Sorry for the late update. It's been more than a year and I apologize for the delay. I hope this chapter makes up for it.

NILEX: this is for you! Thank you.

I do not own MSGM


Chapter 8 - The Truth Shall Set You...

How and when she got there, she did not know. All she remembered was that she was walking towards the restaurant to see her beloved and next thing she knew, she was right here being paraded in the club by people she just met. They looked nice; someone whom she can trust-she thinks - or it is probably the result of the alcohol in her circulation. She just can't seem to remember their names. Was it Amane? Or is that Chikari? Her vision slowly began to clear and her head became less fuzzy, she really regretted drinking that concoction Shizuma gave her. Where was she anyway? she asked herself. However, it seems that the drink still has an effect on her, thus her eyes began to droop again.


She was walking around the shopping district when she saw her Onee-sama and Suguru-kun in a restaurant. Wanting to see her beloved, she walked inside the place even though she knew she wasn't invited. She hasn't seen Sachiko in a two straight days and she really wants to talk to her. She wants to tell her the truth about her and Shizuma. As soon as she stepped in the restaurant, she was shocked to hear what her Onee-sama has announced.

"Let's get married."

When she heard that, she ran out of the door not caring if Sachiko would notice her. She just had to get out of that place. Yumi felt that her heart was ripping to pieces and that staying there hurts. She needed to get away.

The words kept repeating inside her head, and she didn't understand why her Onee-sama would say that. Didn't her Onee-sama wanted to cancel her engagement?

She just really couldn't understand why.

Yumi walked aimlessly, not knowing where to go. She didn't have any plans but she needed to clear her head. While she was walking, Shizuma saw Yumi and was shocked to see the state her wife was in. The silver-haired beauty just had dinner with her friends and was about to go to the newly opened bar owned by her bestfriend. On the way there, she thought she saw someone familiar and when they were just a metre apart, she was shocked to see it was her Yumi. Shizuma decided to cancel the party and just have it rescheduled.

"Shi, you shouldn't do that. You've planned this for weeks and Im sure you'd want to spend time with your friends," Yumi said emotionlessly. But Shizuma would not have any of it, she insisted on rescheduling when the brunette suggested something.

"Why don't I just go with you? I would be glad to spend time with your friends too. Maybe that's what I need at the moment," the young girl said and tugged Shizuma's hand towards the direction of the bar.

When they reached their destination, Yumi was introduced to some of Shizuma's friends she hasn't met yet. There she met the the former president of Lulim and Spica, the couples Amane and Hikari, and the rest of the silver-haired woman's friends. Of course, she knew some of them already so they didn't need the introductions.

It was Yumi's first time to go to a bar thus she was feeling out of place and her clothes are somewhat not right for this kind of environment. Luckily for Yumi, Na-chan came in minutes after they arrived together with Muyuki-chan and seeing she's not dressed properly for the occasion their eyes twinkled in mischief as they scurried off to the powder room with Yumi in tow.

For a minute, she forgot what she was so upset about. People line up just to ask her for a dance-girls and boys offer her drinks which she gracefully turned down. She remembered what Shizuma told her to not accept any drinks from strangers. If she wants anything, she can ask Shizuma or any of their friends to get some for her. And it was probably those drinks she had with her friends that made her loosen up a little bit hence she is now in the middle of the dance floor letting loose of her hurt and despair.

As the sound thudded against her chest drowning out all the things around her, Yumi could feel that she was slightly losing her sense of the world. She felt someone grab her by the hips and dragged her out of the stage. By this time, her head was spinning and she could not see who that person was. In her last attempt to stay awake, hugged the person around the neck and the last thing she saw was her being carried by this person with raven-hair.

"Sachiko-sama?..."


He was fuming mad by the time they reached the Ogasawara Mansion. Suguru was shocked to his core when Sachiko uttered those words; he knew his cousin wasn't thinking right. What's worse is that the moment Sachiko said those words, Yumi magically appeared out of nowhere. He panicked when Yumi rushed out of the restaurant and there was no way for him to run after her.

"What the hell was that Sachiko? What were you thinking for goodness sake?"

Thank God he could release this tension he's been feeling since they left the restaurant. He really did not understand what Sachiko was thinking.

"It was bound to happen anyway, so why prolong it?" Sachiko deadpanned.

That did it. Suguru grabbed his cousin's hand and dragged her towards her room. Suguru's grip was hard but not to the point where he would hurt his cousin. When they reached the heiress' room, he locked the door and suddenly, with all his might, pushed Sachiko against the door.

Sachiko could feel Suguru's body pressed against hers. She tried to squirm out of his hold but he is too strong for her. She felt so uncomfortable feeling a man's body against hers- it's hard, very muscular, rough- unlike the gentleness of Yumi's touch whenever her petite soeur would give her a hug.

"Kiss me, Sachiko." Suguru commanded. He looked into his fiancee's eyes searching for something that would give him any clue as to why Sachiko was being irrational.

The raven-haired girl was taken aback by what the man pressed against her said. She knew he did not love her like a man would a woman. She knew he is not interested in her. She looked into his eyes that were almost the same as hers, and his lips that are thin and pink, is she ready for this? She felt Suguru's body pressed against her even more, if she wants this to happen, then kissing him should be easy. But as she leans closer to him, all she sees is Yumi. Her Yumi. Despite what she saw the other night, she still cannot help but love the girl and it feels like she was betraying her love for Yumi by kissing someone other than her beloved petite souer.

She couldn't hold it anymore and her tears flowed freely as her body slid down on the floor. The young man was flabbergasted to see what happened and he was quick to catch Sachiko and carry her to her bed. He gently laid her down and he himself lay down next to her.

"Sa-chan, talk to me. What is happening?" Suguru said gently, not wanting to make things worse for his cousin. "Is this about Yumi?"

Upon hearing her petite souer's name, her tears flowed even more like waterfalls cascading down. "I knew from the start that you're in love with her. Anyone can see that." He said again. "But why are you willingly putting yourself in a prison where you know you cannot escape?" he stroked her hair gently as he waited for her to answer his question. He knew from experience that a vulnerable Sachiko needs more time to gather her thoughts thus he waited good-naturedly.

"I saw her with Hanazono…" She said in a low voice. If Suguru wasn't clutching her to his chest, he might not have heard her at all. Confused by what his cousin said, he probed even further.

"What do you mean Sa-chan? Aren't they always together?" he asked, almost laughing at the obviousness of Sachiko's statement but he dared not do it. It's not the best time to be doing that and he loves himself too much to put himself in front of gunfire.

"I saw her WITH Shizuma!" her voice was full of fire that it finally dawned on him what the heiress was referring to. He was too shocked to answer right away. He never thought for a second that Yumi is that kind of girl. He knew a few things about Yumi and he just can't believe what he was hearing.

He shifted from his position and took hold of Sachiko's shoulders so he can look into her eyes. "Sa-chan, are you sure about this? I cant believe Yumi can do that."

"I am sure about this Suguru. I saw them. Heard them! What proof do I need more to say it's true?" Suguru can see the hurt in the raven-haired girl's eyes and it is something he never wanted to see. He needed to make sure so he took Sachiko's hand and led her to the bed. They both laid down, both staring at the ceiling. Not wanting to break the silence.

He didn't expect her to talk, but he listened with all his heart. "Three nights ago, Sei-sama and I went to Hanazono-san's place. I wanted to confirm if what Yumi said was true. So Sei-sama and I went to her place to investigate." She didn't have to tell him about the full on spy mission they did the other night. There are some things that needs to be left unsaid. "We stayed in the car and waited for Hanazono-san to come home."

Before she could continue, Suguru butted in. "So you're stalking?" he said laughing. He could not believe what he just heard.

"Do you want me to continue or not?" Sachiko retorted back, her voice laced with venom. This is not a laughing matter.

"okay, Im sorry. Carry on…" he apologized.

"She came home and Yumi opened the door for her. And as soon as she stepped right in, they started making out and soon clothes started flying," She finished as she felt her heart squeezing tightly as she recalled that night.

He still could not believe what he just heard. Yumi? Yumi doing that to Shizuma or to anyone else for that matter? It just didn't fit the picture. He carefully replayed in his mind what his cousin said, something he can counter to what Sachiko just stated. He's just plain… shocked.

Then Suguru suddenly jerked back from the bed as if electricity was running underneath the bed. He knew he was right! Sachiko, who was lying right next to him, sat up to see what's going on with her cousin. There they were just lying down when out of nowhere Suguru jumped out of the bed.

"Sa-chan! Yumi wasn't with Shizuma that night!" Suguru said excitedly. His eyes shown with delight as if he knew something she didn't.

"But that's impossible! I saw her with Shizuma that night." She answered in disbelief. She knew what she saw.

"Yumi was never with Shizuma that night." He said again. His grin is so big his face is close to tearing in half. He's so excited by what he discovered he could not contain it. He just had to let Sachiko in with his discovery.

"Sachiko. What you are saying is impossible because Yumi slept with me."

The last thing he heard was a soft thud as Sachiko's unconscious head hit the ground.


It's a Wednesday night and he was really bored to death. If it was any other night, he would be by Yuki's house and they would be playing video games or probably watching movies or the most important thing of all, teasing Yumi till she turn tomato red from embarrassment. But it's not just one of those nights. Yuki and his parent's are away and he's not sure where Yumi's staying.

Suguru tried calling some of his friends, but really? Who is he kidding? Most of them hang out with him because of the wealth attached to his name. His one true best friend is away with his parents. Contrary to what others think, Suguru has no romantic interest on Yuki. He just loves teasing the boy, pretty much like his sister. At first he thought he could be one of his conquests, but as time passed by, he found something better. Something beautiful.

He decided to just drive around town; he needed to do something than stay at home where servants would be the only people he can interact with. The young lass didn't have anything place in mind, but maybe due to his routine, he found himself driving where Yuki's place is. And boy he was surprised to see the lights on. Testing his luck, he knocked on the door and waited for someone to open the door.

He wasn't sure if someone was at home so he knocked a few more times. "I guess no one is home and someone just turned the lights on." He thought to himself. He lingered for a little bit more thinking where he would go next. But as he was about to leave, the door opened and he was blessed by the sight of Yumi wrapped in just her towel. Blood began to rush up to his head, making his cheeks tinge a little. Well, he may have a different preference but still… and it suddenly dawned on him… could he have a little?... 'Naaah!'

"Suguru-kun! What are you doing here?" Yumi asked, confusion is very much evident on her face. Realizing she was only covered with a towel, she invited the young man inside and went straight back to the bathroom to put some clothes on. When she came out of the bathroom, she felt more at ease now that she's fully clothed

"What happened to you Yumi? How come you're limping and it seems like you're sick." Suguru asked, worried that the young brunette is not her usual cheery self. He got himself settled on the couch and waited for Yumi to join him.

Before joining the blue-eyed lass on the couch, Yumi made a quick trip to the kitchen and got herself some food. She hasn't had her dinner and her body is too sore for her to cook proper dinner. On the way back, the young girl grabbed some chips and soda for them to share.

"Yumi-chan?" he called out. "Hmm?" Yumi answered still deciding which is the best seat in the house. The young girl decided to just sit next to Suguru, it would be easier that way. "I'll order us some dinner and then you tell me what happened. I'm not letting you eat that rubbish." He said sternly, with that voice, he knew Yumi would agree without a fight.

"So tell me, what happened to you my dear Yumi-chan?" he probed again. Yumi sighed knowing she cant escape this interrogation so she might as well tell him.

"Well, you see the other night there was an accident when the Yamayurikai went out to have dinner. Some guys decided they wanted to join us but they started harassing us and Onee-sama and I could not do anything about it." As Yumi said this, she felt her heart drop recalling what happened that night.

"Luckily, Shizuma was there and she cared of those bad guys." Yumi took a handful of chips in her mouth before continuing. "When we got home, Shizuma was really worried that I couldn't defend myself so we had a little training. She taught me some basic fencing but before we could even get to that, she had me do some squats and it was my first time! She made me do 10 repetitions of that!"

She again took a handful of chips in her mouth as she imagined doing what she had to do. "I fell unconscious this morning maybe because I was too tired."

"And where is Shizuma now? Shouldn't she be with you?" Suguru wondered. Ever since he came, he never saw even the shadow of the silver-haired maiden.

"Shi-chan is in her apartment. I wanted to stay here since it's a Wednesday night and you know how important that is." Yumi answered. She too wondered if Shizuma has reached her apartment. She left some time ago and the older girl mentioned that she has a visitor coming over thus she needed to leave. Shizuma, however promised that she would come back.

Upon hearing that, Suguru gathered Yumi in his embrace. Yumi struggled a bit to get out of the guy's grasp but after some time, she settled down and let the man hold her for a bit. Both were thinking of the missing member of their trio. Suguru, did not want to break their comfortable position but he needed to do something.

He straighten up a little bit and took his phone out of his pocket. He pressed a button and waited for the line to connect.

"Hello, this is Shizuma. What can I do for you Suguru?" the girl on the other line answered. It sounded as if she was really pissed off.

Suguru smiled to himself knowingly… "Shizuma, Im here at Yumi's place. I was just wondering what time you are coming home tonight?"

He could hear over the other line the young heiress curse under her breath. "If you don't mind, I would like to take Yumi with me to my house. She's all alone here and it's a Wednesday night. You know what I mean, right? I was planning on video calling Yuuki."

Yumi can hear Shizuma say something but she was too far away from the phone she could not understand what the older girl was saying. After a few exchanged words, Suguru pocketed his phone and looked over Yumi. "Do you want to come home with me? I wanted to call your brother and I don't want to leave you here. Shizuma said you can come with me if you want to."

Yumi thought hard, deciding if she wanted to go with him. Video calling Yuuki sounds like a good deal but she was worried about Shizuma coming here to pick her up. "Im not sure Suguru-kun, what if Shizuma comes home and Im not here?" she asked, her eyes showing she wanted to go but torn between going or not.

"Shizuma said that if you're coming with me, then she's staying in her apartment. I think she's pretty occupied at the moment," Suguru said suggestively.

"Well, let's go then."

000

"Oh! You're finally awake," said the boy who was sitting right on the couch with a glass of something reddish on his hand. The girl on the other side of the room began to stir and her head was spinning making her groan. Hearing the girl whimper made the young man stand up from his seat and within seconds he was sitting next to the young girl.

"Are you alright?" he asked, concern evident on his voice and his face. His face- when Yumi looked at him, she thought he looked familiar but she just could not remember where she saw that face. It was so beautiful. His blue eyes shone brightly like the sky on a beautiful summer day. He was a stranger and yet she feels she knew him from somewhere.

She should have been alarmed knowing she's somewhere she had no memory how she got there. And her friends and Shizuma are nowhere in sight! Yumi should've panic and yet she feels the opposite.

"I'm sorry, you must be wondering where you are. You're in my office, on the top floor of the club. I was looking down on everyone in the club when I noticed that people where starting to crowd you and it seems you had a little drink as well. Crowd and drink were never a good combination," the man explained as he got up and took a glass of water and offered it to Yumi.

"My friends, have you seen them?" Yumi asked, but she still felt a little tipsy so she decided to just stay seated.

The young man's mobile phone suddenly rang and he excused himself so he can take the call. After the conversation has ended, he returned to Yumi's side. "That was one of the securities. He just told me that the people you where with are nowhere to be found. They have checked the club but they are not here anymore."

Yumi, felt disappointed when she heard about what happened. Shizuma just left her in the club. Did she even bother to look for her? She reached for her pocket to call the silver-haired woman but she felt nothing. Then she remembered that Na-chan and Miyuki-chan changed her outfit and her phone was in her jean pocket. Right now, she was wearing these ridiculously hot leather pants but thank God her top was not that too—sexy or she would've protested even more. For them to convince her to wear something like that—she did not know what came in to her mind.

She was so absorbed in what she was thinking that she did not hear someone coming in the room. What interrupter her musing was when she smelled something really good that her stomach made a loud growl. The young man who was sitting right next to her burst out laughing when he heard the sound like it was a dinosaur crying.

"Im so sorry. That was really uncalled for," he said apologetically but he was trying not to laugh again. Yumi was so embarrassed that her face was bright red. The guy moved some of the paper and books on top of the table and signaled the lady who was bringing the food to just place in there.

Yumi was really hungry that when the guy invited her to eat, she did not hesitate. While they were eating, they talked about random stuff.

"Wait! I think we've been talking here for a long time and yet we haven't introduced ourselves," the young man said. "My name is Seiichi.. and you are?" he trailed while offering more food to Yumi.

"You can call me Yumi," the young girl chirped. "You know what?" she added, "You look kinda familiar. I mean your features and your aura. I swear you could pass as brother and sister. But that's impossible. because she is an only child."

"My aura?" he asked, curious about where this is going.

"Yeah." Yumi answered. "You kinda have this sophisticated aura around you, kinda intimidating if you ask me."

Seiichi was taken aback by what the young brunette said, and when Yumi saw his reaction, she retracted to soften the blow. "But even if you look intimidating, I can see that you're a good person. You kinda remind me of my Onee-sama."

"You have an Onee-sama?" Seiichi questioned; he was starting to really like the woman he's talking to. He can sense that with Yumi, he doesn't have to put his airs up. He need not have to put his guard up.

Yumi cocked her head to the side as she observed the man in front of her. "Well, she's not really my Onee-sama. It's a tradition in our school, we call in souership. So we sort of call our sempai's Onee-sama."

"So you mean to say you are studying at Lilian?" he asked excitedly.

"Yeah, I'm one of the members of the student council. If you want to visit, just let me know." She said with merriment in her eyes. She can feel that she just made a new friend in him.

So you're studying at Lilian and you are also a member of the Yamayurikai. Could you be that girl that Otou-san was talking about? He thought to himself. They have been talking all night and it seems his heart is really starting to warm up for this girl in front of him. What charm does this girl have? Here he was talking to the girl for the first time and he was really enjoying their time together. She would be perfect.

"Yumi, do you have a boyfriend?" he asked as very slowly he leaned in closer to the young girl in front of him.


"Oh my gosh! You're finally awake! Are you alright Sa-chan?" Suguru hovered over his raven-haired cousin concern etching over his face. Sachiko started coming around after losing her consciousness a few minutes ago. Her mind was still foggy that it was taking her quite some time to remember what happened.

Finally, it dawned on the young heiress why she blocked out like that and as soon as she regained her strength, she began her onslaught to Suguru's unsuspecting body. "You son of bitch! What did you do to my Yumi!" Sachiko screamed hysterically whilst throwing anything she got her hands on—pillows (a whole lot of pillows of different shape and sizes), stuffed toys and even books. When she ran out of things to throw at Suguru, she began physically attacking the poor guy.

Suguru tried to dodge everything the girl was throwing at him. He was successful for the most part but there were a few items that quite landed on some place that needed every inch of protection. Unfortunately, Sachiko was not fazed by her cousin's fate that Suguru was forced to restrain Sachiko by pinning her down the bed.

"What the hell is wrong with you?!" he muttered angrily. He doesn't remember saying anything wrong. He tried to remember the last thing he said before Sachiko started her assault but nothing. "You bastard! You slept with my Yumi! Die you bastard!" Sachiko retorted whilst trying to break free from the guy's clutch.

"You did not even let me explain!" he yelled back, "She slept in our house, in my room, but I did not have sex with her." Sachiko was even furious when she heard the word sex. She struggled to free herself but Suguru is quite strong that she was rendered helpless.

"Sa-chan, I would never do that to Yumi. I would never do that because I didn't want to hurt you. Yumi is very special to me. But I would never steal her away from you." Suguru explained when the girl underneath him calmed down a little bit. Suguru was still on top of Sachiko, he did not want to move yet unless he knows that the heiress has fully cooled down.

It took several minutes before the Suguru untangled himself from Sachiko. When she had calmed down, the young man explained to her what truly happened that night. And the young heiress's speculation is nothing but flawed. Their conversation was interrupted when a knock on the door was heard. Who would be knocking at her door at this time of the hour? It was almost past midnight but it must have been really important since the person did not wait for morning to come.

Sachiko got up and walked towards the door to see the person on the other side. She was surprised to see Aoi-san. When he saw the door open, he was ready to be scolded but it seemed that both were shocked from seeing each other.

"Gomenasai, Ojou-sama. I know it's late already but I could not wait to give you this," the old man started as he took something from his pocket. On his hand is her mobile phone and as soon as Aoi-san handed over the phone, he immediately retreated back to his sleeping quarters where his wife is waiting for him.

It looked like the phone is drained off its batteries. Sachiko tried several times pressing the power button but nothing is happening. Sachiko was amazed that she did not even notice her mobile has been missing. Maybe she was too distraught and pre-occupied these past two days that she had forgotten her phone.

"Two days?!" she squealed in panic. It had already been two days since she last saw her phone and two days had passed since she last saw her beloved petite soeur. Sachiko quickly went over to her bed and grabbed the charger and prayed to all the gods for her phone to charge quickly.

Suguru just watched on the side and let his cousin do what she needed to do. Besides, he is still suffering from Sachiko's attacks and he did not want a repeat of that anytime soon. Sachiko was relieved to see her phone blinking indicating that it has charged for a bit.

She was getting really impatient waiting for her mobile to complete turn on. She wanted to throw it against the wall but thought better of it. Sachiko almost had alittle heart attack when she saw her phone screen light up. On her screen, it showed that Yumi had sent her 500 text messages and she even called her. She checked on her voice mail and true enough Yumi had flooded it as well.

Onee-sama, please call me when you receive this. I- I miss you.

"Oh God," Sachiko wimpered. She can hear the desperation in her petite soeur's voice. What had she done? She knew it was her fault why Yumi was in such pain. She avoided her beloved instead of talking to her and clearing things up.

"Suguru, I was so wrong…"

Sachiko realizing her mistake wanted to immediately talk to her petite soeur. She had a lot of explaining and apologizing to do. She speed dialed 1 and waited for the line to connect but her knees gave way when the other line said,

THE NUMBER YOU HAVE DIALED IS UNATTENDED OR OUT OF COVERAGE AREA. PLEASE TRY YOUR CALL LATER.