Destiny and Fate Ch 8

Much of the time on the Sunday was spent like the previous day. It was raining on Sunday as well and the two pretending-to-be lovers did not do much. Hikari was always the quieter one while it was Takeru who brightened her world everyday. However, because of the rain pouring down, Takeru stayed lazy and mellow, the skyscraper home of Hikari stayed quiet that day. The beginning of the week, Monday, came and the sky finally began to run out of waters to shower the earth. It was merely drizzling now and constant flashes of lightning and the crashes of thunder had vanished. Being a Monday morning, Hikari barged into his room to wake him up. However, surprisingly, Takeru was already up. What surprised her more was the fact that he just took off his shirt. She could clearly see the toned muscles in his upper body. This triggered Takeru to begin his joking routine.

"If you really want to see me naked, just ask, Hikari."

"Rather see a swarm of cockroaches."

"Don't be so shy. I'm not a rough guy."

"Shy girls don't carry guns, Ishida."

She said as she pointed the gun to him. Takeru chuckled a little bit and responded.

"That's true. Anyway, unless you really want to see me naked, can you wait outside the room?"

Then, Hikari lowered her gun and walked out of his room. Few seconds passed by and Takeru came out of the room, with his backpack hanging on one side of his shoulder.

"Let's go, Hikari."

"Whatever, hurry up."

She walked first and he followed the shorter girl in front of him. Upon arriving at the garage, Hikari handed him the car key. He looked at the car brand and let out a comment.

"Porsche today?"

"What's wrong with that?"

"Nothing. I'm just surprised at all the expensive cars you own."

"Whatever. Take one if you want. I don't care."

The two entered the car and Takeru responded to Hikari's generous offer.

"It's okay. I don't want a car for myself."

"Why?"

"Because only thing I want is you."

"…Whatever…"

He chuckled and began driving to school. That day, the road was free and open. Traffic was not present and the two arrived at their school 20 minutes before the starting bell.

"We're pretty early today."

"I've been earlier before. Now, let's go, Ishida."

"Hey, Hikari, hold on."

She turned, but didn't speak. She was waiting for Takeru to speak what was on his mind.

"Can you give me like a tour of the school?"

"Get a map, then. I'm not a tour guide."

"Come on, Hikari."

"No means no, not yes."

Takeru sighed and continued talking.

"Okay okay. I'll be on my own, then. I might get lost, so tell the teacher if I'm late for class."

Then, she sighed and spoke.

"I'll come along. You don't want to be lost in our school."

"Thanks, Hikari."

"Whatever, let's just hurry up."

They began walking around the huge university and Takeru enjoyed every moment of it. He saw the nurse's office, the field, and the huge cafeteria. After visiting few more places, Hikari brought him to the gym, where many students were playing indoor sports. Most were basketball and volleyball players. While explaining the features of the gym, the two heard a loud shout.

"Watch out!"

A basketball was flying towards Hikari's direction. Unable to properly react, she closed her eyes and shielded her face with her arms. However, she wasn't hit with the big rubber ball because Takeru caught it before it could reach her. She reopened her eyes and saw him holding the ball with one hand.

"Are you okay, Hikari?"

"…Yeah."

One of the basketball players ran to them and apologized. The next thing he spoke was about the incredible height of Takeru.

"Wow, you're really tall."

"I guess."

"You should play basketball with us. We need a tall player."

Then, Takeru turned his attention to Hikari and asked.

"Should I, Hikari?"

"Whatever, go ahead."

"Why don't you play with me?"

"What?"

"Can she?"

He asked the athlete.

"Sure, why not?"

"Cool. Let's play, Hikari."

"We gotta go to class, Ishida."

"We still have about 10 minutes, don't we? Come on."

He spoke as he dribbled the ball. However, she constantly declined to play sports.

"I'll just watch."

"Okay, then."

With that, Takeru began playing basketball with the guys. His height was obvious among the players. He was at least a head taller than most of them. With height as his advantage, he began dominating the opposing team. He was agile and could jump really high, enabling him to dunk whenever he pleases. The game continued until the opposing team got sick of having score difference of 25 points. The game ended and the guys on the court shook each other's hands as a show of good sportsmanship. After that was taken care of, Takeru returned to Hikari.

"How did I look?"

"Like a basketball player."

"Nothing else?"

He gave a playful smile and Hikari replied.

"Don't expect one of those fan girl response from me."

"I didn't expect that. I was expecting a hug or a kiss. One of those two."

A devious grin appeared on his face. Hikari showed a tiny glow of red on her cheeks, remembering their kiss on Saturday. She tried to erase that embarrassment for the past two days, but it did not go away.

"Whatever. Let's go. We're gonna be late for class."

Takeru chuckled at her change of subject and began walking with her to their class. The two managed to arrive before the bell and waited until the teacher walked in. With arrival of the teacher, lessons and lectures took place in the classroom. Takeru yawned throughout the entire class time since school was never fun for him. He stared out the window the entire time, watching the sky if it would stop drizzling. The sky did not clear up and the school hour was over before he knew.

"Ishida, pack your stuff. Let's go home."

"Huh? Oh, okay."

Obediently, he stuffed the school materials in his backpack and began walking down to the school parking lot. On their way, they encountered Taichi. Hikari became nervous and was blushing immediately while Taich and Takeru exchanged a glare. They stood there for a brief time silently until Taichi finally let out a word.

"Hi, Hikari. Hi, Takeru."

"Hello, Taichi-san."

"…Hi…"

Hikari greeted him weakly because of the embarrassment.

"Taichi-san, how was your weekend?"

The blonde man casually asked the older brown haired man. Then, he answered casually as well.

"It was rainy, but it was a good weekend. How was yours?"

Then, Takeru grinned deviously and responded.

"It was perhaps the best weekend I ever had."

At this time, Taichi was confused at his words. He expected an intimidated mind, but there was nothing like that in Takeru. His sentence didn't have sarcasm either. Curious to know what in his mind, the hazel eyed man asked him.

"Something good happened, Takeru?"

"You have no idea."

They fell silent once more, but Takeru broke the quietness quickly.

"It was nice seeing you, Taichi-san. We'll be going now."

He grabbed Hikari's soft hand and began to walk. Taichi stared at the two disappear out of his sight. He was once more surprised to see that Takeru and Hikari were so close. On the contrary, Takeru was being scolded by the girl who he held hands with.

"What do you mean the best weekend?"

"I mean it as I spoke it. It was the best weekend I ever had."

"I'm not talking about that. Why did you have to tell that to him?"

"He asked how my weekend was. What else could I say?"

He responded calmly and innocently.

"You…you…"

She looked incredibly angry. It was understandable because it was an act that could jeopardize her chance to get together with him.

"I'm sorry, Hikari. But that day was the happiest moment in my life. I couldn't help myself."

He apologized sincerely. She looked at his apologetic expression and vaguely read his mind. It must have been terrible to spend life on the street nothing to live for. She came to a slight bit of understanding after thinking for a brief moment.

"Whatever. Just drive me home already."

She didn't express it, but she forgave him. Takeru, expert at reading other people's mind, felt reassured. He smiled at the kind girl who forgave him and drove the car to her house. When they arrived at the door, a suited man was waiting at the door. Hikari gasped at the man's presence.

"Hi, Hikari. It's been a while."

Then, Takeru could feel the fury in her grow exponentially. She was clenching her fists tightly and finally angrily asked.

"What are you doing in my house?"

"I just came by to say hi to my daughter."

"I'm not your daughter. You only have a son, Taichi Yagami."

"Hikari, don't be ridiculous."

"You're the one being ridiculous. Tell me why you came here."

Then, the suited man sighed and answered her.

"I'm here to tell you that I'm gonna hasten the date for Taichi and Sora's engagement."

This sentence struck Hikari like a sledgehammer. The supposedly father of Hikari, then, handed her the invitation card along with the new date. However, in her rage, she slapped his hand and knocked the paper off to the ground.

"You can't keep on doing this, Hikari."

"Shut up. I don't want to hear from a murderer."

"Like I said, I didn't…"

"I said shut up!"

She screamed on top of her lungs. She was now panting from the release of anger.

"Hikari, calm down."

Takeru tried to calm her down, but had no luck in his attempt. She was still furious towards the suited man. The man turned his attention to Takeru and examined his appearance. After a few moments of looking at him, he gasped in a surprise and asked for Takeru's identity.

"You…May I know who you are, young man?"

Takeru looked at him. He glared at him with intense focus and detected fear from him.

"My name is Takeru."

This gave the suited man a tremendous shock. After his recovery from the shock, he stuttered another question.

"A…and…your la…last name is…?"

"Ishida. I'm Takeru Ishida."

"Oh... Yes, of course."

He sighed deeply in relief and apologized for the odd behavior.

"Pleased to see you, Mr. Ishida."

"Yeah…same here, Mr. Yagami."

"Tell me, Mr. Ishida, are you Hikari's teacher or some sort?"

"No, I'm her…"

"He's my friend!"

Hikari, once again, robbed Takeru of his chance to introduce himself.

"Hikari?"

Takeru gave her a confused look because she usually introduces him as her boyfriend.

"Oh, I never knew you were a student as well. I assumed that you were an adult because of your height. I'm sorry"

"I get that a lot. Don't worry about it."

"Pardon me for asking, but how come you're with Hikari?"

Before Takeru can even think of answering, Hikari explained with anger in her voice.

"He's my classmate and he's gonna help me study!"

"Oh, I see. I wish you can help her well."

"I will try my best."

With that, the man walked departed from Hikari's house. As soon as he was out of sight, Takeru picked up the invitation card on the ground and read it. He skipped all the details and focused on the date of the event.

"September 15th, Friday…"

He whispered the date silently. He calculated the time and it was approximately 2 weeks after. Takeru looked at Hikari and saw that she was beyond the ordinary level of upset.

"Hikari, are you okay?"

"…"

She did not answer and opened the door. She immediately headed for her room, but was stopped when Takeru grabbed her arm.

"Tell me what's wrong, Hikari."

"Isn't it obvious, Ishida?"

She was still furious as ever. After seeing the rampaging rage in her eyes, Takeru stepped closer to her and hugged her tightly like he did at the party. Hikari, of course, resisted, but like every time, her efforts were futile.

"Ishida, let me go!"

"Sorry, can't do that. Not until you feel better."

Knowing that he won't listen to her, she constantly struggled. However, the more she resisted, Takeru held her tighter. Sooner or later, Hikari finally regained tranquility and asked him kindly.

"I'm calm now, Ishida. Can you let me go now?"

"No."

"What?"

"I like holding you. Makes me happy."

"Ishida, you're gonna make me angry again."

He chuckled and loosened his arm strength, releasing Hikari.

"Mind telling me the problem now?"

She sighed heavily and nodded.

"You know now. He's the president of the Yagami Corp. He's been trying to get Sora and Taichi together."

"Right. To separate you from Taichi."

"…Yeah…"

"Is that why you hate him so much?"

"That and…yeah…"

"There's another reason?"

Takeru did not cease investigating. Hikari became unwilling to hide much further and began explaining a little bit about her past.

"Here's my past, Ishida."

"I'm listening."

"I didn't know I had a dad at first. I was raised by my mom. And somewhere along the line when I was 12, I met Taichi…"

She dived in a brief silence, but continued short after.

"We were together for about 2 years. Then, one day, he came, saying that he was my dad and that…Taichi was my older brother…"

"When you were 14?"

She nodded silently and resumed revealing her past.

"He tried to hire me in Yagami Corp. I worked there for 2 years against my will because of that man. When my mom found out, she strongly opposed me working there. Then…he…"

She clenched her fists again. She was shaking from her hatred and anger.

"What did he do, Hikari?"

He asked in a worrisome tone.

"He…he…that bastard murdered my mom!"

Takeru became shocked at her statement.

"Are you sure that it was him that killed your mom?"

"He sent one of his men to kill her. I knew him and I was there when he killed her!"

"No husbands kill their wives for trivial reasons, Hikari. Maybe that guy was acting on his own or something."

He spoke, trying to calm her down. But this fueled her anger instead.

"Don't you ever say that, Ishida! He was forced to do it!"

"What makes you so sure?"

"Because he was also killed too!"

That was her loudest shout yet. Her anger peaked above her limit.

"Be logical, Hikari. Your dad would never try to hurt your feelings."

"That human trash was never my dad! And because he doesn't want to be accused of murder, he sent his henchman to do his dirty work! And what reward does he get? Death!"

She was hyperventilating because of the frustration and hatred.

"Hikari, calm down."

"Do you think you can calm down if you were me?"

"I probably can't. But if I was you and you were me, wouldn't you try to calm me down anyway?"

"…"

What he said was the truth. She couldn't argue with him.

"Hikari, anger is not gonna give you pleasure. Stay calm."

"…"

She began to breathe normally and regained her calm after a while.

"Thanks, Ishida."

He smiled majestically, appeasing Hikari's enraged heart. Like the rage in her heart, the gray clouds in the sky began to clear out. Takeru noticed the weather change and spoke a suggestion.

"Let's go somewhere to relieve some stress, Hikari. It just stopped raining too."

She looked at the clock and wondered for a while. Takeru, then, took her hand and dashed out the door with a cheerful expression.

"Come on. I know one place that you're gonna love."

She didn't speak, but decided to go nonetheless. She was under a lot of stress lately and couldn't do anything because of the rain. She was happy to relieve some stress and decided to spend the day outside with the blonde haired man who made her glad that she chose him to be her fake boyfriend.

Look kinda confusing? It will all be explained in the future chapters with more action, drama, and romance.