Hikari and Tai had met up with each other at the old park to talk about what happened to their dad. Tai had told her that
he was stabbed and that the cops still don't know who did it. Hikari and Tai sat side by side on the swing sets slowly
swinging to their own thoughts in their heads.
"You remember when dad always took us here when we were little?" Tai asked while stopping the swing with his shoe
planted in the dirt.
"Yeah...every sunday after dinner," she replied smiling at the memories of them together.
"You know mom really didn't hang with us too much...she was always concentrating on other things," he said looking at
Hikari.
"Yeah..trying to have the perfect little family where no one makes mistakes," she said stopping her swing and looking up
at the sky.
"Having that baby isn't a mistake Kar...I could see if it wasn't out of love then yeah..but it isn't," he touching Hikari's
shoulder.
"Thanks Tai...so where was dad killed at?" she asked getting up out of the swing set.
"Cops say in the apartment complex basement," Tai said standing beside Hikari.
"What was he doin down there anyway?" she asked looking at Tai for an answer.
"I don't know...but i'm goin to go see mom tomorrow," Tai said slowly rubbing his neck.
"I can come if you want me to," she said feeling sorry for her mom.
"Are you sure..I mean you and her aren't exactly seeing eye to eye right now," he said with concern.
"I know but I have to see how she is doin," she replied and looked at the park entrance to see Takeru standing there with something in his hands.
"Go ahead..you need him right now," Tai said slowly pushing his sister towards the direction of the entrance.
"Thanks Tai..I love you..and call me when your ready," she said hugging him then walked towards Takeru. Since it was
dark out with a little light from the street lights she couldn't see what he had in his hands. She walked into his arms and
he gently kissed her on the forehead and smiled.
"Here..maybe this will cheer you up a little," he said handing a small box of chocolate covered cherries and she smiled.
"Thanks..my favorite," she replead softly kissing him on the lips.
"I know it's not alot..but I just wanted to cheer you and our baby up," he said placing a hand over her swollen stomach
and rubbing it.
"Me and the baby are greatful..and for the record..it is alot," she said placing her hand over his hand that was on her
stomach.
"I'm here for you..and I can stay home from school with you tomorrow," he said with with a innocent look on his face.
"Oh no you don't you have physics and you are goin to pass," she said placing her arms around his shoulders.
"Yes ma'am," he said smiling at her so called thoughtfulness.
"Come on i'm real tired..and i'm going with Tai tomorrow to moms to see how shes doing," she said as they started
walking home
"Really..you two haven't talked in months," he said grabbing her hand walking beside her.
"I know..but..I want to see how she is doing," she said and Takeru gave her hand a small squeeze.
"I'm sorry that you have to go through this..first fights with your mom and now this," Takeru said sticking his free hand in
his pocket.
"Regardless I just have to make things right with her..for my dad," she quietly said while looking up at the sky again.
When they came into the apartment Hikari walked into her room and sat on her bed thinking about her dad. She then
pulled out a picture that had her when she was five years old Tai who was nine years old and her dad who had her on
his shoulders and Tai right beside him.'Dad...I miss you so much,' she said to herself while hugging the picture. A few
minutes later she fell asleep with the picture still cradled in her arms and all she could dream about was her dad.
Takeru's alarm was ringing to wake him up and he quickly hit the button to make it stop. He then sat up on the edge of
his bed and let out a large yawn strecthing out his arms. After looking around his room for a couple of seconds he soon
got up and went to the bathroom to washup. Hikari had woken up to the sound of the shower running and she still had
the picture in her arms. She walked out of her room and she could see that Nancy left early to go to the office. She
walked back into her room and tried calling Tai but he didn't answer his phone.'He must still be sleep,' she told herself
then walked to her bed laying back down to relax a little for her long day. Takeru walked out the bathroom with a towel
around his waist and he could see Hikari's door a little opened so he knocked on the door and walked in seeing her on
the bed. He walked up to the bed a laid down right beside her and smiled.
"What are you doin up so early?" he asked shifting himself so he could be on his side.
"I don't know..but shouldn't you be getting ready for school?" she asked looking at him couriusly and he rolled his eyes.
"Yes..so let me get up so I can go to school," he said getting up and going to his room. Hikari watched as he walked out
of the room and began thinking about what would happen if something happened to Takeru leaving her child without a
father. All she could think about was what had happened to him four months ago when he had gotten hit by a car. She
didn't want her child to experince the heartache she was currently going through with her family. Hikari didn't want the
perfect family she just wanted a normal family that would have love. She slowly got back out of bed and walked to the
tall mirror to look at herself and glanced at her stomach. Takeru came back into her room fully clothed and he stood at
the door looking at her look at herself.
"Looking at yourself isn't goin to get the baby to pop out," he said walking up to her and hugged her from the back.
"I was just thinking about things..and you need to hurry up and head to school," she said turning in his arms to face him.
"Yeah I do...so i'll see you later..and umm..Rema is coming over today," he said turning her loose and backing up.
"I will make sure i'm home early enough to be here so that schemeing harlett doesn't do nothing," she said turning back
to the mirror.
"Ok..and I hope things go well with your mom and all," Takeru said walking towards the door and quickly walked back to
Hikari and gave her a kiss and left out the door again to go to school. After Hikari had gotten dressed her phone had
rung and she quickly grabbed it and it was Tai calling so she picked up. He told her that he was heading over ther now
and she said she would meet him there. She left out the door and headed down the street heading to her mother's
apartment she had met Tai outside the apartment. Once they said their hellos Tai knocked on the door and a few
moments later a man answered the door who they have never met before.He looked to be about in his mid forties,
brown short hair, and he was the same height as Tai.
"May I help you?" he asked and his voice was kind of deep. Tai and Hikari stood there kind of confused at who was
infront of them.
"Who are you and where is our mom?" Tai asked looking even more confused by the second.
"Oh Beth..she isn't here..but she'll be back soon..do you two want to come in?" he asked opening the door all the way.
"Why the hell are you asking if I want to come in my fathers apartment?" he asked coming in with Hikari following him.
"Hey I was just-" he started but Tai furiousness cut him off.
"Who in the hell are you!?" Tai asked getting madder and madder.
"I'm Phil..a..umm..friend of your mother," he said holding his hand out for Tai to shake it but he didn't except. Hikari
couldn't help but notice that there was something strange about this man and she felt funny inside. He then looked at
Hikari and smiled weakly at her for some reason and she didn't like it.
"A friend of our mom..we never seen you before," Tai said calming down a little and he looked at Hikari and then his eyes
widened when he looked at the man again. Hikari wondered why he did that but then their mother came into the
apartment and stopped at the door when she saw Tai and Hikari.
"What the hell are you doing here?" she asked looking at Hikari and Tai walked up to his mother with his anger showing
again.
"No mom..I have a better question..why in the hell is this man in the apartment?" Tai asked hating what the answer
was.
"Don't question me Tai...he's an old friend," she said walking to the living room and Tai was right behind her.
"Yeah and I heard about your father so I came to see how your mother was," he said sticking his hands in his pockets l
ooking nervous.
"Well Phil..if you don't mind me and my sister want to talk to our mother alone," Tai said opening the door letting Phil
know it was time to go for him.
"Tai! Phil is not going any where," Beth said walking uo to Tai and Phil walked to the door.
"No Beth it's ok..I will see you later," he said then left leaving Tai, Beth, and Hikari alone in the apartment.
"What is it Tai?" asked Beth looking irritated at Tai.
"Me and Kari came by and what do we see a man in dad's apartment," Tai said pacing into the livingroom.
"Mom..are you ok?" Hikari asked walking up to her mom and Beth walked away from her.
"Didn't I tell you that you are not welcomed here," she said sitting down on the couch.
"Mom don't be like this..Hikari is trying to make peace with you," Tai said walking right infront of his mother.
"We wouldn't be in this situation if she would of just kept her legs closed," Beth snapped makking Hikari feel real bad.
"Mom..we are here to talk about dad..not Kari," Tai said trying to take the heat off his baby sister.
"You want to talk about that?fine..it was his fault he got killed," she said looking Tai dead in his eyes sending shivers
down his back.
"Why would you say that?" asked Hikari walking up to her mother and Tai was frozen in place not moving an inch.
"I say what ever I want..your father probably deserved what he got," she said without an expression on her face.
"Mom..you don't know what you are saying..your just still shocked at what happened," Tai said shaking off his feeling.
"I know perfectly well what i'm saying..now if you two excuse me I would like to be alone," she said getting up and
walking towards her room. After she closed the her bedroom door Tai and Hikari stood right in the middle of the
livingroom speechless at what their mother had just said to them. Hikari walked home thinking about that man who was
at the apartment and how she felt funny around him. When she arrived at the apartment she noticed that Takeru
wouldn't be home until another five hours so she went in her room and grabbed her picture of her dad and drifted off
into a deep sleep. Takeru opened the door to the quiet apartment and walked in looking to see if anyone was home. He
walked up to Hikari's door and softly knocked on the door to her room and no one answered. He then opened the door
to see her sleeping peacefully so he walked over to her bed and bent down to softly kiss her on the forehead. She soon
stirred feeling his lips on her and she slowly opened her eyes to see Takeru standing over her with a smile.
"Hey...sorry to wake you," he whispered to her while he sat down on the bed next to her.
"It's ok...so how was your day?" she asked after strecthing her arms and yawning.
"I should be asking you that," he said with a look of concern on his face.
"Well my mom is saying some pretty crazy stuff and there was a strange man in the apartment," she said while rolling on
her side to face him.
"Does your mom know him?" asked Takeru now rolling on his side to look at her better.
"She says he's an old friend..but something tells me they are more than friends," she said as she lazily drew small circles
on his covered chest.
"I sure hope your wrong..because your father was a good man," Takeru said running his fingers through her long brown
hair.
"Something tells me i'm not...and I want to know who this man is," she said now cuddling into him closely. Takeru kissed
the top of her head and thought about everything she said about her mom. Hikari had heard a knock at the door and her
and Takeru got up to go answer it. Takeru opened the door and in came Rema with a big smile on her face and it soon
faded when she saw Hikari. She turned to Takeru and gave him her most pleasing smile.
"Hi Tk..so are you ready to hit the book?" she asked ignoring the fact Hikari was right there.
"Yeah..lets go into the livingroom," he said walking past her and giving Hikari a please don't kill me look.
"Ok," Rema said while walking past Hikari with a huge smile on her face and Hikari just wanted to rip her heart out.
Hikari went into the kitchen to get something to eat because she was feeling very hungry. She fixed herself a peanut
butter and jelly sandwhich with relish because she was really craving it. Takeru always found that nasty beacause he
thought it was the worst ever combination in the world but right now she loved it. 'Maybe I should put some sardines on
it..that looks like it's gonna be good' she told herself while in the cabinet looking right at the can of sardines. Takeru
walked into the kitchen to see Hikari biting down on her sandwhich and he felt sick himself when he saw that she added
sardines into the mix and she saw his reaction and smiled.
"I thought that it would taste good," she said when Takeru pretended to throw-up.
"Is it good to ya?" he asked picking up the empty can and looking at her and she nodded.
"Yep...do you want a bite?" she asked putting the sandwhich in his face and he shook his head gently pushing the hand
with the sandwhich away.
"No..i'm just in here to get a couple of sodas for me and Rema," he said opening the refridgerator door to look.
"Takeru," she said looking at him when he found the sodas and was heading towards the livingroom.
"Whats wrong?" he asked turning around.
"Nothing..go ahead and study," she replied and he walked back into the livingroom with the sodas at hand.
A/N story kind of messed up so bare with me..