Chapter fourteen

Mirage placed a hand solidly on her stomach and glared at Nina, her grey eyes sparked in anger and hatred. "You're a real bitch Nina," she stated, she was sitting in the lounge room sipping at a glass of warm milk. Her eyes weren't even looking at the blonde but at the coffee table which seemed to satisfy her interest for the time being.

It was exceptionally silent in the room, only she and Nina were in the house. Her friends were in the other room, possibly listening through the closed doors and her siblings had rushed to the hospitable. Mirage was expecting them home in a few hours, nothing a few stiches couldn't fix to her poor sister's shoulder.

Kai was watching Sayuki wiping the floor with a cloth but his eyes weren't leaving his cousin who seemed interested in the girl's fine body. Dash was biting his lip absentmindedly but looked up at Kai's firm gaze; he shrugged and then placed an ear to the door, "its real silent in there."

Kai nodded briefly and then returned his gaze to the floor and the washcloth, there were drops of blood everywhere and soon that washcloth would be in the bin. Sayuki's gloved hands were indeed covered in blood.

"It was an accident Mai," the oldest Oliveri sister said, "I didn't want to hurt her-"

"You wanted to prove your worth." The black haired woman whispered. She turned around and fluffed the pillow before lying down and staring at the ceiling, anything to not look at Nina. "You pick fights because you want to prove to everyone you have 'power', that you're the eldest." She chuckled darkly and began to rub her stomach gently. "You pick fights with the wrong people, you know our tempers and you know our weaknesses. You use it to an advantage just to save your damn pride. You're damn too proud to be an Oliveri."

"What of your parents? They were too proud to even keep you."

"My 'mother' wasn't an Oliveri now was she, my 'father' died. I don't really care about that because I don't know her as a mother but as an aunt and even then I don't know her." Nina nibbled her lip and then fell to her knees beside the couch, crying into her younger sister's chest. "You've changed so much ever since you went into high school. You used to care-"

"I never said I didn't-"

"You used to not pick fights with us." Mirage didn't comfort Nina as she cried and whimpered at her harsh words of truth. "It was such a devastating blow that you picked popularity over your own family. You still do. I see my niece and nephew try to talk to you, ask you something and you just brush them off, 'go ask your father.' I used to dislike Liam but I'm grateful he's in the family, at least your kids have someone decent."

"Why are you being so mean?" Nina howled wiping her nose on her sleeve.

"Because it's the truth Nina!" Mirage sat up and glared down at her with heated eyes, "you can't change who you are because it's too late, you're spoilt, arrogant, stuck up, and you used to be nice, you used to love us and play with us but now you're like a business woman trying to eliminate competition." Mirage stood up carefully and then walked to the kitchen door, her hand resting on the doorknob. "You want me to choose between you and the rest of the family. Life isn't black and white, where I can just make simple decisions. Life is a whole range of grey and whether you like it or not isn't up to me." Slamming the door open she stumbled into Dash who looked sheepishly at her.

"You alright?" He asked softly, his blue eyes sparkling with undefined emotion.

"The baby doesn't like me being angry," Mirage said curtly dropping the empty glass of milk in the sink, "I better start on the dishes," she said eyeing the mess of plates.

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By the time the others came back Mirage had left, a note saying she was going home and she already had a talk with Nina lying on the kitchen counter and a few hot pizzas in the oven. Mirage was at her new home with Kai and was sitting on the couch, once again staring at the ceiling with her head on Kai's lap. Kai was playing with her long black hair, occasionally he'd glance into her troubled eyes.

"You didn't go harsh on her if that's what you're thinking," he mumbled, turning the television off.

"No, I told the truth," she breathed out slowly and then rubbed her stomach carefully, "I'm hungry…"

Kai pushed her off his lap and then set her down carefully on a pillow, "what are you craving?" he asked kissing her on the lips.

She had to actually think for a while, "I wouldn't mind some soup, just something light," she smiled as he kissed her again and then watching his sexy body out of the lounge room. She sat up and moved the hand to her back where a sharp pain was emitting; it wasn't abnormal having back pains but Mirage found them extremely uncomfortable and annoying. That wasn't the only thing that hurt, her legs kept cramping meaning she couldn't find standing very bearable and she almost always got heartburn. Being pregnant, she mused, was a bitch.

If it weren't for her family of friends and relatives she wouldn't have been able to cope by herself. Kai was being very helpful, which at times did have its negative side but she knew it was from the goodness of his heart. When Kai had to work she went to stay with Crystal or Sayuki and Dash, Cristina was still staring in New Pop Idol. They did call her but not as often because they assumed she would have been training or something, at least that's what Behind New Pop Idol featured.

"My parents are coming down for the birth Mai, hope you don't mind." Kai said from the kitchen.

She smiled and then nodded her head but realizing that he couldn't see her she replied happily, "it'd be great, I haven't seen them for a while, are they excited?" she asked.

"Yes," Kai came in with two hot bowls of soup, "they want another kid to hold, the last one they held was Dash's little brother." He held out the bowl to his fiancé, "careful, it's hot," he mumbled as he sat down beside her.

"Thankyou," the black haired woman smiled brightly, "are you still scared of becoming a father?" she tilted her head thoughtfully, bidding time for her meal to cool down.

"Yep," the blue haired man replied briskly, "scared as hell but yea…I did have practice with Jo and Joe," Mirage nodded and then giggled, "what?" he asked, watching as the girl he loved so much glowed. Her face always seemed to bright up as she smiled, giggled. Her cheeks always flushed and he loved that rosy tint, he knew that their child, whatever it may be would be beautiful. He as truly happy.

"I should ask Crystal to give me that picture she drew of us holding the twins; it was a really sweet picture." She giggled but soon became silent, a small 'oh' escaping her lips.

"What's wrong?" he asked noticing her hand immediately going to her stomach.

"The baby just kicked is all," Mirage picked up Kai's hand and placed it on her stomach and then continued eating as if everything was normal. "It usually kicks during the night, it's also a little fun standing in front of the mirror and seeing your stomach move. You don't notice it unless you look really close but it is amusing. It was like Cy in Biology class and we were learning about synapses between cells and he kept flexing his fingers going 'look an impulse just moved through many synapses or neuron thingamajigs.'" The smile faded from her face and she looked at her empty bowl, "I'm sorry," she apologized.

Kai frowned and shifted so he could rap an arm around his soon to be wife's shoulders, "what for?" he asked.

"You weren't here and I thought it would have hurt to remember everything you missed…"

"Nah, you'll tell me the stories and that's all I could ask for," he kissed her on top of the head and then helped her up. He noticed her yawning and slimed pleasantly, helping her into the bed room he shut the door to allow her some privacy. The phone rang within minutes and he quickly answered, "Kai Hiwatari speaking," he said in his business tone.

When the speaker on the opposite end started speaking in rapid Russian, he growled. "Voltaire…"

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It was such a crap chapter and I'm sooooo sorry for that and it's immense lateness! I just had a real large bout of writers block for this story and while going back over the story I got sudden inspiration. Sorry it's short but I wanted to have the cliffie. Again I'm really sorry, please forgive me.