[Hanako] Take Me

I was inspired to write a short piece based on a greentext post in KSG last night. My god, was this ever entertaining to write. Hope you all enjoy, as usual.

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Take Me


It's been a real pain. Over the past five months, I've gotten a job at a medical research facility not too far away from home, but that's not the annoyance in my life. My biggest problem is that the hours I work give me minimal chances to spend some valuable time with my soon-to-be wife. It's actually really heartbreaking, simply because I still love the woman after all of these years. So, in honor of me being desparate to spend some time with her, I've decided to use up four of my vacation days from work. It's been really nice so far, waking up this morning knowing I wasn't going to go and labor in a lab for hours on end, just to come home and sleep once again. Hanako doesn't have a job, but she has an unpaid internship with a local social worker's office. That's truly something she's always been passionate about; giving people a chance to talk their problems over with someone who has fought through a variety of her own. It's insane to think that in about two months we'll be getting hitched.

I wake up this morning to the always heart warming aroma of coffee. I crack my eyes open to see Hanako standing at the side of the bed, teasing me by lowering her mug below my nose. Always with the playful attitude around me. That's got to be one of the biggest reasons that I love this woman. I sit up straight and scoot over, making some room for her to join me in bed. She takes the invitation with a cute smile, sitting her mug down on the end table and crawling back onto the mattress with me. She snuggles up nice and close to me, resting her head on my chest and encasing my body in her arms.

"I really wish we could do this more often..." Hanako begins before trailing off, obviously showing some slight annoyance with my work hours.

"Well, we've got four days to do this all you want you know." I give off a little hint with that statement. I want to be able to do this every morning while I'm off from work. It's been so long since we've been able to just do something so simple as this, but it feels so wonderful to just have the warmth of her body and the soft texture of her nightgown up against my skin. I begin to slowly stroke her long, dark hair with my hand, which draws a light blush to her face.

"You used to always do this when we were back in high school, you know?" Hanako is always one to remember something like that. Now that I think about it, I remember doing this all the time back in our days at Yamaku. She would come over to my room some mornings to wake me up with the always attractive aroma of tea, then she would join me in bed for quick cuddle session or... erm, well, other things.

I figure that I should probably get up and take a nice, relaxing bath this morning, something I haven't been able to do for months now. I give Hanako a nice kiss on the lips before throwing myself out of bed. It feels good to finally have a day off, a day where I don't have to sit in my cubicle and can spend some quality time at home with my fiancée. I head into the bathroom and figure there's no reason to lock the door, just incase I would happen to recieve a 'surprise' visitor. I fill the tub with warm water and lower myself in slowly, all of the wear and tear of work slowly, but satisfyingly, lifting out of my body. Beside the tub, Hanako and I keep a little shelf of various books and magazines. I haven't really had a chance to read anything we keep there honestly, it's mostly just things that she reads.

As I browse through, looking for something to spark some interest, there is one book that catches my eye. The book is entitled 'Pregnancy: What To Expect and How To Have a Healthy Baby'. Wait, what?

Before I can even act a bit surprised at what I'm holding, the knob to the bathroom turns and the door is tossed open.

"Hey Hisao, do you mind if I jo-.." She stops abruptly, dropping her towel and staring wide-eyed directly at me.

"OHGODWHYDOYOUHAVETHAT!?"

She quickly runs over an snatches the book from my hand, her cheeks burning with an extremely bright shade of red. I can't help but do two things: laugh, because my naked fiancée is standing in the bathroom, blushing profusely with a book on pregnancy in her hands, and stare, because I'm completely confused as to why she has the book in the first place. Unless...

"H-Hana... are we having a..?" A simple question, but a very strong one. I can only imagine what the answer to it is.

She looks down at the ground, an embarrassed smile forming on her lips.

"S-surprise, Hisao. We're having a b-baby..."


"Take Me" is a song produced by Martin Mittone.