Mai HiME
Lost & Found
Chapter XXIV
Notes: Trivia Time! Sugar, Salt and Pepper are from a certain anime, if anyone got it will get to pick a pairing from Mai HiME and I will do a piece dedicated to that pair (Nat/Nao or Shiz/Nao pairing will not be accepted, it just doesn't sound remotely right).
When they pulled away after the kiss, Mai snuggled up to Mikoto who seemingly sitting flat on the floor by now. "I wonder what would happen if your parents burst in only to see us in this very compromising position," Mikoto chuckled as she leaned back slightly and used her hands to support both herself and Mai. "I don't care; I'll just tell them it's an accident." Mai murmured her reply as she kissed Mikoto's neck causing the feral girl to chuckle even more. "You must really like this kind of accident don't you? But unfortunately, I need you to get off of me so I can get up too. Besides that, it's almost dinner time and I'm hungry." Mikoto said with a light chuckle as Mai reluctantly getting off of her.
As the girls dusted themselves off, the parents quickly returned to the living room and pretended that they weren't spying on their daughter and her date. Mai's father wasn't thrilled with the idea of his daughter dating Yuuichi back when she was in Fuuka High, and now he wasn't thrilled by the fact that his daughter is dating a woman. Not just any woman, but Minagi Mikoto at that. Technically speaking, he doesn't really mind his daughter dating a woman, but there's something about this feral girl that he can't quite put his fingers on. He could see that she's very good to his daughter, but what worried him was the girl's demeanor about everything else.
Mai's mother, on the other hand welcomed the change in her daughter. Her little girl never looked so happy like she is now, and it seemed that the other girl really cared about her little girl. Oddly enough, her husband is the one that's overprotective of the kids instead of her as she's more likely to accept whatever choices that her kids picked and hoped for the best for her kids. It seemed that their roles are reversed, and this sometimes amused her at how whipped her husband had become over the years.
"Kaa-san, tou-san, let's go out for dinner." Mai said as she obliviously dragged her parents out of their little world. "There's no restaurant around here that's open today," her father scowled at her. "Tou-san, just go get ready," Mai said giving her father stern look. It is her way of getting her father to comply with her wishes, and it worked like a charm as he sighed in resign and stomp away to change out of his winter kimono. His wife smiled at the girls and stalked after her husband, though she's wondering where they would be going to find a restaurant at this time.
"Your father is a total pushover isn't he?" Mikoto whispered to Mai after the parents left the premise. "Yeah, I hope Takumi won't be turning out like tou-san," Mai sighed. "Whoa, you're trying to dominance me now?" Mikoto teased causing Mai to turn red. "I… I am not!" Mai stuttered. "Don't worry; you can be as dominance as you want. But if we're ever going to get married, I want fifty, fifty in our marriage." Mikoto leaned over and whispered to Mai as she saw Mai's parents coming back down dressing in warm and casual clothing. Her words sent chill down the busty woman's spine causing her to blush so bad that a puff of smoke somehow managed to escape from her burning face. "I-I can't believe you would say something like that, you're just like Shizuru no you're worst than her." Mai said accusingly at Mikoto who just laughed lightly at the woman's reactions.
Mikoto excused herself to get the car, leaving Mai alone with her parents. "She seems like a nice girl," Mai's father finally spoke to his daughter about Mikoto. "She is a wonderful person," Mai nodded trying to minimize the conversation as much as possible. She knew her father would always be able to find something imperfect about Mikoto, and she's not willing to listen to him because to her Mikoto is nothing but perfect. "She doesn't seem like the type to ever settle down though," he finally said it. "Tou-san, she's only twenty-one so you can't expect her to settle down at her age." Mai replied. "Besides that, we've only been an official couple a few months ago. There are so many things that we haven't done as a couple yet, so we're not rushing into something we're not ready." Mai finished. "You seemed to be ready to settle down, don't you lied Mai-chan. I can see it in your eyes, every time you look at her. You're my daughter, so don't you think that I didn't know how much you love her." Mai's father said firmly asserting his authority.
"But if she makes you happy, then I'm happy for you too. My daughter's happiness is all that matter," he finally let out a resigned sigh before pulling his daughter into a warm embrace. "Thanks tou-san," Mai murmured as she return the hug. "Is that our ride?" Mai's mother called out as the SUV rolled up slowly before stopping completely. Mai nodded as Mikoto got out of the car and opened the door for Mai's parents, the old couple couldn't believe their eyes at how comfortable it is inside. Mikoto opened the door for Mai, who blush a nice shade when Mikoto flashed Mai an impish grin before closing the door.
"So Mikoto-chan, what do you do on your day off?" Mai's father asked as Mikoto started driving down the street. "If my extended family didn't try to blow up my home early in the morning, I would go for a jog and then spend the rest of the day visiting patients at the Kikukawa Clinic. Of course, I would take Mai-san to work and pick her up, but usually I'm just home looking into the company's finance and profit." Mikoto replied honestly as she isn't much of an outing type of person. "Don't you have some kind of hobby?" Mai's mother interjected. "I do kendo practice with Fujino-san whenever we have spare time to do so," Mikoto answered as she made a slow turn to get into the highway. "I would think Natsuki would better suit for your sparring," Mai looked over at the feral girl. "You wouldn't believe how bad she is at kendo, and Shizuru used a naginata and Natsuki is horrible at tea ceremony." Mikoto chuckled and Mai only giggled at the truth.
Once they made it to a restaurant that looked too fancy for them to even enter, a man that looked like Santa Claus opened the door and greeted them warmly. "It is an honor to have Minagi-sama at our restaurant," the man said as he bowed politely at Mikoto. "Himeno-san, you're too kind. I thought you would be visiting Fumi with your wife today," Mikoto said giving the man a hug. "Fumi-chan is having one of her mood swing and kicked both her father and husband out of the house," the man laughed warmly. "Whatever you do, don't let ani-ue cook…" Mikoto trailed off and the man laughed whole-heartedly as he led them inside into a private room as the restaurant looked pretty busy for some reason.
"So Mikoto-chan, do you ever think about getting married?" Mai's father asked and Mai nearly choked on the wine she was sipping. "You mean you didn't tell them?" Mikoto looked over at Mai. "Tell them what?" Mai coughed trying to get all the wine down her throat and not up to her brain. "That we'll never get married?" Mikoto replied with a warm smile on her face and Mai knew that the girl was up to something. "I guess I forgot to tell them about it," Mai decided to play along, for once she would like to shocked her father for what he just did to her. This caused both of her parents to spit their wine out onto the table staining the nice white tablecloth. "You can't just sleep with my daughter and not take responsibility for it," her father said glaring at Mikoto though he kept his anger at a calming level still.
"…" Mai and Mikoto just exchanged an amused look with one another. "We've only slept together a total of three times, so I don't see the reason to get married over that." Mikoto was feigning ignorant but with some degree of honesty within it causing Mai to blushed yet again. "In three months of dating, you let her have sex with you three times?!" he really scowled at Mai while his wife just rubbed the temple of her forehead to avoid a coming headache. "Tou-san, we sleep together in the same room and on the same bed, she didn't do anything inappropriate to me." Mai explained. "Mikoto, tell them the truth that we didn't do anything but sleeping." Mai glared at the feral girl who seemed to enjoy this a bit too much. "Okay, we didn't do anything but sleeping." Mikoto repeated after Mai smoothly causing Mai's father to not believe in her words even more.
"But honestly, as far as I'm concerned we're just starting and I wanted to just enjoy it. I wanted Mai-san to be able to travel the world and explore all the possibilities out there before settling down and be stuck with me for the rest of her life. I want her to expand her horizon and live life to the fullest with no regrets, she's young and I don't want her to miss out on all the fun." Mikoto finally said with a serious face and this really settled both of Mai's parents down. "Hey, I'm older than you…" Mai interjected. "And what do you plan to do about it Mai-san?" Mikoto said with her arms crossed as a teasing smile spread across her face. "Hmph… you'll see," Mai pouted in front of her parents causing them to had to tried and hold in their chuckle about their daughter's childish behavior.
Dinner arrived at last and they all enjoyed it very much, Mai's parents really warmed up to Mikoto very well. They had to agree that the feral girl might have a touch of mysteriousness to her, but she clearly adored their daughter very, very much. For someone with so much wealth and power, Mikoto treated everyone as equal and got herself a few blushes from the female waitresses that served them dinner. Which earned them the deadly glare from a very jealous Tohkiha Mai, Mikoto didn't seemed to take notice of it or just feigning ignorant. Either way, Mai's parents agreed that this girl will be their daughter's soul mate, and will be taken great care of their daughter. This left them with only Takumi to worry about as they have yet to meet his girlfriend.
Author's Notes: Surprisingly, this one is longer than it started out to be. What's with Mikoto lied to cover up for Mikoto anyway? 'laughs' This story is stretching out longer and longer and longer and… Anywho, hope y'all enjoy!