Chapter 5
Christmas Break (at the airport)
Yuuhei was almost out for his winter break when Kyo and I decided we should go to the United States for vacation. In a matter of days we got everything planned, we got the tickets for the airplane and we booked ourselves a hotel. We decided to go to Disney World, Florida.
At this very moment we were walking down the halls of the airport to where our flight was. We still had a half an hour before our plane left. When we got to our destination we went to sit down in the chairs facing the big window, where you could see the planes coming and going. I sat down in the chairs while Yuuhei, Ken, and Yukiko went over to the window to look out. Kyo was unbuckling Kayla from her baby carrier so he could take her to go see too.
"WOW, look it thwat mommy" Yukiko turned around to look at me while pointing at an airplane docking at a station.
"I see that baby, it's really big" I exclaimed, she ran towards me. She rested her hands on my lap before asking
"Mommy are we going to ride in one of thwose?" she asked me, her bright eyes shining up at me
"Yes we are baby" I replied
"Wow"
"Baby you better go back over there, I think I see a plane ready to take off" I pointed towards the window. I figured she'd like that, her eyes got big and she ran back over to the window.
"We are now boarding" a woman over the loud speaker announced
"Babies go stand by mommy" I heard Kyo say, with that they ran up to me. I put our carry on backpack on my back before picking up Yukiko. I placed her on my hip, I grabbed Ken's hand
"Yuuhei please hold onto Ken's other hand"
"Okay mommy" Yuuhei grabs Ken's hand. I look over to Kyo to see if he was ready and he was. He had already strapped Kayla into the baby carrier and he already put the diaper bag over his shoulder.
"Shall we go wait in line?" I ask him, he nods
"Sounds like a plan." We walk up to the end of the line to our gate, there wasn't that many people in front of us. Kyo sat Kayla down for a second so he could pull the plane tickets out of the diaper bag; he picked her up again when he had the tickets securely placed in his hands. We didn't have to wait long; we started moving in a matter of minutes. When we got to the front Kyo, who was in front of us, gave the lady the tickets.
We just started walking in the hallway to get to the entrance of the plane when I hear Ken asking me
"Mommy where are we going?" he looked up at me
"We're going to get on a plane, one of those big things you saw outside" I told him
"Yea, we get to wide in an awplane" Ken cheered. We boarded the plane and sat off to find our seats. We had one of the middle rows and the two window seats across the aisle. The middle aisle has four seats, I let go of Ken's hand and put Yukiko down. "Okay Yukiko you go first," she started walking past the seats until she got to the third seat
"Okay baby you can stop, you're going to sit there okay?"
"Who's going to sit here" she pointed to her right, which was the fourth seat,
"Daddy's going to sit there baby" I informed her "Okay Ken your next, sit in the seat right next to Yukiko." Ken walked past the first seat and stopped at the second seat. Both of my twins got up on the seats, with much difficulty but they managed to do it. "Okay Yuuhei your going to sit right here" I pointed to the first seat, the aisle seat.
"Okay mommy" Yuuhei had less difficulty getting up on his seat. I helped him put his lap belt on; making sure that it was tight, before turning around to take Kayla from Kyo. Once free from Kayla, Kyo put the diaper bag above the window seats, where Kayla and I were going to sit. Kyo walked past our kids to his seat but on his way he stopped and buckled in Ken and Kayla. I put Kayla down on the seat right next to the window; I buckled in her carrier before sitting down myself. To my right was Yuuhei, just a small aisle separating us, he was less than an arm's length away. Kyo and I made eye contact, we smiled at each other
"I love you" I mouthed
"I love you too" he mouthed back. A little after that exchange, we flew off.
Nighttime
We were still hours away when they sun set, I asked the stewardess for three pillows and blankets. When I got them, I got up from my seat and handed the pillows to Yuuhei, Ken and Yukiko. When they got as comfortable as they could get I placed the blankets over them, tucking the blankets around their body so there wasn't a chance for them to get cold.
"Go to sleep, okay"
"Okay mommy" it didn't take long for them to go to sleep, apparently they were already really tired. I look to Kyo, he too was sleeping. I sat back down in my seat, I looked over to Kayla to see if she was still sleeping and she was. I pulled out a book and started to read, I didn't want to fall asleep in case one my children needed something.
It got harder and harder to keep my eyes open. I suddenly felt a hand on my shoulder. When I looked up it was Kyo, standing right beside me
"Sweetheart go to sleep, I'll watch over"
"Thank you" I gave the hand on my shoulder a gentle squeeze. I watched him walk back to his seat; I just watched him as I let sleep take me.
I was startled out of my sleep; when the flight attendant informed us that we would be descending and that we should put our lap belts on.
We landed in 15 minutes, when we came to a complete stop; I stood up and took our stuff down from the overhead compartment. I put on the backpack and slung the diaper bag over my right shoulder. I grabbed the baby carrier with my left arm, trying to maneuver it so I wouldn't jostle Kayla awake. I turned around; Kyo had already picked up Ken and Yukiko, who were still sleeping. I had no choice but to wake up Yuuhei, I didn't have enough arms to carry him.
"Wake up baby" I shook him slightly
"ung…mommy?" he brought his hand up to his eyes and tried to rub the sleep out of them
"Yes baby, it's time to go. Can you try to be a big man and walk for a little bit?" I ask him
"Of course mommy," I unbuckled his lap belt and helped him down from the seat.
"Baby I need you to walk in front of me until were off the plane"
"Okay mommy" he said tiredly. I look up at Kyo
"We're ready"
"Okay let's hurry and get our bags" he told me, I nodded my head in understanding. I rest my hand on Yuuhei's shoulder so we wouldn't get separated.
Baggage Claim
We had found a sitting area near the baggage claim; I place Kayla on one of the seats, I turn to my side towards Yuuhei. I pick him up and place him on the seat next to Kayla. Kyo put the sleeping twins on the other seats near me before leaving to go get our luggage, while I watched the kids. Yuuhei had immediately fallen asleep, his head resting on the arm of the chair.
10 Minutes Later
Kyo came back with our bags and our two seat stroller. He put the bags down; he unfolded the stroller so we could put the twins in. Kyo put them in the stroller one at a time, being careful so he wouldn't wake them up. I picked up the carrier and placed it on top of the stroller in between the handle and the seat. There was a clip so people could clip a carrier onto their strollers. When we had them all situated, I walked over to Yuuhei and gently picked him up. I didn't want to wake him up. I held him with one arm and I started pushing the stroller with my other arm, completely used to doing that. Kyo grabbed our bags and we headed outside. We found a shuttle that would take us all the way to our hotel, so we hopped on.
Hotel
Our hotel was right inside Disney World, Kyo and I figured that's where we were going to spend the majority of our time. When we got inside the hotel lobby we went to check in
"Hi how can I help you?" the receptionist asked
"Hi we have a reservation under the name Sohma"
"Okay let me check, what's your first name?" she asked after looking at the screen
"Kyo, Kyo Sohma" my husband replied
"Okay Mr. Sohma" she handed Kyo some paperwork and the keys to our room
"Here's your keys Mr. Sohma, your room is 302. The elevator is just straight down that hallway," she pointed to our right. "Once you get to the third floor it will be to your left. I also want to let you guys know that in the mornings we have a complimentary breakfast in the atrium from 7am-10am."
"Okay thanks" Kyo nodded at her before picking up our luggage. We walked straight to the elevator; we passed the atrium entrance on the way. At least we knew where the atrium was now.
Kyo opened the door to our room and we walked in, there were a small sitting area with a desk and three chairs, there were two queen sized beds. Only a night stand separating them. At the end of the bed, that was closest to the window, was a baby crib. We requested a room with a crib in it; apparently they have a lot of families that come with babies. The hotel probably figured it would be best to have some rooms with a crib.
I lay Yuuhei down on the bed farthest away from the window and I placed the carrier on the other bed. After Kyo put down our luggage he took Ken and Yukiko out of the stroller and put them on the same bed as Yuuhei. I walked over to the kid's suitcases and opened all four of them. I picked out each one's pajamas before returning to them. I undressed Yuuhei first and put on his mogeta pajama shirt and bottoms. I did the same with the other two, after I got them all dressed for bed I picked them up one at time and put them under the covers, tucking them in
"Goodnight by sweeties" I whispered before I gave them a small kiss on their foreheads. I noticed Kyo was already in his boxers brushing his teeth by the sink, which was outside of the actual bathroom part. I turned to the other bed and picked Kayla up and out of her carrier and laid her on the bed. I took off her adorable little sun dress and put on her white one piece, it said "Daddy's little angel." Kyo had already put Kayla's own blankets in the crib so I picked her up and laid her in the crib, I pulled one of the blankets over her, completely tucking her in so she couldn't move around much. I walked over to my own suitcase and got out my nightgown and my toothbrush before going over to the sink.
I had on a short frilly orange nightgown
"Baby hurry up and come here" Kyo said impatiently from the bed, amusement set on his face. I turn around and smile at him; he had his arms open wide waiting for me to come into them. I climbed onto the bed and laid down pulling the covers over me, Kyo was already laying on his side smiling at me. I lay on my side, my back facing his chest; I scooted a little bit towards him until my back was touching his chest. He let his right arm rest over my stomach
"Goodnight baby"
"Goodnight Kyo, I love you" I whispered lovingly
"I love you too Yuki" we both let sleep claim us.
Morning
"Mommy are we going to Disney Land now?" Yuuhei asked me
"Yeah baby, as soon as we eat some breakfast" I replied while I helped him put on some shorts
"YEA" he cheered.
"Okay lets go, Daddy, Ken, and Yukiko are already down there"
"Okay" he ran to the door and waited for me to come. I picked up Kayla and held her snug to my chest
"Are you ready sweetie?" I ask my baby girl, I got a coo as a response. I made sure to grab a key as I walk towards the door; I open it wide so Yuuhei could go out first. He waits for me as I close the door.
"Yuuhei do you want to push the elevator button?" I ask
"Yes mommy!"
"Okay go push it" I said once we were in front of the elevator doors. He went up to the button; he had to stand on his tiptoes in order to reach it. I couldn't help but smile at him; once he pushed it he walked over and stood by me
"Good job baby" I praise him; he looked up at me and smiled.
Down at the Atrium
We found Kyo and the twins already sitting down and eating. I walked over to them with Kayla in my arms and Yuuhei by my side. When I reached the table I handed Kayla over to Kyo so he could feed her, he was almost done with his breakfast.
"Okay let's get some breakfast" I walk towards the food with Yuuhei. "What do you want sweetie? There's biscuits and gravy, there's cereal, there's bagels, and there's waffles."
"ummm…..I don't know" he looked up at me, he didn't know what any of these foods were.
"Okay sweetie, how about I just get you something?"
"Okay mommy" I let go of Yuuhei's hand to dish us up some biscuits and gravy, I also noticed that there were bananas right next to it, so I grabbed two.
"Okay baby lets go back to the table" I said after grabbing some forks, he grabbed onto my shirt and we made our way back to the table. I sat the food down and helped Yuuhei into the seat next to Kyo; I cut up his food for him before leaving to get us some water. When I came back I sat in the chair next to Ken
"Mommy what's that?" Ken asked me
"This is biscuits and gravy"
"Oh" he kept looking at it
"Do you want to try some honey?" he nodded his head yes. I cut up a little piece and pierced it with the fork. I lifted it up to Ken's mouth, he automatically opened his mouth and I put the fork in. I pulled the fork out and watched him eat it
"Do you like it?" I ask, I saw his face grimace and he shook his head no. I grabbed my napkin and held it under his mouth "it's okay baby spit it out" and he quickly did.
"I didn't like itt" he told me
"That's okay baby, what about you Yuuhei? Do you like it?" I turned and asked Yuuhei
"Yep it's yummy"
"I'm glad to hear it; do you want a banana too?" I started peeling my own banana, he shook his head no
"Can I have a banana?" Yukiko asked, I turn to her
"Of course you can princess, can you hand me your bowl?" she nodded her head and handed me her bowl. I cut up the banana I peeled and put in her bowl, "there you go sweetie" I said as I handed it back to her.
"Do we have everything down here, we didn't leave anything up in the room did we?" my husband asked me. I shook my head
"I don't think so honey"
"Okay, guess what guys? As soon as you're done with that, were going to go to the theme park and ride lots of rides" he said enthusiastically.
"YEA" all three of them cheered.
Kyo strapped Kayla in the stroller ,he brought down from the room, as soon as all of us were done eating.
Theme Park (Magic Kingdom)
"WOW it's so big" Yuuhei exclaimed
"Which ride do you want to go on first?" I asked them, they looked up at me
"I don't know mommy" Ken shrugged his shoulders.
"Why don't we start with one section and work our way through" suggested my husband
"Sounds good" I agreed.
"Okay you guys randomly pick something on the map" he held out the map for them. They looked at it for a little bit and all three of them pointed to 'Frontier land'
"We want to go there" Yukiko said
"Well okay then, let's go" Kyo said, he grabbed onto Ken and Yukiko's hands and started walking. I made sure Yuuhei grabbed the stroller before I started pushing it.
"Babies, you need to remember to stay with Mommy and Daddy at all times. No running off, we could get separated and we might never find you" I informed them
"Okay" they replied quickly, I could've sworn I saw Yuuhei grip the stroller tighter. As we walk thru, the five us were amazed at the sites, the little shops we passed. The kids were really amazed when we saw a character standing everywhere.
"You guys go up there and get your little books signed" Kyo said. We got the kids a little autograph book so they could get Disney characters signatures.
The kids were a little hesitant to go up there alone. This particular character was Tigger.
"Its okay go up there" he nudged them a little so they could go, they did after a little more encouraging. After they got their signatures
"Okay guys turn around so I can take your picture" I told them.
Kyo and I would take turns on watching Kayla while one of us would go on the rides with the kids. It was mostly Kyo going on the rides with them; I was taking lots of pictures of them on the rides.
"waa" I hear Kayla cry. I bend down to see what's wrong, I take her out of the stroller and hold her. She immediately stops crying; apparently she just wanted to be held. I smiled down at her
"You spoiled baby" I tapped her little nose, she gurgled happily.
"That was so fun" Yuuhei said excitedly, he ran up to me
"I'm so glad you had fun, it looked like fun"
"It was. Can we go on it again?" He looked up at Kyo with those adorable eyes of his.
"Maybe tomorrow, okay little man?" Kyo told him, we did half the rides today and I could tell that my kids were tired even if they didn't express it.
"Okay" he sighed sadly; he looked down at his feet. Yukiko and Ken looked sad too
"I know you want to baby, but it's time to go back so we're not too tired for tomorrow. Okay baby?" I told him, trying to cheer them up
"Okay mommy" he said still a little sad
"Well you know we still haven't gone to the pool yet, so maybe later today we could go" Kyo trying to cheer them up too. They brighten up at the suggestion
"Yeah"
Pool
"Daddy catch me" Yuuhei yelled. Kyo was in the shallow end of the pool making sure Ken and Yukiko stayed there and not float over to the other side. The floaties on their arms were working perfectly.
"Okay" Yuuhei jumped from the edge into Kyo's arms
"Daddy where's mommy?" Yuuhei asked Kyo from his arms
"Mommy's waiting for Kayla to wake up from her nap, so he'll be down soon. Okay?"
"Okay" Yuuhei replied, he went back to splashing in the water.
5 minutes
"Kyo….Kyo Sohma?" Kyo looked up at the person who said his name, it was Shigure.
"What are you doing here?" Kyo asked still surprised
"Well were taking a family vacation, so I guess all the Sohmas are here. We came to Florida because two of us have children as I can see you do too" Shigure replied
"Yeah, we came here for them. This is Yuuhei, Ken, and Yukiko" Kyo pointed to them as he said their names.
"Say hi to Uncle Shigure" Kyo said to the kids
"HI uncle Shigure" they replied in unison. When Shigure said every Sohma he wasn't kidding there was: Ayame and his wife, Hatori and his wife, momiji, Hatsuharu, Kisa, Hiro, Akito (who is Shigure's wife), Kureno and his wife Arisa (Tohru's best friend.)
"Wow is that you Kyo?" asked a deep voice, it was Kazuma
"Shishou!"
"Hey, my son" Kazuma smiled down at Kyo
"Kids say 'Hi Grandpa', this is my dad"
"Hi Grandpa" Kazuma walked over to the edge of the pool and bent down
"Hey there, what are your names?"
"I'm Yuuhei"
"I'm Ken"
I'm Yukiko" they told him.
"Those are wonderful names."
"Hey it's Kyo" all the Sohma's gathered around the pool
"Hey guys" Kyo greeted them.
After everybody got caught up, some relaxed on the chairs, and the rest went into the pool. Kazuma sat at the edge of the pool with his feet in the water talking with Kyo, Kyo kept glancing to make sure the kids stayed on the right side of the pool. The kids were having a blast, they were splashing, swimming; they were having so much fun.
"Mommy!" Yuuhei called out when I walked through the door with Kayla. The first thing I noticed was there were a lot of people in here, it took me a few minutes to register that these people were my family.
"Yuki?" Everybody turned to look at me, I smile
"Hey guys" I wave nervously. I walk towards Kyo who was smiling at me, which comforted me. I sat down with Kayla, who was in a little swimsuit, at the edge of the pool by Kazuma.
"Wait so Yuki, your Kyo's wife?" Momiji asked
"Yes" I replied to him
"Oh. I think all of us just assumed that Tohru was Kyo's wife but I'm so glad you guys are happy!" Momiji exclaimed. I winced a little when I heard that they just assumed, it hurt a little, I was hoping no one saw the brief expression of pain come over my face. Kyo saw me though; he rubbed circles on my leg trying to comfort me.
While the others were talking amongst themselves Kyo laid his head on my legs, he made sure that the kids were still in his line of sight.
"Who is this little cutie?" Kazuma asked, I turned to him, he had a smile on his face
"This is Kayla, our youngest" I held her out to him "would you like to hold her?" I ask. He looked a little hesitant; I don't think he's ever held a baby before
"Sure" he opened his arms and I handed Kayla over. He held her with such care; there was so much love in his eyes as he looked down at her.
"She's beautiful, she's the perfect mix between you two" Kazuma commented
"Thank you" I replied. Kyo left to go play with the others sensing that I was okay now. Kazuma lifted his head and watched as his son played with his kids
"I can tell just by looking at you guys that Kyo loves you a lot, you have some wonderful kids Yuki"
"Thank you, I love my family very much" I turned my head towards them and smiled. Kazuma and I started talking about the last 6 years.
10 minutes later
Arisa walked over to the edge of the pool where Kyo was and yelled
"HOW COULD YOU? WHERE IS TOHRU?" she kicked him in the head. Everybody stopped talking; we all turned our gazes towards them. Kyo was a little bit stunned, Yuuhei, Ken, and Yukiko looked fearful of Arisa. I get up and walk around the side of the pool to where they were
"Come on you guys I think it's time for you to go to bed" I motioned for the kids to swim to the side. I bent down and lifted them out of the water when they got to the side. "Okay let's get you dried off first," I walked over to the towel cubbies and got three out. The three followed me over there.
"Mommy who is that scary lady?" Yuuhei asked as I was toweling him off
"She's someone Daddy and I went to school with" I replied. I moved a little so I could dry the other two off.
"Is daddy going to be okay?" Yukiko asked
"Of course daddy is going to be okay, he's daddy" Ken said in a matter of fact voice
"Daddy is going to be just fine princess" I assured her. "Go over to grandpa" I pointed over to Kazuma.
"Okay mommy" they walked over to him, I look towards Kyo. He just gave me a nod, indicating he'll be alright. I walk over to my kids
"Would you mind walking with us to our rooms?" I asked Kazuma, who still had Kayla in his arms.
"Not at all, I'd be glad to walk with you guys" he smiled. Everyone else was just standing there, waiting to see what would happen between Arisa and Kyo. We proceeded to start walking out the door, the three kids went first, and then Kazuma and Kayla; I was the last to go. The last thing I saw before the door closed was Kyo getting out of the water.
CLIFFHANGER. Sorry I just didn't want to write anymore, plus I have to go soon. Hopefully the next chapter will be out soon, no guarantees.