Apartment XX - New York "Lila looks like she has cheered up. Did you take her out?" Kiryu asked as he entered the room.
Haruka, who was busy typing away on his laptop, glanced over. "Lower your voice."
Kiryu glanced over at the bed and frowned. "You didn"t do anything, right? She is sick."
"Of course not."
"I heard Sumire-san spoke to you."
Haruka sighed. "I want to lecture you, but I don"t think I have the right to do that."
Kiryu laughed as he pulled up a chair and sat down. "You can lecture if you want."
"Too bothersome."
"Hey, Haruka, does she know yet?"
"Yeah, we spoke about it earlier." Haruka trailed off. "Say Kiryu, do you truly intend to give up on Lila?"
"Why are you asking?"
"Can"t I?"
Kiryu ran his hands through his silver hair and sighed. He looked very troubled but nodded. "I do. I"m not an idiot, Haruka. I spent so many years by Lila"s side before, so I can tell. Lila loves you; she has for the longest time. Even when she was with me, I noticed that something was wrong."
Haruka did not reply, and he didn"t know what he could say. What could he say in this situation? For so long, he thought that Lila and Kiryu had the perfect relations.h.i.+p. He did not realize they had this many problems.
Before he could say anything else, Haruka noticed that Lila woke up.
"I"m so sleepy," Lila mumbled as she slumped her head in his arms. "Tired."
"How helpless."
"Go back to sleep Lila."
"But you and Kiryu are talking about stupid things."
His sweat fell at her words, "stupid things?" Then again, it may seem stupid to her. Haruka carefully tucked a strand of stray hair behind her ear. Lila looked at him and blinked. "Hubby, if you flirt with me now. Kiryu will get jealous."
Huh? Flirt?
Kiryu rolled his eyes. "Who is jealous?"
"You."
"Hah, if I was going to get jealous over something small. I would have died of jealousy a long time ago."
Haruka felt uncomfortable watching the two interact. But Lila quickly a.s.sured him by playing with his hands.
"By the way, I wanted to ask you this, Kiryu. You said before that Rosalia saved us, right?"
"That"s right."
"But, I remember that time differently." She turned to him. "It wasn"t Rosalia that saved us, but Haruka, right?"
"Huh?"
"I"m not talking about that incident during the year we met. But the one a few years after. It can"t be wrong."
At that comment, Kiryu frowned. "I see. I did think something was wrong before, but I guess Haruka"s theory makes sense."
"Hubby"s theory?"
Haruka nodded. "Yeah. I thought this for a while now, but Zane knew Rosalia since childhood, right? Whenever I try to think of when they could have met, nothing came to mind. For the past few years, since I joined the organization, I have handled all of Zane"s meetings and his personal schedule. He couldn"t have met Rosalia then, but if it were before, it makes sense."
"Does that mean--" Kiryu"s sentence fell short when they heard a beeping sound. The sound came from Kiryus phone. Kiryu looked at the screen and held it up.
[Incoming call: Rosalia.]
"It"s almost like they know." But that can"t be possible. This place is safe; they wouldn"t have had the chance to put cameras here. Kiryu stood up and said he would handle it before swiftly leaving the room.
Lila suddenly sat down on his lap and buried her face in his neck. He wrapped his arms around her waist. "Are you okay? You feel bad, right?"
"A bit dizzy," Lila admitted.
"Then take some blood."
She shook her head. "I"m okay."
Why is she ref-- Haruka paused. "Kiryu is outside." Even if Kiryu walks down the hallway, the scent of blood will be hard for him to miss. Haruka continued to pat her back. His thoughts broke off when she brought her lips to his.
"Mmm, kissing?" Haruka mumbled against her lips.
"Yes."
Kissing is nice; he likes kissing. But Lila makes loud sounds when she kisses too. "Hopefully, Kiryu is further away." He doesn"t want to upset his friend. Kissing Teras.h.i.+ma Lila, however, always gets him worked up.
"Hey, babe." Haruka briefly parted their lips. "I wanted to ask you earlier, but are you okay these days? If there is anything you want to talk about, please tell me."
Lila"s gaze softened. "I know, I won"t hide anything from you."
He gave her hands a gentle squeeze. "Good to know. So hey, is it okay for us to be like this?"
"Mmm, you don"t like it?"
"I like it, but your legs might get tired."
Lila"s cheeks puffed into a pout, and he laughed. "Alright, alright. I understand."
She is so cute; he wants to do more. "Wife, can I touch you a little?"
"Mmmm, okay."
Haruka extended his hand out and touched her b.r.e.a.s.t.s. "Nnnmgh…Haruka."
Her voice is so loud. Kiryu shouldn"t be around anymore. He covered her mouth with his free hand, but it did them no good.
"Wife, you"re so beautiful."
"Mmm.." Lila played with his hands. "Hubby, I like this, do you?"
"Of course." He trailed off. "Your so bold these days, my wife."
"Well, I"m almost eighteen. I can afford to be bold. I wonder how long it will take for you to cave in if I do this."
Haruka blinked before he burst into laughter. His wife, however, was not amused and leaned forward. "I am serious." She trailed off. "Do you remember my wish?"
He stopped laughing when he saw the look in her eyes. It seems like he needs to stop underestimating her. Like Kiryu said, Lila has loved him for so long. If that is the case, then this girl must desire him to a certain extent, no?
The problem is if he does ask something like that, and she says yes. Haruka knew he would not be able to control himself.