I met Kaede at the gate of her house in the agreed time. From what she told me, Kanoko had left early to meet some friends from her work. I can't deny that I was surprised. That girl had a social life? She and Ayumu were not only Kokujin's loyal slaves, but they were also the most addicted to sex with him, always clinging to Kokujin like parasites requiring a host to survive. But well, as long as they don't cause trouble to me and my goals, I don't give a shit about what they do in their spare time.
We set off as quickly as possible for our destination. The journey to Tokyo didn't take that long, it barely took us two hours to reach there. The real problem was the huge amount of traffic in the city. Every minute we spent in the massive queues of cars, my patience wore thin. The anxiety made me start tapping my fingers on my leg.
Come on, come on, come on! Get out of our path! Stop being a nuisance in my way! I want to see my Hiroki soon!
I couldn't help but complain in my head. Every time I rejoiced that traffic was flowing properly, it almost immediately became congested. It was as if some unknown force didn't want to let us reach our destination. Clearly that wasn't the case, it was just my dissatisfaction with our present predicament speaking louder, but even if that were the case, nothing was going to stop me from reclaiming my beloved boyfriend. If they say that true love is an ocean, mine would be a universe.
I tried to occupy my mind with fond thoughts of Hiroki, reminiscing over some of our dates and how his crystal-blue eyes were only ever aimed at me with pure joy and love. And to think that soon I'll be able to see them totally extinguished and with pure devotion and thirst for me...Heat ran down my crotch from picturing it.
I vaguely perceived Kaede peering at me out of the corner of her eye with a faintly stunned expression as she heard my soft moan and saw the flush on my cheeks, but she drew her attention back to the street ahead.
Time ticked by as I was lost in a sea of memories and fantasies. In the blink of an eye, thirty minutes had elapsed. In that space of time, we began to move away from the chaos of busy areas and into cozier neighborhoods. Driving along the almost desert street, we drove past five more houses before stopping in front of a specific one.
Said house was two stories high, and unlike the previous all-white houses, this one had a light gray tint. From how flawless the color was, one must assume that the paint had been reapplied not too long ago.
"Get your ass off the seat, Kaede!" I exclaimed, stepping out of the car in a rush and heading to the entrance, the older woman quickly closing the car door to come to my side. Tch, what a slow and retarded person.
I stared at the door for a few seconds.
I honestly feel like I'm in a dream. My sweetheart is presumably inside this house. After four painful years, I'm just a few meters away from obtaining him like I had during our school days.
Easing my racing heart, I knocked loudly on the door.
"I'm coming." - A jovial male voice echoed from the other side. A few minutes later, the door opened to reveal a man around 45 years with dark green eyes and blond hair that reached down to his shoulders. His visage showed happiness, but as soon as his eyes landed on me, and especially on Kaede, the joy faded altogether and gave rise to a cold stare.
That reaction...
''H-hello, Saito, it's been a few years.'' - Kaede spoke shyly, raising her hand in a small greeting.
"Kaede. What are you doing here?"
''W-well you see... I have urgent reasons to come see you. My son ran away from home after an argument, the typical childsh behavior of a teenager when they're angry. We got worried sick when we saw that he hadn't come back home the next day, so we decided to look for him at my parents' and my sister's house, but he wasn't there. I thought maybe he'd stopped by your place, so I came to check if that was the case. I just can't calm down thinking that my baby might be in some sort of trouble." - She said as she stuttered a bit on some of her words, her watery eyes flashing with sadness.
This woman could star in a drama movie with how well she acts, and here I thought I knew how to pretend well when I was cheating on Hiroki with Kokujin.
During those four years she never even showed any remorse for having thrown away her love for her own child to serve Kokujin, and now she's playing the classic worried mother role. A major bitch, indeed.
Splendid attempt Kaede, but I think you should stop faking it, after all...
A frown deepened on the blond man's face.
"You're really shameless, aren't you? Daring to try to fool me? You trash of a human being. Also, you're four years late."
He clearly knows the truth.
Kaede paused for a couple of seconds, taken aback by his words.
''Wha-''
''Don't come playing the loving mother with me. I know all about your despicable activities. Hiroki made a point of telling me every detail." - Saito said, crossing his arms and glaring at Kaede with sheer loathing.
My heart started pumping again with full force, my pulse racing. So I was right! Hiroki really is living in this house! Kyaaaaaah~ I can't help myself, I need to see him right now~❤️
As if seized by an uncontrollable impulse, I passed the man's side, entering the house. Or at least it would have been like that, if it hadn't been for Saito's calloused hand grabbing my wrist and stopping me.
"What do you think you're doing, girl?" He said sullenly. What an annoying old man.
"What else? I'm coming in to talk to my boyfriend." I replied curtly. Just let me go, old man, I need to see my darling's adorable face and shower him with kisses. I bet he misses my lips, but don't worry, Hiroki, you'll have them all to yourself in no time.
The older man looked at me in incredulity, his green eyes open wide. It was then that his body began to tremble, but the sudden shaking soon transfomed into a hearty burst of laughter.
''Ha...haha...hahahahahaha! Your boyfriend? You really still think of him as your boyfriend? That's a good one! Hahahahahahaha!" - He kept on without letting go of me. A vein sprang on my forehead.
Why is that bastard laughing at what I said? And what right does he have to laugh at my words? Grr! How I wish I could slice his tongue out so that his irritating laughter could die at once while he drowns in his own blood!
Now chuckling, his grip on my wrist tightened. It was then that it stopped altogether.
''Hey, what's up with you? Stop squeezing my wrist-'' I couldn't finish speaking as he pulled me tight, roughly throwing me on top of Kaede. As soon as our bodies collided, we both stumbled back a few steps, but we got back on our feet instantaneously.
What the fuck is going on in that son of a bitch's head!
"Do you realize that I can report you for violence against a woman? You bastard!" - I hissed at him, who grinned mockingly back at me.
How I want to wipe that obnoxious smile off that old man's face. Should I go seduce some gangsters and ask them to beat him up? I think I should, he's trying to get in my way to take back something that belongs to me.
"Listen, brat, you were barging into my house without my permission, that's trespassing my property, so don't even give me that crap!" He exclaimed angrily.
"I just want to fucking see Hiroki! If you don't want me in your house, bring him out right now!" - Saito raised an eyebrow as he gazed at me.
"And you really think he'd want to come out of his own free will to see the girl who ruined his life? Come on brat, you can't be that stupid."
I gritted my teeth at his remarks. He doesn't understand anything. Of course Hiroki would come out to see me. I'm the only woman for him, the one who, no matter how pathetic he was, would always love him. We have a special connection that can never be broken. Perhaps his mind rejects it momentarily because of the trauma, but his heart and body do not. Desire for me runs deep within him!
Looking at me neutrally, Saito snorted as he casually leaned back against the wall behind him with his hands inside the pockets of his pants.
"Look, you mini-whore, you can whine all you want, you're not going to see Hiroki. And even if by some miracle he wanted to come and talk to you, it would be impossible." He declared.
A sense of foreboding struck me as I listened to him.
"W-what do you mean by that?" I couldn't help asking. What he said made me fearful, I felt that something was very wrong with his wording.
Saito looked first at Kaede, who was petrified during our entire convo, and then at me, his green eyes intensely piercing into my dark ones.
"It's quite simple, really." He smiled broadly.
I couldn't fathom the reason, but a shiver ran down my spine.
His lips opened again and pronounced something that made me feel as
if everything around me would crumble into tiny specks of dust.
"Hiroki is no longer in Japan."
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