1 chapter 1

Chapter-1

The Japanese city of Osaka is one of the most expensive cities in the world. There in Kantha station, our heroine Magizhini stayed in a compact single bedroom flat. Though it was a Sunday she was getting ready to the office. The weather was extremely cold.

The floors of her flat were made up of wood and had underfloor heating system to give natural warmness. But her petite body felt numb cause of that extreme cold weather, so she wrapped her coat tightly around herself.

She's feeling homesick out of the blue. She didn't have any relatives waiting for her return in India. It can also be said in an opposite way that they didn't want her there. While thinking about those relatives Magi's heart felt tightened with sadness.

When she lost her both mom and dad in an accident, her relatives took her asserts. They didn't show any concern on her during her mourning period. Also, they never welcomed her because they were not ready to give back her asserts. Those asserts were part of her inheritance from her paternal grandfather and her own father.

As for now she was heavily pregnant. Her delivery date was nearing. Doctors mentioned her in previous appointment that her due date would be in next two weeks. But she had not yet taken her maternity leave. She planned to take it from next week.

She came to Japan exactly before six months from India. Even though this country and its citizens gave her a lot of love, she missed Chennai and its noisy cozy environment.

During her chain of thoughts, her son started to play a mini football match in her womb. Yes, it's a boy. There was no restriction in Japan to know the sex of the unborn child. So, she knew it.

Here in Japan there was no need for Magi to worry about the office. These people were very sweet and concerned. They just expected to finish her assigned work and nothing more than that. Magi was also perfectly doing her work here. That's why she was going to the office now. Even though it was a Sunday, her workaholic nature urged her to finish her work today itself. Also, she had nothing to do in Sundays as a lonely nerdy person.

When they called from office to let her know about a small bug in the code she created that had to be delivered before Monday, she couldn't neglect it because of their kindness and kindness towards her in previous months she was working for them.

She reached her office by monorail where Nishimura was waiting for her in the entrance. She smiled at him knowingly.

"What Nishimura san? Don't you have any plans to enjoy your weekend? Why you leave Sumire alone in home?" she asked with concern without gave any gap to speak in between.

"She only sent me to help you Magi san. You know we all are worrying about you. You denied not only to stay with us but also with my parents and in-laws too. How can we let you alone at this heavily pregnant state? I don't want you to walk around and make tired of yourself. That's why I came here to pick up", he said innocently.

She thought that she got him as a friend because of her virtues in previous birth. Yes, he was the one and only best friend in this unknown country. He is more than a friend of her.

"It's too much. I'm staying next to your flat, right?" she repaid for his compliments.

"Ok, I don't want to blame you for that. Please be relax", he told in Tamil and surrendered by raising his hands. Yes, Nishimura knew Tamil very well. He learned it when he had stayed for a project in Chennai for two years.

Japanese culture is very popular in the worldwide. They prefer discipline and respect like us Tamilians. They even use 'Chan' to call their children and 'san' to call elders. Both Chan and san were the honorific terms in Japanese language like our 'inga' in Tamil language to show our respect. Japanese started to teach about family values and time management from childhood itself. They mostly preferred family environment like our Tamil people.

Magi felt thankful inside to Nishi san for his kindness. When she was working, she didn't mind her unusual lower back pain and inconvenience in the womb. She completed her work around 4pm and took her handbag to depart. Nishimura was still waiting for her in the car parking while playing some games in his mobile phone.

When Magi spotted Nishi at the car parking she asked, "Why are you still waiting for me Nishi san? I already told you I'll book a cab and come home safely, right?" Even though she told him like that, she felt secure with his presence today without any reason.

May be that's cause of her mother's instinct about the upcoming delivery?

Nishi just smiled for her words without any reply and opened the passenger side door of the car for her to sit. He ignited the engine to move towards their home and played some light melodious music soothing to their ears. Surprisingly she felt a sharp pain in her abdomen that was unbearable and nerve wrecking for her.

Magi felt that her lower back bones were crushing. She was scared. She couldn't bear the pain.

She controlled her fast breathing and gnashed her teeth. She asked Nishi in a husky tone cause of her breathless condition, "Can we go to the hospital?"

Nishi got tensed of that situation. He realized that Magi was experiencing her labor pain.

Yes. Though she didn't tell her pain in words, her excessive sweating in this cold weather, her redden face and the lips arrested between her whitish teeth showed Nishi the amount of the pain that Magi was bearing.

Nishi was little embarrassed and in his hurry towards the hospital, he dashed with a luxury car which was running in the next lane. That car's emergency alarm started to sound.

Nishi managed somehow and stopped his car that went out of control because of the hit. But Magi's situation didn't want him to do it. So, he tried to start the car again.

The car was not started now. Nishi felt helpless. When he turned towards Magi, she was unconscious due to the unbearable pain and fear caused by that minor accident.

Nishi didn't know what to do at that time. He tried to wake her up by shaking her shoulders. But she didn't even budge.

He checked her breath with his shaking hands and trembling heart. He felt her mild breathing and gained little confidence. He went out of the car and approached the car which he dashed in the next lane.

In that car, there was a tall handsome guy sitting at the driver seat and staring somewhere without any intense. He didn't mind the blowing alarm too. He was completely emotionless.

Nishi managed to look through the window and saw that the guy was completely ok. So, Nishi knocked on his window.

"Help, help", Nishi shouted in urgency.

That guy budged at last, he opened the window and stopped the blazing alarm.

Nishi told about his friend's situation in Japanglish (like our Tamil + English= Tanglish).Yes, Nishi was not fluent in English.

The tall guy understood Nishi from his hand signs that someone was not well in that car. He quickly stepped out of the car. For a moment Nishi was stunned to see his height regardless of the situation at hands.

The tall guy reached Nishi's car in just two steps. He opened the passenger side door, removed Magi's seat belt and took her out without any delay. He carried Magi with care like a piece of valuable antique porcelain glass.

The tall guy realized that her pants were wet as her water broke and soon the delivery would be. So, they rushed to the hospital in that guy's car.

Once they entered the hospital premises, the staffs rushed Magi to the emergency room. Nishimura filled all the necessary details in the admission form for Magi. Once Nishi filled the form, he moved to the corridor to inform his wife about Magi's health condition.

The tall guy was standing there in a corner. It seemed like he wanted to know about Magi's condition before he left. Nishi spotted that tall guy and came to thank him for his timely help. Nishi asked the guy, "Are you an Indian?"

"Yes", he replied.

"Do you know Tamil?" Nishi asked.

He replied with a smile, "Yes, I know". The tall guy felt relieved when Nishi spoke to him in his mother tongue Tamil because he tried hard to understand Nishi's English accent.

A Japanese English pronunciation sometimes sounds like Japanese to strangers because of their accent. In Japan there was no need to study English since all their books were in Japanese. They had translated almost all the famous books in all languages. Even they translated our Thirukkural too. That's why some of them had no interest in learning impeccable English.

When Nishi's mobile was ringing, "You please wait here, I'll come", Nishi excused to that guy and went to attend his wife Sumire' s call.

The tall guy thought mistakenly that Magi was Nishi's wife since Nishi took a lot of effort to save her and cared her. Also, Nishi told him that he was married. So, it's quite natural to think like that.

Is it a game of fate?!

After some time, the nurse gave the newborn baby to the tall guy because he was the only person waiting in front of the emergency room. The nurse said, "Male child".

He was the first person who carried Magi's child. He was very excited when holding the baby and got goosebumps all over his body.

The nurse thought that he was Magi's husband and asked his name in Japanglish (Japanese + English).

"Akhil Nandhan ", he said without questioning her because he was dazed by that pristine moment.

The space which was left by Nishimura in the admission form was filled now. Yes, the father's name of the newborn baby was filled as Akhil Nandhan. The nurse filled it perfectly.

Is this twist of fate?

Without knowing the truth that the baby was his very own flesh and blood, the tall guy felt happy when holding the infant. His fatherly instincts were awakened up by the baby's smile. Other than the baby he forgot the worldly things.

Is this really a game of fate?

Akhil was fully merged with the child. Nishi came after he answered the call. But Akhil was not ready to handover the child. He wanted to hold the infant.

Nishi excited, "Wow little princess arrived". Akhil couldn't understand his slang.

Akhil didn't give the child to Nishi. He hesitated to do that.

He feared for the first time in his life whether Nishi took the child from him. Nishi started cooing the child in Japanese.

Akhil's mobile was ringing that time. So, he handed the child to Nishi heartlessly.

"You've flight in the evening sir. It's getting late now", his PA told him very politely.

"Ok, I'll be there", he replied.

He kissed the child's forehead fondly and blessed wholeheartedly. He bade goodbye to Nishi and reached the hospital entrance.

Suddenly he remembered about the mother of that newborn baby who was unconscious, when he had admitted.

He enquired about her in the reception and knew that she was safe. He moved.

When he was going to the airport, he thought about the receptionist word on the way.

"Is she your relative sir? She controlled her pain very well and didn't make any noise. She's very mature at this small age. Many ladies prefer C-section because they feared about the labor pain. But she didn't tell due to C-section even though she had severe pain. It's amazing to see a girl like her nowadays"

Akhil shook his head to clear his thoughts, "Why I'm thinking about her?"

Nishi was playing with the infant until Magi was shifted to the normal ward.

He likes children very much. But in Japan the school fees are so expensive. Also, parents won't spend money for their children's marriage. The children should save money themselves for their marriage.

Nishi and Sumire had spent their entire savings for their marriage. So, they planned to wait for the baby until they saved enough.

When Magi entered to her room, Nishi was playing with the baby. She felt her long last mother in Nishi. She was emotional due to the hormonal war just happened inside her.

The Media who are criticizing women's mood swings completely forget to think about her hormonal changes.

These criticisms start from puberty and continues every month till menopause. The changes in her appearance and the pain are their subject to make fun. Those comments make her weak both emotionally and physically.

Nowadays girls are attaining puberty at the age of ten. Parents should guide those children to handle their mood swings.

Girl children are usually celebrated by their parents up to their marriage. Then after marriage girls are moved to a completely different environment where they initially struggle a lot to adapt.

During her pregnancy, she has mood swings. After delivery, the changes in her appearance make her worried. The critics, bad comments and above all the body shaming leads women to a worst condition.

It's pity that many women have forgotten to realize their beauty and the normal body changes due to the media that portrays those women as ugly. In that situation our complete knowledge and understanding about the human body helps us to recover. Let's do it and educate our girl child too.

Magi smiled at her child with happy tears that rolled down from her attractive eyes.

"God has sent you to accompany me since I'm alone. From now I'm not an orphan. Nishi san see I've a son for me. I too have a family", she babbled through her tears.

"Yes, Magi san", he replied and controlled his brimming tears. Nishi went out of the room because he thought to give Magi some private time with the baby.

She touched her baby carefully and the nurse helped her to carry the child. When feeding him, she forgot her past, her sorrows and everything. Magizhini was reborn with her newborn baby boy.

Yes, the boy gave her a new identity.

"A mother"

The nurse asked her the child's name to fill in the birth certificate. She already selected a name. This baby was going to give beautiful moments to her life. So, she chose a name regarding that in Tamil as "Ezhilan".

Even at the time of birth this little naughty guy made his parents meet!

Let's see what all are going to change in her life?!

Total Nishimura family was helping Magi and playing with the kid. She felt that her son was so lucky to have them all.

Magi was busy with the kid all the time. Sometimes she was unaware that how to console the crying child and she too started to cry. That made others to feel pity for her. But they understood the importance of this child to Magi's lonely life.

She took childcare leave for a year. She felt that her son was a blessing of god. Sumire helped her for the first three months by staying with Magi during the daytime. She cooked and prepared medicines for Magi.

After a year,

Magi's leave was over. She had to go for her work in the embedded system company where she was working at. So, she sent her child to a day care that made her to cry more than her child.

In the day care the teacher called Ezhil as Master Akhil Nandhan. Magi was shocked to hear it.

She checked the birth certificate countless times. It had father's name as Akhil Nandhan. "How's this possible?"

She called Nishimura and asked him. He was surprised and clueless like her, "I didn���t give this name. How they wrote like this?" Nishi confused.

He completely forgot about Akhil's name who helped them during the delivery time.

Magi frustrated that the society should not insult her child for not knowing his father's name. So, she left the name as it is.

During her pregnancy time, due to the immoral accusations Magi suffered a lot. Many people questioned about her pregnancy before wedlock. So, she felt that this father name Akhil Nandhan might bring respect and identity to her child. She kept the name as it is.

Ezhil was naughty in the day care. He was the master of mischief for all the other kids.

Magi and Ezhil were perfectly adapted to the Japanese culture. Their life was smooth.

Days passed by. Ezhil became a complete Japanese child. The reason was none other than Nishi and Sumire. They loved Ezhil very much. They said that Ezhil was a citizen of Japan, so he should know the Japanese culture.

Now Ezhil was nearing five years and he was going to the Japanese cultural school.

Whenever Ezhil heard Sumire' s "Konnichiwa beibi" (Hi baby), no one could control him.

Sumire is pregnant now. The credits go to their five years plan. Till now Sumire took care of Ezhil after his day care time.

Akhil's charity and helping tendency were helping his child to grow well, even he was unknown about the child. That too made friendship between Nishimura and Magi?!

Ezhil had two mothers Magi and Sumire and a fatherly figured Nishi. They called him 'Morighuchi' (like shin Chan). That's his pet name and he's happy with them.

After having Ezhil, Magi felt low very rarely .One of those moments was hanami festival. It's a national cherry blossom festival of Japan.

People around her went to Osaka castle as a picnic and watched while the flowers were in bloom.

When seeing them as family, Magi always felt that she wouldn't have such a family ever in her life. But the pain would vanish once she saw Sumire and Nishi.

Magi was seeing Nishi as her father and Sumire as her mother.

Every Sunday she and Ezhil went to 'tsurumi riokuchi' park by monorail. Whenever she saw a father-kid pair in the park, she felt bad for her son. "My son won't get this kind of father love ever". She used to think like that.

Usually she went for walking in the 'yodo gawa' riverside. Many children were cycling there with their father. Magi would yearn for her father. She was searching for her lost father inside. She's missing those family values!

Today…

It's Ezhil's fifth birthday. They were celebrating in a famous restaurant. Even though he didn't ask for a gift, God had sent his father to him as a gift.

For a man, his wife and children are the world. Will see Akhil get his world?

If Akhil won't get his world then even the 'Amaterasu' (Japanese sun goddess) can't save Magi from him.

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