Dream Star

What a complicated situation. Haruka didn"t want to think about this at all. However, he could guess why Huan appeared before them again. "Sorry, I.."

Huan shook his head, "It"s fine. Yumeko and you both worried me. So it isn"t because of you alone. Yumeko has always loved to sing; she isn"t the most skilled or talented. But her emotions come through whenever she sings. That"s why I can tell. Up till now, Kanehera Yumeko has not shown people what she is really made of. The same goes for you, Mr sharp tongue judge. Staying on the sidelines with a background role for so long. What we"re you thinking?"

Haruka looked down at his feet and sighed. Why does this guy understand Yumeko, and even him so well, even now? Maybe this is something that runs in the family — this foolishly honest trait they have.

"So, what do you plan to do about her?"

"I could ask you the same."

Haruka glanced over at Yumeko and sighed. "Initially, I thought ignoring her was the better option. However, Lila made me realize that it was a mistake. Even if I ignored her, I can"t change what happened in the past. By ignoring her, I"m not acknowledging the things that happened in the past."

The man beside him laughed, "I didn"t think I"d see the day where a woman has you wrapped around her finger."

A troubled look appeared on his face when he heard those words. "Hey, that woman is your sister."

"Indeed, but she has tamed you. You acknowledge that you"re wrong?"

d.a.m.n, he can"t say anything to that.

"For the longest time, I wondered, exactly why did Lila choose you amongst all the others? It was clear as day that by choosing you, she would stumble upon an unclear and uncertain path, one filled with pain and yet, despite knowing that she still chose you. She chose you over Kiryu. When I asked her about it not too long ago, she told me, "For me to truly be able to love someone, I wanted to sort everything out with Kiryu first. And when I did, my thoughts did trace back to Haruka. When I thought about it again after spending time apart from him, I ended up with all sorts of thoughts.

But in the end I got this sort of feeling, I don"t know why he is so familiar to me. How every smile, every whisper brings me to closer to the impossible conclusion that even before we met, I have known him before. That I loved him before, a long time ago, in a different time and place, even now I still think that way, that I already met him a long time ago and that these feelings did not appear out of the blue,"" Huan repeated.

Haruka"s eyes widened. Lila said something like that before?

"It is something that one can dismiss as feelings influenced due to past memories, and yet because I"ve silently watched the two of you this entire time, I know it"s not like that," Huan smiles, "You really love my sister."

"It"s embarra.s.sing if you put it that way."

Huan laughed, "Do you have to feel embarra.s.sed after everything that"s happened?"

"Well, I"m not used to people acting so sincere towards me."

It"s still unfamiliar to him, people"s kindness. But he is slowly starting to understand. His thoughts broke of when black hair appeared. The girl"s appearance surprised him though; she only wore a thin poncho on top of the clothes she wore earlier.

"Brother, did you bully hubby?" Lila gave her brother a questioning look.

"Hey Lila, I"m the one who got hit."

Who hit who? He didn"t hit him.

"You fought?" Lila immediately rushed over to him. "Hubby, take this off. I need to check."

Haruka chuckled at his wife"s cute actions. "Relax, we didn"t fight. But, if you want to take this off. We have to go back," he whispers the last line quietly. Lila"s cheeks colored at his words, and he intertwined their hands. "Understand?"

"Wah-- I understand."

Gee, so adorable. He kissed her cheeks lightly.

"Hey Haruka, what are you whispering about?" Huan was frowning.

"Nothing brother in law."

Huan"s eyes twitched in annoyance, "When did I become your brother in law?"

"You know when I married your sister."

"Lila!" Huan exclaimed. "What we"re you thinking? How could you marry Haruka without informing anybody."

Lila winced and covered her ears. "Brother, can you stop acting like that? It"s creepy."

Huan wailed, "My cute sister is so rebellious now. But, it makes her look cuter. I can"t complain."

Haruka stared at the siblings dumbfounded. He didn"t think the two interacted with one another this way. Now that he thought about it. Back in London, when Huan visited. Haruka was suspicious about the two. Such a stupid thought.

"I"m serious about your sister," he pulled Lila into his arms. "I plan to give her a proper wedding ceremony, so you don"t have to worry. I won"t treat this half-heartedly."

Regardless of who he said these words to. Haruka prepared this small speech a long time ago. He wanted to say more, but Huan cut him off. His old friend shook his head.

"You don"t have to apologize. I understand the situation with you two right now. Getting married under these circ.u.mstances must have been difficult. If I told you who I was sooner, I would have been able to help."

"It seems like you"re the one beating yourself up over this brother-in-law."

"Quit calling me that…" Despite those words, though, Haruka noted that Huan wore a huge smile on his face. Good grief, it seems like things will get better from now on. The heavyweight he felt this entire time seems to have vanished slightly.