Chapter 7: A Night to Remember
Kaname's car stops at a very famous hotel. I can see that, this meeting is very important judging by the place. Uh I hope that I won't bother their meeting… Kaname took me to the restaurant at the hotel. This restaurant has a great city view at night. No wonder this restaurant is full with guest every night like tonight. Without reservation first I doubt that we will have dinner at this restaurant, a waiter greet for us.
"Welcome to Paradise Restaurant, how can I help you sir?" the waiter smile at us.
"I have a reservation under the name of Asahina." Kaname reply the waiter while he sweeps his eyes trough the restaurant. Is he looking for his client? Oh my God…don't tell me that he will have his meeting here in this restaurant. It's not about the place, it is about me… I think that I will have to wait in the restaurant while he has a meeting. To think about how I spend two hours top siting between two men talking about their job enough to make my stomach hurl.
"Ah... Mr. Asahina right…please follow me to your table then." The waiter leads us to our table. After help me sit the waiter told us that we can call him when we are ready to order.
"Kaname-san I thought that you will have a meeting with the client. Why are you doing with me here?" I'm afraid to ask but I think I need to know whether the client will join us or no.
"Relax Princess… the client VIP room are over there. I just want to make sure where our table for dinner. You can wait her in our table or you can enjoy the city view from the sky garden outside. Believe me, it was really beautiful, it won't be long I promise." Kaname give a reassuring smile.
I look at him suspiciously but in the end I just take it. "Okay then… I think I wait at the sky garden. I can wait a bit patient if I can't see the food."
"Perfect… I'll be gone just about an hour maximum. Then I'll be yours the whole night Princess…" He wink at me while escort me to the entrances of the sky garden.
True to his word, Kaname pick me up exactly an hour later. He says sorry the meeting took very long; I just shrug because I don't want to ruin my special night. This night I won't allow myself down just because a little matter. What important he's right here now, time to enjoy my date. We sit at our previous table. Kaname call the waitress to give the menu, we place our order when suddenly I hear someone call Kaname with weird high pitched voice.
"Kaname-san…."
Both me and Kaname tilting our head to find the source, and here she is…a woman about Kaname age walking closer to our table. Oh Dear God...please don't come here...please but it seems that the fate doesn't like me this time. The woman is getting closer with our table, I have a feeling that my night will ruined somehow. Our appetizer come in time, I decide to focus at my food when that woman stops in front of us. Kaname rise to his feet and greet that woman when suddenly that woman hug Kaname and kiss him on the lips quite long I may add. I accidently drop my fork, I can't believe it he's a monk! Wait a minute, he is not a real monk. So he is doing something like this in his club? Better ask him after this. I try to ignore them and continue my dinner. Sumire, that woman name join in our table and order food for herself without even asking. I started to feel annoyed because she looks like trying to get Kaname attention for herself, not that I really care, but the more I try to ignore them, the more insult came from Sumire. I grip my utensil very hard, stay cool Yume…she is not worth your wrath I speak to myself as I try to calm down. What is it the pi number? Oh right it's 3, 14159265….i try to memorized the number.
"Ne…Kaname-san, why you take such a girl to this meeting? Because of her we can't talk as freely as usual. You ended our meeting faster than usually does. I miss you; you know…why you didn't call me since our last meeting. I've been waiting to see you again." Uh…oh… this is no good, in what number I leave earlier? 3, 141592…..
"Well I thought that is not your concern here Sumire-chan, she is my imouto I promise to take her out tonight for dinner." I hear Kaname sweet voice, but something in the tone is a bit weird.
"She's got her dinner now, why don't you give her some money so she can grab a taxi home and we can continue our business in a more private place." Sumire body is so close to Kaname and her lip are so close to his ear. That's it I can take it anymore, I rise to my feet and started to leave.
"Yume… where are you going?"
"I think we should postpone our date Kaname-nii. I'm not in the mood right now. I'm going home first."
"But…" At the third step I stop and back to our table so Kaname smile when I approach him and Sumire. I reply his smile and look at Sumire.
"At last this girl is being loved by Kaname-san even as a sister, but you Sumire-san… you can keep dreaming." I grab my phone on the tables and walkout from the restaurant. Ha…serve you right for making fun of me.
Outside the restaurant I still can feel the adrenaline surround my body. How dare her… I'm not some girl that you can toss and turn as you wish… I wait a few minutes for Kaname, but it seems that he prefer stay at the restaurant. I decide to go home alone but then I remember that I just pick my cellphone earlier but forget about my wallet. Well I can call one of my brothers; ask them to pick me here. I walk to the hotel lobby still trying to call one of them when I bump with someone causing my phone drop.
"Oh I'm sorry…are you okay miss?" wait a minute… I know this voice. My head stir to see the one who bump with me. When I see the face I can't help but feel happy.
"Natsume-san… "
"Yume-san...what are you doing here? And why you are alone?" Natsume ask while look around.
"Natsume-san how many times I must ask you… please just calls me Yume. I will ask you the same question. Why are you here?"
"It's quite embarrassing you know." I see Natsume face a bit red as he rubs his neck.
"Actually I have a date before but it seems that it's not work at all, so she is dump me after 30 minutes since we met. Since the place is near this hotel, I decide to go to the bar at this hotel." His face is getting red by second, I try to hold myself not to laugh about our situation but I can't hold myself anymore…
"Hahaha… Natsume-san… it's so funny… you are being dump by you date." I have to close my mouth to prevent my laugh become louder.
"Hey it's not funny you know…" I wonder how his face getting red than he already was.
"I think it is funny because you are dump by your date while I am here are dump my date right before we meet."
"Yume…you are in the middle of a date? Whom you have a date with? Why are you left him? Don't tell me that he is not treated you nicely. As your brother, I must give him a piece of mind myself."
"Relax Natsume-san. It's not a real date; I just have dinner with Kaname-san before his beautiful client come." Thinking about Sumire just makes me feel suddenly hungry.
"I can imagine what happen inside. But I still can't understand why you have a date with that perverted monk at first, and why you ended here alone. Where is he now?"
"Oh never mind… I'll tell you later. Now can we please go to get something to eat? I only ate half of my appetizer, I'm starving and I have no wallet with me. So you are my life saver Natsume-san." I half drag Natsume to the front door.
"If you have no wallet with you, how do you plan to get home Yume?"
"I maybe forget about my wallet but I luckily didn't forget about my phone. I intended to call one of you to pick me up here before I bump into you."
"Clever girl… now you don't have to worry about it since I'm here, what's your plan right now?"
"Didn't I say I am hungry earlier, and we both have a ruined date so why not… lets continue the date with different partner. But I'm pretty sure the first one more likely it is. I can't imagine myself hold it any longer, skip the lunch takes its toll."
"Aren't you being too greedy miss? Dating two Asahina's in one night?" I stuck for a while and look at Natsume when I hear this. I can't believe my ears, did Natsume just make a joke… then I see his twinkle eyes and here I am in disbelieving for what I see. As long as I know him, out of the triplets Natsume was the most serious man. So when he make a joke like this it's so rare to see.
"Okay, who are you and what are you doing with my brother body?" I try to act suspicious at him while holding my laughter until both of us can't take it anymore.
I see Natsume laugh very hard it's actually sweet and I hope he can laugh like this often. It's the first time I see his real smile, and I wonder if he smile like this when he is with Ema. From what I hear Natsume is one of many brothers that didn't give up on her until the end. Ema herself had a very hard time to choose between Subaru and Natsume. The fact that Ema and Subaru dating in secret regardless Natsume feeling are beyond me. Why they didn't tell him, he deserves the truth. Everyone deserve the truth, they are all a good man. I think they can accept it well, but everything is not up to me, it's theirs.
"Oh come on Natsume-san, I'm really hungry right now. Didn't they tell not to make your date starving?" I take his hand in me and drag us to the lobby waiting for his car.
"As your wish…"
Natsume bring us to a family restaurant not far from the hotel. My phone vibrated and I check who have been calling me, it's Kaname so I just let it vibrate. When it stops I decide to text him just to let him know that I'm with Natsume. We talk a lot during the dinner, more than we have since I come to Sunrise Residence. He talk about his job at the game company, he seems to really enjoy the work despite all the struggles. He also talks about his childhood and his relationship with Subaru. Meanwhile I talk about my grandparents and our grape farm. He really interested about our farm. I tell about my plan to come home this summer so I invite him to come to our grape this summer holiday out of courtesy. To my surprise he seems like the idea about coming with me. I learn that every summer holiday they spent it at Asahina's private beach, I feel guilty that if he come with me then he can't spend the holiday with the others. Natsume said that he didn't mind that this time he will spend with me. A good changes for him he said when I ask what the reason but he seem to hide something but I didn't ask him much further. We finish our food and decided to go home. Our car is getting closer to Sunrise Residence when suddenly Natsume stop it.
"Emh…Yume, would you mind accompany me a bit longer? I need to talk to you about something."
Honestly after Hikaru confession last time, I'm a bit scared when one of my brothers needs to talk with me in private. But here I am, ready to hear anything. Maybe he just needs someone to talk about his work problem… well not that I can help that problem though but isn't it always good to have someone to share your problem.
"Okay… what dou you want to talk about Natsume-san?"
"There is a park near here. Would you mind if we go there? Or we can talk in a café near that."
"Let's go to the park, but can we take out some hot drink from that café? I get the feeling this going to be a long conversation." Natsume just smile at my request.
"For someone whose job are just hear someone, you sure have a lot of request Yume." He just shakes his head and drives the car leaving Sunrise Residence.
"Hey its cold outside." I protest.
We take our drink to the park and he insists that I should wear his coat. He said that so I won't complain about the weather when we arrive at the park. Natsume park the car and we walk to the bench near the pond. We sit there and sip our drink…
"Yume did you know that Ema is dating Subaru?" I nearly choked because that statement. How does he know? Did one of them tell Natsume about this? But mostly… can everyone tell the Asahinas to look at how I am doing first before blurting some shocking statement. First it's Hikaru, now it is Natsume who did that, I nearly burnt my throat this time.
"They didn't talk to me about this but as I tell you; I'm close with Subaru since we are kids. I have this kind of feeling that Ema is actually dating Subaru. I always come to every one of Subaru game, and Ema always there. And that look they share, it's not sibling. It is a look when a man sees his woman and woman see her man. So I decided to step back and wait for them to tell us all about their relationship. But they never did, and I'm here half crazy to think that Ema and Subaru dating. Have they told you about it? Were they really dating? You are her sister, I'm sure she will talk to you about it. I want to talk to you so I can get out of my misery and move on. If she really loves him and chooses him over me, I am more than happy for both of them. They are good people so they deserved happiness. I just want to be happy again…."
At the last word I see Natsume face and realize, that Ema and Subaru are wrong about hiding their relationship. It must be hurt so much for Natsume, not only he lost someone he love, but also must endure the pain of broken heart because he can't openly say that Ema and Subaru are dating when the two decide to hide it. I don't know where I get the courage but I hug him, he must be alone all this time. I just simply hug him because I don't know what I should say at his moment I just pray that I can lift some of his pain away. We stay like that for I don't know how long. I made a mental note that if Ema or Subaru won't talk about their relationship to our family, I will. I will not let their hope grow much longer, because I know the longer they are waiting, hope will also grow. And I know better than anybody else how much it hurt when your hope is shattered. I feel Natsume shifted so I release my hug.
"Thanks… I'm feeling better now. You know talk to you really help, not because you are Ema sister but you have this aura that makes me comfortable around you. Like Ema but different too, I like her from the very first time I lay my eyes on her then I realize that I feel comfortable with her so I fall in love with her. With you I feel like I found someone who understands me like an old friends, I can tell you everything in my mind without worry you will judge me. That's why I choose to talk to you about this tonight. "
"I just hear you out because you buy me this hot cocoa. If I knew it will be this serious, I definitely want anything else beside the drink." He laughs when he hears me say that. I take a look at him, now he sure look better that a couple minutes ago.
"Did you forget that the one pay for our dinner is me? So I pay you more than enough for this." Despite the lightning in the park I can see his twinkle eyes.
"Hey…but that's a date, you suppose to buy me. Ugh… Forget it, it's my entire fault I should have charge you beforehand. Maybe I should make it a business; I will hear all of brother's confession about Ema and take a charge of it." And he laughs louder this time.
"Sound like a good idea. I bet many of them will pay for it."
I'm happy that Natsume seems in a good mood when we leave the park. I can't help but thinking about the other brother. Are they can feel it too? About Ema and Subaru, what crosses in their mind when they see Ema and Subaru every day? I can't help them unless they talk to me like Natsume did, but I hope they all are okay. I will pray for their happiness.