A WARM HEART
Disclaimer: I don't own any Maid-sama.
CHAPTER 11
Misaki finally reached Dr. Kenji one day. He had been out of town for a conference and that was the reason why she could not contact him.
"I didn't know Takumi was your guardian, Miss Ayuzawa, or I wouldn't have offered you the position," he said.
"He is not my guardian, Dr. Kenji," Misaki replied, anxiously hoping he would believe her. "But I need a job, and it is my decision to get one."
"I'm not sure. My friend didn't sound too happy when I mentioned you to him."
"Please, Dr. Kenji, I'm twenty-two years old. I am studying in the field of medicine and if I don't go out and work on my field, I will lose all these knowledge and experience I would need to help me in this lifetime. I want to take this position," Misaki pleaded.
There was a silence on the other end of the phone.
"Please," Please slowly replied, "I really need this job."
There was another silence before the doctor replied, "Alright. You seem to be a good candidate for this job anyway."
Misaki was so relieved, a huge smiled appeared on her face.
"The child will be here tomorrow at 12:00pm. Why don't you come at 9 tomorrow and I'll review what is going on for you to know what to do."
Misaki thanked him and hanged up the phone. She knew Cedric wouldn't take her to the clinic tomorrow, but she remember that she still had Jim, who had graciously offered to help her anytime.
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When the morning came, Misaki watched as Takumi left in the mercedes-benz car, then she went upstairs to change into more formal clothes.
At 8:00 A.M, Jim's car came and parked outside of the gate. Misaki anxiously walked on the driveway to the gate, hoping no servants saw her. To her horror, Yuudai called her name.
"Miss, where are you going?" He asked, seeing her carrying her purse and wore formal clothes.
"I-I am going out with a friend today, Yuudai," Misaki slowly replied.
Yuudai nodded and watched as Misaki went out of the gate and got into the toyota car outside the gate. He turned back to the garden in confusion.
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Jim left her at the clinic and promised to come back at 4 P.M for her.
The doctor was very happy to see her. In fact he seemed sort of relief that she took the position.
At noon, a little girl was brought to the clinic. She was very quiet, but observant. Dr. Kenji took Misaki to greet the woman and the child. He introduced them as Mrs. Yukimura and Rui.
The child was very beautiful, but she didn't seem to notice Misaki as she saw the coloring books in the room where she'd always colored and went straight to it.
When Mrs. Yukimura left, Misaki went to the child.
"Hello? What are you doing?" She kindly asked.
Rui didn't look at her but continued on coloring the picture.
Misaki silently observed her and saw how neat she was in coloring; or how neat she placed her crayons and picture.
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For the whole day, Misaki managed to interact with Rui only for awhile then Rui would went on talking to herself on how messy her picture was looking and how beautiful another picture of hers was.
She spoke to herself so innocently that Misaki couldn't help smiling to herself. She wondered what it would have been like when she had been young.
She proposed to teach Rui on how to read, but after a moment of attention, Rui would returned to her pictures.
At the end of the day, she managed to get Rui to hugs her before she left the hospital with her mother that day.
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Jim wanted to take her out for dinner so Misaki agreed since she wanted to talk with someone who liked her for a change.
When they sat in the restaurant, Misaki sadly looked to all the people who happily talked to someone. They seem to have someone, except her.
"Misaki, is something wrong?" Jim asked, excitingly sitting down opposite her.
She smiled.
"How many brothers and sisters do you have?" Misaki asked after they'd ordered.
"I have two brothers and one sister. They all are working like I am," he answered. "And you, how many brothers and sisters do you have?"
Misaki smiled sadly.
"I don't have any. I'm an only child."
Jim looked confused. "Then why do you need to work? That house you live in must be millions of dollars," he stated.
"That house belongs to-my father's friend. My father passed away a couple months ago, and his friend has offered to take me in until I find a job to pay for my own living."
Jim looked sorry at her sad face.
"I see. Is that why you allowed me to get to know you?"
Misaki looked confused as Jim smiled.
"I mean, you must be lonely, without any family member in that big house. Do they treat you well?"
Misaki quickly smiled and changed the subject.
"Why did you become a tour guide?" She asked with a brilliant smile.
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Misaki thanked Jim and came through the gate toward the house. The mercedes-benz was parked in front of the house and she knew he was home.
To her horror, he came out of the house, but beside him stood a beautiful woman holding onto his arms tightly as if they were married.
Misaki slowly walked toward them as he glared sternly at her. He looked to her clothes and notice its formality. She ignored him and slowly walked up the stairs.
"This is Miss Ayuzawa, the one I was telling you about, Kaon," Takumi said, as Misaki reached them.
Misaki turned to look at the woman as Takumi glared at her with dark eyes.
Misaki however just smiled as if she didn't care what he thought and greeted the woman kindly.
To her luck, Kaon didn't seem to like her one bit. She gave her a cold, disliking look.
"So nice to meet you, Miss Ayuzawa," she greeted with an edge to her voice.
Misaki returned the replied and without another word or care, walked into the house. She walked straight up the stairs and into her room, locking it.
For some unknown reasons, her heart was beating with ferocity, and she didn't like it one bit. So she got a towel and slipped into the bathroom to take a cold shower.
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Misaki stayed in her room the whole night, trying to avoid dinner with them. To her luck, nobody came to knock on her door. Surprised that the house was very silent after a moment, she came out of her room at 10 PM to look around. She was in her peach silk pajamas and robe.
More to her surprise, the rooms were very quiet and empty. Takumi and Kaon seemed to have disappeared along with the servants.
Sort of relief and feeling strange, she searched through all the rooms just to make sure that no one was around. When she was sure that no one was around, she looked confused.
Then she heard Licht barking. Filled with joy that Licht was in the house, she went to search for him and heard his barking coming from the library. Afraid that he could still be in the house and in the library, she slowly opened the library door to check if it was lighted.
To her relief, the library was all dark. She pulled the door opened and heard Licht barked again. Licht ran up to her and she giggled at his touch. Before she could bend down to pick him up, Licht ran into the dark room.
"Licht?" Misaki called, noticing how dark the library was with the shade closed. But to her surprise, a small fire was burning in the fireplace.
She touched the wall to see if she could find a light switch. Unable to find one, she slowly came into the library as Licht barked from within the room.
Slowly, she made her way blindly to the fireplace where Licht was barking.
"Licht, where are you?" She asked, hoping she wouldn't bump into something and hit herself.
Finally, she felt a sofa and knew she was in the circle of the sofas she'd seen earlier before when she came here in the light. She traveled along the sofa and from the fire saw Licht cuddling on the floor.
She reached Licht in relief and sat down beside him in gladness. She picked him up and hugged him tightly as he cuddled in her arms.
"How are you today, Licht? I missed you so much," Misaki said, hugging him tightly and placing her head to him.
She turned to look into the fire and placed Licht on her lap. She sighed and hugged him again as if she was going to lose him.
"I am so lonely, Licht… I don't even have a friend or family who cares for me like you do," she began sadly. "You are my only friend in this cold, empty house. I wish I could leave and take you with me."
She held him and looked sadly into the fire.
"I wish Mother was still here," she whispered.
There was a noise behind her and she turned to see what it was, but Licht surprisingly jumped out of her hands, and she turned to find him.
"Licht, where are you?" She asked as she stood up from where she sat and walked into the darkness again.
She heard Licht at the end of the sofas and quickly walked to where Licht is, slowly placing her hand on the sofa to help guide her.
She was reaching the loveseat when suddenly a hand jerked out and grabbed her waist and pulled her down. She cried out in fear and reached for the hands on her waist as she was quickly placed on a lap.
When she couldn't removed the hands firmly on her waist, she turned around and came face to face with Takumi.
Even in the dark, she could tell it was him, for her face was so close next to his. He was in his dark robe and pajama and that was why she couldn't see him in the first place.
"You!" She shouted, trying to stand up when she realized she was on his lap.
He only glared at her silently, but she could tell in the dark that he had on a grin.
"Let me go," she struggled, trying to pry his hands off her waist.
He only tightened his hold on her and brought her closer to him.
"If you are lonely, you should've come to me," he whispered mockingly.
Fearful, she desperately tried to escape but his arms encircled her even more tightly. "How dare you eavesdrops on my words! You have no manner or respect at all!" She cried, trying her hardest to pull away from him.
He went to hold on her arms as she stopped struggling, and turned to glare at him hatefully.
"I wasn't eavesdropping on you, my dear proper Miss Ayuzawa. I was in here before you came in," he said.
She tried to move again, angry at his words.
"You could at least tell me that you were in here, Mr. Walker! That would have been the gentleman thing to do," she replied, angry that his arms was not loosening its hold on her waist and she was forced to sit on his lap.
"But I am not a gentleman, do you remember. That is Gerard," he whispered into her ear, making her shudder.
Horrified, she pounded on his arms.
"Let me go, you animal!"
He finally released her and she fell onto the floor. He laughed as she faced him angrily in the dark.
"You seem so different from what I thought you would be, Misaki," Takumi said, startling her that he used her first name.
He bent down to face her on the floor. His face came down so close to hers, she could feel his breath.
"I can fill your loneliness if you want me to," he whispered.
Though her heart pounded and she truly wanted it to be true, she knew what he meant and she knew she would never allow him to treat her this way, not when she already owed him so much and he saw her with little value.
She stood up and faced him highly. Though she couldn't see his face clearly, she knew he looked at her closely.
"I don't need you. You'ld be the last person I'll go to to fill my loneliness," she remarked coldly. "A dog is preferable over your presence."
To her horror, he stood up. His height intimidated her, but she wouldn't allow him to scare her, not when it was what he wanted to do.
"That tells why you would sneak out of this house and have rendezvous with another man, is that correct?" He asked cruelly, "Is that lonely heart of yours so empty that you must spend a whole day to have him fill it up for you?"
She heaved in anger at his crude statement.
"I didn't spend my whole day with a man, Mr. Walker. In fact I-" she stopped herself before she could tell him her accomplishment.
He grabbed her arm.
"You what?"
Angry that he wanted to know her business, she told him anyway, just to spite him, "I got the position back from your friend, Mr. Walker."
His face hardened and she could tell that he was very angry.
"Was it the position you were aiming for, or my friend, Miss Ayuzawa?"
His words shocked her and she pulled her arms roughly away from him.
He laughed.
"If I didn't know better, you were trying to get help from Dr. Kenji so that he could pay these debts for you?"
She didn't hit him this time, for she knew it was too dangerous, in the dark and alone.
"If I was, then you'll see an invitation from your friend to attend his wedding, Mr. Walker," she icily remarked and passed him to go in anger.
She didn't get far from him though, for she bumped into something and trip. The statue also fell from its place and banged into the floor. It must have bruised her for she cried out in pain.
He immediately came to her side and held her arm.
"Are you okay? You must be more careful, there are a lot of antiques in this library," he said, his tone of voice was different from those she'd heard.
She looked at him in surprise of his tone, but she thought that he was concern about his antiques.
"I see. Will I owe you too if I break one of your antiques?"
He frowned.
"You misunderstand. I wasn't talking about the antique," he slowly remarked, and then a smile touched his lips. "But they cannot be replaced for they are rare. So you will be in a lot of my debt if you break one of them."
She moved away from his touch, angry at his words. She tried to stand up, but fell back as her knee gave way from the hard collision with whatever edge she collided with.
Before she could stop him, his hand came beneath her knees and her back and he picked her up in his arms. Her reaction, she tried to get away.
"Don't, or that injury of yours will be worse," he firmly stated, holding onto her tightly.
She stopped and looked at him hard. She was glad it was dark in the room, for she didn't want him to see her face turning red.
"And if you trip? What then?" She asked almost mischievously.
He slowly carried her in the dark.
"Didn't I tell you this is my place to hide. I know it like the back of my mind, even in the dark," he stated so surely that she believed him.
He brought her out of the library safely back into the light.
She looked at him then and found herself unable to face him completely. She was in his arms, in her pajamas, and their bodies were too close. He was looking down at her with something so strange in his eyes that it feared her as well as excited her. It was something she felt drawn too but she knew she shouldn't.
"Please let me go, I can manage from here," Misaki softly replied, not looking at him.
He didn't say anything nor heed her as he continued to carry her up the stairs. She stared at him in disbelief and found his face to be stern and focus, as if he also didn't like what he was doing there.
When he brought her into her room and set her on the bed, she refused to look at him, but stared at her hand on her lap.
"I'll tell Bua to bring you some medicine," he said in a strange voice that she finally looked at him.
"Thank you," she slowly replied.
He looked at her for a moment. His face expressionless and hard as if he was battling something.
"Good night."
He turned and left her, closing the door from behind. She stared at his exit with heaviness on her mind, wondering why her heart was beating so fast.
A/N: I know you guys hate Takumi for being cold to Misaki and always thinking of her as those women BUT there is a reason why he's like that! Hint: It has something to do with his past! I want to give you guy more hints but it wouldn't be a surprise anymore so please look forward to the next chapters coming along!