"Oh Suichi, you didn't have to...they are beautiful though" she told him.
He smiled. "You are welcome, I'm glad you two can heal each other's hearts and try to heal each other hurts as well" he told her hugging her.
"Anything about Sage...?" she asked as tenderly as she could.
"Well as of right now I'm at home and she hasn't mentioned Izumi, so that's a start I guess. She's still pretty angry at me for taking the girls from her. But honestly the girls thrived without her around. My mother was there to take care of them when I had to work and I was there for them at night" he told them.
"Is she a good mother? Does she hurt them?" Kenji asked.
"She's a terrific mother, right now she's trying to pit the girls against me. Kumiko is turning out to be like Sage which I'm not okay with and Skye is like me which I like to a point"
"Maybe Emmett can talk to her?" Naoko offered.
He shook his head. "She's not talking to him either. Izumi told her she was sorry for acting horrible but she did have a point, Sage needs to stay out of other peoples business" he said.
"I guess I'll talk to her, I won't mention that you witnessed this today..or gave me the flowers" she promised.
"Thank you, it would be better that way...I just think I didn't take the time to get to know her as well as I should've..." he told her.
She nodded. "I'll do it tomorrow then, I'll call her and ask her to lunch, she's off tomorrow right?"
"She'll be off, she's upset with me right now so...yeah, it won't be a problem" Kurama told her.
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Back at the house Sage was trying to get the girls to listen to her. "Kumi, don't hit Skye...please don't hit her" she told Kumiko.
Kumiko started crying, then Skye started.
Sage sighed. "I don't know how he did it without me...but I can't do this without him. When he gets home I'm going to tell him I need counseling...I need to apologize to Suichi and Emmett...this is the longest we've not spoken to each other" she told herself.
Later that afternoon Kurama came home. "Sage...girls, I'm home" he called to them.
The girls toddled up to him and he picked them up. "How are my little beauties today?" he asked.
They smiled at him and Kumiko spoke. "Dada...'appy?" she asked.
"Yes, I'm happy, happy to be home with my girls" he said.
Sage came in. "Can we talk for a minute?" she asked softly.
He carried the girls to the couch and sat down. "Alright Sage, go ahead"
"Suichi...I'm so sorry...I've been stupid. I shouldn't have gotten into Izumi's business like that. It's my job as Emmett's twin to make sure he's not in grave danger or dating someone dumb. I need help Suichi, I don't know how you managed the girls without me...but I can't do it without you. I want to start over...I want couseling...I want..you" she told him honestly.
It was finally nice to hear her apologizing for her stupidity. "Well now Sage, I think that's a fine idea, we can have someone watch the girls while we're at work and I'll drop you off and pick you up from your appointments and we'll go slow like we never did, we rushed into marriage. I'm not giving up on you yet...but if you stick your nose where it doesn't belong again...we are done, understand?"
She nodded. "Yes Suichi"
He got up with the girls and kissed Sage. Kurama hated fighting with her. It was a waste of time and nothing got solved. Kurama got on the phone and found a therapist for Sage. When he was done they went to Emmett's for her to talk to him.
Izumi called Kenji.
"Moshi Moshi?" he answered.
"Hi Kenj...don't hang up, I wanted to apologize for my behaviour towards you and Sage. It wasn't fair to you, I know and I'm truly sorry" she told him.
"Forget it, it's done and over with" he told her. "But I do have good news"
"So do I, you first Kenj" she said.
"Okay...Naoko and I got married today!" he said happily.
"What?! That's great! Who...who witnessed it?" she asked.
"Suichi...I'm sorry 'Zumi with the fight that was going on with you and Sage, I didn't feel right asking either of you, so we asked him, are you mad?" he asked.
"No...not mad...disappointed, but not mad" she said.
"So what's your good news" he asked.
"Sage and I made up and she promised not to stick her nose in my business or anyone's business anymore, I guess her and Suichi are getting back together" she said.
"That's great, I'm happy for them. I'm really happy for you..I love you Kenji"
"I love you too" he said hanging up.
He felt better than he had. He had the best wife ever and the greatest friend he could ever ask for.