Title : A Broken Love Song (Chapter 17)
Author :
lovu_lovu_aiba Beta :
andreja1989 *I will never enuf to say thank you *hugs*
Pairing : Sakuraiba, Junba, Ohmiya
Genre : AU, Romance, Angst
Rating : PG13
Disclaimer : The boys aren't mine, I really hope I own them tho XD
Summary : Aiba Masaki used to be a great songwriter until the death of his beloved made him stop composing. Yet, the arrival of Sakurai Sho has colored his life. Sho taught him what is love and made him knew happiness again. But life...never be that easy...
Seventeenth Melody...
Aiba opened the thick wood door in front of him, feeling the sudden coldness because the air conditioner brushed against his skin. The room was so large with a wide elegant table in the middle of the room, some chairs placed around the table. His cheeks tightened when he replied a smile to a man who sat in one of the chairs in that room. Aiba bowed his head to a middle aged man, there are traces of handsomeness left on his wrinkled face, the familiar handsomeness for Aiba. The calmness radiated from his sharp eyes, looked so smart and wise at the same time, “Father…”
The man’s smile grew wider when he heard Aiba’s greeting, “Masaki-san… I’m happy you still call me father…”
“I’m sorry for my rudeness…” Aiba talked softly, still hesitating to move from his position to enter the room or not.
“No, please don’t apologize, I’m happy…” he smiled kindly again. “Thank you for your time, Masaki-san… and why don’t you sit and we can talk…”
Aiba walked to the chair in front of the man and sat on it, he cleared his throat, totally didn’t know what to talk to the man. “Please don’t feel awkward or bad toward me, Masaki-san… Sho already told me everything, I’m really sorry your marriage had to end this way…” He looked like he was thinking for a while then continued, “Sho would be mad at me if I said it was the end, he couldn’t accept it. I think you know about it since he kept sending back your divorce papers…”
Aiba lifted his head and nodded slowly while the man continued his words, “I heard that Sho took part in your fiancée murderer case. I…” for a second Aiba could see how tired and pale his face was, “I know, you will never forgive him, that apologize isn’t enough, but to not send him to the jail I can’t be more grateful toward you, Masaki-san…”
“What did he tell you, father…?”
Sakurai Shun frowned for a while but answered, “The truth… that he took part on the murderer plan, you knew about it and left him. In his depression state he tried to end his life…”
Sho didn’t tell the truth to anyone was Aiba’s only conclusion, probably because he read Aiba’s hesitating expression he questioned it, “Is it wrong? Did he lie to me?”
He smiled to his father in-law, “If his father doesn’t believe him then who will…?”
“That’s true…” he nodded. “Masaki-san, about your offer we considered about it already… You will buy all the stocks although it is on lower position…?”
“Yes,” Aiba answered shortly as he nodded his head.
“But, the exchange…”
“Just like I asked, I won’t change it…” Aiba tilted his head, “I will buy all the stocks, I will prepare a new life outside Japan, because father… I’m not forgetting you saved my family before…”
“But…”
“But you have to leave Sho in Japan, alone…” Aiba continued firmly, there were no hesitation anymore in his voice. He knew he already gave the man hard options, no parents won’t be happily to leave their children alone, in poor condition.
“Is it your punishment for him…? Separate him from his family and make his life suffer…? It’s just a question, Masaki-san… not an assumption…”
“Punishment or not… You know I would never tell you about it, father…” Aiba could feel his cold hands trembled on his lap as he tried his best to keep his voice under control, he didn’t want to shout to the man he respected. Whatever Sho did to him, his father had no relation and shouldn’t get the same treatment as his son, “It’s the exchange… and now I need your answer…”
“Sho heard about it already…” He took a deep breath before he continued, “and he asked us to leave Japan… but his condition…” For a second he looked startled and bit his lower lips, “No, nothing… I’m sorry… we will take it, Masaki-san…”
“I’m sorry I have to make you choose like that, father…” Aiba had to try his best to hold back his tears, “My secretary will take care of the rest… I hope I will meet you again in better situation…”
He brought himself on his feet and bowed deeply to his father in-law, when he almost stepped out from the room Aiba could hear he talked slowly, “Whatever Sho did in the past, although he lied to you all the time, but his feelings for you are not a lie…”
~*~
Nino walked fast, wearing his glasses in the way while his manager followed him closely from behind. “Make sure to empty my schedule in the midday, I promised Masaki a lunch…” Nino didn’t try to see if his manager heard him as he fasten his steps. Suddenly he stopped his track, made his manager almost crash in him.
“What is it Ninomiya-san?” His manager looked around as Nino stood still, eyes darted to the floor.
“Nothing… Can you leave me alone for a while?” Nino questioned his manager.
“But you have to meet producer-san in thirty minutes…” his manager tried to remind him about the schedule.
“I know, I will call him and you better make new appointment with him, he will agree if I say I need to discuss something with Masaki…” he glanced to his manager behind his dark glasses, “Now, go!”
Doubtfully he walked away, left Nino in the middle of wide receptionist room. He played with his nail for maybe a minute and he moved swiftly to the narrow hall that linked the receptionist room with the rest room. A loud gasp left a guy’s lips when Nino pushed him hard to the wall.
“What the fuck do you want from me?” He hissed dangerously in the guy’s ear. “I warned you to not get near me or my best friend anymore!”
The guy chocked as Nino’s hands strangulated his throat, made his lungs empty. The singer freed the guy but pushed him away until he fell to the cold floor. “Don’t you dare to come again! It’s not because I’m worried over you,” the disgust colored Nino’s voice, “I don’t want my best friend to be a murder just like you!”
“Kazu… please, let me explain everything…”
“That you aren’t the guy in the car?” The sarcasm left his lips.
“I’m… the guy in the car…” he stood up and placed his hand to the wall to support his weight. “Let me talk to Masaki… then after that you can kill me or ask me to kill myself or do whatever you want to me…”
“How dare you ask to meet Masaki!” tears flew from his eyes as he remember all things that his best friend had to go through because the guy.
“Isn’t it equal with the truth…?” Nino’s mind was spinning faster, is it equal…? No, if he could choose he would never let Ohno meet Aiba ever again, Aiba’s feeling is more important than anything for him. But up until now, he didn’t know what happened in the past, what Jun did to deserve to die…
“I have you word,” Nino said firmly as he accidentally caught Ohno’s ring finger, he saw Ohno wearing two rings. Nino recognized them as their engagement rings. He tried to ignore it as he walked slowly to Aiba’s room. He passed the secretary room, when a young woman bowed deeply to him. “Is Aiba-san in his room?”
“Yes, Ninomiya-san…” the woman smiled and nodded to him.
“Okay, thanks,” he knocked the door slowly as he heard Aiba’s response right after that, “It’s me!” Nino replied back as he opened the door.
“Nino? Isn’t it too early for a lunch?” Aiba raised his face from his papers to see his best friend.
“Someone wanted to talk to you…” he opened the door wider and Ohno stepped to his side. For some moments Aiba couldn’t say anything until in fast movement he pounced Ohno, Nino caught his hands fast and pushed him back.
“HOW DARE YOU COME HERE OHNO SATOSHI!” his scream echoed to the thick wall, “How dare you show your face to me!!”
Nino hugged him tightly although his best friend struggled crazily, “Masaki, please… please calm down…”
“What do you want to bring him here Ninomiya Kazunari!!” He snapped still struggling to free himself.
“Give him fifteen minutes and we can ask him to kill himself… You don’t need to dirty your hands, Masaki…” Aiba clutched his hands to Nino’s t-shirt, tried to hold himself from killing Ohno right there and then. A heavy silence filled the room until Nino reminded slowly, “You still have 14 minutes and 35 seconds to explain everything…”
~*~
“How long have you waited?” Mai smiled to her boyfriend. “Not that long…” a good looking guy answered her. As he replied her smile made the latter blush deeply. She still couldn’t believe she could date Matsumoto Jun, although people said he would dump her fast she didn’t really care about it. “Let’s go!” she pulled his arm slowly, brought his boyfriend to stand up.
“No, it was our dream, Ninomiya Kazunari!” a guy who sat on the other side of the room snapped loudly. He looked like he nagged his friend about something, “We will enter that University of arts together, period!”
“Whoa, that guy is energetic…” she said as she brought them to walk out of the café, “That reminds me, you will go to arts school as well?”
Jun yawned without even trying to hide it, “No, I will go to normal university and study management…”
“That’s not interesting… You are good at acting, senpai… people agree about it. Don’t make our dreams go to waste; at least you can enter to the art school in behalf me… My parents won’t let me to enter that university…” She looked like waiting for an answer but when she noticed Jun didn’t have any interest to answer she continued, “It’s nice to enter that university together, right?” Jun could see clearly how Mai tried her best to make their conversation interesting, or to make Jun promise her that they would be together forever. But for Jun, no one ever touched his heart, and he betted no one will, not even a smart and beautiful girl like Mai. He sometimes wondered what does he want from a girl? Why can’t he fall for Mai just like that? She was nice for sure, smart, pretty, kind, perfect for him. But Jun knew he would never love her and he knew Mai somehow realized it.
“Do you want to go somewhere…?”
“No, not really…” Jun shrugged as he looked around without -again- hid his uninterested expression.
“Don’t be that cold to me!” Mai laughed and punched his arm playfully, “Let’s go eat ice cream? You need to eat sweets so you won’t grumble all day…”
“I don’t believe I can watch your stage play!” Mai almost jumped around when she entered the great hall in the university.
“I don’t believe your parents let you to…”Jun didn’t change to his costume yet and stood against the high wall of the auditorium.
Mai smiled brightly to him, “I didn’t tell them I’m here… It’s my secret with Sho nii-san… besides, nii-san supports me to enter this school, I need to see around and I need your advice, how did you get your parents heart to let you enter this university?”
“Nothing, I just didn’t try my best before…”
“So, why did you try your best after that?” Mai asked as she looked around to look for her brother.
“Because I got accepted here without audition… one of stupid teachers in our school sent them our stage play…”
Mai laughed loudly, “You are happy right? Go change your clothes, I will look for Sho nii-san, besides, I read the pamphlet and someone from music department will perform…” she opened the pamphlet in her hands, “Aiba Masaki… is he good?”
“I don’t know… I never talk with anyone from music department…”
“Although your girlfriend is a pianist…” Mai narrowed her eyes to him to tease him. “Okay, go change your clothes…”
‘Hello? Senpai! It’s first time you call me!!’ Jun could hear the cheerful voice Mai had, ‘Want to congrats me because I just graduated?’
‘Yeah… congratulation…’
‘Are you okay? You seem not well…’
‘I am okay…’
‘You know senpai… my nii-san fell for someone from music department because he saw his performance, he is trying to look a way to get close with that guy! And you know what senpai? If I wouldn’t have you I would fall for him also! His performance! Awesome! The best!!’
‘I see…’
‘You sure, you are okay?’ Jun could imagine how her worried expression at that time.
‘Mai… let’s end our relationship…” Jun probably thought that Mai dropped her phone because he didn’t hear her breath on the phone.
“Give me a reason…”
Jun knew she won’t buy his lie, she was too smart, so he decided to tell her the truth. The truth that even he, himself, couldn’t believe it, “I love someone… and it’s not you…”
From her breath Jun knew she was crying, he felt bad but wasn’t it worse to keep dating her when Jun loved another person? He didn’t want a nice girl like Mai wait for him, she deserved someone who could love her…
“I’m sorry… Mai-chan…”
Jun could hear her soft sobs when she answered, “It’s the first time you call my name, senpai… be happy…”
“You too… bye…”
“Bye bye, senpai…”
Mai flipped off her phone as she walked slowly, brought her gown and broken heart alone, she didn’t try to wipe her tears because she knew, it was useless, it would flood her face again. She felt her phone vibrating as he flipped it open, ‘Nii-san…’
‘Congratulation my beloved sister! Want me to pick you up and we can eat ice cream together? Or you have other plan with Jun?’
‘No… I won’t have any other plan with Jun forever…’
‘Mai…?’
‘He called me for the first time, he called my name for the first time, and he broke me up… it would be my first and last time…’
‘Mai? Where are you now? Wait for me there! I will pick you up now!’
‘Near my school…’
‘Wait there, I will meet you in some minutes…’ Sho didn’t wait for her answer as he cut the line.
She felt her eyes become blurry because of the tears as her mind was messed, right when she noticed a café on the opposite road, “I can rest for a while there…” she mumbled as she walked slowly across the street. Everything happened so fast, she heard loud car engine, before she could do anything the car grazed her slim body, made her being thrown up to the side of the road. People screamed and everything became dark for Mai...
AN : There we go the truth behind the murderer~ I don't have much things to say btw~ haha
I hope this series won't be make anyone dissapointed :3
because I think I kinda lost my touch on it~ haha maybe thats why I don't want to make this fic longer~~
anyway...enjoy ne and please looking forward for next chapters~ ^^