Keith Part 4
"A whole week of not working sure is great!" Haru sang as she spinned around in the hall.
"I don't know how you got us this, but I guess you are not that useless Aunty Mari." Naru smirked.
"That is not a compliment." I said.
"Well to me it is. You should be grateful that I said something that's nice for once." he responded. I smack him in the back of the head. "Hey! What was that for!? That is child abuse!"
"Don't be cocky with me mister! Besides it's not child abuse, it's punishment for misbehaving." I scolded him.
"They're the same thing!" he shouted back.
"No, they are not!" The both us continued this argument on our way to the garden.
"Can you guys be quiet!" Haru shouted on the top of her lungs. I felt like her shouts blow me away because of how amazingly loud she is. "I can't hear myself think when you guys fight!"
"Why do you need to think? You don't have any brains!" Naru laughed.
"Hey!" Haru jumped on him and the two them started to wrestle as they said insults to each other.
"Oh, dear…" I sighed. I felt Kai clung onto my leg and so I patted his head. I grabbed the twins by the collars and pulled them apart and carried them like that until we get outside.
I dropped them, but they continued to wrestle on the grass like animals. Kai tugged my pants leg and gave me a worried look.
"They'll be fine, Kai. Just let them be." I said sighing. I watched them fight and eventually they stopped and laughed at each other for how dirty they were.
"Miss Yoshihara," Luke came up to me. "Your stuff as arrived." he said and asked us to follow him.
We got to the front of the palace and see a few boxes that were carefully packed.
"Please open to see if we missed anything." Luke bowed. I nodded and told the kids to go for it. Right when I finished saying that they pounce on the boxes and torn them apart.
"Frizzy!" Haru cried happily finding her stuffed rabbit. Tears glittered from her eyes and hugged it tightly to her chest.
Kai and Naru came up to me with long faces. I looked down at them and saw what they had in their hands. Kai was holding the Charles flag and Naru had the family picture. It was Oscar doing the peace sign and I holding three year old Kai and the two eight year old twins on the sides. We were happy back then.
"Aunty, why are you crying?" Haru asked. I felt my face and discovered that I had tears streaming down my face. I didn't even know I was crying.
"Just have something my eyes that's all." I said to cover up my true feelings. "Come on, let's take our things back to our room and give you two a bath." I said with a fake smile on my face.
…
It was the next day and I was walking around with the kids who were chasing butterflies. It was peaceful until Kai bumped into someone and fell over.
"Hey are you alright?" I asked Kai helping him up. I brushed off the dirt and bowed to the person in front of me with Kai following the suit. "I am so sorry!" I apologized.
"Oh it's you…" a female voice filled with disgust filled my ears. I hesitantly looked up and saw Laura there looking unapologetic. Suddenly Haru screamed. We all jumped at her shout and then she ran up to Laura with her eyes shining.
"It's her! I am such a huge fan! I loved you in 'The Beating Heart'! I seen it so many times!" Haru jumped up and down. Laura's face with shocked at this little girl. "Can I have your autograph! Oh wait, I don't have anything to write or sign on!" Haru was in distress.
"That's o-okay. Here I have a notepad and a pen." Laura said taking them out of her red purse. "What is your name?"
"Haruka!" Laura signed the little piece of paper and gave it to Haru. Haruka thanked her over and over and over again. She twirled around and danced and ran away with such delight.
"Haru don't run! You'll get hurt!" I called out.
"I don't care! I am too happy!" she answered disappearing out of my sight.
"Kai, go watch your sister please." I said and Kai chased after her. When I looked up to Laura she was already gone.
…..
Keith called me up to his office. I have never been to his office so I felt a bit uneasy. I slowly opened the door and see him reading documents. For some reason my heart started to beat hard against my chest. He looked so handsome working with the sun shining through the window onto his face.
"Stop staring and come in already." he ordered. I rolled my eyes and got rid of the things I was thinking and went in. I sat down on a brown leather chair in front of his desk. It was quiet for awhile. The clock ticked away and making me get impatient. When I was about to say something he suddenly said me something that I have never imagined he would ever say.
"You are coming with me to a masquerade ball. You have no choice because everything is already made for you. We leave in two days. Now, leave." he said turning his chair around.
"Hey-"
"Bye." he cut me off. I left angry at him for deciding for me. He is so irritating! He makes me want to punch him in the face! He must be joking about this ball thing though. Right?
Two Days Later….
When I came into my room a few maids jumped me and forced me into a light green dress with a cream colored mask shaped like two swans with yellow gems on the rims.
"What is all this?" I asked one of the maids.
"For the ball tonight. Quickly, we must not keep Prince Keith waiting." she said sternly and rushed me out on a air strip. Keith was there in a black tuxedo with a white half-mask, waiting in front of a airplane that was about to take off. He was very clean and very handsome. The way the wind blew his hair back made my heart skip a beat or two.
"What are you staring at, let's go!" he shout and the maid pushed me to him. He grabs my wrist on pulls me to the plane. We got into a seat and the plane took off.
"So we really are going to a ball." I said trying to figure if this was real or not.
"Yes. We are already on our way and it's going to take a while to get there." he said with his usual attitude filled voice. "So, impressed with what money can buy?" he asked smirking.
"Not really." I said honestly.
"Why not? I got the most expensive outfit and we are on a private jet!"
"That does not mean anything to me. I could care less about things that are unnecessary. Planes, dresses, all those expensive things don't matter." I said and we were quiet the rest of the way to the party.
When got there, it was taking place at Nobel Michel's. There were many people dressed up for this masquerade. This is actually getting exciting.
We entered, but I was quickly swept up by the crowd and lost sight of him. I groaned and pushed myself out of the crowd and leaned against the wall near the food. I tried some of it, but it had a weird taste to it so I quickly put it in a tray that was going back to the kitchen. To wash out the taste I got some champagne, but it didn't do much good since it was twice as bad. Ugh, rich people and their weird taste in food.
"Why are you here?" I heard a familiar disgusted voice next to me. It was Laura in a vibrant red long dress with a pure white basic mask.
"Oh, hey…" I cringed a bit as I gave a fake smile. "How did you recognize me?"
"I can smell poor from a mile away." she said laughing with others joining her.
"Oh I didn't know you had wannabes with you." I said. I really didn't see them and if you did you can tell they are wannabes and are trying to look cool all because they have a famous friend.
"Well at least I have people who want to be with me than some desperate, single housewife. Your boyfriend must be very smart to leave you." she said. She doesn't listen does she. I said niece not daughter.
"So this is the girl trying to get your future groom-to-be. Wow, that's hilarious that's she trying so hard that she begged to get into a party as grand as this." one of them snickered and others followed.
"Oh, my god…" I sighed so heavily and rubbed my temples trying not to get a headache. "This is so stupid. What are we in high school?" Before they can say anything else someone grabbed my wrist and pulled me to the dance floor. I protested against the person, but whoever this was, was really strong.
"Stop squirming. I am trying to help you." a familiar voice said.
"Keith?" I looked up and it was him. "Sorry I couldn't see you. It's kind of dark in here." I awkwardly laughed.
"Yeah, I've noticed." he said and we began to dance. "Wow, you've improved since the last time."
"I'm a fast learner. I do it once and never forget."
"I guess so." he smiled. "Ignore everything that Laura says, okay. She's always been like that; rude and a real pain."
"I already insult her when she insults me. It's already too late to warn me don't you think?" I said making him chuckle. We danced and chatted for the rest of the party. This was more fun that I have imagined. I think he starting to like me instead being some high and mighty person that I met the first time. When the party ended we went back on the plane and took off.
"When I came to your place the first time, Luke drove all the way there. Why?" I asked.
"There is a bridge that connects us to the mainland, but it always has traffic so a plane is much faster and cooler." he explained. I rolled my eyes at his comment about being cooler and went back to look out the window when all of the sudden the plane began to go down.
"This is your pilot speaking. We are having technical difficulties so please sit in your seats and prepare for emergency landing." the captain said on the intercom trying to sound calm, but you can still hear the fear in his voice. I squeezed my eyes tightly as the plane abruptly crashes on the ground.
