddy party! Of course, we'd have to kick Sunako out."
"Why? It could just be the five of us, with Sunako's cooking of course. It would give us a reason to call her Okasan again."
"Then I'd rather go back to Kyouhei's."
"You've been living there for almost a month now, Sunako, shouldn't you start calling it home now?"
"I probably should…"
"Come on, spill, you're getting used to living with a Yakuza."
"Do I really have the potential to be a Yakuza's wife?" she asked angrily.
There was a pause on the phone, and everyone went silent, though Kyouhei was blushing like crazy, but trying to hide it with a scowl. Then came the chorus: "Yes. Especially if that Yakuza is Kyouhei."
Sunako felt as though all hell had broken loose with that answer.