But this is different; with a single sentence, Haruka can make Aizawa Mei submit to him. In the years Haruka spent away from Lila, he was together with countless women. However, he never treated those women specially. Kiryu has been watching over his friend silently the entire time. He always felt bad that he couldn"t do anything to help him."Haruka is experienced with girls. But that has never bothered me too much. What bothers me is, because he"s experienced with girls and never treated them specially. When he finds a girl, he really likes or gets along with. He is kind to them no matter what they do."
Lila"s words echoed in his head, and Kiryu clenched his fist. Haruka was wiping Mei"s tears away with his sleeves
This is bad, why does he doubt Haruka for? It"s probably just a coincidence. It took him so much effort to get rid of this seed of doubt. Why is it coming back again? In the past ten months, the one who has been beside Haruka the most is Lila. Only she has the right to decide.
Kiryu turned to walk away; it"s okay. He saw with his own eyes how Haruka treats Lila. It"s fine; it won"t end up like before whenever Kiryu recalled how Lila and Haruka"s relations.h.i.+p ended the first time. It made him feel completely bitter inside.
When he reentered the room, he hears a familiar melody and lyrics. It was Angel"s "a little pain." Kiryu stood in the door frame and watched for a few minutes. Whenever Lila sings, it feels like his soul is being healed. Even though he was irritated a few minutes ago, he feels better now.
"I can hear your voice if I close my eyes
even this little pain is dear to me
Please look at me
I"m here waiting for you
even if I"m lost alone, blown upon the wind
I"m here waiting for you
gazing up at the sky
My heart will always open my hands to protect you,
until the you back then will turn and look at me
No need to cry...." Lila sang.
Lila"s singing and emotional interpretation of the song are very different. However, it was nice to listen to.
Maroon colored hair brushed past him and entered the room.
He walked over to the bed and hugged Lila tightly. "Wah, hubby? What"s wrong?"
"Lila, wife..."
Lila wrapped her arms around Haruka, "It"s okay. It"s alright. Whatever it is, we can talk about can"t we?"
"Yes."
Just like that, Haruka seemed to have calmed down; he asks somebody else to enter the room. It was the guard who was always with Haruka; he brought the tray over. Lila"s eyes sparkled with delight once she saw the food. "Wah, you made a feast!"
"Your too skinny wife, you need to eat more."
"But I don"t want to get fat."
"It feels like he will get in the way if he stays any longer." But just leaving doesn"t seem right. What"s more, he wants to talk to Haruka about that Aizawa person.
"Haruka, just now in the hall...with Aizawa Mei."
At that comment, Lila raised her eyebrows, "Aizawsan?" she tugged on Haruka"s arm, "Something happened?"
Haruka deeply sighed and nodded. "Yeah. Not too long after what happened at the conference, she got into a car accident. She was hospitalized for a while due to that poison. So I don"t understand how she managed to get her car keys and drive. A car collided into hers, and she barely survived."
"She was disfigured?"
"Yeah. How do you..."
"I"m sorry Haruka, can you pa.s.s me my phone for a second and leave the room?"
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Lila didn"t misread the message at all. She recognized the evil smiley face that a certain someone liked to use when he was threatening them. Her hands trembled due to anger when she saw it. When she first found out that Aizawa Mei was in this hospital. Lila didn"t think much of it. After all the poison Haruka gave Aizawa was lethal, only a good hospital like this one can treat her.
She immediately clicked on a familiar number. But even after a few minutes, he didn"t pick up. Lila knew he was doing it deliberately to tease her. Just as she was about to give up, the person picked up.
"h.e.l.lo?"
"Where are you?"
"New York."
"Then, it wasn"t you?" Lila mumbled. Who else would drive into Aizawa Mei"s car?
"If you"re talking about Aizawa Mei"s accident, it was Sophia, not me."
Sophia? But, isn"t that even stranger? Sophia would have even less of a reason to target Aizawa Mei.
"Still, why are you messing with me?" On her first day in the hospital, somebody delivered a thousand roses to her. The following days, it was different items. Each time there was ten more than before.
The man on the other end seemed incredibly amused. Soichiro was laughing.
"Quit it! I know it"s you."
"Did you think I"m still in the country?"
Lila knew he was going on a trip; that"s why when Haruka first said the story, she wasn"t sure.
"Did you get someone to spy on me?" Lila asked.
Soichiro laughs, "Are you kidding? I don"t have to do that; my people are always watching you."
At that comment, Lila shuddered. Why is this guy so creepy even now? "So, for the past ten months, you"ve had people spying on me?"
"Why are you so surprised? Haven"t you noticed that you"re a target for those envious and malicious girls?"
"I know that, and that"s why I"m dealing with it."
"If I leave it to you, you"ll die."
"Soichiro," Lila said sharply. "I know you"re concerned. But this really is none of your business. You have to draw a line somewhere. I understand that you"ve been helping me this entire time. But..."
"Even if you refuse me, Lila, I"ll keep helping you."
A deep sigh pa.s.sed her lips. She supposes it can"t be helped. Ever since the start of her journey, Soichiro has been more stubborn than usual.
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Private Ward - Room 001-
To prevent the media from finding Aizawa Mei was here, Haruka must have made a lot of preparations. He did hear about a celebrity getting into a car accident. However, he didn"t know who it was. Kiryu watched as Aizawa tried to kiss Haruka, but Haruka was casually moving away from her. Haruka asked him for a favor. "Please come with me, just in case she uses some kind of trick."
"Haruka, why won"t you let me kiss you?" Mei said the girl was quite upset.
"Mei," Haruka said gently. "I thought you understood. I can still help you with your daily life; you don"t have anybody to rely on after all. As your friend, though, there are limits to the things I can do for you."
The words" friend" made the girl clench her fist. ".."
Hearing this, though, Kiryu understood it now. Nothing is going on between these two. However, the current Aizawa Mei resembles the Haruka of the past. He sees himself in her, and that"s why he is helping her out despite everything.
"Wait here, I"ll go fetch the nurse," Haruka said.
Kiryu awkwardly stood in the corner of the room. When Aizawa Mei suddenly got up, the girl immediately staggered forward. Kiryu watched her for a bit before he made his way over and pulled her back up. To his surprise, the girl wrapped her arms around his neck. "Say, before Haruka comes back. Why don"t we have some fun?"
For a moment, his brain went black; he couldn"t register what the girl was saying at all. Kiryu, however, regained his composure and pulled her away from him. "Aren"t you supposed to like Haruka? Quit messing around."
"I do love Haruka. But he won"t touch me, and I"m so tired already. I just want somebody to hold me."
These kinds of words, Kiryu has heard them plenty of times from other girls. Mei suddenly started to remove her clothes. Kiryu reached out to stop her, but right at that moment, Mei screamed.
At that moment, Haruka entered the room. Thankfully, he didn"t bring any nurses or doctors with him.
He rushed over, "Mei? What happened?"
"I"m so sorry, Haruka! But I was told to seduce Austin-san from Zane. I didn"t realize he would be so violent about it."
Wait. What?!!! He didn"t even touch— Kiryu"s eyes widened when he saw the girl"s shoulders were covered in marks. When did she get those? Kiryu didn"t know where it came from. But this looks really bad.
Haruka looked over at him with a complicated expression. "I know you"ve...been sleeping around with Miyazawa. But, would you touch Mei too?" his words contained doubt. Kiryu understood why anybody would think that if they walked in this situation.