Chapter 10

Yankumi's vision became blurry. As if a dagger was stabbed in her chest. She was not able to say anything. She was not able to move for minutes after the incident. And the hardest thing is, it was Shin who told her straightly the things that she never thought he could say to her. Her tears now are unstoppable from flowing in each eye. She was breathing heavily in every tear she lets out. She finally had the little courage to walk a little and sat on her bed.

Yankumi threw herself careless on her bed. She stared at the ceiling of her bright red room, tears welling up on her eyes. I can't believe it! After all that he said to me? After all the things he promised me? Her silent tears suddenly turned to loud sobs. She can't help but sniffing and sobbing on her bed. Her tears flowed into her cheeks more when she remembered her earlier conversation with Shin. She shut her eyes tight when she recalled everything he told her a while ago.

"Moshi moshi Shin!" Yankumi happily and excitedly answered her phone. She seemed like waiting for decades for Shin's call and she is expecting nice news from him.

"Yankumi…" Shin cannot continue and his voice is kinda hurt when he heard her innocent voice. She knows nothing.

"Shin, what happened, what happened??? Did you and your father finally got together?" Shin can feel the giddy laughing of Yankumi at the other line.

"Actually, I'm going to tell you something… something really important." Shin cannot let this talk go further. He felt like cheating on her even if he doesn't want to.

"Okay, okay.. I'm going to listen… Go ahead!" She signaled him with her cheery voice. She kept on bouncing and bouncing on her bed as she impatiently waited for Shin's answer.

"I'm going to marry another woman and I don't love you anymore. My father doesn't agree of you because you are a yakuza ojou." Shin bursted out everything in just a breath.

"…" She was not able to answer even a word.

"If you have nothing to say, I'm gonna hang the phone. Bye." Shin turned his mobile off.

Yankumi's P.O.V

Why Shin? I have loved you for all this time. And you even said things to me that you'll never gonna fulfill! I am such a fool for loving a youngster like you…

Shin hung up his phone. He cannot stand a minute waiting for his beloved one to sob. He cannot stand a minute in hearing her voice full of sadness and hatred for him. He cannot stand her shouting and cursing at him because of what he had done. He cannot stand hearing her cheerful voice full of innocence.

He turned back to his father who was proudly grinning behind him. He turned to him and gave him the saddest eyes ever. His father was shocked to see his expression. He was expecting him to look at him, full of hatred and anger. But we was startled when he saw his son looking at him with sad eyes – he never seen his son like this before. Shin can stand all of his punishments and hurtful words but this particular phone call turned the record into a new one.

"Happy now?" Shin said in a low, hoarse voice, but not an angry one. He walked past his father and slightly brushed his shoulders into his. He turned back to his father after a few steps with his eyes attempting to hold back tears. His anger is gradually being visible now. He was tightly holding his mobile and clenching it with his fists, almost breaking the poor stuff. His breathing became faster due to anger and suddenly, he slammed his mobile down the glass coffee table, causing it to break. Shin run up to his room and slammed the door.

"Kuma! Kuma!" Natsumi ran inside the restaurant.

"I bet you're not in a hurry Natsumi-chan. You have the wrong pair of slippers…" Kuma stared at her feet as she catches her breath from running all the way to Kuma's place. "What's the matter Shin's lil sis?" Kuma was beating an egg in a bowl while talking to her.

"WeneedtotellYamaguchisenseithatthemarriageisjustaplanofmyfatherand…" Natsumi said in one fast pace.

"Shhhh… I can't understand you! Okay… follow me… breath in… breath…" Kuma demonstrated how she should calm down.

"This is not a proper time for joking Kuma! We are in real trouble now and it involves my brother! Nobody's gonna mess up with him!" Natsumi's eyes when glimmering under her bangs and she gave every stress and threat to every word she says. Kuma just stepped backwards when he saw her. No wonder she is Shin's sister… pretty much like him…

"Okay! Just tell me what exactly happened…" Kuma pulled a chair and sit into it, leaving Natsumi standing alone.

"Okay. Shin is getting married." Natsumi started.

"What?" Kuma jumped from his seat and sat back again with his eyes widened.

"He is in an arranged marriage with a woman he doesn't even love." Natsumi continued, now annoyed with Kuma's overacting reactions.

"Whaaatt?" Kuma screamed again, now the chair fell when he stood up and get back the chair and sat down again.

"The situation is worse now because he told lies to Yamaguchi-sensei which I believe is his girlfriend." Natsumi closed his eyes and her eyebrows twitching in anger because of Kuma.

"Whaaattt???" Kuma stood up again and the chair fell again and the eggs he was beating a while ago was thrown all over the floor and spilled on Natsumi's feet. Uh-oh!

"Kuma, if you will not stop this foolishness right now, I swear you'll experience hell!" Natsumi explained while wiping all the egg yolks and eggs whites from her feet.

"Hontou nig omen nasai Natsumi-chan!" Kuma helped her in wiping her feet and immediately sat back to the chair after. But unluckily, the bad-mood Natsumi pulled the chair off and sat into into before Kuma laid his butt on it. He hit the floor and made a ridiculous thud sound.

Just like Shin-chan.

"That's for you Kuma." Natsumi rolled her eyes before him. Kuma pulled a new chair and started talking to her in a more serious tone and look.

"You know, we've got to tell Yamaguchi-sensei about…" Natsumi's sentence was again, cut off by Kuma. Her eyes were now glimmering again behind her bangs.

"Wait! Before you hurt me again, may I ask you, how'd you know about the two?" Kuma asked.

"My father new about it and Shin verified it in front of his face." Natsumi crossed her legs. "Back to the topic, let us just tell Yamaguchi-sensei about everything. It's my turn now to do a favor for Shin-chan…" Natsumi lowered her head down. Kuma felt sorry for her and stood up immediately.

"Okay Natsumi-chan, I know Yankumi is a very tough woman and she would not listen to twitches like me. I think we should get some plan first or we'll end up with our necks twisted." Kuma removed his apron and hanged it on the nail on the wall.

"Is she really that scary? Is the perfect gal for my brother though…" Natsumi cannot believe that her brother actually felt real love for a yakuza girl. He really has weird tastes.

"Natsumi-chan, come with me, we will be going to Uchiyama's house for an undercover mission." Kuma told Natsumi.