CHAPTER 13: MEETING LANTIS'S DAD AND HIKARU'S BIG SECRET PART 2

Yukata was standing right in front of Hikaru's house door. He was smiling to the shocked Hikaru.

"Long time no see, Sohma-san." Said Yukata as he smiles.

"Sohma? I think you are mistaken. I'm a Shido, not a Sohma." Said Hikaru, defending.

"Yes. You're right. You are a Shido now." said Yukata. "But you wouldn't want us to just stand here and chat, do you?"

"Huh? Ah.yes. You are right."

Hikaru was in the kitchen, making some tea for her guest. Yukata was exploring her house. Hikaru step out of the kitchen, carrying a tray, which has 2 cup of hot Japanese tea. She put the tray on the coffee table.

"Anou, Sol-san. Please have some tea." Said Hikaru.

"Huh? Oh yes. Thank you very much. You do have a lovely house, Shido-san." Said Yukata.

"Thank you very much. You can call me Hikaru, I won't mind." Said Hikaru as she sat down on the sofa, and Yukata on the other.

"Well then, Hikaru. I know very well who you use to be. The Sohma family first and only heir to the family business. But yet you gave up the successor place and left the house." Said Yukata as he took a sip from his cup of tea.

"You do know a lot, Sol-san." Said Hikaru. (Now on focusing on Hikaru's mouth only. You can't see anyway except her mouth.)

"But I return to my family in the end. That's when my father had just passed away. And then soon after, my mother remarried to Makoto Shido who is my father now." said Hikaru as she smiles.

"Well, well. I can see that your mother Yukino, is doing fine now. As I was saying, Lantis, due to some accident had lost his memories. And after he woke up, all he could remember is he made a promise with a girl 10 years ago." Said Yukata, keeping his cool.

"And what made that accident?" asked Hikaru. "It must because you, I guess. I heard Lantis had tried to run away from home before. It must be during that runaway."

Oh damn god. What am I suppose to do here? I mean, come on, Yukata Sol is just right in front of me now. He is like confronting me. I don't like this but I have been taught how to control this kind of scene. It should be no problem. Thought Hikaru as she clutched her fist.

"You are right. It happened during that runaway. He met up with a car accident and hit his head badly. He had been unconscious for 6 months before he woke up. And all he could remember is you and that stupid promise you and him made. And now you appeared right in front of Lantis, with the name, Hikaru Shido. Why don't you tell him that you were that girl who made that promise 10 years ago?" asked Yukata as tried to keep cool at all time.

"In my current situation, I disallow myself from telling him I was that girl. I have too much in hand now that I really need to take care." Said Hikaru.

"And are you saying that you are giving up on Lantis?"

"I did not say that way. It is just I need more time." Said Hikaru, softly.

"Oh, time. All you need is time. But Lantis will not wait. I'll make sure that he [will] continue our family business." Said Yukata, all confidence.

"Oh really? But just because of a schoolboy grudge, you held that hatred on my dad all these years." Said Hikaru that shocked Yukata.

"How did you know?" asked the shocked Yukata.

"Of course I knew about it. My mother had told me before that both of you are so call the rivals of light and darkness. You guys always fight, am I right?" said Hikaru.

"Oh, so Yukino had told you. That's true. I hated your father, Keishi Sohma! I hated him! He took Yukino away from me. He wins me in the school competitions all the time."

"So what? It is just small stuff." Said Hikaru.

"SMALL STUFF! YOU WILL NEVER KNOW HOW I FELT AT THAT TIME! NEVER!" shouted Yukata all pissed.

"Okay, take it like I never knew about it. But you should actually forgive and forget, can't you?" said Hikaru, quite taken back on what just Yukata did.

"Never! I will never forgive that beast." Said Yukata.

Perhaps I did too much thought Hikaru. I mean look at him. Eyes are all on fire.

'Ring! Ring!' the telephone rang.

"If you may excuse me." Said Hikaru as she stood up and walks off.

That girl, she had the cool very well. She might do very well in the business world, all I could know. Thought Yukata.

"Yes, Lantis. Okay. I'll see you tomorrow then." Said Hikaru as she hung up the phone.

"Hope you don't mind." Said Hikaru as she sat down.

"No. It is fine with me." Said Yukata with a 0 degrees smile.

"That's great!" said Hikaru as she too with a 0 degrees smile.

(Hikaru_1989: I'm all froze up here. Too cold!)

"As I was saying, why don't you forgive and forget? I mean look at you now. You had a family, a lovely wife, and 5 lovely children all grown up. You had everything that one could ask for. Why do you still so stubborn?" said Hikaru.

"It has been 30 years already. It had been so long ago. Why must you be so stubborn?"

"Are you saying I'm stubborn?" asked Yukata all pissed.

"I mean, come on. Look at yourself and dad now. Both of you had lead each of you guys a life. Think about it."

Yukata was sure shocked to hear what Hikaru had just said. She is right. He and Keishi had leaded their own life. Each had their own family, children. And what's important is each of them had their own lovely wife. He himself had a British-mix blood wife, Lila. They met each other, love each other and had lived together 30 years. What is more to ask? And all this time, he was just stubborn to allow the past left him.

"You're right." Said Yukata, softly.

"Pardon me?"

"This time, you have won, Hikaru. but that does not mean that I had agree you and Lantis relationship." Said Yukata as he took a sip of tea.

"UNLESS! You can prove to me that you had the abilities to be a good wife in the Sol family." Said Yukata as he stood up.

"Sol-san?" asked Hikaru, all confused.

"Try your best to keep Lantis's heart. And I guess you have seen Primera and Takako?" asked Yukata.

"Hai."

"Then the more you should keep Lantis's heart well. Well then. If there's nothing else, I'll be leaving. And I hope to see you soon in my birthday party, I suppose." Said Yukata as he walks toward the door.

"Matte! (Wait!) I'll open the door for you!" said Hikaru running towards Yukata.

"You behave just like Lantis. He too spoke to me in that kind of tone before." Said Yukata as he laughs. "He spoke in that kind of tone with those sharp eyes."

"I'm sure it will be a very weird sight." Said Hikaru as she thought of it and sweat dropped.

"Then I'll be leaving then. Hope to see you soon, Hikaru."

"Hai." Said Hikaru as she smiles.

A/N: That's all for chapter 13. For chapter 14, it will be about the flashback what happened 10 years ago. Well, I'm quite upset about the number of reviews I got for chapter 12. but it is okay! Don't worry! I'll still continue the story! And I'm thinking of doing a new story, what do you guys think about it? Please tell me what you think about okay?

Ja ne!

Hikaru_1989.