Took me long to update =_= well, for now I have a week of no classes...

Hope the rest of the story isn't boring or anything... hehe

Magnet

Chapter 26

~Len's POV~

I stared at Kahoko who was walking alongside Sakura, both chatting about something.

How come she's here? Did mother and father take her here with them? Am I dreaming? And if she was engaged to Kaji, how come she's here giving me a hug when we met? Maybe I'm imagining things…

"Nope, definitely not dreaming", Yuu said walking beside me. "Based on her thoughts, she won a ticket to Vienna from a rock paper scissor game with Fuyuumi, Amou and two of her friends. They first won it from a ticket raffle then they had to choose who's going to Vienna and decided to play."

"Rock paper scissor game?", I repeated.

"That's what they've decided", Yuu said.

We went in to the restaurant everyone decided on. On a circular table, Kahoko sat beside me on the left side while Yuu sat to my right. Beside Yuu was Sakura then her visitor, Akihiko Kira, mother and father.

After a few minutes, Yuu left with Sakura to wander outside the restaurant's garden while Kahoko asked me to come with her to the restrooms since she doesn't know how to go there.

"Thanks for coming with me", she said then shuts the restrooms door.

I waited for her about three minutes and then she came out.

Her cheeks were pink; she fixed her hair to a ponytail. I thought that she looked cute but I tried stopping myself from going to my fantasies which can get really embarrassing if I go further.

"It's nice here in Vienna", she said as we headed for the garden after knowing the food was not yet on the table.

I nodded in response.

We walked around the garden in silence and at the furthest side of the garden, behind a tree; we found a bench to sit on. We both sat down and remained in silence. I wonder what kind of conversations would suit our condition. The silence somehow deafens me.

"I'm surprised that Kaji allowed you to come here", I said without thinking. After realizing what I just said, I regretted it.

Kahoko looked at me then tilted her head to her right. "Kaji?", she asked.

"Yes", I said. Since I brought it up, let's just stick to it even though it's stabbing invisible arrows straight through my heart.

"He wouldn't do anything to stop me from coming here", Kahoko said.

"He's a good fiancé then", I said. And that made me feel like wanting to run away from her. Good thing the pain is still bearable.

"Fiancé? You mean Kaji?", Kahoko asked blushing. "How did you know?".

Okay, now that hurts badly enough. It only confirmed that the rumor was true. I didn't answer her and just stood from my seat and headed back inside the restaurant.

After a minute, Kahoko also came back to the table with Sakura and Yuu. We ate dinner silently except for father and mother talking to Akihiko Kira.

After dinner we went back to the hotel while Sakura and her companions left on the opposite direction.

"Len, Yuu, can you two just share rooms with Kahoko? We just came and Kahoko still doesn't have a room to stay", mother asked. No way!

I saw Kahoko blush and then said, "Ah, I'm fine… I'll look for a room myself". Yes!

"Its fine Kahoko, you can stay with them… they won't do anything to you", mother assured Kahoko.

Please God, make Kahoko look for another room, I beg you.

"It's fine with me. There's another extra room inside and you can have that room, Miss Kahoko Hino", Yuu also insisted. I shot him a look and he returned it with a small smile.

"Well, isn't that great. You don't need to rent or go out to look for a cheaper room. It's already dark, we wouldn't want to risk sending you out on your own, especially since you don't know much here in Vienna", mother said and behind her father agreed.

NO! Don't agree! Do not agree!

Kahoko nodded and said, "Thanks for your concern, I'll agree then. How about you two?".

Uwaa~ Why? I'm going to be stuck with the reason why I feel miserable…

"We'll be going to our house two hours away. I think we both will be staying there, right darling?", father answered Kahoko.

Why oh why our room? And they're even leaving me with Yuu and Kahoko…

"Oh…".

"We'll be leaving then. Len, I'm leaving Kahoko to you", mother said then both left us in front of the hotel.

In our room, Yuu told Kahoko where she would be sleeping and he entered his own room. I went in my room after seeing that Kahoko was in her room. I changed my clothes, brushed my teeth and washed my face. After a few minutes, Yuu entered my room.

"You don't approve of Kahoko being here?", Yuu asked. He looked tired.

"You can easily tell by reading my mind, Yuu", I said coldly.

"My mind reading ability is off at the moment so I can't tell what you or Kahoko are thinking about", Yuu said.

"Then why do you think I don't like the idea of her being here?"

"Simple, I've been with you for a long time already Len, I can tell what you think by looking at your poker face. But I can get wrong when I don't have my mind reading abilities", Yuu answered me.

I sighed. "Too bad… I somehow wanted you to look through Kahoko's mind and tell me that her relationship with Kaji was a joke", I mumbled.

Yuu coughed and said, "I'd rather have you know the answer yourself. I've been warned not to play with people's fate neither help fate do its job. I had enough of helping you with a little result. You better do your own romance since I want to start a new one myself".

"Wait. What did you say?"

"Do your own romance", Yuu repeated.

No, that wasn't what I meant. "The latter"

"I want to start a new one myself".

"With who?", I asked curious. Last time I remember was he doesn't believe in such things… then he had a lover… Maybe he had a trauma after losing his lover but this is new… It's the first time I heard him say he wanted a girlfriend… well, he didn't say it directly.

"I'm debating which… maybe Kahoko. I can steal her away from Kaji. After all, she looks like Sarah", Yuu said jokingly with a smile making me give him a glare. "Well… you'll see eventually, I guess".

"Why?".

"Love can help me relax and enjoy life than play with life. I'm tired of playing. I want to enjoy myself with someone. It might even heal my still broken heart", Yuu said his smile fading. "I still love Sarah, but she's long gone. I better move on and stop being Silverylle Rozen. That name reminds me of being royalty and having a nasty past having all my family killed, including the one I once vowed to give my eternity. Reiga and Sakura's companion who had long black hair earlier, Eugene Clow, told me the same thing 'go fall in love like other people do' they said I'm old and yet still stuck in the past".

I ended up laughing. Yes, Yuu was old, maybe centuries old but his looks tell otherwise.

"You laughing made me think that I'm really old", Yuu said with an irritated expression.

I stopped laughing then a question came to my head. "How did you know you love Sarah?", I asked. I might have an attraction to Kahoko but is it love? I feel a spark but what does that mean?

Yuu gave a thinking pose. "Love is not something you can easily describe… love has different meanings in each person. In fact, I didn't know I loved Sarah. I hated her because she had this attitude of nagging me with everything I do. I was supposed to take revenge and kill her but after going in her room to kill her, which I regretted at that time, she asked me why I need to kill her and I had to give her a hundred reason why I should. She hated it when I wear black clothing, not smile, not laugh at her jokes, and not appear when she wanted to… I spoiled her too much. She confessed to me and I ended up thinking that we're destined despite our families. We decided to get married but then she died…". Yuu looked at me and gave me a smile… a warm smile.

"I knew I loved her after losing her. Her loss gave a big impact on me… for me, it sounds exaggerated but, I felt like I died and it took me centuries to recover and act normally again. If you're not sure about your feelings towards Kahoko, take some time to figure it out but don't take too long or else you'll lose her. You two don't have hundreds of years of lifetime", Yuu warned.

I nodded and somehow hearing Yuu's life made me feel light.

"I'm going out on a walk I might be back after an hour or so", Yuu said and left my room. I heard the front door shut.

He somehow looked like there was something bothering him even though he smiled like that. He wasn't much open about his past but he just spilled it out with detail. I wonder why… I shrugged.

I went out to the kitchen to take a glass of water then I heard Kahoko's door open. My eyes landed on her pink night gown.

"Thanks for letting me stay", Kahoko said as she sat on a stool near the counter.

I nodded and offered her water but she shook her head.

We became silent.

After a few minutes, she talked making me drop the glass of water I was drinking.

See you next chapter! :D