Title – Destined together

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'…' - Thoughts

"…" - Speaking

Chapter 11

No One's POV

"Ummm~… This is so good, A-chan. You are a great cook! You'll make a fine wife one day!" chirped Ren and took another bite of his food with sparkling eyes. Asaka turned red at the compliment.

"Umm… T-thank you, Ren-sama" she thanked him with a red face. Ren nodded as he continued eating the food then paused.

"Wait… I think I have said that many times before…? Well… I can't help it" said Ren and shrugged.

Asaka giggled but replied, "It made me happy that you like my cooking, Ren-sama"

"A-chan… I told you to call me Ren. We are not in the office, you know" he told her and shrugged while Asaka nodded. He squint his eyes at her face and continued, "Your face is red! Are you sick?"

"N-no, Ren… I'm fine… It's just the heat…" Asaka replied, looking away. She glanced at Ren who had resumed eating after smiling at her. She smiled and continued eating as well.

There were only the two of them having lunch in her apartment as Tetsu had some business to attend. Ren seemed happy. Well… Asaka looked more than happy.

"I wonder what our friends are doing today…" Ren said out of blue, causing Asaka to blink. "How about we go somewhere in the evening?" he asked, smiling.

"Okay… Where do you want to go, Ren?" asked Asaka.

"How about… Just strolling around…? And we can buy some groceries after that?" suggested Ren.

"Alright…" replied Asaka, smiling at him. 'Although… we are just going to stroll around and buy groceries…' she thought as they continued eating and talked about random things.

Kai Residence…

Shingo and Naoki glanced at each other than at Kai. They had questioning looks as they watched their master sitting on his chair and eating lunch. They could feel the awkwardness but TRIED to ignore it. They sighed and resumed eating.

On the other hand, Kai Toshiki was looking or should we say… observing Misaki and looks like he doesn't feel the awkwardness at all, noted Shingo and Naoki. Kai had his usual unexpressed face but he somehow looked amused which went unnoticed by the others in the room. Meanwhile, Misaki could feel his gaze on her for a while now. She swallowed the food in her mouth and now she can't take it…

"Kai-sama, is there something wrong?" asked Misaki, keeping her annoyance in check and tried to sound polite.

"No. In fact, everything is fine, Tokura… Here" said Kai, as he reached for her face and wiped the side of her mouth with a napkin.

Misaki stiffened while Naoki and Shingo stared wide eyed at their master. They all were shocked except Kai. Misaki's cheeks flared at his action while Kai resumed his eating as if nothing had happened. Kai glanced at the two men that sat adjacent to him, causing the two to resume eating as well. He then glanced at Misaki and saw her fumble with her spoon. She looked abashed and deeply in thought. He smirked, hiding it behind his spoon.

'What the…? Is this what Yuri-chan was talking about if I act friendly towards him? He's suddenly acting all gentlemanly! I'm suddenly feeling strange…! This is so weird…' her train of thoughts came to halt when…

"Tokura, what's the matter?" Kai couldn't help but ask. His amusement went unnoticed by all the three other occupants. All eyes landed on her.

"N-Nothing" she muttered before resuming eating. Naoki and Shingo sighed at the weirdness.

Sometime Later…

Misaki sighed. She was trying to reach the coffee beans bag that was on the upper shelf. She tip-toed and tried for the third time and finally gave up as she thought of bringing a chair or stool, when…

"You should have called for help, Tokura…" came Kai's voice from behind her. Misaki stiffened and turned her head to look at him over her shoulder with a forced smile. She still wasn't over with the 'lunch incident' yet…

"There was no one here… So…" said Misaki. 'Since when is he standing there?! Is he following me around?!' she thought.

"Let me help you" said Kai, nearing her and stood just behind her. Misaki tensed while Kai grabbed the bag from the upper shelf. Misaki abruptly moved aside thinking he was too close to her, feeling awkward. Kai smirked looking down at her and handed her the bag.

"Uhh… Thank you, Kai-sama…" said Misaki as took the bag and turned around. 'What is he doing? Is he keeping tabs on me now? Something is wrong with him… since the lunch…' she thought as could still feel him standing behind her.

"Do… you want something?" asked Misaki, hiding her annoyance.

"Well… I'm just curious that why are you acting like this… I mean why are you obeying me" said Kai. Misaki tensed and gave a nervous laugh, turning to face him.

'Ugh! I could ask you the same thing about your behavior but I can't! The nerve of this guy!' thought Misaki, furious.

"Is it wrong…? I shouldn't have…?" she asked instead, playing it cool. Kai's lips twitched upwards in a smirk again at her answer. 'Smooth…' he thought.

"No. I'm glad you finally gave in" replied Kai and sighed while Misaki's eyebrow twitched at his comment. 'It was better if she had said the truth. That fake smile of hers is more annoying than her glare… What am I thinking… Tch. Let's see how much it takes till you snap' he thought and left.

Misaki heard him sigh and some footsteps going away. She glanced back and found no one. She arched an eyebrow. 'Ha! In your dreams!' she smirked in her mind.

Some more time later… XD

"Umm… I'm quite busy right now but… Kai-kun asked to come fast…" mumbled Shingo as he adjusted the two big boxes in his hands and tried not to drop them. He knew Naoki was not in the house at the moment and spotted Misaki passing behind him.

"Misaki-san? You have to take these files to Kai-kun's room. It's urgent! Please?" said Shingo, stopping Misaki in her tracks.

Misaki didn't want to do that, of course. She started instead, "Are you sure you'll handle those boxes…? I can-…"

"Yes. I can… But he seemed in a foul mood when he called me from upstairs. So take them fast. Oh, and keep that cell phone with you for a while. It's Naoki's. That idiot was looking for it" said Shingo, pointing at the cell phone on the couch and left, taking fast steps.

Misaki groaned. She picked up the files and folders lying on the coffee table and couch then grabbed the phone. 'So what if he's in a foul mood? And what's with so many files?! Can't he work in one place!' she berated mentally, adjusting the files and folders in her hands and walked up the stairs, briskly.

Meanwhile…

Kai's Room

"Yes, Uncle" said Kai and hung up the call. He frowned and tossed his phone on his bed. 'Tsk. What's with him now? Anyway, I have to think how to get out of this… And that deal with Tatsunagis... Why are they taking so long to accept it? And where is Shingo!' he thought, furiously.

'Knock-knock'

"Just come in already!" said Kai, annoyed. Misaki entered with a not so happy aura but still with a smiling (forced) face, holding the files. "What took you-… Tokura?" he paused, looking at her.

Kai went to her and grabbed the files from her hands when Misaki said, "Shingo-kun is busy at the moment so-…"

"Whatever" he cut her short. He went back and bent down to grab a file on his bed then paused as if thinking something while Misaki glared at the back of his head. She just can't keep her calm around him. She huffed and was about to leave when he stopped her.

"Tokura…" he drawled out in a gentle tone, causing her to look at him. His face held a strange gentleness, noted Misaki. "Come here…" he said too sweetly for Misaki's liking, sitting on the bed.

'Huh? What's with the echo-effect?' thought Misaki when his voice echoed in the room. She nodded and went towards the bed. 'And what's with the sparkling effect around him?' she blinked, staring at him. The effect ended when he spoke.

"I want you to complete some files" he said, handing her two files.

"Yes, Kai-sama" she replied, forcing a smile at him. She glared at him when he turned, throwing profanities at him in her mind. 'What a weird man. What's with him and his sudden changes in attitude?!' she thought.

"Hm. You can take help from these reports. Hurry up" he said, passing her papers without looking at her. He moved… more like pushed the other files and folders aside on the bed while Misaki sat on the couch.

Misaki sighed, content with the silence in the room. 'Wait… Silence…?' she realized and glanced at Kai. Her eyes widened for a second then narrowed at Kai who was… sleeping on his bed. She clenched the pen tightly in her hand that it almost broke. 'That arrogant Stupid Jerk! How could he?! He just handed me his work to complete and is sleeping now!' she huffed and started writing on the file furiously.

Fifteen Minutes Later…

Misaki sighed as she put the pen down and shut the last file. She had completed them in few minutes in a fit of anger. But now she didn't feel anger. In fact… 'I missed working on files…' she thought and stood up when she recalled where she was. She glanced at Kai who was still sleeping and smirked.

'Hmm… He's asleep. So, this is a good chance as he looks vulnerable! What should I do…? What should I do…?' she thought, glancing around and spotted a marker beside the files. 'This is risky… But if I get his weird picture, it can be useful for blackmailing!' she grinned as she grabbed Naoki's cell phone and put it into her skirt's pocket.

Misaki opened the top of the marker and tiptoed towards the bed, carefully. 'I'm like Assissta-Cat…' she thought. Her eyes narrowed at his face then softened, staring at his face. Her hand flew towards his face and her fingers grazed his hair that covered his left eye to move it aside. 'He looks so peaceful and… NO! Misaki! Evil Jerk is hiding behind that face!' she snapped mentally when…

"Tokura…" mumbled Kai and grabbed her wrist while asleep.

Misaki jumped out of her skin. 'Oh no! He caught me! The End!' she panicked and snatched her hand back, hastily. Due to the slight jerk to his hand, Kai's eyes opened. He looked at Misaki who was now on the floor, sitting, with wide eyes.

'That was close! Did he saw me when he opened his eyes…?' she thought, panicked.

Kai sat up on his bed. Misaki had failed to notice that he had mumbled her name before opening his eyes. Both stared at each other; Misaki held surprised look while Kai's was unexpressed. Then Kai smirked.

"Why are you on the floor, Tokura? You didn't do anything inappropriate to me while I was asleep, did you?" Kai mocked but his voice held slight amusement and Misaki was too flustered to notice that.

"N-no! I didn't! I was j-just…uh…" stammered Misaki while Kai glanced at her hand which was still in the air holding the marker, causing him to smirk more. Kai stood up from the bed and sat in front of Misaki.

"I know this is childish but… If you want to draw on my face… Go ahead, Tokura…" said Kai. Misaki stared at him as if she had seen a ghost while Kai closed his eyes, leaning forward.

'GAAAHHHH! Is he serious?! He's not snapping at me?! What has happened to him!' she snapped mentally and stood up abruptly.

"IMPOSTER…! He's not HIM!" she exclaimed unintelligently while running off.

Kai opened his eyes when he heard Misaki's voice far away and saw no Misaki in the room. He couldn't help but laugh at her comment. He didn't recall when he had laughed last time but he knew it was a long ago. He sat there laughing for a few seconds when…

"Kai-kun, what-…?"

Naoki blinked as he stared at Kai who was busy laughing when Shingo joined him at the door. Both stared at their master, dumbfounded. They had heard Misaki yell and came to check it out but discovered something rare. How lucky they are… XP

"What happened, Kai-kun?" asked Naoki once he saw Kai had slowed down.

"It's Tokura" Kai replied with a light laugh then chuckled. "She was… uhh… (Clears his throat)… Nothing. It's nothing" he said when he realized he had done something totally… 'Not Kai'. He stood up, taking the marker from the floor and turned around. He won't admit it but he was slightly flustered at his slip up.

"You guys can go and close the door" Kai added, walking towards his desk and both the men did as told.

Kai sighed once he heard the door close behind him. He was almost asleep when he heard something fall on the floor, causing him to open his eyes. He ran his hand through his hair, thinking 'This is so not me… What was I doing…? I was just lying there and then I felt something touching my hair. It turned out to be Tokura's hand… She really was trying to draw on my face, I guess… But still… I can't believe she made me laugh…'

Some Time Later…..

Misaki looked around the parlor, hiding behind the wall. She sighed relieved when she didn't see Kai around. Since the 'weird' encounters, she looks around every room before entering because of Kai.

'What has gotten into him? I can't help but feel agitated now! And frustrated! Acting all cool and friendly like that…' thought Misaki. 'And every time he comes near me, I can't help but feel nervous and awkward. May be because I am just acting to be friendly and deceiving him…? Is that guilt…?' she thought.

She grabbed her hair, thinking. ' Wait… He has been acting nice since the lunch… Him, suddenly acting like that is a bit strange… Wait… I wanted him to be annoyed and frustrated all day! But here I am! I am the one who's- …' she realized but her thoughts were interrupted.

"What are you doing, Misaki-san?"

Misaki jumped at Shingo's voice that came from behind her. She exhaled deeply and relieved. She turned to face him and gave him a small smile.

"I was just looking… around?" she replied, looking around them. "Do you want something?" she asked as he raised his eyebrow at her but then he shrugged.

"Well, I just wanted to inform you that I will be going for grocery shopping in a while so please look after the house" said Shingo.

"Of course, Shingo-kun. Anyway, where is Kai?" asked Misaki. Shingo smiled and turned to leave.

"He must be having his afternoon nap" replied Shingo, waving his hand and left mumbling "Now where is that delinquent?"

Misaki sighed. 'Then he must be still in his room… Now I can finally work without feeling awkward…' she thought as she left for the back yard as the bed sheets needed to be removed that were being air dried.

After removing the clean bed sheets and neatly folding them, she kept each of them in the basket. Then she started sweeping the backyard to removes the fallen leaves, humming all the while and admiring the view of the small garden. She also inspected flowers along the way, thinking that Rukino must be the one to look after them.

Meanwhile, Kai was napping on a bench a few meters away under the tree shade, enjoying the breeze and silence. His eyebrow twitched when he heard some humming and he knew very well whose voice it was. He sat up and craned his neck as the view was obstructed by the tree trunk he was under, to see Misaki near the flowers, gazing at them with a broom in one hand… and he kept watching her…

"Boss-… Misaki-san, I brought you a drink"

Kai snapped his eyes at Naoki who was holding a small tray in his hands with two glasses on it. Misaki, who was now almost done with the sweeping, glanced at Naoki and smiled. Kai started to wonder how long he was watching her, considering she was done sweeping.

"Thank you, Naoki-kun. And here's your cell phone" said Misaki, walking towards Naoki. She handed him his phone and took a seat beside him. She took the glass Naoki offered, smiling.

"Woah! Thanks a lot, Boss La-… Misaki-san! I was searching the whole house!" said Naoki, grinning. Misaki nodded at him and replied, "Shingo-kun asked me to"

Kai watched as they talked about random stuff, casually. He was slightly surprised at their friendliness but… what irked him was, Misaki was talking to Naoki nicely… too nicely. It haven't gone unnoticed by him that she behaves rather rudely with both Naoki and Shingo sometimes but he knew it was nothing as serious hostility. Instead, it's as if she stops them from doing something wrong. But with him… it's different, he had realized.

'Tch. I missed my nap time… What am I doing staring at her? She's just pretending to be nice and it's more annoying when she gives a fake smile' thought Kai and then smirked. 'She wanted me be frustrated all day, huh? I guess that didn't work'

Evening…

Asaka smiled wholeheartedly. She was dressed casually but nicely in a white blouse and blue frilly skirt. She was really happy and the reason… Ren was walking beside her. On the other hand, Ren was looking around and at the shops. They were walking on the sidewalk as they had decided to just stroll around.

"A-chan?" Ren called her causing Asaka to look at him. "I'm not coming in your way, right? I mean, you might have other things to do" he said. Asaka looked at him, surprised that he was so considerate.

"Of course not, Ren! Besides, I have nothing to do anyway" she replied.

"Oh… Don't you think it's boring to walk with me just to buy groceries?" asked Ren, with a curious face.

"Not at all! In fact, I like walking with you. And it's not boring, Ren" said Asaka, truthfully. Ren looked at her surprised then smiled.

"Glad you think that way! Tetsu said he gets bored while walking with me! But you are nice. Thanks" said Ren and smiled cheerfully causing Asaka to blush.

"Uhh… You are always welcome, Ren…" she said. Ren suddenly stopped walking.

"Hey! I just remembered there's this famous café around here! You wanna go?" asked Ren giving a thinking pose and looking around. Asaka blinked. "Ah there it is! Aichi, Miwa and I went there once! Come on" he added, pointing at the café a few meters ahead and started walking.

"Okay… Oh no!" muttered Asaka when her purse fell down. She bent to pick it up when a shadow loomed over her. She glanced up and stood straight to see two men in front of her.

"Excuse me…" she said when…

"Ohh… We bumped into a nice lady! And how lucky! She's alone too!" said one of them.

Asaka looked at them panicked. She was about to speak when the other one cut in. "Not anymore… We will accompany you! Don't be scared-…"

"Excuse me… but we are in middle of our date" Ren cut in, gripping tightly on the shoulder of the second man. His voice was dangerously low, noted Asaka. "So I suggest you just get lost" he added.

"Why you-…!" the man whose shoulder was gripped by Ren started but was cut off by a fist on the face. The man fell on his back, cursing while Ren turned to the other one. He sure looked angry.

Ren snapped, "Don't think you'll get away by messing with me and my woman". Asaka shivered at his voice while the two men ran off, mumbling something.

"A-chan, I'm sorry I went ahead. Are you alright?" Ren asked concerned, returning to his usual self. Asaka nodded too shocked to say anything.

"Yes… Thank you, Ren…" Asaka thanked him and smiled. Ren nodded but he was looking at the ground, his hair covering his eyes for a moment. He looked up at her face and smiled.

"Good! And next time something like this happens, shout for help or call me. So then let's go!" he said, grabbing her hand and started walking.

Asaka was surprised and blushed as Ren held her hand all the way to the café. 'I can't believe… this is happening… He called me his woman and said we're on a date! ...Wait… He probably said that to stop the commotion, of course! But now… He's holding my hand!' she thought as she felt overwhelmed that he came to her rescue and even made up a lie for her. She looked like she was the happiest woman around right now.

Meanwhile…

"What?!" exclaimed both Naoki and Shingo. Misaki was not around at the moment as Kai had 'ordered' her to arrange the files and folders scattered around in his room.

"Yes. So we have to prepare" said Kai, sitting calmly on the couch.

"But isn't it strange he's suddenly coming? I mean he always calls you there but this time, he's decided to come…" said Shingo, looking at Kai then at Naoki.

"Yeah. That's fishy! I sense a trouble… He gives me creeps" stated Naoki and shivered.

"Don't talk like that in front of our master! You Delinquent!"

"Hey! It's the truth, Granny Glasses!"

"It's alright" Kai cut in, raising his hand to stop the argument. "In fact, it feels strange when you guys call me 'Master'. Anyway, I informed you beforehand so as to prepare. Not for sharing your opinions about him. Well, start preparing. He'll be here in two days" he continued and stood up to leave.

"…Right" Both Naoki and Shingo muttered. If anyone hears Kai, they'll probably think he's rude to those who work for him but Naoki and Shingo knew him well by now. Naoki rolled his eyes instead while Shingo nodded curtly.

"May be he has got the news that you have been rejecting all the marriage proposals…?" Shingo thought aloud, pushing his glasses up. Kai paused. "I was just thinking! W-we didn't tell him!" he added, flailing his hands.

"I know…" said Kai and he walked away. 'I know they would never betray me. I just hope my uncle didn't have something planned for me' thought Kai, while walking and sighed.

To be continued….

A/N - Hmm… I wonder what's gonna happen now…

Well, we can say more trouble for is coming for Kai, don't you think? Haha! As usual Review, Fav and Follow! Thank you! ^^