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-HERE'S YOUR UPDATE!
Misaki: wow, you're way more organized now.
Mei-chan: I read my other works and saw how terrible I formatted stuff.
Kai: Hn…
Misaki: *blushes*
Mei-chan: HEY! WHAT DOES THAT SUPPOSE TO MEAN?! Misa-chan, why are you blushing? (-w-)
Misaki: n-nothing…
Kai: I just said "hn…" it didn't mean anything.
Mei-chan: okkkkkkkkkkk
Aki-chan: What's this? Who that? *points at me* What are you *still pointing at me*
Mei-chan: *GASPS* MY OWN CHILD DOES NOTREMEMBER ME?! HOW DARE THEE NOT REMEMBER THOU CREATOR-
Misaki: stop speaking using old english.
Mei-chan: THE DISRESPECT-
Misaki: we're older than you are.
Mei-chan: But you're fictional characters-
Kai: but if you look at our info on the internet, it says we're older than you
Kamui: and taller than you
Mei-chan: Ok. You got me there…but I AM TALLER THAN KAMUI DAMN IT-
CorEagle: I'm back. And they're not tall, you're just small.
Kamui: My older version is taller than you
Mei-chan: damn it. Damn both of you.
Misaki: can't you just start the story?
Mei-chan: r00d
So yes, as promised, here is chapter 16. Are there still people reading this? Well anyways, I'm very happy that like the day after I posted Chapter 15, I got a lot of reviews already! I really appreciate it, you guysss. Hart hart.
Anyways, I am watching cardfight vanguard and I guess it's pretty decent. I literally fangirled over Chrono. I mean, dang son he looks fineeeee~
Ehem. Anyways, I ship Chrono and Kumi like as much as I ship Kai and Misakiiiii~
Great right? Also, just so you guys know the original plot was that Aki was supposed to die. I couldn't bear with that idea of my poor little baby no longer being a brat to his Toshi-nii and Saki-nee TT^TT and thus I made him live! I actually researched stuff about how it's possible to survive being shot in the head but Google didn't really give that much details and instead gave me details about what would happen if you got shot in the head. Basically death.
Anyhoo, no need for that! I'm VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY sorry that this took so long! I wanted to upload it a week after chapter 15 but then there was this final project of ours and we had to program shit and it was really really difficult so yeahhhh. Also, after that we had to like have more reqs to do and shit so I didn't really have time to continue Chap 16 in my drafts.
Also, I wanted the remaining chapters to be VERY long and thus it took me this long to make it. Again, I'm very sorry for the late update but I hope you guys enjoy it nonetheless!
Misaki: that's enough. Start the story
Mei-chan: But I feel like I'm forgetting something-
Assistant Cat: meooooowwwwwwwww~ (Meisakine doesn't own anything except her OC's. )
ENJOY READING! PLS REVIEW! (I love reading ur reviewssss)
Chapter 15 pt.2 : I'm Sorry
Misaki's POV
"Are there any new nova grappler booster packs?" a boy with hazel-colored hair and dark brown eyes asked.
"Sadly, no. We have been requesting for new ones but even the suppliers say that there aren't new cards being released and so they can't give us new booster packs. We do have new Kagero booster packs though, you use Kagero too, right?" I asked.
"Yup! I guess I'll just take that then. " He said, albeit a bit disappointed and yet he was still hyped for the new booster pack he was getting.
I smiled as I swiped the booster packs that he was getting and I said, "I'll make sure to save you some of the new booster packs when we do get some new ones, that way you don't have to worry about running out of them."
"Geez, thanks!" He said as he clutched his plastic bag with his newly bought booster packs to his chest before waving goodbye and heading off. I gave out an exhausted sigh once the glass doors closed. It's just 9 in the morning but we've been bombarded with customers since we opened the shop. I'm beat and dead tired.
I sat in my chair and propped my elbow up on the counter, setting my chin on top of my palm. I took my phone out of my pocket and looked to see if I had any new messages. I beamed and felt all the exhaustion disappear when I saw that I got not just one new message from Kai, but six.
I sent him a 'good morning' message before I set up the store earlier but I never got to check for the reply because I was busy with the customers and such.
I opened the chat. That's right, we aren't text messaging anymore, we even have a chat! He said it was easier to send messages via messenger than the regular text messaging we do. I' m not complaining, since it will save me the effort and money to get text credits.
Chat: our chat
You set your name to Misa-chan.
You set Toshiki Kai's name to Shiki3.
Misa-chan: Good morning~~ Going to open the shop now 3 Take care.
Sent at 7:28 am.
Seen by Shiki3 at 7:30 am.
Shiki3: Good Morning :)
Shiki3: Misa?
Shiki3: Misaki?
Shiki3: hello?
Shiki3: ya
Shiki3: :(
I blanched out when I saw how Shiki kept on sending messages. He was so out of character! I couldn't help but grin as I knew that he was only like that to me. Why? Let's just say that there was a certain blonde in the background that kept on whining about how Shiki is "so boring! His texts are so boring! Would it kill him to send a smiley face! Even a sad face! At least then it wouldn't look so boring! Aish!"
(Miwa: wow. You could've just straight out said it was me, though -_-)
I was about to text back a reply when suddenly-
"Uwahhh…" Aichi said, looking sad.
"What is it, bro? " Asked Kamui.
"Well, I can't really text Kourin right now since she's in a photoshoot so I decided to text Kai-kun." Aichi explained.
"Then why do you look like a kicked puppy over there, champ?" Miwa asked, putting his hand an Akari's waist, who was busy playing with AssistaCat.
"Well…he isn't replying. He didn't even read it. " Aichi said as he sighed and smiled sadly right after.
"AISH! The nerve of that guy! Seriously-!" Kamui began but then Miwa interrupted him.
"He said he's waiting for someone to message him first before he answers any one else's messages." Read Miwa as he looked up from his phone.
"WOW! Who does he think he is?! What a-" Kamui once began but then Miwa interrupted him again.
"Well, maybe he fell asleep? Calm down, kiddo." Miwa said as he gave a nervous grin, Akari giving a sympathetic smile in his way. "Right." She agreed, "The doctor did say that he keeps on falling asleep from time to time."
"W-well…I guess…but still he could've…" Kamui said, looking off to the side, where Emi was at. Emi gave Kamui a sweet smile, which made him forget whatever it was he was going to say.
Chat: our chat
Misa-chan:Ya
Shiki: finally
Shiki:hi :)
Misa-chan::)
Misa-chan: Answer Aichi's texts!
Misa-chan:he's sad
Shiki: I waited for u to reply and what I got was an order to reply to someone else's messages
Shiki:-_-
Misa-chan: please?
Misa-chan:pleaaaseee?
Shiki:-_-
Shiki changed his name to Kai.
Kai:ok.
Misa-chan:He looked sad
Misa-chan: don't be mad :(
"Uwahhh! Kai-kun replied!" Aichi exclaimed, showing his phone to his friends.
Chat: our chat
Misa-chan: Thank you 3
Kai:ok
Misa-chan:Shikiiiiiii
Kai: Who's that?
Misa-chan::(
Kai:I'm sorry
Kai:don't be mad
Misa-chan:(
Kai: yaaaaaaaahhh
Misa-chan: :)
Kai: ?
Misa-chan:so cuteeee
Kai:Who is?
Misa-chan: You
Kai: what
Kai: What is this 'cute' you speak of
Kai: I have never heard of it
"Misaki-san?" I snapped out of my daze and looked at Aichi.
"Yes?" I asked.
"Uhm…" He started, "Are you texting someone?"
"Uh y-yeah…" I answered.
"Oh ok then, sorry for interrupting." he said.
"Huh? No! It's ok. Really." I said, givig him a reassuring smile.
He returned the smile. "Misaki-san?"
"Yes?" I asked, again.
"Aren't you texting someone?"
My eyes widened in shock as the realization set in. "Oh my gosh! Thanks for reminding me!" I said as I took my phone and opened my chat with Toshiki.
Chat: our chat
Misa-chan:I'm sorry I took so long to reply
Misa-chan:Things at the store were busy
Misa-chan:Don't be sad :)
You changed Kai's name to Shiki.
Kai is typing…
Typing out a message and then sending it, I turned to look that Aichi was still there, watching me.
"Is there anything you need, Aichi?" I asked, confused.
He shook his head and merely gave me a small smile. I shivered. Why did his smile hint so much mischief?
"So, "Shiki" eh, Misaki-san?" He said as he gave me a sly grin.
"W-wha-…y-you…u-uh…" I sputtered out, not able to even form a coherent word.
"It's ok, Misaki-san!" He exclaimed, this time giving me a cheeky smile that reaches his eyes. "I'll keep your secret!"
"WHAT SECRET?! YAH YOU TWO! WHAT'RE YOU TALKING ABOUT,HUH?!" Shouted Morikawa and Kamui, before they turned to each other and shouted, "HEY STOP COPYING ME!"
"Oh it's nothing!" Aichi said even though he wasn't heard through the entire ruckus the two idiots made.
Nonetheless, I still blushed and mouthed a small 'thanks' and even offered a small smile. Aichi gave me one last smile, before he turned and started to head out home. As the glass doors swung open, I stopped Aichi.
"What is it, Misaki-san?" he asked, confused.
I gave him a sweet and innocent smile before I gave him my infamous death glare. "You better not tell, or else I'll make sure you'll regret it." I then put on my former facade before waving him goodbye and wishing him a good day.
He merely sweatdropped, obviously nervous as he waved back, before heading home.
I took out my phone and saw that Shiki had already replied.
Chat: our chat
Misa-chan: I'm sorry I took so long to reply
Misa-chan:Things at the store were busy
Misa-chan: Don't be sad :)
Shiki:Okay :)
Shiki:Miwa is annoying.
Misa-chan:Aw don't be like that
Shiki: Annoying
Misa-chan: He and Akari are.
Misa-chan: Their PDA is annoying.
Shiki: not a fan of PDA . Noted.
Misa-chan: what for?
Shiki:if I'm gonna be your boyfriend I need to know these things.
Misa-chan:You're my boyfriend?
Misa-chan:Says who?
Seen at 9:52 am
I furrowed my eyebrows because he saw my message but he didn't reply. Did I say something wrong? My heart was still beating because of what he said earlier. The 'boyfriend' part. I waited a few more minutes for a reply but nothing came. I decided to just send something so our conversation wouldn't look like it ended so soon.
Misa-chan:hold up, there's another wave of customers
Misa-chan:I wanna die.
Shiki:Oh ok
Shiki:Good luck
Shiki:Don't
I grinned seeing how different he is at chatting. I don't know what came up that's why he didn't reply earlier but then maybe he was doing something else. Anyway, he's like a totally different person, not in a bad way of course. It's cute, to be honest, how he has a completely different persona when chatting. I feel kinda bad for lying about the store having customers when really, the only people here as of now are the two PDA-ing lovebirds, and two idiots having a go at cardfighting, Emi, AssistaCat, Shin-san and I. It was best that I did though because Toshiki being cute is too much for my poor weak heart.
I internally squealed. Omigosh, I can't believe I only realized that I've been calling him Toshiki/Shiki the entire day! Not only that HE was the one who called himself MY BOYFRIEND. Oh my god, I am in so deep. I fell so deep for him. Suddenly I felt my phone vibrate and I once again checked from whom the message was. It was from him! *squeals-cough cough, I mean ,yeah okay, sure, it's from Toshiki ,yeah, cool.*
Shiki::)
Without immediately realizing, I felt the heat rush up into my face. So this is how I die?
"I never thought I lived to see the day where Misaki would die from receiving text messages." I heard an all so familiar voice say.
I turned around and saw Akari leaning onto the counter, giving me a mischievous smile as the familiar sparkle in her eyes could be seen.
"What are you talking about?" I asked, raising an eyebrow and crossing my arms across my chest.
"Ohohohoho Misaki-channnn~" She sang while still giving me the look. This particlar look meant that she was up to something.
"I'm serious here." I said, giving her a stoic expression which later changed into me frowning.
"So~~~~" She sang as she wiggled her eyebrows. "Shiki?"
I blushed furiously as I tried to deny what she just said to save me from further embarrassment but I failed.
Akari merely gave me a smile of triumph and then she started squealing and torturing our ear drums. Due to her professional screeching/squealing the ongoing cardfight was interrupted because both players were taken by surprise thus they lost hold of their cards.
Cards scattered on the floor, two idiots and a cat holding onto their ears, a confused Emi, and a slightly worried but mostly amused boyfriend of said screeching girl isn't really a nice thing to see in a cardshop.
I clamped my hand around Akari's mouth so as to save us all the pain. Miwa immediately appeared beside her and hugged her from behind. I let go of her mouth before she could even think of licking my palm, ew.
"What's up, Bee?" Miwa asked Akari, giving her an amused smile.
Akari actually had the nerve to look sheepish about her behaviour.
"Oh nothinggg…" she said as she gave me a knowing smile. She quickly took her lover's hands into hers and then led the confused boy out, most likely having another unplanned date.
"Bye~" Akari said.
"Bye?" Said Miwa.
I shook my head at my best friend's antics but then gave a small smile as I waved them goodbye. A few minutes later, the two idiots finally finished their cardfight and they -along with Emi- bid me a goodbye as they all headed home.
After the glass doors have closed, Shin-san turned to me and smiled, and I smiled back. After our small interaction a pregant silence followed but it was soon broken by Shin-san.
"Shiki?" he asked.
I may or may not have thrown my chair at his face.
And my face may or may not have been redder than Shin-san's blood that was currently oozing from his nose.
"Y-yah Misaki-chan it hurts!" He whined.
I pinched the tissue under his nose even more, which just earned me a painful yelp from Shin-san.
Kai's POV
I closed my phone and snapped my eyes shut. I can't believe I was such an idiot, assuming things so quickly! I never really did officially ask to be her boyfriend so of course she has the right to say that I'm not her boyfriend!
I took out my phone and stared at our chat.
Chat: our chat
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Shiki:Miwa is annoying.
Misa-chan:Aw don't be like that
Shiki: Annoying
Misa-chan: He and Akari are.
Misa-chan: Their PDA is annoying.
Shiki: not a fan of PDA. Noted.
Misa-chan: what for?
Shiki:if I'm gonna be your boyfriend I need to know these things.
Misa-chan:You're my boyfriend?
Misa-chan:Says who?
Seen at 9:52 am
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Did it seem like I intentionally didn't reply? It did, didn't it? Oh my God, I must've looked like an asshole doing that. That was such an asshole move.
I slapped my palm onto my forehead as I mentally cursed myself for being a jerk. What if she got mad? Wait, she did message me about the store suddenly getting all these customers though, so she couldn't have been mad right?
But what if she just did that so she wouldn't seem so rude about letting the chat end like that? I really fucking want to smash my head into the wall right now. I groaned as I started to plan out things that she would like me to do.
Shit, I don't do romance. I don't even know much about shit like these! I was relieved when she looked like she didn't like PDA because if there's a record for a person who sucks at it, it'd be me. Not only do I suck at it, I'd look so stupidly awkward even trying to attempt doing it.
I sighed. Now, I'm not religious but when it comes to Misaki, I guess I try to be.
Currently I am praying that some form of answer to my grief will show up so I don't have to internally kill myself every time I try to think of doing something romantically for Misaki.
The door to my hospital room suddenly opened and my best friend suddenly came in.
Is this the answer that God had sent me?
No offense, God, but even I think I can do a better job at this romance shit if compared to my best friend.
I let out a loud disappointed sigh. I guess I'll just have to make the most of what God gives me.
"What's up, man?" Miwa asked as he sat down on sofa beside my bed.
'Now is my chance to fully humiliate myself and lose all of my dignity just because I want to formally ask the only girl I love to be her boyfriend…I just have to ask this little shit I call a best friend…' I thought, dreadfully.
"Nah." I answered instead of asking what I actually planned on saying in my head. Why, oh why, must my mouth not cooperate with me at times like these?! All I want is to make Misaki my girlfriend but why for fuck's sake do I have to be this awful at these romantic shits? More importantly should I really entrust my future relationship with the girl I love into the hands of some little piece of shit with blonde hair and a wide ass grin? Like seriously, I don't think that I should-
"You look mentally constipated right now dude." Miwa commented, looking at me in concern.
'Well I am currently debating whether I should really throw away my pride and dignity just to ask you how the fuck do you do romantic shit and unfortunately you are of no help but God must've sent you to me so I guess I'll have to make do with you.' I thought.
"Fuck off." I said.
I really think that because of the incidents that have previously happened, it must've affected my brain to mouth filter because unfortunately they can't seem to cooperate with each other.
Silence soon followed, and honestly usually at times like these I would feel blessed because when you're best friends with Taishi Miwa, there's almost not a time where you would be able to have a second of peace but as of right now, I dread this silence because it is -surprisingly-awkward.
" .out." I snapped my head to Miwa's direction and I raised my right eyebrow at what he just said.
"Excuse me?" I asked, confused. What kind of shit is he spewing now?
"You look like the human embodiment of grief right now, and you only look like that when you're problematic as fuck. " he said.
I rolled my eyes.
"Are you sassing me right now?" he demanded, crossing his legs, raising his chin as he propped his eyebrows in my distraction.
He looked like some sassy aunt asking her niece if she just sassed her. Or a classy mom asking her daughter if she's sassing her.
Either way it spells out Miwa and his dramatic antics. I swear he should've just joined the drama club.
I scoffed at his get up and offered a small smile as I leaned back onto the headrest of the bed.
"I'm waitinggg~" Miwa singsonged.
I didn't answer. By now, the smile had long faded.
"Heyyyy come on big guyy ~ tell me all about it…" he coaxed.
The sun is shining too bright but I guess it's alright since it's currently contrasting with my dark mood. I wonder If my aura is as dark as it feels. If I were in a cartoon I'm pretty sure I'm one of those dudes who sit in a corner looking cool and then gets annoyed by his talkative best friend.
"Okay, by this point I feel like you're purposely ignoring me." He said, sweatdropping.
I wonder how they keep the TV so dustless? Do they use some special cleaning products or do they clean it every time I'm asleep so I don't notice the dust? I mean even the glass is dustless. I woke up and my phone screen was clear as day. Amazing really.
"ZzzZZZZzzzzzz…ZZzzzzz…zzzzZZZ"I turned around and saw that Miwa had fallen asleep. I sighed, knowing I can't really get up since 1) I have like a dozen wires and tubes attached to me; 2) I have fractured limbs and bruised ribs; 3) the couch is like mile away, judging my condition. So I can't go over and drape a blanket over the guy.
"ZzzzZZZZzzzz…ZZZZZZZzzzzz…" since when did Miwa actually snore? I've been going to his house since I was like kindergarden. I've been sleeping over, been sharing the same bed with him for as long as I can remember.
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He's totally faking being asleep right now.
I scoffed at his attempts and stupid idea but then smiled in appreciation. Miwa knows me best, second to my mom who is currently six feet under the ground and has been so for the past…6 years or so.
Miwa knows that I can't openly talk about stuff like this. Hell, he probably already knows that it's about Misaki, since I've only been like this ever since I started developing feelings for her.
'Thanks…'I thought, sincerely. Well, as sincere as I can get when I say it in my mind. Which is, very sincere.
"Idiot." I started off. Well, if he's gonna act like he's asleep, might as well roll with it, yeah?
I gave myself a pep talk in my head and then counted to ten. Just like how Mom taught me.
"I don't know shit." I started. I'm sorry, mom. I really don't know how to talk about stuff like this properly.
"Uhm…uh…I" I don't know what to say anymore. Like I legit just don't know what to say. Where should I start? How should I start? What do I say?
"When she came and visited me…" I started. Should I mention about how I confessed to her? H-how…I-I…k-k-kissed… Oh my lord, help me.
"I confessed…It was awkward. " I said. Shit, am I doing this right? I CAN'T EVEN TALK ABOUT SHIT PROPERLY HOW THE FUCK DO I EXPECT MYSELF TO BE ABLE TO MAKE A GRAND LITTLE CONFESSION THINGY TO ASK HER TO BE MY GIRLFRIEND?!
"Uhm…and…I might've…Okay I did…" I bit my tongue on reflex. HOLY SHIT. How does one say this? Why the hell am I so nervous?
Right, because I know what I did was wrong and that I should've done something nice and suave to woo her like what other dudes do but no I just randomly said I loved her and kissed her right then and there and then continued to act like everything was fine and immediately assumed that she already got the message that she's now my girlfriend-holy shit she didn't even pushed me away though? Like, she actually kissed me back. Or was that just my imagination? Hell, was she even here in the first place because you know, I could've just been hallucinating with all the drugs they've injected in me-nope she was here, she didn't push me back and we actually did make out.
Wait…make out is actually a pretty big term, uhm…heatedly kissed a lot? Basically me just defining what MAKE OUT means but yeah, we did.
How long have I been rambling in my mind? I must actually look like I'm mentally constipated. I might be? How does that work to be honest? Why am I even wondering how being mentally constipated works when I have to think about how to get help to get a girlfriend?
"Wow. you've been frozen for like 10 minutes. And I have been staring at you for that long, waiting for the news to be spilled." Miwa's voice suddenly pierced through the air and I was caught by surprise.
"You look like a deer caught in the head lights." He joked.
I glared at him.
"Now now, I am a best friend here to help." He grinned.
Blindingly annoying, that grin was. Then again, whenever Miwa did grin like that, it calms me. Even though I can't really be the same Kai I was back then, his smile gives me a feeling of reassurance. It feels like home and it home makes me feel like everything's going to be alright.
Yeahhhh, dramatic shit but Miwa's dramatic too so I guess that explains shit.
"Now. Let's get down to business." He said, again, snapping me out of my thoughts.
"Uhh…" I started out awkwardly.
"Spill the tea, you've got me excited." He said. When he saw me having trouble getting the words out, he sat beside me, getting under the covers/blanket, put and arm around my shoulders and then flashed me his signature grin.
Just like how he used to when we were kids.
"I kissed her. " I blurted out.
He looked dumbfounded.
"Okayyy, not something I was expecting but then again, it works too so…" he said.
"Anyways, why don't we work on your talking skills while we're at this point of your misery, yeah?" he suggested.
"Was that suppose to make me feel better? Cuz I strangely feel offended. " I said, giving him a look.
"Wasn't really made to make you feel anything but hey I got you to feel something-though negative you felt something! Congrats!" he said.
"Are you saying I am incapable of feeling?" I asked.
Is he trying to help me, or trying to get on my nerves because he is doing a great job with the latter.
"Now now, the tea!" He said, waving off and ignoring what I previously said.
"Let's start with putting more detail to what you just told me. Start with after you kissed her. How'd she react, in other words." He pointed out.
"Your calmness and attitude is freaking me out because since when were you a freaking therapist?"
"I don't really know if therapist is the right word but who cares, I need tea."
"There's some downstairs in the cafeteria, why don't you get some." I retorted sarcastically.
"You little-heyyyy actually that's a good idea." He said.
"What?" I asked, confused.
"Tea always makes you feel better! Remember when we were kids? You needed camomile tea to calm your nerves and after you do, we always hit it right off the bat. In other words, we talked easily. Well, easier whenever the topic's a little personal but you know what I mean." he rambled. "Now stay here, try to calm your mind and then when I get back and you've drank your tea, let's start again."
"Oka-" he didn't wait for me to finish and instead went and bolted out the door, leaving the covers/ blankets draped over my head.
"Fucking idiot." I sighed, tugging the blanket off of my head.
I looked at the clock that was hanging on the wall, right beside where the TV was at. Seconds went by, soon it became minutes, and minutes became half an hour and…
Where the fuck was Miwa? Did something happen? Was he kidnapped? Did he slip on a banana peel and die? Wait, die is too soon , I still need that idiot alive. Maybe he broke his neck or something? WHAT IF HE FELL DOWN THE STAIRS AND-
TING!
I looked at my phone, its screen was lit up and I could see that I had gotten one new message.
Is it Miwa's soul texting me from hell, asking me to pick him up? I grabbed my phone and saw that it was indeed a text message from Miwa.
To: Kai
From: Miwa
Mom called, she found out I've been skipping out on a lot of chores. Oh well, duty calls!
I asked a nurse to give you the tea. I know you really don't want to ask help, and I also
Know that whatever it is you're fussing over, it'd be better if you solve it yourself.
Good luck!
P.S. you're still spilling the tea next time I see you though. (Which is like a few years since the
Chores I have been skipping out on have been piling up and honestly it's worse than the
Mountain of homework I gotta do.)
Won't you look at that.
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So Miwa does know how to spell correctly. This new information is an amazing discovery! *slow claps*
He was right though. He is of no help. -_- Every time I go for him to ask for advice he doesn't really help much…
To: Kai
From: Miwa
Also, remember the question I asked you? Yeahhh, ask yourself a bit more questions like that and
Reflect on it. It might help, but I dunno I was never as problematic as youuu~
Anyways, good luck again. Xoxo
T
Who ends their texts nowadays with XOXO? Creeeeeeeeppy. Heh, that's Miwa for you, but yeah, I guess he does help a bit. By a bit I mean literally only a bit. About as much as Kamui's height to be precise. And that's one short dude.
I decided to just think things through, like what my best friend said. I'm actually putting trust in you, you shithead, if it doesn't work, I blame you.
(Miwa: I offer help and this is what I get?)
Uhm. Okay. So. Questions, right? That's what he said.
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I am a hopeless case…
Misaki's POV
"Hi, how can I help you?" I said, smiling at the teenage boy that was looking around our shop. He had short, brown hair and blue eyes and he wore a school uniform.
"O-oh…uhm…I was just looking for some cards to help me with my deck. Vanguard specifically." He said, rubbing at the back of his neck, obviously nervous.
I smiled.
"Well then, it's a good thing I'm here! I'll help you as much as you want. We just got a new shipment of cards and I bet there are a lot of cards that can help you! What's your clan?" I asked, giddily.
The customer seemed to have relaxed and let out a chuckle.
"Kagero." He says, still a tad bit shy.
Kagero huh?…
"I see. Wait here, while I look and find some of the new cards." I said.
He nodded.
When I came back, I saw the boy looking and sorting through his cards. I looked over his shoulder and saw that he had a decent and well-balanced deck, though it did need a few improvements here and there.
"Here they are." I said, laying out some of the booster packs and trial decks and all that.
"Thanks!" he said.
"No problem, tell me when you want to buy anything." I said and I went around the counter and sat down on my chair, hand reaching out to pet AssistaCat's fur, earning soft mewls and purrs.
It took about 10 minutes before the boy came and showed me about 5 booster packs and said that he was going to purchase them.
"Is there anything you want to ask?" I asked, after seeing him stare at me and opening and closing his mouth but nothing came out.
"W-well…Uhm…y-you're part of Q4 right? I-I was just wondering if you and Toshiki Kai are contacting each other? Y-you see, I'm a big fan, that's why I'm using Kagero and such, and meeting him would be a dream come true." he explained.
I smiled at the mention of his name.
"Yeah, we're contacting each other." Wayyyyy more than you think…
"I'll arrange you a meeting with….him." with my "boyfriend"?.
"R-really? Thank you so much! W-when do you suppose that'll be?" he asked, as I gave him the bag with his purchased items, his eyes shining with anticipation.
I smiled for the nth time that day…
Toshiki leaves the hospital tomorrow at 3pm, but he'll needs to rest a lot still, since his injuries are still healing. The doctor said it'll take about a week or two for it to heal enough for him to be left alone and be able to go outside and stuff…
"It'll take about 3 weeks from now though, at least. I'll make sure to tell you whenever I see you, for any updates about it." I said.
He beamed. "That's ok! Thank you so much!" He said, bowing continuously.
After that encounter, the boy left and waved goodbye with the promise of visiting the shop more often.
"That was an interesting scene to watch…" I heard my uncle say.
"What do you mean?" I said, feigning obliviousness.
"You smiled a lot. And talked a lot. That's never happened before my dear niece." He said, with a knowing glint in his eyes.
"Spit it out." I demanded, slightly narrowing my eyes at him.
"Something must have happened with you and Kai at the hospital, seeing you finally act like the actual teenage girl you are." he grinned, "and not just a teenage girl. A teenage girl in love~"
Oh great, now he's catching on? Where'd my stupid uncle go?
"I'm not that stupid!" I heard him say.
Oh I said that out loud? Wow.
"Ok. I need the old Misaki back, you're really creeping me out now." he said, sweatdropping.
I shrugged and felt a small smile gracing my lips.
"I'm not even gonna deny it anymore." I said.
"And I'm glad you won't." He said, returning the smile. "Just tell me if he ever hurts you, I'll have the gang beat him up."
I snorted, "As if. I can take care of myself. Thanks though."
"I know. I'm just looking out for you. I trust you both, anyways."
I beamed. "So…does that mean-"
"Yep. I approve. Besides, I never opposed it." he said.
"Yeah, I know. I mean, holding meetings about your ships inside this very shop wasn't a very smart move you know."
He grinned.
And I smiled back.
It was night time, 9pm to be precise and we had finally closed the shop. I had just finished taking a bath and drying my hair. I'm now lying on my bed while petting AssistaCat's fur, checking and replying on our group chat from time to time.
I remembered what happened… a-after the k-k-k-OH MY GOD….
I felt Kai's lips on mine.
At first I didn't know what I was going to do. I just sat there frozen, eyes wide and completely still with my heart hammering in my chest. My heart was beating so fast that it hurt. After a few seconds, I began to kiss back.
I felt Kai let out a breath of relief after I kissed him back, and I felt him smile into the kiss. I blushed at that thought. I mostly blushed because of embarassment. This was my first kiss…
And I have zero experience with this.
It felt amazing. I guess. Am I doing this right though? I mean, it's my first time. Fuck, he's a good kisser.
He brought his uninjured hand to settle on the back of my neck before pulling me in and kissing me at a totally new angle. Not knowing what to do, I wrapped my hands around his neck and pulled him closer, our bodies flushed together. Why is he so good at this?
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Is this even his first kiss?
The next second, we finally stopped kissing and were a bit apart from each other. I don't why whether we stopped kissing because of our lack of oxygen or I might've pushed him away after having that thought. Oh god, did I mess up?
"Hey. You ok?" I heard his deep, calm and sultry voice asking.
"Yeah."
I nodded.
He smiled.
I smiled.
He smirked.
I blushed.
"That was great." He said all of a sudden. What the fuck? Seriously? That was great? Hell no, it was fucking amazing. Oh my god, my heart was literally beating a mile a minute. I'm so flustered oh my god.
He leaned in and brought his hand closer to my face, only to brush off some of my hair that was misplaced and tucked it behind my ear before leaning in even closer and whispering,
"Would love to do that again." he said in that deep and sexy voice of his.
All the blood rushed up to my face as I tried to form a coherent sentence but I was too taken aback by what he said that all I could do was stutter and mumble shit.
"I-I…y-you….fuck..o-oh my…god…y-you…m-me…" I said, mind going into haywire, still not over what he said.
Suddenly I felt two big hands cupping my cheeks and then all of a suddenly pulling them.
"Y-yahhh….whuy awe woo woowings..awwchhh ich hurchhss!"
"Cute."
"…shochiki!…yahhh!"
Suddenly the hands were gone, and I found Kai looking at me with wide eyes before his face morphed into that of…adoration?
"W-what?" I asked, rubbing both my cheeks together trying to regain some feeling back into them. Gawd, this guy may be skinny but he strong as hell…
"You called me Toshiki." he said, smiling.
That smile…just made me fall for him all over again…
"Say it again, please?"
I smiled as I felt my eyes droop and my eyelids getting heavy but then,
Ting~
I opened my phone to see who messaged me, still slightly sleepy as I fought back a yawn, my fingers fumbled with my phone. My heart skipped a beat, and my eyes got wide. What's sleep? Pretty sure I'm not getting any of that tonight.
I stared and grinned at my phone's screen after seeing the name flashing on the screen.
(+1) new message fromTOSHIKI KAI
I felt myself getting excited over the fact that he just texted me. Oh my God. He just texted me…my heart fluttered and my stomach churned. Oh my god what is happening to me…
I quickly opened the message.
From: TOSHIKI KAI
Hey Misaki?
To: TOSHIKI KAI
What's up?
From: TOSHIKI KAI
Be my girlfriend.
~THWACK!~
Third Person' s POV
"Meow?" AssistaCat said, head turning to where the sound was coming from, only to see a statue-like Misaki with her phone on her face, mouth wide open and arms and hands still dangling in mid-air.
"Meow?" AssistaCat said, tilting her head to the side in confusion due to what was happening.
"MEOW!" AssistaCat suddenly jumped from the sudden shock, fur standing up, when Misaki all but rose up from her bed faster than the speed of light. Not only that, she even started smiling as she hugged her pillow, squeezing it to death, if ever it were alive in the first place. AssistaCat could only sweatdrop and walk away from the sudden ray of sunshine we call Misaki.
Misaki's POV
Holy shit. I wasn't reading it wrong, was I? I hurriedly took my phone and stared at his message once more. Those three words were right there, I didn't read it wrongly. This isn't a dream, right? I quickly reached out to my leg using my right arm and pinched myself.
"Holy shit, I'm not dreaming." I said as I rubbed the place I picnhed myself.
My heart wasn't beating anymore. It full on exploded with all this happiness I'm feeling. Is this for real-fuck!
I hadn't responded yet! I hastily grabbed my phone and saw that there were messages from Toshiki.
From: TOSHIKI KAI
Hey…?
From: TOSHIKI KAI
It's fine if you say no
From: TOSHIKI KAI
I thought we were on the same page, I mean you didn't push me away or anything…
I fumbled with the message that I was going to send, quickly typing and erasing and typing again. HOW DO I RESPOND? DO I JUST SAY YES?
All of a sudden, another message came.
From: TOSHIKI KAI
Just wanted to say that even if you say no, I'm still making you my girlfriend.
To: TOSHIKI KAI
I guess I'm your girlfriend then.
From: TOSHIKI KAI
Shit. You for real?
To: TOSHIKI KAI
Want me to take it back.
From: TOSHIKI KAI
You can't. I have screenshots, written evidence. :P
To: TOSHIKI KAI
Wasn't really planning on it. ;)
Miwa's POV
Soak, scrub, rinse, dry, repeat. I've been repeating this for the past hour, already. God, why the hell did I think disregarding my duties would make someone do it for the sake of our home's well-being. Well nope, my family's a bunch of lazy fuckers just like me. Oh well, at least I won't need a DNA test to see if I'm adopted or not.
I was about to grab another plate for me to rinse and dry when suddenly my phone rang. Who'd dare call THE Taishi Miwa when he is doing his royal duties? The nerve-
My phone rang even louder the longer I didn't answer it. The ring tone was from a boy group that Bee likes and trying to get me to like. T'was downright shitty, in my opinion, but oh well, girls and guys are different in general. Gotta admit though, the song was good. Especially the rap part.
I grabbed my phone after I dried my hands using my apron. God, my fingers are so wrinkly now. Nobody likes a wrinkly man. Yeesh. I looked at the ID caller and my eyes were as wide as the plates I was washing earlier.
Kai was calling me?
What? Wait, why though? Did he need something? Did something bad happen? Oh my god-
"DASI RUN RUN RUN"
My phone was blring again so I decided to just answer Kai's call and know what was going on instead of trying to figure it out myself I placed the phone near my ear and was about to greet Kai when-
"Oh my Godt." I heard him say.
"Nice try, but it's actually Taishi Miwa, pretty close though, My friend." I said, grinning cheekily as I can automatically imagine how Kai looks like right now.
"I'll let this pass 'cause I'm in a good mood." I heard him say.
"Woah, something big must've happened then.. So what, you gon' fanboy to me about it?" I asked, placing the phone in between my ear and my shoulder as I poured myself a cup of orange juice.
I heard him mutter a 'what the hell is fanboy?' whilst I placed the cup to my lips, ready to drink it. As I was gulping down the orange juice, he suddenly said,
"Misaki's my girlfriend now."
The news took me by surprise that I ended up having a coughing fit. My eyes watered as I continued to hit my chest with my fist in order to help me get over the coughs. I swear there was orange juice that went up my nose too.
"HOLY FUCK?" I screamed into my phone, instantly regretting ever doing so when I was suddenly hit at the back of my head by none other than my dear old-
"AW! What was that for!?" I said as I rubbed the spot she hit.
"For calling me old." My mom said.
I gaped at her, my mom's psychic!
"All moms are, sweetie." She said before sending me a sweet smile and walking out of the kitchen. "If I hear another cuss from you, I'm going to make sure to kick your sad ass out of my fucking house."
I sweatdropped, "Okay. Sorry, mom."
I picked up my phone from the floor, mentally cursing when I saw that the screen was cracked. "You still alive?" I heard Kai say once I placed the phone nnear my ear again.
"I was about to curse you but then I'm at home."
"Sad for you then."
"Sure, keep rubbing the fact that you're feeling happy as hell and I'm here suffering and wallowing in misery."
"yeah, so this is what it feels like to have a girlfriend, huh." he says
"You finally getting in on some action, man! Congrats, you just graduated from Singles University. Took you long enough though." I said, smiling.
I'm glad Kai finally has someone to be with. I know he isn't lonely, I mean we're a pretty big gang, you know. But then there's this huge difference of having people to be there for you and having a certain person all to yourself. It's a special type of company, I guess and I'm glad Kai has someone to call his now.
I'm glad how he finally found someone to be himself with. I know that although our relationship is getting better day by day, I know that Misaki can experience being with the Kai that I know back then. I'm glad, that Kai is finally getting his own shot at happiness…
CHAPTER 16: Kaisaki Confessions
Kai's POV
*poke*
*poke*
Why is there something poking my cheek?
*poke*
*poke*
"Fuck off…" I mumbled, turning my head to the other direction, in hopes of avoiding whatever was poking my face….
"Toshi-nii?"
My eyes flew open upon hearing that voice saying that nickname. I craned my neck in the direction where I heard the voice and saw Aki. He looks the same except there was a huge bandage wrapped around his entire head.
"A-aki?" I said, exasperated, still not being able to believe that my baby was right here beside me.
He stared at me blankly, which I think is normal since the doctor said it'll take time for him to process things.
Suddenly I heard him gasp.
"What's wrong? Does something hurt? Are you ok-"
"TOSHI-NII SAID A BAD WORD!" he exclaimed.
Oh. That's right I told him to fuck off cuz he kept on poking my cheek. He must be having a really hard time processing stuff based on his late reactions.
"Nothing hurts! Aki's fine!" he suddenly said, reaching out for my injured wrist and patting it. His touch, as always, was gentle and innocent as the child he is.
I smiled. I beckoned him over and although it took him some time to understand what I meant, he eventually got the message and made his way over, wary of the tubes and wires and other stuff connected to me.
I encircled my arms around his tiny frame, engulfing him in a hug.
"I'm glad you're okay, baby. I missed you a lot." I mumbled near his neck, since I'm afraid I'll hurt him or worsen his condition if I were to make contact with his head. I'm no doctor but I know that even the simplest of things can affect people with head injuries.
"Aki missed you too, Toshi-nii~" he said, smiling. "Toshi-nii, why are we here?"
That's right, he doesn't know.
"Remember the bad men that took your Saki-nee?" I asked and waited for a reply.
I saw Aki's eyebrows furrow and his lips forming a pout, a confused but concentrated look was on his face.
"Bad men tried to take Saki-nee?" he asked, confused, even tilting his head a little to the right.
I shook my head. "Nah baby, it's fine. Rest well and get better, yeah?" I said, instead. I didn't want him to remember those thing so soon. Blood and violence isn't good for a kid, so might as well let things be for now. I'll just have to explain them when he starts remembering.
"If you have bad dreams tell Toshi-nii, okay baby?" I said.
As usual, the reply was delayed. "Okay, Toshi-nii!" he said, smiling cutely.
"Baby you're so cute." I said, not being able to resist his cuteness. I gently cupped his cheeks and rubbed my nose on his right cheek, he laughed and tried to squirm his way out of my hold but I held him so he couldn't. I began leaving kisses all over his face, avoiding his forehead, while making monster noises, to which Aki had screamed "I'm not tasty! Don't eat me!" followed by his ever so joyful laugh.
I was rubbing my nose with his, both of our eyes crinkling as I laughed softly and he giggled, when the door to my room opened and in came a nurse. Her eyes widened about a fraction when she saw us but then her shocked expression turned to that one of fondness.
She was a bit plump-looking, hazelnut hair wrapped into a bun, and she was wearing the standard nurse uniform and probably around the age of 35-40. I put some distance within Aki and my face, coughing a bit to regain my composure as I felt a little bit of blood rush into my cheeks and I swore that my cheeks must've been pink right now.
She gave me a soft smile before talking.
"Hello, good morning sir.I'm Aki's assigned nurse. We're going to have to take him for his daily check up and hopefully get him something to eat so he can drink his medicines. If I may?" she asked politely, tone soft and gentle.
I let myself relax a little and I nodded, giving her a small smile. I turned to Aki who was looking at the woman confused.
"Nurse will take you to the doctor and get a check up okay?" I said, gently so as to not stress him out because this will take some time to explain especially since he's processing rate is slower and he's never been good at being with strangers so he might throw a fit.
A few seconds later, he nodded, eyes scanning my face, as he blinked slowly, trying to digest the new /information.
"After that you'll eat and drink medicines." I said, and then waited for his reply which also came a few seconds later and again, was just a simple nod.
"Nurse is nice and will take care of you because Toshi-nii also needs to stay in bed." I explained, praying to heavens and all the gods that exist for Aki to understand what I'm saying and NOT throw a fit.
He nodded. "Okay. Aki will be good."
I smile and let out a breathe of relief in being able to avoid having to deal with an Aki throwing a fit this early in the morning. Children screaming and wailing near your eardrums make headaches ten times worse. The nurse came closer and held out her hand for Aki to take, which took him about 5 seconds before actually recognizing and understanding the gesture and about a minute hesitating to take it.
"Aki, you need to go. It'll be okay." I whispered, caressing his small little back.
Another 5 seconds and Aki was walking with the nurse out of my room and going to his check up. I smiled and let out a sigh. Even that was already tiring for me. God, I need my amazing stamina back.
I was thinking of what to do for the remainder of the day but realized I have done everything that I could and thus leaving me with nothing to do. I had arranged my deck about 3 times already, had eaten my breakfast, read a book and a few magazine and streamed online for songs that I like. I guess I will just have to watch TV as a pass time for now.
I looked around and saw that the remote was on the dresser near me. But at the far end corner. Where I can't reach it.
God, I just want to DO something and even that seems to have to be given effort? Fuck this shit. I crossed my arms, though gently so I wouldn't brush my injured wrist or anything because it hurts like hell, and decided to think if I should waste my time actually trying to reach over and endure a hell lot of pain to just get that fucking remote and watch TV.
Fuck, I'm so bored.
I carefully turned around to face the direction where the dresser was, careful of not getting any of the wires and tubes connected to me tangled. I edged myself closer to the end of my bed and put my uninjured wrist on top of the dresser. I slowly raised myself with my uninjured wrist as support and ever so slowly reached my hand out in order to retrieve the remote.
A wave of pain got me to wince from not moving my sore muscles for the past days. All this for a stupid remote. Fuck my life. And fuck my boredom in the ass too, I need entertainment. I ignored the stretch of my sore muscles and quickly grabbed the remote. Unfortunately, having only my uninjured wrist as support, it couldn't handle my entire weight, thus making me fall. Almost. With my heart hammering in my chest from having to save myself last second from oblivion we called the floor, I let out a sigh of relief.
Yeah, all this for a stupid remote.
Misaki's POV
I woke up. What a beautiful day. I looked out and saw that the it was raining. Yeah, totally great. I love rain-WHAT THE FUCK IS HAPPENING TO ME WHEN DID I LIKE RAIN?!
I looked at my reflection from the screen of my phone. Nothing exactly changed. There's no alien manifesting itself inside of me or anything right? Probably not. Then why am I so happy?
Am I that messed up in the head already?
(Mei-chan and CorEagle: bitch, it's love)
So, ignoring the two idiots there, I stood up and walked to the bathroom, doing my morning rituals and getting dressed. I wore a simple white t-shirt and tight jeans along with my white boots. My hair was damp so I dried it a bit and after it was a bit more dry I just let it air dry.
I walked down into the kitchen and sat on the chair, pulling myself and the chair closer to the table. Shin-san had already set up the store by now, so I decided to just eat quickly in order to help a bit before making my way to the hospital.
I grabbed the chopsticks and dug in to my meal, after saying my thanks. Soon, I finished eating and grabbed all the dishes and headed over to the sink. I opened the faucet and started doing the dishes, scrubbing hard so as to remove all traces of dirt.
After rinsing the dishes and wiping them dry, I made my way to card capital, leaving the dishes sparkly clean.
The doors to the shop opened automatically as I made my way in.
"Why, good morning Misaki." I heard Shin-san say, as I entered.
"Good morning, Uncle." I said and made my way over to the counter to start my day. I was about to grab my apron when Shin-san beat me to it.
"What do you think you're doing?" I asked Shin-san.
"More like, what are YOU doing? Aren't you suppose to head out out to the hospital?" He asked.
Oh right. We made an agreement about me visiting Shiki at the hospital.
"So, how'd it go?" Shin-san asked.
I smiled. "T'was fine, nothing much happened since Shik-Kai just slept majority of the time, probably cuz of the drugs they injected."
(Mei-chan: may ghad. I heyt drugs.)
"Hm. That was a pretty long answer. You sure nothing happened? " He asked, eyebrow raised, a sly smile on his face as if he knows something.
I looked at him and gave him a confused look. What does he mean by that?
"What? Of course nothing happened." I said casually. I closed my eyes and gave out a huff when he simply nodded in a "okay, if you say so" way.
"What is it? Just spit it out." I said, annoyed.
"Hm? Ohhhh, nothing~" he sang.
"Spit. It. Out." I said, making sure to give him my death glare.
He sweatdropped. "Well, I was just thinking…"
"That's not a good thing. Especially when it's you." I deadpanned.
He ignored it though. Seems like it's pretty serious.
"If you and Kai…you know." he said, giving a weird face.
"What do you mean, 'You know' ?" I asked.
Does he know anything about what happened earlier? A-about me and Shiki…k-kissing?!
Holy shit, how'd he know though?
"You know. Did the do." he said, wiggling his eyebrows and smiling creepily.
"Did what now? The do? What the hell is that?" I asked, confused and on the brink of just slamming his head onto the counter and have AssitaCat tear his eyes out.
"Basically Misaki, what I'm asking is…" He said, beckoning me to get closer.
I leaned closer in order to hear what he was going to say. Why the hell does he seem so serious?
(Mei-chan: why so serious?)
"... Am I going to be a grandfather now?" he whispered.
Ten minuted later, I found myself holding an ice pack to Shin-san's right cheek, after punching him so hard.
"You didn't have to get so violent!" he said, adjusting the icepack he held to his eye.
"You didn't have to get so perverted." I retorted.
"hey! From what I know, you two were ALONE and in a SINGLE room with a BED. Also, Kai is still a teenage boy with raging hormones. I don't know you when you're inlove so I though you'd just easily give in-"
I delivered a harsh slap to his head.
"Shin-san." Another slap to the head.
"Shut." slap.
"the." slap
"Fuck" slap
"Up." I said, ending it with another slap tot his head.
He rubbed at his head and I clenched my stinging palm, the one I used to hit his head with. Why'd he get so perverted?! Can't people nowadays leave their green minds and thinking in the dumpster Or to themselves? Ugh, how annoying.
"Hey Misaki?"
"What now?!" I asked, clearly annoyed.
"Be careful, okay? You can visit him daily. Just be careful." he said, tone soft and gentle.
I looked at him. "You say that as if he's gonna hurt me."
"No. I know he won't. But the people he's involved with might. I'm just looking out for you, you know." he said, smiling.
I smiled a small smile, "Thanks. I promise."
"Good."
"Shin-san?"
"Yes, Misaki?"
"Daily, huh?"
"I thought about working and helping out a bit before I go." I said. I felt guilty about leaving him here all alone to manage the shop, especially during this season where cardfights are currently ongoing and is very popular. Can he do it alone? Yes, but it'll be difficult.
He smiled."It's fine, Misaki. I have all the help I need!" he said as he gestured his hand. Looking at the direction he was pointing at, I saw Miwa and Akari wearing a yellow and light green apron, respectively.
"So…" I started.
"Yep, you can get going now. Don't wanna be caught in traffic, now do you? Go on now, byee~" Akari said, as she sweeps the floor.
"Nee-chan." I looked at Miwa. He was smiling.
"Take care of Kai."
"What am I, his babysitter?" I retorted.
"It comes with the whole 'being a couple' thing so, yeah." he joked.
I smiled and shook my head at his antics. I turned around and made my way out of the shop, waving and saying a short goodbye to them. I walked for a while before hailing a cab and after telling him my destination, I let myself shrink back into the seat and letting myself relax, the cool air coming from the aircon hitting my hot skin.
I remembered the last time I went to the hospital, I was so excited. Like a ticking time bomb ready to explode.
Now, however, I'm more relaxed and composed. I guess it must've been the adrenaline and the excitement of seeing Shiki wake up after long and tiring days. I'm still excited to see him, but now it's more of nervousness that I'm feeling. I've never been in a relationship before. Never had been in love. Never even had a crush. Shiki is my first in everything, first crush, first love, f-first k-kiss….
Being so caught up in my thoughts, I didn't even realize that I was already at the hospital had it not been for the driver asking me for the payment.
After paying, I calmly made my way to the hospital. Pushing the door, and entering, I made my way to the receptionist. The line wasn't long so I was able to talk to her after a few minutes.
"Hello." the receptionist greeted me. She was the same receptionist as last time.
"Hi. Toshiki Kai?" I said, knowing she'd understand what I mean..
"Ah yes. You already know what to do." she said, handing me the clipboard of papers that I needed to fill in so I can get Shiki out of the hospital. His anut had texted me the other necessary information that I didn't know.
"You seem calmer today. All that excitement finally wearing off?" She asked, punching in a few information at the computer after I had returned the clipboard.
"I guess." I answered shortly.
"Looks like you're taking it to the next level then." she said, and soon the printing machine came to life and out came a piece of paper that will be my "pass" of some sort.
"Reminds me of me and my husband back then." She said fondly. "Here you go." she said handing me the pass.
"Thanks." I said and made my way to the elevator. When the elevator doors opened however, I saw something or rather someone I didn't want to see. A man that was wearing a suit that reminded me of that night, the night were Kai had gotten hurt and stabbed.
Suddenly, I couldn't breathe and all I know was that fear slowly engulfed me.
Third Person's POV
Misaki's eyes were wide, as she stared at the man in fear. The said man looked up from his phone from which he was typing on earlier and looked at Misaki, eyebrow furrowed.
"Hey, miss are you gonna get on the elevator or not? I'm in a rush." he said.
Misaki froze even more, if that were even possible. She slowly shook in fear by hearing the man's voice. In her head, the man was saying threatening her to kill her. Like they did that night.
Memories of that night cam einto her mind and she loses herself in those images that she see. She was no longer aware of where she was, and what she was supposed to do. All she could think of was that night. That night where Kai had almost lost his life trying to save her. That night where Aki got shot. That night where she could've died. That night. That horrible, horrible night.
Misaki backed up, bumping into a few people, who either looked at her warily or weirded out, some annoyed. Tears streamed down her face when the man took a step closer.
The man got out of the elevator and asked her if she were okay, if she needed help. Misaki could only cry.
"H-hey miss! What's going on? Did I do something wrong? I'm sorry I-" the man said, reaching out to her as if saying that he wasn't going to harm her. Harm her indeed was not the man's intention. He merely asked the random lady if she were to enter the elevator or not because he was in a hurry only to have the lady start looking at him as if he were a killer.
In Misaki's mind at least, he was.
When Misaki saw the arm extended to her, though it was a gesture of comfort and help, she could only envision the man that night holding knife.
She screamed.
"DON'T COME NEAR ME!" she shouted, crying more than ever. Tear were just flowing out of her eyes which were so wide from the fear that she was feeling..
She tried to back up even more, until her back hit the wall and that caused her to panic even more.
I'm trapped… oh no, kai please help me, shin…anyone…where's kai?!…
She remembered the blood, how Kai's face morphed into one of pain. She remembered how Kai was in so much pain because of her, as he was held into an uncomfortable position where his arms were being twisted. She remembered the gunshots. Everything was so vivid that everything felt so…real. As if she were reliving the horrendous night.
That night where she doesn't ever want to experience again. The next thing she knows, everything turned black.
Third Person's POV
Kai had finally gotten the remote and was finally able to watch some TV. He browsed the channels for a while before stopping at a channel that was showing a documentary about cats.
After a while of watching the documentary, Kai heard a knock coming from the door. That was odd. This hospital is very high-tech and so knocking is a foreign thing to do here. And very suspicious.
At this hospital he was staying at, the doors were programmed and opens automatically. To enter a patient's room, you needed a certain pass. Doctors and nurses have their passes assigned to them, if ever they need to access a different room they'd have to get it from the receptionist. The visitors also get a pass, after filling up the information below, and assuring you are known by the patient, they will enter the information in a computer and print the pass. People need to swipe the pass over the door, which has sensors that can easily detect the code needed for it to open.
Kai slowly got up from his bed. The doctors and nurses came in earlier and had removed all the tubes and wires from his body. He was just waiting for someone to pick him up and help him get out of the hospital. He knew it wasn't Miwa or any of his family members because they were busy so he was expecting it to be Misaki. He hopes it were Misaki.
Kai went to the door and tapped an icon on the touchscreen monitor beside it. The side of the door outside had a camera hidden, to allow the people from the inside to see who was outside of the door. Kinda like a peephole but with a touch of technology. A man that was not familiar to him was standing outside of his door, holding a piece of paper on his hand.
Who was that? He didn't know that man. Why is he here? Kai kept having such thoughts.
He swapped right on the screen and out came the menu and options. He tapped on 'options' and selected the icon that had a microphone. This will allow the person outside to hear what he is going to say.
"Who are you?" he asked shortly, choosing to not show his suspicion too soon. If the man outside were anything dangerous, Kai, although still in bad shape due to that incident, was sure he can take the man down with ease. Although the man was fit and looked like he can throw a punch or two, Kai, being able to read people easily knows that that isn't the case.
"Uhh..do you know a Misaki Tokura?" the man said, voice coming from the small speaker embedded in the monitor.
Hearing that name had set off alarms in Kai's head. How did this stranger know about Misaki?
"I… something actually…happened involving her. Earlier this morning. Can I have a word with you?" the stranger asked.
Kai tapped another icon on the screen, and the door suddenly swished open revealing the man. The man was shorter than him, though looked very fit whereas Kai, though taller was thinner and lean-looking.
Though we should not base someone on their appearance only.
Kai beckoned the stranger to sit down.
"Uhm. My name is-" the man started to say but Kai had cut him off, not interested in knowing who the man was and merely focused on knowing what happened.
"Don't care. What is it about you wanna talk about and why is Misaki involved?" Kai asked, but said in a demanding tone.
"Sheesh. Chill." The man said. Kai remained unfazed, merely waiting a deadpan serious look etched onto his face.
The man sweatdropped but decided that it was indeed better to just get straight to the point.
"Well, earlier this morning while I was going to visit my girlfriend on the 7th floor, the elevator stopped at the ground floor, when the door opened a girl with lilac hair which I assume is Misaki Tokura according to the receptionist, stood there. I asked her if she were going to get on the elevator and that I was in a rush but then she started…freaking out?" the man explained.
"Freaking out?" Kai repeated.
"Yeah." The man said, "She started looking at me as if I just killed someone. When I tried to approach her and asked her what was wrong she started crying and screaming, tell me to not get near her. I didn't want to cause a scene because there were a lot of people so I contacted the nurses. When I tried to calm her down, she just froze and passed out. Good thing the nurses were there to help me." the man said.
"Where is she now?" Kai asked.
"She was put in a room somewhere in the fifth floor. According to the information at the receptonist, she was the one who's going to be taking you home? I came here because she didn't have any emergency numbers in the records and you were the only person in the records that was linked to her." he said.
Kai nodded.
The man handed some papers over to Kai, "These are some of the papers that you need to fill in for Misaki Tokura. They said you're free to leave. Also, here's some of her things that she had with her." The man said, handing also a bag to Kai.
Kai took the papers and the bag and bid the man goodbye after thanking him, who in turn left and hoped for both of them to get better, in which Kai had just smiled at him.
Once the door was closed and secured, Kai opened the bag and saw his clothes. He knew that it was for him because 1) it was his bag, and 2) His uncle had also informed him that the person coming to pick him up had his clothes in his bag.
Grabbing the clothes and quickly putting them on, Kai hurriedly left the room and went to the 7th floor, according to the papers. When Kai had arrived, he had to wait since the doctor had just came in to check up on her, and so while waiting, he decided to fill out the information needed. He may also have put his number besides Shin's in the "In case of emergency, please contact: " part.
After a while, the doctor came out and Kai had finished filling in the papers.
"Toshiki Kai?"
Kai stood up but didn't say anything, choosing instead to walk over to the doctor.
The doctor nodded upon seeing Kai walk up to him and then looked at the clipboard he was holding, which had a bunch of papers as well, probably where he notes his findings on his patient.
"According to the records in the hospital, Misaki Tokura was also brought here and was diagnosed with a trauma due to an incident she was firsthandedly involved in. Her trauma acted up and somewhere along the way triggered a panic attack, which is normal for most traumatized patients. Therapy is recommended although that'll have to be with another doctor of that particular profession. As of now, her condition is stable and we have put her to sleep. She's safe to leave the hospital when she wakes up. " the doctor said, calmly.
After that, the doctor bid him goodbye seeing that he had other patients to take care of. Kai had thanked him and went inside.
There, laid Misaki in the bed. Unlike Kai, Misaki had nothing attached to her, no tubes or wires. Kai saw to it that I was reasonable and better that way since it was just a panic attack and means that nothing too serious on the physical aspect of things happened.
Kai had to wait about an hour before Misaki began to stir awake. Kai immediately went to her side, as soon as she was fully awake.
Misaki looked at Kai and they made eye contact.
"Misak-" Kai started but was cut off by Misaki throwing herself onto Kai.
Kai was confused and so he stayed still.
Until he felt something wetting his shirt. "Misa…ki?" he asked, rather awkwardly. "A-are you…. crying?"
Suddenly, Misaki started shaking and she clutched onto Kai as if her life depended on it.
Kai, slowly and awkwardly (in his way of seeing things) put his arms around Misaki's smaller frame.
"Hey…wanna talk about it?" Kai had asked in a surprisingly gentle voice. A new side to him was being shown to Misaki. Although Misaki recalls seeing Kai doing this to his cousins, it was a first to experience it actually happening to her.
"T-that g-guy.." Misaki said, sobbing.
Kai began rubbing her back, "Hey, it's alright. You can just talk to me about it when you're ready okay? Don't force yourself." He said, pecking her lips.
Misaki looked at Kai. Her long lashes were wet from her tears and so was her face and Kai's shirt which was also wrinkled due to her clutching it in her hands.
Misaki had a small pout on her lips, which Kai found rather cute so he cupped her face and leaned in to kiss her.
The kiss was gentle, soft and innocent. There was no rush to it but they pulled away because they needed to get home and well, Misaki was feeling better. Although, Misaki would like to do it again.
They walked out of the hospital, hand in hand. Both shy of the new experience, both wondering how their friends got used to doing this all the time but none wanted to pull away despite the shyness.
They couldn't bring it within themselves to talk to each other, but not because they were shy to do so or the atmosphere was just too awkward but rather because they enjoyed basking in the unusual silence. They both had seen a new side to each other and that was good. Getting to know more about the person you love and would risk your life for is good.
Although Kai had refused, Misaki insisted on having Kai dropped off first, since it was him who was injured and needed rest more than Misaki and so, Kai's offer of dropping off Misaki at Card Capital was turned down.
Kai and Misaki got off the cab and entered the building where Kai was staying at. Kai had decided he should go live at his apartment again, since he didn't want to bother Miwa's family with having him stay over. Kai promised to visit everyday when he was better.
There was a person at the front desk, probably someone who worked here long enough to be familiar with Kai. At first, the person was alright and didn't bother Misaki. The person was a guy, probably around his mid-20's and was very friendly. No, it wasn't him. It was the other person. That person had long pink hair and violet eyes. It was Cecilia. Kai's fiance.
What is she doing here? Misaki thought, clenching her fist.
"Cess?" Kai said, meanwhile Misaki just crossed her arms and looked away.
"Toshiki." Cecilia greeted.
"You…look…" Kai started.
"Sane? Normal?" Cecilia finished for him.
Kai nodded although reluctantly, nott knowing how Cecilia would take his answer. Kai and Misaki were surprised when they saw Cecilia smile at Kai's answer.
"I've been going to therapy…Harvey's been a good help as well." She said, smiling lovingly.
"Harvey? Wait, you two-" Kai began but was cut off by Cecilia nodding and confirming that yes, they were together.
"We're seeing each other though I think it'll take some time for us to be official even though we want to be. We…want to take it slow. Get to know each other again, you know?" Cecilia said, leaning over the counter.
"Okay then. What are you doing here?" Kai asked.
"Well, I'm moving in one of the apartments here. I…wanna get away from my parents after what they did to me. " She said. "I also wanted to talk to the both of you.."
Kai nodded while Misaki frowned, to which Cecilia just smiled at.
"In my apartment then?" Kai offered.
"It's alright. It'll be quick, probably on the way. " Cecilia said.
The three went into the elevator and luckily enough no other people were there. Once they entered and pressed their respective floor numbers, Misaki was pleased that the two were a couple of floors apart, they were enveloped in silence.
"So." Cecilia started. "I wanted to apologize."
Both, to say, were shocked at what Cecilia was saying. "I'm starting a new life and for that to happen I want to make sure I don't leave anything as is…in it's current state." Cecilia explained.
"First off, by being rude and acting childlishly. I'm also very sorry for the way I've treated you and your other friends. I've already apologized to them. I'm sorry for all the trouble I've caused, I fully understand if you can't bring yourself to forgive me!" She said as she bowed at them.
Misaki's tense shoulders relaxed and her hard and cold expression softened. "It's alright. It wasn't entirely your fault. I forgive you." She said as she smiled.
Kai smiled at what Misaki had done, nodding at her approvingly when Misaki looked at him, "I forgive you too. Make sure to be happy with Harvey. " Kai said.
Cecilia staightened up and give them a teary-eyed smile before enveloping them both in a bone crushing hug. "T-thank y-you…"
After the sweet moment, Cecilia had gotten off at at the 7th floor, leaving Kai and Misaki alone.
The elevator stopped at the 10th floor and so they got off of the elevator and started making their way to Kai's apartment. It was located at the right hall, the 5th door with the number 828 on it.
Kai took out a card from his pocket and swiped it near a detector thingy located near the door. The door automatically opened and they both went inside.
"Uhh…So…I should get going now, since you're already here. Safe. Yeah…" Misaki said, rather awkwardly, since she was still in a hazy state from Cecilia's heartfelt apology and the fact that their hands were still entertwined.
"Are you sure? It's pretty late. It's dangerous outside. You can stay if you want to." Kai said.
"It's alright…I'll just call Shin to pick me up at the lobby downstairs. Nothing to worry about." Misaki said as she smiled at Kai.
"Okay then, stay safe." Kai said as he was about to get out of the room along with Misaki, but Misaki stopped him.
"Ugh, where do you think you're going?" Misaki said in a stern tone.
"I'm gonna walk you to the front door, downstairs?" Kai said, confused.
He's way too much of a gentleman now. Misaki said as he sweatdropped.
"Nope, you need to rest." Misaki said, looking Kai in the eye, making sure he can't go against her.
"Bu-" Kai started but was cut off by Misaki pecking his cheek.
"I'll be fine, Shiki. Go and get some rest. You need it. Shin is already on his way." Misaki said, softly caressing Kai's cheek. Kai nodded and that was it. Misaki made sure that Kai was in bed before she took her leave, the door automatically locking after she closed it.
As she was waiting downstairs, she didn't like the looks the guy at the front desk was giving her and so she decided that she'd much rather stay outside, away from such creepy stares.
As she was waiting,she texted Shin where she was only to receive some bad news stating that their van had gotten a flat tire after Shin had went to get new stocks of cards. Misaki texted back that she would just call a cab and would text Shin when she was almost home.
Sadly, after Misaki's text her phone had notified her of her having 0 text credits, thus not being able to make a call for a cab.
Maybe I could borrow Shiki's phone to call someone? I'd be disturbing his sleep and it'll take longer but then it's better than asking that creepy geezer at the front desk…Misaki thought.
Misaki however, took too long to think and before she knew it, she felt big cold drops of water landing on her face. Soon enough, it started raining like mad.
She looked at her clothes, and saw that she was soaked and her shirt had become see-through. She wanted to go inside and borrow a towel to get dry and have shelter from the rain but then the creepy geezer's stares scared her.
She was shivering from the cold and she tried to cover herself but it was of no use.
Kai's POV
Shit, it started raining strongly. Had she gotten home already? It…wouldn't hurt to go down and check right? Right. Checking up on her is totally fine…
I guess my clothes are nice enough for me to go downstairs, a black v-cut shirt and some loose grey sweatpants. I put on my slippers and made my way downstairs, riding the elevator. I also brought my jacket and an umbrella.
When I got outside, sure enough, Misaki was still there. She was totally drenched and cold. Although I am a man with desires, I knew it wasn't the right time to gawk at how her now see-through shirt clung on to her. I walked nearer to her and made sure to cover her with the umbrella.
"S-s-shiki?" She asked. Oh my god, her face was so pale and her lips were somewhat blue now in color.
How long has she been here?
I hurriedly made her wear my jacket, making sure to zip it up to her chin and then we both made our way to my apartment.
Upon getting upstairs, I turned the heater up even more than it was earlier to make Misaki get warmer faster. I grabbed a towel and told Misaki to take a shower. When I made sure that Misaki was capable of being alone, I took my phone and sent a message to Cess, asking for a change of clothes.
Only, Cess had replied that unfortunately the movers had forgotten a few boxes at her house, which was filled with her clothes and she only had the other necessities. I texted her what happened and told her to leave the clothes at the door, and to ring the bell when she did since I was going to make Misaki something to eat.
I grabbed some ingredients and started chopping them. I was going to make a simple pasta dish, nothing special. After I had finished, I heard the doorbell ring and footsteps slowly disappearing.
I opened the door and grabbed the plastic bag found there.
"S-shiki?" I heard Misaki ask. "I-I don't have any clothes."
"I asked some clothes from Cess but the movers forgot most of her clothes. Here wear this first." I said, handing the plastic bag to her outstreched hand from the door of the bathroom.
I made my way to my bedroom and got a shirt and some sweatpants to give Misaki.
After she was fully clothed, she went out and then we ate the pasta that I made.
Soon, we were lying in bed, and Misaki had said that she had texted Shin using my phone, not that I minded but oh well.
I was hugging her waist, her hands bundled up on my chest, her now dry hair splayed out and all over her pillow. Our feet and legs were tangled with one another and then I decided to ask her what happened.
"Why were you outside? What happened?" I asked.
"Shin couldn't come, I didn't have any text credits left and well, I stayed outside because I didn't want to go inside and have that weird dude at the front desk ogle at me." She explained.
I nodded and then I saw her yawn. Cute.
"Sleep now, yeah?" I said, pecking her forehead.
"Shiki…" I heard her mumble, her eyelids drooping a pout on her lips.
I closed my eyes and replied with a "Hm?"
"What happened at the hospital…that guy reminded me of one of those guys that beated you up." She mumbled.
"I was scared. I could only remember that night even though I knew it was all an illusion…" she continued…
I didn't speak because she needed this. She wants me to know and I'll listen to her, let her say what she wants to say.
"It just…felt so real…and then I kept hearing the gunshots and everything else and…I was…just so scared…"
"But what scared me the most was that I thought I was going to lose you all over again. You and Aki. I-I-" she choked on what she was going to say, tears falling from her eyes, soaking the pillow.
"Hush…shh. It's okay. I'm here, you won't lose me again, I promise." I said, kissing her cheeks, and pulling her closer to me, making sure she felt that what I was saying was true, and what I was feeling is true.
"I-I don't k-know what t-to do…" She said, burying her face at the crook of my neck, the junction where my neck meets my shoulder.
"Do you…" I said but stalled.
She looked up at me, through long and wet eyelashes and asked, "Do I want t-to what?"
"Well…get some help? Therapy? It's just that…your doctor suggested it and…I want you to be okay Misaki, I don't want to you to keep remembering all those bad things that happend. I'll help you." I said.
At first, she was silent, biting on her lower lip, eyebrows creased and face focused. She must be thinking of what to do.
"If you don't want to, it's alright. I won't force you into anything you don't want okay baby? We do what you want, what you're comfortable with. Our friends and I will help you get through this okay? " I said, rubbing comforting circles at her lower back. She closed her eyes and hummed.
"Okay." She finally said. "Therapy. L-let's try…"
I hummed approvingly. I closed my eyes, thinking she had fallen asleep already and I should get some sleep too. Just when I was about to fall asleep, I heard her calm and soothing voice say,
"Shiki?"
I replied with a "Hm?"
"I'll be your girlfriend." She said and I slowly smiled at that. "I love you."
My heart swelled with warmth and happiness at what she said. "I love you too." Pulling her closer, embracing her tighter and pressing my lips against hers slowly.
Soon our breaths began to becoming shallower and soon we were drifting off…
And off we were to dreamland, together.
Together.
Mei-chan: So…how was it? Please leave a review! Next chapter is going to be the last chapter and no, I can't say when that'll be because I don't want to give you guys an exact date when I was never able to follow the schedules.
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