chapter 18 Life or a horror show

Next day when everyone came to check up on Kanata the doctor told them that he was healing well and would be discharged within a week which meant on coming Monday.

"Where's your father?"

"He's in New York, some business trip"

"Does he know about your accident?"

"No…I don't know he didn't call so I'm guessing he doesn't care"

"I'm sure he's just busy"

"Oh I know he is, he is always busy" he sounded bitter.

"Kanata"

"Let's just not talk about that okay"

"Okay"

"So... did you think about my proposal?"

"No"

"You don't want to marry me?"

"It's not that, tell me who on earth proposes to their girlfriend in a hospital lying on a hospital bed wearing a stupid hospital gown, you can do better than that"

"You in love with the word hospital?"

"Ha very funny" she said with a straight face.

He smiled but then got serious and she flinched on the inside, she couldn't avoid the topic any more.

"Tell me Miyu, what's wrong"

"Nothing it's nothing"

"Then why don't you want to marry me"

"Let's just focus on you getting out of this hospital first okay we'll have plenty of time to plan our wedding later"

He nodded at her his face showing no emotions and she hated herself at the moment because she knew she was hurting him but she had no choice. He was here because of her and there was no way she was going to endanger him or any of her friends any more than they already were. She was already occupied by that late night call she didn't want to take things any further if his life was at stake & she knew it was and she would only bring him sorrow nothing else.

He was recovering fast thankfully and by Sunday all he had to worry about was the plaster in his leg that would need another fortnight to cut it off.

"So it's Sunday are you going somewhere you know sight seeing?"

"Actually yes I told you about the internship, I am just going to drop my CV"

"Hey tell me the name of the firm I can…"

"No I appreciate your help but I don't need your influence or your recommendation, I want to do this on my own okay"

He looked so sad that she almost told him where she was heading to. Walking over to his bed she kissed him first on his lips then on his forehead "I love you, I'll be back soon Kay, take care. I'll call you"

"If I ask you stay will you?" he asked her.

"Sorry but it's kind of important"

"Not even if I sing you Jesse McCartney's Beautiful soul"

"As much as I love that song I really have to go" she kissed him again.

"Bye" he waved his hand like a 3 year old looking so adorably sullen and sad that she had to literally drag herself out of his room. As she walked out of the lobby of the hospital she looked around, flagged a cab and gave him the address.

It was easy to search that address since the landmark was the famous Tokyo tower, she got off the cab and after paying the fare looked around for the building. It was so tall that she had to crane her neck all the way back to her shoulder blade. As expected from Seiya, his office being at the top most floor. Seriously the guy couldn't be more obvious, typical flashy sleazeball. It would take forever to reach there she thought as she entered the building, flashed her ID, received a 'visitor's' card from the reception and walked all the way to the elevators. The ping of the elevator indicated she had reached her destination.

She felt like she had stepped into some Hollywood setup, the floor so immaculately clean that made her scrub her palms on her jeans, feeling stupid and stunned she walked over to the wait there was no reception area as she looked around but on her left was a huge cabin with Seiya Yaboshi Attorney general written on the door she knocked and then walked in without waiting for any response. She was blackmailed into coming here so she could excuse her manners.

"Oh my sweet little Miyu, how are you today?" that saccharin dripping fake voice made her gag and she opened her mouth so she could breath properly.

"I'm not little anymore Seiya neither sweet and I'm definitely not yours"

He wasn't even fazed as he looked at her as if he had expected exactly that response from her, she hated the fact that he could read her so well. It made her feel like throwing up precisely on him if she could.

There was a woman with them though, tall and beautiful and her intelligent eyes were all over Miyu as if she was scanning her for any hidden weapons. Feeling slightly exposed under her gaze Miyu walked over to sit, she was here to talk so better make herself comfortable. Zayn Malik's Back to sleep was playing in the background.

"You couldn't play a dirtier song" said Miyu as she settled down.

"Forgive me" he stopped the song and flicked a finger toward the woman "Mikan here is a huge Zayn malik fan"

"Actually one direction fan" the woman said.

"Tell me, were you responsible for Kanata's accident?"

"Always in a hurry Miyu, it's been years. Let's catch up first"

"I didn't come here for chit chat"

"Fine then yes I did that"

"And you're accepting it knowing very well that I can use this as evidence"

"As much as I love your wits Miyu, you're still a child though. You can't bug me here with all the wireless tech being used you will not catch anything, the channel's distorted" his smile was so evil that she had to look away just so she wouldn't jump and start throttling him. She grabbed the edge of the table to restrain herself.

"You son of a bitch I'll kill you I swear…"

"Careful sweetheart, you're in my territory now and Mikan here is a trained assassin, trust me you don't want her to be anywhere near you or your friends"

She clenched her teeth and looked over to the woman; she was not just beautiful but also built strong, her face impassive giving nothing away.

"How pathetic that you need a woman to drag another to your bed, talk about masculinity" she mocked. Seiya clenched his fingers into a fist and Miyu felt a rush of excitement because this was good he hardly ever showed any emotions he was always under so much control. At least she could bother him in some manner.

"Don't test my patience"

"Why not?"

"You don't want to see my evil side"

"Huh, I've already been through your evil side remember what else there is to see"

"Look I didn't mean to do what I did okay? All those years were so difficult to think that I drove you away from me, I never had a girlfriend because I just couldn't stop thinking about you"

"I never had a boyfriend either, how ironic that you were the reason"

"Miyu I'm serious"

"Do I look like I'm having the time of my life?"

He stood up abruptly knocking his chair all the way back to the wall where it slammed and kicked off in Mikan's direction as she put a hand to steady the damn thing.

"You screwed me up, you destroyed me and now I am having doubts about myself, I don't think I am capable to love anyone enough to spend rest of my life with them. I am having doubts about my own life and that's all because of you"

"What do you mean spend your life with anyone" he asked.

She went quiet, damn her mouth.

"You're not marrying him Miyu if you marry that guy I'll destroy him and I'll destroy you" he was a maniac she was sure of it now. Miyu took a step back trying to keep as much distance between them as possible.

"You can't force me Seiya I would rather die than be with you"

"Why, why do you say such things Miyu? How many times should I say I love you, I can't live without you?"

"And I can't live with you if it comes to that I'll kill myself and this is the proof that I can" she was so fast with the knife that it was a blur. Before Seiya or Mikan could stop her, she sliced her left wrist and the thick red blood started to flow down all through her palm from the middle of her fingers, staining the immaculate white marble floor of his office.

"Miyu, what the hell. What are you doing are you mad? God Miyu!" he ran to her as Mikan rushed to the bathroom and emerged with a first aid kit. "Give me your hand now" she commanded and surprisingly Miyu relented. She bandaged her wrist with such perfection that Miyu had to wonder if she was a trained medic as well "here take this, it'll ease off the pain"

If earlier Seiya looked like a maniac then now he was looking like devil express delivered straight from hell.

"What the hell you were thinking, do you think if you threaten me like that then I'll listen to you, damn you girl, I'll force you into my bed and then I'll force you to marry me. I have been in love with oyu for my entire life and I am not letting go. Nothing can stop me not you not anyone. I am invincible" he straightened himself and grabbed her by her arms, his fingers clutching so hard that they would definitely leave bruises later, assuming she had any later. She screamed at the top of her lungs as he forcefully dragged her to his attached bedroom.

"Sorry to interrupt but you have a board meeting in 10 minutes" Mikan said.

"Cancel it" he barked.

"I can't, this is the 3rd time you're asking me to cancel it"

"Then tell them I am dead"

"Now that's illogical"

"What meeting?"

"Saionji's group, Housho Saionji will be there"

"Damn it, lock her in"

"You can't, I timed an email to the commissioner saying if I go missing then you're the reason and he'll be on your doorstep in no time and you know that guy is really honest, you can't buy him" Miyu said.

Seiya cursed his frustration as he stomped his way to the bathroom she looked over to Mikan who just stood there giving away nothing. As he emerged 5 minutes later he was calm like the calm before the storm.

"you don't think you won, I might let you go this time but then there are other ways to drag you back and you'll come back. Don't forget your precious boyfriend's life is at stake here, you try to be smart next time and you'll regret it for the rest of your life"

Miyu took a deep breath to calm her racing nerves as she walked over to the door and turned around "thanks for the bandage. A word of advice, if I were you I would walk away before things get dirty"

"And I would say the same to you"

She gave her a hard look and walked to the elevators. Rushing past the reception she flagged a cab and didn't breathe again till she was in Kanata's ward. He was sleeping peacefully as she walked over to him it occurred to her how lucky she had been. God that email thing had been a lie she had not anticipated that things would go so wrong. Thank god, for the first time she was happy that she had lied. God only know what might have happened if she hadn't said that. She shuddered at the thought and went over to sit on the couch in the corner. She closed her eyes and drifted to sleep.

As her eyes flew open she rubbed them more out of habit than necessity. She looked around and her eyes locked on to the familiar pair of browns.

"Hey"

"Hi, when did you wake up?"

"I don't know been couple of hours"

"What time is it?" she looked around for a clock.

"Its 7 pm"

"What? Why didn't you wake me up earlier?"

"You were sleeping so peacefully I didn't have the heart to wake you up, you didn't sleep last night?"

True enough she had been too tensed to sleep last night. She walked over to him.

"How are you feeling?"

"Fantastic" he said smiling at her "what happened to your hand?"

"I cut it accidentally on glass" god what a pathetic lie. If that was the case the cuts would have been all over her palm and not her wrist. Kanata was thinking the same as he gave her a sceptical look.

"So all set to get discharged tomorrow?"

"Yeah, just can't wait to get rid of this plaster"

"Will your father be here when you get discharged"

Oh shit, why did I say that she stiffened as she looked at his surprised face.

"How did you know he's here?"

"Oh I heard Wanya talking to him when I came in"

"Hmmm…" now what was that supposed to mean. God kill me now better die than lie to him.

Kanata looked at Miyu as she busied herself with trivial things like picking up a magazine from the floor, straightening his already straight pillow; clearly she was trying to avoid any conversation or any eye contact. And god knows why had she lied to him, Wanya had been called by his father and the guy had left early in the morning, he wouldn't be back before tomorrow. She had lied about her hand too but why would she do that? What is she hiding?

That made him doubt if she was as much into their relationship as he was or is she even into it at all? Does she even care about him? She had very politely refused his proposal. All this and her acting strange ever since they started dating made him wonder if she was even involved in their relationship or was he the soul member in it. Is it possible, could she be such a good actress? All he could do was wonder.

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"What do you want Seiya? I am doing exactly as you said, I'm leaving tomorrow and you don't have any business here anymore"

"Not really, you rebuffed my proposal"

"I will never marry you as long as I'm alive"

Now it was his turn to glare at her "Are you planning to marry him in secret because know this Miyu that I'll find it out and then…"

"Shut it right there, you say you love me and yet you don't really know what love is. Sometimes you have to let go of people you love the most, it's not always a happily ever after"

"You don't really love him Miyu do you? If you did you would never walk away"

"My love for him is not something you will ever understand Seiya, no matter what you do you are never going to understand this. Your love is just like you, shallow"

"You really hurt me sometimes, you really do"

"Glad to know that you get to know a bit of what I'm going through"

"But we'll be together, you'll eventually marry me"