Ten years later… I was wringing my hands nervously. We were almost there. "I'm never going to stop babbling when we get there. You know that, right?" I asked as I continued looking out the window. Kaoru laughed, "You've talked my ear off plenty of times. I'm sure I can handle this. Besides, it won't only be me you know there. Mori, Honey, and Tamaki will be, too." I frowned, "Plus, another few hundred I barely spoke to during my time at Ouran. I only had classes with a few them! I simply happened to graduate the same year as them!" It was the Ouran Academy Reunion. They had it for every class ten years after their graduation, and it was my year. I hadn't seen most of those people in a decade. Also, because I was valedictorian, I had to make a speech. Did anyone really expect me to be calm? Kaoru took my hand in his. I looked over at him, surprised by the sudden contact. He smiled at me reassuringly, "You're going to be fine, Azami." "But I just had to be pregnant when this came up! I should have stayed home! Everyone's going to think I'm a fat housewife that ended up mooching off her husband!" I exclaimed. Not to mention how that was messing with my hormones and making me even more nervous. "It's obvious that you're pregnant. You're overreacting." "I don't know. A few of those people weren't the brightest...." I trailed off. I placed my other hand on my bulging stomach. I was eighteen weeks along, and I was having twin boys. I had only just found out the other day their genders. I had to admit, twins were the last thing I expected, but I blamed Kaoru for that. He was somehow the cause; I just knew it, even if it wasn't really possible. I wasn't sure what I would do if they were identical. I didn't want them to go... ... middle of paper ... ... crowd calling us cute, and he laughed before looking at the people again. He and his brother put their arms around each other's shoulders. I hugged my stomach and grinned at the bulge. How silly of me. I wasn't about to start a family. I already had a family. Maybe not by blood or law, but everyone on that staircase had always been there for me. Wasn't that what family really was? I was just getting two new additions. Haruhi said to me, "Azami?" I saw she was looking at the others, too. She seemed to be taking in all that had happened to us and how much we gained as well. "Yeah?" "I'm so glad I broke that Renaissance vase," she told me. I laughed and put my arm around her shoulders, "I am, too. It was the best mistake ever made, because if it didn't happen, we would have never met our dear friends and husbands. Then, what would we be doing right now?"
“That’s so sweet. No guy has ever gone through so much trouble for me.” She felt her eyes welling up.
“Well believe it or not, I’m not as widely welcomed amongst the Hampton community. They’ve hidden all their initiation cards to their inner circles.”
It was almost the end of eighth grade. The sun was out longer and the general joy of school about to end was in the air. Tests were over, most everything was over for the year. That was except for National Junior Honor Society inductions. NJHS is a program where kids with a good academic record come together to do various projects for our school. We were inducting new members into the program. It was a formal event with a solemn mood. For me, that event would have been mostly uneventful. We would just pass on lit candles to the new sixth and seventh graders. The officers, who were elected at the beginning of the year, would make speeches, but luckily, I wasn't one of them.
Kuroko let the pencil slip from his hand. “You are just supposed to protect me, correct?” he stated quietly. “You don’t need to do anything
Do I have time to take a shower?” he asked. Unfortunately, he could not. To this day, my family still laughs about his unexpected response. It was only a few hours later that I was brought into this world, alert, with my eyes open wider than a doll’s. I was a tall and skinny baby, born with a lot of hair.
"Jiraiya, I can't wait until I get back to Konoha." The blonde stated as he thought to himself. 'And I also can't wait to see Sakura again. '
He stood up, and turned to her. “It’s going to be alright. Whatever it is, it’s going to be alright.” He smiled, and walked away.
As I raise my gaze to search for him, I find Alice beside him, covering her excited giggle behind her hands. She rests her palms together under her chin, lacing her fingers together, allowing her smile to shine as she mouths, “You were fantastic.”
Blake chuckled. "You've already got 4 eyes and you still managed to bump into someone? How sad." Laugher erupted from all over the cafeteria.
"Oh, my god...you are one of them as well?" I stopped my tracks and he turned his eyes at me.
Korra grasped onto Asami 's wrists and shakily said “Alright, I 'll try and recall what I can.” Asami offered a small, sympathetic smile in response.
His head whipped toward the old woman. “What?” he blurted out, and the attendees all laughed.
“Life justs goes on.” Dad responded. Putting his hand on my shoulder, “Don't worry about it too much Elena.
I crunched at all the stares and blushed. “Not a lot.” I replied trying not to show how good it made me feel to know somebody was happy with
The four of us look at each other. “That was quite a speech.” comments Kale.