Day Twenty-seven: Moving in together
"-and if you walk through here you will notice that there is an open-concept kitchen, so you can still communicate with your guests even while you're cooking." Taylor's eyes brightened.
"It's a very modern kitchen." She commented, moving around the space. There was plenty of room for her and Saguru to move around in, she thought. "This spot right here, the little counter that acts as the barrier between the kitchen and dining room, is exactly like the one at my house."
"Then you will fall in love with this house easily." The realtor said with a grin on his face. Taylor sent him a challenging look.
"We'll see about that." She said. The grin faltered slightly.
"What about the living room?" Saguru stepped in. "A good amount of space for guests, I hope." The man sent him a reassuring look and Saguru had to hold in a sigh. Taylor is the most difficult person to please when looking for a house to live in, he found out. She loves looking at kitchens and the designs of the houses and loves most of them, but was the pickiest person ever when deciding where she wants to live.
He, on the other hand, only had the minimal requirements of where to live, which was the basic requirements of normal house- with acceptable sizes, of course- and an office for him to work in. This had all of it so far- and so did the last five.
"Of course, if you would just follow me in here-"
"There's not as much natural light as I expected there to be." Taylor didn't see the look the man had and Saguru was thankful that she didn't.
"I'm sure that there is more than what most houses would have." The man said.
"At this point I'm sure it would be much easier to make a house of our own." She mused.
"I'm nearly positive that it's much cheaper and faster to find an already built house." The man's grin grew wider and Saguru would tell that he was going to lose his temper. He wasn't surprised if he did with how Taylor was acting.
"We can always have more windows added in," Saguru said. "And your bay window, if you'd like."
"Of course I would like." She said, looking around the living room. "The staircase is in here?"
"Yes, and as you can see, once you go to the second floor you can look down at the living room below." The man nodded, motioning to the overhead above.
"Seems nice." Saguru said at the same time Taylor said. "It looks like a hazard to me."
The two men gave Taylor a confused look before she continued. "You know, for children, especially teenagers- take my word on that- they might make a game of jumping over the railing to the couches below."
Saguru's eyes widened at that. Children? What was she thinking about children for? The man frowned. "There are options that you can have to make a better railing so that won't happen."
"Seems like a waste of money to me." Taylor shot at him, smirking at the man's agitated look. This is coming from the girl who recommended building her own house from scratch.
"Then the upstairs has the offices, I assume." Saguru interrupted again with a sigh, pushing the thought of children to the side for the moment. He had other things to do, like dealing with the child that was in his presence at this very moment. The man nodded and led them upstairs.
"There's an office here and one in the room next to it. Exactly the same in looks, so you can just look at one if you'd like." The man explained, hoping that they would say yes.
Saguru inspected the room and nodded his approval while Taylor bit her lip. "It's bigger than the one I have now." She said slowly.
The man shared a smile with Saguru. "Let's continue with the rest of the house."
The master bedroom was huge, with a balcony that overviewed the yard. "The yard could be bigger."
"I agree, but I hope that the rest of the house will make up for that. Plus, in the afternoons you can look past your fence and off at the hills off in the distance to see a beautiful sunset."
Taylor was getting a bit antsy. "I would like to relook at the house again on my own before I make any final decisions."
"Of course." The man looked at Saguru as Taylor walked off. "Shall I discuss the cost and benefits with you now and you discuss it with her afterwards, or would you like to wait for her?"
Saguru let out his sigh. "Let's do it now, it'll be faster this way anyway."
After the cost was discussed the man allowed Saguru to wander off to look at the house without him as well. He found Taylor in the living room, gazing out of the windows at the near setting sun. She jumped in surprise when he wrapped his arms around her and rested his chin on her shoulder. She took a calming breath before tilting her head to lightly rest against his. "Hey."
"Hey," she responded. "You scared me."
He chuckled lightly. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to."
"I know." She closed her eyes. "I don't like that guy; can we get a new one?"
"I would hope not, with the way you were talking about this house." Taylor let out a disagreeing noise before he shushed her. "Nonsense- it's a beautiful home, Taylor, and much better than the ones that we've looked at before. I know that you like this one just like I do."
She sighed. "I know you know that. I just don't like the guy, that's all, and me being a bitch is just my payback." She paused. "Well, most if it anyway. I wasn't a fan of the other houses."
"What about this one?"
"Not completely sold- almost there, but not completely."
"Not completely sold." He repeated with a small hum. He let go of her. "Alright, let's get you sold on this house now. You seemed fine with the upstairs and kitchen, so let's talk about the living room."
She turned and mock bowed towards him. "Oh, Saguru, do show me the ways of loving this house!"
He grinned. "Alright, look at those windows. They're tall, almost going from the ceiling to the floor. It's facing west, so we can get the proper amount of light from the sunset, like we are now. If we put a couch right here we can sit and watch it, perhaps reading a book and enjoying the last amount of the day."
She tilted her head. "And my piano?"
"That can go right over here, so the white will shine orange from the rays." He said while motioning at the spot he was standing on. "The bookshelves can go along this wall with a break in the middle of them for the television. And the rest of the couches can go over here."
Taylor laughed. "You seem to have this all planned out."
"It's the proper way to find out if you really enjoy the house."
"Imagining furniture in the room?"
"Imagining our furniture in the room," he corrected. "The ones that will decide if we want this to be our home."
Taylor looked at him before looking around the room with soft eyes. "I can see it," She said in an equally soft voice.
"Does that mean you're sold?" He asked.
She grinned and nodded. "I'm sold."
He walked back over to her. "Even with the safety hazard?" Taylor giggled and he took her hand. "I thought you disliked children."
"I thought I did too." She agreed, looking down at their hands and squeezing his lightly. "But when Tyler and Tori came and you helped me take care of them for the day, and when you mentioned that you wanted children at dinner with my family, I realized that they aren't that bad when you have someone there to help you."
He frowned. "I hope you aren't saying you want children because I said that I wanted them. I told you I was fine-"
"No!" Taylor interrupted, placing her other hand on his cheek. He tilted into it. "Your comment only got made me to start thinking about it. Usually I'm disgusted at the thought, but then I imagined you being there and suddenly it was okay again." She looked suddenly looked a little bashful. "And I'm sure that if we do have children, then all of my insecurities will be cured if you're there with me- for the most part, anyway."
His gaze softened and he placed his hand on the one that was on his cheek. "I will be there," he assured her. "Have no doubts about that."
They stared at each other for a moment, gazes full of emotions, before Taylor giggled. "Here we are talking about children when we aren't even moved in together or engaged yet."
"It's good to discuss it," He said. "We've been serious for years now- which is a wonder why we're only moving in now- and it's important that we discuss this before anything gets more serious than what it already is."
"I suppose so." She sighed. He smiled and raised her hand to lightly brush his lips over her knuckles. "I like the house."
His smile grew and he tugged on her hand to where the realtor was waiting. "Then let's go get the rest of the paperwork done."