Author's Note: Dear Guest. Well, as you can see, I think from now on, the love between them will remain, a bit chaotic. Oh, Kaori ex-is named for here. But I guess I will not do anything else with him.

Oh, and actually Francesco doesn't asked her to leave together to Italy, he is just asking her to join to the conversation with Giuseppe. But I guess that trip to Italy will sooner or later. :)

Thank you very much as always, for your time and your comments. It encourages me to keep writing. Greetings. n-n

I apologize if here are many misspellings, I updated the episode got a little sleepy. XD

18.- Whenever doubts.

Moments after they finished eating, there was a slight pause between them; the only sound was the ticking of the wall clock that was on the top of the wall behind where Francesco was sitting.

- Would you like some tea? - Kaori broke the silence.

- Yes, please... – He requested.

She approached the small teapot with green tea to the bowl he had on the table in a glass made of cork. The racer was very quiet strangely.

- Is something wrong? – The redhead asked.

- Huh? Um ... well, I was thinking ... - waited a couple of seconds to formulate a question that stung a long time ago. It came from before his departure from Suzuka. - Has there ever been anything between you and that guy named Yojimbo?

Kaori looked a little surprised, had said earlier that there was never anything with anyone else. Do not he believe her? With that question meant no.

-Of course not. - She answered seriously, a little disappointed; it showed a lot in her tone and in her face.

- Kaori, do not be angry, after so long until you were right to be with someone else, as happened to me with to Gina... I just... -

-Shut up! - She cried with a bang with the palms on the table. - Shut up please... You think I 'm easy? Still you see me as a slut? You think I 'm going with anyone who gets in my way? Now I see that you do not mind the sacrifice I made for you, it's amazing that you think that about me, is like saying that I can't truly love. – Very angry.

- "Damn, I've ruined it ..." - Francesco thought to himself, very worried. - No, wait, I did not say that, I appreciate what you did ... Just... It's ... - Soon he began to stutter.

-You're an idiot. - She looked reluctantly.

- Kaori, let me explain... Do not be dramatic, look, is that he showed too confidant to you and made me think of something else. - Tried to fix things with that.

- Listen ... I met him at the restaurant, at my place of work... A little over a year ago, I did not know he was a friend of Chuki or rather of her sisters... - She sighs, calming her nerves. – We only talked occasionally... And nothing more. - She stands up, taking her cup of tea to take it to another place in the house. - Excuse me. –

- Where are you going? – He said, her action had a bit tense and frightened because she still looked bleak.

- Over there... - Answered the redhead, would open the door to leave.

- No... No, no, no. Please wait. - He stood up quickly to stop her before she leaves that room. He touched her shoulder to see if she desisted and she turned around. – Forgive me. I did not want to insult you... -

- You do not trust me... - She stopped, but did not turn to look at him.

- Yes, I trust you. - The racer chose a loving tone.

It's not true, or you didn't ask those things, when I had explained before my version. – Kaori added.

- Kaori... I trust you, but imagine this; it's as if I told you that I ended my relationship with Gina, that certainly is true, and suddenly she got very affectionate with me. Do not think the same thing? Do not will believe me, right? -

Francesco gave an example, but that did not convince her too much.

- I guess so ... But that's different, because I know that you had a relationship with her. - She turned to look at him this time quieter expression. -I forget you, I do not want... I do not want to continue talking about this. -

- Does that mean you forgive me? – He asked.

- Yes, I guess so... Because I'm a fool, a fool who is in love with you from the tip of the hair to the toes... – The redhead confessed to him.

-Oww. No, you're not a fool... – He whispered, caressing her cheek. - And you know? I'm crazy for you. -

- Really? - She blushed slightly at that. -

Francesco nodded, smiled, and taking care of not to throw or burn with her cup of tea in her hand, kissed her lightly on the lips, to which Kaori corresponded. He had done wrong, and would not allow the only person who really loved him, overturned her feelings for his misused phrases.

Suddenly, abruptly, the door to the room is opened.

- What the hell are you two doing? Who told you permission that could give a kiss here? -

It was Jin, who woke up because he heard the scream and slam on the table that Kaori gave with her hands, and he had not given his consent for them kissing at his home. The couple got a shock, what made them separated immediately.

-Oh! Grandpa... - Very flushed. – I'm Sorry... -

- Still do not understand why so strict about that sort of thing? It was just a kiss. - The Italian racer shrugged and looked confused the old man.

Kaori opened enormous eyes, amazed at what Francesco said to her grandfather, she thought that the old man was going to explode, and even wanted to defend the point of view of his beloved Francesco, but she left off, because on the other hand wanted to see how he defended himself in this type of difficult family situations. Take responsibility for his big mouth.

- Hey brat, this is MY house and here are MY rules, if you do not like that you can get going immediately. - Jin was angry; it was a lack of respect for him.

- Brat? - Whispered the racer because he were so surprised, he was no a child and in his homeland such things were frowned upon in any circumstances, a kiss was not bad when two people loved each other, on the contrary, it was wonderful. In a second he stood, showing his size, which far surpassed the man of the house, and got serious.

–Mr. Ikegami, excuse me, I kissed your granddaughter not for wanting to disrespect you or your home. I did it because I love her, and I will for the same reason as many times as I want, and it is mutual consent. Do you want to see me do it again? With pleasure. - Francesco this time challenged.

- "Oh no, my Grandpa will kill him!" – Kaori thought, who was biting her lower lip because the nerves.

Jin suddenly raises his right hand as a fist and made the move it backwards as preparing a punch.

The Italian racer was scared inside, but now what else could he does? Just get what he deserved, since his big mouth had made disaster, not knowing about the customs of other cultures.

-No Grandpa! Wait, it was also my fault. Do not do that. - The redheaded stretched her free arm, standing between the old man and the racer, she had a great appreciation and respect for her grandfather, but was not going to let him do this kind of thing to Francesco, was not fair.

Jin's hand dropped quickly, but until Francesco's shoulder, giving him a few gentle pats.

-Please, take care of her, if you say that you love Kaori and you are honest with your feelings, I ask you to take care of her a lot. - The old man changed his hard face to an affable one.

Most young people present were very surprised, especially Kaori, whom Jin took her hand and continued talking to the racer.

- Understand that for me, being in all this with her, see her suffer, cry, fall, get up, work hard all these years, has not been easy. And I would not see the tears of regret again. So I ask this with all my heart. I saw this woman grow up since she was a child of a couple of months, now I give you my daughter, who is happy to be with you. Protect her for me and always keep her lively. -

The old man offered a hand of Kaori, which had taken, to Francesco, all that speech sounded like a possible future marriage. The Italian guy was received without hesitation, pressing her hand gently and smiled fondly.

-Do not worry Mr. Ikegami, I will care for her as a treasure... I promise. – Francesco answered, confident tone, kissing the hand of the redhead. - Does her hand if I can kiss her freely, right? - Asked once he made it. A little worried, he was a little paranoid with so much strange rules.

Jin nodded and then sat quietly drinking a cup of tea, with nothing more to say. Even though they were adults and could make their lives what they wanted, but also needed to get his feelings about this situation , especially with all the tears that had dried on the face of his beloved girl, who was no longer a child, but for it would be that forever, like it or not . He could not help it.

At the end, everyone decided to stay overnight at the home of Jin, for the old man stop putting bad faces to Italian guy, Kaori spent the night with Lucciano and Luccia , and Francesco slept in her old room, where she had grew up.

Before sleep, the racer ran his eye for all things Kaori had around that room full of memories. He noticed a couple of photographs pasted on the wall. There are several brands of tape right on that corner, as if someone removed or changed over and over again the photos. There were some pictures of Kaori's pregnancy.

Francesco smiled, how many months of pregnancy may have children in that picture... 6 or maybe 7, for him, she looked so cute there.

When finally knelt to lie down on the futon, focused in that position, hovering book in one of the shelves, and in its side put the word: Album. Not resist the curiosity to get it out. Just took it, started to look after lie... to him, strange futon and covered with blankets. He settled on his left flank, holding his head with his left hand turning page by page with the right hand.

- So ... here's Kaori when she was in high school... how cute ... that uniform was beautiful for her- Looking a photo where she wore the typical uniform of most schools, with a gray blouse and sailor scarf red with stripes to neck down pleated black skirt .

In some photos Chuki and Kaori was with another pair of classmates, oddly in almost all pictures, Kaori did not look very happy. Except for two who came in the following pages, which already had a couple of years and was the arm with a tall, brown hair, he had a look that was scary, the picture was drawn in the middle with red marker pen , vertically, this meant that separated the two.

-It seems that this guy was her ex-boyfriend ... I wonder what happened between them for pictures finish in this way? They looked happy together. - It was a moment without thinking, Francesco felt a little jealous, but otherwise, the following images were all about the twins, their first days of life, their birthdays, their time in kindergarten, Christmas, parties generally, Kaori looked very happy with them.

The Italian man felt his throat knotted, the have lost so many beautiful and meaningful life stages of both. Their first cries, their first words, their first steps... That would have been great for him.

A while later, rested his head on the pillow again looked to the sky in a room, but this time not expected to fall a sense of there, but only made a promise to himself: Since then, he will lose not one more second of their children, would make the most all events. And with that, and the album on his chest, Francesco finally surrendered to sleep happy.

To be continued...

Disclaimer.

-Kaori, Jin, Lucciano and Luccia are characters that originally belong to me like this fic (c) Shadoru.
-Other characters belong to (c) Disney. PIXAR.

-Sorry my bad English, and more sorry because I'm pretty sleepy. XD