Ayano just stared at the young man who seized her by the arm.
"Harry, let go of me!"
It was Harry, Ayano's brother. He said,"How dare you run away from your wedding. Do you know how much it cost me?" he shouted on her.
"Well, you should have thought so . You were forcing me to do it. ".
"Well, I'm not gonna leave you. Either you come home on your own or I'll simply drag you. Things will be very brutal the latter way. "
"There's no way I'm going to marry that pig friend of yours!" Ayano screamed and kicked on his leg making Harry to let go of her arm.
This infuriated Harry and he raised his arm to slap her. But his hand stopped mid-air as he turned to realize that Kazuma was holding him back.
"Who the hell are you? " shouted Harry .
"You should know your relatives well. Harry, I'm Anthony's brother-in-law. " he plunged his fist straight into Harry's guts.
It hit Harry so hard that he couldn't stand up for the next few seconds. Kazuma went over to Ayano's side, "You allright?"
"Yeah, I'm good. "Kazuma took her seized arm and saw Harry's grab had marked a bruise on her arm.
"Well he's gonna pay for it. " Kazuma murmured as he thought of hitting Harry again. Ayano stopped him, "Let him go, I think he had enough of it already," Ayano giggled.
Harry barely stood up and got into the car. He shouted from there ,"I will not let you live Ayano. You disgraced our family." And the SUV drove off.
"What's with him and his obsession for disgrace. It seems to kill him."
"Yeah, it sure does. Anyways , I'll leave now. I'm already late."
"You want me to walk you over?" Kazuma asked with concern.
'Walk me over ?' Ayano laughed in her mind,' That's very generous.'
"No I'll be fine Kazuma. "
All the while they were talking Kazuma was holding onto her hand and now he pulled her into a hug and whispered into her ears," Be safe."
As Ayano walked down the lane , the smell of Kazuma's cologne lingered beneath her nose . The hug lasted for 5 seconds or so but she could remember everything what happened during that 5 seconds.
He pulled her into a bear hug so softly as she was a fragile doll . the smell of his shampoo , his perfume, Ayano could feel everything. His muscular body against her own and his arms around like a protective castle. She could go through this over and over again.
Ayano snapped out of her thoughts and said to herself,"Ayano, this is non-sense. He's a friend and he will be a friend . You need to get over him."
It took her 15 minutes to reach the house for the duty and she had to look after a 5 year old girl. It wasn't much of a problem for her as she loved kids and eventually kids loved her too. At 8 she fed the child and lulled her to sleep upstairs . She came down and sat in the sofa with a magazine. As she was browsing the magazine, she came across an article . It seemed that the magazine knew her problem and was giving a solution to her dilemma .
It read, an answer to cope up with broken relationship.
Ayano read in her mind,' In order to move away from an unsatisfied relationship, one would have to hook up with other people and date frequently. '
"Strange, but I realize now that I haven't dated anyone yet." Ayano continued reading and by the end of the article, she has a new perspective of her life. She decided," I need to date. I have never dated anyone. That's the way to get over Kazuma. So it's done. No more no's to guys. I'm moving over ,aren't I " she beamed with realization and smiled like a stupid.
On the other hand, Kazuma took Ayano's picture and inserted it into a photo-frame and kept it beside his bed. He looked at it from time to time and thought," Ayano , what are you doing to me? I have been thinking about you ever since I returned home. What's wrong with me?"
Meanwhile Ayano gets a call , she picks it up and on the other side, Ken who sounded very upset said," Ayano, I need to talk to you. Where are you?"
"Well, I'm actually babysitting but my shift's gonna be over. What happened?".
"I just need to talk to you. ".
"Well if you can, you can come to my house . It's opposite the park. The blue house."
"When will you return home?"
"Umm….."glancing at the watch,"In about an half hour I'll be at my residence."
"Okay, I will wait outside till you come. "
"yeah sure." She hung up the phone confused as to what may have happened to him.
After 20 minutes , she was out as the parents arrived and paid her.
She reached her house and saw Ken standing right next to it. She hurried to him and said, "What's wrong? You're so upset."
Ken appeared crying. Ayano pulled him in and made him sit in the sofa.
"Whats wrong?"
"I had gone to her ."
"Her ? Whom?"
"My girlfriend, Jewel. I found her sleeping with another guy." And he broke down into a waterfall of tears. Ayano pulled him closer and hugged him, comforting him as he kept on crying like a baby.
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