Intertwined

Chapter sixteen- Flowers which bloom in the heart, are the purest kind

  A little bit of kiyoyachi for the soul ❤️

Kiyokos POV:

I walk up the crooked cobblestone drive way towards a house, on the outskirts of town, which has grown very familiar to me in the few months I've actually known her. I've missed her a lot these past few days, I haven't actually seen her since Saturday afternoon, she helped me get ready for my night out with everyone, even though I protested going because she didn't feel well due to the pregnancy. But she wasn't having any of it.

I think that's why I'm strangely attracted to her, she's shy, anxious and a little bit freighted of her own shadow most of the time. But beneath all of that, there's a woman who always wants the best for the people she loves, a woman who never backs down from a challenge, even if it may scare her to death.

And most importantly, she's happy, and that... is the most important thing to me.

I knock on the door with the free remaining hand I have, as I have a bag of her pregnancy cravings in the other hand, and just wait for someone to open the door.

The door opens with a slight creek, but never the less opens fully showing me yachi-san, "oh hello kiyoko, I wasn't expecting you, how have you been?", her mother stands tall and looks at me with questioning content.

To others who do not know her, she seems cold, distant, unfriendly, but once you get to know her better you'll just see she's as strong willed and compassionate as her daughter is. "I'm very well thank you, I didn't want to intrude if you are busy, I just wanted to bring round some food Hitoka had been craving".

I see her lower down her guard and relax a little bit, she brings out a small smile and welcomes me in, I return the smile and bow slightly showing my gratitude at her letting me in unannounced.

I slip my shoes off and place them neatly on the shoe rack which is next to the door, "don't be stilly kiyoko, we always enjoy your visits, your always welcome here you know that", I feel a comforting hand on my shoulder which makes me smile, I nod at her while still retaining my smile showing her I'm grateful for her hospitality.

"Hitoka is in her room, doctor put her on bed rest for the week because she's been doing to much 'over exerting', we both have no idea what that means", I giggle a little under my breath at her comment, I give yachi-san a slight bow and thank her before walking off down the corridor towards the stairs.

I climb the stairs still with the bag in my hand, I slowly walk towards Hitokas room but not without taking in the family pictures on the wall. Mostly there all Hitoka when she was a toothless child, all very silly and goofy photos that still make me chuckle every time I see them.

But there's one I do really like, it's the one which is in the centre of all the others, it's the only picture of yachi with her mother and father. They're all on holiday I believe, somewhere hot I think, they're all laid out on the sand, her dad making a silly face and Hitoka smiling widely at him, but yachi-san is on the end of the picture smiling at them both with pure love and admiration in her eyes.

She told me she was only young when he died, but she always remembers the happy times with him, never the sad ones, which is all I can hope for, but they still both miss him a lot still.

As I get to her door i knock lightly not wanting to disturb her if she's sleeping, I hear a soft 'come in' followed by bit of shuffling around, she better not be out of that bed.

I open the door to be met with her rearranging her entire room, I shake my head and place the bag gently on the floor, I close the door behind me and cross my arms in disappointment.

"I'm pretty sure bed rest means bed rest Hitoka, not moving your whole room around", I say in a stern voice which is laced with concern. She slowly turns to me with a sheepish smile on her face, "kiyoko, hey how you doing...", she scratches the back of her neck, while I see her nervously bite on the inside of her cheeks.

"May I ask why your doing this, are you bored? Or is there something troubling you Hitoka?", I go towards where she's standing, seemingly halfway between deciding either to move her bed to the other side of the room or to the corner near her big window.

I place my hand on her cheek in which she automatically leans into, "sorry for worrying you, I just- I don't know I just feel so... pregnant", I can't help but give out a large beaming smile at her with a addition of a light chuckle, I stroke her cheek while looking directly into her chestnut coloured eyes.

Her cheeks turn a beautiful red which complements her fair complexion, and with the setting sun seeping through the window magnifying her soft round face, it would make anyone fall to their knees at her undeniable beauty.

"I'm afraid that's what happens when your pregnant petal, but you should be resting", I look around the room, well it doesn't look to bad, we can just move a few things and make it feel comfortable for her, I let go of her face gently and roll my shirt sleeves up, "let's sort this room out shall we".

She fiddles with her fingers, but nods at me with a smile. After a while we do in fact get the room to look presentable again, I mainly did all the heavy lifting as I don't want her to hurt herself, but I let her do small bits, as I didn't want to make her think I thought she couldn't handle it. She can get quite upset when people assume she's weak because of her size and due to her pregnancy, but I know for a fact that she's way stronger than I could ever be.

We both flop on the bed, well I do anyway, yachi gently places herself on because her seven month pregnancy belly hindering her from doing so, "I'm tired", is all she says before shimming herself towards me and tangling her limbs with mine, "sleep flower, I'll be here", she gently hums and I take that as a sign of approval.

I stroke her hair and quietly lull her to sleep, once I hear her soft snores from under my neck i give her a small kiss on the top of her head. We've only been seeing each other for a few months now, and I'm not one for serious relationships but Hitoka... she's the only woman I've ever imagined a future with, and that in itself is scary.

But she's having a baby soon, and I'll be damned if I didn't stand by her and help her though this all, I know she has yamagucci who was the sperm donor and who is going to co-parent the child with her, however I still have yet to meet him.

I'm still going to be with her, I've never had this feeling before, the one where everything stands still when she looks at me, or the way whenever she kisses me the hairs on the back of my neck rise and the swirling feeling in my tummy grows when she holds my hand.

I've never been in love, so I don't know what it's like, but if this is it... then it's the best feeling in the world.