Mine Chapter 6
Title: Mine
Author: hikarijournal
Rating: PG -13
Pairings: Takaki/Chinen, Yamada/Chinen, Yuto/Chinen, hinted: Ryutaro will appear too.
Genre: Romance, Angst, Love, Mystery, Suspense
Warning: Yuri is a girl here. Ryutaro will appear on the later part of the chapters.
Summary: Yuri is a girl full of wit and vigor. Even though her family is so poor and her schooling is just covered by scholarship, she is very happy already. Everything on her life is just normal until one day she meets three strangers who mess up her life in the game of love and money. After that, everything change and so her identity.
Yamada Ryosuke: You’re my Sleeping Beauty… I’ll wake you up with my sweetest kiss.
Nakajima Yuto: You’re my Snow White… I’ll eat the poisoned apple just for you to see how much I care.
Takaki Yuya: You’re my Cinderella… I’ll stop the time before twelve midnight just to have you with me forever.
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Chapter 6
Me and The Ceremony
CHAPTER LINKS HERE~
“Ne… Chi… have you ever confess to someone?...” Yamada asked as he pulled the girl toward him, leaving no more spaces in between them. He draws his finger to her chin and brushes the frizzling hair coiling down her temple until he tacked it neatly behind her ears.
“Not yet…” Yuri retorted as she permit herself to be wrapped on his arms. “Why?...”
“Just wondering if you could do it now…” he pouted, tilting his head cutely and eyeing the pinkish velvety curve on her face.
“Now?...” she bit her lower lip, seemed too shy to say it--- the three words of confession.
“Yes… now…” he whispered as he pinched the chin gently and verge on clasping the neck eventually.
“I love…” she was shut when a kiss plummeted on her lips in advance. She returned it enticingly and allowed the guy to progress on a more passionate one. She can feel the tug on her hips and the pull on her neck as the guy heave her more, wrapping her intimately and loving her vehemently. “Wait…” she gasped when a ringing sound coming from nowhere disrupt her attention. “What’s that noise?...” she wondered.
“You’re alarm clock…” he replied.
“My what?...”she puckered her brows questionably and slowly, the guy starts to blur on her sight. “What’s going on?...”
“You’re alarm clock…”he repeated and everything went black.
“ALARM CLOCK?!!!...” she shrieked, scrambling and rumbling on her bed the moment she pushes herself up to sit on the mattress. Her hair is at mess and her night gown is hurling up to her tummy with her blanket on the edge of the bed and the rest of it on the floor. Every single night, since the time she was troubled about the feeling she had, this nightmare, that’s how she perceived it, has been repeating like as if there are no other things to be dreamed about. “Again…” she sighed, slapping the buzzing two-eared metal clock on her bedside table to shut up. “Why am I having this nightmare?...” she squirmed as she pulls her blanket to her mouth and start biting it on the hem. “I hate it!!!...” she fumbled.
“Lady Yuri… may I come in…” a call coming from the other side of the door which is accompanied by a knock interrupts her trance.
“Sure…” she permitted and Kaori, her personal maid, came in with three other girls holding glamorous stuff on each of their hands. “These ladies will help you on dressing up Milady…”
“Dressing up…” she muttered as she looks on each of the things held by the three. A glittering gold crown decorated with diamonds enclosed inside a glass box is being handled by the first one on the furthest right. A pair of glistening white shoe with a heel of about four inches long, ornamented with pearls and silver emblazoned is being clutched securely by the one on the middle. And a big white box, which is opened by now by the one on the furthest left, has with it inside a splendid silver long gown decorated with gems, pearls and well-stitched golden embroidery. “Yeah right, it’s today…” she sighed.
“Do you want to have breakfast first Milady?...” Kaori offered.
“Ok…”
“Then I’ll serve it right away…”
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Yamada pinched the edge of his ribbon tie as he approached the door of the mansion, looking good and feeling good--- that’s how he sees himself today. He’s quite excited and delighted that finally the coronation ceremony is just a few more hours to be around the corner. “Hope she’ll be fine… even though we rush everything up in the end…” he muttered as he recalled the chasing-capturing-teaching session they have for the last few days. His blissful atmosphere that makes his face glow vibrantly, suddenly crashed to a big frown when he saw the placard being hanged on the door that says ‘NO PIG ALLOWED INSIDE THE MANSION OR ELSE HE’LL BE SAVAGE’. “Who the idiot had posted this stupid notice?...” he angered.
“Me… why?... does it bother you?...” Yuya asserted as he approached the troubled boy.
“Why did you hang it here?!...” he questioned, holding the remaining patience he had inside.
“To shoo you away…” he replied bluntly. “And if you asked why again… then let me tell you this…” he pulled the boy by the ribbon and gnashes his teeth the moment an inch apart between their faces was ascertained. “Don’t get in my way chubby boy or else you’ll meet Lucifer right away…” he hissed.
“Are you scaring me?...” he countered this time even though he doesn’t want to, but the threat rendered by the guy is intolerable, it is as if he’s nothing but a small tiny winy fly, easily scared by anyone. “If you’re answer is yes… then I’m not scared!...” he challenged.
“I’m not scaring you… I’m just reminding you of who you are…”
“Whoever am I or whatever position I am in, it doesn’t matter!... as long as---” he stopped when the door, where the placard is being hanged, opened to its widest and an exasperated person came out. “Nakajima?...” he reacted and the guy, who is threatening and heaving him up, freed his tie abruptly. “Are you ok?...” he asked as soon as he draws himself near Yuto.
“You can see me…” he paused as he put the mouthpiece of a cylindrical object in between his lips pressing the canister to puff the powder he needed. “Breathless!... and you’re asking me if I’m ok?!... Of course I’M NOT OK!!!” he continued.
“Just worried…” Yamada retorted, trying to reach the back of the guy for a rub but his hands were being pushed away, thus he sighed. “Asthma is very common in this cold season… so be careful…”
“Be careful?...” he mocked. “Who the hell are you to tell me that?...” he flouted and eventually paced his way back to the door but Yuya, who is just beside the entry, locked his way in. “Move aside!...”
“Are you taking your medicine properly?...”
“GREAT!!!... since when did the two of you become so concerned about me?...” he backfired, nudging the guy on the side in order to get his way back inside the mansion. “Don’t be so kind people!... remember we are in a game!...” he emphasized, waving his hand to the two as he walked away.
“Yeah right…” Yuya mumbled as he agreed also. “Hear that chubby boy… we’re in a game…” he glared and the boy shrugged a shoulder in return.
“Whatever…”
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“Waaaaa…” an exhilarating sigh of adoration envelops the entire room the moment Yuri stepped outside the dressing room--- a small extension of her room where the rest of her gowns and dresses were kept.
“You’re so beautiful Milady…” praised by girl number one.
“Yes… you’re dazzling… NO!... I mean fabulous!...” complimented by girl number two.
“OMG!... I can’t say a word anymore!...” commended by girl number three.
“Neither do I…” Kaori seconded as her thoughts can’t generate any word to explain the beauty beholding her sight right now.
“Come on… you’re flattering me so much…” Yuri blushed, pushing the curls twisting on her cheeks behind her ears.
“Let it down…” Kaori insisted as she put the curls back to coil down the cheeks of the princess. “It looks good…”
“Really?...”
“Yes of course!...”
Giggling and twittering moments engulfed their conversation as they start giving more praises and approvals on the looks, gown, jewelries, shoes and crown of the princess. Yuri, on the other hand, enjoyed the moment of being the center of attraction. Her smile continuously emerges as if her lips were being painted to curve upright forever and her ambiance is very vivid that her glow is becoming more and more radiant as if a million spotlights are beaming her nonstop. Their sweet talk ended when a knock on a door come forth.
“Who’s there?...” Kaori asked on behalf of Yuri as she approached the door to unlock the knob.
“Nakajima-san…” an answer which is followed by, “ and Takaki-san!...” and also followed by, “Yamada desu!!!...” was heard and the door opened for them, revealing an ecstatic view for their surprise.
“WOW!...” Yamada reacted as soon as he saw the girl whom he’d thought to be so plain only.
“Kore wa…” Yuya fumbled and eventually gulped his words as he can’t think of a proper compliment.
“You’re beautiful…” Yuto praised straightaway, making him the first guy to utter those words without shyness or hesitation. “Ready?...” he asked.
“Y-Y-Yes…” Yuri stuttered a little not because she’s nervous but because of the presence of the guy she often dreamed in a nightmare. (in her thoughts----“That’s it… all he can say is wow?... nothing else?...”) She had thought of this without thinking that she is somewhat disappointed, totally unaware to her feelings as of the moment. “Let’s go…”
“After you!...” Yamada alleged as he stepped aside from the pathway but the girl glared at him wickedly in response. “Don’t give that stare…” he reproached and the girl frowned this time. “Neither that look…” he cautioned, waving his forefinger sideways as he stick it out from the rest of his fingers. “Remember that everyone will look at you… so smile…” he instructed and the girl grinned at him awkwardly. “Ok… that will do…” he gave up.
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It’s a wonderful day that everything is set perfectly. The main palace is decorated elegantly and lots of people, who have their names in society, big businesses, media, and around the world, gathered to witness the coronation of the princess who will become the Empress of Japan in the future. And pertaining to the event where officials and highly respected people are expected, the security are tightened to the fullest that professional detectives, swat teams and even military aircrafts are hired just to make the day safe for everyone.
Every single guest is welcomed on the main gate and being ushered to the palace. But Yuri, being the star of the day, was brought by her limousine at the back of the fort where the emergency exit is located. She was dropped together with her butler, tutor and bodyguard at the back entry and the Head Mistress accompanied them to a private room.
“Stay here for a while… the ceremony will start after thirty minutes… so freshen up and reduce you anxiety Milady…” instructed by the Head Mistress before she leaved the princess on the care of the three.
“Reduce my anxiety…” Yuri murmured as she starts pacing back and forth. “Reduce it… reduce it… reduce it…” she chanted repeatedly just to calm her nervousness.
“Sit down…” Yuto asserted while pushing a chair at the front of the girl.
“It’s ok… I feel better if I walk like this…” Yuri stressed out.
“You’ll get tired…” Yamada forewarned but the girl continued on pacing. “Chi…” he called her attention but still she insists on moving. “Please listen----”
“Ouch!...” she yanked, staggering her balance backwardly when the heel of her left shoe slipped off. She is on the verge to fall but someone from behind held an arm to catch her back and this saves her on tripping completely. She winced a little and the guy comforted her until she regains her balance back to standing. “Arigato…”
“You are not welcome…” Yuya retorted with a maddened expression on his face.
Yuri did not counter anymore since she knows that her act a while ago is at fault here. (in her thoughts----“I should have taken the seat instead…”)
“It’s broken…” Yuto interjected, hoisting a crap of heel in between the princess and the bodyguard. “I think you need a new one…” he proposed, with his eyes gluing a glare on Yuya’s face.
“Yeah a new one…” Yuya snorted as he beams a glare in return.
“I guess it’s much better if we just glue that heel back on her shoe…” Yamada suggested.
“No!!!...” Yuto objected. “It will be dangerous if it slipped off again…”
“So what’s your suggestion Mr. Butler?…” Takaki probed as he crossed his arms over his chest.
“I’ll get her a new one…”
“Where?...” Yamada asked.
“At the mansion…” he answered and off he goes.
“Is he using his head?...” Yamada frowned after the guy departed the room. It is quite unlikely for someone he knows to be so good in critical thinking to decide on something without analyzing the important matter. “The ceremony is about to start…”
“So?...” Takaki butted in.
“So he’ll be late of course…”
“So what are we going to do?...”
“I’ll buy something to stick that heel on the shoe…” Yamada settled and eventually exited the room too.
Five minutes of silence had past since Yuri was left alone by her tutor and her butler to Takaki Yuya inside the room. She felt very uneasy because the guy had stuck a stare at her within those times. A stare which is more like she is being skinned or rather being ripped to nakedness. “Will you stop that…” she uttered, breaking the silence for the first time.
“The what?...” Yuya asked.
“That look…”
“Sorry… that’s how God created my eyes…” he joked.
“You’re pathetic!...” she frowned. “Why don’t you do something instead on staring or joking like that!...”
“What do you want me to do then?...” he asked as he starts pacing toward her. “Kiss you?...” he suggested and the girl squint an eye of disgust. “Hug you?...” he proposed and the girl begins to back off from his approach. “Or…” he paused, smiling as he looked down on the shoe with a broken heel. “Asked Cinderella to allow you to have her shoe for a while just until the end of the ceremony…”
“Huh?...”
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Yamada rushed his way to the exit while glancing at his watch from time to time. “Fifteen minutes left… I have to hurry…” he murmured, gazing everywhere to look for a taxi. It took him a minute before a cab emerges from afar which is now running toward his direction. He is about to wave his hand but someone from his back rested a palm on his shoulder and this oblige him to turn around. “Ryu!!!...” he was surprised.
“Ni----” he was shut when Yamada palmed his mouth.
“Come with me…” Yamada dragged the boy on the other side of the street until they reach a spot where no one could see them. “Why are you here?... didn’t I told you to go to Korea!...”
“I trashed my ticket because I can’t leave you and the others…” Ryutaro answered, fidgeting the cap he just removed from his head. “And I just saw you having an argument with Yu-nichan this morning…” he added.
“You were in the mansion this morning?!...” Yamada exclaimed angrily. “Didn’t I told you also to stay away from places where Yuri could see you…”
“But I can’t leave you alone!... and I can see it now that you are starting to join their game!...”
“I’m not joining at their game…”
“You are Ni-chan… Because I can see it in your eyes!... And I knew that you like her ever since the time you kissed her in the library, the time you were with her in the kitchen and the time you saved her from the pool!...” Ryutaro pointed out.
“No I’m not!...”
“Yes you are!...”
“Ryu… please stop…”
“No!...” Ryutaro gripped the shoulder of his brother, leaning himself closer to explain what he had observed for the past few weeks. “You are not fighting for us or neither to our family anymore!... you are now fighting for her!...”
“I AM FIGHTING FOR OUR FAMILY RYU!!!... that’s why I took this job!...”
“You took this job to be with her…” Ryutaro argued.
“No!... I took this job to keep an eye on Yuto and Yuya!...”
“That is not your purpose anymore Ni-chan!...”
“Will you stop arguing with me and just leave this place right now!...”
“FINE!... but I can’t promise to let this pass!... If the only way for us to be together again is to kill her, then I’ll do it without hesitation!...” he accentuated and a slap on his face landed.
“Don’t you dare…” Yamada warned.
“You answer it then…” Ryutaro uttered as he ease the pain on his battered cheek. “You like her…”
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“That’s my shoes…” Yuri stated after seeing the thing being heaved by the guy in front of her. “I remember---”
“Leaving it to somewhere when I chase someone to the pool the day I almost drowned…” Yuya continued.
“You found it then…”
“Yes of course because I have it now…” Yuya asserted as he hunker down before the girl with his right knee resting on the floor firmly. “Give me your foot…” he spread his fingers, waiting for her to place a sole on it. “Come on… don’t be shy…” he teased.
“I can wear it myself…” Yuri protested but her left ankle was pulled by the guy and the shoe was inserted carefully to her foot. “I said I can---”
“Do you like Yamada?...” he asked out of the blue while pulling the right ankle to slip a shoe on it also. “You are overreacting everytime you see him… so do you like him?...”
“N-N-No…” she stuttered with a bit of lie on her tone.
“Are you sure?...” he asked as he looked up.
“Yes…” she replied, turning her gaze to a certain place where she could busy herself but that area was suddenly blocked by Yuya’s face. “What?!...”
“Then I still have my chances…” he answered, drawing himself near to her. “I’m not good in confession Yuri but I can show you my feelings…” he mumbled as he placed his hand on her face, rubbing the delicate skin on the cheek of the girl and giving a stare of affection at the same time. “Don’t give your hope on Yamada or on Nakajima since I’m the one who is right for you…” he attempted to kiss but a punch on his nose thumped before he even knew. “OUCH!!!...” he shouted.
“Who are you to tell me, that you are the right one for me?!!... do you want to be fired right now Takaki Yuya?!...” Yuri exclaimed with supremacy.
“No… but I just want you to know that you’ll get hurt once you choose Yamada…”
“Stop giving me advices because you are not----”
“I’m not giving you an advice because I’m giving you a warning…” He tilted his head as he draw his hand back to her face but it was slapped away before it could even touch the chin. “Yuri… you’ll be mine and that’s for sure…”
“That will never happen…” Yuri countered.
“It will… sooner…”
“Don’t play with me…”
“I’m not… because my feeling is true…” he declared and the girl showed a hint of about to run. “Don’t run away…” he mumbled as he intertwined her hand around his arms and pinned it securely on his side. “You’re coronation is about to start…”
“Let go!...”
“Later… if you are already on the aisle…” he smiled kindly.
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“Nakajima-san?!...” Kaori reacted surprisingly when the guy barge inside her room. “Why are you here?... aren’t you suppose to be on the ceremony?...”
“Stop that act… because you know why I’m here!...”
“What’s with this again?...” she frowned.
“Stop fooling me!... I know you did it…” he crossed his arms as he throws his glare at the girl.
“Are you accusing me again?... didn’t I admit that it wasn’t me who crashed that cabinet on her room or cut that wire of the chandelier on the kitchen!...”
“I know because I was able to confirm it… but this time I know it’s you!...” he grabbed the girl on the neck and smashed her back on the wall with fury. “You cut the heel of her shoe!...”
Kaori chuckled as she gripped the wrist of the hand latching on her neck tightly. “If it was me… what will you do?...” she smirked.
“Why did you cut it?!!!...” he barked a question in response, knowing that the response had some hidden purpose on it. “Answer me!...”
“I’m tired of fooling around Yuto!!!... I’m dead tired!!!...” she sobbed. “I’m doing everything for your sake but it seems like I’m starting to be so far from you!...”
“Far from me?... what the hell are you talking about?...”
“What’s with that question?...” she asked unbelievably. “Have you forgotten that we are----”
“There was no we or us from the very beginning Kaori…” Yuto clarified. “So stop thinking that I like you…”
“That’s it?!!!...” she exclaimed frustratingly. “After what I’ve done… is this what I’ve got!!!...”
“I don’t remember forcing you to do this for me…” he glared.
“Really?... didn’t you told me that you’ll be happy if there is someone who could help you…”
“Yes I told you that but I don’t refer that someone to you!...” he justified.
“Then what am I to you?...” she cried.
“Nothing…”
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A/N: Sorry for another late update... Brown out (means power shortage) is common at our place nowadays and i don't know why... the electricity will just shut off for an hour and on for another hour and off again... so my computer is kind of on and off too...
More revelation was done here... hope you like it...
DON'T FORGET TO COMMENT... SINCE I LOVE COMMENTS!!!... XD
Author: hikarijournal
Rating: PG -13
Pairings: Takaki/Chinen, Yamada/Chinen, Yuto/Chinen, hinted: Ryutaro will appear too.
Genre: Romance, Angst, Love, Mystery, Suspense
Warning: Yuri is a girl here. Ryutaro will appear on the later part of the chapters.
Summary: Yuri is a girl full of wit and vigor. Even though her family is so poor and her schooling is just covered by scholarship, she is very happy already. Everything on her life is just normal until one day she meets three strangers who mess up her life in the game of love and money. After that, everything change and so her identity.
Yamada Ryosuke: You’re my Sleeping Beauty… I’ll wake you up with my sweetest kiss.
Nakajima Yuto: You’re my Snow White… I’ll eat the poisoned apple just for you to see how much I care.
Takaki Yuya: You’re my Cinderella… I’ll stop the time before twelve midnight just to have you with me forever.
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Chapter 6
Me and The Ceremony
CHAPTER LINKS HERE~
“Ne… Chi… have you ever confess to someone?...” Yamada asked as he pulled the girl toward him, leaving no more spaces in between them. He draws his finger to her chin and brushes the frizzling hair coiling down her temple until he tacked it neatly behind her ears.
“Not yet…” Yuri retorted as she permit herself to be wrapped on his arms. “Why?...”
“Just wondering if you could do it now…” he pouted, tilting his head cutely and eyeing the pinkish velvety curve on her face.
“Now?...” she bit her lower lip, seemed too shy to say it--- the three words of confession.
“Yes… now…” he whispered as he pinched the chin gently and verge on clasping the neck eventually.
“I love…” she was shut when a kiss plummeted on her lips in advance. She returned it enticingly and allowed the guy to progress on a more passionate one. She can feel the tug on her hips and the pull on her neck as the guy heave her more, wrapping her intimately and loving her vehemently. “Wait…” she gasped when a ringing sound coming from nowhere disrupt her attention. “What’s that noise?...” she wondered.
“You’re alarm clock…” he replied.
“My what?...”she puckered her brows questionably and slowly, the guy starts to blur on her sight. “What’s going on?...”
“You’re alarm clock…”he repeated and everything went black.
“ALARM CLOCK?!!!...” she shrieked, scrambling and rumbling on her bed the moment she pushes herself up to sit on the mattress. Her hair is at mess and her night gown is hurling up to her tummy with her blanket on the edge of the bed and the rest of it on the floor. Every single night, since the time she was troubled about the feeling she had, this nightmare, that’s how she perceived it, has been repeating like as if there are no other things to be dreamed about. “Again…” she sighed, slapping the buzzing two-eared metal clock on her bedside table to shut up. “Why am I having this nightmare?...” she squirmed as she pulls her blanket to her mouth and start biting it on the hem. “I hate it!!!...” she fumbled.
“Lady Yuri… may I come in…” a call coming from the other side of the door which is accompanied by a knock interrupts her trance.
“Sure…” she permitted and Kaori, her personal maid, came in with three other girls holding glamorous stuff on each of their hands. “These ladies will help you on dressing up Milady…”
“Dressing up…” she muttered as she looks on each of the things held by the three. A glittering gold crown decorated with diamonds enclosed inside a glass box is being handled by the first one on the furthest right. A pair of glistening white shoe with a heel of about four inches long, ornamented with pearls and silver emblazoned is being clutched securely by the one on the middle. And a big white box, which is opened by now by the one on the furthest left, has with it inside a splendid silver long gown decorated with gems, pearls and well-stitched golden embroidery. “Yeah right, it’s today…” she sighed.
“Do you want to have breakfast first Milady?...” Kaori offered.
“Ok…”
“Then I’ll serve it right away…”
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Yamada pinched the edge of his ribbon tie as he approached the door of the mansion, looking good and feeling good--- that’s how he sees himself today. He’s quite excited and delighted that finally the coronation ceremony is just a few more hours to be around the corner. “Hope she’ll be fine… even though we rush everything up in the end…” he muttered as he recalled the chasing-capturing-teaching session they have for the last few days. His blissful atmosphere that makes his face glow vibrantly, suddenly crashed to a big frown when he saw the placard being hanged on the door that says ‘NO PIG ALLOWED INSIDE THE MANSION OR ELSE HE’LL BE SAVAGE’. “Who the idiot had posted this stupid notice?...” he angered.
“Me… why?... does it bother you?...” Yuya asserted as he approached the troubled boy.
“Why did you hang it here?!...” he questioned, holding the remaining patience he had inside.
“To shoo you away…” he replied bluntly. “And if you asked why again… then let me tell you this…” he pulled the boy by the ribbon and gnashes his teeth the moment an inch apart between their faces was ascertained. “Don’t get in my way chubby boy or else you’ll meet Lucifer right away…” he hissed.
“Are you scaring me?...” he countered this time even though he doesn’t want to, but the threat rendered by the guy is intolerable, it is as if he’s nothing but a small tiny winy fly, easily scared by anyone. “If you’re answer is yes… then I’m not scared!...” he challenged.
“I’m not scaring you… I’m just reminding you of who you are…”
“Whoever am I or whatever position I am in, it doesn’t matter!... as long as---” he stopped when the door, where the placard is being hanged, opened to its widest and an exasperated person came out. “Nakajima?...” he reacted and the guy, who is threatening and heaving him up, freed his tie abruptly. “Are you ok?...” he asked as soon as he draws himself near Yuto.
“You can see me…” he paused as he put the mouthpiece of a cylindrical object in between his lips pressing the canister to puff the powder he needed. “Breathless!... and you’re asking me if I’m ok?!... Of course I’M NOT OK!!!” he continued.
“Just worried…” Yamada retorted, trying to reach the back of the guy for a rub but his hands were being pushed away, thus he sighed. “Asthma is very common in this cold season… so be careful…”
“Be careful?...” he mocked. “Who the hell are you to tell me that?...” he flouted and eventually paced his way back to the door but Yuya, who is just beside the entry, locked his way in. “Move aside!...”
“Are you taking your medicine properly?...”
“GREAT!!!... since when did the two of you become so concerned about me?...” he backfired, nudging the guy on the side in order to get his way back inside the mansion. “Don’t be so kind people!... remember we are in a game!...” he emphasized, waving his hand to the two as he walked away.
“Yeah right…” Yuya mumbled as he agreed also. “Hear that chubby boy… we’re in a game…” he glared and the boy shrugged a shoulder in return.
“Whatever…”
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“Waaaaa…” an exhilarating sigh of adoration envelops the entire room the moment Yuri stepped outside the dressing room--- a small extension of her room where the rest of her gowns and dresses were kept.
“You’re so beautiful Milady…” praised by girl number one.
“Yes… you’re dazzling… NO!... I mean fabulous!...” complimented by girl number two.
“OMG!... I can’t say a word anymore!...” commended by girl number three.
“Neither do I…” Kaori seconded as her thoughts can’t generate any word to explain the beauty beholding her sight right now.
“Come on… you’re flattering me so much…” Yuri blushed, pushing the curls twisting on her cheeks behind her ears.
“Let it down…” Kaori insisted as she put the curls back to coil down the cheeks of the princess. “It looks good…”
“Really?...”
“Yes of course!...”
Giggling and twittering moments engulfed their conversation as they start giving more praises and approvals on the looks, gown, jewelries, shoes and crown of the princess. Yuri, on the other hand, enjoyed the moment of being the center of attraction. Her smile continuously emerges as if her lips were being painted to curve upright forever and her ambiance is very vivid that her glow is becoming more and more radiant as if a million spotlights are beaming her nonstop. Their sweet talk ended when a knock on a door come forth.
“Who’s there?...” Kaori asked on behalf of Yuri as she approached the door to unlock the knob.
“Nakajima-san…” an answer which is followed by, “ and Takaki-san!...” and also followed by, “Yamada desu!!!...” was heard and the door opened for them, revealing an ecstatic view for their surprise.
“WOW!...” Yamada reacted as soon as he saw the girl whom he’d thought to be so plain only.
“Kore wa…” Yuya fumbled and eventually gulped his words as he can’t think of a proper compliment.
“You’re beautiful…” Yuto praised straightaway, making him the first guy to utter those words without shyness or hesitation. “Ready?...” he asked.
“Y-Y-Yes…” Yuri stuttered a little not because she’s nervous but because of the presence of the guy she often dreamed in a nightmare. (in her thoughts----“That’s it… all he can say is wow?... nothing else?...”) She had thought of this without thinking that she is somewhat disappointed, totally unaware to her feelings as of the moment. “Let’s go…”
“After you!...” Yamada alleged as he stepped aside from the pathway but the girl glared at him wickedly in response. “Don’t give that stare…” he reproached and the girl frowned this time. “Neither that look…” he cautioned, waving his forefinger sideways as he stick it out from the rest of his fingers. “Remember that everyone will look at you… so smile…” he instructed and the girl grinned at him awkwardly. “Ok… that will do…” he gave up.
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It’s a wonderful day that everything is set perfectly. The main palace is decorated elegantly and lots of people, who have their names in society, big businesses, media, and around the world, gathered to witness the coronation of the princess who will become the Empress of Japan in the future. And pertaining to the event where officials and highly respected people are expected, the security are tightened to the fullest that professional detectives, swat teams and even military aircrafts are hired just to make the day safe for everyone.
Every single guest is welcomed on the main gate and being ushered to the palace. But Yuri, being the star of the day, was brought by her limousine at the back of the fort where the emergency exit is located. She was dropped together with her butler, tutor and bodyguard at the back entry and the Head Mistress accompanied them to a private room.
“Stay here for a while… the ceremony will start after thirty minutes… so freshen up and reduce you anxiety Milady…” instructed by the Head Mistress before she leaved the princess on the care of the three.
“Reduce my anxiety…” Yuri murmured as she starts pacing back and forth. “Reduce it… reduce it… reduce it…” she chanted repeatedly just to calm her nervousness.
“Sit down…” Yuto asserted while pushing a chair at the front of the girl.
“It’s ok… I feel better if I walk like this…” Yuri stressed out.
“You’ll get tired…” Yamada forewarned but the girl continued on pacing. “Chi…” he called her attention but still she insists on moving. “Please listen----”
“Ouch!...” she yanked, staggering her balance backwardly when the heel of her left shoe slipped off. She is on the verge to fall but someone from behind held an arm to catch her back and this saves her on tripping completely. She winced a little and the guy comforted her until she regains her balance back to standing. “Arigato…”
“You are not welcome…” Yuya retorted with a maddened expression on his face.
Yuri did not counter anymore since she knows that her act a while ago is at fault here. (in her thoughts----“I should have taken the seat instead…”)
“It’s broken…” Yuto interjected, hoisting a crap of heel in between the princess and the bodyguard. “I think you need a new one…” he proposed, with his eyes gluing a glare on Yuya’s face.
“Yeah a new one…” Yuya snorted as he beams a glare in return.
“I guess it’s much better if we just glue that heel back on her shoe…” Yamada suggested.
“No!!!...” Yuto objected. “It will be dangerous if it slipped off again…”
“So what’s your suggestion Mr. Butler?…” Takaki probed as he crossed his arms over his chest.
“I’ll get her a new one…”
“Where?...” Yamada asked.
“At the mansion…” he answered and off he goes.
“Is he using his head?...” Yamada frowned after the guy departed the room. It is quite unlikely for someone he knows to be so good in critical thinking to decide on something without analyzing the important matter. “The ceremony is about to start…”
“So?...” Takaki butted in.
“So he’ll be late of course…”
“So what are we going to do?...”
“I’ll buy something to stick that heel on the shoe…” Yamada settled and eventually exited the room too.
Five minutes of silence had past since Yuri was left alone by her tutor and her butler to Takaki Yuya inside the room. She felt very uneasy because the guy had stuck a stare at her within those times. A stare which is more like she is being skinned or rather being ripped to nakedness. “Will you stop that…” she uttered, breaking the silence for the first time.
“The what?...” Yuya asked.
“That look…”
“Sorry… that’s how God created my eyes…” he joked.
“You’re pathetic!...” she frowned. “Why don’t you do something instead on staring or joking like that!...”
“What do you want me to do then?...” he asked as he starts pacing toward her. “Kiss you?...” he suggested and the girl squint an eye of disgust. “Hug you?...” he proposed and the girl begins to back off from his approach. “Or…” he paused, smiling as he looked down on the shoe with a broken heel. “Asked Cinderella to allow you to have her shoe for a while just until the end of the ceremony…”
“Huh?...”
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Yamada rushed his way to the exit while glancing at his watch from time to time. “Fifteen minutes left… I have to hurry…” he murmured, gazing everywhere to look for a taxi. It took him a minute before a cab emerges from afar which is now running toward his direction. He is about to wave his hand but someone from his back rested a palm on his shoulder and this oblige him to turn around. “Ryu!!!...” he was surprised.
“Ni----” he was shut when Yamada palmed his mouth.
“Come with me…” Yamada dragged the boy on the other side of the street until they reach a spot where no one could see them. “Why are you here?... didn’t I told you to go to Korea!...”
“I trashed my ticket because I can’t leave you and the others…” Ryutaro answered, fidgeting the cap he just removed from his head. “And I just saw you having an argument with Yu-nichan this morning…” he added.
“You were in the mansion this morning?!...” Yamada exclaimed angrily. “Didn’t I told you also to stay away from places where Yuri could see you…”
“But I can’t leave you alone!... and I can see it now that you are starting to join their game!...”
“I’m not joining at their game…”
“You are Ni-chan… Because I can see it in your eyes!... And I knew that you like her ever since the time you kissed her in the library, the time you were with her in the kitchen and the time you saved her from the pool!...” Ryutaro pointed out.
“No I’m not!...”
“Yes you are!...”
“Ryu… please stop…”
“No!...” Ryutaro gripped the shoulder of his brother, leaning himself closer to explain what he had observed for the past few weeks. “You are not fighting for us or neither to our family anymore!... you are now fighting for her!...”
“I AM FIGHTING FOR OUR FAMILY RYU!!!... that’s why I took this job!...”
“You took this job to be with her…” Ryutaro argued.
“No!... I took this job to keep an eye on Yuto and Yuya!...”
“That is not your purpose anymore Ni-chan!...”
“Will you stop arguing with me and just leave this place right now!...”
“FINE!... but I can’t promise to let this pass!... If the only way for us to be together again is to kill her, then I’ll do it without hesitation!...” he accentuated and a slap on his face landed.
“Don’t you dare…” Yamada warned.
“You answer it then…” Ryutaro uttered as he ease the pain on his battered cheek. “You like her…”
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“That’s my shoes…” Yuri stated after seeing the thing being heaved by the guy in front of her. “I remember---”
“Leaving it to somewhere when I chase someone to the pool the day I almost drowned…” Yuya continued.
“You found it then…”
“Yes of course because I have it now…” Yuya asserted as he hunker down before the girl with his right knee resting on the floor firmly. “Give me your foot…” he spread his fingers, waiting for her to place a sole on it. “Come on… don’t be shy…” he teased.
“I can wear it myself…” Yuri protested but her left ankle was pulled by the guy and the shoe was inserted carefully to her foot. “I said I can---”
“Do you like Yamada?...” he asked out of the blue while pulling the right ankle to slip a shoe on it also. “You are overreacting everytime you see him… so do you like him?...”
“N-N-No…” she stuttered with a bit of lie on her tone.
“Are you sure?...” he asked as he looked up.
“Yes…” she replied, turning her gaze to a certain place where she could busy herself but that area was suddenly blocked by Yuya’s face. “What?!...”
“Then I still have my chances…” he answered, drawing himself near to her. “I’m not good in confession Yuri but I can show you my feelings…” he mumbled as he placed his hand on her face, rubbing the delicate skin on the cheek of the girl and giving a stare of affection at the same time. “Don’t give your hope on Yamada or on Nakajima since I’m the one who is right for you…” he attempted to kiss but a punch on his nose thumped before he even knew. “OUCH!!!...” he shouted.
“Who are you to tell me, that you are the right one for me?!!... do you want to be fired right now Takaki Yuya?!...” Yuri exclaimed with supremacy.
“No… but I just want you to know that you’ll get hurt once you choose Yamada…”
“Stop giving me advices because you are not----”
“I’m not giving you an advice because I’m giving you a warning…” He tilted his head as he draw his hand back to her face but it was slapped away before it could even touch the chin. “Yuri… you’ll be mine and that’s for sure…”
“That will never happen…” Yuri countered.
“It will… sooner…”
“Don’t play with me…”
“I’m not… because my feeling is true…” he declared and the girl showed a hint of about to run. “Don’t run away…” he mumbled as he intertwined her hand around his arms and pinned it securely on his side. “You’re coronation is about to start…”
“Let go!...”
“Later… if you are already on the aisle…” he smiled kindly.
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“Nakajima-san?!...” Kaori reacted surprisingly when the guy barge inside her room. “Why are you here?... aren’t you suppose to be on the ceremony?...”
“Stop that act… because you know why I’m here!...”
“What’s with this again?...” she frowned.
“Stop fooling me!... I know you did it…” he crossed his arms as he throws his glare at the girl.
“Are you accusing me again?... didn’t I admit that it wasn’t me who crashed that cabinet on her room or cut that wire of the chandelier on the kitchen!...”
“I know because I was able to confirm it… but this time I know it’s you!...” he grabbed the girl on the neck and smashed her back on the wall with fury. “You cut the heel of her shoe!...”
Kaori chuckled as she gripped the wrist of the hand latching on her neck tightly. “If it was me… what will you do?...” she smirked.
“Why did you cut it?!!!...” he barked a question in response, knowing that the response had some hidden purpose on it. “Answer me!...”
“I’m tired of fooling around Yuto!!!... I’m dead tired!!!...” she sobbed. “I’m doing everything for your sake but it seems like I’m starting to be so far from you!...”
“Far from me?... what the hell are you talking about?...”
“What’s with that question?...” she asked unbelievably. “Have you forgotten that we are----”
“There was no we or us from the very beginning Kaori…” Yuto clarified. “So stop thinking that I like you…”
“That’s it?!!!...” she exclaimed frustratingly. “After what I’ve done… is this what I’ve got!!!...”
“I don’t remember forcing you to do this for me…” he glared.
“Really?... didn’t you told me that you’ll be happy if there is someone who could help you…”
“Yes I told you that but I don’t refer that someone to you!...” he justified.
“Then what am I to you?...” she cried.
“Nothing…”
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A/N: Sorry for another late update... Brown out (means power shortage) is common at our place nowadays and i don't know why... the electricity will just shut off for an hour and on for another hour and off again... so my computer is kind of on and off too...
More revelation was done here... hope you like it...
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