Hi all! I'm so sorry this chapter took a longer time than the previous chapters to updated *bow*
Recently, I was struggling with my college projects and... my laziness he he
Again, thank's a lot for all the reviews, alerts and favorites guys! They're really made my day :)
Oh! and it seems, some of the readers rather confused with the previous chapter, but I hope as story goes on, all about the mirror, the dreams, the present and the future will be less confusing
So, please enjoy this chapter~
Thank you so much to Jessiejj for beta'd this chapter (^_^)
Disclaimer: All of this gorgeous characters belongs to Tadatoshi Fujimaki-sensei
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Present
Past
"Talking"
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Chapter 8
Kagami P.O.V
Guess where I am now?
Still on the train?
No, We arrived in Hokkaido two hours ago...
In front of Aomine's house?
Almost.
At this moment, I'm in the kitchen, cooking dinner with Hirako-san.
Who is Hirako-san? She is Aomine's mother's a.k.a my mother-in law.
Great right? Yeah, this is really fucking great.
Hirako-san is washing and draining the vegetables while humming a familiar tune. I've heard my father sing this song often. What is it called? Umm .. endless ... love? Yeah, Endless Love.
How did I managed to find out the name of my mother in-law?
After a few hours of riding the train, we arrived in Hokkaido and use the bus for an hour and after that we walked for twenty minutes, then we finally reached my lovely in-laws's home. A traditional Japanese house, with a large yard and beautiful scenery. There is a small pond and lovely garden with bamboos around the house.
I made a little scene by mistaken Sakura-san, the little sister of Aomine's father when she greeted us, because I casually asked her, 'Where is your husband Aomine-san?' and suddenly, Sakura-san ran away while screaming, 'You're so mean, Taigaaa!' then slammed the door of her room. Aomine, well Aomine... He laughed out loud after looking at my dumb expression. After he stopped laughing, he said that she is his father's sister, thirty something and hasn't gotten married yet. He said that my jokes are outrageous, but hey, I'm not joking! I didn't even know that she is his father's sister, let alone that she's still single!
Uh. I'm sorry Sakura-san.
And Aomine's parent, wow... Aomine really resembles them, especially his father. My father-in-law, Whose first name I still don't know, looks like Aomine in twenty years, with deep blue hair and saphire eyes. A small difference between him and Aomine is... rather than tanned skin, he has pale skin. Surprise surprise~
Aomine's mother, who insisted that I call her Hirako-san (ever since I arrived, I've called her 'Aomine-san, Aomine-san', that was .. errr.. because I don't know her first name as well) has black hair with bright blue eyes and tanned skin.
It made me aware of something. It looks like, the me in the future is still calling Aomine's parents Aomine with their family name. I am grateful for that, because it doesn't make me sound suspicious when I call them like that, but it also confuses me at the same time. Why does my future self still call his in-laws formally, when he and Aomine have been married for several years? Shouldn't we be close to each other? Or perhaps my relationship with my parents in-laws isn't really good like those they always potray in the dramas that Alex often watches?
Various kinds of bad thoughts and possibilities are floating in my head, but Hirako-san interrupted my thoughts and pulled me into the kitchen and Aomine decided to chat with his father in the living room.
And here I am.
"What is it taiga? You have been daydreaming a lot since you arrived. Is there something bothering you?"
"Huh? Ah, I'm o-all right! Just thinking of something that isn't so important."
I was grinning awkwardly while waving my hands and Hirako-san smiles slightly .
"If something was bothering you, you're always welcome to discuss anything with me, my husband or Sakura anytime."
"... Yeah, thank you Hirako-san."
We went back to our tasks. I peeled potatoes and Hirako-san stirred the soup, and told me to taste it. A few seconds later, she suddenly giggled and I looked at her a little confused.
"Umm.. Is there something funny, Hirako-san?"
"No, It's just you really made Sakura sulk this time."
She giggled again and I can feel my face burning because of my embarassement.
"I'm so sorry..."
Hirako-san smiled and patted my shoulder.
"It's okay, usually, she is the one who'se teasing you, but it seems you succeeded in getting your revenge, Taiga."
I was scratching my head and grinned sheephisly. We were silent again and each drowned in our own thoughts.
"... You know, I'm so happy that you're a little... different today, Taiga."
WHAT?! Am I doing something wrong? Am I too suspicious?
Seeing the panic on my face, her eyes stared at me widely and she immediately waved her hand.
"No no! You're a little different but ... umm .. in a good way!"
Sigh.
In a good way. It doesn't sound bad.
"... A little different?"
She looked away from me and took the salt from the cabinet.
"Usually, you look tense and a little ... distant. Like there is something that makes you uncomfortable each time you visit here. And our last conversation seems to have left a little bit of an unpleasant impression for you ... "
She continued stirring the soup absentmindly.
I knew it! There must be something strange with our relationship! What actually happened the last time I visited here?
"When you said it, I wanted to answer you, but your train already came."
She turned off the stove, and straighted her body, she reached up my hands and held it tightly.
"You don't have to apologize Taiga. You never did anything wrong, and we weren't upset because of you ..."
Huh?
"To be honest, we were indeed surprised when Daiki said that he already has a lover and his lover is a guy. We had a little argument about it but Daiki managed to convince us and wanted to introduce you to us."
Hirako-san was holding my hand tighter.
"When you came, we were shocked ..."
Unconciously, I lowered my head and looked at the floor. I heard Hirako-san chuckle.
"When we heard Daiki had a guy as a lover, the first thing we imagined was a slim, petite guy with a beautiful face, such as the actors or famous models on television. But, you appeared with dark red hair, a couple of beautiful ruby eyes, tall, manly and ... "
She caressed my eyebrows and smiled softly.
"... unique eyebrows."
"We felt awkward and didn't know what to do. You looked stiff and shy, Sakura and Chihiro found it adorable and it made them really fond of you. I was very surprised and pleased with your cooking abilities and my husband also likes you because you're good with kids and easily got closer with eight months old Takeshi."
Chihiro? Takeshi? Who are they?
She let go of my hand and hugged me. She stroked my hair with a motherly touch.
"You don't have to worry about it, Taiga. All of us love you. I know you have always been haunted by guilt and responbility because you felt that you snatched away Daiki's chance to have his own wife and childrens, but don't we have Takeshi? Even Chihiro will give birth to her second child in a few months. She and her husband also really likes you and don't mind about the fact that his son is very fond of both of his uncles, you and Daiki."
I felt something running down my cheeks.
Ah, ... I was crying. I opened and closed my mouth a couple of times but no words came out.
Hirako-san pulled back and grasped my shoulder. She stared straight into my eyes and she smiled softly.
"We will always be your family and you will always be our family, never doubt that Taiga. You and Daiki have been a couple for years, I really wanted to get closer to you ever since Daiki introduced you to us. That's one of the reasons why I'm so happy when you agreed to call me Hirako-san. I know it's still too soon to make you call me 'mom' but I hope this is the beginning of our bond, where you may be able to open yourself to us. You are a good guy, Taiga, so is your father."
She wiped away my tears with her thumb.
Yeah, maybe I never admit it, but I have always longed for a mother figure, and I'm very happy to have such a kind mother in-law like Hirako-san.
Uuugh, crying in front of your mother in-law. You're totally not cool Kagami! But I don't care about that fact for now.
"Taiga?"
We were both startled when Aomine's father suddenly appeared behind us. He looks a bit confused seeing the two of us but then he locked eyes with his wife and I could see the understanding in it.
"Daiki has been busy complaining and bickering that he is starving. Is dinner ready yet?"
Hirako-san took out plates and cups from the cupboard.
"In a moment, tell Daiki to wait patiently or I won't feed him!"
Aomine's father was laughing at his wife's behavior and turned around to go back to the living room, but he stopped. He stared at me, then reached out and ruffled my hair.
"And from now on, call me Soujirou-san, kay?"
I stared blankly at him for a moment ,but then I smiled and nodded my head slowly.
Suddenly, we heard Aomine's voice from the living room.
"Oooii! What are you talking about in there? Hurry up! I'm hungry!"
"Shut up, Daiki! Just sit down and wait patiently like a good kid!"
Hearing my remark, we all looked at each other and laughed.
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When dinner was ready, I was told to call Sakura-san and persuade her to came down. She came out with a pouting face, but because I kept apologizing, she smiled and pulled me into the dining room.
Surprisingly, I really enjoyed dinner time. Occasionaly, Aomine and Sakura-san argued about something trivial, and we could only shake our heads. Aomine's parents praised my cooking, and I had to restrain myself so I didn't punch Aomine's face because he openly flirted with me in front of his family.
I looked closely at the face of each person at the table, all of them looked happy, especially Aomine. Once again, I felt proud because I could see this side of him when he was with his family.
After dinner, we were talking and chatting in the living room.
"Did you know taiga, the reasons why Daiki became a detective?"
Hmm? It caught my attention. Why did the lazy Aomine decide to be a detective who must solve some difficult cases that require deep thinking?
"Dad! Shut up!"
Aomine tried to stop his father but Sakura-san held him and giggled nonstop.
"That's because of you."
"Because of me?"
"He told me that you like novels, films and books about mystery and detectives. You also always admired a detective figure, so he decided to become a detective in order to get your attention.
I blinked and blinked again. I stared blankly at Aomine who covered his face with his hands
"Awww, Isn't he so cute?"
Sakura-san cooed and Aomine glared at her.
"I never knew that you were interested in stuff like mystery or puzzles, Kagami."
"Huh? What do you mean?"
Aomine flicked a book in his hand or more exactly a novel. A detective novel.
"That-that's nothing! I just suddenly got interested in mystery and detective stuff..."
"But this is really something that I never considered about you. BAKAgami reading mystery and detective novels? Ppfft, that's so hard to believe."
Oh...
Oh!
"And did you know? He always said that you are his destiny, he said that he had fallen in love with you before he even met you, silly right?"
"Mom!"
I looked at Aomine while raising my eyebrow. He just shrugged and looked away from me.
Me? His destiny? Fell in love before he met me?
Pppfftt, it turned out that Aomine is a romantic person.
The night passed quickly, with our main topic about Aomine's embarrassing moments and his odd behaviours. Aomine sulked but we all ignored him and kept busy talking about him.
At times like this, I realized that all this time I've missed all of this. Dinner, chatting, laughing, and bickering with my family. I usually eat just with my father and since I moved to Japan, I used to eat alone. Sometimes, I remember things from when I was a kid with my father and mother. Everything looks blurry, but I could see my mother's beautiful smile as she held me with my father at her side.
I love my mom, I love my old man, and I'll always love them. But is not wrong if I'm happy and love my other family, right?
And again, I found something or some fact that make me think, being married to Aomine is not that bad.
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Normal P.O.V
After midnight, Kagami and Aomine decided to sleep and said goodnight to his parents and Sakura. They rushed into their bedroom and lay down on the bed. After turning off the lights, Aomine turned his body and faced Kagami. He reached out and was stroking Kagami's cheek tenderly. He could tell that Kagami was blushing under his touch.
"Are you happy?"
... with me?
"A lot."
Kagami leaned his cheek into Aomine's warm hand and rubbed his face like a cat. Aomine smiled warmly at Kagami's adorable gesture.
"Do you ever feel regret at being married to me?"
Will you marry me?
Will you choose me?
"... No, never Daiki. I'm really happy with you..."
Kagami's words trailed off as he couldn't keep his eyes open. He fell asleep after a few seconds and was snoring softly. Aomine kissed Kagami's head and wrapped his arm around Kagami's waist and pulled him closer.
"I hope so. Night Taiga."
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Thank you and till next time~
N.B: I just realized that I make Hirako-san call Aomine with his family's name (Aomine) rather than his first name (Daiki) when she talked with Kagami, thank's to amakuchame2 for mentioned it to me :)