Chapter 20 Parallel worlds

Her welcome party had ended with her introducing her 'fiance' to her friends who had looked momentarily surprised but thank god they had recovered by the end and she had kicked Seiya out of her apartment the moment they were all alone which he obviously had found to be sexy but she was having an urge to kill someone and figured that if he stayed she would definitely kill him. She really didn't want to kill that guy it would've been quick and easy not what she had in her mind for him. She wanted it to be slow and painful sounds sadistic but that's how she wants him to pay.

"Hey boss, Mr. Johnson called he says he didn't get those files"

"I mailed him an hour ago, did you tell him to check his mail"

"Yup" Miyu frowned in response.

"Did you ask him for an alternative id?"

"Yup"

"I'm mailing the files to you, forward it to him"

She wrote ass-hole in the subject and mailed the files and when her secretary conformed that she had forwarded the mail 10 minutes later Miyu him to apologise for her rudeness blaming the crappy day she was having at work. The guy was a major sucker for honesty and he brushed it off saying he understood the sentiment quite fairly. She thanked him, apologised twice more and then hung up. She really was having a bad day. All thanks to Seiya and his unannounced appearance at her home. She's going to kill the guy for hurting Kanata. Yeah if this goes on she'll have to kill him infinite times and each time for a different reason.

Her head was killing her.

"Boss"

"What?" she snapped.

"Mr. Saionji needs you" Miyu snapped her head up staring at her secretary "I mean for the meeting…umm with the president"

Oh right, Kanata's father had called upon a meeting to see how things were going.

"I'll be ready in 15" and she headed to her private bathroom, took a quick shower blow dried her hair and touched up her makeup. At least she looked and felt fresh.

As she headed for the conference room she had a premonition, her instincts told her something was off and how many times she has been right about that? Let's see about every time.

'God let everything be okay' she hated these premonitions they were always true and horrible. She bumped into Santa.

"Oh hi"

"Hey"

"You look troubled, everything alright?"

"Yeah actually not really, I mean it's not really that bad but it's not good. No I mean it's not bad at all"

"You're freaking out and you are freaking me out, what's wrong Santa?"

"Aya's pregnant"

She sighed in relief "So what's wrong with that, its double congrats I suppose isn't it?"

"Yes but we had scheduled the marriage at the end of the year but by that time she'll be in her third trimester"

"Move it up then, let us have your wedding at the end of this month. We'll all help with preparations"

"Really is that possible"

"Of course it is, we'll do it together. Don't worry"

"Thanks Miyu, I was so worried. You're a lifesaver" he hugged her tight and she returned the gesture equally. She smiled at him and turned around to see two people staring at them. Kanata and Seiya and both of them had same expression on their face which might have made her laugh under any ordinary circumstances. But right now all she felt was dread. Somehow she had a feeling this was all going south.

After 3 hours of drilling she dragged herself to her cabin and started her presentation. She had to finish it today at any cost. She had to submit it and then go home and prepare for the presentation for tomorrow.

"And ENTER, there" as she sent the mail to her boss aka the guy next door aka Kanata she patted herself on the back for having finished her work on time and laid her head down on the desk just for a minute.

As Kanata turned off the lights of his office and walked out of his cabin he saw that the lights in Miyu's cabin were on. He checked his watch, it was almost 1AM no way she was still in her cabin she had mailed him that presentation almost 2 hours ago. Thinking how irresponsible she was to leave the lights on he walked over to her cabin and stopped at the entrance.

She was sleeping peacefully with her head on the desk, hairs scattered all around her face. This woman could really sleep anywhere under any circumstances and by far this was the most comfortable place he had caught her sleeping in till date. He had always loved watching her sleep it was his favourite past time hobby correction it used to be his favourite past time hobby. As he walked over to her sleeping form all their moments spent together ran a marathon through his mind.

God I miss her so much. All his anger and bitterness towards her was draining him of his energy. He swallowed his emotions back and stared at that familiar face a bit longer. She is still cute and still cutest when she's mad he smiled at that. He walked over to her his fingers aching to touch her to feel that feather smooth skin again. As he raised his arm she moved and he stilled, there's no way he wanted her to catch him in a moment like this. She snuggled closer to the cocoon of her arms cradling her head into it her hand resting beneath her head. He noticed something he should have noticed earlier her engagement ring catching the light and he backed away instantly. He walked out of her cabin and called Santa.

He might still want her but she wasn't available anymore and he was not making a fool of himself again. He waited till Santa arrived and then walked out of his office building without uttering another word.

"I want you to sanction this fund" Miyu told Seiya.

"I would do anything for you sweetheart but you need your bosses signature"

"But I need your approval first"

"And I did, you didn't receive that document?"

"No"

"Let me see…Ah stupid me I didn't send it. Forgive me for my carelessness"

"Stop playing games Seiya, I take my job very seriously"

"I know and this wasn't deliberate, I didn't do…"

"I don't care just don't make me walk all the way up here next time"

"There's nothing wrong in catching up with your fiancé at your workplace"

"That's right I'm your fiancée not a toy for you to order around and amuse yourself with"

"You don't let me touch you, you don't talk to me, and you're not staying with me even when we're living in the same area. Do you really think I should believe you, are you really fiancée?"

No I'm not, I'm the peril your life is awaiting. She took a deep breath, when pissed off doesn't work then try being sweet and he melts like butter. With as much sweetness she could muster she spoke slowly, carefully "look no matter what you think I am giving us a shot right and then I love my own space, you know that. And I have a lot to do, if you keep dragging me to your cabin for little things like these obviously I'm going to lag behind and snap. I hate that and you should know that, you know me better than anyone else"

At least the last part was true even if the rest was all rubbish. Seiya looked momentarily stunned. Okay maybe it was too sweet for his taste.

"you should have said so earlier, I'm sorry I bothered you" he smiled at her and she thought 'what a waste, he could have been a nice guy if he wasn't all malevolence and evil and criminal mind and…no he can never be a nice guy'.

She walked back to her cabin and began her work, thanks to Seiya she was more than an hour behind her schedule.

When she finally shut down her laptop and glanced at the clock…good god it was half past midnight. She should be comfy and cosy in her bed right now but she was here in her cabin all alone and well just alone. Sighing deeply she stood up and turning the lights off she walked out and saw light filing out of Kanata's cabin. She frowned, he shouldn't be here but the guy was an insomniac so…

I'm not going in, no I'm not. Last thing I need is him catching me checking up on him. But her legs had their own mind and before she knew it she was standing in front of his cabin, her hand stretched to push the door open

She cracked open the door a little and then a little more, pushing it open she walked in. The place was a mess; papers scattered around, a guitar at the corner and large woofers on the other side. She looked at the sleeping mess and just stared at him for a little while. Turning around she picked her cell phone and was about to dial Santa. "Miyu" she stiffened and turned around. He was still asleep but right….he sleep talks, how could she forget.

She walked to him and whispered "Kanata, can you hear me?" feeling like an utter fool when he didn't reply she tugged an arm beneath his head and spoke again "Come on Kanata, I want you to get up". Ditching the idea to call Santa, poor guy needed some break from taking care of Kanata 24/7 around the year, she spoke softly again. With any luck Kanata won't remember a thing he sleeps like a rock when he does sleep. With a little more manoeuvring she dragged him to the attached bedroom, perks of owning the company and being a CEO. Hours later she managed to somehow drag the sleeping beauty to his bed and settled him as comfortably as she could.

Taking a deep breath as she sat down on the couch she looked at her watch, 1:47 AM. She sighed deeply and then stretched her legs a bit and she laid down her head thinking to herself a minute, just a minute and then I'll drive home. A minute later she didn't have enough energy to move her fingers let alone drag her body all the way home. Before she fell asleep she had one last glimpse of Kanata snuggling the duvet closer to his body.

His eyes flew open and he blinked. Then he sat up on his bed followed by more blinking while he looked around. He was in his cabin, well in the bedroom attached to his cabin. He had a fleeting memory of someone asking him to get up and then being pushed around. He turned to his left and saw Miyu sleeping on his couch, so that someone had been her.

'Why? Why do you care? You show up after 5 years, engaged and looking like a Hollywood model and act all vulnerable and…why do you pull back me exactly when I am about to let go'

Nothing much had changed, when they were in school they both hated each other but still somehow cared for each other in their own ways and now even when she's engaged she's here sleeping on his couch.

'You still confuse me Miyu' he just stared at her and then walked to the bathroom. Half an hour later when he was all dressed and ready for the day he walked over to her, lifted her in his arms and settled her on the bed instead. Going by the clock she'll be sleeping for an hour or two, not an early bird he reminded himself and walked out to resume his work.

When Miyu woke up the first thought that came to her mind was 'where am I?'

When it dawned on her that she was in Kanata's bedroom sleeping in his bed "what the hell" she got up shouting.

'Shit, shit and here I was hoping he won't find out. Damn' she tiptoed all the way to the door and peeked through it.

'Please don't be here, anywhere but here' only thing left for her to held her pride was to quickly get to her cabin. She had never been more grateful for her cabin to be next to his and thank god she always had a change of clothes there. When she rushed to her cabin she didn't stop to look around if anyone had caught her running out of her boss's cabin wearing the same clothes as yesterday. It was only after locking herself in the bathroom that she took a deep breath. When she came out and looked at the clock it was half past 7 that meant she was early by half an hour but who cared. This was good that meant not many people were in the office at this time which meant lesser chances that anyone had caught her running from Kanata's office like a criminal does from a crime scene.

"Seiya I want you to mail me that document"

"Where were you last night?" her hand froze on her phone.

"Where else, I was at home. Why are you asking?"

"I called, you didn't answer"

"I had a late night I was in the office way beyond midnight. You can understand if I didn't pick your call"

"Okay" was his only response but somehow she wasn't sure that he was convinced.

"About that mail"

"yeah wait a sec"

2 minutes later she received the mail and printed the document attached to it and bracing herself walked over to her boss's cabin and knocked ever so lightly.

"Come in"

"I need you to sign this" he took the papers without looking at her and she waited while he read them. 5 minutes later signing them he handed her the papers back.

"About last night, umm…thanks"

"Yeah thanks" he looked at her and for the first time since she had been back his gaze wasn't full of hatred.

"So are we cool?" she asked, wrong question he went from being all autumn to glacial in seconds. His response was the coldest she had ever felt in life.

"No Miyu, we're too far from being cool"

She nodded at him and walked back to her cabin. The only sound that distracted her was the ping for receiving another mail and this was her personal id. Just when she was about to open that mail her phone rang. The number was private, untraceable and there was only one person who could be calling her from that number.

"Hello"

"I just sent you a mail, check it out"

She hung up and clicked open that mail. Oh my god! This is it she smiled at herself. Finally she had what she wanted.

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When Miyu found her voice back the first thing that her mind wanted to do was scream but she managed to quiet the urge.

"Get out"

"Miyu, I…"

"Get the hell out of here Kanata"

He looked at her but she didn't look back she was still rocking herself back and forth staring at the floor when he walked out that goddamn room.