His Memories of Her

45th

“Short? How short is short? Shorter than mom’s hair or shorter than dad’s hair?” Ryu said that took my breath away in every possible way, even in a way that made me scared. I am so scared as to how to respond to that question I just heard which made me feel like wanting to daze but I could not as I would rather drive faster than do that, specially at this time that he needs a comparison of how short I would take to go over whether is it his mom’s hair which is until below her ears or his father which is a four by four military clean cut which I will be in danger if I choose his father’s but thinking it that even not his mom’s since I am two hours away from them. They are in White Rock, Canada which is not really a fast drive.

“A little longer than mom’s dear. I am so sorry but I promise you I will be on time for dinner so we could eat together and eat the donuts as dessert. How is that sounds to you?” I said trying to make my way out of trouble I would be getting by being late.

“Hmmmm..” the sound Ryu is making, seeming like he is thinking so hard of what to say back to me, sounding like making a transaction deal with him.

“Ok then, if we eat dinner at our usual time and you have not arrived, you need to sleep here tonight and tomorrow I will stick to you all day long.” Ryu said making the worst consequences for me.

‘Like father like son. Making the worst consequences for the people who displeases them.’ I said to myself hearing the condition Ryu has for me. I look to my watch, I know that I have been out from work for a good amount of time, but still I could not believe that I have been stuck here in this traffic for almost half hour, giving me less than half hour to make for that line and be on their dining table to have dinner.

“Mommy Cath?” Ryu said calling out to me when I did not answer him.

I do not really have any problem if I would end up bringing him tomorrow with me since I do not have anything special tomorrow and there is a day care for every hospital staff’s child so I decided to respond and said “Ok. If I do not arrive before your dinner time, I will be sleeping with you and you will be coming tomorrow with me.” And thankfully the traffic finally moved.

“Ok, I will be watching the clock closely and I guess I am in advantage as mom will never make me eat past my meal time.” Ryu said and surprisingly I could see him smirking while saying these words to me while his arms are crossed on his chest and for sure over on his little bumping tummy. Which is really cute and I am dying to see that right now. As a proof that it is happening right now is that I could hear his mom’s laugh in the back ground.

“Ok mom, I will be sitting there, call me when the dinner is ready.” Ryu said to his mom before I hear little steps, he is making with his noisy sleepers which his mother made him ear so she would know where his son is after the incident of getting lost in our hospital.

 “Where he is now?” I said to his giggling mom.

“He is sitting next to the stand clock looking at it every tick it does. I hope you are near; I do not want him to be in your way of work tomorrow.” She said feeling so apologetically by her son being so willful.

I laugh so hard that it echoed in my car while I drive along the road taking towards them before I said “No, he would not be in the way and to tell you the truth, I am no way near yet, and I still have to pass to that donut store but I do not feel sorry since I feel like I would be happy seeing him pouting those pink small lips while his hands and arms are over his tummy across his chest.”

Mika laughs too and said “I am not sure if you will be doing it on purpose, to be late tonight just to see you nephew frowning his eye brows while pouting as hard as he could while trying to keep his short arms on his chest over his tummy bumping because of all the donuts he had whenever you are coming?”

“Now, I am also doubting my real intention, or is it even intentional to tell you that yeah, I will be late and would still be happy that I will because I will be seeing those things you just mentioned because I miss all of them. It has been a month, almost so I had to do everything so that I could see it first thing.” I said after laughing, the best I had ever had as I could I remember.

Mika just keeps on laughing before she said “Well, be prepared. I just wish he would eat even if you are still not here.”

I widen my eyes and thought of something. ‘Did it happen before?’ thinking that I once did not show up when I made all those promises to him but at the end did not make it which I really do feel bad, I know how it feels like to be promise be broken, but I could not help it that night. I still could remember what happened that night, it was the night that I was about to go and on my way walking towards the candy shop where I will be buying Ryu’s present when the car collision occurred and had to ride with the ambulance pumping on my jan doe’s chest until we arrived to the hospital. I quickly left a message for Ryu in my sister in law’s phone and said “Dear, I am so sorry, there is a hurt man that I needed to save his life so I had to go back to the hospital and so I would not be able to go tonight. And the day after that, the had to fly to his grandparents in Japan and stay there for two weeks which making his return which ended up three weeks was the day I met my brother with Henry and the other night I stayed on his place and yesterday is the day I had the almost whole day with my therapist and until today which I finally got free time.

“Just make him eat and just tell him that I will be bringing him a lot more than the donuts. And explain him that there is a traffic jam that I was caught up to. And as a compensation, I would stay late, as late as we could and I will read him lot of books.” I said to which Mika sighs.

“What is wrong?” I said worriedly.

“It is just that I feel you are having a hard time managing your time of being here and there. I already talked to your brother that we should all move back to that old house of yours there.” Mika said making me feel her concerns and that she sympathizes with me, being a doctor is not really an easy job, and to top it is that being the head of your department that you will always be the best choice and because of that will always be on call even if it is one of your precious off.

“He will never say yes to that, even to me he did not let me live there and instead spent a lot of money buying my apartment right now. Well, I could not argue with him as well as that house is so old, and too small to make you guys comfortable enough. And I have talked to him to sell that house instead of leaving it unoccupied. And then again, I could not argue with his reason not to. So, I guess, although I feel bad, and do not even want this, but I need to see you guys less. I said after sighing.

Thankfully I brought my earphones making the long conversation fine while driving and being my ears and other senses good enough to let me do multi-tasking as I feel like this conversation will be long since I will not be having any conversation with her since I, her, we are pretty sure I will be spending all my time with that little adorable tyrant of ours.