A/N: I'm back with a brand new story and a brand new plot! Please read it and tell me how it was! I know things may not seem clear in early chapters but it will get better.
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The door flung open as soon as Ayuzawa Misaki kicked it, after turning the key inside the lock. Surprised for a moment that it didn't fly off its hinges, she kept the brown paper bags on to the cabinet which were previously occupying her hands. She sighed exasperatedly and tried to calm herself.
She had been breathing heavily, the elevator of her apartment building stopped working the moment she had stepped in, carrying two huge bags of home supplies and whatnot. Just good luck, she mumbled sarcastically as she took the remote and switched on the air conditioning. She had to climb ten floors along with those bags.
She went to the kitchen and took a bottle of water to quench her thirst. She unbuttoned the first three buttons of her shirt and sat down on the couch. God, what an ungrateful day, she thought to herself.
After getting comfortable with the temperature and everything, she went inside her bedroom to change.
Misaki took off her heels as she sat down on the edge of the bed. She took off her shirt and zipped down her pencil skirt. She placed her clothes in the laundry basket as she stepped inside the bathroom. Misaki untied her hair. She had grown her bangs out and they halfway reached her waist. She turned on the faucet and after setting the temperature, she waited patiently for the tub to fill up.
The tub was now ready and she stepped inside after putting some body wash in it. She shut her eyes and made herself comfortable inside the bathtub, letting the warm water work its magic. She sighed and thought about the events that had taken place in the morning.
Ayuzawa Misaki, 23 and cozy in bed, wake up with a huge smile on her face. She got up quickly and glanced at her wrist watch which she had always forgotten to take off at night. She woke up feeling enthusiastic and exuberant in the morning.
She went into her living room and stared out of the huge glass window that provided her with the best sunset and sunrise view without having to climb a mountain.
She was grateful that she had made the decision of buying her modern and huge-for-one-person apartment. She was grateful for everything today. After watching the sunrise, she went inside and brushed her teeth, took a bath, fixed herself instant noodles-sadly that was the extent of her cooking prowess. Instant Noodles and Microwavable food. But, hey! You had to put them in boiling water, that outta count as cooking right?! Riiighttt... So she put on her regular business clothes and formal makeup and headed out.
She grabbed her bag and mobile phones too, briefly looking at her old flip phone after keeping her iPhone in her bag. That flip phone was her first mobile phone and had held too many precious memories-both happy and sad. She always cherished it and kept it along although it did not work properly anymore. Looking at her watch, she headed out, locking her apartment.
On her way to the elevator, she met with an obaa-chan that lived on the same floor as herself. She greeted her cheerfully, "Good morning Oba-san"
The old lady gave her a toothless smile, "Why, good morning Misaki! You sure are enthusiastic today! Have a good day dear~!"
With that, Misaki stepped into the elevator and thought to herself. What's the use of being alive if you don't wake up every day with a smile and take on the world?
She exited the apartment and went to the parking area. She unlocked her Audi, proud-owner, and stepped in.
Just as she was about to drive away, some stupid teenager who had been too busy kissing his girlfriend who had been sitting behind him on his bike, smashed his bike into her car.
She freaked out with the shock from the accident and got out horrified. "What the major-?" Misaki looked at her beautiful; No, Once-beautiful car and stared at the stupid teenage couple with her infamous purple aura.
The boy got up and after checking his girlfriend for injuries, freaked out with what happened.
"Fuck! My bike!", before he could whine about his stupid bike, he turned around only to see the proud-owner of the now destroyed Audi. Compared to her car, that bike just got a dent! A single dent for fuck's sake! Her purple aura sent chills down his spine and the couple bowed down to apology.
"Ano, we're sorry! I was caught off guard and didn't see you. Heh-heh", he tried to smile sheepishly and looked at his girlfriend.
Misaki only kept quiet, her loud and obnoxious behavior towards shitty situations had lessened with the course of time.
"It's just that", that boy continued, not looking at Misaki at all, "that when I am with Yuki, everything else doesn't matter. I just want to be by her side no matter what", he kissed her.
Misaki had been startled when she heard those words come out, her fingers clenched together into a fist as someone crossed her mind.
She shoved it deeper, burying the distasteful thought deep within her mind and heart. She didn't let her thoughts show on her face, not anymore.
"Damn you kids", Misaki looked away, still angry but feeling her cheeks heat up from the display of affection before her.
"Ah-We're sorry! I promise to pay you for the damage with my part time earnings, It will be fine, just give me some time Ma'am. Like a few months ", the boy was lost in his own world, fidgeting about how he will pay her for the damages even when he already has student loan and whatnots.
Misaki face palmed, she could not believe this couple! His girlfriend could only nod with a weak smile.
At last she spoke, choosing to let it slide, "So, I'll let you go on a condition"
"Condition", the boy stared at her dumbfounded.
"Never", she went towards him and the boy froze in fear, thinking that she was gonna hit him, but nothing of the sort happened.
"Never, ever break her heart", she looked at his girlfriend and managed a smile as she ruffled the boy's spiky brown hair and walked away.
She put on a smile and called up the mechanic, Just smile, and breathe. You'll be fine she mumbled to herself, as if assuring herself of something that was never going to happen.
She could hear the couple shout words of gratitude as she talked to her mechanic.
After minutes and minutes of apologies and thank-yous, they still were pestering her, Misaki looked in their direction and gave them a pierced glare as she lifted her slim, manicured fingers and motioned them to get lost as she mouthed the words "Don't show me your face again", she rubbed her temple, she will have to take the train now and she was already running late.
After a good twenty minutes, the mechanic arrived and had a look at her car.
He told her that it will take some time in repair and he would soon come to drop it when it is ready. With that, the mechanic went away and Misaki quickened her steps towards the metro station.
It had been quite a few years since she had taken the train, Misa thought as she sat on the unoccupied seat. She looked out, remembering her high school days, she used to travel to maid latte using the train. Even in her college when she was attending Tokyo University, the train was her means of transportation.
After graduating as a diplomat, Misaki joined Azalea Inc. as their representative for Japan. The job paid really well and she didn't have to relocate from Tokyo.
However, her family had shifted, after her father returned, to Hokkaido. Her father's return was a turning point in her family's lives. Her mom was never happier and Suzuna accepted him too. But Misaki was not ready to accept her father back into their hearts and home.
What if he left again? She could not yet trust him.
It was Usui who had warmed up Misaki's man hating ways and made his way into her heart. He had helped her accept her father and her family was united again.
Shoving his thoughts away again, Misaki thought back to the time when her family had decided to shift to Hokkaido with her father, right after Suzuna graduated from high school.
It had been convenient really, their father owned a huge restaurant in Hokkaido and Suzuna was attending her college there too. Misaki could not go as her college graduation was not yet completed.
She joined a company in Japan afterwards, not wanting to leave the city anytime. I will shift afterwards. Mom, I just don't feel like leaving the company right now, she recalled telling her mom.
Her mom could only nod, being the encouraging and independent woman that she was, she told Misaki to follow what her heart desires as she pecked her cheek. Misaki glanced at her watch as she saw her station nearing up.
She rushed out, not wanting to be squashed in the huge crowd that was getting off behind her too. She practically ran in heels to her office. It was 11 am already, her boss was gonna have her head on a silver platter. Although her post as the country's representative was a good position, she practically managed the company's Japan branch, she did have a few people to answer to.
She reached her office huffing and puffing, her face as red as a tomato courtesy of the summer heat. She paced towards her office, muttering a few good mornings and hellos. She was met with her boss' secretary that informed her about her boss wanting to see her. She told her politely that she was gonna be in his office in a few minutes.
After she kept her things in her office, she fixed her clothes and walked confidently into her boss' office.
"Ah! Miss Ayuzawa. Good to see you. Please have a seat", he motioned for her to come inside and she obliged with a polite greeting.
She sat down on the chair and looked at him, "So, what is it that you want to discuss with me?" She asked politely.
The said man, stopped typing in his laptop and looked at her. His gentle face was replaced with a stern one.
"Right, we need to talk."
Oh god just spit it out already, Misaki barked in her mind, while on the outside she merely nodded, all serious. Her face meant business.
"As a reward of your hard work throughout the years that you have spent here at Azalea Inc., we are offering you a promotion."
Misaki smiled brightly, despite of the mishappenings the day presented itself with, this was her moment.
"We are promoting you to our branch which is in England. We are assured that with a genius such as yourself, the company will be in good hands."