Hey everybody. I know im late, I'm sorry. I did update didnt I. hehehe
Ok, I some of you are pissed of at me because I'm making Misao leave, but hey its one of the plans to my stories. Some of you even said that you would loose your respect for Misao. Please read this chapter I hope will like it.
Oh i also would like to thank my two really COOL friends Shui and Vicky. They have helped me with my Grammar and other stuffs on the fic. they are really cool.
To all my reviewers THANK YOU.
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To The Fic:
Ever time she closed eyes she could see those ice blue eyes staring at her asking her to let him help her. 'Why does he want to help me? I am fine the way I am. Then again, am I?' About a thousand questions filled up her mind as she looked out the window of her airway seat only to see the earth glowing in the dark, due to the millions of tiny lights smeared on it.
SHINOMORI MANSION
Aoshi's thoughts were eating him up from the inside. 'I let her go. OH god the only thing I ever wanted I let go. How could I do this? Damn it hurts so much.' His mind kept on berating himself making him feel restless more than ever. He kept on staring at ceiling of his now dark room lying in his bed ever since he came back from the airport, and all through out on the way he could only see the backside of Misao never turning back and disappearing into the crowd of people in the airport. 'Oh god I wonder if I could ever see her again, Mis…' his trail of thought stops as soon as he heard the knock on his door.
Reizo knocked on the door to his son's room not getting any response he slowly opened the door. "Aoshi...son? Are you there?"
The room was dark with all the curtains drawn not letting the moonlight in. The silence seemed so loud that he thought he might loose his power to hear. As he loomed into it he could make out a figure lying on the bed. He couldn't see the face of the figure but he knows who it is and he felt that something was wrong. "Aoshi?"
"Father?"
"Aoshi what is the matter? Are you all right? I have been looking all over for you. You left the office without saying anything to anyone."
"I am fine."
"You don't sound fine…son, I know that you like mostly to keep everything to yourself, which is one of those things that I thought to be most harmful things for one's mind. You never said anything against any of my decisions that I have made for you from the time since you were young, to the time you completed school and after that, was your engagement with Megumi. Aoshi, I am glad that you are my son, but I would also like to know what you want, what you think and I want you to tell me when any of my decisions over you is something you don't want. Aoshi, my son, I want you to know that I want you to be happy."
"Thank you father," Aoshi said quietly after taking every word his father spoke into his confused mind.
"Its ok son you don't need to thank me. I think I should have told you all that before."
"Father, what is it that you are here for?"
"Oh! Yes, how I could forget. We are facing some problem with our clients overseas; I was wondering that if you see to it, then the problem might be solved and if you don't want to go I wo-"
"Where to?" questioned Aoshi immediately after hearing the part, 'overseas…'
"New York.
Aoshi's eyes snapped open, shot up to sit up on the bed. "I will go," he answered in a flash.
"Son if you don't…."
"Father,I told you I will go, just tell me when."
"Well then, I will book your ticket for tomorrow night, is that ok?" questioned his father who was rather uncertain of his son's enthusiasm for the event. . 'N ever has he ever seen him like this.'
"It is fine with me..." replied Aoshi.
"Alright then, this is settled then. You must be tired. Why don't you go to sleep?"
"Aaa…" came a curt reply from Aoshi.
At that, Reizo turned to leave but stop when Aoshi inquests, "Father?"
"Yes son?"
"You do trust me, right?" Aoshi said with his head low his bangs covering his eyes.
"Yes, of course."
"May you do me a favor?"
"Anything…"
"Please don't tell anyone where I am going."
"Why is that, Aoshi?"
"Please father, I am about to take a decision that might change our lives. I promise what ever my decision is; it is for the best for all of us."
"Hmm, I see. I will not ask you any farther. I do trust you, son, I will not tell anyone only that your mother knows already that I wanted to send you to New York, but you know your mother can also keep her promises as well right?"
Aoshi nodded his head, "Thank you father."
His father gave him a reassuring smile before leaving the room, leaving Aoshi back to his thoughts.
THE NEXT MORNING
The Next morning at the Makimachi's mansion, Aoshi stood in front of the closed corridors waiting only for someone to open them for him. It took only few minutes for Beshimi to into his view holding the doorknob.
"May I help you, Shinomori-san?"
"Aa, is Megumi here?"
"I am sorry sir, but Megumi-san is not here right now. Actually sir, none of the family members are present at this very moment"
"I see, in that case, I must take my leave. Thank you," after saying that, Aoshi turned to leave but stopped abruptly for an idea has just popped up in his mind. Thus, he turned around to face Beshimi again, who was by now about to close the door behind him.
"Wait a moment."
"Yes sir?"
"Beshimi, may I speak with you for a moment?" Aoshi asked.
"Well, why of course sir. How may I help you?" he said putting up a smile on his face.
"How long have you worked here?"
"My father used to work for Senior Makimachi and so I followed his foots steps sir, but if you don't mind me asking. Why are you asking me such a question?" inquired Beshimi.
"Before I start answering your question, I have a few more questions for you, so will you answer me?"
"Alright, I will comply with your questions."
"How much do you know about Megumi and Misao-san's relationship?"
"Sir, I do not think it is my place to give any information regarding the family." Beshimi replied grimly.
"Not even if it's for the well being of Misao-san and her family?" Aoshi asked looking at Beshimi, with a more serious expression on his face, while Beshimi had an expression of confusion.
"I presume that you and Misao are really good friends on the basis of Misao friendly characteristics, are you not?" Aoshi continued with his questions.
"Indeed we are, due to Misao-san's great generosity."
"Then tell me, would you help Misao-san come back to her family?"
"I would do anything for her happiness sire, just name it."
"Well then, I have some news for you." He said with a smirk on his face.
LATER THAT EVENING
Megumi walked into a small restaurant, which seemed very, very cheap to her own taste. She looked around to search a certain man, but instead she saw different lower class people. 'Humph I really need to bring changes in his choices.' Thinking so, she turns to this waitress passing by.
"Excuse me, can you please tell if Shinomori Aoshi is here?" she said with her head high and her nose almost tipping the sky and her usually snobby voice.
The waitress turns around looking at her with one brow up. "Yah know what? If yah weren't so blinded by those stupid shades of yos, and if yah weren't so dumb, yah probably would have faund a guy like that in a swift."
Megumi's mouth hung open as her eyes widen underneath her sunglasses at guts of the waitress talking to her that manner. "His right ther in the middle table yah slob," with that, she went on with her work.
Meanwhile Megumi staggered a bit on her foot taking off her shades quickly, looked forward to find Aoshi exactly where the waitress mentioned. She walked over to him. "A-Aoshi... what the hell made you call me to a place like this?"
Aoshi looked up from his empty tea cup that was set in front of him on the table to face Megumi and nodded his head to a sit. "Take a seat."
Megumi annoyingly put down her shades and purse on the table and sat down. Megumi looked at Aoshi and tried to put up a smile which now was irritating Aoshi. "So darling, tell me why did you call me here?"
"Megumi, I have thought about us and I have actually come to a decision." he said calmly.
"Oh really darling, may I know what decision have you made?" questioned a puzzled Megumi.
Aoshi looked at her fingers and the shining diamond ring. He slowing took her hand, still staring at the ring. Then the next moment he slid it off her finger. "The wedding is off."
"WHAT!" Megumi shrieked
Aoshi stood up from the seat throwing away his ring on the table and started to strode off, while Megumi tried to calm herself down a bit, and then took the ring and stood up as well. "Why Aoshi? Where did I go wrong?"
"Why don't you figure it out yourself since you think yourself to be the most intellectual of all?" Aoshi said, still walking with a shocked Megumi following him.
"You cannot do this to me. You can't leave me! You are mine! Do you hear me! You are mine!" Megumi said shouting at his back.
Aoshi stopped turned swiftly with anger burning in his eyes. "I belong to NO ONE.!" he nearly snarled into Megumi's face, afterwards he left.
Megumi's face turned white in fear and staggered back, Megumi stood there for a while, watching Aoshi walking out of the restaurant. 'How dare he do this to me? How dare he leave me Makimachi Megumi? EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.' The thought made her so angry, that she started to stomp her feet and started screaming in the restaurant, while every one kept on staring at her. She did not realize the waitress she met earlier was coming toward her with a bowl of noodles in her hand. "Awww…shuddup! Yah scarin off the customas!" saying so as she dumped the noodle on Megumi's head and the whole restaurant erupted into laughter.
She walked out of there as soon as possible. Never has she been so insulted in her entire life, now she wants revenge…
Aoshi went straight to the airport after leaving Megumi to check in for his flight. He can't seem to wait to see Misao. He felt as if he was in the air, he felt all those emotions that he never though was possible. Every memory of Misao made the corner of his mouth twitch. He was going to see his Misao.
MISAO….
It has only been a few days that Misao has come back to New York. She has already been dreaming about herself with her happy family and one particular man. Her days have become more miserable every moment. She tried to be her usual genki self which she was miserably failing at. Kamatari realized how weak Misao has become physically. He could not blame her when he himself cried like anything when he heard of what happen in Japan. Misao kept on thinking about Aoshi offering to help her and every time she brushes it off but in her mind some how she felt she was regretting not taking the chance to be back with her family.
It was night already and time to close, Misao was alone she has let Kamatari go earlier today, so she closed the store all by her self. When she was done, she started walking home through the almost empty street, which was wet as it rained earlier that day. Still having a storm of thoughts in her mind, she did not realize the small puddle in front of her. She slipped and almost flew into air starting to fall on her back. The moment seemed so similar to a moment in Japan. She felt like she was falling into huge darkness away from her family, this time there will be no Aoshi to save her. Therefore, she closed her eyes ready to meet the hard ground beneath her. However, she stopped, 'How?' she thought as she slowly opened her eyes to meet the same eyes that she has wanted to see for such a long time and she gasp.
"Are you ok, Misao-san?" he asked.
She kept on staring feeling tears about to spill right away. She grabbed his jacket in the front, buried her face into his chest, and started weeping. Aoshi caressed her soft hair letting the woman in his arms to cry realizing it must have been a long time she did not weep her pain out
"It's ok. Everything is going to be fine." he whispered to her.
Everything will be just fine…
To be continued…
Okay now some of you who said you might loose you respect for misao or who thinks that Misao doesnt have back let me tell you. Misao would never have left if she knew that the letters actually still existed. its very obviouse for ppl to think that Megumi might have torn off or burned those letters but Megumi is a FOOL. Anyways i hope you didnt loose you respect for Misao and i hope that i will be able to Update soon.
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