Instead of going back to the dance floor, Chiyo chose to go back to her hotel. She could not bear to stay any longer on the same room as Tora for she might lose control and beg him to choose her.
The mere fact that Diana is pregnant with his child stops her from trying to get Tora back. She does not want to be a home wrecker, it is against her principles to ruin someone else's home just for her own sake.
When she took her exit from the bar, the rain is pouring hard that it's impossible to run and survive from getting wet. She went near a convenience store and bought an umbrella. As she walks, she could not help but keep her hopes up that maybe, just maybe, Tora is truly in love with her especially that he got mad when he saw her dancing like a wild crazy woman back at the bar.
But every time she reminisces the past, she could not see or feel anything that somehow made her feel loved by him. It was as if his fine gestures towards her are nothing but in compliance with their arranged marriage.
"You're really a devil," she sobs while wiping her tears. "How can my first love end up like this? It hurts so bad."
She suddenly dropped her umbrella and sat down on the sidewalk. The rain starts to soak her as she cries in pain. Her heart aches so much that she ignored the world around her and wept.
"I should have agreed back then, I should have married him back then. I should have stopped him from meeting other women. This is all my fault," she blamed herself.
As she cries under the pouring rain, someone walks up to her and covered her from the cold rain. He did not say a word, he simply looked ahead, not wanting to see how hurt Chiyo is. But her sobs tell it all, how much she had suffered, how much she had endured pain he had caused her.
It took a while for Chiyo to notice that she is getting wet. Upon realizing it, she looked up and saw Tora holding an umbrella for her not to get poured down on. He is also getting soaked himself but he did not mind it at all.
"Why are you here, dumbass?!" she yelled while glaring at him.
"You look so pathetically lonely so I came," he replied as their gazes met.
"I don't need sympathy especially coming from you! Go away!" she screamed as her tears start to take over her again.
"Why did you come back here after disappearing?" Tora asked. Chiyo stood up and still glared at him.
"Why?! Is it wrong for me to come back to my home?!" she told him. Tora dropped the umbrella and grabbed her by her shoulders.
"You almost killed me with worry! Every night, every day is torture for me as I look for you! I tried my hard to find you and see if you're okay!
And now that i finally saw you, you are just dancing around! Chiyo, why are you still acting so stubbornly!"
Chiyo hits him on his chest with all her might, with all her anger.
"Why does it sound like I'm at fault here? This is all because of you! You cheated on me! You slept with other women! you even have a child with my stepsister! Don't act like you care now! Don't act like you're concerned 'cause it's too late now! I tolerated and endured every pain you've caused me because I love you! But what did I get in return? I received more pain, dumbass!" Chiyo yelled.
Tora pulled her close, and hugged her tight. He could feel her shaking, maybe because of the rain or maybe because of anger.
"I'm sorry," he whispered, "I truly am."
Chiyo cried harder, feeling hopeless. What's the use of his apology when they can never be together now?
"Chiyo, I do love you," Tora said lovingly, "Please, marry me."
Chiyo laughed while her tears fall down her cheeks.
"Those are the words I want to hear before," Chiyo replied, "But how can I say yes when you already have a family? Please, Tora, stop hurting me 'cause it's unbearably painful."
"Diana's child is not mine, she lied and managed to manipulate the clinic she had her test in. About the wedding tomorrow? The only one who can make it possible is you," Tora said.
His words are hard to comprehend, it took a long time for Chiyo to react.
"Stop lying, stop, please," she cried. As the rain continues to soak them, her hope starts to rise. "Don't lie to me, don't."
"Believe me this time," Tora said as he lowers his lips on hers. "Say yes and I'll be forever yours. Chiyo, will you marry me?"
Chiyo's tears of joy overflowed, slowly, her pain starts to turn into nothing but bliss.
"Yes," she said in a whisper. Thus, their love is sealed with a kiss with the night and the rain as the witness of their newly bloomed relationship.
"And that's how we ended up with each other," Chiyo said to the writer who came to ask for an interview about her first love.
"Your husband surely is a devil in many ways," the writer commented.
"I guess it's one of his charms that is dangerous," replied Chiyo.
"Give that back! That's mine!" a cute little, five-year old boy shouted as he ran after another little boy that is his exact replica.
"NO! Father gave it to me!" the other one insisted as they ran all over the living room.
"You have twins," the writer commented.
Chiyo giggled as she shook her head.
"No, they're triplets," she said. Before the writer could ask anything, Tora comes down the stairs with a cute little girl on his arm.
"Let's go work! Let's go work!" she chanted as she raises her hands in the air. Chiyo walks towards them and fixed Tora's messy necktie.
"Yuuki does not want me to put her down," he said.
"Because papa will go and see other girls," Yuuki pouted,
"Who told you that, darling?" Chiyo asked.
"Uncle Maki told me. He said papa made mommy cry tons of times," Yuuki replied which made Chiyo giggle.
"That guy does not know how to keep his mouth sealed," Tora commented.
"Yuuki! You never told us about that!" Haru yelled.
"Tell us about it!" Shiiro insisted as they stop running and sat down on the couch as if ready to listen to a bed time story.
"Yuuki, don't tell them. I shall come back after work and tell the story, okay?" Tora said. Yuuki nodded with a smile and motioned like she zipped her mouth. Chiyo got Yuuki from Tora for he needs to go and be on a meeting.
"Argh! This is so unfair! Why does she get to know it first?!" Shiiro whined.
"Behave yourself boys, you'll hear it as well," Chiyo said.
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