Yo everyone! I present to you, the edited (as of April 2012) 2nd chapter of 'Twins'. :) Thanks to the first 3 reviewers of this fic, they are: Satomika, EiRist and Suryasree! Thank you guys for reviewing!
Chapter 1: Check On It
A large 'clank' sound was heard as the driver opened the car door and emitted two ladies. The blue gates of the Kirihara mansion opened and two maids made way for them. The old lady took the lead and entered the mansion in full authority while Sayaka took hesitating steps inside.
"Welcome back home, Miss Sayaka!" The warm welcome of the helpers of the mansion put the worried Sayaka at ease. She got hugged by the maids and her head got ruffled by an old man who appeared to be the family's gardener.
She gave everyone an angelic smile but her next words were not the one they expected. "Hello, may I know who you guys are?"
Everyone directed a questioning look to Sayaka, then to her mother and then back to Sayaka again. The old man decided to end everyone's confusion by asking.
"Mrs. Kirihara, may we know what happened to our dear Miss Sayaka while she was away?"
The old lady heaved a sigh before opening her mouth to explain about Sayaka's loss of memories. Silence covered the room soon after the details sunk inside their minds and a few maids started patting Sayaka's back as comfort.
"Don't worry Miss, you'll soon remember everything and we will be here for you always." A maid by the name Shiori beamed a big smile at her.
"In the meantime, I know you're tired and probably hungry as well! I'll cook the most saporous meal in the world just for you!"
At that, several maids dragged Sayaka upstairs and into her room. They had missed her a lot and were very worried when she disappeared one dreaded night, but we're not going to dwell deeper into that right now.
"Mrs. Kirihara, are you not going to join us celebrate Miss Sayaka's homecoming?" The gardener, again, asked.
"No, Akito-san. I have something important to do. Just attend to everything Sayaka needs, I'll be back in less than an hour." She snapped her fingers at the driver and he hurriedly opened the car for her.
"Madam, what about Miss Sayaka's belongings?" The driver carried a beige-colored bag.
"Dispose of everything inside it, especially the phone."
"By dispose, how should I exactly...?" By now, the driver was sending Mrs. Kirihara a suspicious stare.
"Never mind, hand it to me." With a quick nod, the driver passed the bag to the old lady. She took out the phone from the bag and put it inside her blue purse.
"Hmm...and head to the previous hospital to fetch the baby and then go to Harada's." She sternly ordered as the car's engines started up.
A loud bang echoed inside the house as Tokiya violently opened the door to his room. The first thing he did upon entering was to search for his forgotten cellphone immediately. He found it lying on his bed under a pillow and saw Fuuko's 12 missed calls.
"This is why I hate having two phones." He muttered, then noticed the messages Fuuko and the others had left him.
"Miyuu." His lips formed a small smile upon realizing that he's a daddy now. In excitement of hearing Fuuko's voice as well as Miyuu's gibberish babbling, he immediately dialled Fuuko's phone number and was disappointed to hear only the answering machine. It was Fuuko's voice, sure, but somehow he still wasn't contented.
"Hi~! If you're hearing this, then either I'm busy doing other things or I just don't want to talk to you! Hehe! So just leave a message or call again!"
"Oh, great." Could it be that Fuuko was just not answering in purpose to punish him? He called the Mikagami Residence but no one was answering either. Having no choice left, he decided to just dial the number of the Kirisawa Residence. A few rings was all it took before someone answered.
"Hello, Kirisawa Residence." It was Fuuko's Mom who answered.
"Oh hello Mom, is Fuuko there? I wanted to talk to her but she wasn't answering her phone."
"Fuuko just got out of the hospital yesterday. I'm not sure but she said something about a welcome party for Miyuu at the Hanabishi's today. Oh! And do you know about Fuuko's birth? We tried contacting you but you didn't answer for straight days." Mrs. Kirisawa giggled.
"Yeah, I just saw all the messages. I was on a really important business trip and I brought only my business phone." He mentally slapped his forehead.
"Haha! That's unlike you to forget something important. Are you sure you're resting enough, dear?"
"Not really, and I think I'm aging faster here than when I was there with Fuuko constantly bugging me." He said while sounding annoyed but in truth, he actually enjoyed every moment Fuuko was teasing him.
"Oh, but in a few more days you'll visit here, won't you?"
Glancing at the bedside calendar with a marked date, he answered. "Yes. In fact I'll be there in a week. I'm really excited to see our daughter."
"That's great, then! I'll let everyone know later. And I'll call Fuuko for you if you want?"
"...No. I'll just call her myself later. Thanks. I'll have to go now, Mom. Take care, Fuuko, Miyuu and Ganko too."
"You too, dear! Don't tire yourself, okay?"
"I will." And with that, they both hung up while Tokiya stared longingly at his phone's wallpaper, which was of a scowling ice block and a grinning purple head on their first purikura!
- - - T o F u u - - -
"Recca! Fuuko's not answering her phone! You really should've picked her up from her house and not let her drive and be alone!" said a sobbing Yanagi while walking back and forth at the living room of their home.
"Yanagi, don't worry, she'll be fine. Maybe there's just some traffic or she has to go shopping."
Just as they were discussing the whereabouts of Fuuko, Yanagi's phone beside the TV's remote control rang. Yanagi quickly picked it up and upon recognizing it to be Fuuko's home telephone number, her sobbing stopped. With a slow motion effect she turned to Recca, who was sitting on their sofa, and gave him a bone-crushing hug.
"Uh...h...hime, just what the he...hell is hap...happening to you...?" The panting Recca tried asking.
"I'm so happy!" Yanagi shouted and proceeded to commit her homicide of Recca. The lady didn't even bother to answer the still-ringing phone.
Having no patience and being worried at Yanagi, Recca tried all his might to get released from Yanagi's hug. Although he wasn't successful, he was at least able to breath properly now. "A...are you sick? Or do you need mental help, hime? You were very sad and crying a while ago, now you're laughing and happy?"
"Recca-kun! I'm not sick! Look at this!" She finally broke the hug and showed her phone to Recca. They looked at each other then shouted in harmony.
"Oh...but you're still not answering it! Answer it before Fuuko kills you for making her wait!"
"Hello! This is Yanagi!"
"Oh Yanagi-chan! It's me, Fuuko's mother. Is she there? She wasn't answering her phone when I called her."
Yanagi frowned the moment she heard what Mrs. Kirisawa said. "So you mean Fuuko's not home? She's not here either!" Yanagi started sobbing again on Recca's arms and Recca decided to take the phone from her.
"Auntie, Recca here. Fuuko hasn't arrived yet and she wasn't answering Yanagi's calls before either."
"Oh my god, where could have Fuuko been? I'm really starting to get worried."
"Why don't we just wait a little more? It wouldn't help if we exaggerate this..." Suggested Recca while still comforting his bride-to-be.
"Okay, call me if you hear anything about Fuuko."
- - - T o F u u - - -
"...Wow." was all Sayaka could say. The moment her mother came back from her business, Shiori was ordered to dye Sayaka's hair color back to brown. The old lady pointed out that her daughter looked like a delinquent with the unusual purple hair.
"Now that the dying is finished, what do you want to do?" Sayaka's private maid asked as she took the dying tools and kept them inside a drawer.
"I don't know...but I guess it wouldn't hurt if I get toured around the house." With a nod from Shiori, off the two ladies went.
They first went to the nearest room which was the library. When the door fully opened, Sayaka couldn't believe what she was seeing.
"Wow. Who's reading all these books?" The collection of books in this library could probably compete with the local town's library! Well, it's not like she had seen the local town's library but the amount of books and shelves staring down at her made her feel like a little kitten being observed by a dozen dogs.
She ran to one of the shelves and picked up a random book. The book she opened was about the law and she closed it immediately after peering through only a few pages. Too many letters in big blocks like the one in that book makes her head spin.
"Oh, these books are about the law and lawyers." Shiori said while pointing to more shelves beside the one Sayaka was standing in front of. Sayaka's eyes just died the moment she saw the ridiculous amount of books about law inside the room. 'Who in the world reads these?', Sayaka couldn't help but wonder.
"I often saw you here in the library while I was cleaning. You kept on reading these." Shiori said as if she was able to read what the other lady was pondering about inside her now brown head.
Sayaka stared at her in disbelief as she countered, "It's not like I don't believe you or anything but I don't really have a thing for reading, I can feel it. It would be boring, in my opinion, especially these books about the law."
The maid just chuckled. "I see you haven't changed. You still hate these books and hate being a lawyer, huh."
"What did you say?" She narrowed her eyes at the maid and asked to make sure if her hearing wasn't fooling around with her.
"No, nothing. I just remembered something." The two left the library and continued on with the tour. After almost an hour of walking around, Shiori was about to call it a day when Sayaka pointed out a room which they haven't entered yet. The door had some flower cravings on the side and the door knob was of a dragon's face. When she was about to grab the knob, Shiori stopped her.
"Don't open it, Ms. Sayaka." She said.
"Why? Is there something wrong?" Sayaka gave her a confused look. What's with the room anyway?
"That's the attic. The two other maids, Rina and Ayaka claimed seeing a ghost there, the eyes of your great grandmother's potrait are randomly moving and following anyone which is so scary! That's why I stopped cleaning and even entering this room!" She exclaimed as she made funny faces that could scare only 5 year olds.
"Nah, I'm not afraid of ghosts! You're actually making me want to enter with that story!" Sayaka started cracking her knuckles.
"No, young lady, I won't let you in nor give you the key." Sayaka frowned and had no choice but to follow the maid heading downstairs. She could always fiddle with that room some other time later.
- To Be Continued -
Yeah, I just HAD to mention Tokiya and Fuuko having purikura! That's just a really cute thought! xD
And I would really really appreciate it if you point out mistakes or give criticism for my writing. I really don't know how to write something that people will want to read. I'm good at fantasizing for myself, but not writing for other people. xD