Chapter 5 – Solution

It's been a few weeks since Jin left and to be honest, it's been lonely without him being here. Well, it hasn't been all bad since Yuri has been here with me during her Spring break from school which has been quite helpful. Though, I couldn't help but to keep my mind focused on the conversation that Jin and I shared just a few weeks back. All those years I faced, dealing with Yuri alone were all just because of Jin's will to protect us? Part of me wanted to believe it, but the other half knew that there was more to the story than what Jin told me.

Spring break time was over for Yuri and it was time for her to go back to school, it was early Monday morning as I helped her get ready for her first day of school since her break. Yuri was always eager to go back to school and learn something new, and I couldn't help but to be exceptionally proud of that. Once Yuri ate her breakfast and showered, I placed her hair in two cute pigtails like I used to wear when I was younger and a cute yellow dress with sunflowers on it, she looked adorable! Before we left to take her to school, Yuri decided that she had to run to the bathroom which is normal for her to do at the last minute before going anywhere, while in the bathroom I heard the doorbell ring. It was odd to me being that I was not expecting company so early in the morning, but, I answered the door anyway, only to be completely surprised to see Jin, standing in front of me.

"Jin? What are you doing here?" I asked, curious to know his reasoning behind showing up so early, but I also wanted to know why he hasn't talked to me in weeks. Looking at him, I could tell that he wasn't so pleased with me and that he was obviously still dealing with the emotions of our previous conversation.

He looked at me and responded to my question, "I'm here to take Yuri to school. I promised her before I left that day that I would take her back to school on her first day after Spring Break so, here I am."

Before I could even respond Jin already welcomed himself inside of my home, just as he walked past me I grabbed his wrist forcing his attention to me, "Jin, we need to talk, please?" To my dismay, Jin shook his head and declined my offer to talk to him, "Not now Xiaoyu, I really do not feel like dealing with something that happened weeks ago.."

How did he know I wanted to talk about that? Was it truly that obvious? I was never the type to hide my emotions and since he was right, that could only mean that Jin is still struggling with our conversation, which makes sense because I am too.

Before long, Yuri appeared from the bathroom surprised to see Jin here, she ran over to him and hugged her father, her small face nuzzling against the material of his button up shirt, "Jin! You remembered!" Jin knelt before Yuri and cupped her face with his hand, "Of course Yuri, I couldn't forget about you…" He said calmly, as he stood up and held out his hand for Yuri to grab, "Let's get going, I know you don't want to be late for your first day back at school!"

And before I knew it, Yuri grabbed her lunchbox, took her father's hand, gave me a kiss goodbye and she was off onwards to school, it was amazing to see Jin step up for Yuri and be the father that she needed in her life, it was a different side of him that I never knew existed.

For once, it felt like I had a family, and not just any family but a family of my own. For the longest time, that has been my only wish as a mother for Yuri to spend time with her father and hearing his side of things has placed me in an awkward position when it comes to our relationship. Sure, Jin has his rough patches but what man doesn't? Maybe what Jin told me was the truth after all? There are a lot of unanswered questions that need to be addressed between Jin and I, and for that to happen we need to speak in private without Yuri being around.

While Jin took Yuri to school, I took it upon myself to clean up since I was off today from work, at this point it'll give me something to do and I could kill time.

About an hour or two into my cleaning, yet another knock on my door, only for it to be Jin, just the person I wanted to see. I opened the door for him and I couldn't help but to notice the awkward silence that enveloped the room we were currently standing in, which was not normal for us. We stood like this until Jin gained the courage to break the ice between us by walking over to me and hungrily kissing me, I wanted to avoid it, but this was something that I could no longer ignore. Finally giving in, I wrapped my arms around his shoulders and I closed my eyes becoming lost in a world of pleasure, just by his kisses alone. Soon, he parted lips from me and I felt his butterfly kisses press against my neck causing my spine to tingle, there was a different aura about him, something changed yet I don't know what it is and it's causing me to wonder..

Our kisses that were once simple and subtle now became wild and passionate, his kisses trailed from my neck down to my collarbone, where he nibbled and suckled along the velvet soft texture of my skin. Jin was driving me insane and he knew it well, piece by piece he started to remove my clothing and place them on the floor. I was left in my bra and panties as he kissed my cleavage and unclasping my undergarment, tossing it with the rest of my clothes. He then proceeded to fondle and suckle on my breasts rotating attention to each of them and without my knowledge and still pinned to the wall, Jin managed to eagerly place a finger inside my wet canvas causing me to bite down on my lower lip, he was always full of surprises.

"Judging by how wet you are, you must want something bigger than my finger, you naughty Xiao.." Jin smirked at me, and it was almost devilish in a way as he swiftly removed the fingers he placed inside of me and took off my panties leaving me naked in front of him. He removed his pants and revealed his erect manhood, my mouth started to salivate just from looking at it, I became engulfed in lustful thoughts of what I wanted to do to it. But before those thoughts could even be acted upon, Jin already had his mind made up as he pushed his manhood inside of my dripping wet canvas, almost as if he was filling a void, my eyes rolled back from the rush of pleasure I felt.

My legs wrapped around his hips as he held me against the wall, his thrusts never losing their momentum, he knew exactly where and how to hit my favorite spot no matter which position. With each given thrust I felt myself slipping away more and more as if he had some form of voodoo over me. He lifted me off the wall with his member still inside and laid me down on the sofa on my back. From there, Jin opened my legs more to give him more room and to provide deeper penetration which sent me over the edge causing copious amounts of pleasure. I couldn't explain the amount of pleasure I was receiving almost as if I was flowing through a river and I was bound to burst at any minute. Sweat started to form as the heat of my body began to increase in intensity, my body had an opinion of its own as my hips started to move in formation with the rhythm of his thrusts.

I moaned his name as Jin raised one of my legs to make way for the upmost pleasure that I could possibly receive, the sounds of our flesh hitting together, and our muffled moans filled the room as I felt my impending climax and hopefully my one of many. I could feel that Jin was coming close to his release as well, as his member became even more erect and stiff. "I love you Xiao..!" Jin said to me as his thrusts became quicker and sharper, which in turn caused me to uncoil as my impending release became much more imminent. Hearing those words come from Jin, made tears fall, it had been years since I heard Jin tell me that he loved me…

"I love you too, Jin..!" As I said those words, my climax ripped through my entire being like a lightning bolt, Jin held me close as he proceeded to empty his seed inside of my womb. Sitting up now and still wrapped in Jin's arms, I nuzzled his neck and rest my head there peacefully.. "I love you Jin…"

"I love you Jin, I love you Jin, I love you—" The sound of my morning alarm clock woke me up as I looked over to see that it read 6:00am. I sat up rubbing my head, dumbfounded from the dream that I just had. I couldn't wrap my head around the fact that I dreamed about having a family with Jin and I had sex with him. What is wrong with me?

To be fair, Jin just left yesterday and I guess that my emotions are still trying to figure themselves out or maybe I am in denial. Getting out of bed, I staggered into the bathroom being that I am not that much of a morning person. I began to brush my teeth and fix my hair for work, afterwards; I walked into Yuri's room to wake her up for school. Is this some form of Déjà vu? My dream started out exactly like this! It was weird, and it started to make me wonder was Jin even around?

Once Yuri ate breakfast and got dressed, we were ready to go but just like the dream I had, she wanted to go to the bathroom before leaving. Okay, this is starting to get creepy. And to top everything off, the doorbell rung around the same time it did in my dream, cautiously, I walked over to the door to open it, only to see my neighbor who had my mail in his hand.

"Hello Ms. Ling, I've been looking all over for you, your mail was placed in my mailbox and I wanted to give it to you in case you needed it."

I sighed in relief knowing that my dream wasn't a premonition of some sort and thanked my neighbor for such a nice gesture. We talked for a while, waiting on Yuri to come from the bathroom and when she was ready to go, I dropped her off at school and headed onwards to work.

My work consisted of revolving around a regular 9-5 job, though boring, it was the only job I could land once graduating from college a few years ago. I loved my co-workers and it keeps me preoccupied until I start to train for another tournament. Upon walking into my workplace, I greeted the receptionist who proceeded to stop me, letting me know that there was a special package waiting for me by my desk in my office. I thanked the woman, intrigued by who could've done such a wonderful gesture, I took the elevator up 3 floors to my office where I unlocked the door and walked in.

I placed my blazer on the brown leather chair and my purse on the nearest table. Sitting down, I looked under my desk to notice a small pink gift bag, my eyebrows furrowed as I picked up the gift, curious as to who it could be from. Opening it, I noticed a jewelry box, flipping the top open I gasped at the beauty of the heart shaped diamond necklace. I took it out of the case and simply held it in my hand, it looked expensive and I didn't want to ruin it, so I placed it back in the box it came in and investigated the bag to see if anything else was available.

At the bottom of the bag was a sheet of folded paper, it had writing on it obvious that it was a letter from someone. Unfolding it, I began to read the letter and without having to read much of it, I already knew that Jin was behind all of this, I knew his handwriting practically anywhere. The letter stated that he missed me and wanted to talk about our conversation that we had a few days ago over dinner, flipping the letter over there were instructions for me to follow to pick up a dress that he brought me and not to worry about Yuri as he has close friends that could watch her for me.

I held the letter for a while, thinking about the choice I should make, I keep thinking that I should give him a chance and hope that things will go for the better good, or should I just play the hard to get type?

I pondered about my choice throughout my whole shift, trying to decipher which would be the correct option. Ultimately, I decided to attend the date, what harm could it do? Since I had no clue Jin's friends were, I decided to let Miharu watch Yuri for the evening while Jin and I went on our outing. I picked up the dress that Jin brought for me, and it was a beautiful maroon colored dress that was form fitting and perfect for someone petite such as I am.

Upon arriving home, I was running a little late, so I charged into the house with my dress in hand, frantically trying to get ready before Jin came to pick me up. I took a shower and practically jumped into my dress, I decided to wear my hair in a fancy up-do and placed on match accessories along with black closed-toe heels to complete my outfit. I was just about to finish up my make-up as the doorbell rang, placing on my final touches and once I was satisfied with how I looked I walked into the living room and answered the door.

Looking at Jin made my heart skip a beat, he looked so handsome and he didn't have to wear a full suit. He wore a black button up shirt with pants and shoes to match. Guys have it easy when it comes to dressing up, trust me. It almost reminds me of our Prom Night together back in high school, minus the positive pregnancy test two weeks later. He smiled at me as he leaned in and kissed my cheek, "You look beautiful tonight Xiao…"

I smiled against his words, rubbing my shoulder sheepishly, "You don't look too bad yourself, Kazama.." There was a brief silence between us before we walked over to Jin's car and headed off to our destination. The ride there was much different than our last encounter, full of laughs, giggles and digging up moments from our past. Though, while I'm already having such a wonderful time, a part of me couldn't help but to wonder could this all be too good to be true?

We eventually made it to our destination, and I was in awe of the location that Jin picked for us to spend our evening together. He parked the car in the valet and opened the car door for me to get out, he grabbed my hand and guided me into the establishment. It was a luxurious restaurant, where only the rich would step foot inside, the place was filled with top executives, celebrities, and among others alike. I couldn't help but to think where all of this is coming from and more importantly on such short notice.

Jin made reservations for the best seat in the house, which involved us going up an elevator with an extravagant view of the city, I watched in amazement as Jin wrapped his arm around my waist causing me to blush just a tad. He leaned in to kiss me but was stopped short by the sound of the elevator reaching our point to get off. The server led us to a table that had the perfect view of the city on the top floor, I couldn't understand why Jin was being so nice suddenly, but it was a welcomed change of pace. He pulled out my chair and I thanked him as I sat down, the waiter asked for our drinks and Jin smiled at him, "Give us the best you have on the menu, thank you.." The waiter nodded and went to retrieve our drinks, which left me alone with Jin on top of an exquisite restaurant.

We carried on conversation for a while, for us to be separated for 5 years, to the naked eye it would seem as though we were best friends. We talked about everything from embarrassing moments back in high school to current events, even venting about frustrations at my job. It seemed like everything was going perfectly fine, I'd never thought I would say that let alone go on a date with Jin after 5 years of him going rogue. Before bringing our wine, the server eventually presented us with glasses of water to start us off, we ordered appetizers to help complete our meal.

"I'm having a wonderful evening with you, Xiao.." Jin said to me as he reached over the table to gently caress my hand, stroking it with his thumb. This is the Jin that I've missed for so long, all the qualities and characteristics of a man that I've dreamed of were finally coming true, I can't believe I'm saying this, but could it be possible that I'm falling for Jin? Again? I never thought in a million years that I would think for any reason that I could love Jin again, not too long ago, I said I hated him or maybe was I in denial of my true feelings for him.

"I'm enjoying my time with you as well, Jin.." I flashed a toothy grin at the man before me, as he gave me the same in return. I watched as his face turned into that of a serious tone, as if he had something important to tell me. "Xiao.." I looked at him as he stated my name, I stared at him patiently waiting for him to finish his thought. "I've always loved you, since the day I've met you. You have been a special part of my life for many years, You've taught me how to love again and I couldn't be any more appreciative of you and I thank you…" Before I could even bother to respond, Jin reached inside of the pocket in his pants, pulled out a jewelry box and proceeded to walk over to me. I felt my palms become sweaty, and was it just me or did the sun get closer? Wait, it's night time! The sun isn't out!

"Jin, what are you—" I was interrupted by Jin placing a finger over my lips, by now my knees were shaking as I was becoming increasingly nervous by the second. There, I watched Jin get down on one knee crouching in front of me, was he actually proposing to me? Where in the hell am I? He opened the jewelry box and in it was a diamond studded ring, that made me gasps just from how breathtaking it was, Jin definitely knew my taste in jewelry, that's for sure! By now, everyone practically on the top floor were paying attention to us and this was something that completely caught me off guard!

"Ling Xiaoyu, I love you, and I want you to be my wife to cherish and to adore forever. Will you marry me?" The next thing I knew, everything went black and gasps from everyone could be heard. This cannot be happening!

When I came to, I was lying on my back and the server was over me making sure that I was okay. He helped me on my feet as I dusted myself off and held my head, "I'm fine, thank you.." Jin was there, next to me, he flashed a small smile at me, but I could only express confusion. Once all the commotion died down, Jin and I returned to our table once we picked it off the floor, that is. Our food arrived, and I placed the ring on the table, and I could not keep my eyes off it. Jin noticed my motions and stopped picking at his food to look at me, "I hope you're okay. I didn't mean to come on too strong—"

I interrupted his words just by looking at him, "Coming on too strong? Jin! You disappear for 5 years, come back just to screw my brains out, leave me again, just to come back and propose to me? Do you understand the shit you put me through!?" There was immense emotion expressed in my tone, which did not complement the loud volume of my statement, in turn made the other people create snarky looks at us. Jin began to look as though I was annoying him, "Xiao, bring your voice down, there are people staring at us.."

"Good! Let them stare at us Jin! I want them to see who you truly are! How dare you leave me for 5 years, and come back just to propose to me, like nothing ever happened?" I stood up from the table, making sure my voice was loud enough so that everyone could hear, placing his napkin on the table, Jin glared at me sternly.

"Alright, time to go.." Jin got up from the table and placed the money and tip for the waiter on the table before quickly grabbing my hand and pulling me towards the same elevator from before. Once in the elevator, the argument between us ensued and continued until we were in Jin's car.

Jin drove me home and the ride there was the opposite of earlier, we were arguing as if we were married already. Finally reaching my home, Jin stopped his car and looked over in my direction. "Where's Yuri?" He asked me, trying to change the subject, instead of addressing the elephant in the room. I rolled my eyes and crossed my arms, "She's staying over Miharu's for the night, I need time alone to think about what the hell just happened."

"You act like this is such a horrible thing Xiao, I thought this was what you wanted?" Jin retorted, I looked over at him so quickly, I thought I gave myself whiplash. The nerve of this asshole! "You thought this is what I wanted Jin? You thought wrong! What I wanted was for Yuri's father to be around her all the time and not when he wanted to, I wanted us to be a family and live happily ever after, but did that happen? No! You had to leave me alone to raise a baby that we created!" By now, I had tears streaming down my face as more memories continued to flood my mind, "Why are you even here? Why do you even want to marry me? What is this all—" I was interrupted by Jin as he turned to me, cupping my face with his hands, "Because I love you Xiao! What will it take for you to understand that? Yes, I made mistakes as a man but name someone who doesn't!? I wanted to be there for you and Yuri all the time, but I couldn't because during that time, the world wanted to put a bullet in my head! I was a wanted man Xiao, you were in love with a man who caused eternal conflict on the world and gave birth to his child! Do you not see that by me not being around, I was protecting you and slowly killing myself at the same time?" He paused, regaining his thoughts in the meantime.

Releasing his hands from my face, he pointed to himself, "After our prom night in high school, I knew I impregnated you only because I wanted to! Is it selfish? Maybe. But, I wanted to make sure that if my end was approaching, someone else would be left behind me. There would still be someone like me on this Earth who can create a different path than the one I chose, someone who could make a difference instead of tearing everything a part. That specific someone is Yuri, Xiao! When I found out Yuri was born, I rushed to the hospital in secrecy because I did not want anyone to know the last name that she bore, she would be a target for the rest of her life!"

I listened to his words and I started replaying those moments in my head repeatedly, I found that the more he explained to me, the more the story started to make sense as to why he left me so many years ago.

"I wanted to see Yuri just once because I knew that throughout all of the chaos that she was the only pure and valid part of me, the part that could not commit any wrongdoings. I could only see her once because I never wanted my child to bore the memories of her father as the man who destroyed the world… That's why I stayed away so long Xiao.. I couldn't face her, not after everything I'd done. To face someone as pure as Yuri after all the sin I have committed would only make me a hypocrite. I promised to keep you and Yuri safe from harm, and I did just that, even if it meant that I was the one causing it.."

Finally. After all these years, the truth revealed itself to me. Jin finally revealed his hidden truth as to why he left so many years ago, all the heartache and pain I went through just to finally hear the truth is refreshing. I can finally breathe again after being suffocated from years of what if's and constantly blaming myself. All the years of turmoil, were finally at rest, for now. After hearing his truth, I had trouble finding the words to respond to him, it was difficult coming to the decision of whether to console him or to leave him in his thoughts.

And then there was also the ring that I currently held in my hand, Jin took a glance at it and returned his attention looking out the front windshield, "You don't have to keep the ring if you don't want to Xiao, I'm not forcing you to marry me, only if it's your choice."

I wanted to keep the ring, but, I did not want to put it on my finger just yet. I had a lot of thinking to do as this night proved that there was a lot that I never knew about Jin, I never knew that he was in so much pain, he was never the type to show much emotion which was something I never expected.

I placed the ring in my purse and held onto it as I will have to talk to Miharu about what my next steps should be, but, in the meantime, I focused my attention on Jin, who seemed as though at this point he needed a friend, which is something I did not mind being towards him.

"Hey.." I got his attention by laying my head on his shoulder, laying perfectly near the crook of his neck, "If there's anything I know about you throughout all this mess is, I know that you love our daughter, I cannot make a mistake about that. I appreciate how much you love your daughter and it takes a man to realize his mistakes and want to correct them.."

My words appeared to have an effect on Jin as he turned his head to kiss my forehead, "I'm just trying to make up for lost time Xiao, that includes you as well.." He placed his hand under my chin, to lift my face so that we could look into each other's eyes, "I know that I missed a lot of precious moments out of Yuri's life, and yours. I don't plan on missing anymore Xiao, I'm not leaving you ever again.."

Before I could even respond to his words, his lips touched mine in a passionate embrace, eventually it started to rain outside but it didn't bother us, instead it added harmony to the mood in which we set all on our own. Of course, I allowed him into my home where our night of passion continued, muffled moans, exchange of names and pillow talk were all fair game. I was entangled in his web of ecstasy and unbelievable pleasure, as there seemed to be no end. Not that it bothered me any, Jin knew me more ways than one and was an expertise in seduction but that was something that only him and I shared. No one else knew of the seductive moments we shared, or even the times of pain we endured. This was our story, and that's how I liked it, between him and I.

Never the less, I still had trouble trusting his words, but, how could you build trust if you do not give chances? So, just this once, I will give Jin one final chance, one final solution to hopefully end or alleviate our issues, so that we could become better parents for our daughter, and who knows? Maybe marriage could become part of our reality sooner rather than later, Mrs. Kazama certainly has a ring to it. Doesn't it?