100 Days with Mr. Arrogant
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Hello everyone, sorry if I had not updated. Classes already started here at the Philippines, so that means… updates will take a long time because of schoolwork. Thanks for reading this!
Chapter Ten: Day One!
Hikari panted, and she realized the stupid thing she did: running after a creature much faster than her fastest speed. She breathed heavily, and she remembered what she was going after.
Yeah. The bird… She saw someone looking at her, and he has it. As he moves forward towards her, Hikari felt this tingling sensation, which she could not understand. He is definitely attractive. Hikari saw him before… Is it just because this person is so…
"Hikari!" Taichi called out, unmindful on how everyone reacts on his loud shout.
She turned back and saw her brother running. "Oniichan!"
"It doesn't matter to me whether you find the bird or what! But you made me worry by running after it!"
"Sorry."
The guy who got the bird they just purchased walked towards her, smiling. "Is this what you're looking for?"
His voice is so gentle, and he caught her attention.
Hikari's brother appeared in an instant. "That's what we are finding!" Taichi answered immediately. "Thanks, man! We owe you a lot."
Suddenly, a girl yelled, "There's TK!" and a crowd of girls looked their way.
He immediately walked faster, but before that, he smiled at Hikari. She was flushed, and Taichi noticed it. He placed the bird back to its cage and he sighed.
Hikari remained gazing on TK's tracks. "I think I know him." Hikari admitted. Taichi stopped and thought for a while.
"Probably yes," he replied. "I saw him on your magazine a while ago."
Hikari was surprised. "What?"
"Haven't you finished it or you do not care about the ads?"
"Well… I do not read the advertisements." She admitted.
"I remembered him from a while ago. I've seen in your magazine that he is TK Takaishi, and he is a new model for Guess."
He noticed that Hikari silenced.
"Nah, forget it. Besides, his fans caused us trouble, right? They were the ones who caused this." He smiled. "Mimi might know him, because he works on the same ad agency."
"Do you want to give that to Sora now?"
"Uh, yeah!" Taichi grinned.
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"Why not bring these as well, cupcake?" Mimi's mother asked.
Mimi smiled at her. "Mom, the place where I'll move is not ours, you see…" she began, "and my toys are not going with me. They will just consume a lot of space."
"Wait a minute, you haven't told us where you're going!" Mimi's mom cried. "How stupid of me!" (Yeah, right!)
"It's at Yamato's penthou---" Mimi suddenly stopped upon realizing she's telling her too much. "I mean, it's near Yamato's penthouse…"
Her mom looked at her. "Yamato? You mean the guy you've been dating just now?"
"Um, yes mom." She was quite blushing. "He… actually looked for a place for me."
"Where's Sora?" Mimi's mom asked, looking around. "Was she here a while ago?"
Mimi looked by her window, and she smiled. "She went outside for something…"
"It's sooo cute!" Sora exclaimed. "Hey, it's not my birthday! Probably you might just ask me to buy your lunch or something. Is your allowance cut off?"
Taichi sighed, "NO! Of course not… why, is it bad to give their friends a random present for an ordinary day?" He told her defensively.
"Okay, Okay! Don't get mad at me… hmn, thanks a lot, pal." Sora smiled at him.
"I thought you wouldn't say that…" Taichi whispered.
Hikari was watching them and she's been hiding somewhere. "Sora's way dense. And my Oniichan… he has bottled up feelings." She thought. "I hope they will realize their true feelings for each other."
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'Knock, knock, and knock,'
I'm too lazy to get up….
What day is it today? I haven't gone to the office, and… yesterday was Saturday. I have no classes today.
Mimi opened her eyes and glanced a little on her clock. She has a blurry vision, and she read the date beside the digital watch.
She suddenly sprung out of her bed.
"Oh no!" she mumbled feverishly, and the knocking on her door continued.
Her mom's voice woke her up completely. "Mimi? Wake up now… sweetie!"
"Mom?" she asked, suppressing a yawn. She fixed her bed first and she opened the door. "I'm sorry, I locked it up last night…"
"Rise and shine, cupcake! You won't want to keep your Prince Charming waiting, right?" her mother continued.
Mimi gasped. "Prince charming?" she echoed. She suddenly stopped moving.
"Ack! It's today! I'm starting the---" she murmured.
Her mother looked at her. "Yes, anything?" she asked.
Mimi shook her head vehemently and she was rushing to the bathroom. "Aah, it's nothing mom. Tell him that I'll be there in a matter of minutes!"
She almost drove her mom away her room. After that, she sighed.
"He's now here to get me!" she thought, "Goodbye, freedom. Goodbye, luxurious room. Goodbye, maids… goodbye… house!"
She hurried her actions. Yamato is waiting. Mimi knows he hates that most. After she dressed up, she prepared herself for the next thing. After this, she'll start doing housework. It will be so much of a change.
As she proceeds, she was surprised to see the line-up of their maids down the staircase. They have decided to do that so that they could say goodbye to her for the last time. Mimi sighed.
It will JUST be 100 days… Mimi thought. I'm sure our dramatic butler planned this.
She smiled at them. It was not easy for her to decide on this, but because Yamato is very good in blackmailing, she agreed without her realizing it. Back to reality, at the end of the maids' stood her Prince, waiting for her.
Mimi was surprised to see him smiling. "I wonder what he is planning…" she thought.
She gripped her hand at the handrail before she took her last step. Her dad wasn't around, but her mom was there with puppy-looking eyes. Yamato carried her bag. Suddenly, her mom was just staring at them.
"You make a very cute couple…!" she exclaimed.
Mimi bit her lip, then she glanced at Yamato who was sweat dropped. "If only she knew about this…" she said to herself.
Mimi looked at their mansion for the last time.
"Bye, house…" she muttered.
Yamato chuckled. "Baka, the house won't hear you." Then he started the engine of his car. "Well sorry because this is our deal."
She smiled at him and nodded. "I know,"
God, she could still manage to smile in a time like this! Yamato thought to himself. What an over-optimistic person… he sighed in disbelief.
"The counting of days starts today," Yamato reminded her. "In case you forgot."
Mimi glanced at him. "But isn't it more romantic if we'll count the day we first met?" she asked. "I mean… if only it was, then---"
Yamato stopped the car and glared at her, trying to stabilize himself. "Hey, miss, who's the boss here?" he snapped. "For your information, I hired a slave not a girlfriend!" then a tint of red began to color his cheeks.
Mimi nodded slowly. "Okay, I'll stay with you until the time of the hundredth day starting today,"
"That's it." he told her, and the car started moving again. "You should always bear that in mind."
After some time, they stopped at a restaurant. Yamato looked at her,
"You haven't eaten your breakfast, right?"
She nodded.
"Let's eat," Yamato said, and he opened the door of his car. Afterwards, Mimi went out of it as well. She looked at Yamato and he began to flinched, acting weirdly.
"… Hey, I'm treating you because I haven't eaten too. Besides, I do not want my slave to get weak and won't be able to do work," he began to tell her.
"I'm not expecting anything else anyway," she said. "But I have one request. Can we go the Lyrical Productions later?"
Yamato stopped for a while as they were being ushered to their table. "Lyrical Productions?" he echoed. "Why?"
"I'm telling them I'd quit the job,"
"Why?"
"Of course I'll be in your house and I cannot fulfill the modeling job at the same time." She simply answered. Yamato shrugged at this.
"Well, if that's what you want," he replied "I'll take you there."
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Mimi closed the door of the car as soon as she went out of it. Yamato opened the glass window, and called Mimi's name.
"If you don't want to come in, please just wait for me…" she said, and Yamato stayed inside the car. "I won't be too long,"
"I hope so…" Yamato thought. "As far as I know her, she talks a lot…"
Mimi finally arrived at the room she's going. "Good morning!" she greeted the people inside the office.
"Miss Tachikawa!" a man yelled, coming closer to the girl. "You haven't reported since last week!"
Mimi bowed down her head. "Yeah, I'm so sorry. My cellphone didn't work, and I was busy. That's why I went here personally to say sorry" She murmured. "Are you mad?"
"Ah, you owe it all to TK." He replied.
"TK?" she reverberated. "A new model?"
The man nodded. "He's a big hit. Some companies wanted to hire the both of you in one commercial. But only if both of you would want it." he explained.
Mimi suddenly stopped and she looked worried, confusing her manager.
Suddenly, someone appeared. "I think I would want that," he replied. "Working with a pretty and nice girl like her would make someone agree that easy."
Mimi was flushed. How can I decline too? He's cute… wait… he looks familiar… his blonde hair… blonde hair? Yamato? No, I must be imagining so much about him…
It was Takeru, and also known as TK "…Right?" he asked everyone.
Mimi suddenly felt dizzy and confused. Oh no! I'm torn between decisions! What should I choose? I don not want to upset this TK guy, but of course, I want to help Yamato in his housework and… but… TK was smiling angelically at her.
She just felt nice seeing him. "I wonder why I feel nice just seeing him. He's really heaven sent…" Mimi thought. She suddenly deleted thoughts of that. "Oh yeah, what am I going to do?"
"I---" she began "would love to do a commercial shoot with him… but…"
She suddenly felt nervous. "I cannot and must not tell them about the contract too!" she cried to herself, shaking her head. "I definitely do not want to lose Yamato's trust."
She sighed. Think Mimi, think…
"… but my boyfriend does not want me to continue my modeling job!" she broke out suddenly. "I'm really sorry…"
"WHAT!" her manager exclaimed. "Do you know how much chance you let go of? This is both your chance in bigger heights. Wait, where's your boyfriend? I'll talk to him."
"No, wait!" Mimi tried to stop him. "No way, he's not available today…"
"I saw you come down a car and the driver was a hot guy." A woman replied.
Damn! Why isn't the car tinted a little? She thought. Now what and how would Yamato say when he reacts on this?
"I'm dead," Mimi muttered.
Takeru came closer to her, giving her an assuring smile. "I'll try and talk to him. I think it's better that I, your colleague must talk about it,"
"You don't need to do that," Mimi told him. "Really, I will just try to tell him."
"You sure?"
"Y-Yeah," she murmured. Oh no, I hate breaking promises. So sorry TK…
"I'll be looking forward to that." He said. "Mr. Manager, please tell the toothpaste company that I would not want any partner for that commercial except Miss Tachikawa."
"Okay."
"What?" Mimi almost yelled, but she tried to stop herself.
"I got to go," Mimi suddenly said. "Bye everyone,"
She hurriedly came out of the office and went back to the parking area. She sighed, thinking on how it may upset everyone and lose their chance for this project. She knew she has nothing to do with it now.
"There you are…" TK said, grasping Mimi's hand.
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While Yamato as usual, got impatient. He decided to follow Mimi and drag her away. However, as he walks towards the entrance, he saw Mimi… and another approaching guy who held her hand…
Yamato just felt he's raging mad as he comes closer to the two. He does not know why he's feeling like that, but…