3 years later.
Ikki's P.O.V
I woke up from a very long and boring sleep and looked at my alarm clock only to see that it is already eleven 'o clock. What? Eleven 'o clock, Dammit I was supposed to take Hikari to preschool today. Maybe Akito already took her. Augh man, I bet he's gonna be really mad now that I overslept again. But he always forgives me for it. I really need to stop staying up late at night, and then maybe I wouldn't forget to take my baby girl to school.
Ever since I found out that Hikari was my daughter things between me and Akito seemed to have worked out really well, we have been married for about a little over a year now but it sure wasn't easy to deal with Agito and Kaito telling him I'm not good enough also the whole thing with daisuke and Simca wasn't much better either. So many obstacles have stood in our way and it seems like the more we fell in love, the bigger those obstacles became. Even now, Kaito and Agito have never gotten along with me and they still don't want us to be together. But I remember that one night Aktio and I had a heart to heart about our baby's future.
Flashback-three years ago
Akito was released from the hospital one week after we found out that the DNA test proved that Hikari was my daughter. I thought things were going to get better and hopefully Kaito and I could get along for my daughter's sake. I mean sure, he hates me because he thinks I took Akito away from him but he was so damn abusive to the guy. And Agito still blames me for his condition, that didn't change. Plus, my sister's weren't exactly thrilled to find out that I was going to marry him anyway, well, except Mikan. In fact, she already started making contributions and plans for our wedding. That was nice of her. Rika of course didn't like the idea of me marrying a guy. Especially someone like Akito. God, when will everyone just learn to accept the fact that we are in love and let us be?
Hikari is such a sweet little baby. I wouldn't trade her for anything else in the world. It looks like I might have to give up AT'S for a while. Since Akito was still recovering from the birth injuries and his treatments, I did most of the cooking, cleaning and taking care of all of hikari's needs. Whether it was changing her diapers or feeding her or even getting her to take a nap, which was damn near impossible. I was always doing these things until he got better.
One night while our little girl was asleep, I began to talk to Akito about our family's future.
"Akito," I began.
"Yes, Ikki-kun?" Akito asked. He seemed bewildered about what I wanted to talk to him about. After all, I had been so busy with Hikari that he and I have barely spoken. But now was the time for us to talk about the future.
"I've been thinking, now that we have Hikari in our lives, I have to do whatever it takes to support the both of you; Even if that means I may have to drop out of school and give up AT'S." After saying that I saw Aktio's face go completely sour. I'm not sure if I said something wrong or not but from the look in his eyes, it seems like I did. Also I could tell by the way my face was hurting from that blow he delivered to me with his hand.
"Itsuki Minami, stop that crazy talk!" he shouted. "I know that you want to take care of our daughter and provide for her the best way that you can but I will slit my wrists before I ever let you drop out of school you get that! We're both finishing high school and that's that! Maybe after graduating you can consider working but right now we have to do the best we can for her. If I ever hear that you're trying to drop out again, I'll do much worse than slap you!"
I began to worry after he said that. Akito may be a sweetheart most of the time but he has his mean moments too. And apparently this was one of his mean moments. Sometimes he would say little things like that. He sure had a knack for talking dirty, but I liked that about him. It seems like now he's not afraid to be aggressive anymore.
"What could be worse than being hit again?" I asked. Then he said what I was hoping he wouldn't say but at the same time I expected it.
"I could lock you in the doghouse across the street." He said.
"The one with the big bull dog that bites all intruders?" I said with a glint of fear in my voice. And he nodded wearing an evil smirk on his face. And he wore it well. I decided to stay on the subject of our baby and get things rolling for her future.
"The first thing is that Hikari needs a college fund. And I've already put some money in a piggy bank I dubbed just for her." I announced.
"I'm glad that having a baby has given you some maturity."Aktio said. Also I have her on the waiting list for a new daycare center."
"Daycare?" I shouted. "She's just a baby!"
"I don't think she'll be starting for another two or so years." Akito said. "Anyway, Ikki-kun, when are we going to get married?"
"Due to Mikan screwing half our plans up, we won't be getting married for about two years." I asked.
"But I never want you to forget that I will always be here for you and hikari."
End flashback.
I never did drop out of school but I did give up riding AT'S.
Since then, every week that I earn some money I put all my left over change into Hikari's piggy bank. It won't be long before my little girl has a full college fund. Okay sometimes I'll dip into it on a rainy day, and a sunny day. But she still has a hoard of coins in her piggy bank. Wait a minute I thought. I almost forgot. Tomorrow is her birthday. And I need to get everything ready for her party.
I rushed to the nearest store and bought ton's of party favors and a cake and balloons and everything that could make her third birthday special. I haven't been this nervous about a special even since my wedding. I just hope that this doesn't end up being a disaster. After graduating High school, it has been very hard for me to hold a job. Especially with my oversleeping habits. Now I work as a cook in a homeless shelter. That's right I feed homeless people for a living. I like what I do because It helps me understand that hey, homeless people are still people.
As for Daisuke and Simca, They are currently on trial for the craziest stunt they tried to pull yet.
Flashback, 2 years 7 months and 14 days ago (Normal P.O.V)
Ikki, Akito and Hikari were all out for the afternoon on their Saturday family stroll. After a couple of hours Ikki and Akito dropped their little miracle off at Kazu's house. That was where the trouble began.
Outside of the apartment complex were two certain former lovers. The plan they had in motion would be the most dangerous one yet. Later when Kazu and Emily were preoccupied, Simca and Daisuke went in the house via an open window. They go into the room where little Hikari is sleeping and quietly pick her up. What they did not expect was for the little baby to cry as soon as she was wrongfully picked up by the terrible two.
Suddenly Kazu and Emily stopped whatever it was they were doing. "What was that?" Kazu asked running to the nursery.
"I think that was Hikari!" Emily said. When they ran into the nursery they saw that little Hikari was gone. Kazu looked down and saw Simca running with the child. He shouted out the window:
"STOP THAT MADWOMAN SHE HAS MY BABY!" with that an innocent bystander picks up her cell phone and a mere ten minutes later the police arrive. But simca and Daisuke were not ready to give up.
"This is our baby!" they lied. But the cops weren't ready to buy it. Soon another policeman stepped out of the car. It was Kaito. He held up two pairs of handcuffs as if he already knew that they would attempt to steal his niece.
"You two are under arrest for fraud, attempted Kidnapping, Harassment, Rape, Murder, and child endangerment. I'd recite your rights to you but from all of these charges, you don't deserve it."
End flashback.
Those bastard actually tried to take my baby. MY BABY. But right now they are on trial and I hope they go to jail for the rest of their miserable lives. But that aside, I finally finished shopping for hikari's birthday party. I hired a magician, a clown and I even had an Ice sculpture made of her.
Sometimes I wish Ringo were alive to see that my love for Akito conquered so much. I miss her, she was a true friend to me, always by my side way back when I started with AT'S. I know that right now she is watching over us right now.
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