Notes:
Hello everyone!
Here Vera comes to leave you one more chapter of this fic and specially, as a little trick or treat for Halloween 🎃.
I hope you like it and more because now we are going back to Kyoto with Maki and the twins ❤️
I must tell you that from now on, the story will take a certain direction, as it will focus on Yuta regaining Maki's love, as well as on his facet as a father, and more than that Yurika and Yuudai are suspecting some little things between their mother and Okkotsu.
Well, without further ado, I hope you like this chapter, which I think will touch on some very important topics to understand more about the plot of this fic. Especially because an important conversation between Yuki and Maki is coming. On the other hand, the twins will be back in the next chapter.
And as a small disclaimer: A slight NON GRAPHIC mention will be made about a character who wanted to force another character to do something against his will, but in the end the act was not consummated.
Perhaps at the end of the chapter you will understand why it has such a striking name.
Now without further ado, enjoy the chapter ❤️
Happy Halloween 🎃
Chapter 23. Love, Jealousy and Sins
July 22.
Tokyo.
09:55 a.m.
That day had dawned raining. Making that morning feel nostalgic and even a little strange.
The rain was falling with some force against the window of the room where Yuta was staying at the Gojo residence during those four days.
At that moment, he was sitting in an armchair, looking at his cell phone. He was finishing sending a message. A very specific and special one.
He was quite nostalgic, at that moment he just wanted to be with Maki and his children.
And it was because of them that he had decided that day that, even in the pouring rain, he would return to Kyoto as a matter of urgency.
He couldn't bear to be there another day.
He was sick of the meetings and outings he had done together with Satoru the previous days and also, as much as it pained him to admit it, he was tired of Satoru.
The main reason was that wherever they went, the albino presented him to his acquaintances as the future captor of the sorcerer-killer and his eventual successor as leader of the Gojo clan. All this created overwhelming pressure on him, as he had to solve the case at all costs, even when the clues led nowhere.
So, that morning, Yuta was ready to leave and more than had a strange hunch that something might be going on in Kyoto. Something to do with his family.
Seeing that he had no immediate response, he returned his gaze to the window.
"Maki..." he whispered and from his chest came out a sigh that only a lover releases when thinking of his loved one.
He even remembered that kiss they had given each other a few nights ago. He really couldn't forget her and even more so now that he had found her.
That kiss, where their lips had joined with too much passion thus creating a need comparable to that of an addiction.
Yuta needed Maki's kisses.
He really wanted to kiss her one more time, even if it was just to give him his last breath of life.
Also to his mind came the laughter of his children, how they had had fun that night at the festival, under the fireworks, with sparklers in their hands and having a father and son moment that he simply treasured in his heart.
He really missed them. And he proved that in another sigh by looking at the picture he had on his cell phone.
He was so lost in his memories that he didn't notice that someone had opened the door to his room.
It was the voice of a certain child who brought him out of his memories "Uncle Yuta…"
The named adult turned his head toward the entrance.
"Dad says to come for breakfast before you go back to Kyoto" he said from the doorway.
That little boy was still wearing his pajamas, which were blue with many white stars.
Yuta turned to look at him and smiled a little.
"Thank you. I'll be right there" he sighed again, turning to look at his cell phone.
"Uncle Yuta, are you ok?" asked Yoshio entering the room and running to the sofa, sitting down next to the adult.
Yuta smiled at such innocent concern, "I am, I just remembered some people I miss very much right now"
The blue-eyed boy deduced who the adult was talking about "And those people are your children? Do you miss them very much?"
Yuta scratched his cheek
"Yes, I miss my children very much right now, just like I miss one more person"
"To whom?" asked the bright-eyed boy curiously.
Yuta had his doubts about whether he should respond to that and more than Yoshio seemed to be a somewhat "gossipy" child.
Still, he decided to respond kindly.
"To a woman, one who is very special to me" said the sorcerer, standing up from that armchair.
Yoshio also stood up, "A woman? Are you in love?" asked the little boy with curiosity overflowing from his mouth.
They both started to approach the door to get out of there and go to the dining room.
Yuta scratched the back of his neck.
"I am. I've been in love with that woman for a long time"
"Since when?" asked Yoshio curiously as he walked beside him.
"Let's say for almost 10 years"
"Wow, that's a long time!" commented Yoshio, raising his voice in surprise, "That's a lot longer than I've ever lived!"
Yuta smiled at that innocent answer, "Yes, she is" he sighed, "But unfortunately I can't be with her as I would like to at the moment" he lowered his shoulders.
Yoshio stopped in his tracks at such an answer.
"And why not?" he asked, tilting his head slightly to the right side without looking away from the adult.
"That's because..."
Yuta was tempted to say that it was because of his father that he could not be with the woman he loved. But the one he was talking to was a child. And he did not want to hurt him since he was not to blame for anything.
"Because some bad people separated the two of us"
"That's so unfair!" Yoshio said loudly. He seemed upset with the situation.
"It definitely is" Yuta smiled a little at that answer. "But now that I've found her, it's up to me to win back her love. Although I think she's angry with me at the moment..."
"You could give her many things! Or you could give him lots of kisses!" Yoshio commented as they both walked back down those halls, "That's what my dad does when Mom is mad at him"
"Hehe I guess your advice might work"
They both turned a corner when Yoshio asked something else very suddenly.
"And do you love her?"
"Huh?"
"I asked if you love that woman very much"
Yuta scratched his cheek.
"More than you can imagine" he smiled, "I love her. I really love her. Although" he sighed, "I don't know if she still loves me... or not"
At such words, Yoshio seemed to remember something else, "You know, Dad always says that love is the worst curse of all. Are you cursed with love, uncle Yuta?"
The sorcerer paused at such a question.
"I think I am" he ruffled the black-haired boy's hair a bit "Though it wouldn't be the first time I would be cursed with love"
They both kept walking, they were very close to reaching the dining room where they were waiting for them.
"And do you know how you can know if she loves you?" questioned Yoshio with a big smile and suddenly stopped again.
That question left Yuta puzzled. "How?"
Yoshio stood in front of the adult.
"First you give her a surprise kiss, and after kissing her you say I love
you!" the boy smiled hugely.
Yuta thought that perhaps this could be taken as a joke. But they say that children can see beyond the heart. And sometimes their advice is more valuable than one imagines.
The blue-eyed boy continued explaining, "So you could know if she feels the same way about you" he waved his little hands, "That word is magic, I've seen it. Dad says I love you to Mom and Mom smiles or even takes a breath when she's really upset"
Yuta smiled a little at that innocent answer "Thanks for the advice .The next time I see her I'm going to tell her. Which will be very soon"
The boy laughed a little at that answer. He took Yuta's hand and invited him into the dining room where all the other adults were already waiting for him.
10:20 a.m.
Throughout breakfast, Yuta couldn't stop thinking about his children, but in particular, he couldn't get Maki out of his mind.
He couldn't get that kiss out of his mind that they had finally shared after seven long years of being apart.
He remembered how she still knew what his weak point was and how their bodies had come dangerously close.
All that set him on fire, a fire that continued to burn brightly inside him for her.
He kept remembering how the two of them had eaten each other's mouths, how her slender hands had passed around his neck and how their breaths had become one. And what if they hadn't been discovered by that mysterious intruder, the two of them might have come together once more as one, letting themselves be carried away by the desire they still had for each other.
Just remembering all that made him think of all the ways he would have liked to make love to Maki. Both that night and all the times he could have made love to her if she had traveled abroad with him.
Yuta really wanted to make love to her at that moment. He wanted to show her how much he still loved her after so many years. He really couldn't get her out of his mind and heart. It was as if he had been cursed or bewitched.
A longing sigh came from his chest, his gaze was lost and his thoughts were consumed with remembering her.
At that instant, Yuta's cell phone vibrated and he quickly took it out of his pocket. A big smile formed on his lips when he saw who the message was from.
And all this was noticed by Satoru, who could see that his guest was quite distracted by his cell phone.
That message was from Maki, which was brief: "Okay. Yes, we do need to talk... I also need to see you..."
Reading that message made Yuta's heart skip a beat.
But their host seemed to be allergic to other people's happiness.
Satoru cleared his throat when he saw his guest very entertained in that device. "Okkotsu, at this table we don't allow the use of cell phones" he commented, drinking some coffee while watching how his son got up from the table to go to his grandmother so she could give him some cookies.
Yuta quickly put his phone away.
"I'm sorry, it's just that I got an important message" he feigned serenity.
"Important in what way?" asked Satoru curiously.
Yuta shrugged as he picked at some fruit with a fork.
"It's some research work I'm doing. Arriving in Kyoto I have to go take care of some business"
"I see!" Your host had a big smile on his face, "From the look on your face and that big smile, I think I understand what that important business you have to attend to over there"
"I don't think you'll understand..."
"Of course I understand and more than as a man I can guess what it's about" he pointed his fork at him, "And from the look on your face when you read that message, I can guess that That important matter is a woman, right? Because it's more than evident that you can't stop thinking about her, isn't it?" replied Satoru mischievously.
"I don't know who you're talking about..." Yuta feigned ignorance.
"Of course you know who I'm talking about" He looked offended as he kept talking and moving his fork back and forth, "She is none other than Maki" He pointed to his guest's crotch, "Because even what you have in the middle of your pants, gives you away when you think of her!" Satoru replied with a big smile, "Like right now" he said mischievously as he noticed that slight bulge in his guest's pants.
Yuta tried to control himself, he became serious and took a deep breath while he covered himself with a cloth napkin in the middle of his pants "As I said, it's just a matter I have to solve in Kyoto..." he drank some coffee to hide his nervousness and avoid answering more to that question.
"Hehe okay, I understand" Satoru leaned back in his chair, "Well, whatever business it is that you have to attend to, just make sure of three things"
"And what are those three things?" asked Yuta, raising an eyebrow.
Satoru raised a first finger "First, give Maki my regards"
Yuta looked at him seriously as he continued to listen to him.
Satoru smiled hugely and then raised a second finger, "The second, make sure you please her very well in bed because it is more than obvious that this way you can give a reconciliation between the two of you to recover those seven years lost, and incidentally, enjoy them properly. And don't forget to show her how much you still love her and want her, especially because women hate disinterest and thirdly" then He raise one more finger "Use protection. Lest you end up making more babies!"
All those words made Yuta very red. He just wanted to get out of there to avoid talking to Satoru. So he pretended he wasn't paying attention to him.
The albino let out a despondent sigh. He knew he was no longer dealing with a teenager. "Anyway Yuta, being in Kyoto, don't forget why you came back to this country. So I also need you to make a decision soon about what you are going to do with this case and your future leadership with this clan, okay?"
But Yuta no longer paid attention to those words as he was immersed in his mind, thinking only of Maki, the woman for whom he would give up everything just to be with her. Even if it meant losing his life.
But strangely enough, Maki couldn't stop thinking about Yuta that rainy afternoon either. Especially not with the conversation she was about to have with her guest.
Kyoto.
10:01 a.m.
It seemed that the rain was doing its thing in both cities, as it was raining quite heavily in Kyoto as well.
Still, the day for that family was just beginning and they had things to do and missions to accomplish.
Two messages had arrived on Maki's cell phone almost simultaneously.
The first one was from Mei Mei, who reminded her that that day they had to fulfill their mission to go and eliminate another sorcerer they had been assigned to eliminate and of whom they had already spent several weeks observing and investigating.
"Don't forget that we have until today to eliminate "THAT MAN" and more than that he will leave us a large sum of money. So we can't waste any more time, we must eliminate him, yes or yes! Understood? And no excuses!"
Those words seemed to be more of an order.
And the second message was from none other than Yuta.
"We need to talk, I have found out some important things. I will be in Kyoto after noon... I need to see you..." - said that message.
Those two messages caused that cell phone to vibrate in succession on the kitchen table, drawing the attention of a very special guest.
"It seems that this morning many people are looking for you, Maki san" commented Yuki, who was waiting for breakfast that morning to spend some time with the family she was investigating.
That had been the main reason for her visit, as she had a feeling that something big was about to happen. Especially with the twins. Which, by her reckoning, it shouldn't be long before their techniques showed up.
Yuki finished preparing her coffee and still standing, she took that cell phone and read those messages from the lock screen.
"And it seems to be important because clearly one is from Mei Mei and the other one is from..." she stopped in her tracks and her eyes opened wide.
Maki, who was preparing her children's breakfast, turned and snatched her cell phone quickly.
"Please don't read my messages!" she commented annoyed, putting her cell phone in the pocket of her pajama pants.
"Okay, although from what I've just read, I can guess that you're going to have a very interesting afternoon, aren't you?" she asked, taking a seat "By the way, I wonder what your mission is this afternoon with Mei Mei?" she said with irony.
"That's none of your business..." Maki looked at her with a big grimace of annoyance before turning to turn off the stove.
"I know that that is none of my business Maki san, or rather Sorcerer Killer" said the guest with a touch of sarcasm, then glued her hands to her chin. -
"Although you know that with me your secret will be safe" she replied while still keeping a big smile on her lips.
Maki turned to Yuki again at those words.
"I'm still surprised you didn't rat me out to the authorities, especially since you know what my job has been lately"
Yuki brought her cup to her lips. "That's because I don't want to be a snitch either..." she drank very carefully, "Besides, I don't like snitches, those were the ones I used to beat up in high school!"
Maki sighed.
"I guess I should thank you for that..." she turned to turn make her own cup of coffee.
While the coffee pot finished filling Maki's cup so that she could prepare it to her liking, she looked out the window for a moment. She observed how at that time of the morning, the rain was still falling quite heavily, making that day really feel nostalgic.
Yuta wasn't the only one who couldn't stop thinking about her. Maki was also thinking about him a lot.
She couldn't even stop thinking about that talk where they ended up kissing.
Deep down, though, Maki wished that night had ended in something more. Something more carnal. But both her pride and that eavesdropper who was spying on them that night prevented her from making love to Yuta.
Maki let out a deep sigh as she pulled her cell phone out of her pocket and looked at her cell phone notifications.
To Mei Mei replied that she would start the mission later, that she would wait for her at the agreed time at the chosen place.
But to Yuta's message, that one she didn't know how to answer. She felt like when she was a teenager and received messages from that boy when she was in Africa.
Every time she saw his name in the notification bar, she felt her cheeks heat up and her heart pounding. That's how she felt at that moment.
She even opened that chat, but didn't know how she should respond or what she should put.
Would an Ok be enough? Should she lie and say they weren't going to be home? Even if she made up a thousand excuses, her heart wanted to see him. Both to find out what he had discovered and to kiss and hug him. Still, all that was quite risky.
She blocked her cell phone again without answering him. She seemed a little worried because she knew that Yuta was going to meet her, the "enemy", the one she was killing and he was looking for, even so, she was a mix between worry, longing and desire.
For some reason, the idea that Yuta would look for her, pursue her and find her, excited her. She could feel and remember how that night he had embraced her and brought her close to his body, how she had detected his perfume, which was still the same, and how that kiss had ignited everything inside her, making both her body and her whole being need him.
And that made her feel guilty, but at the same time, she felt that need to be pleased and more than seven years were eternal.
The memory of that kiss with Yuta still haunted her, as she still felt the taste of his lips on hers, causing her to unconsciously bring her index and middle fingers to her lips as she looked out the window and watched the water mark its path across the glass.
She remembered how his tongue had touched hers, and only imagined how that tongue might have explored her body.
Even at that moment I imagine a little of how they might have ended that night. Tangled in bed, making love after seven years of absence.
Still, her pride hurt, but at the same time she was eager for him. Contradictory, isn't it?
She let out a soft sigh and those sinful thoughts were stopped when the guest began to speak.
"I miss him so much!" Yuki sobbed, with a rather long face.
That brought Maki out of her thoughts and she turned to the blonde.
"On these rainy afternoons is when I miss my husband the most!" the special grade sorceress sighed with her hands pressed to her cheeks and her elbows on the table. She wanted to break the ice.
"Are you talking about Choso?" asked Maki, crossing her arms and raising an eyebrow at such a statement. She leaned against the bar for a moment.
"Well, who else could I be talking about?" Yuki questioned a bit indignant, "Of course I'm talking about him!" She pouted, "He hasn't been able to leave that stupid clan since a few weeks ago to be with me, it makes me sad, and all this is because you started attacking all of them!"
"I will not apologize for carrying out my revenge" commented Maki with a grimace.
"You know? I am a woman who needs special attention from her husband!" Yuki turned to Maki, while leaning her back on the chair.
"Especially in this rainy weather is when I want to be hugging Choso the most!" Her chest went up and down in a longing sigh "I want him to caress my hair, and then intertwine our hands, and little by little I will put my leg up on him, while we are in bed, and then we will start making love..." she pouted- "Really, I need him to do it to me!" she said raising her voice "I need to be touched by him!"
Maki made a face of total annoyance.
"And don't raise your voice like that, I don't want the kids to wake up and hear about your dirty things" she turned to pick up her coffee cup.
Yuki smiled cheekily.
"I'm just a woman who likes physical contact and to be loved from time to time. And don't even worry about your children" she lifted her face to the ceiling for a moment, footsteps could be heard at the same time some toys could be heard "I can tell they just woke up and they are playing up there before going down to have their breakfast, I don't think they will hear our conversation" she took her cup carefully.
Maki took a seat next to her, but not before taking her phone out of her pocket, she put it on silent and placed it with the screen down so that her guest could not see anything else
"Yet I'm still surprised that you married that guy. Wasn't he supposed to be half curse?" Maki asked, taking a sip of her coffee.
"Believe me, he is more human than other men I know" she let out another sigh, this one seemed to be more of longing, "I would even say that he taught me a new concept of both humanity and love and by the way, he has given me the sex I always longed for" a big smile formed on her face, "He is definitely my type, especially because he is someone who knows how to please me in everything, but especially in bed" she winked.
Maki rolled her eyes.
"But even so, weren't you ever curious about who he really was before he harbored that thing? Or if he had a family or who he was before all this?" she asked looking at her guest seriously.
"For both me and Choso the past no longer matters to us at this point" she moved her spoon a bit to dissolve more of the sugar that had remained at the bottom of her cup.
"Although I admit that we did do some research on him as a human, but basically Choso decided that he wanted to stay as he is now without knowing who he was in the past" she drank some more of her coffee, "So what he did in the past or with whom or what he was before doesn't matter anymore in this present that we have built together since seven years ago. Besides, we are both very happy without knowing anything about each other's past and I think you should do the same with you know who" she had a big smile on her face.
They both exchanged a glance. Maki could tell, that woman really loved that man.
"But still, how I miss him!" the blonde whined some more.
Maki made a grimace of annoyance at such crying for lack of attention. Crying that was interrupted when they heard footsteps coming from upstairs, as well as the sounds of some jumps that they assumed were from Yurika. Surely that little girl had already woken up with too much energy as usual.
Even so, they decided to keep talking while those children woke up to go down for breakfast, especially Yuudai who was the twin that took the longest to wake up.
The flowers that Yuta had given her days ago were still looking beautiful even though they were just wilting.
And that flower arrangement had caught Yuki's attention "By the way," she touched the petals of one of those flowers, "Whose bouquet is this?" she asked curiously.
Maki drank more of her coffee. "It's mine. It was a gift"
"Oh, really? who is it from? Is it Megumi's, or your children's?" she asked curiously, Yuki seemed to be the most excited to talk to Maki, "Although I doubt that Megumi has given you something like this. And more than that, there has never been anything romantic between you two, hasn't there?"
"Between him and me there has only been a false marriage" said Maki quickly, "And no, these flowers were not a gift from him or my children..."
"So who gave you these flowers?" Yuki asked with a hint of total curiosity in her eyes, although deep down she already knew the answer.
"From no one in particular" commented Maki, trying to change the subject.
"I think I know who you're talking about."
Again, footsteps were heard above their heads.
"Wow, it looks like they're having a lot of fun up there" Yuki commented with a smile, looking up at the ceiling.
"Yes" Maki sighed, "They've been very restless since the other night. Especially since they came back from the festival..." she said and then took a sip of her coffee.
"Talking about a few nights ago…" Yuki had tinges of intrigue in her voice, "I heard that Okkotsu also spent the night here. Is that true? These flowers are his, aren't they?" her face lit up in a big smile.
Maki sighed. She guessed that her sons had told that blonde about it. -
"They told you, didn't they?" she asked, pointing to the ceiling.
Yuki just nodded her head with a big smile, "So it's true, you finally met Okkotsu again!"
Maki made a click with her tongue "Yes... he was here" she had no choice but to tell the truth while she drank more of her coffee. Maki felt she was going to need it as much to endure Yuki as she needed it to endure her day that was just beginning.
"So?" the blonde had a big smile on her face, "How did it go? Did anything else happen between the two of you? What were you talking about?" she seemed quite curious.
Maki pursed her lips slightly. But her cheeks flushed red at such a memory of that passionate kiss given in that kitchen.
"From the way the blood is rushing to your face, it seems that something important did happen" Yuki mused excitedly.
Maki's pride and barely let her speak.
"Yes, we both talked a bit about the past, as well as came to some agreements about how he's going to be able to see and spend time with the children and..." her face was still tinged with red.
"And? I know it's not the coffee that's made your face red"
"And Yuta and I kissed..." confessed Maki.
Yuki seemed happy enough about that news that she even clapped her hands a little.
"Oh my gosh!, you finally talk openly about your feelings after so many years!"
That answer was quite strange to Maki.
"What are you trying to say with that?" she looked at her guest in confusion.
Yuki proceeded to explain, "I'm talking about how I finally see you happy and in love and that you were only one night close to Okkotsu" her tone of voice changed to one of mischief, "And I don't want to imagine what could happen between you two if you keep meeting or what things you could do" she had a big smile on her lips, "And who knows, maybe very soon there could be a baby in this house"
"Okkotsu and I are not going to have another baby!" Maki raised her voice in shame, "And more than happy and in love, I'm rather..." she shut up all of a sudden.
"Huh?" Yuki raised an eyebrow.
Maki swallowed saliva "Actually I'm mmm…" she hesitated a Little "I would say I'm a little thoughtful and annoyed" -she took a sip of her coffee "And more because of everything Okkotsu and I talked about that night..." she let the air out with difficulty.
"Like?" Yuki commented, putting her hand on her cheek and her elbow on the table, "How much did you and Okkotsu talk about to make you upset like this?"
Maki took another sip of her coffee.
"Well…" she began to explain, "We both talked about that day at the train station and he found out that Satoru was indeed behind our separation"
"I guess it was time for Okkotsu to find out the truth, although I can guess it was a shock for him" commented Yuki very attentive to what Maki was saying, "And what else did you talk about?"
"I also told him how I found out I was pregnant. And he confessed to me that on that occasion he wanted to ask me to marry him..." she said with a sad grimace.
Yuki was quite surprised by that answer.
"Ouch! That idiot Satoru really frustrated their dreams. Tell me Maki, if Yuta had asked you to marry him at that time, would you have said yes to him?"
"What?" came out of Maki's mouth almost instantly at that question.
"I mean, if you would have accepted to be Mrs. Okkotsu officially? would you have wanted a wedding and stuff?"
Maki took a deep breath, looked at her cup as she brought it in between her hands. She thought for a moment about that question to which she had an answer. "Maybe I would have said yes at the time... and yes, I admit it, maybe I would have wanted a wedding because with Megumi I didn't have one"
"Awww, I see you do have a cheesy side!" Yuki glued her hands to her cheeks for that answer.
Maki was embarrassed by that stupid and corny answer, "But that doesn't take away the fact that I'm mad at him for not coming to get me for these seven years!" she raised her voice to change the subject.
"Maybe their relationship could be different from now on, and even more so since they already meet and even kissed, I guess that's the beginning of their reconciliation" commented Yuki mischievously, "But tell me, what else did Okkotsu tell you that night?"
"Well... he told me a little bit about..." she grunted "What he was doing abroad while we were apart" she seemed annoyed at the memory of that.
"From the way you say it, it seems that it was something serious" Yuki noticed that hostile change in Maki, she knew that something had made her angry "And what did you find out about his going abroad?"
Maki sighed and blurted out the reason for her anger.
"I found out that Yuta slept with another woman while he was abroad..."
Yuki choked on her saliva and coffee. That answer caused her genuine surprise. "WHAT DID YOU SAY!"
"What you heard! Yuta slept with another woman!" commented Maki in a whisper full of pure anger.
"WHAT YUTA WHAT?" Yuki raised her voice too high.
Maki gave her a murderous look.
"Don't make me repeat what I've already told you..."
Yuki's cough turned to laughter at such responses as she wiped the coffee on the table with a napkin "Wow!, I didn't think that guy could be like womanizer haha I'm shocked!"
"Why?" asked Maki with an annoyed frown. Her eyebrows drew too close together.
"Because seriously!" Yuki leaned her elbow back on the table and her fist on her cheek, "I never thought he could be that kind of man, you know? one who would sleep with another woman even if he loved another"
"TSK!"Maki groaned at the memory of that confession.
"And?" Yuki was really intrigued by this topic "And what else did he tell you? Do you know what she looks like? Did he tell you her name?"
Maki really seemed furious with those questions
"He only said they slept together once! But I don't think it was just once! And no, I don't want to know how many more times they did it or in what way they did it or where they did it! And much less do I want to know what she looks like! I don't want to know if she's prettier than me, or more feminine or thinner or" Maki growl "I don't want to know anything about her because I swear I..." she clenched her cup in her hands in annoyance, it seemed like it would break at any moment.
Yuki moved her tongue inside her mouth back and forth. "Although from the way you talk about that mysterious woman, it seems that this topic really affected you"
"It's not affecting me at all!" said Maki, banging on the table in annoyance.
"Of course it is affecting you!" Yuki commented seriously, "Everything you just said in one way or another your mind has already imagined how it happened, where, when and most importantly, you are unconsciously thinking about how she is. If it wasn't affecting you, you wouldn't be this upset"
Maki pursed her lips, it was true, deep down all this was affecting her more than she thought.
Yuki finished her coffee in one gulp.
"I know that Mei Mei taught you to hurt some people by asking them about their privacy, but I think that this time, the one who was hurt this time is you and you have a hard time accepting it."
"It's not true!"
"It's true! Besides, you're not that holy either, Maki, don't be a liar..." Yuki commented seriously. "Do you think I don't know what happened between you and Fushiguro that night? I know you keep several secrets and this is one of them."
"What do you know about it?" Maki felt the blood drain from her body.
"I know that what happened a year ago was what made Megumi put an end to this charade that he was the biological father of your children" she tapped her finger on the table.
"previously I heard that you two had "accidentally" kissed on one occasion. But it was more than obvious that your heart was still thinking about Yuta. Not only your heart, but your mind and body. That's why this separation came, isn't it? You're lucky that Megumi is more mature than you and knows how to take control of things, as well as how to make decisions with a cool head. Not for nothing was he the smartest boy in Tokyo High School of his generation"
Maki was chilled by what she was hearing.
Yuki continued to explain. "Especially after that night where YOU hit on him and wanted Fushiguro to have sex with you because he reminded you so much of Yuta. You practically wanted to force him, but he managed to stop you. Answer me honestly Maki. Were you fragile enough that time to commit such a sin?
"He told you this, didn't he?" Maki asked, trying to remain serious.
"Yes, Fushiguro told me what happened that time" commented Yuki with too much annoyance for that behavior. "Luckily, he stopped you from doing something sinful, tell me Maki, are you aware that you and he are second line relatives? Are you aware that what you were going to commit that night is called abuse? And more so that you were using your physical strength against Fushiguro to force him to be intimate with you."
Maki grunted. "And I apologized to Megumi for that time. That's why I told him he was free to leave if he felt uncomfortable with me." She Sigh "That time I got carried away with the alcohol..."
"Don't lie anymore Maki san!" Yuki reproached her, "That time your sadness made you show your true feelings, you didn't love nor do you love Fushiguro kun, that's more than clear. Since on that occasion you were only seeing him as a substitute. And don't use alcohol as an excuse!" Yuki raise her voice very angry.
"It was not the alcohol that made you act in such a forced way, because alcohol does nothing to you due to your condition, I had already proven that all those who suffer from a heavenly restriction, alcohol has no effect on them, so that day you were NOT drunk, you were emotionally wasted, that time it was your sadness that made you act like a crazy stalker, not even alcohol warms you up, so don't blame it on something that has no effect on you!" she tapped her finger on the table several times very annoyed by Maki's words.
"It is more than obvious that you still love Yuta. That's why what happened between him and that woman affects you because of the love and desire you still feel for Okkotsu. And even more so because he could have slept with someone and you couldn't"
"Okay! I admit that I acted like drunk that time without being drunk!" commented Maki seriously, "Mei Mei had taught me to act like that for some occasions in order to assassinate our targets once they got drunk..."
"Really. You have the worst teacher" Yuki commented seriously, "And more that she never taught you to forget Okkotsu"
"I..." Maki didn't know what to say because everything Yuki was saying was real "Ok, you're right, alcohol has no effect on me and yes, I admit it, I still loved Yuta and I maybe..." her voice became small "I still...love him...but..."
"Maki san, what I'm going to say is not to defend Yuta and much less that I'm on his side, but he had the right to rebuild his life as he pleased and even more that you were no longer together and it was uncertain if you would ever meet again" commented Yuki with total seriousness. "Besides, the separation of the two of you was so sharp that both of you at the time thought that you had abandoned each other. So basically you are both victims of circumstances created by other people"
Maki sighed at that slap of reality.
"And we should be thankful that Fushiguro was not so drunk that time and that he acted in time and stopped you from committing something you could have regretted all your life"
"You're right. Megumi stopped me from committing something sinful, but" Maki sighed, "But still, no one stopped Yuta from doing it with someone else. According to him, when he tried to forget me was when he tried to do it with other women while I was not being caressed, without being kissed and much less sexually pleasured for seven years while I took care of his children... while he enjoyed those bitches."
"Did Yuta have sex with more women?" Yuki opened her mouth in surprise at such an answer.
Maki clicked her tongue.
"According to him, there were going to be three women, but in reality he only slept with one... only with that slut..."
"And how long ago did he say he slept with her?" Yuki asked curiously.
"He said it was about a year ago, but he said that for six years he was traveling from one continent to another" Maki swallowed saliva to remove the lump in her throat, he wanted to scream with anger, even so she spoke out loud "BUT DURING THOSE YEARS HE COULD HAVE TRIED TO SEEK ME! THAT'S WHAT HURTS ME THE MOST AND MAKES MY BLOOD BOIL! THAT IT TOOK HIM 7 YEARS TO COME BACK FOR ME! BUT HE DIDN'T HESITATE FOR A MINUTE TO SLEEP WITH SOMEONE ELSE!"
"But if they didn't let him come looking for you before, it must be for something, don't you think?" Yuki seemed to know something about it, but she didn't want to reveal it.
"And what could that reason have been?"
"I have no doubt he will tell you soon" she pointed to Maki's cell phone, referring to the fact that Yuta would be home later.
"And now that you saw each other again and spoke the truth, it is more than clear that what hurts you the most is the fact that Yuta has given himself to another woman, while you could not give yourself to anyone else because you had the responsibility of your children and, by the way, you still had Okkotsu engraved in your heart, in your mind and in your body" Yuki continued speaking.
That made Maki keep silent, she was quite annoyed. Even so, it was very true what the blonde was saying.
Yuki rested her face in her hands.
"Although I confess that now I'm quite curious to know about that woman who slept with him. It must have been quite a feat and even more so with Rika present"
"Even Rika didn't stop her and that makes me confused and upset!" Maki commented, clenching her fists on the table, "From what Stupid Okkotsu told me, Rika only stopped him from sleeping with those two other bitches but Agh!, But she didn't stop him with that woman, I don't understand!"
"Did Rika stop him from sleeping with the other two? But didn't she stop him from sleeping with that woman?" asked Yuki surprised, "Wow! That speaks a lot about that woman, she must be extraordinary or maybe it's because of her cursed technique" she said curious to check something.
Maki grunted at that. "Yes, that girl must have been very brave. I still don't understand why Rika didn't stop her!" she replied annoyed, "Stupid Okkotsu, I'm this close to castrating him and wanting to kill that woman!"
Yuki noticed that behavior in Maki. All that made her let out a slight chuckle.
"What are you laughing at?" Maki asked angrily.
"You are jealous"
"What? Of course I'm not!" Maki reproached, raising her voice, "I admit I'm upset with Yuta but I'm not jealous, besides, he can do whatever he wants, I really don't care!"
Yuki burst out laughing.
"You definitely care because the fact that he slept with someone else is eating your head. If you didn't care you wouldn't have even mentioned it"
Maki vocifero.
"Admit it. You are hurt by the fact that Yuta has given himself to another woman"
Faced with such a statement, Maki only kept silent.
It was true. The fact that Yuta slept with another woman stirred up all her feelings during those previous three nights and had plunged her into a spiral of so many negative emotions. It seemed that she was becoming so obsessed with that subject that it even hurt her.
And Yuki had noticed that. "Maki, answer me something with total sincerity" she looked at her seriously, "Would it bother you if Yuta made his life with another woman, especially now that you are married to another man?"
That question left Maki thoughtful.
"You said it yourself, he is free to make his life as he wants, besides I am a ghost and he cannot be with me because I am already dead for the society of sorcery and society in general and if I married Megumi it was to give a last name that was not Zenin or Tsukumo to my children" she commented indifferently.
"I can tell you are not being sincere at all" replied Yuki, "Let's put it this way. Maki, who assures you that that woman won't come to look for him one day? What will you do if that happens" she asked with a serious look, observing that Maki couldn't say anything.
This idea completely broke Maki's heart. Was there such a possibility?
"I... I don't know..."
"Did he show feelings for her? Or did Okkotsu show regret for having done it with that mysterious woman?" asked Yuki.
Maki pursed her lips.
"Well, he apologized for doing it, he seemed quite sorry and...I don't know. I don't know if he ever felt anything for her, but my heart tells me that she fell in love with Yuta as much as I still do with him" she brought her hand to her chest.
Yuki got a smile all over her face at that answer.
"Then show Yuta that you still love him. Take back these seven years you lost because of those who separated you, they are already out of your way"
"What are you trying to say?" asked Maki, shocked by those words.
"What I'm trying to say is that you two fight for your love and for your children! You and Yuta make up for those lost years, to be the family you were always meant to be. And while you do it, let you and Okkotsu be the passionate couple were always meant to be."
"What?" those words made Maki look at her guest "What the hell are you saying?"
"I'm just saying that you should pay attention to your feelings for him" she pointed to her chest, right at the level of her heart.
"Look, I did it at the time with Choso: I let myself go and, by the way, I left behind the whole issue of what happened in the past. And so we've both been very happy for seven years. But in your case, besides forgetting, you would have to forgive that mistake Okkotsu made by sleeping with that other woman" Yuki look at Maki fixedly "Let yourself flow with what you feel, let yourself be carried away by that passion again. You also deserve to be loved and desired" she smiled with complicity- "Besides, the tension between you can be seen for miles. If you've already kissed, it's more than clear that the desire to make love is not lacking. Tell me Maki, wouldn't it be better to surrender to that love and desire? Maybe you can give it one more try"
Maki rolled her eyes.
"I can't forgive him so easily for barely coming back, let alone sleeping with that woman!" she crossed her arms. Her pride was quite strong.
"If you put aside your pride, of course you could forgive him completely, besides, you know perfectly well that you will need all his trust in you if you don't want him to suspect that you are the murderer he is looking for!" Yuki sighed and tensed her shoulders.
"I already have a plan and an alibi so he won't suspect me"
"HAHA! I want to see how that ends! I wonder who's fall will hurt more between the two of you?" replied Yuki sarcastically.
"Although this could easily be solved in bed to see if he really still loves you and if you really love him" Yuki smiled a little. "Above all, this way you could check if he really still has feelings for you or if he thinks about that woman. It's like testing each other's feelings."
Maki got up and walked to the stove to reheat breakfast. She had had enough of this conversation, which had gone on long enough that even breakfast had gone cold.
"I don't think that's the way to resolve things. Also, it is more than obvious that Yuta loves and desires her more than me" she said with discouragement and jealousy.
"On the contrary, something tells me that he wants you" Yuki didn't take her eyes off her.
"And this afternoon you could check it. Try to seduce him and check if what you feel right now is just spite or if you really still love him" commented Yuki with a compassionate smile. "Just let yourself go a little. Kiss him like there's no tomorrow, bite his lips, touch his whole body, cling to his skin, give yourself to him like in your high school years and let yourself go. This is the only way you will see how much he and you really feel"
"Mmmm…"
Yuki sighed when she saw that Maki ignored her.
"Although, from now on you should start taking more care of yourself"
"I know I have to be careful about my missions and that he doesn't catch me. I am very conscious of that"
"I don't mean that kind of care" smiled Yuki taking something out of her bag, "I mean that you should start taking contraceptives or you should have some of these on hand" she put a condom on the table. "You'll definitely need this more than me right now" she sighed "I was saving it to use it with Choso, but I think you're going to need it very soon"
"Don't put that on the table where my children eat!" said Maki, annoyed by the condom on the table, which she quickly took it off the table and threw it in the trash. Big mistake because she would definitely use it later.
"Seriously, the way things are going, I feel that you two will settle it in bed rather than in a fight with fists! That's why you should take more care of yourself sexually" Yuki smiled standing up and approaching the buffet.
Maki twisted her mouth at that answer as Yuki continued talking.
"Besides, remember that you are a very fertile woman. With that you had fraternal twins the first time because you had a hyperovulation and added to your twin condition, that could increase your possibility of having a multiple pregnancy again or Do you already want to give your children a little brother or sister?"
That mother turned completely red at that comment. Even the words did not come out of her mouth.
"Oh! I wish I could have a baby already!" Yuki said in a sigh, "Maybe once they release Choso from that hellish residence we'll try again to have a baby"
That answer surprised Maki, who turned to look at her quickly.
"Have you tried to have babies before?"
Yuki smiled slightly.
"For several years we tried, but..." a grimace of sadness was reflected on her lips "We haven't succeeded, since we've had several losses due to his condition of being half curse and well it seems that my special category body rejects its babies, so maybe one more attempt could work once all this is over"
Maki sighed.
"And that's why you've been investigating my children closely for almost seven years? Just because you haven't been able to have babies?"
"It could be. Curiosity always calls me and more than your case having babies from a special category sorcerer is fascinating " the blonde smiled hugely. That answer gave Maki the shivers.
"Anyway, it would also be good for you to tell Okkotsu the whole truth about how you feel and about what happened with Fushiguro kun" commented Yuki taking some dishes out of the cupboard and starting to put them on the table, "Okkotsu also deserves to know the truth, as well as a new opportunity"
But at that moment the atmosphere felt a little strange. At that instant, the whole house was illuminated when lightning struck and the noise rattled the wood.
Yuki felt as if a cursed technique had been activated. At the same time the twins were heard to scream very frightened and it even sounded as if someone or something had fallen to the floor in a crashing manner.
So Yuki went to see what was going on with Maki's children in that room, just as she was going to go get them to come down for breakfast.
Maki looked at her cell phone while Yuki went to get the children. What the blonde had said had left her thinking, so she decided to answer the message seeing that it had already been a while since Yuta sent it to her.
"Okay. Yes, we do need to talk... I also need to see you..."she replied in that message.
But Maki and Yuki were not the only ones who had been talking on that rainy morning.
Yurika and Yuudai had had a very interesting conversation. And incidentally, they had given the first signs of their cursed techniques.
Notes:
I hope you liked this chapter, and by the way, I hope you don't want to kill me for what happened between Maki and Megumi 😬.
Basically, Megumi wanted to tell Yuta about this sensitive issue of abuse chapters ago. But as you can see, he didn't have the courage. And more because as Yuki says, it's something Maki should talk to Yuta about.
On the other hand, I can only advance that all of Yuki's advice will indeed have results 🔥 which you will be able to read very soon.
I also wanted to touch very lightly on Choso and Yuki's relationship in this fic where despite being estranged they still love each other.
And tell me what did you think of the chapter? I'll be reading your comments.
And as I said in the initial note, the twins will return in the next chapter where, at last, they will know which techniques each one will have inherited.
Anyway, keep reading ❤️ I hope to update soon.
And enjoy this Halloween night 🎃 muajajaja.