Hearing The Heartbeat (Sequel to 'Broken Perfection')

Familiar Voices

After that whole incident, Homare had left after Katsumi stormed out with Taketo, leaving the girl from earlier, alone. 

Speeding through the streets, he exhaled a pent up breath as he turned a sharp corner. Biting his lip, he thought about how the hell he was going to fix all this. Once he got back home, he ignored Yui, who greeted him as she read a book on the couch.

He told her to just order take out or go out with friends for dinner tonight as he headed upstairs, locking himself in his room.

Meanwhile, Taketo and Katsumi drove through the streets and decided that maybe, they should just grab a bite to eat and maybe walk around town to clear their minds. Under Katsumi's request, they drove to the new restaurant that had opened up near Katsumi's old friend's place.

It was called the Crystal Court. 

Once they entered the restaurant, they were greeted by the smell of fresh food and the smell of perfume and cologne as well. They couldn't blame it though, everyone in the restaurant were dressed to the nines, they on the other hand, were under dressed with casual clothes, but nonetheless got service after servers noticed Katsumi.

They were about to be seated when Katsumi's eyes suddenly lit up, and she asked for a specific table. Taketo, confused, trailed after her as she walked ahead. People gave them strange looks, but Katsumi held her head high as she passed by them.

She knew better, and she knew she probably had a higher status than most of them. "Hey guys." she suddenly calls out and Taketo turns to find a group of 5 men sitting in one table, eating as they chatted.

"Katsumi!" A cheerful man in a suit calls, smiling brightly. He got up and hugged her as the other four watched her with shocked, but happy eyes. 

"How's everything going for you? Baba, have you settled down yet?" she teased the man.

But a blonde beside him nodded eagerly, "He has! He's getting married in a month, actually!" That made Katsumi widen her eyes slightly before smiling.

"Really? How was I not notified of this, Mitsunari?" she confronted the man with a red jacket and fedora, who smiled sheepishly.

"We haven't been able to reach you... And Katsuki told us you were still stressed from..." he gestured to her stomach, making Katsumi chuckle.

"Well, I hope I'm invited to the wedding?" she poked at him, making him grin. "Of course, you'll meet her there. Her name's Paris."

"Really? Hm, what about you, Kishi?" she turned to a man, who was lazily sitting by the back of the booth. "Found someone yet?"

"No, why-" "He has. He just doesn't want to admit it yet." a brunette cuts in, smirking at the man named Kishi. Taketo looked on at the group before Katsumi turned, making her smile sheepishly as she had forgotten to introduce her friend.

"Oh yeah... Before we go on, I want you guys to meet Taketo. Taketo Kanzaki. I'll be staying with him for my entire pregnancy since Katsuki can't do it."

"He couldn't take time off for his own sister?" the same brunette scoffs and after taking another look, Taketo noticed that he has seen this man before. It was Eisuke Ichinomiya, owner of multiple Tres Spades Hotels around the world.

"It's not that, he was going to take off from work but I didn't want him to just put his career on hold for something so trivial as taking care of me." She reasoned, sitting next to a raven haired man, who sat beside Eisuke.

The man was tall, muscular looking and very intimidating. But that didn't stop Katsumi from scooching over a little and patting the space next to her, gesturing for Taketo to sit next to her, who hesitantly took a seat.