After Naoki and Sahoko finally announce their engagment, Kotoko once and for all remember her place in the Irie family. 

She was just a step in until Naoki's real wife would soon come along and take the place she knew as home. 

No where really left to go except her extended family in Los Angeles, California.

Against the pleads of her father and friends she sets off to her new life in 
California.

After a few years in America Kotoko comes back home with many surprises for the Irie's who have longed for their Sweet Kotoko.

!¡I DO NOT OWN ANYTHING EXCEPT THE PLOT¡!

Little Secrets

After two days of Joey sending people after people, to poke and prodded Kotoko into the design of beautiful she truly is, it was finally four hours before the unwanted celebration of Naoki and Sahoko's wedding announcement. 


Kotoko sat in her office chair staring at a piece of jewellery laying gorgeously in front of her. Joey picked it out today while kotoko was getting her finger/toenails done in the salon. 


He said it would embrace her beauty, she would outshine the bride to be. That even he agreed was very beautiful, once she saw a picture of her in a magazine. Kotoko sat and debated on the decision of whether or not to wear it. 


As Kotoko was thinking, her door clicked open causing her to jump a bit and swing her chair to the sound. Her eyes landed on her son who held a confused and worried expression. 


Her motherly instincts kicked into action as her arms open wide, inviting Hiro for a hug. To her surprise, he declined the offer and sat on the bed across from her. 


Chapter Nine