First of all I want to thank everyone for your support and tell you that I wrote a little Halloween fic called Nurse Rollins (yes, I know the title sucks lol) take a look at it and see if you like it, and I also wrote the second song fic in the rolleigns one shots so read that too if you want. Thanks a lot for your support.
Seth and Roman had had several more problems throughout the week, the Samoan had been too stressed by Paula's situation and even though Seth didn't want to cause him any more worries, they kept arguing and their relationship wasn't the same.
And the icing on the cake was Dolph. The blonde was a headache on Seth's life, he seemed to be everywhere. Dolph spent more time with Roman than Seth, even after work hours. Every time Seth went to the hospital, there was Dolph.
The blonde had even bought a couple of gifts for Paula, he helped Roman in the hospital stuff and sometimes they were in the room making graphics on the laptop and trying to advance their work.
Together, always, at all times.
It also didn't help the fact that Kazuchika now occupied a huge part of his time. This campaign was so important that Seth didn't want to get distracted and ruin it. So their work meetings extended until the night.
And in fact, they were in a meeting now.
"It's perfect." Kazuchika smiled. "Wow, you are good, your work is impeccable, your family should be proud of you. You will be a worthy heir of everything they have built."
Seth opened his mouth but didn't know what to say. No, his family was not proud, they were surprised and almost waiting for Seth to ruin this. None said anything, but Seth noticed it in the way they meticulously checked his work after the meetings with the Japanese delegation.
Something they never did with Dolph and Roman.
"The opinion of your family is very important to you, right?" Seth said instead.
"That's right, I have to inherit all this and I have to be worthy of it, and it's normal to want your family to feel proud." Kazuchika looked at Seth curiously. "Sasha told me the incident with her campaign and seeing your father trying to dissuade me from doing this work with you, I noticed that they don't trust you."
Well we had already mentioned that these Japanese were not subtle at all.
Seth looked at Kazuchika nervously. "But if you knew it... Why did you insist that I do this?"
Kazuchika and Seth were sitting on a couch on the terrace of the hotel where the Japanese were staying. The young Asian didn't want to work in a meeting room, so the hotel enabled everything for him for that week.
"Just a feeling." Kazuchika's smile was somewhat enigmatic. "A feeling I proved almost immediately when you started giving ideas... Do you want to know what I believe about the incident with Sasha?"
And from the way the Japanese man looked at him, Seth was afraid to ask. But his curiosity was bigger.
"What you think?" Seth asked nervously.
"I think that mistake was not yours."
And then Seth noticed that Kazuchika was closer. But how did that happen? He didn't even see him move.
"Seth, someone who has the care that you have and who can create something like this." Kazuchika pointed to the folders with the campaigns that his father would review over the weekend. "You couldn't have made such an error."
"Thank you for your trust". Seth was still nervous.
"But even if you made that mistake." God, this man was going to be Seth's death, the way he saw him was overwhelming. "With this campaign everyone will forget that someday it happened. It will be just a funny anecdote for the future, in fact, I have several of those anecdotes and I'll tell you about it over the weekend."
Seth remembered then that on the weekend he should travel to the other side of the country to meet with Kazuchika's father and sign the contract. Kazuchika was right, when Seth returned with that contract and the absurd amount of money that represented, no one would remember the incident with Sasha.
"I thank you once again for trusting me, this is very important." Seth smiled at Kazuchika.
"It has been a pleasure." The handsome Japanese gave him a smile that Seth couldn't interpret.
Was he flirting? But this man was so enigmatic that Seth didn't know how to read his attitudes. And he didn't want to misinterpret all this and ruin the negotiation.
Seth just smiled and said goodbye cordially.
"I'll see you at the hotel on Saturday." Seth said jovially.
"I'll be waiting for you, Seth." Again the confident smile.
…
Seth would have to show his parents the final proposals, they were reviewing their work meticulously. Then he had to prepare his luggage, the documentation. Make sure he doesn't forget anything. Meet Sami who would also travel with him. He would hardly have time to see Roman and Paula.
"I can't even spend the night with them. I have to go home to prepare everything for the trip, ugh."
Seth came to Paula's room at the hospital and there was Dolph. The blonde as always was too close to Roman.
"I have your clothes ready for Sasha's party. I'll pass by here early so you can get dressed and I'll bring you back after the party, I don't want you to spend the weekend away from your daughter, it's enough that we're stealing your Saturday night." Dolph said closing his laptop.
"Thank you very much Dolph, I really don't know what I would have done this week without your help, since Paula is in this state, all this became more complicated than it used to be, I just want that campaign to go well." Roman looked so tired.
Seth was sad to hear them speak. Now Dolph was the one doing the things he was supposed to do.
"When all this ends you will have free time again and if Seth succeeds with the Japanese, the company will be more solvent than ever." Seth noticed that Dolph said this last in an almost resigned tone. Nobody trusted him.
Seth's sadness turned into rage as he saw the blond putting one of his arms around Roman's shoulders and pull him in a hug. Roman just smiled with a deep sadness and shrugged.
"Thanks for being here, I-" Roman tried to say something but was interrupted by Seth.
"At least you could disguise that you want to throw yourself on my boyfriend." Seth was fuming. "God, it's so obvious that you want to get into his pants."
"I just try to comfort my friend, but I'm not surprised if you see something sexual here, after all, a thief judge others by his condition." Dolph smirked. "But not everyone is like you, Seth. There are those who do approach others without wanting to jump on their cocks."
"You're not going to start arguing here." Roman said annoyed, freeing himself from Dolph's embrace.
"It's not about discussing Roman. Will you keep denying the obviousness of the situation?" Seth looked at his boyfriend seriously. "He is on you, all the time all over you, and frankly I'm tired of all this."
Roman looked at Seth very alarmed. "What are you talking about?"
"I am talking about this snake you chose to adopt and now you believe everything that comes out of its mouth." Seth was livid. "He's always here, he seem to have nothing better to do than be around you all the time. You think he cares about you? You think he cares about Paula? Of course no, Roman, he just wants to hurt me and you're helping him."
"I work with him Seth, what am I supposed to do?" Roman was afraid, he was terrified. Seth seemed to want to break his relationship with him.
"You're supposed to keep it professional, you know, without giving him the opportunity to display his game and use you to hurt me. This is the unnecessary part."
"You are acting like a jealous child." Dolph protested. "I doubt you love Roman, you don't even trust him. You're just afraid that he behaves like you always do with your ex lovers. But I think the one doing something behind his back it's you!"
"But what are you implying?" Seth approached Dolph in a dangerous way.
"I am talking about the Japanese heir. Kazuchika is totally delighted with your work." Dolph snorted and laughed mockingly. "And I wonder what you of all people could have done to impress that man the way he is? He's so enchanted by you that he doesn't want to work with any other person. What talent could you have that has Kazuchika Okada eating out of the palm of your hand?"
Seth grabbed Dolph by the collar of his shirt and Roman stopped his boyfriend.
"We're in a hospital room, my daughter is here!" Roman separated them. "Dolph, you better go, I understand and accept that you both are never going to get along but you have no right to insinuate those things about Seth and you are not going to do it in front of me."
"Roman, out of respect for you and our friendship, I'm not going to mention this topic again, but for the record, I tried to warn you." Dolph said angrily. "As for Seth, he can go around screaming his suspicions about me, but if I do the same, I'm the bad guy. Seth is right in one thing, Roman... you're very naive and the only one here taking advantage of that is your boyfriend."
"You're a liar." Seth claimed.
Again the nurse entered the room when listening to the men arguing.
"Roman, I like you but this is becoming a problem and I can't turn a blind eye any longer," The nurse warned. "I'm going to get in trouble if I don't report this."
"Dolph is already leaving." Roman said holding his temple, he was having a headache.
"Tomorrow, I'll come to drop everything and take you to Sasha's party." Dolph left the room.
"Don't worry about me, nurse. I'm sorry about all this, I'm leaving too." Seth said as angry as Dolph. "I just came to say goodbye to Paula."
The nurse nodded and left the room.
"Seth, I don't want you to go. Look, I'm sorry if my friendship with Dolph is a problem, all I want is to work in peace, but what he said today was as out of place as your accusations."
Seth smiled bitterly. "Don't you dare compare my suspicions with his lies! I just came to say goodbye, I have to travel the weekend, but maybe it's for the best I think we both need space."
"Are you breaking with me?" Roman never felt so desperate.
"Of course not. I love you but it hurts me to see you don't trust me."
"I don't trust you?" Roman couldn't believe what he was hearing. "I just kicked Dolph out here because he dared to accuse you of having an unprofessional relationship with the Japanese man, I totally trust you. However, you live suspecting of me and he and I don't feel that I deserve that, Seth."
"I am not doubting you, Roman, but I know he's going to do something to separate us!" Seth insisted.
"Well, the one doing something to separate us is you, Seth. Just look around you, look carefully." Roman finally snapped. "You think someone in my situation has the time or disposition for an affair? I don't have time to live my own life."
Seth was breathing hard, he felt his eyes burning.
"I know you're not thinking about affaires, but you're relying on the wrong person and it's sad because, even if you don't see it, Dolph is separating us. Now you look around, look what his presence has done with us and with our relationship. I can't believe you don't see it."
Seth closed his eyes trying to keep his emotions together. He turned around and walked to the door.
"Seth I love you and believe me I need you, please don't do this to us." Roman said with sadness. "Please, stay here."
"I love you too Roman and I'm not ending our relationship. I just want you to think things through. We'll talk on Monday. I really have to go. I have too many things to do."
Seth left the room, both were sad and desolate. Why everything had become so difficult?
...
The next day...
Seth and Sami were waiting for Kazuchika and his father. They were both in a meeting room of a luxury hotel.
"Seth, change that face, please." Sami asked. "We should make a good impression on Mr. Okada to approve everything, if he agrees, tomorrow you can go back to Roman. I will take care of negotiating the budget, you won't have to stay for that too."
"I have to do all the work Sami. I'll talk to Roman on Monday, I'm going to focus on this so don't worry." Seth tried to smile.
Sami looked at him with empathy and Seth knew that his attempt at a smile had not been convincing.
The Japanese men arrived at the place and Seth tried to be as professional as he could and although he was successful in his performance, it was obvious that there was someone there who had not bought that act.
Kazuchika was looking at him intently.
At night the meeting ended and Mr. Okada was happy. Seth breathed a sigh of relief, this was a good thing.
"I am very impressed, you are a very intelligent boy and these proposals are impeccable, instead of hiring your grandfather's company to do this for us, I would like to hire you as part of our company so that we don't have to hire someone from outside, but do all the process from our headquarters." Mr. Okada said with conviction.
Seth blinked several times trying to understand what Mr. Okada was proposing.
"Are you serious?" Seth asked surprised.
"Seth is very modest, father." Kazuchika explained while smiling at Seth.
"Totally serious, I know you are likely to tell me no, because I don't think you would like to leave your grandfather's company, but if you are interested in the proposal, we can negotiate. I am a visionary and I recognize the potential in people. You are young, you will have a great future with us."
Seth was astounded. This was real? For the first time since he arrived in that city, Seth smiled with sincerity.
Seth thought for a moment, it would be wonderful to get out of the shadow of his family and prove to everyone that he was not just a spoiled child.
"You should move to Japan." Kazuchika said looking at Seth intensely.
"I thought you were going to work here." Seth didn't understand.
"That's right, but if you accept, you must work in Japan for a while, there are things there that you should learn." Mr. Okada explained.
"I'm flattered, but Japan is very far away and I don't know if I can adapt." Seth apologized.
"I would help you." Kazuchika smirked. "It would be a pleasure to introduce you to my country, I am totally sure that I can make you fall in love with Japan."
Sami looked at everyone in awe. They were seriously trying to take Seth to the other side of the world.
Going to Japan and prove to everyone that he could succeed on his own. Going to Japan and leave the love of his life. Even if they now had problems, Seth didn't think about separating from Roman. Going to Japan was no longer interesting if he had to leave Roman.
"I don't-" Seth tried to speak.
"Listen boy, what if you think about it, I should go back to Japan tomorrow, if you change your mind, tell my son and we'll negotiate your contract." Mr. Okada interrupted Seth.
Seth was not going to accept, but he decided not to say anything, he didn't want to complicate the negotiation.
...
Roman kissed Paula on the forehead and went to the hospital parking lot, there was Dolph waiting for him.
"Wow." Dolph gave a long look. "Roman, you really look very handsome."
Roman looked at Dolph cautiously.
"Don't be scared, I'm not trying to flirt, I'm just telling the truth." Dolph smiled.
Roman maintained an impassive expression. "Dolph I was thinking about everything that happened, how things have come to this point and I think Seth is right, it's better to keep our relationship strictly professional. I love Seth and I don't want to lose him. I thank you very much for everything you have done for me but..."
Dolph squinted his eyes. "I was just praising a friend, you can't let Seth manipulate you like that."
"He is my boyfriend and I don't want to talk about this with you." Roman got in the car.
Arriving at the party, Roman left Dolph. It was then that he realized that he didn't really know anyone in that company. At least not to approach them and talk. Roman sighed, hopefully Sasha would begin the presentation quickly so he could leave. Call Seth and tell him that Dolph would no longer be a problem between them.
...
"Wow we didn't know there would be a party." Sami looked all surprised.
"Of course, it's just a small sample of our satisfaction with the negotiation." Kazuchika indicated.
"If this is small, I don't want to imagine what it will be like when you celebrate the real campaign." Seth was more relaxed since receiving the proposal. Feeling that someone complimented his work was unusual and made him happy.
"When you work with us, you'll get used to this." As always Kazuchika smiled at Seth.
Sami watched the interaction between Seth and the Japanese man and decided not to leave his friend alone, however he couldn't. Asuka took him away to discuss the budget.
Seth and Kazuchika were sitting talking in the bar. A few drinks later and Seth was no longer nervous and actually found that the Japanese man was very funny. He had also made mistakes and done silly things while starting his way in the company of his family and knowing this gave Seth a sense of relief, if a man like Kazuchika had made mistakes and was now so successful, he could also have success.
They both laughed and Seth thought Kazuchika was a nice fella. He was going to introduce Roman to him as soon as he had the chance, surely he would like his boyfriend.
Seth saw the clock, it was midnight. He got up from his seat and apparently had drunk more than his body was used to, everything was spinning but not enough to lose his senses.
"You are a lightweight." Kazuchika stood up. "I'll help you go to your room."
"Don't worry I can do it on my own, I'm not drunk." Seth smiled.
Kazuchika ignored the comment and put his arms around Seth and took him near the lift. When they got there he let go and Seth stumbled over a sculpture. They both laughed and Kazuchika held Seth again while waited for the lift.
"Hey, you're even more handsome when you're relaxed. I can't wait to take you to Japan, you're going to love my country." The Japanese man held Seth by the waist with one hand and grabbed his face with the other.
The sobriety returned to Seth when he realized what was happening. Seth just wanted to get rid of Kazuchika
"Kazuchika, I have-"
And the lift finally arrived, the door opened. The Japanese smashed his lips against Seth's, pushing them both inside the lift, which closed its doors.
Sami had a glass in his hands and when he saw the scene from a distance he dropped it on the floor.
"Kazuchika does no more than talk about Seth." Asuka indicated. "He's totally smitten by your friend, something very strange in him, but it's a good sign."
"So that's why he insisted on negotiating with us." Sami was petrified.
Asuka looked at Sami horrified, as she was about to punish him for saying something silly. "Of course not, we don't mix things up. Seth is very smart and the proposals are perfect, Mr. Okada really wants him as part of our team. What Kazuchika is feeling for him is irrelevant for the negotiation. I don't know why you are so worried, they are both single. I don't see him nothing bad."
Asuka left Sami standing in the living room. Seth and Roman kept their relationship secret to avoid the press, Roman didn't want his name or his life written in some dirty sheet. Sami decided to run to the lift, maybe he would still reach them and prevent his friend from making a mistake.
…
Sasha was happy. The party was a success, the press was open-mouthed. Nobody expected this. Everything had been perfect. She was with Hunter, Stephanie, Roman and Dolph.
Roman just wanted to get out of there.
"My God, Hunter." She said looking at her cell phone. "You didn't tell me anything about Seth and Mr. Okada's son."
Roman paid attention to the woman. Hunter and Stephanie didn't understand.
"He's closing the deal. Sami told me, they signed the contract." Hunter explained.
"Well, seems like Mr. Okada's son not only did signed the contract." Sasha showed them his cell phone.
TMZ had an article about Seth's latest antics.
The photos were pretty clear and they started with the picture of the kiss near the lift and several more of them embraced near the bar and laughing happily. The headline spoke of Seth's new romance with a millionaire Japanese heir.
"If this is serious and you marry Seth with Mr. Okada's son, your family will be one of the most powerful in America." Sasha said excited. "I've talked a little with Kazuchika but I know he's a good boy, and now that Seth is behaving well, I think they could have a good thing there."
Sasha noticed that Hunter and Stephanie were horrified, Roman was pale and Dolph was the only one who seemed happy to see the article. Several reporters started calling Sasha and she apologized and went to talk to them.
"Roman, I swear we didn't know anything about this." Stephanie was so embarrassed.
Roman didn't know what to think or say, he felt so bad. "If you do not mind, I want to go back to the hospital."
"Of course, son." Hunter was very angry. "My driver will take you, if you need something just tell us."
"I just want to leave." Roman insisted.
"I go with you." Dolph proposed.
Roman watched at him and Dolph had written an I told you all over his face. Roman didn't need this and he didn't need Dolph near him.
"No Dolph, I want to be alone, besides-" Roman couldn't continue because his phone rang nonstop. The Samoan looked at the screen and it was Dr Anderson's number.
"Hello." Roman answered immediately.
Hunter and Stephanie were frightened to see the look of pain on Roman's face when he heard the person taling to him. The Samoan said nothing, just closed the call.
"It was your daughter's doctor. I saw the name on the screen." Dolph said almost scared when he saw that Roman was not moving.
"I, I must go to the hospital immediately, please take me." Several tears rolled down Roman's face.
"I'll take him to the hospital. Hunter, take care of the party and also locate Seth." To say that Stephanie was angry was a understatement.
She took Roman's hand and the Samoan allowed himself to be guided as if he were a child. Upon reaching the car, the Samoan dropped into the passenger seat and many more tears rolled down his cheeks.
"Roman, what happened with your daughter?" Stephanie asked as she started the car.
Well, the next episode we will know what happened with Paula and how Roman and Seth can solve all this mess, if they manage to solve it.
Remember that this fic is in its final episodes so stay tuned. Leave me a review with your opinions about this episode and what you think will happen in the next chapter.