*UNEDITED*Penthouse - 7:30PM
Rikka couldn"t believe what she saw when she finished her meeting with Zane. She somehow managed to get Haruka out of that situation. But, her gaze fell on the man she managed to bring back with her. He was sprawled across the bed and clutching his head.
"Does it hurt?" Rikka asked.
"Yeah, my head kills."
"I"ll find some medicine for you."
She didn"t know what good it would do. Her thoughts broke off when he grabbed hold of her wrist. Rikka immediately lost her balance and fell onto the bed. With Haruka on top of her, Rikka felt her heart beat increasing by the very minute. What type of situation is this?
Haruka bent down and loosened her clothing causing her to s.h.i.+ver in antic.i.p.ation. He brought his lips to her chest, but before she could wrap her arms around his neck. Haruka whispered softly, "Lila."
At that comment her eyes widened and she bit her lip. "Lila again." Rikka didn"t hold a grudge against the girl at all. However, this is too painful. It"s too painful, but what can she do about it? Haruka already has somebody he loves.
"Haruka, I"m not your wife…"
Haruka looked at her blankly, "Sorry," he drew his arms away from her waist. "Do you have some water?"
"I do, I"ll get you some," Rikka sat up and quickly fixed her clothing. She could still feel the warmth of his lips which were on her chest moments ago. But Rikka immediately shrugged it of.
"Hey Rikka, why were you there?"
"I had a meeting," Rikka mumbled. It wasn"t a complete lie. But Rikka knew she couldn"t tell him the truth either. Haruka would never agree to such a thing. He would never allow her to do something that dangerous for his sake.
Rikka already imagined his reaction. "Your not my girlfriend anymore, you don"t have to do this." Indeed why did she have to make so many sacrifices for this useless guy who no longer loves her? Did he even love her at all? Rikka doubted it. Back then, he always had Teras.h.i.+ma Lila in mind.
"With Zane?"
At that comment Rikka froze, "He already noticed?" She has to play cool. Rikka sighed and walked over to the mini-fridge. "What are you thinking? Yes with Zane, but my fiancée was there too."
It wasn"t a complete lie, the new guy was with her for a bit. However, Zane wouldn"t let her leave.
The disturbing memory from earlier was interuptted when Haruka grabbed her wrist. He pushed her back down onto the bed, and like earlier glanced at her chest. She had yet to properly fix her top up, so traces of the markings were visible. Seeing his deadly stare, Rikka removed the rest of the b.u.t.tons.
"This was what you did in your meeting?" Haruka said angrily.
"It"s none of your business."
"d.a.m.n it Rikka, what are you thinking? Do you know how crazy that man is? Don"t get involved with him!"
"The only reason why she is involved in him is you idiot!" Rikka wanted to scream. If Haruka came back to her side. Her father wouldn"t have to curry favour with Zane. But is that truly Haruka"s fault? Haruka has somebody who he loves now. That shouldn"t be a crime.
"I"m sorry."
Haruka sighed and ran his hands through his hair. "I told you before don"t do anything like this for my sake.. Why are you so stubborn?"
"...Haruka.."
He sat her up and pulled her into his arms. "You have to understand Rikka. I will do my best as your friend to protect you. But I have my limits, you should think the same way too."
"I can"t do that, I love you."
She loves him so much. From the very moment they met, Rikka has never harboured stronger feelings towards anyone else. She tried so hard after they broke up to get over him. Rikka genuinely tried to fall in love with other people. How many guys did she date in the past year? She lost count already.
No matter how many men she dated, it didn"t make a difference to her. They were all the same.
Rikka buried her face in his arms and held onto him tightly. "I love you," she mumbled. "Even if we can"t be together...I love you."
Haruka kept patting her back, "You know you were never this honest when we dated."
"I wasn"t?"
"Yeah, it was hard to tell what you were thinking."
"I really loved you…"
"Even I will feel something if you keep repeating that," Haruka laughed. "Hey, are you going to keep saying that?"
"I will," Rikka muttered. "I will make up for the loss time."
"Loss time eh?" Haruka repeated. "I guess I will agree with you there."
"You know I didn"t really get in to a relations.h.i.+p after ours since I"ve been too busy. But from my boyfriends before and my friends, I understand that what I"m doing isn"t good."
"Well, if you did anything more than hug me. Of course I would mind."
So did he mind when she kissed him?"
"Haruka, you"ve changed," Rikka mumbled. "I realised it the second we met again, I teased you a little bit like before and you didn"t respond like how you were before. Recently I keep visiting you, and seeing you at work I realised that you"ve changed. Yet whenever you hold me in your arms, it"s still the same as before .. and it"s then I realize that maybe I"ve taken this too far. Even if I wanted see how different you were, I shouldn"t have lead you on knowing you had a girlfriend. Although I have been providing you with information like you wanted I know your guilt has grown even more than before. How to put it, it"s not as though I was bent on teasing you.." Rikka trails of and took a deep breath.
She had to pause for a moment. She already said so much but Rikka knew there was a lot more. For so long, she held back these feelings.
"When I saw how much your life changed, I realised that mine had too. .. And when I thought of it that way, I realised that along the way we were no longer apart of each others lives anymore. I didn"t want that, I just wanted to be in your life again. I didn"t want anything more... Because I know how much you treasure your current relations.h.i.+p. I"m sorry for bothering you do much."
Haruka shook his head, "That"s not it. I --I," he took a deep breath. "I"m happy when I spend time with you."
She looked at him surprised. "Is he serious?" Rikka scanned his expression.
"Truthfully speaking the deal with Sophia was only for a short while and that maybe why I didn"t fee so guilty about doing so. So when you offered I had planned to do the same and yet I too couldn"t stop anymore. It"s a lot of fun being with you, and we"ve always gotten along well due to our interests overlapping. However that"s about it, even now I am head over heels that clumsy girl."
"Ah ha, it"s almost sounds like I"m being rejected. "Rikka laughed lightly. Though Rikka understood that there was no chance of them dating anymore. She liked that he spent a lot of time with her. It was enough, and she was content. But recently, "When I"m with you, I can"t hold myself back."