written: October 26, 2009.
Author's Note: Due to seeing extracts of the drama and re-reading the manga I realise that Mimasaka Akira is my favourite character, but there is so little fan fiction on him. In addition, I always like the idea of having an OC so this is the result. The OC- Takashi Chinami is the niece of a mafia boss, as I have decided to follow the idea in the manga, that Mimasaka's family own a trading company and has dealings with the underground.
As if his day was not bad enough, it began to rain. However, Mimasaka Akira had no intention of moving, as he didn't feel that being in a dry place might be much better.
"Mimasaka-san?"
Raising his head up, he saw that Takashi Chinami, his fiancée was standing right beside him. Like the last few times he saw her, she was dressed in a formal furisode. One of her uncle's workers was standing outside the car and this was probably because she refused his offer of holding the umbrella.
"Chinami-san? There's no need to call me by the last name given that we are technically engaged." he told her.
"What are you doing?" she asked, standing a bit closer so that she was holding the umbrella over him.
"Looking at the crescent moon." He said bitterly before he corrected himself with a chuckle. "I was looking at the crescent moon but it is gone now. It disappears too easily, unlike the full moon."
"But that is why it is special. The sight of it is more precious because it is so rare." She said sincerely. "It is true that no one really notices it but those that do can appreciate it."
"How many people are there?"
"I like the crescent moon." She said bluntly before she smiled. "But I think this moon has enough attention for the night, don't you, Akira-san?"
At that moment he suddenly thought that it was such a pity that she was a year younger then him. Otherwise, he would have given her quite a high mark even though he was rather reluctant to admit that his father managed to find a rather suitable fiancée for him.
When she asked him to visit her, she was rather shy and almost stuttering, a sign of her immaturity. However, he agreed and this was not just because he was evading going home, but also because he was quite touched that she noticed what he felt right now.
"Although it might not be a very good idea to go to my house right now." Chinami said with a slight frown when they were approaching her house. "To tell the truth, I probably made the excuse of wanting to shop because I want to escape."
"Escape?"
"My younger cousin is in that period of teenager rebellion." She muttered. "He often stays away from home and when he gets back he'd start shouting: 'I don't want to be part of this business!' 'I don't want to belong to this family'. My elder cousin is pretty mature but I don't blame him for getting mad when his own half brother yells out: 'You are not my brother!' to him. So he gets mad, then my aunt feels really bad and apologise so much that my elder cousin feels bad as it appear as if he is being the jealous step son…"
"Wait, wait, wait, so your younger cousin is…" he couldn't help but to laugh due to the fond exasperation that she used to describe the situation as it was much too familiar in his own voice.
Chinami's father was the younger brother of one of the most powerful local mafia boss, but he left the family due to eloping with her mother. The small family of three had been quite happy until her parent's death two years ago. As a result, the young girl went to live with her uncle. Both her aunt and uncle seemed to be very fond of her, and so were her cousins.
"I told you- I refuse to be in this family!" was the first thing they heard when they stepped out of the car.
"I am sorry, it seems that they are still going on."
"Chinami-neesan! You can understand, don't you?" a young boy in a junior high school uniform yelled out as he rushed out of the door. "You can understand why I don't want to be part of a criminal group, don't you!"
"Akira-kun! What a surprise! Are you visiting my niece?" her aunt said tactfully, just about to yell at her son. "I'll send some tea and dessert to her room immediately."
"But look, Chinami-neesan suffers just because she is tangled up with this family again!" her younger cousin protested, refusing to let go of her hand. "You are forcing her to marry some…"
"Shinnirou-kun!" much to Akira's surprise, it was Chinami who yelled this out. "He is our guest and my fiancé!"
"But Chinami-neesan!" her younger cousin protested again.
"I told you to watch your mouth!" a fist came toward their way and Akira instinctively grabbed Chinami and pulled her so that she was behind him, even though he needn't have to.
"Yutarou-niisan, please calm down!" Chinami said worriedly, raising both her hands in worry. "Please don't punch him."
"Chinami-chan, don't worry. This has happened before." Her uncle said, chuckling. "It is not as if you haven't seen it a lot of times."
"Why don't you and Akira-kun go to your room?" her aunt said before turning to her stepson. "I am really sorry, Yutarou-kun."
"It is alright, I know this isn't your fault. It is just that idiot…"
"Are you alright?"
As soon as she reached her room, she slouched face-down on her bed.
"Fine, fine. As my uncle said, this happens very often. This is probably the third time it happened this week and we are not even half way through the week."
"Don't you get tired?" he asked her with sincere sympathy as he took a seat beside her on the bed. "Pretending that you aren't affected at all?"
"How can I?" she muttered, her tone very serious. "I am part of the family but…"
"Do you think you have no right complain because your father left the family? But I don't think it is like that at all. Your uncle seems to be really fond of you."
"But what a recently-acquired niece can do is different from what a son can do, isn't it? These pretty furisode are costly as I never expected to wear one until my coming of age year, but they are probably cheap to my uncle. Therefore, they aren't a good indication." upon this she sat up, frowning due to noticing a crease on her furisode, as she was still adjusting to her new way of living. "When my parents still lived…I know that I can get away with being childish as they will always forgive me. But now… my uncle and his family, then you."
"I?" he examined out in surprise.
"Yes, you." She said simply before she changed the subject by announcing that their tea was here.
He actually drifted to sleep and he vowed that he better not let anyone know about this as his reputation would be ruined: that he actually slept on a female's bed without sleeping with her.
If this was a date then it was a very strange one as all they ended up doing was talking, sharing out their frustration before he ended up helping her in regard to shopping for clothes.
"It's like playing house again." He muttered softly as he watched her enthusiastically writing some of her suggestion down so that she would remember what to buy.
He didn't recommend her to wear the mature and sexy style of clothing that the woman around him wore, as he felt that she would not suit them. However, shouldn't he mould his future wife into the type of woman he would spend time with?
"There must be something wrong with me." he said as he peered at the list.
She suggested that he lie on her bed upon his yawn and unlike the woman he date, she literally meant what she said and she would not join him.
"Don't mind me, I can easily find something to occupy my time."
When he opened his eyes, she was engaging in a conversation with her uncle, who was sitting rather near him, making him force his body to be very still although it was not as if he did something wrong.
"Chinami-chan, it is true that an alliance with Mimasaka's family would be very advantageous for us, but I do not want to force you into marriage." Her uncle was saying. "Nothing will change if you refuse. You are my beloved niece so I would not force you to do anything."
"Uncle…I think I like him." Chinami said softly, but steadily. "So I still agree to be his fiancée."
"But does he like you?" her uncle said very bluntly. "Chinami, what Shinnirou said is true. It is true that he would probably remain rather kind to you even if he have mistresses but…"
"He is like a little kid." Chinami said with a chuckle as she stood up so that she was sitting by her bed, "I think that is why he likes elder women. After forcing to be the one who make peace and help everyone, he wants attention too. However, he is also afraid of having too much attention. That is why he wants someone who will spoil him when he want to, and not bother him when he doesn't want to.
"I am younger then him but I think I can play that role."
Akira almost nodded as he felt that she could indeed do so.
However, then that would merely leave a vacuum.
Perhaps it was time for him to think about whether he really wanted.
Author's Note:This fan fiction is also my attempt on exploring his character. This is why I feel that he like older woman and I feel that if the girl is able to understand him, then he could still like her even though she might be younger then him.
I made the OC and him engaged because I feel that despite the above, he is not really likely to give a younger girl a chance. So it is also the idea of forced circumstance.