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Chapter 2
Flashback end
"Misaki," Tora began calmly, but in reality, he was a nervous wreck, "please take a seat in my office. I am going to get some water for you and make a phone call. There are tissues in the left top draw of my desk, please use them," he bowed slightly out of nervousness walked out of the room.
Misaki walked in, her mind racing with questions. What had she done wrong? What caused him to cheat? When did this start?
"Why? Why is it, that the first man that comes into my life after my stupid dad leaves me by cheating?" she burst out.
She walked over to the desk in Tora's office. The walls were painted a clean white, however his office was a bit messy, which was strange because he was usually a 'neat-freak' but it showed that he had been busy. Tora had told Misaki that he had a lot of work to do these past weeks and she felt a bit better knowing that he hadn't lied about his work load. She sat down at the chair and tried to calm her tears.
Meanwhile
"Why did she have to hear that," a panicking Tora paced in the lift, waiting for his new fiancé to answer her phone. "It's going to be tough to explain everything, and I know she is going to hate me- Ah, Chiyo, I need to take care of some business, you go home and I will speak to you later, okay?" he hung up the phone and exited the lift. He walked over to reception who was shocked at his sudden visit and requested a glass of water.
"Sir is everything okay? You normally ring for us to bring something to you?" the receptionist asked, genuinely worried.
"Oh, I, um, I don't know?" Tora realized how dumb he looked and walked back. 'Dammit,' he thought, 'people are going to notice something wrong with me and then they are going to ask questions. i really don't need this extra attention right now.'
Tora reached his office after clearing his mind and working out how to tell Misaki. He walked into the office and looked at Misaki. He had messed up big time. He truly felt like a jerk. He had never seen Misaki so dead looking with her head hung low. Clearing his throat, he sat in his chair and looked at her swollen eyes. Boy, did he feel guilty, but he was glad that she had stopped crying. She was a strong woman and always had been ans even when her heart was broken, she still had the ability to stop crying.
"Um, Misaki," He began but was interrupted.
"Please, Tora, tell me what I heard was a misunderstanding," Misaki said as she looked up at him. Her voice was hoarse from crying but had power in it.
"Misaki," he looked her in the eyes, "I wish I could say it was a misunderstanding but I can't." Misaki hiccuped as though she would cry again. "Misaki, you are a great person, and when I did love you, I truly did. Please let me explain myself," Tora looked at the girl and she nodded for him to continue.
"It started about 7 months ago," more tears broke free from Misaki without her consent, "the company was in a situation where we needed money fast. My father recommended that I began a relationship with Chiyo to borrow money. Of course, I declined because I love, well, loved you. However, the company was breaking much quicker than I had hoped, so I said to myself 'just one day' and invited her on a date. I went on this date and she seemed like a nice person, we did what people do on dates and saw her off. I had to ask her out more times, otherwise it would have looked suspicious. However, my actions worked against me and I unfortunately fell in love with her and out of love with you. I meant to explain things to you, but as you know, I have been piled with paper work regarding the problems prior to my new relationship. I feel awful, knowing that you heard me proposing to Chiyo and cheating. You look and sound terrible which makes me feel even more guilty, but I want you to know that I am really sorry for being a dick. Find someone better Misaki, I know you will," Finally, he took a breath.
The room fell silent for a while. She used this silence to grasp the situation but she didn't know what to feel emotionally. She decided to dry her tears, realizing that crying wasn't going to get her anywhere. She then took the time to understand the situation and summarized it: her boyfriend cheated on her to protect his company, then dumped her, said he's sorry and then told her to find someone better, knowing fully that she would never find anyone better that him.
"You're a jerk," was all she could say.
"That, I am," he said
"I hate you."
"I don't blame you."
"Shut up while I talk," she looked at his face, his mouth opened slightly at her tone, and continued bitterly, "thank you. Basically, all I have to say is I never want to see your face ever again and will probably never forgive you. You were the only guy that wasn't like my father and now I know that you're actually just like him- you loved me then you dropped me when you had problems and didn't consider my feelings. Thanks for that. So yeah. I don't know why am I still here? I will take my leave Mr Igarashi.," and with that, she stood up and turned away away fuming but then turned back for her last words. "Please, if you feel the need to die, then pop up in front of me, if not, then stay out my sight."
Tora, whose mouth was open the whole time she was speaking finally closed it and took a deep breath in and exhaled as he leaned back in his seat and smirked. "Maki, you got that, didn't you?"
Maki appeared from behind the curtain with camera in his hand. "Yes sir. I will immediately send the file over. Sir, if I may ask, why are you doing this?"
"You know, I do actually feel sorry for the girl. I really did love her, she is just different in a way that's hard to explain- no wait, she is fiery and independent, that's why I liked her, but as I said, we are facing issues, and the way we have worked for generations is that this company comes first. It's the sad reality of owning a company. And at least I can keep an eye on my first love. " he chuckled.
Meanwhile
Misaki rushed out of the building, not caring about the questioned looks people gave her. She practically ran to the one place she know she was always welcomed to (other than her home)- Maid Latte. This happened to be the first place Tora and Misaki met at as he noticed her working there, as she was taking out the bins.
"Misa-oh my! You look awful Misa-chan! What happened?" shrieked Satsuki, the young manager.
"Tenchou, where is Aoi-chan?"
"He's at the flat. Misaki, you still haven't-"
"Tora cheated on me so we broke up, sorry but I need to go," and again she rushed out not caring about leaving her ex-manager in shock. All she cared about was seeing her best friend.
Misaki sprinted to Aoi's flat a few blocks away with mixed feeling. On the one hand she was mad, she wanted to scream until her voice box gave up on her and her lungs collapsed from lack of air, but at the same time, she was at ease that Tora had confessed straight up and wanted nothing more than a hot bubble bath to rethink her life goals. Reaching Aoi's flat, Misaki fumbled in her bag for the spare keys he has given her. Of course Aoi had a spare set of keys for Misaki's flat too, as thats what friends of nearly 9 years do. She opened the door and was welcomed by the sound of a sewing machine running. Instead of shouting for Aoi, she ran into his textiles room and hugged him from behind tight.
"Hi Misaki-san," he said cheerfully however his aura quickly turned dark after he switched of his machine "HOW MANY FUCKING TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU TO KNOCK AT THE GODDAMN DOOR! COMMON COURTESY DAMMIT!"
Any that's it. I am sorry the first chapter was so short, I got trigger-happy and excited and uploaded the chapter before I read through it and checked it. I don't want to change what's there but I will check spelling and grammar and fix it. Also thank you guys for the reviews! I am really new to uploading stuff to the internet so I didn't think people would even see the fanfic. I got a bit too excited when I saw reviews and follows on the story and felt really happy. Ah well, I get happy over things like that. Like I said before, school has began and I am way more busy than I ever expected :( so i will update as soon as possible but I really don't know when I can. Thanks everyone! (sorry this was a really long author's notes, I had even more to say about the story itself, but I will explain that at the end of the next chapter:)