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Kei stood in front of his house and rang the bell. He waited silently on the porch as he felt someone's light footsteps towards the door. His heart started pounding; he hadn't seen Hikari for almost a week with all the business trips. He missed her so bad, her kindness, the way she smiled at him, the way she put her peas on his plate during dinner, the way she pouted when she wanted something, the way her body felt against his, her small laugh, her smell, her challenges, her soft lips... he hoped she missed him as much too. He had missed their children, the product of their love, as well, though admittedly no where near as much as his wife. His dearly beloved Hikari had given him two beautiful twin boys and then a gorgeous baby girl, but as his daughter Yuki kept reminding him she wasn't a child anymore.
Yuki looked very much like her mother, except she had her father's hair and eyes. And her elder twin brothers, Tadashi and Shiro, looked like their father, except they had their mothers raven hair and porcelain skin. They also had inherited their father's photographic memory and ability to do everything perfectly at the first try.
When Hikari said she wanted to name one of their sons Tadashi, Kei had instantly gotten extremely jealous as was in his nature when it came to Hikari. He remembered he had trapped her against the wall and asked with more pressure than he meant to, 'why Tadashi?' He had still not forgotten that Hikari's first date had been with Tadashi, and the multitudinous number of times Tadashi had interrupted his attempts to get closer to Hikari back in Hakusenken when Hikari refused to see him as a lover. 'I've always thought it was a nice name. And the fact that one of our best friends has the name makes it even more special!' she said earnestly and enthusiastically trying to convince him. Kei sighed, he was no match for her. He had kissed her forehead gently and said 'if that's what you want, then that's what it'll be' and that was the end of that.
Their children were now just about finishing college. He wondered if they were at home, the children had their own places and also were frequently travelling to their summerhouses and villas with their friends. Even still they always dropped by for a few days every week or two feeling homesick. There really was no place like home.
Kei and Hikari's home was nothing anyone would have expected in the Takishima company. Kei Takishima, amongst the worlds top ten wealthiest people, a billionaire extraordinaire, and owner of an airline, an extravagant hotel chain, a dozen choppers, six private jets, three luxury yachts, a submarine, twenty four summer houses, and twelve islands amongst numerous other things, lived in a humble little home of two stories and just four rooms. It was beyond belief and comprehension for most people, the gap was just too large to understand. 'How can a man bathed in such luxuary live like this?' they often questioned about the reclusive billionaire wondering on his sanity. But Kei was an extremely private person so not many knew and to ensure his family's privacy he took measures to ascertain it stayed that way. It was the home that Hikari had wanted; his wife didn't want to live in any huge mansions, manors, or castles like he had first showed her, she liked the simple way of life she was brought up in. So he gave her what she wanted. To Kei, in truth, this was one of the things he loved about Hikari. It was the same with the location, ideally he should be living at headquarters in London. But Hikari didn't want to leave her family and friends in Japan, and so he finally moved the company headquarters to Japan. After all to him it didn't matter, all he needed was Hikari. His home was wherever she was, by her side.
Indeed, he always wanted to give her the world, but she wouldn't have it. To his great dismay, Hikari still kept track of the things she owed him. That fact alone was painful for him to no modest extent, but the woman he loved was too stubborn and persistent to accept the things he wished to give her. He had done some reflection since of the past when he would refuse his parents when they asked him what he wanted, and thought this was in turn some sort of punishment deemed by the universe upon him. Finally, he had reasoned if Hikari was comfortable with this then it was fine.
But since he was a world class billionaire and this was his house and family at least twenty body guards were stationed around the house at all times, and their security was airtight. This was something Kei was not willing to negotiate over with Hikari. "Are you afraid someone will break in? You don't have to worry! I can fight anyone myself!" she had pleaded with him and then looking dejected had asked 'you don't trust in my abilities?' He had been stricken by her beauty when she pouted and for a second thought about giving in to her demands, but then he forcibly reminded himself of the importance of the issue at hand. He had grabbed her arm and pinned her to the ground and while laying on top of her he had asked 'can you really, Mrs Takishima?" in a sarcastic manner with a decisive smirk. He then proceeded to enforce the security around the perimeter of the house and on her person without her consent. As a result he had spent three miserable days where she hadn't spoken to him and he couldn't touch her.
Over the years Kei's love for Hikari had only grown, and to him Hikari only became more beautiful and precious every passing year. And apparently, to his great irritation, others noticed as well. To this day he had to threaten and scare countless men away from her. Is it just me, or is this happening more and more frequently? he now questioned himself his mind wandering. To some men, marriage didn't seem to mean anything.
The door opened, and Kei looked up to see Aoi. "Welcome back, you're a little early" Aoi remarked growing a little vary and tense as he saw the unmistakable dark aura rush out of Kei's body. Speak of the devil. Kei had warned Aoi before to not to go see Hikari when he was not present. Kei glared at Aoi with the face of the devil as if to scream what are you doing here getting close to her when I'm not here? Why did you come? I'm going to kill you. His stoic face was eerily still and although he was silent the fact that he was infuriated was unmistakable. Aoi looked back into the room, "I-I think I better leave. Next time Hikari-san" Aoi said as he quickly took his leave. Its Mrs Takishima to you Kei thought bitterly. The truth was Aoi still harbored feelings for Hikari, and Kei knew it too, he always saw him as a threat. Though, Aoi would never do anything to betray Kei since he always respected Kei too much, Kei didn't care about that except when Hikari reprimanded and reminded him of it.
Kei watched him leave in deathly silence then walked into his home. "Hey, dad how was the trip?" Tadashi came up to him and asked as he took his father's coat. "It was fine, things here have been alright I trust?" Kei asked with a faint smile as he took off his shoes and started walking into the drawing room. "The Japan branch is stronger than ever, and everyone here is doing fine. Yuki dislocated her shoulder practicing a new wrestling move though' Shiro, his other son, answered smiling up from the couch seeing his father after so long. Kei nodded and headed towards the kitchen in a hurry where he assumed his beloved wife was. Usually Hikari also would be away on a trip, since she was a diplomat for Japan and worked on building trade relations, but it was the weekend and she had scheduled time off whenever Kei came home. He had of course hired a maid to do all the cooking, but Hikari occasionally liked to do her own cooking to everyone's horror in the household and Kei's delight. Hikari and Yuki were in the kitchen now, their backs turned to him talking in small voices and laughing at something.
Kei tried to quieten the slowly rising pounding of his heart just seeing Hikari's slender silhouette from the back. He leaned into the doorway and spoke perfectly calmly, though in fact he felt nervous, 'hey, I'm back'. Hikari and Yuki turned around, 'daddy!' Yuki said running to him and giving him a weak hug since her arm was in a cast. Kei smiled and then looked down at her and said sternly 'I told you not to practice any new moves without your mother or myself." He ruffled his daughters hair fondly since she was still hugging him 'I missed you too Yuki. Now, why don't you go see what your brothers are up to?" he said so he could be alone with Hikari at last. Yuki got the hint and skipped away.
Hikari looked him in the eye and gave him a breathtakingly beautiful smile as she said "welcome home Kei." He still marveled at the way her lips said his name, he loved hearing his name from her mouth to the extent that he never wanted her to stop. He walked over across to her in giant strides closing the distance between them instantly, and then bent his neck down and gave her a long passionate kiss, kissing her deeply and hungrily from painful longing. He only parted when he sensed Hikari needed some air. He then collapsed his face into her chest, "I'm home" he said embracing her. He was finally beside his darling Hikari, his first and only love. The woman with the purest heart he ever saw. The most beautiful woman in the world. Kei felt at peace, and the exhaustion from his strenuous overwork from the past week suddenly caved in and came crashing down. He collapsed on her shoulder. Hikari grabbed him gently and dragged him to bed. He's been overworking again. It must be hard. He's always working so hard she thought with a frown and a wave of sadness. It had become habit, her husband always overworked and it was especially bad on business trips overseas since he couldn't seem to sleep for long without her by his side.
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