[Chaptered] The Bet 5/?
Aiba`s POV
I slowly opened my eyes… Uhhh… It`s so heavy… Where am I…?
I stared at the white ceiling. Is this in heaven…?
But why was all my body hurting so much. I thought there wasn’t any more pain after we die. I felt the warmness of sunlight and in a matter of minute I got my consciousness back…
I`m not in heaven, so where am I? My memory flashed back… My dad almost raped me… Then I ran away and tried to kill myself… But something happened after that…
I turned my head and saw the most unbelievable scene ever. Sakurai Sho sat beside my bed, his head leaned on bedside, his eyes closed, he was sleeping… And his hand held my hand… I remembered how he pulled me off of the street. But I didn’t remember anything of what happened after that…
I hated him for being all heroic and saving my life. But half of me admitted that I`m afraid of death. I had even tried to kill myself before. I sighed… I was alive and now and I needed to start to think of a way how to get through my life and how to settle it.
I wouldn’t be going back to that house even if someone would try to push me back to that damn place by force, in that case I really would choose to kill myself for real. But then I remembered how Sakurai Sho had saved my life. I didn’t know or understand why he was there… On the same street… Was that just a coincidence…? Or had he followed me? That was impossible, right…? But after owing him my life I could not think of committing suicide again.
He was still holding my hand, had he held it since yesterday…? No matter how the matters were, I wouldn’t admit aloud that I didn’t mind at all. He was still wearing his uniform… So he hadn’t came back home yesterday before he’d met me. I looked at his sleeping face carefully. This guy was really handsome… That was what I thought… I still didn’t withdraw my hand.
I looked at the whole room. It was a large room with only few furniture in it. Only a queen-size bed, sofa, and a study desk. There weren’t any paintings or family photos. This Prince Sakurai really did seem like a cold person. But he was so nice at the same time. Who would endanger their own life to save someone like me, apart from him that is…?
I felt his hand moving and looked at him. He opened his eyes and frowned, maybe because the sunlight was blinding his eyes. He looked at me and his eyes opened wide in shock. He looked at our hands, that were still linked, and quickly released mine, but I caught his…
“Arigatou,” for saving my life, for accompanying me while I was sleeping, for being so nice to me… Thank you… I smiled at him and released his hand.
“Ahhh…” he looked like he tried to say something more but in the end all he said was just an ‘Ahhh…’
“I`ll call my maid to bring you breakfast, what do you want to eat?” he asked me but his eyes wasn’t focused on me. It`s like he’d be talking to another person. I didn’t understand what I felt. I was just too happy when I saw him wake up.
“Anything,” I answered him.
He started to walk away and for a second I couldn’t understand why exactly I didn’t want him to leave me. I felt more and more scared with every step that led him further away. It was like my dad would jump on me again if he’d leave me.
“Could you call them from this room?” I asked him and he turned around looking at me with a shocked expression,
“I`m afraid of being alone,” I added.
He nodded and walked back, sat himself on the sofa and called his maids. He flipped his handphone shut and turned to me. He looked at me for a second and turned his head away again.
“Do you hate me that much…?” I asked him. I never minded if someone hated me before, but I just couldn’t help and feel pity for myself, if someone who saved my life actually hated me a lot.
He turned back to me and looked directly at me, “No, I don’t hate you... Why would you think that way...?” he looked confused.
“Because you won’t look me in the eye…” I could hear the sadness in my own tone and I felt shocked about that.
“It`s not because I hate you…”
“So why then…?” I questioned him, he was still staring at me, but I knew he was forcing himself to do that.
“It`s because…”
*Knock, knock*
Someone knocked on the door cutting our conversation.
“Come in,” he said. Two maids opened the door and walked in the room.
“Good morning, young master... Good morning, Aiba-san...” they greeted and bowed to us. Wow, he surely is a prince…
“Ohayou,” I replied them, excited.
They prepared a cup of milk and toast on a tray for me. They brought it and placed it in front of me.
“Thank you,” I smiled at them. They bowed again and left the room.
Silently I said ‘Itadakimasu’ and drank my milk. It tasted so great and I felt my energy filling up. I ate the toast and it was the most delicious toast ever! I wanted to offer my toast to Sakurai Sho when I noticed he was staring at me intensely, sweat dripping from his forehead.
“Sakurai-san?”
Ho looked like snapping out of his daze and back to reality, when he said, “Daijoubu desu, I just need to go the bathroom…” He dashed away before I could say anything. I was all alone in his room and I felt really afraid because of that. I realized it was unreasonable, but I couldn’t stop myself from feeling that way. I pushed myself to finish my breakfast.
After ten minutes he came back from the bathroom and walked toward me.
“Are you okay, Sakurai-san…?” I asked him.
“I`m okay...” was his answer and he came closer. He wasn’t even smiling, I was afraid of what if he leaves me here but
I was also afraid of him coming near me. But he did save my life so I convinced myself to stay in the bed-room instead of trying to run away. He sat down on the bedside and looked at me.
“Aiba... I know about your situation...” he said. What situation…? “About your mom and dad... I know all of it... I know it`s not my business… But I want to offer something to you…”
I didn’t answer him. Is that how it is? Prince Sakurai who can interfere in other people’s problems freely? I bet he knew that my mom was a whore and my dad unemployed, maybe he even knew my dad had tried to rape me.
I kept silent and he continued, “Would you leave all of that and live in my house…?”
What?? Leave what? Live where??
This guy had totally lost his mind. He was almost a stranger to me, we started to talk just yesterday, even though I knew him for 2 years.
“Have you lost your mind?” I asked him. He looked like he had predicted I would ask that question.
“No… I’m just offering you to live in my house instead of going back to your house… Because, as I said, I know your situation,” he answered calmly, now staring directly in my eyes and I found myself totally losing ability of doing anything under his gaze.
“But, that is so crazy… Do you understand that I`m a stranger…and you offered me to live in your house?” I didn’t understand this guy, at all.
“Yes,” he nodded, “You can live freely in this house, no need to work because I`ll pay for your tuition, you can leave when you’re able to live alone, if you want to…”
“And in exchange I have to do what?”
“Nothing,” he answered me calmly.
“But I don’t have anything to give to you…” I said confused. He smiled at me.
“Like I said… I don’t need anything from you…”
“But… You… Why…?” I asked him still confused.
“I need just one thing from you,” he ignored my question.
“What is it…?”
“Don’t you ever ask me why…” he answered.
I looked back at him, trying to find any signs that he’s lying to me or making fun of me. But I couldn’t find anything except honesty in his eyes…
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Hello girls~~
Here there are The bet Chapter 5 >.<
I made it a bit soft because the last 2 chapters sooo intense~~
About The Bet Poll...I closed it,,and I keep write from 2 POV...
but if there are not any differences in both POV i`ll make sure to write a warning...
so...enjoy the story and comments make me write moooreee