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Letting You Go

By Zenshiki

Chapter 4

—6 years later—

"Natsuki…" a brunette woman, beneath the green eyed woman, felt a tinge of pain in her neck. The woman on top of her painfully bit her slender neck leaving a cut on it.

"What?" Natsuki was obviously annoyed as she asked the younger woman under her.

"It hurts!" the brunette squeaked as she somehow got irritated at the pretty woman.

"So what? Isn't this what you like?"

"Stop it! Get off of me! You're scaring me!"

"What the hell is wrong with you?"

"You're the problem, stupid!" Natsuki suddenly slapped the woman without any warning as she glared at her.

"Don't you dare ever call me stupid, bitch!" the woman was dumbfounded as she let her right hand touch her now aching cheek. The woman then stood, helping herself to get dressed and ran off leaving Natsuki behind.

6 years ago after Natsuki was able to fully recover, she became herself again before she met Mai and Mikoto. She was always hot-tempered but her face became more handsome as she grows. The wound on her face was long healed but had left her a long scar right above her right brow down on her nose. Her face and body became more mature and well toned but the wound on her heart never heals.

"Oooiii! Natsuki? What the hell is that all about?" Nao burst out inside of a somehow private booth in a club. She had just learned from the brunette what had happened and she dashed off to the blue haired woman.

"What?" ignoring the fact that she's in her naked glory in front of her friend, she still had able to shout back.

"Don't 'what?' me, your highness! You had just slapped an innocent girl! And you're asking me what? Are you out of your mind? Or are you still that idiot because of that woman! For god sake! It has been six years! Six freakin years, Natsuki!"

"Leave me alone."

"Hey! You just-"

"I said, LEAVE ME ALONE!"

"Tsh! Whatever! Natsuki what happened to you?." Nao left the enraged Natsuki as she thought about her dear friend. After Natsuki saved Nao in the hands of Shizuru, somehow Nao had found kindness inside of Natsuki and the fragile heart she hid from anyone else but all that had changed for the past six years.

"Shizuru, I'll be looking for you, wherever you are, even if it's in the pits of hell! Dammit! Why am I still thinking of you? Argh! You're the one to be blame! You confessed your feelings for me then after I'd realized to myself how much I love you, you'd just left me in midair! You never let me explain and hear me out! What the hell is wrong with you? Why?...Why…Why the hell is this happening to me? For goodness sake, what's wrong with me?"

"Look, Shizuru, when are you planning to marry me? It has already three years after we've been engaged. Isn't it the time for us to make plans on our wedding ceremony?"

"I'm sorry Takeda-kun, it's just that I'm not yet fully prepared. Please understand my condition."

"Oh…uhm…o-okay." Takeda only muttered and quickly added,

"So, uhm…your father is requesting for your presence tomorrow. I think he's going to introduce you formally to all of the board of directors."

"Uh…thank you Takeda-kun for informing me." The black haired guy just smiled and added,

"Oh, one more thing. Your father wants you to handle some business matters on Tokyo after the meeting tomorrow. I'll be preparing our plane ticket now." Takeda then kissed Shizuru's cheeks.

"Thank you again, Takeda-kun." Shizuru being as cold as she is in front of people around her except Natsuki, didn't feel anything.

"No problem. I'll be going now. Take care of yourself."

"Thank you. Take care too. I'll meet you tomorrow then." a sigh was heard when the door of the room clicked close.

"Good day, gentlemen. Today I'd gather all of you to meet the future chairperson of the board, my daughter, Shizuru." All of the members of the meeting have their entire gaze in front of the young crimson eyed woman before them.

"Good day, everyone." Shizuru was wearing black business attire, revealing most of her curves. She was really had grown up and became more beautiful. Her chestnut hair was already reached her waistline and glowing inside the room. Many of the young directors admire her, just like an angel that just had descended from the heaven.

"As you can see, I'm getting old so I want my daughter to take charge of this company when I retire. I hope you will treat her fairly and respect her authority." Everyone nodded and congratulate the future CEO of the Fujino Corps.

"Let's proceed now to our meeting."

"Are you ready now, Shizuru-san?" Takeda is the son of Hoshiro's business partner that was arranged for Shizuru to be her husband. After he graduated at Fuuka University, his family arranged a wedding to the heir of the Fujino Corps. He didn't expect that it is the former student council president of the same school he used to attend and he will soon to marry. Of course, he has no idea about Natsuki and Shizuru's relationship although he already moved on about Natsuki.

"I'm ready, let's go now." Shizuru calmly stated as they proceed to the departure area. Takeda and Shizuru will be heading to Tokyo for a month. They will be working on a business to their branch in Japan and as a soon-to-be heir of the corporation she will hold the responsibilities of their company.

"We will be staying in a hotel in Tokyo so that we can easily settle our business meeting with the Suzushiro Corps."

"Indeed, thank you."

"I already reserved a room for us. After we arrived, you can take your rest for two days."

"Ara, Takeda-kun, can you book me a separate room? I don't want to be disturbed when I take a rest. Please understand."

"But-…okay if you say so." Takeda didn't expect that Shizuru would actually request him to reserve a separate room. They were supposed to get married soon and he already noticed that Shizuru didn't like all of these ideas. Hence, he was aware that Shizuru is not willing to marry him. it was just an arranged marriage and both of them had no choice but to obliged. He felt pity to the ex-kaichou and also to himself.

"Thank you very much, Takeda-kun."

"Nah, it's nothing. You can first take a nap and I will just wake you up when we reach Tokyo airport."

"Hmm…" Shizuru only mumbled as she drifted off to sleep thinking about a certain azure haired woman, over and over again.

Roaring engine can be heard in the busy street of downtown Tokyo. A specific driver was wearing a black with a shade of red helmet and a tinted glass helmet on her eyes that made the driver's face unrecognizable. The person was wearing a blue ripped jeans and a white tank top covered by a color mixture of silver and blue jacket with two wolves facing each other on its back. Considering the person's perfect fit and toned body, surely the driver is a she. She passed easily every single vehicle that earned her a variety of honks and shouts from the drivers. She also passed by with a blue Honda civic containing two passengers at the back and a driver in front. Their car's window was slightly open so its passenger is free to look outside.

A red light was shown and the drivers have no choice but to stop from their respective vehicles. Beside the black Ducati driver was the blue car she recently passed through in the traffic. One of the passenger of the car glanced at the driver wearing the dark red helmet. Shizuru swear that she saw a glimpse of two green orbs behind the driver's tinted helmet but the owner of it didn't seem to notice. Shizuru realized that she was holding her breath for almost a minute. Then, the red light was changed into green, signaling all the vehicles to move forward. The person she is staring at was now long gone as the motorbike dashed off the road.

"Ara, I think I saw someone familiar." Then Takeda noticed his companion gazing at the road where Shizuru last saw the driver of the black bike that was long gone. He heard Shizuru's soft whisper as he then decided to ask about it to the ruby-eyed woman.

"Shizuru, are you alright? Who's familiar?" Shizuru then returned to her posture wearing once again her infamous mask as she heard Takeda's concern voice. Of course, she didn't mind him as she simply shrugged her shoulders.

"It's nothing. I'm alright Takeda-kun. I'm just tired but thank you for your kind concern."

"Oh I see, okay…" Takeda was really confused on his fiancée's odd behavior from the time they reached Tokyo. He noticed that Shizuru was so uneasy and always nervous whenever she saw people driving a motorbike that until now, haunting her.

—Kiyoran Club—

The rebellious driver of the black Ducati parked her precious bike in the club's staff parking lot. The club is fairly big and spacious on the outside. At the club entrance door, two men wearing black business suits stood still and upon seeing the arriving person, they respectfully bow their head down. The driver then took off her helmet revealing her dark blue long silky hair.

"Good afternoon, Kuga-sama." The said woman greeted the two men as they made gesture for her to the entrance door.

"Good afternoon, Sousou-kun and Totakou-kun. How is it going?"

"It's all according to plan, boss. All of our staff are busy preparing for the opening of the club tonight." Sousou informed her boss, the owner of the Kiyoran Club.

"Oh, I see… Okay… Very well then." After her two subordinates once again bowed down to her, she proceeded to the club but before she could completely went inside, she asked Totakou for a certain someone.

"By the way, have you seen Sonya?"

"Oh, she said that she will be here in a short while, Kuga-sama."

"Okay, tell her to immediately proceed to my office the moment she arrives."

"Yes boss, whatever you ask. I will tell it to her as soon as she steps into the club."

Upon entering the club, she was greeted by the scene of Chie who is currently talking to one of their staff and she seems scolding the person.

"Ooii! Chie! What 's going on here?" Natsuki asked her long time friend and co-worker.

"Oh! Natsuki, you're here. Where's Nao? Chie dismissed the girl she is currently talking to and headed to her blue-haired friend.

"Oh, I don't know." Natsuki is obviously avoiding Chie's questioning look. She didn't want that to remember anymore.

"Uh-huh…tell me, is there anything happened?"

"It's nothing. I'll go now in my office. See you later." Natsuki immediately left the confused Chie, giving neither space for arguments nor any questions. She didn't want to deal with it right now.

The party had started at the well-known club all over the town. After Natsuki graduated, she was in her 20 years of age that she was informed by Yamada about the account number she found at the first district branch headquarters. She was told that it contains a lot of money for her to use left by her mother, she is in the legal age to take care of it. So, she decided to use the money to make a business and so she established her first very own club. She was being helped by Nao and Chie to organize the club while she helped her best friend, Mai, to also establish her own business of a restaurant. Nao was assigned to be the manager while Chie was the club's endorser and organizer with the help of her girlfriend, Aoi.

Natsuki with a woman following her went to a bar stool and asked for a whiskey. The beautiful blonde haired woman beside her is Sonya and she is Natsuki's 'girlfriend'. Hence, only Sonya loves Natsuki but Natsuki has already someone who stole her heart never letting her to retrieve it from that person. Sonya understands and knows about Natsuki's past life and she can fully accept if Natsuki will someday dump her. She was concerned to the forest-eyed woman and she loves her very much. As for Natsuki, she was just concerned about Sonya, she already told Sonya that she can't love her back but Sonya insisted and told her that she will accept all of it just let her stay with Natsuki. So, Natsuki accept her as her girlfriend and they were in a relationship for almost 1 and a half year but nothing had happened between them. They were more than best friends than a couple except for a constant making out session.

End of Chapter 4

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