Serendipity

Chapter 8 - The Marriage

"There you two are!" Kanou scolded them. "Do you have any idea how dangerous it is out here? If anyone knew who you two were, you could've gotten kidnapped. What if -"

Hiku and Miku jumped and were startled when Kanou had found them. They weren't expecting him to find them while they were running away from their mother. "Sorry," both twins apologized in unison. They hoped that Kanou hadn't seen them with their mother.

Kanou was shocked at their apology. They almost never apologized to anyone other than their father. "I-its okay..." Kanou said, feeling a bit guilty for yelling at them. "Well, it's almost time to meet up with your father. We'd better get going if we don't want him to wait long."

...

The twins just trekked silently behind Kanou, which was extremely unusual.

"Hey! How's my Prince and Princess?" Usui asked. "Did you have fun? Where did you guys go?"

"It was fine," Miku replied in a monotone voice.

Usui rubbed Miku's cheek with his hand. "Are you okay honey?" He thought it was odd that Miku wasn't the cheery person she usually was.

"Daddy? Can I ask you question?" She asked with her puppy-dog eyes. This was one of the traits she got from her father.

Hiku knew what she was going to do. So he grabbed her hand and squeezed it. "Daddy, we both have something we want to ask," he corrected.

Confused, Usui replied, "Of course. Anything. Is there something you wan-"

Miku started "Tell us about our mo-"

"ney. Our Money," Hiku cut in. "We heard that the Kingdom of Seika was going through poverty. Are the people in our country going to starve?"

"What? Not at all. In fact, we're actually doing very well. You don't have to worry, son." Usui assured. "Should we go have lunch now?"

"Of course," Hiku agreed.

"Why did you stop me," Miku muttered to Hiku.

"Because, we can't be sure that the woman we met today is our mother. What if it's not. It'll hurt father if we give him hope, just to let him down." Hiku whispered back.

"I'm sorry Onii-chan. I wasn't thinking that hard."

"It's okay Miku," Hiku patted Miku on her head. Another habit that he acquired from his father.

"Did you two say something?" Usui asked the mischievous children walking behind him.

"Nope, nothing at all," Miku smiled sweetly at her Papa Bear.

...

After lunch, Usui took his kids out on the streets and visited the stores. He bought them lots of toys and clothes, even though Hiku and Miku both denied wanting any of the things he bought. They already had tons of clothes and toys piling up in their room.

"How can I not spoil my two angels?" Usui smirked.

"Thank you father," Miku hugged his father very tight.

Usui hugged his little princess back, however, he still felt his arms were empty. He glanced at Hiku, who was standing in front of him, avoiding the sight of his father and sister hugging. "Anything wrong Hiku?"

"O-of course not."

"Aren't you going to give Daddy a hug," Miku looked confused. The both of them showed their affection to their father by hugging him. Why would Hiku stop all of a sudden?

"I-I'm a grown man now. Grown men don't hug their fathers." He explained. After today's occurrence with the gangsters, he understood how much he wanted to be a man. He didn't want any of his loved ones to get hurt. He just wanted to be able to protect them from any harm.