Kazuhiko frowned, a budding anger building in his gut. "Enough! When have I not considered this bloody family's reputation?" He had rejected his responsibilities towards his actions of marking Jun for said reputation. He had married a woman he did not love for said reputation. "And where has that gotten me? I'm a divorced single father, who may or may not have kicked out his ex-wife because she bore him an omega instead of an alpha child! Or have the rumours not reached you yet?" Madam Fumiko flinched, but tried to regather her wits about her. "That was your decision not to have that child adopted out!" She said, her voice raising above the music in the background, which faltered not long after. The woman did not seem to notice. "So don't go blaming others for your mistake!" Instinctively, Kazuhiko raised his hand to slap his mother's face, but the contact of palm upon cheek never came. "This is not the place for this," Yoshimune warned them both, while gripping his son's wrist. Kazuhiko swallowed down his rage and nodded sharply to his father, who released his wrist. "Mother," Kazuhiko said coldly to the woman before him. "I have almost always been obedient to you and father. I studied what you wished me to study, I took on father's role as manager on graduation and married the woman you chose for me. However, Kou was not a mistake. I will not stay here and have you speak of him that way. Kou is my precious son." He turned on his heel to renter his rooms, throwing clothes haphazardly into a small carryall for himself and for Kou. "What are you doing?!" She demanded, while Yoshimune frowned. "What does it look like?" Kazuhiko asked her. "You do not want Kou here, so we will leave." Her face became white and she turned to her husband with a desperate expression upon her face. Yoshimune looked at the woman he loved, sighing inwardly. He had long since realised that between them, they had pushed their son too far. The happy, bright child who had been adored by the household had grown into a cold man who offered smiles that seldom reached his eyes, who went about things in a calm, efficient manner, yet his inner thoughts would seldom come to light upon his face unless the man was in the company of his old friend, Rishu. But since Yoshimune had returned from abroad, how could he not have noticed that the square shoulders had relaxed, how his smiles were more genuine, how, to even an untrained ear like his own, his son's music had changed. He had thought that his grandson was the one to change Kazuhiko, the cute baby for whom Yoshimune did not share the prejudice of his wife. But now, he was uncertain. Deciding to trust the man his son had become, he made a decision, believing that Kazuhiko would share his heart with them when he was ready to. "Son," he said, placing his hands upon his wife's shoulders to reassure her. "Take care." ***** After Kazuhiko had left the house, Yoshimune would receive an earful from his wife and it would take several hours and a few pots of calming tea, to coax her into submission. However, this did not concern Kazuhiko, who determinedly took a side trip to the supermarket, where he purchased a whole trolley's worth of groceries, nappies and formula as well as new toys for both children. He did not forget the item he intended to purchase in the beginning either. He returned to the shop, noting that it was already quite busy, earning him a scowl from Jun's boss, Eiko as she had arrived to find her employee was babysitting another man's child and couldn't come down to help. Not that she wanted him to, considering Kei had squealed and mentioned that Jun had thrown up that morning, but then 'daddy' had nipped out and left the sick Jun with both of his children and Jun couldn't say when he would be back. Kazuhiko felt that he would have a lot of grovelling to do later. "You didn't have to purchase groceries," Jun said, feeling a little uncertain still whether he should accept them or not as bag after bag appeared upon his small table. Kei and Kou were clearly less reserved, playing with their new toys, one being the jet that the Sun Warrior's flying sword turned into and one being a round, puppy like toy with ears that made crinkling noises and a body that made chiming ones. "I sort of did," Kazuhiko replied, fidgeting a little as he tried to find the words to explain that he had walked out of his family home and wished to stay here with Jun and Kei instead. Jun raised his brows in question, but as the kettle had boiled, he slipped into the kitchen to make tea and coffee's for himself and Kazuhiko and Eiko. Shaheed had asked for a can of soda. "Jun..." Jun placed a coffee before him before noticing one of the unpacked items on the table, picking it up almost gingerly. "What's this?" "I think you should use that," Kazuhiko encouraged him. "But I'm not..." "Please, just check for me," Kazuhiko said, with a slight pleading note in his voice. Jun sighed as he was physically turned to face the direction needed to head to the bathroom. "I'll take Eiko's tea and the soda downstairs while you use it." "Fine," Jun sighed and figured if this would convince Kazuhiko, he would take the test. What was the point of worrying over it? Kazuhiko descended with the drinks. Shaheed gave a sullen 'thank you' before opening the can and downing the contents, while Eiko took her drink more gracefully. "What are you up to?" She questioned the man while there was a lull in trade. "Leaving your other child to Jun while you disappeared is cruel." "I honestly did not mean to take so long," Kazuhiko replied, truthfully. "If I had known..." A slightly panicked cry interrupted his words and both Alpha and omega hurried up the stairs into the apartment where a small child held a toddler, both with tear stained faced as they worried over Jun who stood shaking with a small stick in his hands. Upon that small, white stick were two pink lines. Kazuhiko's heart felt suddenly full to bursting and he gathered his lover into his arms, rubbing his back in soothing gestures. "Pr-pregnant..." Jun whispered into his chest. Eiko's eyes widened, but glanced down at the two children deciding to settle them first while the two men talked. She sighed, this was not something that she should interfere with. "I c-can't..." "Jun, will you marry me?"