Dream Star

Lila smiled, "Yes."

....

XX Company

Haruka didn"t expect Lila to slam the door and waltz inside like she owned the place. Then again when the workers saw her, they practically treated her like a Queen. Sure enough he was right, inside the office was Zane and not the boss. Zane was speaking or rather arguing with a familiar pale hair man.

"Soichiro is here," they must be making another deal. There entrance clearly caused a lot of attention, since Soichiro turned to them.

"Lila, why are you---," Soichiro shook his head, "Oi b.a.s.t.a.r.d, you promised not to.."

Zane chuckled, "Now Mr. Soichiro, I"m also surprised to see her here. What brings you here, Miss Teras.h.i.+ma Lila?"

"Let Haruka go."

Haruka"s eyes widened at the girl"s words.

"Hmm?"

"I"ll spell it out to you clearly. Whatever tricks you have in mind to make us break up, it won"t work on me. You can use Aizawa Mei all you want. But as long as my belief in Haruka remains, then nothing will change."

Wait, what is she trying to do?

"I think you"ve misunderstood something miss Teras.h.i.+ma Lila, but Haruka and I are good friends. I will not do anything that harms your relations.h.i.+p with him."

A deep sigh escaped Lila"s lips, "You still want to put up this stupid farce? Alright, I wonder if you can still do that. Takes.h.i.+," Lila called out.

A man with black hair stepped up carrying a briefcase, "Here it is."

"Thank you."

Lila opened the briefcase and the things inside scattered out the moment she did. It was a series of photos and doc.u.ments. Zane briefly glanced at them, and Haruka watched as his expression darkened.

"I was under the impression that we didn"t know each other Miss Teras.h.i.+ma Lila. I wonder why you hold such a big grudge against me."

"Personally, I could care less about you," Lila nodded, "But, you keep dragging my husband into your useless fights. Naturally, as his wife, I"ll have to step in."

Haruka liked what was going on here, even though he was confused. He loved seeing his wife this brutal and liked it when Lila referred to them as husband and wife.

"Wife..." Zane"s eyes twitched in annoyance, "I wonder when did you two get married?"

Lila sighed, "The people here have such a petty way of thinking. But I guess I will amuse you all since that"s what you want," Lila pulled out something familiar. It was a marriage certificate, two in fact. W--what? Huh?

Both sides were filled in with their signature. But Haruka doesn"t remember sign-- "Haruka, ne can you sign this?" he recalled what happened two days ago. After they had s.e.x, Lila asked him to sign something. He was still in ecstasy after what happened, and in a daze, so Haruka didn"t look what he was signing. When did she do that?"

"It seems like legally your married already."

"Mmm."

"But this is troubling, your a hanyou. Is this marriage legit in the hanyou world?"

"Whether it is or not, I"m already married to Haruka. For now, you can"t touch him. You know what him being married to means, right?"

Zane deeply sighed, "Indeed," he turned to him, "It seems like your wife has said everything that needs to be said. I won"t contact you for a while."

Haruka, who had remained silent this whole time, spoke up, "Rosalia?"

"I"ll tell her to stop bothering you."

....

After they parted ways with Senbi, Haruka immediately pulled Lila into his arms, "My wife."

Lila laughed, "I"m sorry for surprising you. But I wanted to help you. If we got married now, then those people wouldn"t be able to touch you."

Right, if he marries her the Teras.h.i.+ma family protection is guaranteed. While Zane keeps picking a fight and provoking Lila, he"s never directly tried to mess with the Teras.h.i.+ma family before. Zane understands that doing so wouldn"t be more trouble than bring him benefits.

He turned to the girl in his arms, she may have done this to protect him, but he"s so overcome with emotion. "Lila.."

"Were married Haruka, are you happy?"

"The Hanyou society," Haruka started, "This marriage is.."

Lila nodded, "Right, I can"t say it"s exactly valid there. But since we all have to follow regular humans norms and procedures. For now, it"s valid. Until Zane figures out exactly what our stance is in the hanyou society, he won"t be able to pull you back."

When did his wife become so intelligent and brutal? Haruka was genuinely amazed.

"I want to touch you."

But..

"I don"t deserve you."

She"s so good to him. This entire time he kept misunderstanding her and had such silly thoughts about her and Austin Kiryu.

His thoughts broke off when he felt the girl"s hand brush against his cheek, "Then touch me, I am your wife now. It"s okay Haruka, and deserve me? You"ve always been worthy."

...

Lila"s apartment

Haruka"s gaze fell on the girl who was fast asleep; her naked figure still remained in plain sight. She will catch a cold again. Haruka pulled the blanket and covered her.

He thought back to the events that happened earlier and sighed. Zane is going to get angrier once he works things out. Haruka understood how the hanyou society worked. Even if Lila presented the marriage certificate, it would take a while to process things. There will be a huge meeting about it, and unless Lila convinces a large majority of the people - they could terminate the marriage contract easily. Haruka didn"t know her family"s stance on the matter, and there"s the Austin family.

The Austin family won"t let Lila go; they seem to be clearly set on making Lila their daughter-in-law. It was clear from the way Austin Kiryu spoke earlier. That must be why that man isn"t phased at all seeing him together with Lila. It"s because he understands how things work. Haruka"s gaze fell on Lila, but surely Lila understands all this? Yet she still went ahead with the marriage preparations.

He underestimated her and the love she has for him. Haruka was overjoyed when he saw how happy she was when she heard about the marriage preparations. But even then, he hesitated.

"Haruka, nngh?"

"Sorry for waking you. Are you hungry?"

"A little," Lila looked at him and rubbed her sleepy eyes, "Haruka, my kiss."

"..."

Haruka looked at her with wide eyes. Now he understood why she acts like this around him. Because she loves him.. Haruka wrapped his arms around her waist and bent down to kiss her lips.

"Aha, feels weird."

"Lila," Haruka called out softly.

"Yes?"

"...I"m going to shower, I already called for some food. You stay in bed, okay?"

"Um, I want to..."

Haruka shook his head, "Stay in bed," as much as he wanted to take a shower with her. He needed to clear his thoughts a bit. Haruka was so overwhelmed that he didn"t know what was going on anymore.

...

When he returned from the bathroom, Lila is nowhere to be found. But he does hear the sound of cooking from downstairs. Haruka deeply sighed, geez what is she doing. Haruka quickly got dressed and made his way out of the room. It didn"t take him long before he arrived in the kitchen, sure enough, there was Lila cooking.

"Hey, I ordered take out."

"But, you need something healthy Haruka."

"Alright," Haruka paused and took in the sight of his wife. Lila was no longer naked, she wore his s.h.i.+rt and her ap.r.o.n on top, as she sipped on the soup.

"Needs a bit more.."

She looks so hot; he wants to see her like this more often. Haruka walked over and hugged her from behind, his lips grazing her ear, then her neck and shoulders.

"Haruka, don"t do that. I"ll start to feel weird."

A chuckle pa.s.sed his lips, "You want me to stop?"

"For a bit, I need to make your food."

There she goes again with the food; he would rather do it again. Still, Haruka bit the girl"s ear and ran his hand through her skirt.

"Unnngh, Haruka...."

She"s so cute; he wants to do so many things to her.

"Ah, quit it!" Lila exclaimed as she jabbed him in the stomach with her elbow. "I told you already; I don"t mind it if you touch me Haruka. Were dating, no were married. But let me cook and do other things in peace."

"My wife is so fierce these days," Haruka deeply sighed, "Want me to do anything?"

"Hug me."

Haruka looked at the girl speechless. She doesn"t want him to do that, and yet she asks him to get close? d.a.m.n. Seeing her expression, Haruka knew he had no choice and wrapped his arms around her.

Lila laughed, "Yep, this is better."

Unbelievable, why does she do these things that render him speechless?

"Ne, ne."

"Hmm?"

"Lately, my voice is getting better. So it"s okay for me to attend practice, right?"

Haruka nodded, "It seems like whatever medicine your taking is working," he trailed off, "I"ll speak to Itsuki; he"s in charge of your group."

At that comment, Lila whipped her head and turned to him, her lips curved to a pout, "Why aren"t you in charge of my group?"

"Because Misaki enthusiastically asked for me."

"Is Aizawsan with you?"

"Yeah," Haruka paused when he saw her expression, "You don"t have to worry about it, Lila. Even more so now," he nibbled her ear, "My wife. My legal wife."

"I"m still uneasy," Lila nodded, "But, unlike before I"m a lot calmer. I wonder why."

It"s most likely due to the marriage certificate.