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I awoke to an arm draped across my stomach. Takumi was laying on his side with his head turned to face me. He looked so peaceful that I couldn't help but just stare at him. He shifted and I noticed that he was not wearing his wrist brace.
I moved his arm and sat up. He stirred and opened his eyes. "So you decided to sleep in my bed again did you? Is it going to become a habit?" I looked at him and he just smirked.
"Takumi, we need to talk. First let me ask you, where is your wrist brace?"
His eyes went to his wrist and then came back up to meet my gaze. "I do not need it anymore."
"What? Why?"
"Because the doctor used someone else's chart and did another test to confirm that my wrist was fine. It was sore the first few days but it was not sprained like he had originally thought."
"WHAT? Why didn't you tell me sooner? If that was the case, why were you still wearing it?"
"I kept it on because I didn't want you to leave me and go back home yet."
"So you lied to me about it? What else have you lied to me about Takumi?"
I had stood up and was pacing the room. "Tell me, what about the phone call the other morning? What did you mean when you said 'when I'm gone'?"
"My phone call? You heard my phone call? Is that the reason you asked me to go on that date?"
"Takumi... are you dying?"
"What?! No, why would you think that?"
"Hmm, let me see. You go to the doctor for extra testing over anomalous readings. You won't give me information. You constantly tell me not to worry, but it makes me worry all the more. Then I hear you on the phone talking about how you lied to me and then said that you would be gone."
"So you thought I was dying and what...?"
"I don't know. I just didn't want to lose you after I finally realized I love you."
Takumi looked up at me startled by my words. "Wait... you love me?"
"Yes you idiot."
I couldn't take it anymore. I ran from the room. Slipping my shoes on, I left the apartment. I wanted to go home and cry. When I made it home, mom and Suzuna were both gone so I went to my room, threw myself on the bed and cried into my pillow.
Takumi wasn't going to die. I was so relieved that the tears would not stop. But he had lied to me. Why would he do something so stupid? He knows how hard it is for me to trust. What else had he lied to me about? I decided that today was the last time I would ever trust a man again. How was I stupid enough to fall in love with a liar? I just wanted today to end so I could go back to school and back to work. I needed my life back to normal.
I must have fallen asleep because I was woken up by the sound of knocking on my window. I rolled my eyes because only one person would be at my window instead of the front door. I did not want to see him, however.
I stood up and stretched out the kinks I had acquired during my restless sleep. I made my way to the kitchen to get something to eat. I heard the knocking from my room again but ignored it. I grabbed a banana and pulled back the peel. As I started to take a bite, there was a knock at the front door. He had to have given up on the bedroom window to try a more direct approach. I hastily ate the banana and decided to take a shower.
The hot water felt amazing on my stress worn shoulders. I could hear pounding now as he tried to get me to open the door. I was not ready to face him so I reached out and turned on the radio. Why did men have to be so stupid? You put your faith in them and then they lie to you. You find out about the lie and they would try and talk their way out of it. Some things can't be talked away.
I was so focused on my thoughts and the spray of the water, mixed with the sound of the music, that I did not realize that there was now a draft in the bathroom. I glanced to the door in time to see Takumi barge in and grab me around my midsection, pinning my arms to my sides. His eyes were wild with rage and I was taken aback.
He growled low in his throat as he crushed his lips to mine. For a moment, I forgot that I was mad, upset, hurt and naked. I kissed him back with fervor. As suddenly as the kiss started, it stopped. He looked down at me with those eyes and said, "How dare you tell me you love me, accuse me of being a horrible liar, walk out on me and then ignore me?"
"Uhh Takumi, give me a towel, you are getting wet."
"Ayuzawa Misaki, I asked you a question."
"What do you expect? You did lie to me."
"Do you love me?"
"Yes you idiot, I love you. But I also cannot trust you anymore. Now give me a towel."
He turned slightly and released me to grab the towel and drape it around me. Then he picked me up and carried me to my bedroom and threw me on the bed. All he said was, "Talk".
"What do you expect me to say?"
"Tell me you love me."
"Damn-it Takumi, I love you okay? But I don't know if I can be with someone that will lie to me like you have been doing. I had to deal with men lying to me my whole life. I thought you were different but you proved me wrong."
"Can I tell you a story now?"
"WHAT? You wanna tell me a story? Are you an idiot?"
"As far as you tell me I am. So shut up now and listen."
I have never heard Takumi be so rude with anyone. Normally he is quiet and laid back; nothing seems to phase him. So for him to yell and talk to me this way was just shocking.
"Ayuzawa, you are so frustrating. You keep me at arms length, always telling me I am an idiot or pervert or alien. But I have only ever just wanted to spend time with you. I try to always be there when you needed me, yet you don't ask for my help.
"That day on the rooftop last week, you finally asked something of me. So I literally jumped at the chance. I would do anything for you. I didn't know right away that I wasn't hurt as badly as I thought.
"I had debated on telling you but, for once, I had your attention. I was not ready to give that up. Misaki, you drive me crazy. And then you ask me on a date. And you have ended up in my bed twice now.
"I have tried to be a gentleman but you drive me insane just being near you. But then you run away from me and you don't let me explain anything. So let me tell you something.
"I will be leaving. I will be gone for awhile and it is not something I can control. I should have told you long ago. I had planned on telling you this two days ago but I didn't want to ruin our date.
"I told you that I grew up mostly in England right?"
I nodded in response because I did not think that my voice would work. I pulled the towel tighter around myself and I watched as Takumi nervously ran his hand through his hair.
"What I didn't tell you was that I am a bastard child. My mother was from a wealthy family in England and she fell in love with my father, who was a Japanese butler. I was not allowed to take her family name, or to be associated with them.
"Recently my half brother has been taken ill and they have no one to pass the head of the family position to. I am being forced into that role. I will have to go live in England for awhile. I never meant to keep any of this from you.
"I never expected that you could even care for me. I was going to leave and let you live your life. But today, I heard three words that changed my life forever. Can you guess what those words were Misaki?"
I shook my head no and looked down to the floor. I wasn't sure what to think after all of this information. I had been trying for a week to get him to open up to me and when he finally does, I am speechless. He moved close to me and lifted my chin until I was looking into his eyes.
"Those beautiful three words, Misaki, were 'I love you'. Now that I know how you truly feel, I can't just leave without telling you everything. Misaki, you are the only person I have ever told about this. I want to be with you forever, but that would mean that we will have a hard road ahead of us. You have to decide for yourself, what you want to do. I will do anything for you."
He leaned down and softly kissed my forehead before turning away. With his back to me he said, "I am going home now. Decide what you want Misa. I leave in the morning. If you don't come before I am gone, I will know your answer."
With that statement, he walked out the door and never looked back. My brain was slowly working through all the information that was just thrown at me. Takumi, bastard child, didn't trust anyone. Just like I couldn't trust. I had always thought he was indifferent to the outside world but reality it was just eating him up inside. Today, I witnessed every emotion that he had bottled up for such a long time. Could I get over being lied to?
As much as I hated to admit it, I don't want my time with Takumi to end. He treated me like a special object that, if ever lost, it would kill you inside forever. What was I going to do?