©Fujiwara Hiro
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EPILOGUE
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•5 years later•
'Are we there yet?' Tammy asked for the hundredth time already.
I sighed. I twisted my body to take a look at him in the backseat.
'Not yet,' I said exasperatingly. 'Not for 2 hours, okay?'
Tammy pouted; his cute face was all scrunched up. He folded his arms across his chest stubbornly.
'Why don't you play with your PSP?' I suggested. His messy, blonde hair danced as he shook his head.
'I don't want to. I want to go fishing now!' He frowned. Then abruptly, he stood up & poked his head over the driver's seat.
'Hurry up, daddy! Hurry up!' He ruffled his dad's hair playfully.
'Hey!' Takumi protested. 'Mommy! Tammy's ruining my hair!' He jumped up & down of his seat like a toddler. I rolled my eyes at them.
'You're such a child, Takumi! Tammy, stop it; your dad is driving,' I scolded them both.
They just stuck their tongues at me. "Like father, like son."
I watched them play naughtily while the car idled in the red light. We were heading to Kyoto for our Sunday outing & Tammy got extremely hyper when Takumi mentioned about fishing.
'Dad?' He said suddenly; finger half-way through poking Takumi's nose.
'Hm?'
'Why did you fall in love with mommy?' He asked; his golden eyes seemed to melt in seriousness.
While I nearly choked from my own saliva, Takumi burst out laughing.
It took a minute before his laughter died out. He turned to Tammy, 'you know...' he said softly but seriously, 'when someone is in love, you don't ask them 'why'...because they will never know the answer.' He reached out to Tammy & gently ruffled his hair, 'you don't need reasons to love someone. If I were asked you why you love your mom, what will you answer?'
He looked at me for a moment then he pouted & shrugged.
'See? You don't even know how to answer,' Takumi chuckled.
'But how do you know when you fall in love with someone?' His eyebrows were furrowed & his eyes were genuinely curious.
'Tammy, why don't you fall asleep first? I'll wake you up when we get there,' I suggested. I was surprised when he didn't whine.
''Kay,' he mumbled sleepily & stumbled back on the seat.
I sighed. Where did that kid pick those kinds of things? He's still too young to know about those.
I saw Takumi smiled & reached for my hand. He held it & kissed my knuckles.
Two hours gone by & we finally reached Kyoto. As expected, a lot of people came here too but it was still fairly quiet & uncrowned.
'Tammy, wake up, honey. We're here,' I gently shook his little shoulder & fluttered his eyes open.
'We're here,' Takumi grinned at him.
His eyes widened like he was forcing the sleep out of it. He yawned & smiled.
We found a good place beside a pond & settled our food on the picnic table. The boys immersed themselves at fixing their fishing rods while I watched them contentedly.
I couldn't help but wonder again for the millionth time on how Tammy grew to look so much like his dad. His hair was starting to grow spiky & the mischievous smiles whenever he did funny things looked so uncannily like Takumi's; all except for his eyes. The golden orbs made me feel as if I'm staring into my own eyes.
'Mom!' Tammy yelled excitedly, snapping me out of my reverie. He beckoned to me frantically.
'I caught it! I caught it!' He bounced happily.
'Wow...' I said in awe. 'You're better than your dad,' I commented.
Takumi pouted while untangling the squirming fish off the hook.
We grilled the poor fishes they caught & by lunch time, we were all seated around the small table with our sumptuous food.
I noticed Tammy was quiet. Well, he's always quiet & seemed to be observing everything most of the time, much like his dad. But now, he looked like he was bothered by something. He was poking his fish with a fork. I sat beside him & soothed his back. I saw Takumi watching us from the other side of the table.
'What's wrong, Tammy?' I asked softly.
He frowned some more before saying: 'I want a sister.'
I froze in surprise. He sounded like he just declared the beginning of World War III & I got goose bumps all over my arms. Takumi dropped his chopsticks then a second later, he was laughing his head off. I shot him a glare.
'Everyone in our class has a sibling & I want one too!' He burst.
'T-Tammy, honey...' okay, I was so lost for words & my husband wasn't helping at all!
'Say, are you going to be a nice big brother to her?' Takumi asked; a smirk spread across his face. I wanted to kick him from under the table.
'Yes!' Tammy squeaked excitedly as if he could get a sister like a toy in a shop.
'Will you get me a cute little sister?' He asked; his glittering eyes wouldn't take 'no' for an answer.
'I don't know. Ask your mom about it,' Takumi mischievously grinned at me. Oh, how I wanted to beat that alien senseless!
'Tammy...' I scratched an imaginary inch on my neck as I racked my brain to answer.
'Please, mommy? Oh, please! Oh, please! Oh, please?' He flashed me his adoring puppy face.
I sighed, 'we'll see, honey, okay? We'll work it out,' I messed up his hair playfully before gesturing him to eat.
'Yayyy!' He yelled triumphantly & attacked his food.
'We'll work it out? Does that we're really going to-ow!' Takumi howled as I landed my heeled shoe on his shin.
Shut. Up.I mouthed to him. If I could grow fangs, it would probably glisten under my curled lip.
He chuckled & picked up his chopsticks.
Now what?
Tammy was unusually talkative on our way back home. He kept on blubbering about how his sister should look like. He wanted her hair to be black with the same eyes as his. He was more like designing a doll than a sister!
'Why don't we just buy a life-size doll for you?' I suggested jokingly.
Half-way through Tokyo, Tammy finally closed his eyes & slept until we arrived.
Takumi carried him while I opened the door to his little bedroom. We watched him sleep for a couple of minutes before quietly snuck out.
I was exhausted. After a quick shower, I joined Takumi on the bed, had his spectacles on & was reading a book.
I felt his arms snaked on my waist & pulled me closer to him.
'So...? What are we going to do about your son's request?' He whispered seductively.
I felt a wave of heat crept on my face as he gave me burning kiss on my lips.
Oh boy, this was going to be a long night.
Hai, minna-san!
An epilogue for you ^_^
It's short & to be honest, it's meaningless & useless but who cares? I felt like writing it, haha!
I hope you still like it, though. Ja!