One Life: Episode 7 IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT (last page)
xgreydovex:
its so sad i can hardly contain myself! but why didnt Tomi call koko and tell her what was going on with their mother?
pleasssse continue! i love these stories more and more with every update :D
babyblue1387:
I promise more this weekend. This is the last week of the semester, so this should be done fairly soon. It's a lot harder than I thought, taking the pictures for this, that is. Glad to see you're still sticking around this thread!
Silent Angel:
This story is like Wow...I almost cried several times. What you done is really cool and original.
babyblue1387:
Oh wow! Thankies so much!:love10:
babyblue1387:
Just a little update for today, people.
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"well, you can't just expect her to up and forgive you, Kokoro. It's been 17 years."
Kimora shoved some brandy in my face.
"No thanks, I'll have water. Detox."
I'd hastily added detox when Ayato looked over at me. I usually don't refuse a hard drink after a particularly hard day.
"You did have your chance to make things right. Or at least better."
"Oh really, Ayato? I suppose this was all my fault, then?"
"Hey, no one but you is playing the blame game, kiddo."
"How was I supposed to know she was sick?"
"Answer her phone calls," both Kimora and Ayato answered in unison.
"Well, if she wasn't such a bitch and kicked me out of the house--"
"You shouldn't speak ill of the dead. Besides, how long are you going to use that as a crutch?"
"You're a grown woman now, Kokoro."
I looked at Kimora. True, we were both grown women, yet Kim didn't seem to be hanging onto her youth the same way I was. She had become more serious, too; she traded in her signature pink and blond locks for her natural black ones.That's when I really knew she had left me behind. In emotional maturity, at least. She and long-term boyfriend Takeshi had committed to each other, though they hadn't gotten married. I, on the other hand, still failed to tell Ayato that I loved him. Sure he knew it; after five years in a steady relationship, I had no doubt he knew that I loved him. Still, I'm sure he'd like to hear it from my own mouth.
"She's a grown woman, too, you know. She didn't have to be so cold."
"Kokoro, she's a geisha, and geisha aren't supposed to cry in public. Your mother probably would have been proud to see her handle herself so well."
"Oh shut up, Ayato! When did you become an expert on geisha? You're a music executive, and there's a reason for that."
The explosion was uncalled for, and I know it hurt Ayato's feelings. He didn't deserve that. I was only angry at myself for a lot of different reasons. I had no right to take them out on Ayato. Kimora, ever full of attitude, was ready to let me have it, but Ayato started first.
"Who the HELL--"
"I'm sorry, but she called me an outsider in so many words, basically said that I'd been erased from the family, and I'm pregnant, and I don't want this baby, and I'm scared out of my mind."
Kimora was getting ready to retort when she realized what I said. Tears marked my face, and I didn't dare look at Ayato. I knew what would be there, and I didn't want to face it.
"Ayato, I'm sure she didn't mean--"
"It's ok, Kim. Unless she's been screwing around with some other man, the baby's mine, and she doesn't want it."
Ayato looked down at me.
"What is it that you hate about me?
"You know I don't hate you."
"Then say it."
"Say what?"
"Say the cat took a crap. What the hell do you think I mean? How long have I been following you like a lovesick puppy?"
"Ayato, you know how I feel about you--"
"Then say it. Say you'll have my baby."
"Ayato, I--"
"Mom?"
Everything seemed to stop. Dionus and Lucien appeared at the door. I don't know how long they'd been standing there, or how much they heard, but I wished I could take it all back. Ayato stormed out the kitchen, and I didn't call after him. Not as I'd done many times before. This time was different. Dionus stood in the doorway, his face blank. He knew I was pregnant, and didn't want this baby. He looked up to Ayato, and probably didn't understand what was going on betwen us. Or worse, maybe he did.
Kimora took Lucien and went away, given me and Dionus some privacy. He didn't come toward me. He didn't move.
"Mom I--"
Dionus stopped. I still didn't look at him. I couldn't.
"I heard what Tomihatsu said about you not being part of the family. And I heard about you and Ayato. I just...I thought you should know that even if you can't say it, I love you. If you're afraid of having a baby around again, or if you're afraid of being a bad mother...I turned out alright. Didn't I? Don't throw your love away because you're afraid. Please, mom?"
I knew this wasn't what he'd originally came to the kitchen to say. It's a funny feeling getting relationship advice from your 18 year old son. Yet how true his words were. Was it so easy to see what I couldn't, even at that young age? I felt ashamed, and Dionus left me alone to think. And yes, he was right. I was terrified out of my mind.
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