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Chapter 11: Time is Gold
A week has passed just like that and everyone is back to their normal lives. Well, almost everyone. Since after getting back to Tokyo from his birthday celebration in Springville in Okinawa, Rei has been frequently having severe headaches, constant chest pains and his sight was slowly dimming with each passing day. With what was happening to him, it was becoming hard for Hilary to keep the secret. Tyson and Max are becoming more and more suspicious about what's happening to Rei. Sometimes, Hilary feels like just letting them know already.
"Okay I have some good news and bad news. Which one would you like to here first?" HIro asked holding up Rei's medical record.
"Bad news" Hilary muttered.
"Okay, so almost half of his body cells have been infected by the virus. His immune system's almost shut down. His lungs don't look good either. If this keeps up, I'm afraid it'll be…" Hiro said but Hilary covered his mouth before he could finish his sentence.
"Don't say it" Hilary shook her head as she fought back the tears that dared to flow out of her eyes.
"I don't wanna hear it."
Hiro sighed then pulled Hilary's hand and uncovered his mouth.
"Don't cry yet Hil, you haven't heard the good news yet" Hiro smiled. Hilary looked at him cocking an eyebrow.
"Someone decided to help Rei and pay for his medication. With financial issues already covered, I'm almost done figuring out what'll kill the virus inside Rei."
"Kill the virus?" Hilary repeated.
"What it means is that, I'll be able to cure Rei" Hiro smirked. For about five seconds, Hilary just stared blankly at Hiro. The doctor started waving his hand in front of her face.
"Uh, earth to Hilary? Did you hear what I said? I said I'll be able to cure Rei."
Hilary's face was filled with joy and she jumped on Hiro and embraced him as tight as she could.
"Oh god thank you Hiro! Thank you!" she cheered.
"Now, now, we can't exactly rejoice yet. There's still only a 70% chance that it'll work" Hiro said patting Hilary's back.
"I don't care what percent it is as long as there's a possibility" Hilary said,
"It's enough to know that there's still chance. There's still hope."
Rei sat on the balcony of his shared condo unit, watching the trees dance with the wind. The clouds were big and fluffy in the sky. The sun was shining brightly and the soft breeze of the wind was very soothing. He inhaled the refreshing scent emitted by the flowers that Hilary decided to plant in their small garden.
"It… feels nice to be alive…" he thought aloud. Just then, this enjoyable moment of silence was disturbed by the ringing of the doorbell. Rei groaned as he got up and went to answer the door.
"Who is it?" Rei asked as he swung open the door. As soon as he saw who the person was waiting by the doorstep, he quickly shut the door again. He slammed his back on the door and clutched his chest. HE could feel his cheeks getting hot by the sudden rush of blood.
"What is he doing here? How the hell did he know where I live?" Thoughts came rushing to Rei's head.
"No, uh, just calm down Rei. You don't know what he's here for. For all you know, it could be something about business. That's right, just about business. NO wait! My only business is the café! Wait, does he plan on buying it? Or maybe, he wants to demolish it? But why would he want to demolish it?"
While he was busy thinking about stupid thoughts, the person on the other side of the door was growing rather impatient.
"C'mon Rei, pull yourself together! It's just a normal visit. Nothing else!" Rei slapped his cheeks. After taking a huge deep breath, he opened the door again wearing the most angelic smile he could muster.
"U-Uh, g-good morning, Hiwatari-san" Rei stuttered, saluting to Kai like an idiot.
"Did you lose your brain from the fever you had?" Kai said, as usual wearing his stone-cold face. Rei blushed a number of shades of red.
"W-What are you doing here?" Rei asked again.
"You didn't even say anything when you left Okinawa a week ago. And you didn't even bother calling me or sending me a message. Do you know how worried I was?" Kai glared at Rei.
Rei took a step back as Rei walked forward at him.
"Is that how you show gratitude to the person who spent a whole night nursing you? Do you even know that because of you, someone got pissed off at me? And because of you, I had to do things that I don't normally do!"
"I-I'm sorry!" Rei apologized. Well it's not like I asked you to do any of that ran in his mind.
"You just thought it's not like you asked me to do any of that didn't you?"
Rei gulped.
Kai's eyes narrowed even more. He grabbed Rei's hand and dragged him to the parking lot where his red Ferrari was waiting.
"W-Wait! Where are you taking me?" Rei cried as he tried to refuse Kai.
Kai threw Rei into the car then leaned on the door to keep him from escaping.
"You're going to pay me back for all the trouble you caused me" he said then shut the door closed. Rei watched in utter disbelief and in complete shock as Kai got on the driver's seat and fired up the engine.
"I know I caused you trouble, and I'm sorry for that. But you can't just kidnap me like this! I have my human rights!" Rei exclaimed, almost on the verge of tears.
Kai ignored it and smirked. He put on his orange-tainted glasses and turned the wheel.
"Just relax and be obedient" he said and before Rei could complain again, they were already speeding in the high way.
Hilary arrived at their condo and found it empty. She dropped the bag of groceries she carried on the floor as she read a note that one of Kai's butlers gave her.
"I'm borrowing Rei for a while. Don't look for him"
"Ugh, HIWATARI!" Hilary cursed at the top of her lungs.
After approximately two hours, Kai and Rei arrived at their destination: a traditional Japanese style inn with hot springs. Rei wiped the sleepiness off his eyes after falling asleep all throughout the drive. He looked at the scenery of the place. There were beautiful cherry trees that aligned the pathway towards the inn. The wind was blowing some petals and it looked like there was pink snow showering the ground. It seemed like a very peaceful place. An old lady was sweeping the front yard of the inn.
"C'mon, let's go" Kai said after parking the car. HE got off and Rei quickly followed suit after him. HE walked behind him as Kai greeted the old woman.
"Ah, young master Kai, young mistress Keisha did say you were coming today. We've prepared the rooms for you" the woman said. Her hair was completely white and her face had quite a lot of wrinkles. But despite that, Rei could tell that she must've looked really beautiful in her younger years. She's probably in her eighties or so, Rei thought.
"Thank you, Mrs. Hinata. Send my regard to Sam. I heard she passed the board exam" Kai said, smiling. It must've been the first time that Rei has seen Kai talk to someone else other than him, in such a gentle manner.
"Ah, yes. I will. Enjoy your stay, young master" Mrs. HInata replied. Kai bowed at her then went on in entering the inn. REi also bowed at her to show respect when he passed by her.
"After our parents' divorce, my sister and I began living with our grandfather. But he rarely ever comes home and Mrs. HInata has been the one taking care of us in place of him. She's like our second mother" Kai explained as they walked down the hallway.
"Oh" Rei said. It kind of amused him that Kai was suddenly opening up to him. He's never heard him talk about his family. The strong thumping of his chest slightly ceased and he smiled to himself. Instead of just tamely following behind Kai, he started walking beside him.
Kai looked at him with a confused expression. Rei chuckled.
"This inn's pretty nice. It looks so old outside but the inside seems very well maintained" Rei said looking up the wooden ceilings.
"This inn has been around for over fifty years. After my grandfather bought the place, it's been one of me and my sister's hide-out for when we didn't want to see Grandpa or we just wanted to just run away from all the problems at home."
"Problems?"
"Parent's arguments and such" Kai said and Rei nodded understanding what he meant. Rei felt slightly sorry for Kai. Having lived in such an environment, it's no wonder Kai had a heart of stone.
"Here's your room" Kai said and slid open the door. The room was slightly spacious with one king-sized bed in the middle. There were wood carvings displayed on top of the drawers, a bedside table, a lamp, and a mirror. The windows were big and glass with think transparent curtains.
"Wow" Rei said.
"You can use the clothes in here since I don't think you brought any."
"Whose fault do you think that is?" Rei muttered.
"Hn" Kai breathed.
"Now that we're here, can you please explain to me what exactly are you planning to do to me?" Rei asked putting his hands on his waist.
Kai looked at him from head to toe then back from toe to head. HE tilted his head and rubbed his chin as if thinking hard on the answer to Rei's question. A grin then formed on his face; something that made Rei take a step back. Kai walked towards him and reached out his hand. Rei quickly shut his eyes, praying that he won't lose his virginity to this guy. At least maybe not yet.
"First, let this down" Kai said and pulled the small rubber band that tied Rei's hair to neat braid. Black strands of hair then flowed loosely on Rei's back. Some fell over his shoulders. Rei opened his eyes and blinked. What just happened?
"You look better that way" Kai smirked.
"Am I a toy or something? Do you have any idea how hot it is with my hair down?" Rei frowned.
"No I don't, but it really does look hot."
Kai's smirk widened when he got the expected reaction from Rei.
"Oh well, we'll be here for a week so you can relax a bit" Kai said giving a small wave at Rei as he opened the door again to leave.
"Wait what? An entire week? I have a business to run you know! NO matter how small it is!" Rei protested.
"I've told Tala to take care of things in the café while you're gone" Kai replied cooly.
"And what about your work? Is it alright for the president of a huge company to just dilly-dally in some inn?"
"My employees are not incompetent people. They can handle things in the company for seven days without me."
"Hilary will be worried about me."
"I've already sent her a note."
"Do you really have answer to everything?" Rei frowned more, realizing he had no way out of this predicament.
"NO but I can come up with a logical answer to every question directed at me" Kai smirked, completely amused by annoying the 'cat' who's starting to glare at him. He's not the least bit overwhelmed though. He laughed and brushed it off as he left the room.
As soon as he's gone, Rei breathed out heavily and threw himself to the bed.
"Just what the hell is that guy thinking?" he thought as he closed his eyes.
I have to admit, I was smiling like an idiot while writing this one chapter. I mean, I can't help but giggle when Kai's being really sweet to Rei. Although, his sweetness is kinda different from the usual 'sweetness' you see from ordinary guys. But then again, Kai's no ordinary guy after all.
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