OVERSEAS MIRACLES

Chapter 29

Unexpected Invitation

"Hahahaha! You're such a loser. You can't even give all the happiness to your girlfriend? How pathetic. Anyway, I'm taking her with me and I will give her all the happiness she deserves. She's mine now!" France laughed cruelly in happiness at the man who is held captive inside a cage. He pulled Kyoko to his chest and he suddenly jumped out of the plane with her.

"Kyoko! NO!" the man shouted in rage then he pulled the hard metal apart to let himself out of the cage. Without thinking, he automatically ran out of the plane's door to get his beloved back from his evil cousin. In his falling process, he can't see anything. Everything went black but he can feel his body is still falling down speedily. Sudden fear wrap around him. He has lost his hope. All he can think is his Kyoko's heavenly smiles, her sweet voice, her beautiful face, her hugs, her kisses but everything was crushed when his body landed hardly on a concrete pavement.

Minutes later, he opened his eyes. He was too surprised that he's still alive. His sight is too blurry and he can't move his body for it really hurts. Blinking for many times, his vision cleared, discovering that he was wrapped around a white cloth. His eyes broadened for a new realization. He quickly rose from his position and leaned back to sit down as he removed the hindering cloth around him. Checking for damages on his arms, legs, neck, and feet, this brought him relief that he is totally safe. He fell on his bed for the second time.

"Stupid nightmare." Ren cursed under his breath. He stared up his white ceiling and had his thoughts running about his dreadful nightmare. Sometimes, he just has this fear in his upcoming plans. His consequences are very critical but he has no other choice but to not to hide everything to Kyoko. He was so thankful that Kyoko had understood him completely during the night he confessed about his sins. But revealing to her that he is her fairy price Corn would probably mean betrayal on her part.

"Kyoko, I hope I won't lose you." He mumbled, fighting the tears to fall.

It's already six o' clock in the afternoon when Kyoko arrived from school. Every time she entered the Hizuri mansion, it was usually quiet since her host parents are always out for work. They momentarily came home early. Before she could help in kitchen for dinner with the cook, she arranged her stuffs and solve her statistics assignment.

"Kyoko, dear. Are you in there?" Julie knocked on Kyoko's door.

"Hello, Okaa-san. I thought you will be coming late." The teen greeted as she open the door.

She giggled at Kyoko's presumption. "Well, our fashion team needed a break since we have been very busy for the past few months. So, we have decided to take a few days off. Actually, I was out to buy something when you came. Anyway, why are you not prepared yet? France invited you to his house for dinner, right?" Julie said as she entered the teen's room to open her closet.

"Dinner? With France? He didn't tell me anything about that?" Kyoko uttered, her eyes widened in shock at the idea.

"Yes. He even asked my permission so that he can take you to his home. Actually, his father is coming home tonight and Riri wants to welcome him back with a dinner surprise." Julie explained.

"Oh. I see, he wants me to cook for their dinner." The teen sarcastically assumed.

"No! That's not what he intended at all! Actually, he wanted to celebrate the success that both of you showed this afternoon. You know your erotic movie thingy." Julie teased her.

"Huh? That guy needs a celebration? It's not really necessary!" she complained.

"Excuse me, young master France is here." Ms. Mimi, the housekeeper informed by the door.

"Good timing! Thank you for telling us, Mimi!" Julie skipped excitedly to meet her nephew.

"Good afternoon, Aunt. Can I speak to Kyoko?" he asked.

"Sure! Come inside her room. We were just talking about that dinner invitation of yours and she said you didn't say anything about her. I thought you had talked about it when you were in school." She dragged him inside. He looked around the room and noted that her room seems nice. It's very refreshingly neat and cute. 'It's so like her.' He chuckled inwardly. Searching for the girl, he found her standing beside her well made bed. What stopped him in his train of thoughts is the simple outfit that she is wearing; a yellow spaghetti strap top with a sparkling print saying 'Sweetie pie' matched with a pair of cute maong shorts. Though this style of outfit is very common to wear by his previous girlfriends but he never had been admiring such things unlike this time. It's just he doesn't know why but he just love staring at her fair white skin and her long creamy legs that are currently crossed together.

"France…" Kyoko spoke.

"Have you not checked your phone? I even tried to call you multiple times." He folded his arms and stared at her coldly.

"Ehh? You call?" she looked at him surprisingly then she quickly grabbed her phone across her bed.

She stared at her phone's screen and found out that she has twenty-eight missed calls. Expecting that it was Ren who called her, she was wrong. All of them are from France.

"Oh… I'm really sorry, France. I was not able to open my phone until now since it was in silent mode. I guess there's no use of inviting me right now but still, I would have refused it because I have to accomplish some unfinished assignments." She bowed apologetically.

"Never mind. Still, I want you to come with me. Please, just this night. It's my way of expressing my gratitude for being my partner in Theatre Arts. Because of our hard work, we were able to leave a great impression to Mr. Homo-Gay Perfectionist." He said sincerely with a hint of a mocking tone at the last few words.

"Mr. Homo- what?" she asked, tilting her head. Julie giggled at the nick name.

"Nah… Forget that word. Anyway, please consider it. Do your assignments later. That was in economics, right? That is even due for next week!" he said with his right hand on his forehead.

"But… but I need to study becau-" she was immediately cut off.

"Just go, Kyoko dear. He just came here to ask this for you. It's kind of rude to refuse a man's kindness, right?" Julie encouraged with a pat on the teen's shoulder.

She thought deeply but there's nothing to be rushed so far. "Okay. I'll go, Okaa-san." She accepted in defeat.

"Kyaa! That's great! Let's get you changed and let me choose your outfit! Oh my, we only have an hour left! Uhm, Ceecee. Please wait for her outside. You can watch television or go outside the yard or anything else you can do to kill time. Is that okay with you?" She pushed sweat dropped France out of the room and she closed the door behind him.

"Geez, Aunt Lily really gets too excited when it comes to dressing up." He thought knowingly while walking his way down to the living room to just wait.

Forty-five minutes later, he heard clinking sounds of high heels taking the stairs. He turned around to check who it is but when he does, he suddenly felt like a deer caught in headlights. Unknowingly, he froze on his place with his face gaping like a goldfish. He blinked for a few times to make sure if his eyes had not deceived him. 'Damn. I didn't see this coming.' He gulped and tried to regain his composure. The sight in front of him is something like a chance that he should not leave any details unseen. There he saw her going down the stairs in her dark purplish-red dress about a few inches above her knees with a built-in black belt which accentuates her beautiful curvy figure. Plus, it also shows her long striking shapely legs. Her dress is paired with her 5 inches black high-heeled pump. As for her accessories, she wore sparkling silver dangling earrings matched up with a silver bracelet as well. In her right hand, she is holding a black quilted bag with a chain strap. As for her make-up, Julie applied a few shades on her eyes and cheek bones to highlight her best features. She looks absolutely so gorgeous and so sexy. France was too busy admiring this beautiful creature approaching him. It amuses him more when she kept on looking away from him to hide her flustered face.

"Wow. You look so stunning." He grabbed her small hands and kissed it gently.

*Click*

They directly looked at the source of the flash. It was Julie taking a picture of them.

"Kyaa! The two of you are really sweet! I want to take more!" Julie squealed in delight.

"Okaa-san, it's too embarrassing!" Kyoko exclaimed. France just forced a smile at his aunt.

"Nonsense! You should get use to this dear. Soon, you will be asked multiple times by many young men for a date!" Julie explained happily.

"A… a date? But I'm already with Ren!" she shrieked interrogatively in her mind.

"Don't give me that look, sweetie. I believe know you had a lot of admirers in Japan and you're not aware of it. You're too beautiful, good natured and talented as well. And I wonder how many American men will ask you out. What man can't just fall for you so desperately?" Julie complimented nonstop but at her last sentence, she eyed France to see his reaction.

France coughed a couple of times and took out his phone to read the message. His eyes frowned all of a sudden at the news that he had just received from his mother. He sighed.

"Aunt Lily, mother just informed me that father is not coming tonight because his flight was cancelled due to the storm in Ireland." He explained.

"Really? Oh no, so this means…" Julie gasped thinking that their welcome dinner celebration will not resume.

"On the other hand, she told me that only I and Kyoko should go and this time, we must head to the resort instead. She had everything planned and our presence is all needed." He explained.

"France, if you think that it's a trouble to have me, then I'll just have to stay here." Kyoko suggested.

"No. We have to go. Didn't I tell you that we have to celebrate our little success? We don't even want to waste Aunt Lily's effort of helping you get ready for this occasion?" he reminded her sincerely.

"He's right, Kyoko." Julie agreed. "Oh, I almost forgot! I want you to standing beside each other. Kyoko, please hold Ceecee's arm. Then the next one you should lean on him. And then for the next shot, Ceecee, wrap your arm around her shoulder. I want to take more pictures of the two of you, please!" Julie pleaded.

Not wanting to disappoint her, the teenagers gave in to the woman's wishes. It took a good fifteen minutes of giving the fun to Julie. 'What is this? A photo shoot? They were pretty sure that she has almost a hundred pictures of them.

"I'm hooooome!" someone's voice resonated as the person entered the living room.

"Good evening, Kuu." Julie ran to her husband to welcome him with a hug and kiss.

"Hi, Jules. It seems you are very noisy so early in the evening. What's going on?" he asked as he looked around the room and see two formally dressed couple in front of him and he felt something is stuffed on his stomach when Julie embraced him. He looked back at Julie and found a camera hanging around her neck.

"Oh I see. You were you using those two to become your models since it's a day off? Ah, my daughter! You're so beautiful!" Kuu approached the timid girl and kissed her on the cheeks. He laughed at his wife's little antics.

"Hmmm… sort of but that's not it. They're going on a dinner date!" Julie chimed at her husband which only made Kuu flare at the idea.

"Ceecee and Kyoko on a date? I disapprove. I will not easily allow my daughter to go on with a date with somebody." Kuu glared at France.

"It's not a date, Kuu-otou-san! It's just simply a dinner celebration as what France told me! It's not that I am his girlfriend to be treated that way." Kyoko hurriedly protested.

"Whether it's you are going to eat and celebrate or not, when a guy ask you those things, it would instantly called as a date." Kuu said in a monotonous angry manner.

"Dear. You're over reacting again. You're treating Ceecee like a random guy. Give him a chance. I'm pretty sure he will take good care of our Kyoko. They're still young and they need to be exposed to different experiences." Julie patted Kuu's shoulders.

"But he did those ill-mannered things to her!" Kuu added defensively to make his point. France jerked at the words of his uncle.

"Uncle Kuu, I know what I did to her was inappropriate but I had already apologized to her and she had forgiven me. You see, we got the highest score in that video of ours in theatre arts. Without Kyoko's ideas and abilities, there is no way we can receive that highest score. So as to express my gratitude, I want to take her out for dinner. Rest assured that I won't lay my filthy hands on her and take her home on time if that will make you comfortable. You have my word, uncle." France spoke courageously. 'Geez, as if I am doing this for the sake of my girlfriend. I have never been in this kind of situation before. Worst of all, of all people in the planet, I have to deal with my uncle to get his approval? We are not even at least friends!" He felt a sudden ache on his chest just by realizing his last thought.

Kuu and Julie were astonished at the words of the young man. It was so unlike him to act this way just to ask for approval to take Kyoko out.

Kuu sighed and folded his arms.

"Okay. I understand your point, France. You can take her but you have to take her back before 11:00. When you haven't taken her back after a second, I will never think twice hunt you down. Do I make myself clear, France?" Kuu strictly threatened.

"Affirmative, Uncle." France replied straightforwardly. Actually, his hands are already sweating in uncertainty. He had never faced a strict father so it's a new experience for him.


AUTHORs NOTE:

Wow! It's a lucky day even classes had started three days ago. I get to post a new chapter since our teacher had decided not to meet in the afternoon! Kyaa! FF time!

By the way, I had published a new story and it is entitled 'Your Passion Is All Mine'. It's an M-rated fic by the way. If you are 18 years old above and mature enough to read adult containing themes then you are welcome to see my profile and check this story. Also, I want you to review as well. Some of you had already read it and I'm so pleased for having you view and post your pleasant reviews. :D

So this is the new chappie for 'Overseas Miracles'. I hope I will find another time like this to update for the next chapter.

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