Destiny and Fate Ch 2
By the time the sun had risen, Hikari was already awake and barged into Takeru's room. Takeru, on the other hand, was still silent in his slumber. Hikari stood next to the bed and shook Takeru's body violently.
"Get up now, Ishida."
"Why?"
Takeru asked as he yawned loudly.
"We got school to go to."
"School?"
"What else? You're 18, right?"
"I'm 19."
"Whatever. Hurry up. We gotta get you registered at school."
"I'm not going to school."
"What, you're just gonna stay here the whole day?"
"I guess, considering how I have no way to pay for tuition."
"I'll take care of that. Come on."
Hikari urged Takeru to get up from his bed and follow her.
"I don't need you spend money on me. I'll pass."
A click was heard and it was the sound from Hikari's gun, being reloaded. After reloading the gun, she pointed at Takeru.
"You're coming, right?"
"Yes, my lady."
Takeru reluctantly got up from his bed and went out the door. The two finished breakfast with a simple cereal and went down the garage. As expected, the garage was packed with expensive cars. Hikari randomly picked one with a white color and got in.
"Do you know how to drive, Ishida?"
"Yeah."
"Good, then drive."
"Where to?"
Takeru asked as he got in the driver's seat.
"Tokyo University. It's about 10 minute away. Drive."
"What a prestigious school you go to."
"Hurry or we're gonna be late."
"Okay."
Takeru fastened the seat belt and drove out of the garage. He drove down the road and headed for the famous Tokyo University.
"You're actually good at driving."
"I've got experiences. What about you? Do you drive?"
"Yeah, I do. Everyone in Yagami Corp do."
"I'm assuming they also have guns like you."
"That's just me. I bought them on my own."
"Isn't that illegal?"
"Nobody follows the law anymore. Plus, they're not gonna mess with the Yagami Corp."
"I see."
The conversation stopped and Takeru silently drove until they reached the university. He parked the car and got out. Hikari gestured Takeru to follow and he did. She led him to the office and started to register him as a student in the university. Takeru was given some sheets of papers to fill out and Hikari had left for her class room. The bell had rung and Takeru completed filling out the papers. With that, a teacher took him to his class. Upon arriving, Takeru realized that he was brought to Hikari's class.
"Starting today, we have a new student. His name is Ishida Takeru. I hope you will treat him nicely considering how he's a new studnet."
After telling the class, the teacher started thinking of assigning him a seat. While the teacher pondered, Hikari raised her hand and offered a seat.
"He can sit next to me."
"All right, then."
After much of the settling was taken care of, the teacher started his class. The two listened to the teacher lecture and resumed talking during lunch break. The two were interrupted when numerous girls stormed around Takeru and bombarded him with questions. They asked about his place of origin since his appearance was extraordinary. Takeru answered most of their questions and turned his attention back to Hikari.
"You're really quiet."
"I got nothing to talk about."
"You can tell me about yourself."
"I already did."
"All I know about you are your name and your status."
"What are you expecting me to tell you? My three sizes?"
Takeru spoke while grinning deviously.
"I don't need to know. I already see that it's under average."
"How sensitive of you, Ishida."
She spoke sarcastically and Takeru chuckled.
"Anyway, when is this party thing?"
"It should be 3 days from now, on Friday. So, we gotta get you a suit today after school."
"You should tell me plans ahead of time."
"It's not like you got things to do."
"Ouch. Harsh."
"I'm only speaking the truth."
The two bickered at each other throughout the day. After the final bell rang, Hikari dragged Takeru to a store to buy a suit. After driving for approximately 5 minutes, the two arrived at the store.
"Get a good one."
"Sure sure."
Takeru half heartedly answered her and tried on many suits and tuxes. After wearing many, Takeru decided on one particular suit and showed it to his icy mistress.
"It fits you perfectly. You look like a girl at a funeral."
"I can take funeral, but a girl?"
"You do look like one. You actually look pretty in some sense."
"Geez. I was never been called pretty before."
"Today's your first day. Now, let's go."
The two went to the cashier and Hikari paid a wad of cash up front and they left the store. While driving home, he realized that Hikari had been staring at him. Curious to know why, he asked her.
"Why are you looking at me like that?"
"I was wondering, Ishida."
"What?"
"Have we met before?"
"I would have remembered a girl like you if I ever met you before."
"Hmm…I guess so. Do you have any family member?"
"I got an older brother."
"What's his name?"
"Yamato. Why?"
"Just wondering."
"How about you? Any siblings?"
Hikari fell silent. Her coldness was reinforced and the air seemed to freeze. After staying silent for few seconds, she answered.
"No, I don't. I'm an only child…"
"Oh…"
Then, silence rejoined the scene. The two did not talk until they returned to their house. Upon returning, Takeru saw an expensive looking meal on the kitchen table.
"What's that, Hikari?"
"It's food, obviously."
"I mean, when did that get here and who brought it?"
"My butler and chef made them and brought them."
"You have butlers and chefs?"
"Yeah."
"Wow. Anything else I should know about?"
"Not really. Come on, let's eat."
The two sat down and enjoyed the delicious meal that was prepared for them. As they ate, they shared little conversations. Hikari was generally anti-social and quiet. And Takeru was unsure of what to talk about. After finishing, Hikari stretched herself and relaxed. Takeru, instead of stretching, cracked his knuckles and neck.
"That's not good for you."
Hikari spoke and Takeru chuckled slightly which made her curious.
"Why are you chuckling?"
"I'm happy because you're caring about my physical condition."
"…It's because I don't want to be with a stiff boned person at the party."
"Still, I'm happy regardless."
"Whatever."
She still did not show any emotions in her eyes. The only time he had seen her with visible emotion was in her picture, one that showed Hikari smiling next to a brown haired man…What happened between the two? Unable to contain his inner curiosity, he asked her.
"Hikari?"
"What?"
"About that picture. The one where you were smiling next to a brown haired man."
"What about it?"
"What happened?"
"…"
She fell silent. She had a painful expression on her flawless face and Takeru regretted asking her.
"…"
"He just…said we can't be together…"
"Why?"
"It's…"
She discontinued her sentence and became lost in her thought. He saw her clench her fist and mumble to herself. She kept it extremely quiet, but he managed to catch what she had said.
"Why did he…?"
She whispered quieter than a breath of a new born kitten. Also, she looked so fragile that she would crumble and melt away like snow. He wondered what had happened to her. Her strange behavior was abnormal and beyond his comprehension. After expelling more anger out of her, Hikari decided to go to her room.
"I'm going to my room."
Watching her getting smaller as she walked into her room, Takeru couldn't help but to call out to her in order to rescue her from the cold, depressed life she was enduring..
"Hikari."
She turned around without speaking back. Regardless, he spoke what he had in his mind.
"Do you want to make a deal?"
"What?"
"I'll make you smile and fall in love during the year I'm with you. If I succeed, let me have you as my reward."
Hikari froze on the spot with the most confused face. She seemed extremely lost and hesitant to answer him, but soon, she let out a reluctant reply.
"…No..."
"Reason for refusal is?"
"In the end, you'll leave and I'll have nothing but memories. So I don't want to."
"If you're worried about that, then don't. I'll stay by your side when I win the bet."
"…"
"If I lose, then I'll leave as planned without taking anything from your house."
"Ishida, you're wasting your time."
"You got nothing to lose and you benefit from the bet. Plus, you did say I could have one thing that exists in the building at the end."
Hikari sighed heavily and obliged to his idea.
"Fine, I'll take on your bet, but you're wasting your time."
"Like I said, you never know."
Hikari continued to walk to her room, but before she was out of Takeru's sight, she stopped and spoke to him.
"Ishida."
"Yeah?"
"Don't hope for it."
"It's not fun if the person is not hopeful about the outcome."
"You're just gonna end up hurting yourself."
"Still, it's etiquette to be excited and hopeful about a bet."
"Fine, then. But don't be sulking and crying at the end."
"Right back at ya."
Hikari faced away and went into her room. Takeru, on the other hand, stayed in the kitchen and began forming strategies to make her fall for him. Seeing her sad was wasteful for the world. The bright, happy side of Hikari had to be returned. Even though that is what he had thought, Takeru just wanted to make her his girl. Being honest, she was a beautiful girl and anyone would fall for her. It's just that he wanted to help her before claiming her heart.
Ch 2 is up. I kinda became more connected with this story, so I'll concentrate on this story for now. Enjoy reading.