Chapter 2: Contract

"I wonder if he'll come today?" an employee whispered. "Yeah, I miss him," another added They sighed dreamily, probably thinking about the ideal Shiki Senri. Apparentlt, he had not visited the shop for a whole week, which made Shiyo worrying over whether he had fallen ill. I was back at Hundred Forty-Three, the name of the place where I worked part-time at, where I had met him. It was once again my shift and so, here I was. It had been an entire week since I last saw him. That day, after that abrupt "peck on the cheek" he left the room.

After hearing from my collegues about him, that man, I discovered, had never made any move on anyone working here. He did not even touch them. I was shocked to hear that, seeing that he did indeed touch me. In the eyes of everyone else working here, he was a kind man unlike the other pervetic men who disgust us For that reason, he was very popular here. Anyone (well, excluding me) wpuld willingly die to be with him Seeing that he was my first customer, I had pissed quite a number of them off. That my friends, was due to nothing but jealousy. Isn't it interesting what jealousy does to people?

The familiar ringing of the bell interrupted my thoughts, signalling that there was a customer. "Ah, Shiki-san! It's been a long time!" Shiyo exclaimed in a voice too loud that allowed anyone with functioning ears to hear. The squealing of the girls, fangirls, made their conversation inaudible. They had surrounded him, looking at his beautifully handsome face with dreamy eyes which in turn, blocked him from my sight. Well, I had to admit I woukd be lying if I denied that he was downright hot. I made to turb away and leave when suddenly my hand was grabbed, then tugged at I fell backwards and shut my eyes, bracing myself for the impact. It never came. Instead, I felt myself being lifted up. I opened my eyes, only to be met with the beautiful face of the man I had been thinking about only mere seconds ago. He looked at me with gentle eyes, which shocked me a little, before looking into the direction we were headed. Only when he took the first step did it hit me that he was carrying me, bridal style.

I could feel the heat rush to my cheeks and the death glares shot in my direction by extremely jealous fangirls. I shall take a second to warn you that the one thing you wouldn't want to do is make fangirls jealous. As I was saying, the fangirls sent me lazer beams, bombs, bullets, knives, swords and anything and everything that could take a life away. I was in a very troubled and embarrassed position. I struggled in his arms for him to ket me down while protesting, yet he did not budge. I elbowed him in the chest however he took it as if it was nothing. After trying methods like pulling his hair, blocking his vision, pulling his ears and many more, which had absolutely no effect on him, I played my last card.

I tickled him.

Under the armpits, his sides, the back of his neck, (A/N: This one's a killer if you do it correctly to any human being ^^) he finally half let me down, half dropped me. I got back up on my feet then took my revenge on him.

I kicked him between his legs.

He immediately leaned against a wall for support while moaning and groaning in pain. I smirked. At that moment, everyone present learned not to mess with Toya Rima. I crossed my arms, watching the results of my work. "RIMA!" Shiyo shouted. I had completely forgotten I was at work. I was so in for it. I was forced by Shiyo to apologise to the single person who did not deserve an apology. But trust me, you do not want to piss Shiyo off. Anyway, the cocky idiot in front of me had a victorious smirk on his face, his eyes evil. "Let's go," he said before heading in the direction of his usual room. I trailed behind him obediently until he stopped at the door of his usual room. He opened the door before gesturing for me to go in, completely the opposite of what he had done a week ago. I bowed slightly as I entered, not forgetting that I was at work, then took a seat. He then slammed the door shut behind him and sat opposite me.

After taking a big gukp of his wine, he turned to face me, looking into my eyes earnestly. "Please be my girlfriend." I took awhile to digest his words. "WHAT?!" I shouted. "I mean, pretend to be," he corrected himself. I couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. However that did not mean the end of the matter. "No," I said loudly and calmly. He sighed "You won't consider?" he asked I merely stared back at him "You study at Zukiya University, do you not?" he asked. "Stalker!" I retorted immediately. "I just happened to see you," he said in defense. "Liar," I said. He merely ignored me and continued. "I wonder what would happen to you if I tell them the honour student was working part-time? Ah, perhaps being expelled would be suitable." I bit my lip. "How is that anyway to ask someone for help?!" I retorted There was no mistake in what he had just said.

The school I attended, Zukita University, was a prestigious renown school that only rich kids could afford to go to. Thus, someone like me who had difficulties with daily life could not even afford normal school fees. Naturally, paying for Zukiya University's school fees was beside the question. The only chance was to try and gain the scholarship. Miraculously, I got in. When I learnt about the school rules, I was utterly horrified. Why? The scholarship student can only work part-time after informing the school. It was absolutely impossible that I go to the principal and say that I would be working as a hostess. So I had hidden the fact that I was working part-time from the school. I had even been careful not to let anyone follow me to my part-time job. Yet right in front of me was Shiki Senri, a man who had some sort of relationship with the principal of Zukiya University, threatening me.

"That's blackmail!" I exclaimed. "Well, I could always call the-" "Do I even have any other choice?!" "Your options are yes and yes. Oh and silence shall be taken as yes too," he plainly replied. "Fine," I muttered reluctantly. Immediately, he reached into his jacket and pulled out a piece of paper. When I look at it, I realised that he had drawn up a contract. It was something like this:

I, Kuchiki Skye, will pretend to be Shiki Senri's girlfriend for a month.

I will not seek or pester him about the matter after our contract ends.

I will not fall in love with nor have any feelings towards Shiki Senri during this month.

I will not tell anyone abut the existence or contents of this contract.

I could only stare at him. "So I seem like this kind of person to you?" I asked. "To be on the safe side," he grinned. "Ah, if you're so worried then you could go and find a random hot babe you like. I'm sure they'd be willing to," I told him before getting ready to leave. He grabbed my hand and pulled me towards him. He pinned my hands behind my back and pressed me close to him. I found myself lost in his beautiful blue eyes. So gentle, sweet yet sad and troubled.

"Sign," he finally spoke up. He released me and put a pen in my hand. For some unknown reason, at his words I immediately signed the contract. Perhaps it was due to the fact that his beauty of his eyes hypnotised me. "So my dear Rima, for one long and full of happenings month, we'll be playing house, sweetie," he said with a smirk, cupping my chin. "You know you want to sit on my lap darling," he teased. After I had signed the contract, it seemed as if his true self had finally revealed itself. I had just played into the hands of a dangerous man, Shiki Senri.

That marked the beginning of everything.

(A/N: Thank you for reading this chapter! I'm grateful to all who took time to read this and even favourited/reviewed :D Oh and to those of you who celebrate it, happy chinese new year! Please don't be shy to give constructive critism or ideas for my story! I'm not really sure when I'll do the next update really busy~~ Anyways, I hope to see you all next chapter! ~Skye)