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Although Shiena never mentioned it. She often felt it. A strong resentment, yet intrigue and adoration for her worst enemy and only lover, Otoya Takechi. Though at first she hated the site of the beautiful purple haired girl, now she can't seem to get enough.
It's seven in the morning and Shiena and Otoya are still in bed, their naked bodies spooning. Shiena was of course the little spoon. Otoya was still asleep, snoring in a puddle of her own drool. Shiena pried Otoya's arms from around her waist, turned her head and kissed Otoya on her nose then the side of her mouth before departing from the room.
Shiena started making breakfast. She made pancakes, eggs, and bacon with a side of orange juice and put them all on a tray. She went back upstairs into their master bedroom planning to give her lover a surprise breakfast in bed, and to also announce some great news. As she went in, Otoya was still asleep, sprawled out over the mattress. Shiena couldn't help but smile at how incredibly cute Otoya looked. She called Otoya's name out with a sweet hum and Otoya's eyes opened slowly, growing wide once she saw the delicious breakfast Shiena prepared for her. If Otoya had a tail, it would have been wagging a million miles a minute.
Shiena sat on top of Otoya, wrapping her arms around her neck and kissing her on the lips before speaking. Shiena announced that she's ready for them to have a baby. Otoya was ecstatic. She's been trying to convince Shiena for weeks, months, maybe even a year or two that maybe they should start a family together. After all, they have been together for seven years and married for four.
Otoya could not stop kissing Shiena. She slips Shiena's top off and makes sure to treasure her lover. Kissing, licking, and touching every inch of her body. This was unlike the sex they have been having recently, which consisted of angry, dirty, rough sex fueled by Otoya's anger after being denied to start a family continuously for what seemed like an eternity.
Their sex was passionate and sensual that morning. They were entranced with each other. Both were struck with an immense feeling of ecstasy. The morning light peeked through the window and glistened off their bodies as they both were busy occupying one another. Neither of them payed any attention to the cold breakfast on the nightstand.
To some it looks as though Shiena and Otoya have loved each other forever when that definitely wasn't the case.
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They met in college. Shiena was eighteen while Otoya was nineteen, both were excited for what college was going to bring. In the beginning, Shiena hated Otoya's guts, her very existence. They started out as bitter roommates.
Otoya was the sweetest and possibly the most thoughtful person Shiena has ever known but Otoya wasn't always like this.
Otoya once belonged to the most prestigious sorority on campus. She would usually spend nights partying until dawn and days throwing up and hungover. She would always interrupt Shiena, usually studying rigorously or interrupt her tight sleep schedule, much to her roommate's annoyance. Otoya indulged in alcohol, drugs, and sex with many other girls on campus. She would often bring them home and kick Shiena out of THEIR room. Needless to say, Shiena really hated her rude roommate.
It wasn't until their second semester that Otoya got kicked out of her sorority by her own "sisterhood." Her behavior became too wild, even for them. After she got kicked out, she spent more time in her dorm with Shiena. She was messy, always leaving food and her clothes out. She was stubborn, never listening to any of the important things Shiena had to say. And last and most annoying of all, she was childish, always mocking and pranking Shiena with every chance she got. Once she released two giant tarantulas in Shiena's bed leading to Shiena asking Haruki Sagae, their dorm neighbor to hunt them down and release them far away. Otoya would even steal Shiena's glasses to the point of where Shiena considered getting contact lenses but she knew those would either end up mysteriously going missing or being torn in half.
Shiena had enough of it and went off on Otoya one stormy, rainy night where the two were stuck in their small college dorm. Shiena said how much she loathed and despised everything that Otoya was. At first Shiena thought her words didn't get through so she turned around and watched the rain. She heard a gasp and turned around to see Otoya with watery eyes and a quivering lip. She looked so vulnerable. So hurt.
Shiena's eyes couldn't believe what they witnessed. She walked over and kneeled down beside Otoya. Apologizing for how her anger got the best of her. Otoya interrupted her speech, which at the time was very Otoyaish and expected. She said that the reason why she picked on Shiena continuously and rigorously was because she liked her. She couldn't get enough of her. Enough of her flushed red face when Otoya would compliment her, or enough of her constant babbling off on things that didn't the least bit interest her, or enough of her sarcastic remarks that would've offended a normal person.
Otoya even made use of the "L word" a word that Shiena gasped upon hearing. They both stared long and hard into each other's eyes. Once Otoya was done talking Shiena was speechless. Her face crimson and her eyes focused on the pools of blue that were Otoya's eyes. Otoya then got up and sat on her bed. Not saying a word. After a minute of silence, Shiena got up and sat beside her. As Otoya was about to apologize for the umteenth time, Shiena grabbed the sides of her face and pulled her in for a kiss.
Otoya was in astonishment at the brunettes bold move. It was Shiena's first kiss. They started out slow, timid and shy as they explored each other's mouths. A little tongue here and there. When the two broke from the kiss, they were both gasping for air. Otoya smiled a side smile and Shiena was about as red as a fire truck. That night, they talked. Poured each other's hearts out and what came next was expected.
They had passionate, long sex. It was of course Shiena's first time. She was so nervous yet fueled for her yearning for Otoya. She had a sense of diffidence and was very unassertive. Otoya noticed and guided the virgin patiently, smiling lovingly the whole time. That night, their neighbors heard particularly unusual sounds from the walls. Shiena was so loud, calling out Otoya's name, distinguishable most of the time. She also said various words in an assortment that should never be repeated. Most of their neighbors were disgusted but Haruki just smiled and praised Otoya with a thumbs up at the wall.
Otoya's bad character seemed to no longer exist. Her messy, obnoxious, childish behavior gone. Though she did enjoy a little mischief here and there but none of it involved stealing glasses or spiders anymore.
Once they got their own place, they were free to do whatever they wanted. Takechi would walk around and cook naked while Shiena would imply to have sex everywhere in the house. From the living room to the kitchen to the balcony, they had every sex you can imagine.
They would also take pleasure in throwing small but entertaining parties. Inviting their strange assortment of friends. Like that one time- actually, we'll save that story for later~
Though Shiena didn't admit to saying the "L word" to Otoya for about a year in a half, Otoya always felt it necessary to say. When she would leave in the mornings for class, when she'd make little trips to the grocery store, even when she'd do chores. Once when she was vacuuming, she smeared dirt on her face like war paint, kissed Shiena as if she was going into battle and then proceeded to vacuum.
The two graduated and celebrated together. Shiena with a Bachelor's degree in business finance and Otoya with a Bachelor's in entrepreneurship. Once out of college they got married. They had a simple wedding in Hawaii, inviting their good friends, Haruki, Isuke, Mahiru, Sumireko, amongst their other accepting family members and friends. The honeymoon was a short one but the two have never been more in love.
They both found jobs and although it was hard for the first couple of years, things soon started taking its course. Shiena worked at a small, unremarkable firm then one day decided she'd had enough. She started her own company, starting out small with few employees but with many successful projects. It grew consistently in the following years leading to no other successful business rivals. She also started making and designing her own line of computers called Mo's. After working at a bland office job for awhile, Otoya decided to start her own business. She used her entrepreneurial skills selling Shiena's computers which have become a huge success. Their financial stability was perfect.
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Shiena looks back at those memories as she's wrapped around Otoya, nuzzling into her neck. After their romantic morning was over the two made an appointment at a pregnancy clinic on the upcoming Monday.
Adoption and a male surrogate were briefly considered but quickly ruled out as to the fact that Shiena wanted the baby to contain a mixture of both their genes. After constant research between constant sex, Shiena found the answer they've been looking for all this time, IVF or In Vitro treatment.
Shiena was going to carry the child. A decision she made not so easily. Otoya had no means to carry a child. She was scared at the thought. She was scared of all the weird changes and mood swings her body would go though. After all, an angry Otoya is something not to be taken lightly. She would've undoubtedly ran Shiena up the wall with her strange food cravings and emotional outpour. Shiena was more impatient and would definitely be emotionally unstable resulting in accusations, plotting, and weird arguments.
They both couldn't be more ready.
They go to the doctor and Shiena is given the green light. At the appointment, Shiena showed her first signs of nervousness but it was quickly dissipated when Otoya grabbed her hand firmly. Blue and brown eyes looking into one another with reassurance and understandment. Her nervousness slipping away with the glimpse of Otoya's big smile, which she loved so much.
After a series of appointments to extract stem cells from Otoya's bone marrow to change them to the same properties as a sperm,
Shiena was inseminated.
That night, Otoya showed Shiena soft love once again. Her warm, tender touch speaking in gratitude of what's to come. Shiena couldn't have felt more loved.
After a couple of months, Shiena's bump began showing. Otoya would come home everyday kiss her wife on the lips then kneel down and kiss her stomach. Otoya idolized and adored her beautiful, pregnant wife. The two would make love every night until a kick or two from the baby would weird Otoya out.
Shiena was not easy to deal with. Her verbal punches at people increased ten- no a hundred fold at month five. She criticized and talked down to anyone and everyone within her line of sight. Her employees were rather terrified of her. At a business meeting, knees quaking when they would hear the sound of her yelling at someone down the hall. No one stood a chance.
"Watch out all yee who enter" a sign Otoya put on the entrance of Shiena's firm. To which Shiena saw and denied Otoya of sex for what seemed like the quazillonth time.
Otoya remained calm and loving all throughout Shiena's vicious mood swings. Always kissing her forehead and touching her stomach every chance she got. Otoya was the one that Shiena would lash out the most. Accusing her of every accusation known to man. Cheating, stealing, gambling, even murder. Murder? Otoya wasn't capable of such an atrocity?
Otoya opened up a night club down town just as Shiena reached nine months. Otoya spent a great deal of her time there, making sure the club was top notch. The club became an instant hit. Earning rave reviews and celebrity clientele.
Shinya Banba, Mahiru's night personality, seemed to frequently visit a lot, almost regularly. The sight proved troublesome and an eyesore for Otoya, believing the Banbas to be having some marriage problems maybe? Otoya never knew and she didn't really want to get involved.
Shiena left on maternity leave sometime ago and had grown to hate being alone. Before she indulged in silence and alone time, where she would read and write articles she hoped to be published someday. Now she can't bare it. She felt useless and unproductive. Not to mention, Shiena isn't exactly appreciating the excess body fat she's gained. She would stare at herself in the mirror with utter disgust at her round belly opposed to her once flat stomach. Her bigger breast aren't a problem at all, Otoya takes note of that almost every day. To say the least, Shiena can't wait to get the baby out of her so she can start working out again.
At the baby shower they invited their closest, greatest, most treasured friends. Starting with the Sagae's. The Sagae's have been friends with the Takechi's for sometime now. Haruki and Otoya have been friends since their freshman year of high school while Otoya met Isuke her junior year. Isuke and Haruki started dating when Haruki was a junior and Isuke a senior. At first, Otoya didn't like Isuke, believing she changed Haruki from her mischievous, trouble making, dork of a best friend, to someone who didn't enjoy practical jokes as much anymore. Isuke didn't change Haruki. Haruki just matured faster, leaving the immature Otoya in the dust.
Now, Otoya likes Isuke believing no one else to be a perfect match for Haruki and she appreciated her for that. Shiena on the other hand, adored Isuke from the beginning. Both becoming great friends and business partners.
Their next most treasured friends are the Banba's. Shiena met Sumireko her senior year of college. As a class they took a trip to the Hanabusa conglomerate, trying to spark ambition in the already bored college students. Shiena was so awe stricken just by the immense size of the building, trying to calculate the height, that she lost track of her class and wandered around trying to find them. After searching for an hour, she ran into Sumireko. Sumireko invited Shiena to have tea with her.
At the time, Shiena and Otoya had a rough patch in their relationship resulting in Shiena being vulnerable and seeking someone to sulk to. Sumireko and Shiena bonded over a few cups of tea and muffins, exchanging phone numbers and promising to stay in touch. They did.
At the end of senior year, Sumireko introduced them to her terribly quiet during the day but exceptionally crude during the night girlfriend, Mahiru/ Shinya Banba. Otoya felt like the two of them had a lot in common to which Mahiru would deny every time. Shiena preferred Mahiru opposed to Shinya who broke her computer a couple years ago at a wild party Otoya hosted. The computer was custom made and was Shiena's most prized possession. As if to rub salt in the would, Shinya even dropped a bottle of red whine on the Takechi's white couch. To which Sumireko replaced months later with another white couch that just wasn't the same and a crappy computer that didn't even compare to Shiena's old one. Needless to say, the Takechi's don't throw anymore wild parties. And for good reason too.
Shiena, Isuke, and Sumireko often have tea together every Tuesday. They share stories of their corny, weird, significant hubbies. Every embarrassing story that has ever occurred to Otoya, Haruki, and Mahiru is spoken about here. From the time when Haruki got a perm to when her and Isuke went to prom together. To the time when Mahiru was having a bubble bath and was loudly playing with her rubber duck to spilling tea on herself on her first date with Sumi. To the time Otoya tripped on stage receiving her diploma to chipping a tooth from trying to pry open a bottle of medicine for Shiena. No story of embarrassment was off limits at these tea parties.
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Shiena felt incredibly euphoric. The baby.. Their baby has finally made it into the world. Born a healthy and beautiful girl with a set of iron lungs. She held the tiny hand in her behemoth of a hand. The baby cried but not as much a Otoya, who was crying with happiness and joy.
Otoya kept calm. She aided Shiena when her water broke. She drove her to the hospital, holding her hand. At their arrival they were greeted there by Shiena's parents and Otoya's mother along with the Bamba's. The Sagae's would come later as they're having their sixth anniversary. Haruki and Otoya made a bet on what day Shiena would go into labor. Otoya guessed a week from now and Haruki guessed just only a mere day. Haruki won. Haruki has always had the best luck with bets and such so Otoya was scowling for a split second at the hospital upon realizing that, before watching Shiena give birth. She held Shiena's hand the whole time. Comforting and reassuring her of what the future was going to bring. Shiena screamed and yelled in agony. She squeezed Otoya's hand to the point of where a tear of pain streamed across the purple haired girl's face, prompting a nurse to ask if she was okay.
Finally with three careful but big pushes the baby was out. Otoya had began crying, proud of Shiena and ecstatic to be a mom.. Or dad? She hasn't quite decided what exactly she wants to be called yet. Otoya held the baby, gently kissing her forehead and nose before kissing Shiena. The baby eyed what weird splotches she saw. Eying Takechi's messy, sweaty purple hair. Shiena let out a sigh then smiled at Otoya lovingly.
They already knew what to call their baby:
Takechi Tsuruya, born December 17th.
Shiena and Otoya have never been happier. The baby marked a new chapter in their lives. One that would be filled with love, grief, and instability.