*UNEDITED*"It still isn"t clear to me."
"You proposed to me."
Lila blushed and hit him. "You know I remember that clearly. I wasn"t proposing. I just want to be with you forever."
"You clearly said let"s get married."
"Geez, what a ridiculous statement." Lila didn"t know what she was thinking back then. But she wants to crawl into a hole right now. It"s embarra.s.sing. How could she say something like that?
"And now were married." Haruka chuckles. "Did you expect that to happen?"
"Well, I did trick you into signing marriage papers.. So this isn"t exactly romantic or anything."
"Then do you want me to propose to you?"
Lila shook her head. "No need. I would get embarra.s.sed." She played with his collar and Haruka chuckled. She was half tempted to rip it of, all the b.u.t.tons and the remaining clothes that stood in her way. But, "they are in a public place."
"Wife, I know you want me. But mmmmm, control yourself a bit."
"It"s unfair, since I have my needs too."
"Aren"t you injured from Soichiro"s training?" Haruka asked concerned.
"Haruka," a familiar voice called out.
Lila glanced over and saw Rikksan still there. She thought the girl left already. But it seems like she was here all along. Did she watch all that?
Haruka frowned and gently placed her down on the bench. "Wife, wait here for a second."
She tugged on his hand. "No."
"She got a bad feeling from all of this." Haruka nodded and called Rikka over. The girl walked over and pa.s.sed Haruka a doc.u.ment.
"I forgot to give this to you."
"Ah? This, hold on let me check."
Lila watched Rikka carefully. "This woman is different than all the others." She is dangerous in a completely different way. Lila felt her body tense up when she saw how close Rikka stood next to Haruka. She leaned forward slightly so her chest brushed against his arms. Haruka seemed to be too absorbed reading the doc.u.ment. However it made her feel very uncomfortable.
"Should she pull them away? But won"t she look petty again?" Lila decided to remain put but she sat completely still on the bench watching the two carefully.
"So this part, do we need it?" Haruka asked.
"The sponsor wanted that. But I personally thought we could sc.r.a.pe it. We do have a lot of money at our disposal. However we shouldn"t spend aimlessly either."
"I agree with you there. We shouldn"t spend money excessively like this. There are other ways to decorate the stage.."
"These two look good together." The more Lila watched them, the more uneasy she became. Lila knew from the very start that Haruka and her belonged to two completely different ends in the entertainment world. But even then, she wanted to get closer to him.
"What about those flowers?" Haruka mumbled. "Do you still have them? The ones we got from France?"
"I still have them, there was a lot of them after all. Even though they were fake, they were too pretty to throw out."
"Then let me borrow some. We could use it for the venue."
Lila immediately felt uncomfortable when she heard the two talking about the past. A trip in France? "That sounds romantic..."
"That"s fine, but let me keep some. I"m using them."
Haruka chuckled. "I thought you didn"t like them?"
"Well, it was embarra.s.sing the way you gave it to me in front of so many people."
This is painful too watch. Lila felt bile rush to her throat and she immediately turned to the side. She started throwing up controllably. Haruka immediately rushed over to her side and patted her back.
"My wife?" he mumbled concerned.
"Sick... I feel sick.."
What"s wrong with her? She felt fine..
Haruka frowned and placed his hand on her forehead. His gaze dimmed and he scooped her up in his arms. She buried her face in his neck, trying to calm herself down. If she inhales his scent, won"t she feel better?
"Lila, d.a.m.n... Don"t close your eyes."
But she feels so tired, so very sleepy and drained.
....
ST Star Hospital
Lila woke up to the sounds of people arguing. She felt a pounding pain in her head, and her entire body ached all over. She slowly opened her eyes and saw her current situation. Wires stuck on her right and left arm. A deep sigh escaped her lips when she recognized the voices outside. "Soichiro..must be angry." No good, that guy will do something drastic.
Her entire body felt painful, and she struggled to move her hands and legs properly. However Lila closed her eyes briefly, and opened them again. A deep ruby red color. "It"s dangerous to do this now." But she had no other choice. She used the IV pole for support and eventually got up.
Thankfully the distance to the door and the bed wasn"t large. It didn"t take her long before she reached the door.
"d.a.m.n it! Why can"t you people look after her? Is it that difficult?"
"Hey Haruka didn"t know..."
"And why didn"t he?" Soichiro clicked his tongue in annoyance. "You spend so much time with her and yet you didn"t notice. What"s wrong with you? Too busy fooling around with other women?" his gaze fell on Rikka who stood beside Haruka.
"I can"t trust Lila to you people anymore. I will take her and you will never see her again."
"Wait, you can"t just..."
"Kiryu," Soichiro interjected. "Don"t you know what she promised me? You should know."
At that comment Lila weakly made her way over, using the for support. The others glanced over at her with wide eyes. She walked over to Soichiro and tugged on his s.h.i.+rt. She shook her head. "Don"t, I"m sorry for being careless..."
"Just don"t say anything about that promise now."
Soichiro"s gaze darkened. "Take a look at yourself and the current situation. Do you want to continue living like a dead person? Lila, enough is enough. There"s a problem with your relations.h.i.+p with this guy. He is causing your illness to worsen."
"It isn"t Haruka"s fault. Please Soichiro, I will listen to you. Don"t blame Haruka."
"You will listen? Then come back to me."
Lila bit her lip. "Does he have to be this unreasonable?" Why does he behave this way?
Suddenly Kiryu pulled her away from Soichiro. "She doesn"t have to stay with you to get better. Lila can stay with me. She was supposed to anyway."
Soichiro sighed. "Alright, but you better stay together."
Kiryu nodded. "Yeah."
With those words said Soichiro walked of and she collapsed to the ground. "Soichiro is very angry this time." Who knows what this psychopath will do? She needs to check on the situation later. Her thoughts broke off when she saw Haruka turn away.
Rikka rushed after him. "Haruka?"
".."
The girl reached out for his hand. "Let me take you back."
Lila could only watch as the two walk away. "He didn"t even look at her." She understood the reason why, but it still hurt.
Kiryu extended his hand out. "Are you alright?"
"I"m alright."
"I will stay here with you, so go and get some rest."
"I"m a bit hungry," Lila admitted shyly. "I know this isn"t the time to eat but.."
His lips curve to a smile. "I made you something, so let"s go back to the room."
Lila nodded and Kiryu supported her back into the room. She somehow managed to climb on the bed. Kiryu looked at the wires in disdain. He shook his head.
"Lila, you need to stop behaving recklessly."
"I know." Lila mumbled. She recalled the scene from a few minutes ago. "Will Haruka leave me now?"
Kiryu"s expression turned dark but he shook his head. "Relax, he just needs to calm down a bit. I will call him later. I"m sure he will come back."
"Okay, thank you so much Kiryu."