Title: Bubble Tea
Genre: Romance/Drama
Rating: M
Disclaimer: I no own
Summary: When Bunny Tsukino learns that she's pregnant with Darien Shields child, she feels that her life is over. A baby wouldn't have been a problem if the father hadn't been a one night stand. Now she's unsure with what her next move should be, and if he would be as supportive as her best friends are. She can't help but wonder when her life became a TV-drama. - AU
NO BETA. BEWARE OF ERRORS. (I'm looking for a beta! Message me if you're interested!)
Order 4. Honeydew Slush with Boba
Rei drove like a madwoman, and she knew it.
Her little red coupe swerved in and out of traffic as if she had a death wish. She was angry; it was a familiar feeling which she was very comfortable with.
This time it was aimed at her typical recipient— her father. He was a very powerful international businessman with lots of money. Rei had an inheritance from her mother, but never touched a penny of her father's cash flow.
When she was five her mother had lost her battle against ovarian cancer. At age seven Rei had been dumped off into her elderly grandfather's care. At the age of ten her father remarried and had only sent for his eldest daughter whenever it benefitted him. She was a beautiful child and always looked good by his side, especially when he brought his new wife along also. They looked like the complete family, and her father would earn sympathy points for having Rei around. People would coo and awe that he was a wonderful father towards her. She resented him heavily for it, and never made it a secret.
When she was twelve her father had another daughter. Rei was further pushed into the background afterwards.
Hotaru was a sweet girl, freshly turned eighteen and had chosen to attend the University of Central Florida instead of staying in Long Island with her parents.
Once a week the two half-sisters would have dinner together. They had a decent relationship.
The red coupe came to a sharp halt as the light suddenly turned red. The raven haired woman tapped the wheel impatiently. She was late picking up her little half-sister for their typical dinner date.
It was her father's fault. He had called her not twenty minutes prior, him just being his usual self annoyed Rei to no end. The only reason why she even bothered with him was because her grandfather always asked her to play nice.
He had complained about Itto. This had not settled well with the raven haired woman. Nobody except for her was allowed to say a single negative comment about the man.
Her father had a business partner who had a son around Rei's age and he always tried to push the two together. The man whom he wanted to marry his eldest off to was Jadeite Agnès, heir to the Agnès fortune. The family was in the mineral industry, and was disgustingly rich.
Itto Asunuma, on the other hand, was raised by a single mother in a lower income housing unit. They were barely in the middle class bracket. Itto made his own way through college by a mixture of working odd jobs and entering random scholarships. He was had a degree in public relations and was now an event coordinator at the convention center.
Rei had met him while in college, it had been a late night of heavy studying for law school and she had wanted to get a pick me up at the local coffee shop. Itto had been the boy working behind the register. The two had hit it off immediately, which was rare for the raven haired woman. Usually it took people a while to warm up to her, but he had been good at giving her back her own attitude. It was undeniably a turn on.
She would find any excuse to see him every night, and after two weeks of flirting they slept together on his tiny single bed in his equally small dorm room.
They had been together ever since.
The speakers in the car began to ring, indicating that a phone call was coming in. Hotaru's name flashed across the dashboard.
"You're very late," The eighteen year olds soft voice carried gently throughout the speakers.
Rei rolled her eyes, "I'm turning into your parking garage."
Hotaru looked similar to her older half-sister. They both had the ink black, pin straight, hair. Although the teenager kept hers styled in an inverted bob with the back shorter than the front. They had their father's nose and eye shape, and both had the same milky white skin tone. The teenager was shorter than the thirty year old, but not by much. They were both very feminine, and were deceivingly delicate looking in an almost unapproachable way.
The eighteen year old was waiting on the first floor of the parking garage. She smiled brightly when she spotted the red coupe and hopped into the car almost immediately.
"I'm starving," She blurted out as soon as she was buckled up.
Her older sister snorted, "Pho or sushi?"
"Goodness, sushi. I'm all pho'd out."
The ride to their usual place was quiet, the two hummed idly to the radio. Their silence were always comfortable.
After they were seated in their favorite sushi restaurant, they made quick with ordering and looked at each other from across the table.
Rei saw so much of her face in her sister's sometimes that it was strange to think that they had different mothers.
"I heard that you and Itto still weren't speaking to each other," Hotaru spoke in her soft voice.
The woman across from her narrowed her eyes, "Who told you that?"
The teenager offered an amused smile, "He did. He also asked what your ring size was."
This caused the thirty year old to freeze. Her heart pounded in her ears and her hands trembled lightly. "Did he really?"
"Rei," Hotaru frowned, "He loves you. What are you doing?"
She knew what she was doing. She was running and hiding. She had such a strong aversion to commitment, but she loved Itto. If he wanted to marry her then she felt the same way too. She could almost imagine what their children would look like.
"Father," She managed to say the title between her teeth, "is trying to push me onto Jadeite."
Hotaru rolled her pretty eyes. "Ignore him."
Their food came out and the two began to gorge.
After minutes of silent chewing, the teenager spoke again. "How're the girls?"
Her question threw Rei off for a moment. The girls were busy with their own personal dramas, that much was certain. Still, it felt good to be able to tell someone outside of the group about the soap operas that were occurring.
She started with Amy's upcoming divorce. The bad news was always something that she liked to break first before continuing on and ending on a good note.
He had given her a spare key some years ago. And even though she had used it numerous amounts of time in the past, the thought of entering his home while they were fighting was unnerving.
When had a man ever made her feel insecure? Rei Hino was a strong, independent, woman! Still, Itto Asunuma always made her insides quiver with nerves.
She shyly opened the door, half expecting to see him on the couch watching television. Instead, to her surprise, the place was devoid of any human life.
Locking the door behind her, she entered the small apartment and enjoyed the sheer overwhelming presence of her boyfriend.
She had leftover sushi in a bag in her hands, and placed it on the counter within sight. When he came home he'd notice it right away. She stuck a sticky on it and scribbled a quick 'For You ' onto it before moving to his bedroom.
There was a baggy shirt used as pajamas along with a spare outfit for the mornings after.
Leisurely, Rei took a long shower, using his soaps, before tying her hair into a light braid before lying down on his king sized bed. Wariness immediately washed over her.
It had been a few weeks since she had even seen him, let alone speak with him. He was being foolish, although she could understand. Itto's feelings had been deeply hurt.
Snuggling underneath the sheets, she had planned to wait up for him until he came home. Not realizing she had fallen asleep until his hand running up and down her naked thigh woke her.
"You've been out for a while," His green eyes were mischievous, and held the usual glint that she had fallen in love with on first sight.
The television in the bedroom was on, casting the only light in the pitch black room.
"What time is it?" Rei asked quietly while snuggling closer to him.
His smile was soft, and she couldn't help but kiss it. "It's nearly ten."
His dirty blond hair curled over his ears in a charmingly boyish way, and Rei pushed the tendrils back with her long fingers.
Itto kissed the palm of her hand. "It was nice to come home to a fulfilling meal and a beautiful woman in my bed."
His compliment caused a sweet smile to spread across her lovely face.
"I love you." She stated.
Olive green eyes met black ones and he leaned forward to capture her mouth in a proper kiss. His hands roamed over her naked thighs before rolling her perfectly onto her back. Her hands smoothed down the back of his head and down towards his shirt covered shoulder blades.
His fingers hooked onto her panties and slid them aside as his fingers teased the most sensitive part of her body. His lips made a path down her neck and Rei couldn't help the small mewls which escaped her.
"I've missed you," Itto stated while he entered a finger inside of her and curled it upwards, causing her hips to buck.
Instead of replying, her hands crawled up his shirt, enjoying the feel of him under her hands.
His teeth bit harshly against her pulse point, sucking on the sensitive skin, and she nibbled on her lower lip to prevent herself from being too loud.
Her boyfriend's fingers pumped and curled, moving in a rhythm which made her see stars. But his hands weren't what she wanted inside of her, and she said so in a lusty haze.
It had only been a couple of weeks since they had seen each other. Rei wasn't the clingy type, nor was she one to allow a fortnight away from a man to bring her down. She didn't believe in any of that. Still, that didn't mean that she didn't miss him with her entire being.
Somehow, in the midst of all of their foreplay, they both wound up nude. Her knees were placed over his shoulders and her hands grasped onto his bare thighs.
"Ready?" He asked huskily while staring down at her. With the glow of the television behind him illuminated made him an imposing figure.
"Itto," Rei growled, "I'm impatient on the best of days."
He gave her a boyish smile, "Then say you'll move in with me."
She let out a happy laugh, "You're so sneaky."
His thumb pressed down on her sensitive button, moving in tight circles and pushing her to the edge of an intense orgasm before he stopped.
"You're infuriating." She told him in an airy voice.
Once her body calmed down, he began his torture again, "Answer me and I'll let you finish this time."
"Yes!" She told him, "I was going to answer you in the morning you insufferable—ah!"
In the midst of her undoing he entered her, not stopping until he was at the hilt before pulling out and thrusting deeply. Rei realized they could be doing this every night once they lived together. She didn't know why she hadn't agreed to such a thing earlier.
Her cell phone shrilling at three in the morning caused both of them to bolt up. Late night/early morning phone calls were never a good thing.
Amy's name was flashing across the caller ID.
Asunuma passed her the phone and they exchanged worried glances.
Rei answered swiftly, "What's wrong Amy?"
"I'm sorry to be the one to tell you this," Her friend's voice was sharp, "But your grandfather is in the hospital, he suffered a massive heart attack about an hour ago."
The raven haired woman put her hand to her mouth, "Oh my God."
Fear was a dagger in her stomach and heart. She was trembling, and hadn't realized it until her lover wrapped an arm around her bare shoulders.
"He's in ICU right now," Amy continued, "The surgeon's want to perform a triple bypass on him. Since you're his next of kin, and in he is currently unable to answer, the hospital was going to call you. When I saw that it was your grandpa, I volunteered. I'll stay with him until you get here."
Rei was on her feet, throwing on her lover's baggy t-shirt and her own jeans, "Yes. Do whatever it is that needs to be done. I'll be right there. You're in Orlando Regional, right?"
"Yes."
"Have them start, I'll be right there." She hung up with shaking hands and threw her sloppy, undone, hair into a messy ponytail.
"What's going on?" Itto asked her worriedly, following her lead and also getting dressed.
"Grandpa's suffered a heart attack; they want to do a triple bypass on him." She took in a deep breath and fought the tears of fear, "Oh God." She covered her face with her hands.
Her boyfriend was in front of her in the blink of an eye, "Come on Rei, he'll be alright. Put some shoes on, I'm driving."
She nodded, tears blurring her vision as the two dashed out of the apartment and towards his car.
They drive was quiet and quick, traffic was practically nonexistent at three in the morning.
After a while Rei managed to find her voice again, "I don't want him to die." She admitted.
"He won't, he's too much like you."
Itto's comment caused a watery smile to break out tentatively on her face. He was right, the old man was stubborn.
She would have to fill out paperwork and speak with Amy,the surgeons, and her grandfather's doctor once she got to the hospital. She would wait up all night until the surgery was done and he was placed into recovery. She would be the first person to see him when he woke up from his medically induced coma.
Itto held her hand the entire time through it all, and Rei realized just how stupid she had been by pushing him away to begin with.
TBC
MLL: My own grandfather had suffered from a massive heart attack and had to get a triple bypass done. So that's all from experiance. It was years ago, and he's still alive and kicking today.
Okay, next chapter will be Bunny, I pinky promise! Honestly, I'm very surprised with how well received this entire fic has been so far.
I know I mentioned this in the previous chapter, but I'll repeat myself! I am going to Megacon 2013 this Saturday. If any of you guys are going, let me know. I'll be dressed as Cake the Cat I love meeting new people, and I promise that I'm super-duper nice! If you'd like to see what I look like, feel free to look at my avatar on my profile!
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