7 Grass Snake (2/2)
”I'm already contacting the lawyers. Where should the meeting be held?” She had already been sending multiple messages on her phone and the computer.
”That…” She hesitated while glancing at Kazuya. She was reluctant to leave him alone especially after such a discovery.
”I'm fine mom. Do what you have to do” he expressed his support. It would be more beneficial for him to be alone so he was not against whatever they were up to.
”Okay. We'll meet them at our office”
”We? Shouldn't I stay with—”
”No. I'll be needing you this time. You can think of this as part of honoring our agreement”
”Then I…” Mei stopped as if she had realized something and looked at the calm child in Kyouko's arms. She pondered a bit before nodding her head in agreement.
”Good. Tell the hospital director to not let any visitors come here without my approval”
Kazuya didn't mind their conversation since he would find out what they were up to sooner or later. What he needed to focus on was the body of his now that he provoked that petty-minded brother of his.
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A few hours later, at the hospital lobby.
”Excuse me, can you tell me where Kouzuki Kazuya is?” an blonde haired little girl with blue eyes asked one of the nurses.
”Visiting a friend of yours little girl? Let me check the records” the nurse smiled and immediately went to work. ”Found him, he should be at—” She then found that there was a directive from the higher-ups and stopped her lips.
”Our teacher told me that he would be here. He didn't come to class, so I wanted to visit him”
”I'm sorry little girl. It looks like you won't be able to see your friend. He is still recovering and it says here that he can't have visitors at the moment” the nurse found this foreign looking girl sweet but she couldn't do anything about the directive.
”Is it really bad?” the little girl looked worried while trying to hold back her tears. ”I-I saw him throwing up blood and I'm really worried since I haven't heard anything from sensei” The nurse felt immediately guilty because his file said that there was nothing wrong with him the directive was from a person that she couldn't disobey.
”He'll be fine little girl. I guarantee it. Can I ask for your name so I can tell him that you visited? I'm sure he'll be happy especially since a cutie like you is worried about him” The nurse consoled causing the little girl face to blush.
”M-my name is S-stockton K-kurumi” She cutely stuttered. ”I will come back and visit again” she left after politely bowing and left the nurses admiring the sweet little girl.
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By the time the two women returned to Kazuya's room, they saw him sleeping soundly on his bed. What they didn't know was that he was feigning sleep. He didn't want to deal with them because he was too tired and could barely move now.
The two of them didn't really mind and were glad to see him finally resting peacefully. They needed to do some work themselves because they have been delayed by recent events. Everything had moved so fast today and this was the only time they could stop to think about what had happened.
”Boss are you really sure about this?” Mei suddenly started a conversation.
”About what? There is no one else I can count on to take care of my Kazuya if anything bad happens to me. Although I'm really reluctant to have named you as his primary guardian, if anything does happen, you are surely better than that two-faced kid Lee. With you, I would be assured that he would at least be loved. Taking care of him though, is another thing. He would probably be the one doing that for you”
”Then do you approve of our marriage mother-in-law?” She cracked a joke because she couldn't deny the last part of Kyouko's statement.
”*sigh* I'm regretting my decision already”
”What about his father then?” Mei waited for Kyouko's answer since this was an important matter.
”He has no say in the matter. I have all rights into making this decision. I will however, inform them of their precious adopted boy's behavior. I won't let this matter end with just this since dare lay a finger on my Kazuya”
Listening intently to their conversation, Kazuya was able to piece together facts that coincided with his original memories. It looked like his brother was listed as his primary guardian in the past and was able to take a hold of his inheritance when his mother died. Not only that, he also refused to take responsibility for him. It was probably at that moment in time that Mei stepped in and took up that responsibility.
From the way Mei acted towards Lee, he could easily see that she did not regard him as Kazuya's brother at all. She treated him as if he was air. This part confused him a little but decided not think too deeply about it since he still had a lot of time to figure things out.
There was one thing Kazuya was sure about though. Now that he had returned to this point of his life, he would make sure that the terrible past he experienced would never come to pass. It still may not be complete, but he would use the advantage of his knowledge combined with skills he learned in the past to make sure that the people giving him warmth would have better futures together with him.