"Ring!" The alarm clock rings loudly to wake up it's master so that it's master won't be late for work.
"Shut up!" The person lying on the bed throws a pillow towards the alarm clock but the alarm clock still continue doing it's job.
"Urgh! " The person suddenly sits up and crawls toward the alarm clock.
" It's 7.30. I still have time to sleep." Ritsu decides to lay back but suddenly her phone rings.
"HI, Tainaka here."
"Nee-chan, you better don't go back to sleep. Don't you remember that today you have meeting with the workers and you need to meet with your secretary?" Satoshi reminds his sister.
"Alright! I'm awake now! By the way, I have to say, your timing is perfect just now. Bye." Ritsu ends the call just before Satoshi can asks her what she is saying. Ritsu stretches her hand toward the sky and walks toward the bathroom. She cleans her herself up and wears a black suit with a yellow tie. She knows the combination of her tie and her suit is kind of weird, but somehow she just feels like she must have at least one thing is yellow with her.
"Should I wear my headband?" Ritsu stares at her yellow headband then stares back at herself through the mirror.
"Nah, the workers still don't know that I'm a girl." Ritsu leaves her apartment and a drive towards her dad's and soon is her brother's company.
"Argh, I still can't get used to this tie thingy." Ritsu complains when she parks her car.
"Good morning, Ritsu-san." A guy with wearing a black suit waiting for Ritsu.
"Hi, Ryuuji. So, let's go to my temporary office."
"Yes, Ritsu-san. Please follow me." Ritsu follows Ryuuji to her temporary office which her dad prepares for her so that she can use it anytime she comes back.
"Thanks, Ryuuji. By the way, about the new secretary that my dad hired…."
"She arrived 10 minutes ago. Do you want me to call for her?"
"Yes, I need to tell her what should she do and ask her to get my schedule for the day."
'Yes, Ritsu-san." Ryuuji walks out from the room. Ritsu walks around the room and looks out the window.
"That old man pick quite awesome place for me. I better thank him later." Ritsu smiles and sits down at her place. She turns on the computer and while waiting for the computer to be completely on, she takes out her laptop. Suddenly, she heard a knock on the door.
"Come in." Ritsu turns around so that she can face the wonderful view.
"Good morning, I'm Akiyama Mio and I am your new secretary." Ritsu still hasn't say a thing after Mio introduces herself.
"So, what do you want me to do?"
"Tainaka. Tainaka Ritsu but you can call me Ritsu just like how the other workers call." Ritsu turns her chair until she is facing Mio. Mio is lowering her head so she hasn't notice Ritsu yet.
"T-tainaka R-ritsu?" Mio raises her head and realizes that Ritsu is sitting at there.
"Yeah, Mio. Long time no see." Ritsu then realizes Mio is crying. She quickly stands up and walks toward Mio.
"Ritsu, is it really you?" Mio asks, scares that it is all just a dream. Ritsu nods her head and pinches Mio's cheek but soon earns a hit from Mio.
"Why are you hitting me? I just helping you to make sure that you are awake."
"Oh, sorry. I just do it out of habit."
"Don't worry about it. So, any question you want to ask? Someone told me that you have plenty of questions to ask me." Ritsu sits down at her seat and signal asks Mio to sit down also.
"I will ask you later. You have to go to your meeting with the worker now, Ritsu-san."
"Oh ya, I nearly forgot. "
"It's weird to call you that."
"I know." Ritsu smiles and walks towards the meeting room with Mio following her.
"You are late, Ritsu." Ritsu's father says to Ritsu when Ritsu walks into the meeting room.
"Ya, Nee-chan." Satoshi complains too.
"Sorry guys. I kind of lost track of time." Ritsu smiles sheepishly.
" Good morning, Ritsu-san!" the other workers in the meeting room bow and greet Ritsu.
"Oh, good morning you guys. So what are we going to discuss that is so urgent until I need to come back?" Ritsu sits down and so do Mio. Mio takes out her notebook and her pen since Ritsu asks her to take note about the meeting before they come in just now. Ritsu already tells her about her job and what should she do. Mio is quite happy that Ritsu is back and most of all, she is working with Ritsu under the same roof but she still quite confuses about the situation, so she decides to ask Ritsu during lunch.
"About that, we are currently facing a big problem, Ritsu-san."
"Oh, so tell me." Ritsu says and opens the file in front of her.
"About this, Ritsu. I wish you can accept this case." Ritsu's father pushes a file towards Ritsu. Ritsu takes it and read.
"So, let me guess, it's them again." Ritsu looks at Satoshi and Satoshi nods his head.
"We try to convince them not to do such thing but they say they will do anything to get that contract that cost about 100 million dollar although that contract already decide to let us handle it" Satoshi explains the situation.
"'That Takumi family, they never know when to stop this kind of thing." Ritsu sighs.
"So now we want you go have a talk with them since you and the eldest daughter are in a quite good term."
"That's all. No problem at all."
"Actually not just that." Satoshi says while Ritsu looks at him confusedly.
"If not just that, then what?"
"The eldest daughter wants you to go on a date with her."
"W-what? You got to be kidding me!" Ritsu jumps from her chair when she hears her dad says such a thing.
"We try to stop this happen. At first, she wants to marry you but we told her that you already engaged with Mugi so she decides just go on with a date." Satoshi explains again. Ritsu sits back to her seat, fingers rubbing her temples.
"Okay, I only do this for the company sake. There's no next time!" Ritsu says when she finally agrees to such ridiculous condition.
"Okay, let's continue with a few more things." So, the meeting continues for 2 hours.
"Ah, it's finally over!" Ritsu slumps down at her chair as soon as she returns to her office.
"Ritsu." Mio says but Ritsu raises her hand.
"Later, Mio; later." Mio nods her head and walks out from the room. Ritsu sighs.
"This is too much, really is too much." Ritsu sighs once again and starts focus on her work. Mio sits down and rubs her temple.
"What is that? What is Ritsu doing here? What is all this about? Urgh! My head hurt." Mio mumbles.
" Akiyama-san." Mio looks up from the file that Ritsu gave her just now. There's she see three womens that are about her age standing at there.
"Oh, hi." Mio greets them politely.
"Akiyama-san, we are your co-workers so we hope that we can get along with each other well. I'm Takeru Miko." The blonde hair women introduce her.
"I'm Koizumi Yuki." The brunette woman shakes her hand with Mio.
"I'm Himeji Miyuki. " A black hair girl says and smiles at Mio.
"Oh, nice to meet with you all." Mio shakes hand with all of them once again.
"We want to ask for your help." Yuki says when she is taking something out from her bag.
"I don't really like how this is going." Mio thinks while waiting for the others to give her something.
"Here, can you help us ask Ritsu-san for his phone number? We mean the private one, not the one that he uses for work." Miyuki says.
"Why?"
"Because I love him." Miyuki answers with a smile of confidence appears on her face.
"W-what?" Mio thinks that she hears wrong but when Miyuki repeats again what she had said just now, Mio slumps to the chair.
"Are you okay, Akiyama-san?"
"Ya, I'm alright. I will help you asks."
"Thanks, Akiyama-san!" Those three women skip back to their seats and continue their work. Mio lies down her head on the table and then lift it up and look into Ritsu's office. Ritsu is busy with her document and keep calling people. Mio notices Ritsu is quite cute for a guy if she leaves her bangs down.
"I don't want any other people to be with her." Mio mumbles. Ritsu grins when she notices that Mio is looking at her but then she continue to her work.
"Oh, damn! Why there's nothing for me to do when I'm at United State but when I come back to Japan, there's a whole lot of thing for me to do?" Ritsu begins to complain. Mio smiles when she sees Ritsu rubs the back of her neck.
"Mio-chan." Mio looks towards the source of the voice and finds out it's Mugi.
"Mugi, what are you doing here?"
"I need to find Ricchan."
"Oh, find Ritsu-san for what?"
"Oh, she promises me that she will bring me to a restaurant for lunch today."
"Oh, I will help to inform her that you had arrived."
"Never mind, I will go in myself." Mugi knocks the door and walks into the room. Ritsu looks up from the document and smiles towards Mugi. Ritsu stands up from the seats and hugs Mugi. Suddenly, Mio sees Ritsu asks her to come in. She nods her head and walks into the room while Ritsu putting down the curtain by pressing a button.
"So, how can I help you, Ritsu-san?" Mio asks politely but Ritsu can feels that Mio is not very happy with what happen just now.
"Later I will bring Mugi to a restaurant to have our lunch. Do you want to come?"
"Why should I ?"
"Because we have whole lot of things need to explain to you." Mugi explains.
"Mio, please don't be such a child. I know I hide a lot of things from you but I will try answering all your question. So, please go get ready. I will finish this in just a minute." Ritsu sighs. Mio nods her head and goes take her bag at her seats. Ritsu walks out from the room with Mugi behind her. Three of them walk toward the parking lot.
"Ritsu, this is your car?" Mio stares at the black Ferrari.
"Oh, you change your car."Mugi says.
"Yes, this is my car. See this plate, Mio? Yup, Mugi. My dad asks me to bring this baby come out for awhile since she had been in the garage for four whole years." Ritsu opens the car door for Mugi and Mio.
"I never know…."
"I'm this rich, right?" Ritsu continue Mio sentence.
"So, get on. I will answer your question on the way." Ritsu starts the engine when everyone is getting on the car.
"Ritsu, why didn't you tell me that you are rich?" Mio asks.
"Because I don't want people think that I depend on my family to be this great."
"So, Mugi; you also don't know that Ritsu is rich?"
"Sorry, Mio-chan but my family and Ricchan family are in a good term so I actually know Ritsu since I was 6 years old."
"Then why didn't you tell me?"
"Mio, this is because I ask Mugi to help me keep a secret. Honestly, I also shock when I saw Mugi in Sakuragaoka."
"Oh I see. So, Ritsu, how are you recently?"
"Oh, I'm fine just a bit busy with work."
"Ricchan, should we tell Mio about this?" Mugi asks.
"Why do you ask that? Don't tell me that you already told Ui about this?" Ritsu exclaims. Mugi nods her head.
"Sorry, Ricchan. I already told Ui-chan about this."
"Urgh, well, alright. Mio, Mugi and I need to tell you something but promise me that you wont go crazy after you hear it."
"I promise." Mio looks outside the window.
"Well, actually we are engaged." Mugi says.
"What?" Mio is shocks about such news.
"She mean, Mugi and I are engaged."
"But how could this be happening? You both are girls."
"Well, except than my family, Mugi's family and you all, no one knows that I'm a girl. Besides, Mugi's father says it's ok for us to get marry. So, this is how it's happen. "Ritsu answers.
"But we don't really agree to it." Mugi adds some details.
"Ya, those old men won't listen to us no matter how I protest to this idea. So Mugi and I decide to engage with each other first then only think of a way to get both of us off such mess." Ritsu says.
"So, Mugi told Ui about this?" Mio asks and Mugi nods her head.
"I just can't help it. I love Ui-chan." Mugi says while lowering her head.
"So have you confess to her?" Mio asks. Mugi lowers her head and gently shakes her head.
"No, I just think it's still not the right time." Mugi suddenly feels a gentle hand touches her head. She looks up and sees Ritsu is touching her head.
"Don't worry, Mugi. I'm sure you are going to be together with Ui." Ritsu smiles. Mugi nods her head and thanks Ritsu.
"So, what are you two planning to do?" Mio asks, starting to feel jealous of Mugi since Mugi is in good term with Ritsu.
"I still don't have any idea but I will think one soon." Ritsu sighs and parks her car. All of them get off the car and walk towards the restaurant.
"Tainaka-san and Kotobuki-san, please walk this way with your friend." A waiter guides them to their seats and Ritsu gives him one thousand dollar as a tips.
"Tainaka-san, may I take your order?" A waitress comes upon their table and asks Ritsu with a sweets voice of hers.
"Oh, just the usual. " Ritsu answers by waving one of her hands elegantly.
"Yes, I understand. Kotobuki-san, may I take your order?" The waitress turns to look at Mugi.
"I will have An Earl Grey tea and a slice of cheese cake." Mugi closes the menu.
"Mugi, is it alright for you to eat this much? You need to eat more, you know. Let me help you to order more. Oh ya, also gives her your famous black pepper steak." Ritsu takes away the menu and helps Mugi order before Mugi can even protest.
"Yes,Tainaka-san. May I take your order?" The waitress turns to look at Mio.
"Oh, I will have cappuccino and the black pepper steak." Mio closes the menu and the waitress walks away. Mio looks the waitress walks away and turns back to Ritsu, wanting to ask her question but she sees Ritsu is sitting closely with Mugi.
"Mugi, how about this idea? What do you think?" Ritsu asks as she points towards a line at the file.
"Oh, I think it's a splendid idea but we need to change a bit. How about like this?" Mugi says and scribbles something on the paper.
"That's brilliant! As expected of Mugi!" Ritsu closes the file and smiles at Mugi. Mugi just smiles gently and blushes as Ritsu compliments her.
"Ehem! Excuse me for interrupt your sweet talk." Mio says with an irritated tone.
"Oh,Mio. I forgot that you were here with us." Ritsu says with a perfunctory tone.
"So, what do you want to ask?" Ritsu asks again and looks at Mio with a serious face on her.
"Why you left me?"
"Oh, I think it's obvious for you. You had a boyfriend and I don't want to beat your boyfriend up so I left."
"That's not it."
"Okay, I also don't want to have a weird atmosphere around us after that incident." Mio stops for awhile while thinking back the day they had a fight with each other.
"Okay, but that doesn't mean you must leave me. You can talk with me about this." Mio says, still lowering her head, preventing the tears flow down from her face as she thinks back the day when she knows Ritsu left her all alone.
"You promise me that you will be with me forever and you broke that promise." Mio continues.
"I must break that promise because I love you. I love you more than a friend. I couldn't stand seeing you be all loveys dovey with other guy and not beating that guy up. Anyway, that's already past, I'm just think of you as a friend and i hope you can find a better man." Ritsu reply calmly. Mio is shocks, the hot tempered, mischievous Ritsu had gone and now sitting in front of her is the calm and quiet Ritsu.
"So, any question?" Ritsu waves her hand in front of Mio.
"Oh, nothing. I think I need to go first. You two enjoy your meal." Mio quickly turns away so that Ritsu wont realize she is crying.
"Wait!" Ritsu stands up and grabs her hand. She pulls Mio's hand and sees Mio is crying.
"E-eh! W-why are you crying? You should not cry! You should be happy since you are not with me!" Ritsu quickly wipes away Mio's tears when Mio turns away and lets go of Ritsu's hand. Mio turns away and quickly run away.
"Baka Ritsu! I just want to be with you! Why you have to be so calm?" Mio runs as fast as she can and she stops when she is tired.
"I'm such an idiot!" Ritsu shouts as she drives with Mugi sits beside her.
"Calm down, Ricchan. Do you know where Mio is?" Mugi asks.
"How the hell that I know? That girl, although I think about her happiness and leave her alone so that she will finds a better guy, but why she have to cry?" Ritsu slaps herself while driving.
"Ricchan, it's not your fault. It's just both of you realize your feeling for each other too late." Mugi tries her best to calm Ritsu but all her effort seems useless.
"Ah! I know! She definitely be there!" Ritsu starts to drive toward the park that she usually go to.
"The park?" Mugi asks, confusing by Ritsu sudden behavior.
"Any problem with it?" Ritsu asks.
"But why the park of all places? You can go to Mio's house." Mugi slightly tilts her head to the side.
"This is because the park it's the place that Mio and I share the most wonderful memories of our life." Ritsu replies while parking the car at the roadside. She runs down after telling Mugi to wait on the car.
"Mio, there you are!" Ritsu runs towards Mio and Mio looks up from her legs, with tears cover her face.
"R-ritsu? Why are you here?"
"To find you, of course!"
"Don't come near me!"
"Why not?"
"You s-should be with Mugi. You t-two s-suit e-each other."
"Mio, let me explain." Ritsu runs and squats down. Mio turns her head away and getting ready to run away.
"I don't want to hear it! I don't want to hear that you don't love me anymore when I love you so much!"
"No, Mio. I love you but my kind of love and your kind of love is different."
"No, it's not!" Mio shouts back and starts to get up and run away.
"Mio!"
"Don't come near me!" Ritsu starts chase Mio when Mio is running out from the park. Mugi sees Mio is running towards the center of the road with Ritsu running behind her. Mugi's eyes go wide when she sees a huge truck is driving towards Mio.
"Mio, stop!" Ritsu continue to run but her eyes go wide when she sees the truck is driving towards Mio and Mio doesn't seem to notice it.
"Honk! Honk!" The truck driver sees Mio and honk the horn. Mio stares at the truch and doesn't know what to do.
"Oh great! I didn't get to confess to Ritsu and now I'm going to die." Mio thinks as she shuts her eyes close.
"Mio!" This is the last word that Mio hears from Ritsu. Mio feels some force pushes her towards the sidewalk. She quickly opens her eyes and sees Ritsu lying at there, with the truck at the sidewalk.
"N-nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!" Mio shouts as soon she realizes Ritsu safe her from the accident by sacrificing herself.
A/N: Hey, sorry for the late update. Busy helding event at school! So, what do you guys think about this chapter? Please R&R so that I can improve in my writing. So, I'm really sorry for updating all my story so late. This is because I had been multitasking while I writing this chapter. I been writing all the chapters of my story one at a time, and also drinks coffee, eats cake at the same time and I recently feels that I really can't do multitasking. So I give up on that idea. Now for the reply for the reviewer that had been supporting me this much. RandomReader, I will focus in Mitsu right now, but in the next chapter I will focus on MugiUi, then only on YuiAzu. I been writing one more story which is purely focusing on YuiAzu. So I hope you will like it. AlexSamtin,thanks for review again! I glad that you like this story! I also think that I make Mugi out of character too much and I try to fix that. Thanks for the review anyway!Psihopatul, I'm really sorry for this late update of story, but I really glad you like this story! I will continue this story to make it better so that's why I need all those reviews! That's all for now! Let's meet again in the next chapter!