Sorry for a slight late update. Been kinda busy. Thanks to Ougon 22, Enzelle, dale89, and everybody for writing comments and reviewing. It's a constant joy to read every single thing that you all kindly wrote.

Destiny and Fate Ch 12

As the time passed on, the Yagami Corp company building was getting filled up with countless guests. Most were business owners, leaders, presidents, and important figures of the society. They quickly filled the empty seats and the engagement ceremony began. By this time, Hikari and Takeru were still in the dining hall. The gold haired man was enjoying his food while the ice mistress was gulping down numerous glasses of water. Nothing good comes out from eating too much spicy foods. She learned that as her lesson of the day. Her tongue was on fire and it wasn't extinguished until she drank 20 glasses. The blond laughed at the scenery.

"What's so funny, Ishida?"

"Nothing. It's just that you're so cute."

"What are you talking about?"

"It was cute how you tried to hide your blush by eating spicy food."

"You wish."

She denied his claim, but in her mind, she was frantic because the pale man read her mind completely. He chuckled briefly and spoke.

"Anyway, let's get going, Hikari."

"Where?"

"To the engagement ceremony."

"…"

She fell quiet at her fake boyfriend's suggestion. Takeru, however, continued to talk.

"We can't stay here forever, right?"

"…"

"Let's go."

He smiled and grabbed Hikari's soft hand. He walked a couple of step, but couldn't go further. The hazel eyed girl was standing still on the same spot.

"Hikari?"

"…I don't want to go."

The tall man sighed before talking.

"Then, what do you want to do?"

She indulged herself in thought, then, answered him soon after.

"I'll show you around the building."

"But won't we be late…"

He couldn't continue on speaking because the brunette ice princess pointed her gun to the tall pale man.

"You're coming, right?"

"Of course."

He smiled while chuckling nervously. With that, she began pulling Takeru's hand and dragged him around the company building. It was not a reaction that he anticipated, but decided to what she wanted to do for that day. He gave in to her demand to brighten her day. They walked around for a long time, but still haven't explored half of the building. They've been to the main hall, meeting room, cafeteria, and various locations that Takeru did not know about. Even in the building, they could hear the music and the ceremony taking place, but the two ignored it. Hikari didn't stop dragging the pale man around throughout the entire time. Eventually, the two stopped moving around because Hikari became tired of walking.

"You really get tired easily. Don't you?"

"Sorry for not being a muscular girl, Ishida."

She responded coldly. Still, the blonde man stayed bright and calm.

"Where is this place anyway?"

The pale man asked as he looked around the room that she dragged him into. Then, she examined the room and answered quietly.

"…It's an empty room…"

"Nobody's using it?"

"…Not at the moment…"

He took a look around the room and saw that the room was kept untouched for a long time. The chairs and desk were old items and the wall paints were faint. Curious, he asked who the room belonged to.

"Whose room was it?"

"…"

Hikari fell silent at the question. She showed a change of facial expression and difference in her mood.

"…"

She remained silent and had a depressed expression on her face.

"It's okay if you don't remember. It's not like I have to know."

He made an uplifting smile on his face. She followed his smile with a nod. Moments later, they realized that the music had stopped playing on the sky terrace.

"Looks like the ceremony is over. Let's go."

Takeru made a suggestion and Hikari got off from the chair seconds later.

"Want to grab something to eat?"

"…Didn't you just eat?"

"Being dragged around a huge building kinda tired me out."

"Don't complain to me when you become fat."

"I gotta look my best in front of my girlfriend, so I don't plan on becoming fat."

"…Whatever…"

The ice mistress's fake boyfriend chuckled slightly and began following her to the dining hall. Upon exiting the unused office door, Takeru realized that there was a sign with somebody's name on it. He examined it as he walked and read the name. The ink had faded slightly and only the last name was readable.

"…Ta…ka…ishi…?"

He wondered what connection this Takaishi person had with Hikari. Obviously, he or she was someone important to Hikari because the thoughts about this person made her sad. But he decided to think over that information later and followed the brunette girl. After numerous steps, they arrived at the dining hall. It was now filled with countless guests. The gold haired man looked around for an open table, but was quickly interrupted when Hikari grabbed his hand and walked to a reserved table.

"Isn't this table reserved, Hikari?"

"Yeah. It's for me."

"You made reservations?"

"No, did you forget about my social status?"

"Oh…right."

Aside from being ridiculously rich, she is a daughter of the president who has a multi billionaire company. Takeru forgot about this background information about his supposedly fake girlfriend. The two settled down on the table and the hungry blonde began grabbing plates with delicious food. Hikari, on the other hand, wasn't eating at all.

"You're not hungry, Hikari?"

"I just don't want to get fat."

Then, Takeru chuckled which made Hikari ask what was funny about her dieting.

"Why are you laughing, Ishida?"

"Now, I see why you're so short."

"What?"

"You gotta eat a lot, so that you grow, Hikari."

"You grow horizontally, not vertically."

"Look at me and say that."

She couldn't argue back. The pale man with a ravenous hunger was exceptionally tall. Also, he was not obese or fat. Hikari saw his body numerous times and it was hard to deny the fact that his body was in shape and muscular.

"You don't have increase your height, but I wish you would increase something else."

The blonde spoke deviously after drinking a glass of water. The brown eyed girl became puzzled. She didn't know what else she needed other than height.

"What are you talking about?"

The pale man began laughing and Hikari spoke to him, slightly bothered.

"What's so funny, Ishida?"

"Sorry. It's just that you wouldn't be happy if I told you this."

"Try me."

He spoke while trying to hold in his laughter.

"Your size."

"…huh?"

Takeru, still trying not to laugh loudly, clarified his answer.

"Your breast size."

"…!"

Then, she looked at her body part that Takeru pointed out and her face began to redden. Like any other girls, she became angry at his statement. However, being in a busy dining hall, she couldn't do anything to the laughing pale man.

"…You're dead, Ishida…"

She made a deadly statement to the fake boyfriend who loves to tease her. The pale blonde spoke further.

"Don't worry. No matter what size you have, my feelings for you doesn't change."

"…"

She didn't know how to react to that statement. It was both insulting and flattering at the same time. While she was wondering what to say, the gold haired jokester laughed on. As always, he was a word smart, master prankster. Upon seeing him laugh more, Hikari tried to order him to stop, but didn't proceed. Behind Takeru, there was a man that Hikari hated the most in the world.

"Hi, Hikari."

She didn't respond and the gold haired jokester looked back to see who he was.

"Oh. Hello, Mr. Ishida."

The well suited president of Yagami Corp greeted the blonde man.

"Uh…hello."

"It's a pleasant surprise to see you here."

"…Yeah. Same here…"

He got up and shook his hand nervously, worried about Hikari's feelings at the moment. The girl's father, then, threw a question.

"Are you one of the guests?"

"Well…Yeah, I guess…"

"I see. I knew you were more than just a college student."

"More than? What do you mean?"

"This is a private party, so it's exclusive. You must be someone of high social class, right?"

"Oh…that's what you meant…"

"So, what's your occupation, Mr. Ishida?"

"I…uh…"

Then, the conversation stopped when Hikari interfered. She came between the two and began talking angrily at the Yagami Corp president.

"Stop with the stupid questions."

Her voice had tremendous power. The clouds in the sky began to drift away slowly as if they got scared from her deadly aura.

"Hikari, I was just…"

"Shut up. You were trying to find his occupation and offer him a better pay under you, weren't you?"

"I was just having a normal conversation…"

"How normal? Like your morality, wife killer?"

Silence followed after and the angry ice princess continued speaking.

"I'm not the same naïve young girl years ago. I'm not that easy to fool anymore."

"How many times do I have to tell you that I didn't kill anyone?"

He responded with a growing anger in his voice. However, the ice princess did not flinch and stood still.

"You can say as much bullshit as you want, but I know for a fact that you're a murderer."

"Why you…!"

In further anger, the company president began walking towards her. Still, with absolutely no fear in her, Hikari spoke boldly.

"Go ahead. Shout. Hit me. Make a scene in front of the hundreds of guests. See how they like it."

"…"

The rich girl's father proceeded no further. After a brief silence, her father spoke one last time before leaving her.

"…I will speak to you later…"

He casually left the table and the two were alone again. Hikari, then, sat back at the table with an annoyed expression. Wanting to cheer her up, Takeru offered some of the most delicious foods to her.

"These are tasty, Hikari. Try some."

"Are you really that thick headed, Ishida?"

"Nope. Only my muscles are thick."

He made a joking statement, though what he said was true.

"Shut it, I don't want to hear."

She said coldly and the gold haired man sighed. He followed his sigh with a short sentence.

"That's why you're not growing."

He resumed eating and continuously ate throughout. Minutes passed and Takeru still remained enjoying his free, delicious meals. As the time went on, Hikari couldn't help but to notice that she was getting hungry. She waited and waited for her fake boyfriend to stop eating and return home, but he did not stop eating. Eventually, she gave in to her hunger and found herself searching for plates with good foods. However, due to the overwhelming number of guests and the time she wasted, the tasty foods were gone. In the end, she ended up bringing a small plate with barely any food.

"Hungry much, Hikari?"

He spoke while chuckling.

"I'm not that hungry. I just felt like eating this."

"Uh huh. Sure."

He responded with a sarcastic voice and resumed eating. Hikari began eating as well, but finished her plate in less than 2 minutes. The sapphire eyed man was still eating and Hikari couldn't help but to glare at some plates that he brought. Upon realizing that she looked at his food, the tall man chuckled. Then, he handed a plate with a steak to the hungry princess.

"Here, it's good."

He smiled regally as he did.

"…Who said I was hungry…?"

"Nobody did. I just want you to try the steak because it's good."

"…Fine…"

Then, she began slicing the meat and ate the delectable steak that was given to her. Just like the azure eyed giant said, it was delicious and she enjoyed it. Soon, all the plates on the table were emptied. Once finished with their meal, Takeru began speaking in a teasing voice.

"Looks like you were hungry after all."

"…No, I wasn't."

"Is that why you took 5 of my plates?"

He made a devious grin on his face.

"Whatever. Let's go."

She said as she rose up from the chair. Takeru got up as well after stretching his body. Even though the day was still early, Hikari decided to return home because of her reasons. With that, they started their journey to the parking lot. However, because of Hikari's ridiculously high position in the society, their walk was delayed by numerous greetings from other guests. She responded lightly and tried to exit the building, but more people kept on coming and soon, a crowd was around her. Takeru, not known in the rich people's world, was invisible in their eyes. It was natural because Hikari was among the most wealthy and powerful person in the world.

"Hey, Hikari!"

A voice came from outside the crowd. Everybody turned their faces towards the owner of voice. On the hallway, there was a young man walking to the brunette girl. He had gold hair just like Takeru and was white as well. Only difference between them was their eyes. Takeru's eyes were serene sapphire while the other's eyes were faint emerald.

"Wow, it's rare for him to attend other people's event."

The crowd began talking.

"Yeah. I wonder what made him come here today."

"Isn't he the son of the famous company?"

"Yes. His father owns the second most powerful company."

"International Tech Provider of America, huh?"

"Never mind that. The question is why he is here."

They did not stop whispering and talking about his social status. The sapphire eyed titan listened to every single detail from the distance, while the emerald eyed businessman walked up to Hikari.

"It's been a while, hasn't it? Is it 2 years now?"

"…It's 3 years, Willis."

She replied quietly and he resumed talking.

"Sorry. I've been busier ever since last time we met. How have you been?"

"Alright."

She replied emotionlessly, but the green eyed man talked with unbothered enthusiasm.

"That's good to hear."

The crowd gathered even more and talked to the most powerful people's children. The guy with yellow hair seemed to be enjoying himself, but Hikari didn't look like she was. Detecting discomfort in her mood, Takeru finally dug through the crowd to rescue her. He held her hand and spoke.

"Let's go, Hikari."

"...yeah."

However, they couldn't leave the place because Willis had grabbed Takeru's arm. He turned around and saw him speak.

"Hey, let her go, now."

Fake boyfriend of Hikari sighed and looked at his face.

"I don't know who you are, but you can't treat her like that."

"Treat her like that? What are you talking about?"

"You're ridiculous. You're forcefully taking her away and you can't see what's wrong?"

"Forcefully? She's not resisting."

"What I mean is that you didn't ask her opinion before acting on your own. She's an important lady, treat her so."

Takeru chuckled and spoke.

"I know she's important. She's my girlfriend."

"What?"

This surprised every single person.

"She…she's your…girlfriend…?"

"I don't like to lie."

"Is this true, Hikari?"

The teal eyed blonde asked her carefully. She nodded gently and turned herself away from the crowd. Everybody was stunned at this shocking news, especially Willis.

"Have a nice day."

The two did not hurry and walked slowly to the parking lot. While walking, Takeru began speculating and analyzing about Willis based on the information he knew as of that moment. However, because information was lacking, he couldn't form a possible analysis. Wanting to know Willis's relation to Hikari, he picked up the courage to ask her directly.

"Hikari, who is he?"

"Didn't you hear the people talking about him?"

She spoke coldly.

"I'm just curious about how you guys knew each other."

"Yagami Corp and ITPA work in partnership sometimes. That's how we know each other."

"Oh, okay. Sorry for asking. I was just wondering if that vacant office room was his."

"…"

She stayed silent until they arrived at their car's location. Before Takeru started the engine, Hikari gave him a question.

"…Why do you want to know whose room that was…?"

"Huh? Oh. Mmm…I guess it's because you looked sad when thinking about him or her."

"…Him…"

She clarified the person's gender as the gold haired man started the car. Before driving, he asked Hikari one last time.

"Do you remember who he is now?"

He was still making himself look fooled that she forgot the guy's name. Takeru was being considerate of her feelings. The hazel eyed girl sighed. Then, she revealed the name for the generosity that pale man gave to her.

"…Takeru…"

She called his first name for the first time. He was surprised to hear that. He thought that he was finally getting closer to Hikari and felt happy until she finished speaking.

"…Takeru Takaishi…was his name…"

Once again, sorry for the slight delay. As for Willis's company name, I'm not smart with naming, sorry. ITPA stands for International Tech Provider of America in case anyone was wondering. Little boring/sloppy chapter, maybe? I will make it better as I go on.