Sakura no Kiss
Chapter 1
It was spring and sakura trees blossom beautifully, especially the favorite tree of a boy named Rayne. He has a raven colored hair with crimson eyes that matches his hair and this pale face. He was the next heir to the Takeshima Corporation.
It was already 9:00 in the morning, it was time for Rayne to wake up. "Knock…knock!" said Butler Ji, as he opened the door. "Good Morning young master Rayne." Butler Ji greeted. "Where would you like to eat your breakfast, at the hacienda or would you rather eat here?" Butler Ji asked.
"Either" replied Rayne "I'll be right back young master." Said Butler Ji.
After a few minutes Butler Ji returned to Rayne's room carrying Rayne's breakfast. "Young master, here's your breakfast" Butler Ji said while placing the food on the table. "And here's the magazine that your father wanted me to give you" he added as he hand Rayne the magazine.
"Butler Ji, can you find me the next issue of this manga?" Rayne asked playing with the pages of his book.
"Right away young master" answered Butler Ji and then he left Rayne's room. Rayne waited for the sound of Butler Ji's footprints to disappear. "It's me on the cover… again" Rayne thought as he eats his breakfast. Five minutes passed and Butler Ji hasn't come back yet. "I wonder whats taking Butler Ji so long" Rayne said impatient and bored.
Then suddenly there was a knock at the door."Finally! " Rayne thought "I am very sorry young master; I had a hard time looking for the next issue" Butler Ji apologized, as he gives Rayne the manga. "You may go now Butler Ji." Rayne said. So Butler Ji went out. Rayne looked at the magazine. "I hate reporters trying to step into my life." He muttered. He looked around and the same as usual he looked through his window and then he jumped out because for him it's a shortcut [although it's unreasonable and very dangerous] to go to his Sakura Tree.
When he got there, he sat under the sakura tree and read his manga. Suddenly he fell asleep and at the very same street was a girl named Hikari, the only daughter of the Fukiyama Corporation. She was riding her bike, hoping she could get out of stress. Suddenly something went wrong to the chain of her bike and noticed that she can't control it anymore.
"BOOGG!" her bike crashed.
"What the ?" she shouted, she looked around to see if someone saw her, then she noticed a person sleeping under the sakura tree. "Maybe he can help..?" she wondered. She headed towards the boy and noticed that he was sleeping with the manga covering his face.
"He's reading High School of the Dead" she thought. "Uhm, excuse me…" she choked out, hoping that the boy would wake up, and luckily he did.
Rayne slid the manga that was covering his face, but he only showed his eyes. He glared at Hikari which made Hikari blush a bit.
"A reporter again?" Rayne thought. "What do you want?" Rayne muttered stubbornly.
"Oh no, maybe he's a murderer cause he sound like one." Hikari thought.
"Are you a reporter?" Rayne accused. Hikari didn't answer; she was too busy thinking that Rayne was a murderer. "Hey! I'm asking you! Are you one of those retards?" Rayne asked.
"Uhm, reporters? Of course not!" she answered. "I just wanted to ask you if you could help me fix my bike." She added. "And why do you think that I'm one of those reporters? Besides you don't look like a celebrity so why do you think that a reporter would want to interview you?" she blurted out, then she noticed a magazine beside Rayne, but she didn't bother to look at it. "So will you help me?" she asked.
"Geez, you talk too much. Fine, I'll help. Besides I don't want to see someone's bike in front of my sakura tree."Rayne answered as he walks towards the bike.
After an hour, they finished fixing the bike. The two were exhausted. "I'm sleepy." Hikari thought, then she sat under the sakura tree, then a few minutes, she started to fall asleep. Rayne noticed that a girl was sleeping under his favorite sakura tree. A girl who was a total stranger to him, he doesn't even know what her name is. Even though he doesn't know her, he still sat next to her. "She's kinda cute." Rayne thought.
Rayne felt sleepy too so he closed his eyes and slept.
It was already 3:00 in the afternoon, and Hikari was about to wake up. Then she woke up and was shocked to see Rayne's head lying on her shoulder. "Uhm, w-wa-wake u-up p- please" Hikari choked out. She was so nervous that's why her voice is shaking. Unfortunately, Rayne cannot be awakening that easily. Hikari was totally blushing; she's redder than a tomato.
"Calm down Hikari, as long as he's not a murderer, I guess it's fine" Hikari thought.
Suddenly, Rayne woke up and was shocked to see himself lying on the shoulders of a total stranger. Rayne closed his eyes while he was searching for the right words to tell Hikari. After a while, he felt Hikari's breathing sped up and he smiled a bit. "What's wrong with this girl?" he wondered.
Hikari was about to wake Rayne up but she saw Rayne's nose. "Hmm… this guy has a cute nose…" she commented. Then she started checking out his cheeks and other parts of his face. "He has a cute rosy lips too. He's pale white skin matches it, his cheeks is a bit red too." She commented. "Is he blushing? I hope he can't hear this cause it would be REALLY EMBARRASSING!" she thought.
"What's with this girl? Why is she checking me out?" Rayne thought.
"Hmm… I wonder…" Hikari thought. She was about to touch Rayne's face when suddenly he opened his eyes and at the same time he told Hikari, "So you think I'm cute?" Rayne chuckled.
"a..ah.. umm… di-did you hear that?" Hikari asked, looking away.
"Every word you said" Rayne chuckled.
He stood up and pats the dirt on his pants, he turned to Hikari and lean his face closer to hers. "You really think I'm cute huh!" He grinned and left Hikari, who was spacing out.
The day was finished, Rayne and Hikari both went to their respective houses.
At the Fukiyama residence…
"This was an embarrassing day!" Hikari muttered. While she was sitting on the living room she noticed the new magazine on top of the table. "This looks familiar. She browsed the pages and saw that the boy whom she just met a while ago was featured in the magazine and he was also the cover boy. When Hikari read the article, she was shocked to see that the boy was the next heir to the Takeshima corporation, she immediately closed the magazine. She didn't even bother to look and to know what he's name is, because she remembered what happened a while ago at the sakura tree. "I can't believe that he heard every word I said! I shouldn't have said those words out loud." Hikari growled.
"Said what, Hikari?" her mom asked as it enters the living room.
"Nothing mom" she sighed.
"Okay if you say so." Said mom. "And by the way Hikari, you better hurry and get dressed, we're going to attend a gathering tonight"
"Sorry mom, I forgot." Hikari apologized, so she went up to her room glumly.
Few minutes passed and Hikari went down the stairs. "Mom, I'm ready." Hikari called.
"Ok, let's go." Mom said. They rode the limo and arrived at the Grand Hotel for the party. "Mrs. Fukiyama everything is set for the party." The secretary whispered. "Well done." She replied.
"Mom I'll just get a drink." She said. She was getting a drink, suddenly she noticed a familiar scent so she slightly turned her head where the scent came from, she was shocked to see the boy who, she just met this afternoon. "What is he doing here?" she thought, her heart was raising.
"Oi" Rayne said "Wat'cha doing here?" he added.
"Uh-I-" Hikari tried to answer but she was interrupted by her father. "Seiji, this is my daughter, Hikari." Mr. Fukiyama proudly said.
"Oh by the way, this is my son Rayne." Said Seiji. "Nice to meet you Rayne, your father told me so much about you." Mr. Fukiyama grinned. "By the way, we reserved a seat for the two of you, please seat there." Mr. Fukiyama added. So the two of them had no choice but to sit together at the table. After a few minutes, the food was served and Rayne noticed that Hikari was eating too much.
"Oi, are they feeding you at home?" Rayne asked looking at the food on Hikari's plate.
"Why did you ask?"
"Eating too much like that, it looks like they are not feeding you at home."
"I'm not eating too much!"
"Yes you are."
"I'm not!"
"Yes!"
"Not!"
"May I have your attention everyone?" the host said. Then all the people were silent. "As you all know, tonight will be the start of a good partnership between the two leading companies in the world, the Fukiyama Corp. and Takeshima Corp. And I know all of you wants to know who will inherit these companies in the near future, so ladies and gentlemen please welcome Mr. Rayne Takeshima, the next heir of the Takeshima Corporation, and Ms. Hikari Fukiyama, the next heir of the Fukiyama Corporation" The host said and the audience applauded.
Rayne and Hikari had no choice but to go to the stage and smile in front of thousands of people and cameras at the party.
"Don't you think that they look good as a couple?" said the host, which made Hikari blush.
"I have a question for Mr. Takeshima" said a reporter. "What is it?" the host asked. "As we all see here you and Ms. Fukiyama look good as a couple, do you think that your company's partnership would lead to an engagement?" the reporter asked.
Rayne snorted and said " As you all can see here we are still too young for things like that, and what we want is to maintain the partnership between our company."
'Wow he's really good in making excuses' Hikari thought.
Hikari and Rayne went back to their table, as the party goes on, the two of them are both becoming bored. Suddenly a handsome boy approached Hikari's table.
"Ms. Fukiyama, would you like to dance with me?" asked the boy.
'He's kind'a cute but I think Rayne is cuter' Hikari thought. "Dance?" asked Hikari.
"Yes would you like to dance with me?" he asked.
'One thing's for sure, I DON'T DANCE!' she thought. "Uhm I'm really, really sorry I'm kind 'a tired right now and my foot hurt too. I'm really sorry" she answered, hoping that Rayne didn't hear their conversation, unfortunately, he did! After the guy left, Rayne sat beside Hikari he seemed to be pleased when Hikari turned down that guy.
"Oi, you're not tired, you're just bored" he said.
"I'm not!" she answered.
†After a few minutes†
Rayne really got bored, so he called his assistant for the next issue of the manga that he is reading, then he went out to the swimming pool at the roof top of the hotel. There he read his manga. Suddenly Hikari noticed that Rayne was gone but still didn't care.
'Ugh it's so boring here… I really like to go to the swimming pool' she though
When Hikari got to the swimming pool, she didn't notice that Rayne was also sitting on one of the chairs. She pulled her dress up to her knees and sat beside the pool. She was having fun kicking the water. It was very silent except for the splashing of water that Hikari made.
Rayne was losing his temper due to the noise. He stood up and silently went behind Hikari. Then he pushed Hikari into the water. Since Rayne knows that Hikari can swim, he's not worried about the Hikari drowning. Unluckily, due to Hikari's heavy gown, it made her difficult to swim, then she sank.
Rayne thought that Hikari was just joking, but after a few second he started to feel guilty about pushing Hikari, then he jumped into the water to save her. When he got Hikari, he immediately lift her off the water and laid her at the side of the pool. Hikari is still unconscious. Rayne was frightened and thinking on ways on how to wake her up. 'Shit what have I done? Why isn't this baka girl waking up?' Rayne thought. Suddenly he remembered a certain lesson that was thought to him by his swimming coach. It was called. . . . CPR! Rayne hesitated wether he is going to do it or not. Few seconds past and Hikari was still unconscious so Rayne finally made up his mind. He's going to do the CPR! He leaned closer to Hikari.
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