The first and last visit.
“Are you sure about this?”
A lot of questions are racing through his mind, with his doubts echoing through his whole body. But the blue haired boy nodded to Janna with a smile, while fixing his suit. “She wants to see me. The least I can do is to pay a visit to a frail old lady.”
With each step taken, the mother and son duo saw lots of people left from right. Probably servants talking about them. The most Kyo can make out of their whispers was on their relationship and what happened to his real parents. He paid them no mind and stopped at a giant door with the head butler who greeted him.
“Ah, you must be young Kyo? Madam Yumi has been waiting to see you!”
“Yes I am, but before I go inside..” Kyo was hesitant for a while. “Can my mother come in to take a look at her as well?”
Without hesitation, the butler reassures him. “Any relative of the young master is more than welcome in this household. Now, let’s not waste any time, shall we?”
The door was opened and they were astonished at just how wide the room was. It could have be filled with the largest of statues and still be big enough to make it look small.
Kyo walked along with her, and notice who seems to be his grandma, smiling at them although she was having a bad cough. “Ah, you must be my young Kaito Kyo..”
“My mom’s name is Janna Ordonia, she’s a single mother so my name is Kyo Ordonia.”
“Ordonia huh? Doesn’t seem very Japanese.”
“Well you don’t look like the ideal person for health, Obaasan, yet here we are.”
Upon hearing that, Yumi just belted out a heartily chuckle. “You are quite the funny young man, Kyo. It is such a shame my idiot son and his witch of an ex-wife threw you away. I missed all of the years of seeing you growing up. But now I know you are in good hands. As the butler may have my mentioned my name, you may just call me Yumi.”
Kyo looked down for a moment before looking back at her. “I would prefer to call you Obaachan, If you would want that.”
“What a gentlemen! Whatever happened to Obaasan?”
“I had to counter a smart question with a smart reply.” Years of living with Janna had taught him a thing or two on how to reply to people.
Yumi just chuckled again. “What a waste, that we have to meet in this type of circumstances, but I’ll do what I can with the time I have now. Thank you, Miss Janna for taking care of my grandson when those two poor excuses of parents could not.”
“Eh, he’s a little spitfire, but I love him dearly.” Janna cooly replied.
Both of them could sense Yumi doesn’t have much time, as much as she tried to hide behind jokes and smiles. “Now, Kyo. I didn’t just ask you to come here to tickle this old lady’s funnybone, as I have two important things I must do before I kick the bucket. First, I want to apologize to you.”
Kyo drew a chair and sat next to her, holding her hand in comfort. “Obaachan, there’s no need to-”
“No, Kyo.” Tears were starting to roll down her eyes. “As your grandmother, I am ashamed of what my son and his wife had put you through. Don’t think I don’t know that you can’t even get a proper sleep because the way that woman just threw you in the orphanage. My heart just breaks at the trauma and hell you faced at such a young age! You can’t even face the eve of christmas because of them!”
Kyo was tearing up as well, recollecting all those awful memories. “But Obaachan, it wasn’t your fault! You didn’t even know!”
“That was the worst thing, I didn’t even know about you until I had to scream at Kaito to tell the truth. And to think I raised him right..I’m so sorry Kyo, you did not deserve that. You deserve a nice family and a normal childhood so please forgive this old lady for letting this happen in the first place.”
Kyo kissed her hand and her forehead, nodding repeatedly at her. “I..I forgive you Obaachan. Please calm down.”
All she had to reply was a weak smile. “You have so much compassion and kindness in you. I am grateful you did not turn out to be just like them.”
“Believe me, there is no way in hell I would ever be like those two.” Kyo muttered softly to her.
“And for that I am grateful.” Her right hand just patted his head. “Now..the second thing is this. I could not hide this any longer but…I only got a few moments to spare. So I have heard on how they came back and forced you to see me just so they can grab all my fortune for themselves. When news broke out, I immediately blacklisted them from ever touching a dime. But still, I have to pass this to someone else and move on and from this very short time we spent together..I am comfortable to give my sixty billion dollars to you, grandson.”
Kyo and Janna looked at each other, then looked back at her. Kyo thought about this for a while and gave his final answer.
“Obaachan, I don’t want the money.”
Janna turned to him, patting his shoulder. “Are you sure about this, kid? Sixty billion is a lot of money.”
“But at what cost? It turned two adults who was supposed to be everything I looked up to into monsters! And the only one having it right now and gives a damn about me is downright ill. Obaachan, I do not want the money. I can look for it through jobs and saving it, but the love my mom gives is something much worth more to me than a piece of paper. I know we aren’t at the best when it came to financial needs but we are doing alright. And besides, other people might have need it more than us! Veterans, orphans, anyone in dire need! So please, Obaachan, it’s okay. All I ever wanted was the love, and that can never have a price tag on it.”
Again, a weak smile with tears on Yumi’s eyes are present on her face. “You are all I ever wanted in a grandson. Bless you and your big heart.” She gestures to the butler and whispers to him, telling him the changes to the will.
As the butler leaves, she was breathing hard but could not have the smile wiped off from her face. “Kyo, I have changed the will as you wanted. And…I am sorry I couldn’t stay any longer, because..I am going to where your grandfather is now. But know that I am glad I could finally meet you before I pass.”
Kyo had lumps in his throat, but he had to stay strong. “Leave peacefully Obaachan, you have no more debts to pay. Do not worry about me or mom.”
As soon as she closes her eyes and silenve had filled the room. Kyo knew he had just lost one more family member, just like that.
(Whew, well this was stuck in my head for a while so I had to write it down! Some notes; If I am not wrong, Obasan means old lady and Obaachan means grandmother. And the reason I picked Kyo’s dad to be name Kaito is a sense of irony because the name means ‘supportive person’ and he had been no help whatsoever to him. Anyways, I hope yall enjoy this, especially @sushiesocks and @makanshoku ! )
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