Triple The Fun

Chapter 13

Ritsu once again found himself sitting in the car that belonged to his boss but this time without the said man. Yet, Ritsu knew that his bonding time with solitude and silence was short lived because it was only a matter of time before the bespectacled man and the green eyed child arrived.

Ritsu looked out the window to see if he could spot the duo but the car was parked in such a place he could not see the entrance of the supermarket. Letting out a sigh, he leaned back and continued fiddling with the hem of his shirt. It was getting boring for the 25 year old male to sit alone in the car but he really couldn't stay any longer with Takano, especially with Ricchan along. You see, Takano decided to go grocery shopping because of the lack of ingredients in his cabinets. He dragged Ritsu along using the excuse that he needed help with the bags and little Ricchan decided to tag along. Takano was getting the needed things like any normal person would and Ricchan was gazing with awe at the huge aisles, never having seen them because his family servants did all the shopping and what not. Ritsu on the other hand was acting weird. While the other man was oblivious, Ritsu noticed the stares people were giving them, no it was not filled with hate or disgust, rather people were basically secretly awing at Ricchan and how the three looked like a 'family'. It was getting unbearable for Ritsu's cheeks so he told Takano that his stomach was hurting as an excuse so he could get back to the car. The brown haired man received a snarky remark from Takano but was successful in getting the car keys. Any type of insult was better compared to the public embarrassment and red cheeks. But now Ritsu could not deny the fact that being confined in the nonmotile vehicle was not great either.

After another decade, which was actually just ten minutes, Ritsu's body was itching with annoyance and he lost the ability to stay put anymore. The impatient man's hand went to grab at the handle to open to car door in order to get out but his green eyes, which were faster than his hand, spotted two familiar figures in the distance. With a sigh, Ritsu was about to resume his previous position but he paused mid way and scrunched his face a little when he noticed something odd outside the window.

Takano and Ricchan's distant figures were not actually moving, rather they stood still in front of a another figure, a more elder and feminine one. Ritsu tried to make out as much  features of the woman he possibly could (as much his eyes let him from his distance). She seemed to be a woman in her late forties, her slick coffee colored hair was let down and it seemed to reach her shoulders, she wore a light colored skirt and also a light colored cardigan, Ritsu really couldn't identify the exact colors of her outfit. From Ritsu's perspective, it looked like Takano was engaged in a conversation with the lady but by the looks of the brunette man's body movements, it almost seemed like they were arguing...

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It didn't take that long for Takano to finish getting all the necessary house supplies after Ritsu scurried out of the supermarket, maybe ten or fifteen minutes at max, Takano wasn't so sure about the time but what Takano was sure about was that he was able to buy Ricchan a nice little kids picture book without delaying too much. From what Takano knew, all Ritsu read during childhood was literature books so Takano thought that Ritsu's childhood self deserves to enjoy the innocent books filled with cute pictures that are more age appropriate. And from the excited look on Ricchan's face as the two walked back to the car while Ricchan's little hand was securely grasped by Takano's larger (yaoi XD) hand, he knew the little boy loved the unexpected gift.

Takano spotted his black car after a bit of walking, each step leading closer to the vehicle. Takano didn't know why but it felt like a race to him, like he needed to hurry to his car, maybe it felt like that because Ritsu was the prize. Takano had almost reached his goal but a voice had him freeze in his track.

"Masamune? Is that you?"

The voice rang in Takano's ears harshly, bringing back some unpleasant memories. That was the voice he heard yelling and screaming countless times, be it day or night. A voice that he yearned to hear praises from but eventually became a voice he learned to dread. The voice had the power to light up Takano's face with surprise and shock and also twist it into a look of distaste. Takano knew he had to face the person; so, using all his inner strength, Takano turned around and looked at the person with the exact genetically identical face as him but with more signs of age and femininity, better known as Kotoko Takano, his mother.