Feather of Fire; Naiya's and Hito's Journal

[Midnight Yume]

Naiya felt the dust tickling her feet as she tiptoed in the half-dark attic. It was past midnight, and the moonlight lit up her eyes, as she gazed at it through the half-broken glass in the window in the room. She sighed as she bent down and saw the leather book, and picked it up, blowing off some dust from it. Looking sadly at it, she sat down on the dusty floor, not even caring about making her clothes dirty, and then pulled out a pencil from her pocket. She opened the book carefully and began to write on the old, yellowish pages, which smelled faintly of rose perfume:

Dear Diary,
Oh my god.
Oh-my-god.
Ohmigod.
Oh... my... god.
Whatever.
I've already spent 4 lines just repeating the same sentence. Anyhow, it's not like expressing my feelings will do any matter. This was so much more complicated than I thought it'd be.
What's Hiroshi going to say when he find out the truth? When didn't I think about that when I and Hito got this child and we attached this serum to it that makes it an anthro?
A phoenix, to be more exact.
I've always loved phoenixes. They're lovely birds, with eternal life, so they can always keep you company, unlike some pets. Too bad they're so rare. But now my child is a half-phoenix. And I should be all happy about it.
Yeah, I'm happy. I've always loved children. I mean, my and Hiroshi's daughter, Belinda, has practically been spoiled since she could start pointing at whatever she wanted. Not like we can afford everything, but we do our best to make her feel happy. Sometimes I feel irresponsible doing that, because it'd mean that someday when she can't get whatever she wants, she's going to be really depressive. And I don't want that to happen.
Just as depressive as Hiroshi will be when he finds out that he's not the father of the child I'm currently pregnant with.
Oh my god.
I just thought it so easy when I planned to break up with Hiroshi and get married with Hito instead with a completely new child. A completely new life. But how would abandoning Belinda and Hiroshi be? I didn't even think of that. I was just so... drunk. Drunk with romance. Hiroshi and I had argued and I met Hito when I was at Ian's, shopping for clothes in a desperate try to forget my tears. I mean, it all started out innocently. We bumped into each other and he saw my tears and tried to comfort me and everything. He was such a gentleman and I fell for it. He was charming, and he was comforting, unlike Hiroshi, whom I was mad with at the moment. We had argued about such a silly thing as how to place plates correctly so they dry in the shortest amount of time.
So Hito thought that Hiroshi was an idiot, because I described him like an idiot, of course because I was mad at him. Hiroshi is not an idiot, I can add. He's an extremely romantic and cute person, but he's so... busy. Busy with his job. He's so in love with maths that he makes me jealous sometimes. Unlike Hito. Hito doesn't even need to move to earn double Hiroshi's money, and he's all charming and romantic and handsome. Last time Hiroshi was romantic was before our marriage and before he got his precious job. We didn't even celebrate our wedding anniversary because he had to go to a MEETING at his job after school.
A meeting! And he couldn't even say no to that to spend our wedding anniversary together with me! And I even said no to Yume who offered me to come along on this shopping afternoon with her and Jhuidah. And I so totally love shopping. And coffee - she said we could go to this coffee shop later, and I was all, 'no, sorry, lil' sis, I've got my wedding anniversary'. And then my husband won't even show up because of a silly job meeting which he can ACTUALLY say no to.
Well, anyhow, I started to meet Hito more and more often because I and Hiroshi kept arguing all the time. Now, at the very least, I had somebody to run to when I felt depressive or angry. Yume is busy sometimes and she's always surrounded by her family, so it's hard to find the right moment to speak to her. Sometimes she's just too tired and can barely listen to what I've got to say.
But Hito was always ready. Always there for me. And he felt so comforting, so wonderful. Like some kind of secret diary that can actually talk with me instead of just being there in the right times so I can write my feelings in it.
And then we fell in love.
I knew it was so wrong. But I was filled with this romance, this overwhelming teenage romance I hadn't felt for years thanks to my completely maths-obsessed husband, and I felt guilty sometimes for betraying him. Or to be more exact, always. I kept feeling guilty when he kissed me. It felt like I wanted Hito to be in his place instead. And then it happened. I got pregnant.
With Hito's child. And thanks to the wonderful Farland Clinic, my baby is now a half-phoenix. Which I'm actually very excited about, but hello, I feel guilty about betraying my husband. I mean, Hiroshi's practically jumping up and down with excitement and he's romantic all the time now. I barely meet Hito. I don't know what to say to either of them. I want to break up with Hito now. Because I know that I love Hiroshi. I've always done so. I've just had this small period when I loved Hito the more. But now I know that Hiroshi is my true love.
God, what am I going to do?
Naiya  

[Midnight Yume]

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[Midnight Yume]

Dear Diary,
I've got to meet a few new people, except for miss Farland, miss Mintaka and miss Faun themselves. Otherwise, I haven't met many other people. I've met a woman named Kimie at the trick-or-treating during Halloween (you had to throw three six-sided dice, and I won two candies - it was quite entertaining) and her children, Evan, Maddie and Madoc; and I've met a new woman at the Clinic named Raving. Hito dragged me along to the place even though I refused to. At least he's lying about whom he is. He says he's my close friend - yeah right. I hope for heaven's sake that Hiroshi doesn't find out before I tell him.
Today I received a mail from Hito whom said he was going to move. He's going to move to some underground place under a church or something like that. I don't know... he didn't tell me much about it. And he's going to adopt some daughter. That's kind of strange, but anyhow, I'm still happy for him.
And I've planned Hiroshi's birthday party! I'm very excited. I've told Hito I can't invite him and he says he understands. Sometimes, I'm very happy about having a super-understanding secret boyfriend.
Anyhow, I've bought Hiroshi's birthday present. It's an iPod. I think it looks very nice, though Yume says it looks feminine and not at all as Hiroshi would like it to. I think that's rubbish, it looks great and I think Hiroshi is going to love it!
And I'm going to send invitations to all Farland Clinic people and my house's going to open for anyone to join, Farland Clinic people or not!
I've pretended that because of the pregnancy, we must buy a bigger birthday cake, so while Hiroshi is off doing that, I'm going to throw the party! Isn't that lots of fun?
Love, Naiya
Naiya looked, delighted, at her diary entry, and with a slight laugh, shutting it, and putting it in her bag. It was a quite hot and sunny day and she sat on a bench in the garden, looking with a smile at the sky.  

[Midnight Yume]

RP: Hiroshi's Birthday Party
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Midnight Yume

Naiya sat in one of the swings and swung backward and forward, waiting for someone to come. It wasn't much of a big party; Hiroshi was away buying a cake, not knowing of the surprise birthday party, Yume was clutching her and her sister's gift to him, and Belinda nibbled on some cookies in a corner of the back yard silently. A bird sang on a branch of a naked tree, seeing how it was autumn, almost winter, already.
"What a boring party. I wish someone would come", Yume murmured.
"The party hasn't even begun yet", Naiya said with slight annoyance. "And where're your adopted fairy daughters, by the way?"
"They're at home, and taking care of the kids. None of them are in the mood of partying, anyway", Maurus the CoCo Kitty said, grasping his frying pan tightly, since it was a bit too heavy for him to carry. "Hey, where's everybody?"

Midnight Yume

"If somebody at least would come...", Naiya muttered as she played with a few cookies with her fingers.
"Take it easy, Naiya, the party's just begun", Yume said in a try to calm her. "I'm sure SOMEBODY will come..."
"I hope so", Belinda commented, eyeing the open window to her room on the second floor. "I'd like to play the piano otherwise. Can't you just tell me when dad's coming?"
Naiya sighed.
"Can't you just live without the piano a few minutes, sweetie? I'm sure the piano can live without you a few minutes..."
Belinda made a slight, sulky grimace, before returning to her swing, crunching on some cookies. Maurus the CoCo jumped around in the grass, chasing butterflies which flew past him.

Midnight Yume

"Good afternoon", a deep, dark voice said behind Naiya. Naiya jumped slightly as she twirled around in nervosity. "Oh... hello, Hito. I didn't see you." She laughed nervously. "Sorry."
"No need to be sorry", Hito said as he bent down and kissed her cheek. Yume rolled her eyes at the action, as Hito realized that she stood right beside. Belinda stared at them, gaping, in disbelief. "Oh, good afternoon. You must be Yume, Naiya's sister, I suppose? Adorable, adorable." He grasped Yume's hand gently and kissed it.
"Hmm... hi", Yume said uncertainly, eyeing him with a raised eyebrow. Hito laughed.
"Please excuse my manners. I'm a bit medieval. And you are...?" He looked at Belinda, whom stood, grasping the chain of the swing, staring at Hito. "Why, of course. You must be Belinda. I can see it at once on your face, you're just as adorable as your mother."
"You... you... witch!" Belinda suddenly shouted at Naiya, making Naiya back a few steps in pure astonishment. "How could you cheat on dad? Dad has never been untrue to you! Ever!"
"... Darling...", Naiya began, but was abruptly interrupted:
"Don't call me darling anymore!" Belinda shrieked, stamping her foot on the ground. "You... you..." And without another word, she stormed into the house, and slammed the door shut. Naiya looked helplessly after her daughter and continued to stare at the door.
"Naiya... what... happened?" Hito asked, putting a hand onto Naiya's shaking shoulder.
"I don't know", she sobbed on Hito's chest, "I really don't know, Hito. What has happened to me?"
Just then, a car stopped outside the villa. Hiroshi stepped out, and Yume, whom had stiffened on the ground as a stone statue, watched in slow motion as Hiroshi walked towards the sobbing Naiya in Hito's arms.
"What has happened? Naiya..." Then he stopped, and glared at Hito, who was just as tall as himself. "... what is going on?" he continued, though in a much unfriendlier voice. "And what has HE got to do here?"
When Hiroshi had once seen Hito and Naiya together in town, Naiya had lied about who he was and had merely told him that he was an old childhood friend of hers before she met Hiroshi and after Hiroshi came, Hito left, so they hadn't met since now and therefore they were out on a little shopping tour to get to know each other again. Though, ever since that, Hiroshi had loathed Hito.
"I'm so sorry, Hiroshi", Naiya sobbed, as she looked at Hiroshi with red, tear-filled eyes. "I... I really didn't mean to do what I did. I didn't mean to hurt you the way I'm doing now."
"What do you mean?" Hiroshi asked, wrinkling his forehead.
"... I... I..." Naiya took a deep breath. "I... this.... Hiroshi, this is my boyfriend. Hito Kumori."
"Say... WHAT?!" Hiroshi said, staring at her in disbelief. "Is this some kind of birthday joke?"
"It's certainly not, Shinjin", Hito said, narrowing his eyes. "She's just revealing the truth to you. All those months, she has carried this guilt in her heart, and now she has revealed it to you. You should be happy."
"Happy? For what?" Hiroshi said, glaring back at Hito and Naiya. "That my wife, who I thought was trustable, has just gone and cheated on me? And then lied about it? Now when she's pregnant?"
Then he eyed Naiya as she burst into more tears and sobbed hysterically as she cried on Hito's chest, Hito's right arm around her shoulders.
"Now, don't tell me..." Hiroshi stopped again, and narrowing his eyes even more, if possible, glared at the two of them. "Of course. I should've known. I just wondered where that child came from. I couldn't remember that I and Naiya had planned to get another child, and now I know why. Because we didn't plan it at all."
"Hiroshi!" Naiya cried, and Hito said sharply:
"Shinjin."
"No, Naiya", Hiroshi said, backing away from her. "I will never trust you again. I thought that even after all our rows, we were still unseperable."
"We are! We are!" Naiya bellowed, crying even more hysterically. "I love you, Hiroshi, I really do!"
"No, Naiya. Don't play that trick on me again. I won't believe you this time. I won't let you trick me again... so goodbye. And have a good life with your new husband. I hope you enjoy your life. Farewell, Naiya Arashii." And he opened the door to his car, because he had backed all the way back to his car, and stepped inside, driving away. As he began to drive, Naiya ran and shrieked, "Hiroshi! Hiroshi!", banking on the windows, but the car was of course faster, and drove away from her.
"Hiroshi...", she cried, collapsing on the pavement, crying her eyes out. Hito walked forward, grasped her arms and lifted her upwards, putting her on a bench nearby, as he gently patted her shoulder. She cried even louder and embraced Hito once more, crying on his chest. And there Yume stood, standing there like a stone statue, totally frozen on the ground. Even Maurus, her CoCo which was known for never being able to shut up, was sitting on her head, gaping.

 

[Midnight Yume]

Sobbing hysterically, the woman bent down on the floor, picking up the old leather-bound diary and began to write in it, her text shaky because of her shaking hand, and the paper getting wet because of the tears that she shed.

Dear Diary!
I can't believe it's possible.
It can't be.
I've just...
No.
I haven't broken up.
And no again, not with Hito.
I've divorced. With Hiroshi.
Have I not pleased God enough through my life? Have I not obeyed the laws? Why did he then make the love so blind and make me fall in love with Hito? And why did he not make me stop? Why did he let Hiroshi go? Why did I let Hiroshi go?
And Belinda hates me so much. Can you believe that? That the child I've raised with all love, the child I thought would stay with me forever, loathes me. She loathes me as much as she loathes the filth which gets thrown into prison. As much as she loathes bandits, gangsters, thieves, robbers and other criminals, as much does she loathe me.
Only Hito stay by my side. Even Yume is unsure of what to say. Because she knows of my fault. And so do I. It's all my fault. And she doesn't know what to say to comfort me, because she knows that whatever she says will either hurt me, or be false. Because it IS my fault. And I know it all too well.
God, what should I do?
Naiya  

[Midnight Yume]

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