One encounter led to a date, and sprung into a beautiful marriage between both Tsubaki and Maiko. Their wedding was a bliss! All 12 siblings, including Ema and her now husband tagged along. As well as Miwa Asahina and the siblings step father Rintarou! It was an amazing moment to remember, nothing but laughter and smiles, and shared happiness for such an event.
... Although... Sometimes... Certain things are too good to be true...
They say you shouldn't judge a book by its cover, or dive into unknowingly deep waters... And that was the case for this "perfect" couple...
[Tsubaki P. O. V]
Maiko was the perfect wife! There was no flaw with her, and I had no regrets since our wedding day. Even with all my flaws, she never loved me any less, and I'm truly greatful to have Maiko in my life. Yet, we were doing so well in our relationship, until I messed things up...
Maiko wasn't the problem, it was all my fault, and my job to fix this mess to save our marriage! It had already been 4 years into our marriage. The first 2 years were a pure bliss. Everyone thought we were the "perfect couple", based on how our relationship looked on the outside. They weren't wrong though, it was practically perfect up until the 3rd year. The thoughts of Ema started coming back again. Maiko reminded me of her so much, I truly thought anything revolving past feeling for Ema was gone! But it came back...
I knew it was too good to be true. There is no excuse for these thoughts. Even when were intimate, they were times when I was thinking of Ema, and that's horrible! What kind of husband am I!? Thinking of my married sister, and my wife in such ways! I started to hate myself for this, Maiko doesn't need a man who can't get over the thoughts of his sister. To make matters worse, Maiko is attentive, and always realises something is troubling me. Yet, I kept the truth to myself.
[Maiko P. O. V]
I could never forget the day Tsubaki and I first met, and how we ended up becoming life long partners. Although we've been married for 4 years now, I've never been more happy, but recently my husband has been acting weird. He's usually so sweet and cheerful, but now he's faking that he's doing alright. I can see it in his smile that something is on his mind, but he won't tell me. It's almost as if he's fighting in his mind.
Tsubaki's behavior is strange... He always has a playful nature about him, but after the 2nd year of our marriage, he became very different towards me. Usually when something is bothering him, and I ask he would tell me. For the past almost 2 years now, he refuses to let me in on anything that's bothering him. He says it's "nothing", which is not true. When he would use to kiss me before leaving the house and before going to bed, that stopped. We used to shower together, sleep in the same bed, eat dinner together, play games, read manga, and watch anime, even share our very intimate moments together, and that all suddenly stopped...
It's almost as if I did something wrong, and when I ask if he's not satisfied with me, he tells me I'm not the issue! Then why are you building up walls around yourself and keeping me out! I thought that we were in this marriage together? Those are the thoughts that I think to myself. I even tried speaking to him plenty of times and Tsubaki just refuses to let me know whats wrong.
That kind of behavior started to test the waters of our relationship. It made me question my future with Tsubaki. If this is how things are going now, what will happen to "us"?...
At times like this, there was only one person I could think of to call, and that's Azusa. As you may or may not know, Azusa is a good friend of mine. Through thick and thin Azusa was always there for me, and he always had the right words to say for the crappiest of moments. He's the definition of, " A friend in need, is a friend in deed". Our mutual friends, and even my dad always wondered why I never ended up with him, but everything is platonic between the two of us. Azusa is almost like a brother to me. And If anyone knows Tsubaki better, it would have to be Azusa from what I know, they're twins so he must have some kind of help to offer me.
Azusa is one of my last hopes here out of desperation to save my marriage with his twin! I want this to work, and deep down, I think Tsubaki feels the same way. I pray that whatever the problem maybe between us, it can be fixed sooner than later...
-time skip-
Maiko ended up calling Azusa to talk about her and Tsubaki's situation at the Asahina residence. Most of the brothers moved out except for Wataru, Ukyo, Hikaru, Subaru, Futo, Yusuke, and Azusa. Meaning that there was room for privacy to talk about the matter, or at least if Hikaru isn't lurking around.
[Azusa P.O.V]
I was out running some errands for the mansion when an unexpected call from Maiko came. "Azusa, its an emergency *sniffles*. I just really need to talk to you... ", Maiko said while crying. Since Maiko got married to Tsubaki we've kept our distance out of respect for her and my brothers marriage. Seeing her call really surprised me, and she's crying!? "Whats wrong Maiko!? Do I need to call the police? Where are you? ", I answered in concern. She did say it was an emergency! " it's not that kind of emergency Azu, it's Tsubaki... ".
Thankfully the police aren't needed, but what happened with Tsubaki?
" Meet me at the mansion Maiko, I'm on my way back .", I said before hanging up.
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Tsubaki Asahina: Our marriage conflict
Fanfic.・゜゜・.・゜゜・.・゜゜・.・゜゜・.・゜゜・ Tsubaki surprised his brothers by being the first one to move on from his love for his step-sister Ema... or so it was thought. The brothers have found it hard to move on from loving their step-sister in more than just a si...
