[Chaptered] The Bet 6/?
Title : The Bet [chap.6]
Pairing : Sakuraiba
Genre : AU, Romance
Rating : PG13 [Sho`s POV] and PG13 [Aiba`s POV]
Beta : ice_colour *I`m not see you around lately,but I lost my ma-chan T_T*
Disclaimer : I own them in my imagination and you read it now XD
Summary : The almighty Sakurai Sho was the perfect student in Sora High-school. He was rich, smart, and overall irresistable. All girls in school were falling at his feet even though everybody knew about his playboy lifestyle. Aiba Masaki was a nice student, everyone wanted to be his friend. Sho and Aiba’s behaviors looked so different from one another. But you can’t judge the book by its cover, right?
Sho`s POV
“What??” Nino shouted loudly. “What did you say?”
“Aiba will live in my house...” I repeated it slowly. His expression looked weird, half shocked, half amused.
“What the hell is going on with you and Aiba these past 2 days?” he asked, smirking at me. He knew that his plan was a success with wonderful ending that he had never expected.
“A lot of things have happened and I have to ask you guys to stop our bet...”
“What? No!” That was Jun, exactly like I thought. He wouldn’t stop playing this game so easily.
“I`ll give you my car and you wanted Nino`s Wii right? I`ll give it to you, a new one...” I said calmly.
“This is not about the presents!” he was almost shouting now.
“So? What is this all about now...?” I used a more dangerous tone. At that moment I realized Jun had already made his move to get Aiba. What had he done?
“This is... He just lives in your house, this doesn’t means he is yours already,” he said and stared at me looking angry.
“So... It`s not about the prizes... It`s about Aiba now?” I asked him. I could feel my palms becoming cold.
“Calm down guys,” Ohno stood up and placed himself between us. I realized that I and Jun had come closer while yelling at each other. I strode back to my chair. Ohno and Nino exchanged a glance while Jun kept staring at me.
“That’s true... He is not mine...” I said, trying to hide my sadness at the same time. He is not yours Sho...
“So, the fact that he lives in your house, or not, doesn’t have anything to do with our bet.”
I knew Jun tried his best to keep his voice low, but I couldn’t help myself and refrain from thinking about punching him in the face. He didn’t want the prizes, so what was on his mind now? What did he want? To make me lose? Or Aiba? I tried not to think about the last option. He wouldn’t have fell for Aiba... Not in such short time... But I fell for him in only 10 minutes and wasn’t able to forget about him...
I couldn’t object to anything Jun had said, he was right. Aiba was not mine, even if he lived in my house.
We could keep our game going... I stood up and paced out.
“Where are you going, Sho-kun?” Ohno asked me when I reached for the door knob.
“I`ll go to Aiba`s house now... To take care of his mom,” I answered him, opened the door in front of me and closed it without saying anything.
Aiba was waiting for me in front of my lounging room. I had predicted Jun’s reaction so I didn’t want to let Aiba witness the scene. When I stepped out, I saw him... being cornered by his... sex partner... My heart started to hurt again for... I didn’t even know how many times he had hurt me because of his actions... Aiba pushed that damn guy away from him, when he saw me. I just stared at him and then walked away, he followed me.
“It`s not what you think,” he tried to explain me. I sighed.
“No need to explain to me anything, you have your freedom even if you live in my house, you can date whoever you want,” I said it as coldly as I could.
“I`m not dating him,” he was walking beside me now. That makes your position even worse Aiba. You were just about to have sex with some random guy...
“Like I said, no need to explain it to me!” I was half-shouting at him by now.
“So why do you look so mad?” he asked me totally pissed off now.
“I`m not mad, lets stop this ridiculous conversation, we have to go to your house now,” I replied and walked faster. He followed me and kept silent. He sat beside me in my car and looked out of the window.
“I think we need some kind of reason why I’m taking you from your house...” I opened the conversation. He looked back at me, I had grown accustomed to looking him into eyes by now... Though, even now my heart still beat crazily.
“No need to do that,” he answered.
“Of course we need to do it, I can’t just march into your house and say that I want you to live in my house from now on, do you think your mom would agree on that?” I asked him.
“I think she would...” he answered, “but if you really want to make some excuse, just go on... What are you planning to say to my mom?” he asked me back.
“How about, we are dating and I want you to live with me?” I asked him, “Just a reason to give to your mom, you know...” I added it hasty...nervously.
“Yeah, you can tell her that, she will be happy to hear it,” he said sarcastically.
My car stopped in front of his house. I waited for my driver to open the door for me while he already opened his by himself. Just like Ohno...
He positioned himself beside me. I looked at him. I thought he will look tough like always, but he looked afraid and fragile. He stared at his house with hurtful expression. Maybe he was close to crying even. I gently took hold of his hand. I didn’t know from where I got the courage to hold his hand, but I did it anyway... He looked at me and I tried to smile to him. He nodded and smiled back.
We walked together to his house, my butler was standing in front of his house already and bowed to me.
“Young master... Aiba-san,” he greeted us. He opened the door for us and I walked in. This was the house where he had grown up. I felt him getting tense, he held my hand more firmly.
“She is waiting in living room, young master,” my butler said while walking in front of me, leading the way. We entered a small room and a beautiful woman wearing extraordinary clothes waited for me and Aiba. Is this his mom...?
She smiled at me awkwardly and I bowed to her and smiled back. I sat down in front of her and kept holding Aiba`s hand.
“Let me introduce myself... My name is Sakurai Sho... Masaki`s boyfriend...” I lied to her, though I’d always wanted it to be reality. She bowed again.
“I know about Masaki`s situation and yours as well... That’s why I can’t let Masaki live in this house any longer, with a father who tried to rape him...”
“Are you okay, Ma-chan?” she asked Aiba.
“He is not okay,” I answered her while smiling at her at the same time.
“I want him to live in my house,” she stared at me, looking shocked.
“But he is...”
“And in exchange for that,” I cut her words. She looked at me, her expression changing from afraid to interested, and it was so disgusting.
“It`s not like I’m buying your son... I`ll give you a job in one of my companies... Because your current job makes
Masaki really worried and hurt...” I could feel Aiba staring at me in disbelief, “And I`ll give you whatever else you want,” I added.
“No!” he stood up and let go of my hand, “No, you can’t do that!” I took hold of his hand again and pulled him back to sit down.
“Of course, I can, baby,” I smiled at him. “You will be able to meet Masaki if you miss him... And if you need anything just contact my butler...”
“Please take care of him,” all of sudden she was talking in a soft voice, “I know I’ve never been a good mom for him...” she looked at Aiba. I smiled at her.
“You have my word...”
I pulled Aiba to stand up. It was like he had lost all his words and had become numb.
“We will take our leave now...” I bowed to her, she stood up and bowed back. She looked confused, maybe half of her heart wanted to hug Aiba. I walked out of his house and his mom followed us to the door. I bowed again and got into my car, he sat down beside me.
“That was too much...” Aiba said.
“No, it`s not...”
“Yes... You saved my life, let me live in your house and now you give my mom a job, you didn’t need to do that much for me…” suddenly tears flooded down his face.
“Shhhh~~ Why are you crying?” I pulled him into my embrace. What did I do? Did I hurt him...? But I tried my best to make him happy...
“I owed you my life... And now I owe you more than my life... If I can pay this all back to you somehow, I`ll do anything... I`ll do anything for you...”
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Aiba`s POV
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