My Husband’s Wedding
Witch-Mistress-Animaru
A/N: The semester is drawing to an end. This is my only time to update, sorry if it’s a bit late. I had a lot of things to do. This is going to be short, anyway thanks to:
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On to Chapter 20!
By the way, if all goes according to plan, we have seven more chapters after Broken Hearts. And yes, I’m sure I’m 16. Ha-ha. Killing Keira? No, I have another thing in store for her. Sorry about the impending doom on the married couple Touya and Kaho. I have to do this, you know. Not for the sequel’s sake, but for the sake of a new love for them both. I don’t want an imaginary character for Meiling…I meant a non-CCS one. Sorry for that. As for my other works, I currently deleted all of them save for this one. They’ll be back, don’t worry.
20: Broken Hearts
Sakura
The tears can’t seem to stop from falling. As early as now, she’s already missing them already. By them, she meant Xiao Chen and Syaoran. But she knew she just had to do it.
The driver of the cab she was riding was astounded by her state, but obligingly took her where she wanted to go, no questions asked. She just gave him the address of the first place that came to her mind: Her brother’s house located at the far end of Tokyo.
‘Why can’t I have my happy ending?’ She choked on a sob at this thought, before falling to a daze as they drove past streets and highways.
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Syaoran
Uncaring for all the attention he was attracting, Syaoran ran to his car, slamming the door shut as he started the engine. He drove like a madman heading to the Li Mansion.
It was a wonder how he managed to make it in record time without meeting an accident, tears straining his vision. There were near misses when he swerved like a drunk driver on the road. When he arrived at the mansion, he didn’t even park his car neatly in the garage as he ran toward the house’s gate.
When he got inside, he saw his mother cradling his son in her arms. The poor boy was crying. Yelan herself was teary-eyes and her voice as she consoled her grandson was quite croaky.
“Xiao Chen, please stop crying,” she begged, gently patting the boy’s head. “She will be back soon, I promise.”
“I want my mother!” He wailed, shattering his father’s heart in the process.
Unable to take the scene anymore, Syaoran cleared his aching throat and called his son. Yelan let go of Xiao Chen gently and turned to stare at her son. Xiao Chen’s eyes were red from crying, and he ran towards his father in a sob.
“Would you really have asked Mama to go if she didn’t leave now?” His tone was gentle, but his eyes held an accusing glare.
Despite his pain, Syaoran frowned at what his son had said.
“No. Why would I do that? I love your mother…and you. I love both of you. Where did you get that idea?” He added, turning questioning eyes to his son.
“It was that horrible lady,” Xiao Chen said. “She upset Mama so much with her lies!”
Syaoran dried his eyes as he started to listen to Xiao Chen.
“Who are you talking about, son? Who lied to your mother?”
“The one with yellow hair and dark eyes…She said you would send Mom away and that I will remain with you and her. She was lying, wasn’t she, Dad?”
He didn’t need to hear anymore. It was clear who it was: Keira Kinomoto, the spiteful, abhorrent woman who seemed to cherish a deep anger for her stepsister. He felt his anger boil from beneath the surface. He was going to deal with her later.
“No, she was lying, son. I promise to bring your mother back as soon as I could.”
Syaoran walked up the staircase and entered their room. He shivered as he met the cold air coming from the air conditioner. Or was it because of the sudden emptiness he was feeling? The room looked suddenly bare and lifeless; knowing that Sakura wasn’t there anymore, it was just a… room.
He could still smell her. But she wasn’t there anymore. That thought alone brought him so much pain that he had to take a deep breath to ease his breathing.
He let out a strangled sob as he saw a piece of paper neatly folded under the table lamp. He opened it, revealing Sakura’s handwriting. It was obviously done in a hurry, and there were blots on the piece where her tears had fallen.
Syaoran,
I know that by the time you are reading this, I am already somewhere else. I can’t tell you that I’m alright, that would be one big lie. But you must not worry about me, I’m okay. Or at least I will try my best to be. I do believe this is for the best. You will have a new start with Keira, and I…never mind. Do take care of yourself and Xiao Chen. When the time comes, I’d come and visit occasionally. When that day comes maybe we can both reach an agreement of some sort? I will be honest with you. I love you, even if you don’t return that feeling.
Sakura
Syaoran crumpled the paper with a cry, trying his best to stop his tears from falling.
She didn’t want to leave…
“Xiao Lang…” Yelan Li spoke a bit sternly, “If you really want her back, why don’t you do something about it?”
“You’re right, Mother.” Syaoran spoke suddenly that Yelan almost started. He headed for the telephone, muttering to himself.
He dialed a number almost furiously, and when the line was picked up, he started talking so fast.
“Yes, Inspector Watahari, Li Syaoran here. I have a new assignment for you; as quickly as possible, if you please. Hai, it’s really simple…”
“…Find my wife.” He slammed the phone down to its receiver, looking quite tense.
Now it’s time to deal with Keira.
But he need not have worried. About five minutes later, his cell phone rang. It was Keira.
“Hey, Syao-kun, care to meet with me today?”
“Okay.” He answered, not daring to say anything else, or else the anger in his voice would have betrayed him.
“Meet you at the coffee shop NOW.” Keira emphasized the last word before she went out of line. Syaoran gripped his mobile phone hard before he pushed the ‘end’ button.
He took Xiao Chen from his Mother and made his way to the shop. Keira was already there, sipping on her frappe coolly.
She was surprised when she saw Xiao Chen, but she hid that with a smile.
“Oh, there you are, I was wondering whether you’ll come at all…Hi, Xiao Chen, isn’t it?” The boy gave her a deathly glare. “Anything you want, dearie?” He was suddenly revolted. Why did he ever get involved with her?
“No, thanks. I suppose we won’t be long.”
“Oh, but this is the first time we went out as a family. It has to be special.” She laughed at this, and he suddenly wanted to strangle her.
“And it will be the last.” All pretense leaving him, his voice was oozing with savagery. “What did you tell Sakura, Keira?” Somehow, he still wanted to give her a second chance. But she only laughed at his words.
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Sakura had arrived at Touya’s doorstep. She absently pushed the doorbell button twice.
Kaho peeked out and let her in, looking very much surprised as she threw herself to her sister-in-law’s arms.
“Sakura! What…why?”
But Sakura didn’t answer. Her eyes held a dreamy, glossy quality, like she was somewhere else but there.
Touya looked as surprised as his wife as he saw his sister, but he took her bags inside, lost in deep thought.
He didn’t say anything, not a single word, but he was already speculating what must have happened, and who was behind Sakura’s current state.
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“That’s — absurd. I didn’t even see my stepsister after that last time in her shop! Surely you don’t want to talk to me just about this?” Keira said incredulously, trying her best to steer the conversation away from dangerous waters. “She cheated on you eons ago!”
“Tell me more, as you seem to know a lot about it. And yes, I want to talk to you about this, very much so.” He said, using the same tone she used for ‘this.’
“So, you’re saying that she left, huh? Sounds like skirting responsibility to me. Two birds in one stone, you see; she’s disposed of her son and perhaps she’s off to…” Syaoran stood up abruptly; he was shaking so much with rage that she stopped speaking altogether.
“I wanted to give you a chance but you didn’t take it. I would have forgiven you, but not this time.” He turned to his son, who was deathly pale by this time. “Tell this nice lady what you told me earlier, Xiao Chen.”
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Touya
He watched his sister eat. She was like a walking zombie. From the moment she had arrived, she had not said a word at all. She didn’t smile, but she didn’t cry either. She looked…empty. And he knows that he can’t let her live the rest of her life like this. Like an empty shell. A pointless, meaningless existence.
Then and there, Kinomoto Touya made his decision.
Father has got to know. I don’t care what happened, I’m sure it’s her again. Keira has gone way too far in destroying Sakura’s life.
Without a word, he stood up abruptly and headed for the door, leaving his wife bewildered, but eliciting no reaction from Sakura.
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“And you believe him?” Keira said with a laugh, but she stopped laughing when she saw Syaoran’s expression. “This must be another of Sakura’s…” She stopped speaking, paling when she noticed that Syaoran was looking more and more grim as she talked.
Syaoran stood up.
“You can’t do this to me! You believe that brat, Syaoran? He hates me!” She said hysterically, shedding off tears. They were starting to attract the attention of the other patrons.
Syaoran pulled a sniffing, sobbing Xiao Chen to his arms.
“Excuse me,” he said coldly, “But this ‘brat’ happens to be my son. Goodbye, Kinomoto-san. I hope we never meet again, or I just might strangle you.”
With that, he turned on his heel and walked out of the shop, leaving Keira sobbing with anger and humiliation.
That night
Syaoran tucked his son to bed, bending forward to kiss him lightly on the forehead.
Xiao Chen was already sleeping soundly; he had a terrible ordeal and it was understandable.
He left his son’s room and went to his own, fighting the air of solitude trying to envelope him.
He sighed, fighting back the tears yet again. Then, his phone suddenly rang.
“Hello?”
“Mr. Li, Inspector Watahari here.” He stood up, all thoughts of sleep forgotten.
“Yes, any news so far, Inspector?”
“We found her.”
“For God’s sake, where? Quit the suspense.” He said impatiently, straining his ears as he waited for Inspector Watahari to speak.
“She’s at the other side of Tokyo, where her brother Kinomoto Touya dwells.”
“Give me the address.” He ordered as he took a notepad and began scribbling as the inspector dictated the address of Touya’s house.
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Meanwhile, Touya had reached his destination.
Tomoeda, Japan.
Where a man called Fujitaka Kinomoto lives…
He approached the door with apprehension.
And he knocked.
TBC
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