Author's Note:
Hey guys! Thanks for reading this story, it really makes me happy. And also I have decided that I may let the other stories stand by for a while, as I am still in conflict about it. Hopefully, this chapter will reveal some surprisesđŸ˜‰đŸ˜‰.
And thank you, for supporting me. I honestly didn't know what to say when some of you thought I was quitting because of a rude review. But I have learnt one thing in my life, that frank and rude people point the mistakes you didn't know you had.
Even though they hurt, they are all worth it.
So, enjoy!
The roar of the laughter was heard and somewhere in Gerald's heart, he felt bad for his older brother. Even though they were The Usui, their grandfather was a Walker.
And that is why even if Gerald had a say, his mother was partly caged in control of her father. And he already lost his lover when he tried to marry with her.
And he longed for the day when he would find her again.
xxx
Takumi sighed for what felt like the hundredth time. He was already getting a headache, due to the confusion in his mind. Why does he feel like he couldn't live in this silence?
Why does his heart feel like lead? What is wrong with him?
Then he opened that email again and gazed at the picture, with an unconscious smile stretching across his face. He ran his fingers over that picture of a confident Misaki standing in her casual clothes.
It was already not helping his heart and now it seemed like he had second thoughts about his vow.
He shook his head out of these thoughts and concentrated at the matter at hand. After another meeting, he would be off to London. But he wanted to stay.
His phone rang, bringing him out of his miserable thoughts. "Hello?"
"You idiot, how could you not talk to me for like a week? Did you forget your own bestfriend for your girlfriend?"
He frowned as her blushing image popped up in his head. He blushed and glared into nothingness. "She isn't my girlfriend. What did I tell you about love, Aoi?" He muttered.
He heard laughter and he sighed. "If you are having no work, don't pass your time by wasting my time. I already have piles of work."
"Okay, okay, I surrender. I just wanted to tell you that your girlfriend is being attacked by your rival. Everyday single day, and you wouldn't believe they even went on a date on the weekday of the job! I think she is going to break up with you soon, man."
"Didn't I say that she isn't―"
"Yeah, got it. So, did you know that today you were supposed to go somewhere? I mean I am going and somebody told me that even you were going so I thought I would give you a call and ask you myself that―"
"Was I coming too." Takumi replied dryly. He tried to recall where was he going that he suddenly remembered and fell off his chair.
"Takumi? Did you fall off your chair? I wanna see your face right now." He demanded.
Indeed, he had a very horrified expression and he checked his watch for the time. "Are you at the amusement park, Aoi? With others?"
"Yes, and your girlfriend is extremely worried about you. So hurry up, it's still eleven you can still make it in time."
With that, Aoi hung the phone up and Usui frantically searched for a decent casual clothing.
And he had never been so anxious before.
xxx
Misaki was very disappointed. Even when she saw others laugh and happy, she felt something was missing. And she kept glancing at the gates, to see if he was coming or not.
She gave up, why would he come anyway? It was already past 1 now. And she couldn't wait for anyone or else she would miss the rides.
So she walked towards Tora and the rest of the group with a smile and gestured them to go on.
Tora smiled back, and tried to link his arms with her. She politely withdrew her hand, and grabbed him towards the roller coaster. She sighed once more as she waited in the line to get in the ride.
Her thoughts were interrupted by the ringing of the phone. She turned to find Tora engaged in serious call and he nodded his head in her direction. She glanced at line and sighed defeatedly before nodding him to go.
She sat in the ride, facing the side the was overlooking the other ride and let her mind plunge into nothingness. She did not mind if she sat with some stranger, he or she won't bother her.
As the ride started, she glumly stared and tried to look for Tora from the top. But what she saw made her shake her head vigorously. Her face turned from a frown, to anger then disbelief.
"I must be seeing things," she muttered, looking away.
"Hahaha. nice joke, Ayuzawa." the one beside her laughed.
Even she smiled, but when she looked back at him, she was glaring.
"Here comes the highest point," remarked Takumi with excitement evident on his face. She smiled looking at him and concentrated on her own speeding heart, with the adrenaline flowing I'm her system.
And when the ride dropped, it took her heart with it and she blocked her ears to avoid getting deaf from Usui's screaming voice. She herself yelled 'awesome' while the roller coaster went upside down.
And then it was all over. She was breaking heavily from all the screaming and again, she saw that sparkly look in his eyes. "Again."
And then they both went on in that ride for at least three times.
xxx
Tora searched for Misaki, but he didnt find her. He gave up, only sending her a message that he would be going for some work.
He had to convince his dad to stop this event.
And that was the announcement of his engagement with Chiyo.
xxx
Hinata huffed, looking at the nonchalant woman, seeing how she was gleefully having her cotton candy as they waited for the two.
"Will you please stop making those stupid noises? It's annoying." He snapped, annoyed.
She just shrugged and happily devoured a nice soft part. He captured that cotton candy and stuck his tongue out. He then gave it a disgusted look and threw it in the dust bin.
"Hey! You shouldn't waste food. Karma will play it's part." She said.
He shrugged and happily devoured an invisible cotton candy.
She smirked and looked somewhere ahead of him. "Sorry, security. It's not everyday you see a mental man out of jail. See? You can look at the actions he just did." She pointed at him.
The security gaurd set his jaw and walked firmly towards Hinata, plucking him up like he was a wallflower, given the buff body he got.
"Mr, I need you to come with me." He declared, turning towards the exit.
"Hey! I am Hinata Igarashi, you can't take me. Suzuna! Do something." He demanded.
She just crossed her arms and smirked, laughing when he begged her to tell the police officer to leave him.
The security guard just touched upon the exit and―
"Sir!" A shout stopped them.
They turned and saw her.
"I just realized that he actually is Hinata Igarashi. I'm sorry, I must have forgotten." She said apologetically.
The guard dropped him unceremoniously and walked off with an annoyed look. She laughed hard when Hinata glared at her. "I will sue you in the court!" He said.
She shrugged and waved her fingers over his face. "I will then call this security guard and ask him to give testimony of your actions. You wouldn't want that humiliation." She happily replied.
She put on her sunglasses and walked away with a triumphant smile.
Unable to watch her victory, he trudged his way to her and caught her by the hair, forcing her to turn. "Hey what are you―"
Her eyes widened and she struggled to push him away as their lips met and caused sparks to fly in their body. He forcefully deepened the taunting passionate kiss, making her weak in the knees.
She mustered all the strength that she had and pushed him away. He earned a sharp slap across his jaw as her tears fell. "You jerk!" She screamed and ran out of the amusement park.
He wiped his lips and smirked.
But a little part felt guilty.
xxx
Misaki tried to call her sister, but to no avail.
She gave up and looked around for them. She was aware of Tora's sudden withdrawal, and that didn't really affect her.
She silently licked her ice cream and got absorbed in her thoughts. He cheek was suddenly cold, and she found herself wiping off ice cream. She turned to find Takumi licking his ice cream, paying no attention to her. Annoyed, she smacked the ice cream cone in her hand over his face and dusted her hands.
"That wasn't fair!" He protested. She stuck her tongue out and he smiled, looking at the other side of her.
"That was cute." He remarked, smearing the ice cream on her cheek.
She blushed a red pigment and again he watched I'm fascination as her face changed colour rapidly.
"Shut up." She said, as she threw the last bit of hers on his T-shirt.
"Hey! That was my only t-shirt, you just ruined it. Now I will have to throw it away." He protested.
She frowned after she smirked evilly at him. "What? Are you serious?"
He arched his eyebrows. "Of course, I never use the same clothes. Even you do that, right?"
She first put the back of her hand over his forehead and withdrew it with a frown. "You don't even have fever. Do you never wash the same clothing?" She asked him, just to be sure.
He just gave her a confused look and a shrug.
It finally fell upon them as a comfortable silent. Usui saw the beautiful sunset and wondered how other people welcomed it. He watched another couple leaning in for a kiss, and imagined himself and her.
Suddenly he shook his head, turning away to give them some privacy. When he glanced at her, he saw the embarrassed look and laughed, taking the strange expression on her face.
She scowled and grabbed his hand, leading him somewhere else. "Dont they have somewhere else to that smooching? Did they get the only public place?" She huffed in annoyance.
He just laughed to add on her annoyance. She just smacked him and they both headed out of the second amusement park they enjoyed together, as Misaki carefully avoided the monster house.
xxx
"Dad, I don't want to marry Chiyo." Tora declared in the study his father.
"You have to, otherwise you will have to marry Ayuzawa Misaki's little sister―what was her name again? Oh right, Suzuna." He said, whilst looking at his paperwork.
Tora stared at him in clear annoyance, a sudden urge to announce his friendship with Misaki.
"You cannot do this to me, dad." He said.
"Yes I can. Unless you want me to take away everything that you have." He said.
He sighed and wished again, but he couldn't do just that yet. Or else he would risk Misaki's everything.
"You are dismissed." His father said as he turned towards the doorknob.
"And get ready for the engagement."
That was the last straw.
"Dad I am not marrying her. "
"Then give me a reason to get off the hook, Tora Igarashi." His father said sharply.
"Don't you get it? I don't want to. Besides, you can look for Hinata a bride. I think Suzuna suits her better." He tried to reason.
"Where are you getting such ideas?" His father asked suspiciously. Realizing that he almost gave himself away, he crossed his arms defiantly.
"I just wanted you to consider this. And I am most certainly not marrying her." He closed the door so quickly that his father didn't get a chance to refute.
"Tora come back here!" He shouted.
But he was already down the stairs, out of the house.
xxx
Sakuya was already on the brink of losing his sanity when he checked the amount of debts he had.
"Tell me the truth, Sakuya. We didn't have any debts before. What is going on?" His wife demanded.
He was trying so hard to avoid that question but she always kept asking him. "Why do you want to know so badly?" He asked.
"Because I know this bill is not for us and we were so rich. This is somebody else's. Now tell me." She said, giving no room for him to avoid.
Finally, he slumped hai shoulders and defeatedly dropped on the sofa. "Alright. I was actually partners with the Igarashi company five years ago."
Minako encouraged him to go on, as the phone hidden in her clothing was already connected to a number in England. "And I had been reluctant, because I had heard how other people went bankrupt and how he was the Duke of London. But then I couldn't turn back, I had already made up my mind and we worked fine for about three months before it all went downhill."
"Our project didn't work as Mr. Igarashi had already altered a few things here and there and that's why alot of loans where dawned upon him. It wasn't in any relation to our project, but I didn't know about it at that time. I consoled his fake pain and offered to share his burden, knowing fully well that we were rich and well off.
"But as it turned out, I overheard his officials consulting him and he declared his betrayal. And I was compelled to follow, as I was threatened somewhere I don't belong and I couldn't do anything about it as I was being pressured to followed the orders of the 'Duke'. And then he told me, that he could lift that burden off if I gave him Misaki. It took me four years to finally say yes. He kept blackmailing me, so I tried to find an alternative. But the money kept increasing and now I don't even have the 1/4th of what I used to have before." He laughed dryly and left the room in shame. His guilt was already eating him away, he didn't need another way to feel more guilty.
As he left, Minako pressed the phone on her ear. "Suzuna? You recorded the phone call, right?"
"Yes mom, and now I know how to get dad to be proven innocent." She replied.
"Did you find Misaki? How is she? Did she marry that―"
"Yes I did find her, she is fine and she is actually studying and doing a job. And she is not marrying that jerk anytime soon. Actually it is pretty ironic that she is hanging out with two men." She said emotionlessly.
"What do you mean, dear?" Her mother asked, confused.
"She is friends with him and I can see the change in her."
Minako panicked. "Do you mean she fell in love with Igarashi?"
Suzuna actually chuckled. "No, but she has seen colours of the Prince. She actually likesthe son of the Queen, Patricia Usui."
"What!?" Minako said as the shock fell over her.
Because she didn't expect her eldest daughter to fall in love with a boy, even more shocking that he was the prince.
"But does she know about it?"
"Um, No. She― oops. Mom, I will speak to you later." She said in a hushed voice.
They both exchanged goodbyes and Suzuna stared at her sister. Misaki gazed her up and frowned. "Why do you look like you have been crying?" She asked.
Suzuna shook her head. "No I haven't. Now will you fresh up a little quicker? I am famished." She said.
Misaki dropped the subject and put keys away. The doorbell rang as she was just going to make a beeline to the bathroom.
"I'll get it,". Misaki said, scurrying quickly. Suzuna raised her eyebrows and shrugged.
"Hello, Misa." He said with a smile.
"What are you doing here, idiot!" She said.
He pouted, for a second she thought he looked cute. "I thought I would make dinner. Don't you remember? You owe me and I owe you."
"What do you owe me for?" She asked.
He made his way inside the house and into the kitchen. "For making my company rise in progress. I have already asked Aoi for your transfer. And don't tell me you are going to quit. Believe me when I say that you will not get a job anywhere without a degree. Besides, only I know your secret so you wouldn't want other people to misuse it. And―"
"Alright alright I get it. Now will you please go now?" She said impatiently, glancing at her sister's door nervously.
"You don't need to go, Usui brother. You are most welcomed here." Suzuna popped right beside Misaki and welcomed him warmly.
"Thanks. Anyway, can anyone guide me in this kitchen? I am planning to make dinner for you guys."
Suzuna volunteered and Misaki grunted and made an excuse to go freshen up. "Misaki sister doesn't know how to cook." She whispered, as she motioned him to lean down.
He smirked. "Then I can cook for her." He thought.
"You are so easygoing, why is your sister so uptight?" He asked while he fried the chicken.
"She actually feels that she has to take responsibility for everything." Suzuna said with a shrug.
Usui thought about what she said and quietly made dinner for the both of them.
xxx
"We found her. Sir." A man informed the man in the dark.
"Well, what more do you have to say." He asked, sensing the hesitation.
"She is getting married to someone else. And we can't avoid it, it would be held in a few weeks."
The man growled in frustration. His gruff voice and age was making it extremely dangerous to speak. "Who is this person she is marrying?" He asked.
The man trembled ans stuttered.
"His highness, Usui Takumi."
Author's Note:
Tada! Here you are with the chapter! I honestly felt I was doing a bad thing lazing around and not updating sooner, but obvious I couldn't avoid the piles of assignment on my desk.
So I hope you guys forgive me for some funny mistakes, I cannot help it because as I said before that I am actually typing from the phone since my laptop has crashed down. And since my mom feels that I shouldn't be using internet for so long she only keeps it for a few hours.
Anyway so here is my question:
"Would you rather wipe the floor with your tongue or brush a skunk without holding your nose?"
I thought it's a funny question so I felt like asking you guys too!
See you guys next time!
Bye( Faithful Friend signing off)đŸ˜‰
