Chapter 9
Even after all these years. Just seeing him, it brought everything back. His touches. His kisses. Never His love.
"Shirou chan?"
"I'm coming." Splashing more water on my face, to bring myself back to reality. Drying the remaining water, I remind myself who I am. I am Shirou Night. Granddaughter of the infamous Cassandra Night. I am the founder of Aberration Image, a company that creates the image and style of our clients business, the company that doesn't follow the trend, we create them. Exiting out of the bathroom much more composed. "Let's get ready to meet our first client on this side of the world."
"Of course Shi chan. Our potential client wants to turn this long abandoned industrial site into a modern upscale fusion Japanese French restaurant."
"This is going to be a lot of work." All of us were having hard time finding the right words to describe what we're standing on.
"Alec, why has this place been abandoned for so long? Is in a popular district."
"It was last owned by less than reputable members of society. For less than savory events."
"That would explain the dark brown stains all around."
"And the smell."
"..."
"..."
"If we get this contract, first thing we do is schedule a priest to visit this place before anything else. Haruto checks the place for structure for damages and get the basic measurement. Orion looks around, checking out the competition around us, get a feel for the area. We'll meet up tomorrow at 11AM in the office before our meeting with the client at 7PM for dinner."
Once everything was assigned, I made my way home on auto pilot. The project itself was not the problem, rather the name of our employer. Commision by one Madarame Kunimasa. Madarame who had wide reach from Japan to Europe, wasn't exactly hiding but didn't expect him to move so quickly.
Warm arms encased my waist, familiar weight on my back brought me comfortable warmth. "Can't hide forever Momo chan."
"Wasn't hiding, if I was, I wouldn't have bought a house right next to my parents."
"Hmmm."
"What are you thinking about?"
"What I'm going to do when you leave me."
"We're not a mated pair." Unfortunately.
"My only regret is not meeting you sooner."
"..." If I had never met Madarame. If I had never seen him swim.
"Is late, come to bed. You'll need the energy tomorrow."
I followed him to bed, Conan brought me closer to him. I felt warm, safe, LOVE. We had tried, but we couldn't fight our wolf's nature to become more. Wolf can only love once in their lifetime.
"Good night Momo chan."
"Good night." I felt his arm tighten around me, I closed my eyes and waited. When his breath even out I knew he had fallen asleep, the words I couldn't say out loud while he was awake "I wished I had met you sooner too."