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Chapter 10
Normal POV
He just read the title of the news: 'Takahashi Aoi was picking a girl as his fiancee'. Who the hell could it be? Amu; the pinkette's name flashed on his mind as he read through the news article. Yes, it hadn't mentioned Amu's name downright but they gave the initial – H,A.
It was enough for Ikuto to figured out who she was. Hinamori Amu, the girl that he loved so much and by the way he had a great news! Kukai has helped him find out who the hell was the father of Saaya's child.
Kukai had brought him some documents, although he hadn't read it yet. But that would take a lot of time since the documents were so thick. Heck, how much men had Saaya ever slept with? Kukai told him that they could find the father soon after they read the whole documents.
He thought that he could take his time slowly, but after he read the news he felt that he needed to hurry or anything that he had done to get rid of the red-haired girl would be useless.
He called Kukai and thanked his best friend for helping him to read the documents, he didn't know how the brunette could have found about the documents and not to mention, he had found it all in a short amount of time. When he asked him, the brunette simply answered, "I have my sources".
He needed to thank his best friend – Kukai – if not because of his helped, he would feel more depressed. He probably would accept Saaya's child as his even though it wasn't his.
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Aoi had just finished his meeting, he was so exhausted but he was happy too. Why? He remembered the private interview he had the other day.
Flashback...
"Good morning, Mr. Takahashi." A journalist greeted him.
"Yes, what can I help you?" Aoi asked the journalist.
The journalist was a young woman, probably around her late twenties. She was beautiful with her slim body that made her look so stunning. She wore a business suit that hugged her curves perfectly. Aoi would lie if he said that the girl in front of him wasn't good enough but he had Hinamori Amu, the perfect girl for his life so why did he need to flirt with this girl?
"I want to have an interview with you, if you don't mind of course." The young journalist said.
"Of course, have a seat." The blond man said.
They were at his office right now, Aoi didn't have any work today and when his secretary said that a journalist wanted to meet him, he gladly accepted it.
"Thank you, my name is Sato Yuki, I'm from Japan B-Magz." Yuki introduced herself.
Aoi nooded in understanding as he motioned her to continue.
"First, what do you feel being the heir of the world biggest corporation?"
"Well, I'm so happy of course; who doesn't?." Aoi joked while answering the question.
"Do you feel any burden?"
"Sometimes, escpecially the first time I set my feet into the business world. I was so young that time and my rebelious side was still dominating my personality."
"What will you do next for the Takahashi Inc.?"
"I hope that I can bring this company to become more success and I want to open a new branch in the different field. As you and the world know, Takahashi Inc. is majoring in tourism and hotels right now. I, Takahashi Aoi, want to try to expand our business in other fields. Especially in fashion."
"Any special reason for why you want to expand your business into the fashion world?"
"Yes, I hope that it can please my fiancee."
"Oh, what a great news! Who is she? Mind to share with us?"
"Well, I won't tell you her full name, I'll give you her initial – H.A. – she is a great and strong woman."
"Is she Japanese?"
"It is also a secret until I announce our engagement publicity."
"When will it be?"
"Soon."
"Thank you for your time, Mr. Takahashi. I hope you have a greet day and congratulation for your engagement."
"You're welcome."
End of flashback
Yes, he had told the world about the engagement even though the magazine hadn't been printed out yet he knew that the world would know about it soon. So, he decided to propose to her tomorrow; even though they weren't in a relationship right now. He loved her so much so he decided to propose to her, claimed her as his.
They had known each other for quite a long time; they had been best friend since they were still in America, and talking about America. They would go back to America in two weeks, and he wanted to announce their engagement officially the day before they left.
He knew that it was so sudden so he wouldn't ask her to marry him in a short amount of time. They could stay being engaged as long as she want or until she was prepare to be his wife.
Oh, he also wanted to tell her that he would open his own fashion brand – under her name – for her. He knew that the pinkette was into fashion and art so much. Why he knew? He had gotten that impression the first time they met, remember? They met in the art gallery in America and he could see the passion inside her eyes when he saw the drawing.
He would make her the happiest woman in the world and he liked to picture his family that he built with her. Him, her and their child...
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Ikuto knew that the engagement wasn't officially announce yet but he didn't have too much time. Why had he known? It was simple because he got the news from the envelope his sister had given to her earlier. She was the journalist – Sato Yuki – friend and Yuki told her about the news as soon as the blond haired-girl read it, she asked Yuki to printed it out and gave it to her.
He also needed to thank his sister too. He needed to return the favor to his best friend – Souma Kukai – and his sister – Tsukiyomi Utau. What must he did to return the favor for both of them? Ikuto asked himself. He kept thinking until he found a great idea how he could return the favor and it would be the greatest one.
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The next day, Tsukiyomi mansion, Aruto's private library. 9 a.m.
Aruto was reading some documents. They weren't Black Lynx documents that he read as he usually did, but today he read actual documents – Tsukiyomi Inc. documents.
He needed to track down his corporation too. Even though Ikuto had inherited his company, he didn't want to stress his son out with tons of worked he must did. He want to help the young man. The young bluenette had to work at his company, being the CEO and then being the leader of Black Lynx and right now about Saaya's child.
His son had lots of burden to bare. The older man knew that Ikuto still loved a certain pink-haired girl – Hinamori Amu.
Not to mention, he also loved that girl as his own daughter. How much he wanted to scream and yell at his son when the young man decided to marry Saaya instead of Amu but he knew the whole reason because he had experienced it too. The same pain as his own son felt now.
Flashback
25 years ago (Ikuto was 22 right now...)
A young midnight blue-haired man was walking at his parents house garden. They had a bog garden because her mother really loved flowers so his father decided to make a big garden full of flowers for his mother as her birthday present.
The young man was 20 years old, and today was his birthday. His father threw a large banquet to celebrated his birthday party tonight. He already said to his father he didn't need it but his father insisted. He came from a well-known family – The Tsukiyomi.
He kept walking down the path of the garden floor and enjoying the view until his personal butler called him to prepare for the banquet.
Later that night..
The young man was dressed in a prince style suit. The expensive one of course. Why prince suit? Because in this time, the prince suit showed people how prestigious a family was.
His personal butler gave him his mask and asked him to wear it. After he had worn the mask, his butler escorted him to the ballroom. He was waiting outside the door, waiting for his name to be called by the master of ceremony that his parents had hired.
Not long after that, he heard the master of ceremony called his name. He took a deep breath and walked into the ballroom when the door was open. He walked down the red carpet as he saw people began to bow to him – for respect of course.
Time sure moved so fast, now he needed to find a girl that will be his partner for his first dance. All of the girls were wearing a mask so he couldn't really tell who they were. But a girl that stood in the corner of the room caught his eyes.
She wore a long soft pink dress that matched her pale skin. Her hair was curly and she wore a midnight blue with a hint of gold mask. She was looking at the floor. When the other girls tried to catch his attention, that girl was ignoring him. Well, not really ignoring him, per say; she might as well just didn't care about the banquet.
He watched her and walked to her when the girl noticed and lifted up her head. When their eyes met, the young man couldn't help but feel a strange feeling tugging at his heart. Something that he had never experienced before. The girl turned her head around and began to walk away.
The young man quickly followed her until they reached his mother's garden. He looked around and found the girl was looking at his mother's pink roses. He approached her and when the girl noticed his presence, the girl gasped and bowed her head.
The young man reached out for the girl's hand and she gasped one more time and blushed. The young man couldn't help but feel so arrogant as he flashed her his handsome smirk.
"Young Lady, will you be my dance partner?" The young man asked her.
"With all pleasure, My Lord." The girl replied.
The young man was so happy and he kissed the girl hand that he was holding before he escorted her back into the ballroom. Soon, her mother found him and his dance partner before announcing that the Young Master would dance his first dance.
All of the people stepped aside and left the center of the ball empty as the young man brought his dance partner to the center. He put one of his hand at her small waist and held her one hand with his other hand as the girl put her other hand on his broad shoulder.
The music soon started to play and they moved along the rhythm. All of people were spellbounded by the couple. They were like prince and princess. Soon, the first song ended as they started dancing to the second song.
Some of the people joined the couple to dance along the rhythm until the song ended. Before the young man let the girl go, he asked her a question.
"What is your name, Young Lady?" The Young Master asked the girl.
"Souko, Hoshina Souko." The young girl replied as she walked away from the master.
End of flashback
Aruto remembered that day, how lovely his Souko was. She was the first girl that held his heart until now.
Flashback
"Aruto." The young man father called him.
"Yes Father?" Aruto asked him.
"You need to marry a girl." His father told him.
"Do I have a choice?" Aruto asked the older man.
"Yes and no." His father answered him.
Aruto raised his eyebrows, looked so confused at his father's answer.
"Yes, you can choose one of these girls and no, you need to marry her soon." His father explained to him after looking at his confused face.
Aruto nodded his head in understanding and took the document that his father had given to him, he opened it and saw the girls. He flipped the page one after one until he stopped at a page. The girl had caught his eyes.
He asked his father who was she. He after told him that the girl was one of his best friend daughter – the Hoshina. The girl was also present at his birthday banquet that day. The young man was looking at the girl's personal information until a smile appeared on his face.
Name: Hoshina Souko
Age: 18 years old
Father: Hoshina Dai
Mother : Hoshina Ayame(Maiden name : Inoue Ayame)
Blood Type : A
Birthday : July, 3rd xxxx
He was so happy. Souko's name was listed in the long list of candidates. He loved her and she loved him (AU : they had met several times and both of them had admitted their feeling but were too afraid to be in a relationship, so they decided to be best friends) but then he remembered, his father owned a deadly gang called 'Black Lynx' and they had some enemy.
He was afraid that Souko would be in dangerous if he married her. He loved her so much so he couldn't bear any pain if their enemy attacked or hurt her. She was so precious for him and she was his only weakness – he was known as a sadist person without any feeling.
So, he decided to marry someone else that he didn't care. He just picked one of them randomly without bothering who she was. He didn't have any special feeling for all of them except Souko so they were all the same for him.
He told his father about the girl he wanted to marry to, her name was Matsumoto Hina. Their engagement soon was announce to all of Japan and Souko heard it too. She rushed over to the house where the man that she loved lived and found that the news was true but she didn't expect them to held their wedding so soon.
Two days from today, they were going to held their wedding. Souko was so hurt, she saw Aruto walking in front of his mansion house and she turned away and ran home. Her heart was so hurt and she vowed that she would hold a revenge against this man.
Then, she left Japan for good and met her fiancee – Tanaka Ren – in Hong Kong. Their engagement shocked the world because Tanaka Ren was known as the most powerful heir and man that time. They soon return to Japan to held their wedding because Japan was their homeland.
Tanaka Ren was a leader to another deadly gang like Black Lynx and Souko knew about it. She accepted him as who he was because this man has accepted her for the first time.
She flew back to Japan one year later after she arrived at Hong Kong to found out that Aruto was the current leader of Black Lynx. They met when Aruto's gang attacked Ren's gang and the midnight blue-haired man was so surprised to find Souko was in there too, standing right beside Tanaka Ren.
He was also suprised to see that the girl actually could fight. She fought him in the battle field as he tackled her down. She was struggling to escape from his strong grip but what confused both of them so much that Tanaka Ren didn't rush over to help his fiancee.
Aruto kept his strong grip and pinned Souko's small hands with one of his hand while his other hand held out a gun. He looked up and saw that Ren had escaped, leaving Souko behind. The battle was soon over with Black Lynx came out as the victory. All of the other gang's members were dead except Souko and Ren.
Aruto put over his gun on his shield and looked down at the girl under him. Souko was crying, she was having her heart broken miserably for the second time in her life. The man that claimed to love her so much even proposed to her had left her in the battle field. Alone with the enemy.
Aruto couldn't help but slam his lips onto her lips. She was struggling and tried to reject the kiss but soon she surrendered to his passionate kiss.
"Why?" Souko asked him in a small voice.
"I had to marry another girl because I was afraid of your safety that time if you marry me. I don't want my enemies to hurt you, you're too precious for me. If I had known that you'd get involved with the gang, I'll marry you instead of any random girl I don't know." Aruto confessed to her and hugged her small figure.
Aruto carried her bridal style because Souko has some wounds that needed to be take care soon. He brought her into his house and called his family's personal doctor to came and checked her up. Until the doctor was finish, Aruto never left her side.
Souko was confused for the first time. She remembered that Aruto was married to a girl but where was the girl? She didn't see any girl and she was in his bedroom now.
"Aruto, where's your wife?" Souko asked.
"Divorce." Aruto answered her.
Souko was confused, she never heard any news about Aruto's divorce case. But she decided to let it go, as long as the person she loved was by her side. It was enough for her.
"I love you, I still love you." Aruto confessed suddenly.
Souko was shock at his sudden confession but she smiled in the end. The man that she loved still loved him and if this was a dream, she didn't want to wake up soon. She hoped that time stopped at this moment.
"I love you too." Souko answered.
Aruto kissed her suddenly, slowly at first but passionate in the end. They spent their time holding each other in arms that night.
"Marry me?" Aruto asked Souko after their 'little exercise'.
"Yes." She replied him and smiled.
End of flashback
How much Aruto recalled that sweet moment. He and Souko had so much pain to bear that time and now they lived happily as a family with two blessings of children, a son and a daughter.
He as Ikuto's father would definitely help his son to found a way out from his problem. He didn't want his son to followed his path. His source has told him that they had found out who was the father of the child inside the red head woman, who was his daughter-in-law at the moment. He would help his son to found a happiness and have a wonderful family like his.
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