Chapter Five
Best Enemies
Don't you dare look out your window, darling,
Everything's on fire
The war outside our door keeps raging on
Hold on to this lullaby
Even when music's gone
Gone_ Safe and Sound, Taylor Swift
"Yukihira Mikan," I say brightly, extending my right hand, as my left hand is still tightly clasped in Hijiri-kun's. Sumire eyes me suspiciously, she's an open book, she's claimed this man; and she doesn't want me to get to friendly with him. I mentally sigh, I have no intention to entangle myself with someone who seems as dangerous as this man does.
He eyes my hand as if it's a venomous snake and then he looks back at the boy, his eyes softening once again.
"Hyuuga," he says simply and he gives Hijiri a soft tug, the boy releases my hand, "Hyuuga" looks at me again, and then his eyes dart towards Sumire.
"Imai told me she hired a new girl," he says gruffly, and then he looks at me again, but this time he's not looking in my eyes, he's assessing me, looking me up and down, and for some strange reason I feel my cheeks heat up.
"You know Subaru?" I ask, trying to play it cool, and probably failing. He raises an eyebrow,
"Hotaru Imai," he shakes his head disdainfully.
"Don't you know anything?"
Okay, he's passed the point of no return, I officially do not like him, no matter how much Hijiri-kun does. Sumire is chuckling and I turn to fix her with a deadly glare, she stops, but she gives me a nasty smirk.
"I've only been working for a few days," I tell him sourly, my hands going to my hips.
"Obviously," he says, and Sumire starts up her chuckle again, I'm fighting the urge to punch him in his infuriatingly handsome face, when I'm rescued;
"Natsume, can't you go a day without antagonizing someone?" the voice is coming from somewhere above me, so I look up to the immense spiral staircase, and there he is; my knight in a pinstriped black suit and blue tie.
I smile at him, he's my coworker, and to be honest…I might have a bit of a crush on him, he's pretty perfect. Combed blond hair and bright honest blue eyes, His name is Nogi Ruka.
The red-eyed man shrugged one shoulder,
"So you're here, Ruka," he says, seeming a bit puzzled, but unsurprisingly he remains composed.
"Of course I'm here," says Nogi-senpai amiably, moving down the stairs gracefully. I smile at him, hoping it doesn't seem to worshipful.
"Good Evening, Nogi-senpai," I bow respectfully and he bows back,
"Yukihira-chan, good evening, you're looking lovely as usual," I blush and squirm a little, Hyuuga snorts.
"You're ridiculous," he says eyeing me again, to my chagrin my cheeks go hot once more under his dazzling red gaze.
"She has the body of a 12 year old boy," I blanch and quickly cover my less than womanly chest, how cruel, to hit a girl where she's most self conscious.
"You know nothing about women," says Nogi-senpai, circling an arm around my shoulders. Hyuuga's eyes spark, but I can't decipher the emotion behind them.
"So I assume that you're speaking from experience with 12 year old boys," Hyuuga tenses, and I grin, from ear to ear, delighting in his discomfort.
Hijiri-kun is silent, looking between Nogi-senpai and Hyuuga with big gray eyes.
"Come on Youichi," Says Hyuuga taking the little boy's hand again and heading for the exit.
"Don't be angry Natsume!" calls Ruka, I cough and squirm away from him a little, blushing bright red, but his arm still holds me, and of course I don't mind. Hyuuga turns at the exit and offers Nogi-senpai a salute,
"Of course not, see you at home."
Oh no, oh no, oh no, hold it right there, they live together? As in share a house together? There is no way!
My heart shatters into a million pieces, how could I not have seen it, Nogi-senpai was too perfect, too well groomed.
Good bye my perfect prince, I have no chance if you two are gay…