Author's Note: Well here's chapter Nine and thanks for waiting and the reviews. Gosh, it's my 18th birthday last Wednesday(Aug. 10) and I decided to post this as a gift for you guys.
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SHUUISHI MINAMINO'S OFFICE…Shuuichi was sitting on his office chair looking at Botan's picture that was taken by his hired investigator.
'You're one hell of a beautiful woman.' Shuuichi thought as he put Botan's picture in his office drawer and started working.
Chapter Nine: What Does It Mean?
Italian Restaurant…
"Nervous?" Mr. Ikusawa asked Botan who was absent-mindedly twirling her straw on her mango shake.
"What?" Botan asked confused.
"I ask if you're nervous." Mr. Ikusawa said looking at Botan who had stop twirling her straw on her shake.
"I guess so, I mean what if they don't welcome me, I never been there Ken and nervous is one of the feeling that I feel." Botan said as she sips from her shake.
Mr. Ikusawa smiled at Botan and said, "Don't worry about it too much, of course all the staff there will welcome you and beside you are the kind of person that everyone can't help but to fall in love with."
"Thanks, I feel much better." Botan said as the waiter arrived with their orders.
Furuya And Minamino's Enterprises…Ken Ikusawa was right; everyone can't help but to fall in love with Botan. She's not just beautiful but also brains and sociable too. Making everyone like her as soon as they met her.
Botan was now sitting in her office doing some paper works to catch up with the company's progress when someone knock at her door.
"Miss Furuya, there's someone wants to see you, he said he was your friend." Rika, Botan's assistant in Furuya And Minamino's Enterprises said entering Botan's office.
"Let him in then." Botan said as Rika nodded and left her office. 'I wonder who could it be?' Botan thought looking at the door to see a guy with red hair entered her office.
"Hey!" Shuuichi said looking at Botan who look stunned to see him.
"Shuuichi, oh god, I totally forgot we have a dinner date." Botan said looking at the pile of paper work she needed to do. 'Damn, and I look like a mess.' Botan added to her thought.
"It's okay, I'll just wait for you to finish." Shuuichi said smiling to assure Botan that it was okay. 'You can still be beautiful after having so much to do.' Shuuichi thought looking at Botan who still look fresh and beautiful as ever. "This is for you by the way." Shuuichi said handing Botan a bouquet of roses that he had been hiding from his back.
"Thanks!" Botan said accepting the roses and smell the freshness of it. "I'll just finish this, then we can go." Botan added smiling at him.
"It's okay, take your time." Shuuichi said and sat comfortably on a couch that was in Botan's office.
"Do you want anything to drink?" Botan asked looking at Shuuichi.
"No, thank you." Shuuichi answered and open a magazine that he saw lying on the coffee table and started reading.
Botan started to walk fast so she could at least finish some of the paper work while Shuuichi can't help but to look at her once in a while.
Shuuichi's POV…Shuuichi can't help but to think how Botan is different from all the girls he had courted in the past. Botan is different not because of the fact that he doesn't love her or that he is courting her to avenge his father's death but the way he court her was different.
Shuuichi remembered the time when he was courting Maya, he never bothered hiding the bouquet of roses in his back, he just give it to her and that is that, or whenever he wanted to give Maya a flower, he just call the shop and asked them to deliver it to her and that they are the one to write something on the card but with Botan it's a different story, he wants to be the one to pick and buy the flowers and he don't know why it's a big deal hiding the flowers on his back, its just that he was acting what his heart or mind dictate. It's not only roses but also on dates, with Maya and the others, he just asked his assistant to do the necessary things but with Botan its all him.
END OF POV"I'm all set." Botan said interrupting Shuuichi's thought.
Shuuichi look up at Botan and smiled after seeing her smiled at him.
"Let's go then." Shuuichi said offering his hand to Botan who took it.
Shuuichi and Botan left for the restaurant where Shuuichi has reserved. They arrived and were shown to their table, which was far away from the other customers.
"This is a nice place." Botan said when they are settled. "I like it, it's so cozy." Botan added.
"It's good that you like it." Shuuichi said, "I like this place too, my dad used to bring me here once in a while, just to do a what he called 'Male Bonding'" Shuuichi added somehow at ease talking to Botan about his father.
"How nice, my dad used to bring me to the Ferris wheel even when I'm old already and we would laugh together and suddenly he would change subject into me having a boyfriend and all." Botan said looking at Shuuichi "I really miss him you know." Botan added matter of fact.
Shuuichi watch Botan reminisced the memory of her father and somehow hearing Botan talked about him make him feel that Mr. Furuya is a nice man and also he didn't felt any anger for the man when Botan mentioned him. What does that mean?
A very confusing chapter for me but please review and tell me what you think though!