The Broken
As Aikawa opened her eyes to the comfortable warmth holding her, the first sight startled her. Tsumori was without T-shirt and playing with her brown hair, but what startled Aikawa was not the blonde doctor but the pair of green eyes looking at them. Hajime was sitting on the floor and resting his chin on the folded hands resting on the bed. He was looking at Aikawa with interest and Aikawa disliked being watched by a child.
It took few more minutes for Aikawa to realise she was exposing her partially naked body to the child. Aikawa had crept inside the blanket in her bra and panties the night before. In one swift pull she covered herself and felt Tsumori's long legs capturing her legs. Aikawa now glared at Hajime and Hajime was giving no expression in return and Tsumori was still laying and playing with Aikawa's hair.
"Hajime-chan, what are you doing here?" Aikawa finally asked.
"Staring at my wife" Tsumori answered
"I wanted to look at you. You are pretty" Hajime grinned
"You should not enter in other's room without knocking" Aikawa sat up rolling the blanket around her chest while Tsumori rolled towards the warm cavity Aikawa's body created on the bed
"But I knocked, uncle opened the door" the boy smiled
"You... what did you do that for?" Aikawa turned towards Tsumori
"I love showing you off!" the blonde winked
"How many people entered this room Hajime-chan?" Aikawa asked
"Grandma, came to open the windows, grandpa came to place the newspaper, mom came to give you bed tea" Hajime informed.
"You had bed tea and you did not feel like waking me up?" Aikawa turned towards blonde again
"No, after uncle opened the door for me he went back to sleep, so mom left with tea" the dark haired boy grinned again
"I mistook Hajime for the cleaner" Tsumori yawned and lightly placed his warm hands on Aikawa's warm bare stomach under the blanket.
"I am getting out of bed, I need a bath" Aikawa jumped out of the bed in anger only to realise her mistake.
The editor stood in front of the child in black lacy bra and now simple black panties given my Tsumori's mother for emergency purpose. Hajime stood little taller than her knee and he was scanning her with his green eyes. Aikawa was losing it, she felt that Taiga and Daisuke were laughing at her in form of the child. Another moment passed, Daisuke was standing at the door his mouth open, the words meant for Hajime had dried out.
Tsumori sensing another presence sat up to find the taller dark hair looking at his Aikawa. But one look at Aikawa's trembling exposed body brought his concentration on the editor. Aikawa fell on her knees.
"Get out! Both of you! Just get out... Tsumori please take me out of here" Aikawa was covered by Tsumori in moments.
"Did you not hear her?" Tsumori glared at Daisuke and Hajime sensing something wrong rushed out.
"I am sorry" Aikawa looked up at the blonde doctor
"I am sorry!... I shouldn't have been this careless. Get bathed, we are leaving right now" Tsumori changed his voice
"Where?" Aikawa asked.
"Let's shatter your heart" Tsumori smiled.
Tsumori was driving to his apartment and Aikawa was looking out of the window with sad eyes. The blonde did not want to pry on or irritate her so he kept driving and let Aikawa stage her thoughts. In two weeks he understood words mattered a lot to the editor he loved madly.
"How do you do it?" Aikawa broke the silence
"Do what?" Tsumori asked
"This, look at Hajime and not want to yell at him and shove all your anger on that child?" Aikawa turned her head towards Tsumori
"Do you hate a book just because the author irritates you?" Tsumori asked
"Nope" Aikawa mumbled
"To me Hajime is a child, my brother and his wife's child, my parent's grandchild and my nephew. His existence is not to be hated. When I see him I can just see what future he can give" Tsumori smiles
"You doctors really do know the importance of life well" Aikawa rested her head on the doctor's head
"We deal with death everyday Aikawa, life is precious" Tsumori blushed
"I don't hate kids" the editor informed
"You don't have to explain" Tsumori mumbled
"I tried to be a mother" Aikawa blushed
"That's new" Tsumori finally parked his car
"You know Matsumoto-san and Hinamori-chan, I became pseudo-mother to Hina-chan.I love Hina-chan, I was prepared to love her like a mom, but now Hiroki and Nowaki are here. But I think I cannot give birth to one" Aikawa informed.
"I know Nowaki has informed me about the Will and your involvement. As for giving birth, relax I can live juggling kids in hospital" the doctor stepped inside the elevator
"I can have your child, I mean.. no.. let's have a child.. I will be good mother...If we have a girl we will raise her like a princess, pamper her, make her read shojo-manga, yaoi, yuri. If it's a boy he will be all nice and sweet, your good looks with our brains. Blonde haired prince charming. But yes he must be gay. He would come out, we would meet his cute little lover. I would love to be priest in their wedding" Aikawa was pulled into a kiss
"When you start your gay obsessed rant, I really feel you should have been born a boy and we would have been less troubled" Tsumori smirked
"Next birth?" Aikawa winks
"Deal" the doctor pressed the button to his floor
"Here" Tsumori handed Aikawa a key
"You are giving me this apartment!" Aikawa faked her surprise
"The locked room" Tsumori pointed towards the door Aikawa had asked weeks back
"We get to unveil the mystery" Aikawa took the key and by now she was prepared for depressing realities of Tsumori's life
"Uh-huh" Tsumori nodded behind
"It's not a slaughter house?" Aikawa asked
"No" Tsumori chuckled
Aikawa unlocked the door expecting a dusty room with some tales of absolute heart break. But she was startled by the bright colour and clean air of the room. Aikawa stood in a child's room. The room was filled with toys, children's books, a small bed, study, a closet everything and anything a child would need.
"This is a kid's room" Aikawa mumbled
"Technically, it was my son's room" Tsumori stepped in
"Your son? You lost your son? Wait you had a son? You are a father?" Aikawa looked confused.
"None" Tsumori passed Aikawa to point at things he particularly loved
"Explain" Aikawa sat on the bed
"How did you think I figured Taiga cheated on me with brother?" Tsumori asked
"For years I assumed the girl had confessed and Hikari-sama informed me" Aikawa moved towards the wall to make space for Tsumori
"It was I who broke your wedding up" Tsumori sighed and walked towards the bed
"Star-crossed lovers huh?" Aikawa raised an eyebrow
"The day Taiga said she was pregnant, I decided that my child could not grow up in shitty condo. So I sold one of the properties named to me. Every day I would re-innovate this room. I began stuffing this place with toys, books etc. This is the room my son would have grown up in" Tsumori took Aikawa's hand in his
"So for last seven years you have been maintaining this room" Aikawa asked
"Yes, putting gifts here thinking what I would have given him on birthdays, Christmas, new year etc" Tsumori nodded
"Let me bear you a child. We will be awesome parents" Aikawa smiled
"Aikawa, its half of the story" Tsumori cupped Aikawa's face
"I won't leave you Sajin" Aikawa looked straight in Tsumori's eyes
"Two days after Taiga's check up and five days before your supposed wedding. I went for a health check up to ensure the child did not have any complication at birth. My parents took my tests and one of the test showed I was incapable of fathering a child" Tsumori spoke each word with calm voice
"You cannot be a father?" Aikawa mumbled
"Yes we have done various tests and few more tests over the years, I simply can't" Tsumori lowered his head.
"Oh God! How much have you suffered?" Aikawa pulled Tsumori to her embrace
"Not much" Tsumori smiled
"So in other words we can't be parents" Aikawa informed
"If it's me snaking inside your body, nope.. Once we return from Maine we will put you under test to determine if you are menopausal or anaemic" Tsumori informed
"Look at me" Aikawa cupped Tsumori's face now
"Aikawa, now it's up to you if you want to stay with me or not. I am giving you an option to back out. Once you say you want to be with me I will never let you go. If possible I will chain you down" Tsumori looked straight into eyes of the editor
"You are giving me plenty of options! You are giving me a chance to love you the most, you are giving me a chance to share your pain, this is our chance to be one.. Just because your spring can't create offspring, doesn't mean we can't spring the bed!" Aikawa rested her hands on the blonde's shoulder
"You are weird" Tsumori chuckled at Aikawa's words
"If I can't bear children, we will be damaged couple together! We won't have to worry about buying condoms or pills! We can do it without any rubber on! Mind it no one to disturb us, when we will fight no child will suffer, whenever we feel like going to a trip we can just pack and leave. We are going to be perfect Tsumori" Aikawa was now crying and each drops fell on Tsumori's hands pulling her into hug
Aikawa had already pushed Tsumori on bed and climbed on top of the doctor. Soon her mouth was tracing his neck and biting each spot after a lick. Aikawa was feeling needy and the doctor was trying to push her away.
"Did you forget?" Tsumori finally changed position
"What?" Aikawa hissed
"You are on your cycle" the doctor was laughing at Aikawa changing expressions.
"Seriously?" Aikawa hugged him
"So now what?" the blonde asked caressing the brunette
"Now we fly to Maine" Aikawa grinned and jumped out of the bed
After waking up from the slumber, Aikawa was tiptoeing out of the bed and Tsumori was feeling every silent movement Aikawa was taking. The blonde decided too peep with one eye. Aikawa was walking around like a ninja and trying to search something desperately.
"What you are looking for is with me" Tsumori sat up and rubbed his eye
"What am I looking for?" Aikawa gave a nervous simle
"This" Tsumori opened his duffle bag for work to reveal the huge collection of keys Aikawa had
"When did you steal them?" Aikawa asked
"I can do whatever I feel like in my home" Tsumori was throwing the keys up in the air
"Please give them" Aikawa pouted
"Nah, I am dropping you to your apartment" the blonde stood up
"What? Why?" Aikawa made a scared face
"Isn't it funny we have known each other for more than two weeks now. You have been sleeping in my house yet I haven't seen your apartment" Tsumori pouted
"I promise you, once we come back from Maine we can visit my apartment" Aikawa winked
"Fine your keys stay with me, we are after all going to share same room in Maine" Tsumori blew a kiss
"Actually, we are in separate rooms. I don't want to reveal our this relation yet to Usami-sensei and gang" Aikawa mumbled
"You played around too much didn't you?" Tsumori figured his lady love had dated too many people
"Umm.. yeah, but to literally barge into the best man's home before the wedding is something new in my long list of lovers" Aikawa pouted
"I understand, by the way have you figured your dress for the wedding, you are the maid of homour?" Tsumori finally walked out of bed and picked the shirt resting on the chair
"I will pick something from Maine" Aikawa winked
"Oh love, even your car stays in my place" Tsumori snatched Aikawa's car keys
"Come on, I have to go to work!" Aikawa hissed
"Your boyfriend will drop you" Tsumori made puppy eyes
"You... you want to actually show your face to my colleagues and boss" Aikawa pressed her fingers on her head
"Totally" the playboy grinned
"Fine" Aikawa smirked
At Murakawa Shoten
"Wow! This is your work place" Tsumori looked at the building as he carried the huge pile of manuscript and followed Aikawa
"Trust me on end of cycle it is like oh no! This building looks scary" Aikawa was happy her terrible experience from initial years had gone by. Being an executive member gave her some free flow
"Which department do you deal in?" Tsumori asked as the elevator opened the door
"I am the present editor-in-chief of Diamond" Aikawa mumbled
"Were you not a Sapphire girl?" Tsumori asked
"I am a floater, hey I told you all this before" Aikawa hissed
"What kinds of books do you like making?" Tsumori asked
"BL of course" Aikawa grinned
"Why did I even bother asking you?" Tsumori finally stood in front of the room shouting Diamond
"Woha.." Tsumori walked beside Aikawa and stopped in front of the desk with Aikawa's name and the designation- editor in chief
"Now go before any one figures out who you" Aikawa was pushing the blonde off her table
"Aikawa-san! Who is this prince?" a young girl in yellow dress asked Aikawa
"Aikawa's boyfriend" Tsumori forwarded his hands confidently while the girl was blushing at the prince out of Shojo Manga.
"Everyone Aikawa-san is dating" the girl shouted in excitement
In no time Aikawa found herself in a crowd. Tsumori was all sparkly and smiling at her staff. By the time Aikawa realised she was in the doctor's embrace. Tsumori happily answered weird questions and acted as the perfect boyfriend. Aikawa gave up fighting and soon she was flaunting her new boyfriend. Aikawa deep down was too happy and her cheeks were betraying her. With lots of struggle Aikawa pushed out Tsumori of her office out of embarrassment.
Aikawa entered her apartment to find the answering machine blinking at her, as she flopped on something soft she pressed the play button. She was showered with voicemails from a worried doctor. Though her mind was already drifting to dreams Aikawa pressed the call button. This was her moment of now or never. She knew the doctor was worried and still in two boats about the early events of day. Tsumori needed love and she was going to give it all.
"Aikawa I was worried" Tsumori was wide awake which made Aikawa chuckle.
"Yes I figured that much" Aikawa yelled.
"Our flight is at nine tonight" Tsumori informed.
"I remember" Aikawa yawned.
"I will wait for you, you know right?" Tsumori asked with little confusion.
"I will be there" Aikawa smiled
"Thank you" Tsumori gave a relived sigh
"Sajin..." Aikawa took a deep breath.
"Yeah?" the doctor asked
"I love you" Aikawa mumbled into deep sleep and the doctor stayed wide awake holding the golden heel shoe with silver snow flake and cherries on them in his hand.
Tsumori crossed and uncrossed his legs in little doubt, in little nervousness and little hope. The doctor was sitting in the the airport and waiting for Aikawa. Tsumori was still worried. The incident in dawn had knocked out his dreams and gave rise to a fire. He wanted to burn in Aikawa's love. Yet the doctor worried if the incident at dawn was an illusion a trickery of his mind. Tsumori kept glancing back looking at the entrance for the brunette woman. He knew he was killing all of Aikawa's option if she decided to love him. He was going to operate her out of all the normal flow life. He was offering a damaged life to the most wonderful woman he ever met. Tsumori was no fool, he knew love was not enough to keep moving on. This was the lesson both Aikawa and he learned years before. Yet the doctor felt he was being cruel this woman. The doctor rested his head on the chair and closed his eyes.
"You will be a bigger fool, if you letting me hold your hand. I might pull you down" Tsumori mumbled.
"Who said going down was bad?" a soft manicured palm interlaced its fingers with Tsumori's fingers and a mop of brown hair rested on his shoulder.
"Hey Aikawa" Tsumori smiled with his eyes shut
"hmmm" Aikawa nuzzled her head inside the crook
"I love you..."
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breaker99- I thank you for review, I dont know the parents part, but Aikawa has her fears.
RedHeadZebra- Yeah I know it is the natural cock block hehe.
Sorry for late update. So we are four more chapters to go and we come to end of this journey. Hope you liked it.
ShairaHisako- heehee, you know how I did get the idea right! I told you before. Hope this answered every question, Now the tragic part is over.