Chapter 11 -
"Hatred"
Tora burst through the door of the living room. He didn't look angry, though, just a little irritated. Umiya looked up from what she was doing.
"Igarashi? What's wrong?" she asked.
"Nothing! But...Umiya... What are you doing?" Tora asked with a confused face.
"Oh, this?" she said, pointing to all the maids and butlers sitting on the floor around her. They all were holding handkerchiefs to their eyes and crying. "They begged me, so I told them what happened between us. Our story," she said with a smile.
"You're so sweet, young master!" said one teary-eyed maid.
"Yeah, I didn't know that all this happened!" said a crying butler.
"You and Umiya-san belong together!" yelled out a wailing maid.
All of the others nodded in agreement. Tora looked completely mystified. Umiya just laughed nervously. But he just shrugged it off and grabbed Umiya's arm. He pulled her to the front door.
"Eh? Where are we going?" Umiya asked.
"Out! Now come!" he said, busting the door open.
As they walked out, one butler said, "Have fun!"
Then all of them waved their handkerchiefs at them, signaling "goodbye".
After a car ride... (Or limo ride, at that)
The two of them sat side by side, not looking at each other, on the brown, wooden bench. They were silent ever since they had arrived there. Then Umiya decided to break the silence.
"So...," she said, looking at Tora. "Why are we at the park, Igarashi?"
"Huh?" he said, looking up. "Oh, I don't know. I just wanted to get out of that house. Fast. I didn't care where we went."
"Hmm... Igarashi, is something wrong? You haven't been speaking or even just looking at me! Is something bothering?" Umiya asked with a face of concern.
"...," he mumbled.
He didn't know what to say. I mean, what could he say to her? That his father told him to break up with her? And that he had a fiance already?
"Come on, just tell me. I won't get mad."
He sighed. "Well... My father requested to see me, right?"
"Yeah," she nodded.
"He asked me if you were my girlfriend. I just said yes. And sorry, I know that you hate me calling you that."
"That's okay. Go on."
"All of a sudden, he told me to break up with you! And that he arranged me to marry some top company head's daughter!" he said, exaperated and irritated.
Umiya just gave a thoughtful face. "A... Are you...?" she asked with a quiet voice.
He quickly turned to her. "Break with up? With you? Of course not! I would never!"
She gave a small smile. "I'm glad... You feel that way..."
Tora furrowed his eyebrows. "Umiya, there's still something bothering you. I can tell. Now, tell me what it is."
She looked a little surprised, but then her expression went back to one of...sadness. "I... I'm just worried that your father might interfere in... Our relationship... And that it will mess the whole thing up..."
Tora thought for a while. Then he shook her shoulders a bit. "Umiya, don't worry! I won't let anything interfere with what we have! I worked too hard to get here! I'm not going to let it up now!"
He gave a confident smile, and in return, she gave a big smile. She was happy to be reassured by him.
"Ah, you must be thirsty, right? I'll go get us some drinks!"
Tora stood up. "Wait here, kay?"
She smiled. "Hurry back."
He nodded and ran off. Umiya admired the necklace she had received from him yesterday. 'It's still so beautiful...,' she thought.
Across the park, Tora was getting some drinks for him and Umiya. Then, a pair of hands wrapped around his eyes. He just chuckled.
As he turned around, he said, "Umiya! I told you to-"
"I found you, my love!" said an unfamiliar voice.
When he turned around, Tora didn't see Umiya. He saw some other girl, probably about 22 years-old. She had short, brown hair, and she wore a red tank top with a dark blue ruffled skirt. She could be classified as..."pretty..." Maybe... She looked a little foreign, but she still looked Japanese. She had a big grin on her face for some reason.
"Who the heck are you?" Tora asked with a blank expression and a tone-dead voice.
"Me?" she said (more like yelled, she was so loud!). "I'm the beautiful and stunning, half-Japanese, half-American, Sekane Hazumi! But you can call me Hazu-chan, love!"
"...I have no time for this," he said, walking away.
"Wait!" Hazumi yelled, stepping right in front of him. "Don't you recognize your own fiance?"
Shock flew across Tora's face. "F-fiance? W-what do you mean?"
"I'm the daughter of Sekane Hazoru, otherwise known as the head of the Sekane Corporation, the second-most important company in Japan! Second only to the Igarashi Corporation, whose head had arranged a marriage between his son and Sekane's daughter! So, that's me and you!"
She leaped into Tora's arms and tried to hug him, but he moved out of the way at the last second. Hazumi landed face-first into the dirt. "Wah! To-chan's being mean!" she wailed as she got up and dusted off the dirt from her skirt.
"You can not touch me! And who are you calling To-chan?" he yelled angrily.
"It's only fair that I call my fiance in an affectionate way!" she said.
"I'm not fiance! I don't know what my father may have said or done, but there's no way that I'm marrying you!"
He was starting to get pissed off, so he started to walk away. But then, Hazumi stopped him, grabbed his neck (forcefully, I might add), and pulled him in to...to kiss her! Tora's eyes went wide with surprised. He pushed her away and wiped his lips in disgust.
"Hazumi! What do-"
He stopped once he heard a sniffle. He turned to see Umiya, crying a few feet away. Her face was red from crying and anger. She turned to run away, but Tora's hand caught her. He turned her around and looked at her, feeling much pain.
"Umiya... Wait! I can explain!" he said, trying to calm her down.
"Oh, save it, Igarashi!" she yelled back, irritated. "I can't believe you! All that you said back there, it was a lie, right? You said that you wouldn't agree with having her as a fiance, yet I see you two here!"
"No! It's not what you think!" he said, panicking.
"Oh, so I'm wrong now?"
"I didn't say that!"
"Forget it! You can go live your rich and happy lives and marry whoever the hell you want! I don't care anymore!"
She turned to walk away. Tora caught her arm once more.
"Umiya! Wait! It's not my fault! It's her's! She forced herself onto me! Believe me!"
"How can I believe you, Igarashi, if you have already hurt me once before? You know, I thought it would be a bad idea to be forgive you after what you did. Well, this time, I won't forgive you!"
She turned around and looked down. "I... I hate you!"
Umiya stormed off. Tora wanted to chase after her, but something caught the corner of his eye. It was a platinum chain necklace with a turquoise-colored diamond on it. The chain looked like was ripped out though...