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Thanks for all who reviewed Chapter 8. I Love You all! MWAAAA!
Ms. Mia: Eheheheh…sorry I left it there. You know my style, I love cliffy chappies!:D
Yan-chan: I know, but I'm not leaving Raiha alone here you know. He's coming with me!haha!
Shen-neechan: I knew someone would ask me that. Yup, the confession was part of the plot. Can you remember the first chapter? When Fuuko thought everything was going perfect? I had that on Tokiya's part too. He didn't see Raiha butting in earlier than he expected right? HAHA! Take that Mi-chan!:D
Malo: Hey! Hehehehe Yup..it's his fault so he should suffer!Bwahahahahah
Clotiheart: 0.o You seem happy Raiha's back. I'm starting to think you love Raiha more than anyone..hehe
Aoi-chan: Akio and Mitsu? Who do you want?I'll give him to you!:D
Friend-chan: Hey sweetie..here's the next chappy. Hope you like it!
Obssessed-chan: This is where the fun begins and get complicated!:D
Scorchingblue: He's cute indeed. I love Tokiya!bwahahahaha but he's gonna suffer for now.
Anon: Ehehehe…I just searched the internet for Japanese names. And it happened that Akio means intelligent. I hope you didn't mind that it sounds the same with Akiyo..hehe
Khryz: I don't want to reply to you. You're an idiot! (For those who don't know him, so sorry for the foul address. He deserves it anyway. This is my stinking boyfriend! Grr!!!)
Here's chapter 9! Hope you like it.. sorry I gave short replies. I'm already late for school so I'm typing as fast as I could!
CHAPTER 9
"Raiha!" Fuuko cried out.
Raiha was standing on the doorstep with a warm smile on his face. Fuuko seemed to miss him that much since she was squeezing her body against his like there was no tomorrow and he had to put his arm on the door side to maintain their balance.
"Whoah. Easy now, koishi," he hugged her back and chuckled in amusement.
Fuuko pulled away with half-teary eyes. Raiha can't help but adore her beauty even with her sorrowful expression. "Being here in Japan seems to suit you a lot. You are prettier than the last time I saw you,"
Fuuko blushed and give him a quick peck on the cheek. "You are more beautiful, koishi," she whispered and slightly pulled her boyfriend's indigo locks.
"Haha. I would not prefer being described as such. And hey, take good care of that. I spent a hard time maintaining its vibrancy you know," he whispered back, sensing Fuuko's fingers entwining with his hair.
Fuuko wanted to reply something but they heard a cough not too far from them. She saw Recca smiled at her impatiently and the others were staring at her, waiting for an acknowledgement.
Fuuko laughed and faced everyone while gripping on Raiha's elbow with her hands. "Gomen," she started with a nervous chuckle. "This is Raiha Shinoda, my fiancé," she introduced briefly.
Raiha bowed politely at them and Yanagi gasped. Domon and Recca dropped their jaws and Tokiya silently snorted. Koganei, Ganko and Miyuki ( A/N: Domon's girlfriend, remember?) were silently snoring, oblivious of the sudden surprise placed in front of them.
"Oh dear," Yanagi stood up and went nearer to the couple. Recca immediately followed her, assisting her weak body in moving. "Please, come in," she weakly but respectfully bowed.
Fuuko smiled and tagged her mother and Raiha to the couch were Yanagi and Recca were seated earlier. The Hanabishi couple settled themselves on the other couch, were Tokiya sat, his arms crossed. Ganko woke up at the sudden weight landed on their couch and saw Fuuko tapping her shoulders slowly. "Ganko, why don't you try taking a nap upstairs? It's better there," Fuuko suggested and helped her little sister to stand up.
Ganko dabbed the drooling Koganei's head and the young lad weakly opened his feeble eyelids. Ganko whispered something but he didn't mind and just let his shirt get dragged upstairs.
Raiha sat between Fuuko and her mother and smiled softly at the others before his eyes landed on a pair of sharp blue ones. "Mikagami Tokiya," he said with a slight bow.
"Shinoda Raiha," he acknowledged him with a firm look on his face.
Fuuko stared at them in alarm. Recca and the others choked out.
"You knew each other, Tokiya?" he exclaimed, obviously surprised at the two men's silent revelation.
"Who wouldn't know the famous Tokiya Mikagami? My cars were all bought from their company. Great designs and technology made them the top-seller in the US," Raiha replied for him.
Really? I didn't know about that. Fuuko thought. But what does she know about cars and automobiles anyway, she doesn't lay interest on those.
"We met at their third launch in America. That was like 6 years ago I guess," Raiha calmly continued.
Recca nodded in understanding and nervously turned to look at the man beside his wife (Yanagi was in between him and Tokiya) to see his reaction. And he gulped.
Tokiya was obviously restraining himself. Recca noticed that his eyebrows were furrowed, each end was itching to meet together above his nose. Yanagi was incredibly silent, as though anticipating their house to be a battlefield in a few minutes.
"And we met a few years after that." Tokiya surprised the others with his curt reply.
Domon was stunned and had seemed to satisfy himself with just gasping and dropping his jaw at the two men. He pulled his sleeping girlfriend closer to him, having thoughts the same as Yanagi's.
Raiha snaked an arm around Fuuko's shoulders and plastered a warm smile for Tokiya. "Hai," he responded.
Tokiya stared at them together. He can feel his face itching in total annoyance but he kept his violent reaction constrained. He bored his eyes on the tall man beside Fuuko and then to Fuuko herself.
He was expecting her to feel nervous or be sweaty but he didn't receive those impressions from her. She had her arms wrapped possessively at Raiha and she wore a proud smirk at her face.
He frowned. What the?
Tokiya narrowed his eyes on Fuuko and gritted his teeth discreetly. This was totally not what he expected. She DID love him, didn't she? Or so he thought. Dammit, he cursed beneath his breath.
It took him a minute to calm himself down. And no one took the courage to break the silence. Recca and Yanagi didn't seem to like being acknowledged and Domon made an immediate excuse to get himself rid from the current state of affairs. He stood up and muttered about him bringing his girlfriend to Recca's guestroom upstairs. And before anyone noticed him, he already scrammed upstairs like a big fat lady seeing a tiny little mouse. Recca and Yanagi sweatdropped. Feeling helpless, they went closer to each other, praying silently that a merciful jetplane would just collide at the both of them and swoosh them off immediately out from the scene.
It seemed like they're the only ones who can feel the glass-breaking degree of tension in the room. And they felt another movement from Fuuko's couch. It was Mrs. Kirisawa.
The Hanabishi couple turned their heads immediately at the old woman, their faces hopeful. They gave her the please-don't-leave-innocents-here stare but Mrs. Kirisawa discreetly shook her head, careful not to get attention. But she did though.
"Where are you going mom?" Fuuko asked and looked above her.
"I should see Yanagi-chan's newborn son too, shouldn't i?" she smiled softly.
Yanagi quickly stood up. "Oh, of course, let me accompany you to our room Kirisawa-san," her eyes were pleading and the older Kirisawa chuckled lightly.
"Okay, Yanagi-chan," she nodded slowly and glanced at Recca who also stood up with Yanagi. "Are you coming along, Recca-kun?"
"Hai!" Recca nodded and approached the stairs with the two females. Yanagi and Recca both sighed in relief.
Ok. I get it now, Fuuko. This is the game you're playing then? Tokiya thought grimly. He should have known. So you made me a fool all this time. Very well done, Kirisawa. He gave himself a mental smash on the head. Alright, I see the game you're playing and…I'll play with you.
He crossed his legs casually and looked blankly at the couple. Like he wasn't really interested but he had no choice but to talk to them since everyone else seemed to have swallowed their tongues. And went away.
He took a deep breath discreetly, making sure that the other two wouldn't see him gathering all good or 'evil' forces to help him make it out from this awkward condition. He inclined his back on the soft cushion and stared at the couple in an idle manner.
"So when are you guys planning to get married?" he asked coolly.
Raiha gave him his usual smile and stared lovingly at Fuuko. The woman stared back and pushed her blushing cheeks on his well-built shoulder, trying to conceal that heat rising from it.
"Probably next year. We haven't really decided it yet, I just really want to be assured that no other man will take her from me so I proposed earlier," the plum-head guy answered Tokiya.
"No other normal man will take interest to her so assurance is not a necessity at all," Tokiya stated clearly, smirking after seeing a nerve warning to pop out from Fuuko's forehead.
Raiha softly laughed and smiled again, making Tokiya want to strangle him more. "You and Fuuko share a very weird friendship Mikagami-san, just like what my fiancée always tell me."
"Yea, I guess so too. Anyway," Tokiya stood up and dusted his pants. "I have to go Shinoda-san, I still have a lot of paperworks to prepare for tomorrow's work," he bowed slightly, which Raiha politely acknowledged, and glanced at Fuuko. "See ya, monkey,"
"But I thought you took a week off," Fuuko asked innocently, her arms clinging possessively at Raiha's elbow.
"I changed my mind, I forgot that my business partner will be coming soon so I have to place everything in order before she comes back," he curtly replied and took off.
Tokiya grumpily thumped his feet while walking upstairs and glared at nothing in particular. His brows met in complete embarrassment and didn't even stop when Akio passed by him and greeted him respectfully. The child was understanding enough to just smile at him and shouted, "Kaiya's in my room. She's sleeping!"
Tokiya didn't bother looking back and just went to the last room upstairs. He haven't forgotten where the little guy's room was since Kaiya used to play with him in there since they were four.
Tokiya stopped at the yellow door and pushed it gently open. He was greeted by his daughter lying with her side on the floor and an opened book under her little fingers. He stared at her for awhile and smiled in a fatherly manner before lifting her up with his arms. He gently placed her cheeks on his shoulder, not really caring if she drools or not. He stayed like that, thinking about Fuuko again.
And he thought everything was beginning again, for the both of them. He had been such a fool, forgetting about her being engaged with another man. But it wasn't really that thing that made him feel embarrassed. It was the fact that HE was FOOLED by Fuuko. And to think he unconsciously complied with her plans like a desperate love-fool. She managed to manipulate his whole being from the start. How much more embarrassment can you get? Add another fact that he confessed his love for her just that morning.
He sighed and gazed at his daughter's angelic face. It was so innocent and so pure. He couldn't help but feel a tinge of refreshment and calmness everything he looked at her.
He blew her bangs gently and smiled after seeing his daughter stirred for a midget time. She pushed her soft cheek back on her father's shoulder and drowsed off.
You are the only one I have, Kaiya. My only treasure. Please stay with me…
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Fuuko came early at the Mikagami residence the day after. She was greeted by Mifuyu and her son, Shijo at the frontyard playing Catch with the boy's puppy. She halted and bowed at the older lady.
Mifuyu stood up from her seated position and patted some grass away from her pink skirt. "Oh hello there, Fuuko-chan," she greeted.
"Ohayou gozaimasu, Mifuyu-san. Is Mikagami-sama awake already?" Fuuko asked.
"Well yes. He was talking with Toki-chan earlier before my brother went to work," Mifuyu answered while occasionally glancing at her child chasing the puppy.
Fuuko's smile was turned into a slight gasp. "He…he went to work already?" she choked out.
"Uhuh," Mifuyu nodded. "Would you want to come in now? Dad's waiting for you in his room," she suggested with a smile.
"Uh..Hai. I'll see you later, Mifuyu-san," Fuuko bowed once more before leaping away into the mansion.
She walked upstairs and knocked at her patient's door before getting inside. The sound of her heels approaching the big bed made the old Mikagami turned his view from the outside of the window to the beautiful young lady towards him.
"Ohayou gozaimasu, Mikagami-sama," the nurse greeted him cheerfully. The old man nodded. "Would you want me to open your curtains wider, Sir?" she asked.
"Of course, Fuuko," he softly replied.
Fuuko passed by him and went near the glassed window. She took a peek outside and was happy to see that the sun shone in medium brightness before pulling the two curtains apart. She pushed the glassed doors of the window open for the warm rays and fresh air to enter.
Mr. Mikagami breathed the air before smiling at Fuuko. "Arigatou,"
Fuuko turned around and smiled. "Have you taken your breakfast, Mikagami-sama?"
"Hai. It was a surprise that my son offered to bring my breakfast here this morning,"
She quirked an eyebrow up and asked, "Why?"
"He just wanted to talk. It's been years since we last had a father-son conversation. You know my son, he always want to decide on his own and he doesn't like getting ideas from other persons. But this time, I think he was pretty occupied by that problem," the old man chucked lightly.
"He's having some dilemma?" Fuuko asked, amused.
"Worst than that,"
Fuuko received a merry laugh from her patient and practically sweatdropped. She wanted to dig more about the issue but she thought she might be obvious already.
"Oh," she smiled genuinely at Mr. Mikagami before saying, "I'll check your blood pressure now, alright Mikagami-sama?" the old man nodded and displayed his right arm for Fuuko.
Fuuko sat on the small side chair beside the bed and started her assessment. She had to fight the urge of smirking at what Tokiya's father said. About Tokiya's dilemma. She cant help but feel victory rising all over her at the news.
"Tokiya said your fiancé just came here in Tokyo?" Mikagami-sama inquired while Fuuko read his BP.
"Hai," she softly answered while focusing her ears on the sound of the beating.
"I see. Tokiya seems to be happy about you being engaged. He personally told me the news and I was happy to see that he had completely gotten over you as well," the old man retorted in a fatherly manner.
Fuuko took the earpieces of the stethoscope from her ears and slowly pulled her face up to meet the older Mikagami's smiling one. A slight frown painted on her entire features and she looked at him with parted lips. "Nani?"
"Yes, he was. Aren't you happy for him, Fuuko?"
"Oh, err, of course I am happy. Its actually really good to know that Mikagami-sama. I'm happy to know everything's fine now as well," she forced a smile and laughed nervously.
Mr. Mikagami nodded. "It's good to see him happy and contented once more. So how did my blood pressure go?"
"Oh, yea…hehe, well, its uhhh…one hundred twenty over sixty. You're back to normal Mikagami-sama. I'm happy for you," Fuuko answered.
"And I owe it all to my excellent nurse. Thank you, Fuuko," Mikagami-sama smiled fondly at her and reached for Fuuko's hand, giving it a gentle squeeze.
"You should thank yourself, Mikagami sama. I was just doing what I was paid for," Fuuko covered the old man's hand with hers to acknowledge him.
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It was almost noon and Fuuko's patient requested to enter back to the mansion after two full hours of sitting idly on his wheelchair. They were on Mifuyu's curtilage and contented their eyes on different kinds of flowers and butterflies hopping from one petal to the other. Inspite of having a reputation as being wild and loud, Fuuko adored some silent time in a place as that. She found it relaxing and promotes a feeling of freshness.
"Fuuko?!" Mrs. Mikagami came in with a cup of tea on her hand.
The two shifted their sights on Mrs. Mikagami. "What is it?" they chorused.
"There's someone looking for you. He said his name was Raiha Shinoda?" she answered and gradually stirred her cup.
"Oh, where is he?!" Fuuko was surprised. I wonder why he's here.
"I let him come inside and he's currently waiting in the living room. Do you know him?"
"Hai! He's my fiancé!" she beamed.
The Mikagami couple exchanged amused look and stared unbelievingly at Fuuko.
Mr. Mikagami coughed. "How about we all go inside and meet your fiancé, Fuuko?"
"Hai!" Fuuko answered and pushed her patient's wheelchair inside. Mrs. Mikagami walked beside them, still stirring her green tea.
Raiha was wearing white long sleeves tucked in kaki pants. He looked formal all the time. His plum hair was neatly tied up on his nape and he had a black jacket hung on his right forearm.
Fuuko and the Mikagami couple arrived in the spacious room in a few minutes. Raiha stood up and bowed polite at the couple.
"You are Fuuko's fiancé?" Mikagami-sama asked when Fuuko finally halted in front of the young man.
"Yes, Sir," Raiha answered with a smile.
"Cute smile that lad got there," Mrs. Kirisawa whispered at Fuuko's ear.
Fuuko blushed and nodded. "Oh honey, why are you here?"
Her fiancé looked at her and answered, "I heard it might snow later before evening so I thought maybe I'd drop by and deliver your jacket," he handed the black jacket to Fuuko.
"Oh, Thanks," Fuuko smiled sheepishly and took her jacket from Raiha's arm.
"That's really thoughtful of you, Shinoda-kun," Mrs. Mikagami said, making Raiha smile again. "It's almost lunch so would you join us in?" she offered.
"Yes, would you want to join us, Raiha?" Mr. Mikagami added.
Raiha looked at Fuuko, silently asking for her decision.
"Oh thank you very much, Mikagami-sama, Mikagami-san, but I guess we should just eat outside for now," Fuuko declined respectfully.
"Oh, you want to have your lunch together? I would want to know more about your fiancé, Fuuk-chan. But if you want, maybe we can schedule another time?" Mrs. Mikagami suggested.
Fuuko was about to nod but she heard footsteps approaching them from the door.
"Shinoda-san I didn't know you would be here," Tokiya greeted unemotionally.
"It's nice to see you again, Mikagami-san," Raiha greeted back.
Tokiya halted in front of them and glanced at Fuuko for a mere second before turning to look at the man almost as same height as he is. "So what's the hold up here?"
"We were inviting them to join lunch with us but I guess they have another appointment for now," Tokiya's father answered him.
"Oh no! Well, I remember Kaiya wants me to join lunch with her today so I guess Raiha and I are joining," Fuuko immediately said.
Everyone looked at her. "That's great, Fuuko dear," Mrs. Kirisawa clasped her hands together. "Alright, let's go to the dining room now. I'll be the one to bring my husband there," she gripped at the back of the wheelchair and gently pushed her husband towards the dining table.
Fuuko and the two men followed them behind. She wrung her arms around Raiha's arm and walked between him and Tokiya.
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Kaiya cant help but stare at the new face at the dining table. He was handsome with fair complexion and blue eyes. He was seated beside her Fuuko-neechan. And for some reason, it bothered her seeing them together so she just ate her lunch silently without even looking at the two across her.
Mifuyu and her family went outside to eat in a fastfood and shop some new items so the mansion was left with the old Mikagami couple, Tokiya, Kaiya, Fuuko and Raiha.
Raiha was thrown with a lot of questions from the couple as though Fuuko was their daughter and he sweatdropped everytime he's asked with weird questions like "Are you still a virgin?" and the like. Fuuko didn't really bother listening since she knew Raiha was always sincere and cautious in giving answers. So she bored her eyes in looking at Tokiya whenever she got the chance.
The jerk doesn't seem to be affected much of the situation. He had become a complete iceblock once again. She rolled her eyes and chewed a slice of steak in her mouth.
"So Raiha-kun, after your marriage, where are you two planning to stay?" Mrs. Mikagami inquired.
"I really don't know, Mikagami-san. I want Fuuko to decide because I'm actually cool wherever she wants to live," Raiha looked at Fuuko and she immediately gathered her sights from Tokiya to her boyfriend.
"Oh yea, yea. Well, I want to live here with my family of course. But America is also a nice place to stay so I cant decide for this time," Fuuko answered.
Raiha smiled at her and placed his hand on hers.
"We don't really care where we would be as long as were together," Fuuko added, leaning her head on her fiance's shoulder. She took a glimpse at Tokiya and winced after seeing him just stared blankly at them. "Right, HONEY?" she added once more, entwining her fingers with Raiha's bigger ones.
Raiha nodded and lightly chuckled.
"Awwww, you two are so sweet together. Arent they, dear?" Mrs. Kirisawa remarked adorably and nudged her husband beside her.
Mr. Mikagami coughed but gave the couple a warm smile afterwards. "I'm happy for you two," he stated.
Fuuko grinned sheepishly and slowly went back to her eating.
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Raiha left a few minutes after Tokiya did. Fuuko helped Mrs. Kirisawa with the dishes after the old woman declined their maids offer to do the job.
"I see that you will have a very good husband someday, Fuuko dear," Mrs. Mikagami stated, scrubbing a plate with the sponge and bubbles.
"Hai," Fuuko answered, getting Mrs. Mikagami's plate and washing it with clean water.
"I honestly thought you and my son, Tokiya, will get back together," Fuuko paused and gazed at the older woman with a bewildered face.
"Nani?"
Mrs. Mikagami slightly nodded and added," Me and Mifuyu tried hard to get you two together and we really thought it was working smoothly everytime we saw you two at the breakfast table every morning," she chuckled softly. "But I guess we forgot the fact that you're engaged. We were just too occupied by our matchmaking senses,"
Fuuko frowned and focused her attention at the dishes.
"Were sorry,"
"Sorry for what, Mikagami-san?"
"About what we did- about totally forgetting your engagement,"
"Oh. Its alright Mikagami-san. I barely thought you two were doing matchmaking," Fuuko assured the old woman with a smile. My aim was really to get him close to me so there's no need for matchmakers. She added in her mind.
After playing with Kaiya the whole afternoon and being a nurse to Mr. Mikagami at the same time, Fuuko felt exhausted after getting inside the guestroom where she usually left her nurse's bag and some personal things.
She took a deep breath before colliding her back on the soft cushions. Her hands spread apart and her legs wide open as though inviting all forces to come and make her gain her energy again.
She stared at the ceiling and started fluttering her eyelids close when she heard an intruder not too far from her.
"You look like a pig in that position," his cold voice commented.
Fuuko blinked and got up immediately. "Tokiya?!" She looked at her parted legs inside her white skirt and pushed it together in a blink of an eye.
Tokiya walked slowly towards her with his brows obviously narrowed. Fuuko gulped hard at the intense of his glare. "What?"
"Our house is a sacred place, Kirisawa. And flirting and romancing are totally banned from here," Tokiya coldly stated after he got his feet near the bed end.
Fuuko rolled her eyes as though a stubborn child being warned not to climb trees without permission. "Yea, right. Sorry about that then," she plainly answered and rested her head back on the pillow. She knew what he meant. It was their lunch with Raiha earlier. She want to say something but she was to tired to do so. "And if you may, I would want to take a nap for awhile before I go home,"
Anticipating for a door to be slammed close, she was alarmed when another weight landed on her bed. She immediately got up but was met face to face with Tokiya. His hands were positioned near her ears and both his knees were on her sides, locking her thighs together.
"Wha?! What are you doing?!" she yelped in surprise.
She was answered by an icy cold glare and she took a quick breath. "Get off me!" she panicked.
The man just raised his eyebrow.
"Get off me or I'll scream!" she yelled again, pushing Tokiya's chest with her fists.
Tokiya pushed his face near her and hissed. "Then scream,"
"He--!" she wanted to scream 'help' but she found her mouth covered by Tokiya's hungry one and she widened her eyes. She can feel her lips starting to get numb, its probably swollen by now. She tried pushing him once more to make him stop. She was beginning to suffocate from the lacking of air and she pushed him harder away this time.
Tokiya pulled away with heavy panting. Fuuko did the same, taking in all the air she can force to her lungs. She stared at Tokiya with teary eyes, not just because of her painful lips but also because he hurt her emotionally by forcing himself on her.
"You're wrong if you think revenging would do you any good, Fuuko." He started after regaining his proper breathing.
Fuuko blinked. How the hell did he know?
"It didn't do anything but just releasing back your inner true feelings. You're planned backfired on you, Fuuko. You lost," he whispered.
Fuuko glared at him but regained her composure immediately. Hatred and embarrassment in her eyes. "Let's say I did. But you can never have me back, Mikagami. So you think you win because I lost? I will never forgive you for what you have done, Tokiya. If you think i really did love you then live with your hope.You will live alone…forever and---"
"Shut up!" Tokiya shouted at her nose.
Fuuko almost shivered in fright but she maintained a firm face in front of him, fighting the flood of tears creeping out from her eye sockets.
A moment of silence followed until Tokiya's mobile rang continuously. He got up from the bed and answered the call. Fuuko remained in her positioned, just listening to Tokiya's voice.
"Hello?" Tokiya answered. There was an answer on the other line. "You're in the airport already?...Yes, yes, I'll come fetch you. Okay, I'll see you there. Hai…Hai…I'll bring Kaiya with me. Okay, bye…Oh by the way, I'm happy you're back, Neon," Tokiya said before turning the call off.
Fuuko stared at the ceiling with broad eyes. She heard the door close in a few seconds and she got up immediately, seeing no one in the room. She stared at the floor pensively. Neon…sounds familiar.
A/N: Oh dear, it took me forever before I can make another chappy. I am soooo sorry!!! I was so busy at school that I cant even make another chapter…all I can do was visit the tofuu forum and reply to the posts. GOMEN!!!
I hope you will not get bored of giving reviews! I love you all!
PS. There might be a lot of painful grammar errors but please do bear with me. I'm writing this in a rush but I'm trying really hard not to break the plot. Anyway, Im already late for physics! Arrhghhh!!! Ja ne!