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Chapter 4

Ichijou.

"...Ichijou? It's you isn't it?"

"Rima? Yo! How are you?"

She shrugged. I chuckled. "Still the same, eh?"

She walked towards the side-path with me beside her."When did you come home, Ichijou?"

"Hmmm, I arrived just a while ago."

"From... where was it again?"

"From Los Angeles." I proudly said.

"Ah. You studied there?"

I nodded. "I'll walk you home, alright?"

"K."

"So... Got any boyfriends yet?"

She mock-punch me and smirked."Uh, ew?"

I smiled and put my hands in my pockets. "Hey, Rima, we're having a welcome party for me this weekend, I was hoping if you could come with Ruka and maybe Ichiru."

She opened the front gate. "Yeah, sure, I'll tell Ruka."

I beamed. "Great. I'll be waiting for you there." She nodded and ran at the back side of their house.

I exhaled a deep breath and walked to the direction of our house. I missed you, Rima.

Rima.

I ran towards the kitchen door, while taking my jacket and the ribbons of my hair off. I got around 10 minutes left to prepare myself. I ran towards my room, took a shower for 5 minutes, tied my hair to a neat ponytail, put on powder and light lip-gloss and then wore a decent dress.

I descended the stairs to meet my mother's surprised expression. "Rima? You're home? I didn't hear you come in, honey."

"I went through the kitchen door; you were at the dining hall then. Where's dad?"

"He's at the study, taking care of some files."

"Okay. Mom, chill." I saw her hands tremble a little. She smiled when I held her hand.

"You look beautiful, my princess." Tears were starting to form at the sides of her eyes.

"Mom, what's wrong?" She just smiled and hugged me tight. "I'm gonna check the rooster, greet the visitor politely, okay?"

I shrugged. "Fine."

She kissed my forehead and went to the kitchen. Minutes later, the door bell rung.

Senri.

A beautiful maiden opened the door. No need to put effort in using make-up. At first her eyebrows were met at the middle, a little confused as to why I am here. I see, she wasn't expecting me.

"Kuran?" She softly asked.

I smiled. "Partly. I'm Shiki Senri."

She nodded. "I know. You told me a while ago."

"Oh." Now it was my turn to look confuse. "Have we... met?"

She rolled her eyes. Then a scenario struck me. "Ah, you were the licorice-girl who constantly snubbed me to the very end."

"Come in, Mr. Shiki." She opened the door widely.

"Please, call me Senri." I walked inside. They have a lovely home. Comfortably simple with a hint of high-class.

"Fine." She closed the door behind us. "Uh, wait here." I heard her call her mother and father.

A woman, stunning in pearls, around mid-thirties and, a man, decent and not much older than his wife came out of the side with 'the licorice-girl'.

I was the first one to greet them. I gave a bouquet of blue roses to 'licorice-girl', pink roses to her mother and shook hands with her father.

"They are lovely, Mr. Shiki. Thank you very much." 'licorice-girl's mother put the roses on the vase beside the entrance.

They led me towards the dining hall. They asked me multiple questions, like how I was related to the Kurans, how were our business going and formalities about Kaname's parents.

"Mr. Shiki," Mr. Touya started. "May I ask, why didn't Kaname, straight from his parents come to dinner with us?" He then continued. "Not to pry though."

I smiled. "It's alright. I apologize in his behalf, though and I assure you, he has a good reason for not being here in such a special evening."

All through dinner, 'licorice-girl' just silently ate. When dessert came, she had to excuse herself and went to the bathroom for a minute or so.

The dessert was the sweetest. Chocolate mud-pie, which I heard was one of 'licorice-girl's favourite home-made cake. When she was out of sight, both of her parents sighed.

"Mr. Shiki, I heard you are an honourable man of high society. A son of a former actress, who's now the owner of a famous TV station and Kuran Rido, respected as with his name."

I nodded.

"Also, you are the owner of your very own Modelling Company, or shall we say, shareholder of more than half of the agency."

I nodded once again. "That was an easy research, Mr. Touya."

"I did it at the last minute." He smiled.

"She doesn't know, does she?" Both of them shook their heads.

'Licorice-girl' came back, paler than usual. She sat beside her mother and got her share of mud-pie.

She was also the one to bid me goodbye, sort of, she watched me leave their house at around 9 in the evening.

"Hmm," I said to myself while holding the wheel. "That was quite unfair; she heard more of me than I of her. Touya Rima, you are one of my mysteries."

Rima.

During dinner, my stomach was having a bad case of diarrhoea, good thing I can hold on 'til dessert. I excused myself and took my time in the bathroom. And boy do I look pale when dehydrated.

I led 'the guy with an imaginary friend' out of our house and watch him leave with his cool Lambhou.

When I came back inside the, mum and dad called me to the parlour.

It was mum who talked first. "Rima, we have a very important thing to tell you..."

END. (of chapter)

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