I'm Missing You

Everything seems to be falling apart for the guy formerly known as Desarm, when his love decides to focus on running her father's company and leaves Japan for America. But is that all that's keeping Hitomiko Kira there? Meanwhile Saginuma is breaking down. Hitomiko/Saginuma-centric.

Disclaimer: I don't own Inazuma Eleven or any of the characters. They are solely the property of Level 5.

Italics- for thoughts, emphasis or letters/emails.

Hitomiko-san

"Damn, damn, damn it! Hitomiko!"

The woman herself sneezed suddenly and loudly. "What's wrong?" asked the young man standing beside her desk, gripping a cluster of papers.

"Hm? Oh, nothing, Stephan. I'm fine", Hitomiko Kira answered in perfect English. She looked down at a report and compared it with another from the stack the young man was holding. The man watched her admiringly. Stephan Donnell has been Hitomiko Kira's personal assistant since the week she had arrived from Japan and already he was a close friend, all set to watch her back and shield her from some of the conniving senior board members. Of course he would like to be closer but she had made it absolutely clear after some clumsy come-ons that she is unavailable, uninterested, and if he wanted to remain employed he'd better not try anything of the sort again. Still he respected the way she handled the transition into the President's chair and how she stood her ground against the outraged old men of the Board.

Hitomiko, however, was not thinking that she was anyone admirable. Her mind kept going back to the email she had sent to Saginuma. I'm sorry, Osamu, she kept saying silently. I'm so sorry. If anyone found out about him it won't be just her burning at the stake, the entire company that her father built out of nothing will be taken from her. She hoped he would understand.

Forbidden love is so troublesome. Huh? Hang on, love?

"Uh, Miss Hitomiko? Why are you shaking your head so violently?"

One month passed. And then another. Saginuma never tried to contact her, not even once, like he used to in the past. Hitomiko prayed that this meant he understood her dilemma. And anyway she was stretched ragged. Having meetings with many important people concerned with her father's company, flying to many other countries for more meetings, and again board meetings with the old fossils left her feeling like a wrung out cloth.

"Hard to believe that a year ago I was coaching a soccer team", she remarked over a coffee with Lia, an old school friend she bumped into in Washington. It felt refreshing to converse in Japanese after such a long time speaking English.

"Yeah", Lia replied. "You used to hate children."

"What! No I didn't!"

"Yes, you did."

"No."

"You did, I would know. You used to complain about those kids from that orphanage your dad set up"

"I… oh, forget it! You got me." Hitomiko didn't like having to argue with anyone, it gave her migraines and she could feel one coming now.

Lia's well plucked brows rose at Hitomiko's lack of argument. But as she opened her mouth to comment a tall, hooded stranger came up behind her friend. From what Lia could see he looked like a well-built young man.

"Hitomiko-san", he said. Hitomiko's eyes widened and she slowly turned in her seat. Dread clenched her insides.

"Finally, I found you", said Osamu Saginuma.

Whoo hoo, alright! This is chapter 2 but it ain't the end... I wanna know what's gonna happen... wait hang on, I'm the author!

Next time on I'm Missing You: What will happen to these two hearts that want to beat as one?

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