A story with no end and no beginning.

She walks with her friend, Sakurai, in town. He told her about the photo book that his  girlfriend made. He showed her the book. She took the book and smiled to him.  She flipped through the pages l. He leaned close to her, he points at his picture that was close to his girlfriend, "this is me and that is you," he said as he points to her photo that was underneath his. She smiled slightly before she turned her gaze towards his direction, "I should get a copy of this photo book from her," she said as her hand were still flipping through the book. She smiled to him as she returned him the book. He smiled to her before he took back the book. She inhaled a deep breath as she looked away from his direction, "So, where are you planning to go after this ?" she asked him.

The two of them felt the evening breeze as the soft air blew against their skin. He thought for a while. He lifted his shoulder up, he ran his fist at the side of his jaw, "I'm not sure. Maybe head home since Veronica would be back home early today," he said to her. She nods her head, "Ah, okay. That sounds like a good plan," she said to him with a slight chuckles. She sighs, "Well, I think you should...." But before she could finish her sentence, he suddenly received a call from somebody.

Sakurai took out his mobile phone and looked at who it was calling him. He smiled slightly when he sees her name that was calling for him. "Uh, Mikayla, hold on. I have  a call," he said. She stops as he stood at the side of the  road. She look at his direction, "Okay," she said. She sighs and looked away from him. He answered the call and he walked slightly further away from her. She leaned back against the buliding wall she stood beside. She looks around her as the night  slowly falls as the sun shades fades away. She inhaled a deep breath before she changes her gaze towards his direction that's still in the call. She furrows her face slightly before she sighs again.

"Ugh, it must be Veronica," she said. She felt her heart race at the same time. She looks away for a moment before she looks at him again. His face expression that was smoking earlier changes I need a short time. She raises her eyebrow. He nods his head before he hung up the call. He walks back towards her direction . She looks at him that doesn't seems really happy... She raises her eyebrow up, "Eh, what's wrong with you... Don't don't seems happy," she said to him before he stops close to him. He sighs as he put his phone in his pcket. He pouts slightly.... "I thought she'd be back home early but she got to stay for extra hours with her work," he said. He stood close to her. She raised her eyebrow again and thought for a while...

"Oh, so that mean you have a few more free hours before you got to be home ?" She asked him. He nods his head, " Oh, what else should I do? I'd be a single man got a few more hours," he said to her. She married her eyebrow before she smirks slightly. "Well, if you'd be a free man for a few hours," she said before she grabs his hand. He looks at her direction, "What?" he asked her. "Then we should go and have an early dinner before I starve to death!" she said to him. "Eh?" He said. She pulls his hand towards the mall across the street.

..

After a while the two of them had their dinner together at a diner inside the mall. Sakurai went to the counter to make the payment while Mikayla sat at the table. After the payment was done, he walks back towards the table with the resort in his hand. He looks at Mikayla that's finishing her drinks. "Okay, payment are done. I think we should get going now," he said. She looks at his direction but he looks at his watch at the same time, "and it's getting late for me too... I don't want her to reach home before I did," he said. Mikayla looks at him statically for a second before she raised her eyebrows up, "Heh, seriously ?" she asked. He looks at her slyly, "Well, I'm a generous man, what else can you say about me ?" he asked her. He made his way out from the shop. Mikayla looks at his direction, "Hey," she said. She looks around the table to see if they'd left anything behind. She saw his photo book that's left on the table on the side he sat on. She furrows her face.

"Hey! Wait up! You left something behind here!" She said as she grabs on itm she stood up and walks towards his direction.

..

She walks out from the diner. Sakurai waits for her outside of it, he looks at her direction, "Why does women always takes a long time to even get out from the shop?" He asked her. She furrowed her face when she pushed the book she have in her hand against his chest, "You left this behind!" Mikayla said to him. He holds on the book against his chest before she let it go, "Why thank you. How can I ever repay you?" he asked her when he chuckles at the same time. She rolls his eyes, "Ugh! Let's just get out from here! I don't want Veronica to be sad when her prince charming, Sakurai Sho is still not when she came back to see him wearing diapers in the house!" She said, walking away from there. He looks at her sharply, "Hey! Who wears diapers at home?! I'm sure it's you not me!" He said as he catches up with her. Mikayla chuckles as she reaches the corner to go to the elevator to get to the ground floor from the second floor.

There were quite a lot of people waiting to get inside the elevator and after a while waiting, the elevator reaches to their floor. They wanted to get inside but before they could steps inside, Mikayla heard a voice that she knew she'd heard before. She looks at their direction when she saw Veronica walks out with another man that wraps his arms around her waist and kissed her lips as they steps out from the elevator. They walked away towards the other direction while they were laughing and talking to each other. Veronica looks at the man's direction, "Oh, don't worry. I'm sure he won't find out about our date today," she said as she chuckles with that man.

Mikayla was startled to see Veronica with another man. The elevator door in front of her closed up, she looks to her side when she saw Sakurai's face expression changed from excited to get back home to I don't even want to know that the hell is going on anymore. He furrowed his face.

"I've had it," he said sharply. He threw the photo book in his hand to the dustbin close to him before he turned around and walked away from there. He walks towards the stairs direction with a furiously expression across his face. Mikayla looked at the photo book in the dustbin that is empty. She looks at his direction again, "Sho!" she called for him but he completely ignored her. She looks at the photo book again before she grabs on it, she took out a tissue paper and wiped a slight stain on it and she chased him that walked away from her.

"Sho!" She called for him again.

He heard her but he was so angry, he didn't even bother to turn around and look at her.

..

Mikayla follows him back to his own house, not the house he rented to live with Veronica. She looks at his direction as she felt slightly worried to be there. It was already at night and the road was a little quiet and she's afraid if anybody would come and ambushed then, or just her from behind.... she blinks her eyes, still holding the book in her hand....

"Are you sure about coming back here, Sho... Nobody had live in the house for quite sometime.... Aren't you worried....."  She said as they were walking towards  his house  in the third floor  of the building,, but before could finished her sentence, Sakurai cuts her off, "I still come here when I need sometime on my own," he said. "Oh," she said. Mikayla looks at his direction as the two of them stops in front of his house door. He took out the key and opened the door. He gets inside the house and Mikayla still stood there outside the open door. He turns around and look at her outside the house ... He raised his eyebrows up, "So, are you going to come in or you want to go back home on your own?" he asked her. Mikayla was shocked with what he said. "Uh, im definitely not going back alone," she said as she rushed inside the house and closed the door.

..

Inside his house, she looks around at the place that's still quite nearly arranged. She walks towards the couch, she puts the photo book in her hand on the table in the living room hall, "I put the photo book here in the table," I said to him. He raise his eyebrow, he turns around and look at her slightly, "I don't want that photo book. I thought I already threw it away. Why is it still here anyway?" he asked her. He walks towards the living room, he grabs a lighter along the way, he looks at the photo book, he grabs on it as he lights up the lighter in his hand. He really wants to burn the book. Mikayla looks at his direction. She stood up and rushed towards his direction. "Sho! Don't!" She said as she grabs on his hand. He grumbled and still tries to take the book away from him.

"Just let it go, Mikayla !" he said to her. He felt his pulse increased high. Mikayla grunts as she tries to fight against his strength that doesn't want her to take the book away from him. "Don't do it, Sho! I know you still love her!" she said to him. He grunts, "Love?! She went out and kiss somebody else behind my back and that's what you call love ?!" he said furiously. "Let me burn this book with those dumbass memories I ever had with her in it!" He said. Mikayla still trying hard to pull the book away from him. "No! Don't" she said. She felt her heartbeat raised at the same time she was fighting with him. She knew she doesn't have the strength to fight against him, and without even thinking twice, she wraps her arms around him.

"No, Sho! Don't do it!" She said as she holds him close to her. Sho fell silent for a moment when he felt her warm body wrapped against his. He felt his heart that was uneasy before starts to beat unevenly suddenly.... He inhaled a deep breath, "Mikayla..." he said....

She's still holding him tightly even though he isn't fighting back with her. She hurried her face on his chest...

"Please don't do it, Sho.... You know that everybody makes mistakes. Sometimes desire can take control with people's life... I'm sure she still loves you," she said.... Sakurai was slightly startled at first but slowly. He release his hand from holding the photo book, he inhaled a deep breath, "Mikayla .." he said her name again. She heard him calls for her name, she slowly parted from her embraced to his body, he looks at her before he touches in her chin. "Mikayla," he said her name again.  She looks at his direction, "Sho...," She said his name.... He leaned close to her before she felt lips gebrlt touches against her. She was confused at first, she felt his lips gently moves against hers, his touches behind her back, he gently caresses his hand on her neck. She inhaled a deep breath before she returned his kiss..

© Scarlet Storm 2019

( This is what I had in my dreams.... Maybe I'll continue the beginning or the ending when I have the free time to think about it )

I Am Miyama Hiroto 02

He looked through all the documents that he had regarding the case. Every single bit of the evidence that were there with her murder incident was everywhere on his table. He took one sweet that was in the cup on his table as he tried to clear up his mind The taste of the sweet boost up his brain that was curious with what was actually going on. 
He looked at the photos that were taken right afterthe victim, Daigo Sato, was found dead on the couch at the living room hall after the witness made a police report about it. The witness, Akane Iro, was sure that it was the victim that was accused to be the murderer, Emi Sato, was the one who killed the victim, but somehow, the prove wasn’t clear enough to him that she is the murder. 
Could it ever be anybody else that went inside the house, killing the victim when he was alone in the living room hall? He sighed as he put the notes for the case papers to the side. He kept on looking on the photos if there was any evidence that it wasn’t her that killed him. He lifted his shoulder up when at the same time he looked at the clock on the wall close enough to him.
It was only seven fifty five in the morning. He went there a little early that day. Most of his working friend either comes sharp on time or a little bit late. The bright light from the glass window close to him was lighting up the office. He looked at the photos of the evidence in front of his as at the same time his brain was thinking. She was said that went to her brother’s house for a visit around three in the evening, and she was about to leave around an hour after that but her brother insist her to join him and his girlfriend for dinner that night. 
She really doesn’t want to join him at first but it was her brother. A man that was said she grew up with after the lost of her parents when she was sixteen years old. Currently her age was twenty four years old. She just finished her university and currently working as a clerk at an office somewhere in the city of Tokyo. 
Because her brother wanted her to stay, she decided to take a quick rinse in the bathroom as at that time the incident happen. 
The only other person inside the house beside her and her brother was his girlfriend, Akane, that caught her red handed holding the knife that was used to kill the victim at that time… 
Miyama raised his eyebrow and grunted as he ran his fingers through his hair 
‘How could all of this happen?’ he wondered alone. He inhaled a deep breath before he stared blankly at what’s ahead of him. He looked at something but his mind wasn’t concentrate with anything at all. He looked at the notes that they gotten from the one that was accused, but he wasn’t satisfied with the notes at all because it wasn’t him that wrote everything on the piece of paper/
“I need to go and get the information myself,” he said silently. 

He grabbed on his bag and he wanted to get out from there, but somehow, at the same time, he heard the sound of two people talking as their footsteps walking towards the room was heard. He looked at who it was and it didn’t surprise him to see Sada Atsuhiro and Ozaki Maiko heading towards him. 
He took some important documents that he needed for the case and put it inside his bag. He stood up, with his bag in his hand. He hung the bag right behind his back before he made his way out from there. Maiko looked at his direction as at the same time, he walked out from there.
“Hey, Miyama sensei,” Maiko greeted him. He just lifted his hands up and bowed down to them, “Good morning,” he greeted them as he walked right by their side out from the office. Sada looked at him being a little stellar, walking out from the room. He stopped walking and looked at his direction, he crossed his arms over his chest. He furrowed his eyebrow when Maiko looked blankly at Miyama’s direction.
“Yeah. Have fun outside! Make sure you don’t forget to buy us lunch!” he said mockingly to Miyama. Maiko raised her brows up, “And what’s up with this guy? His attitude has gone crazy right after he got this case,” she said. Sada grumbled, “Well, he got too many things in his mind,” he said sarcastically. Sada walked away towards his office at the other side of the office while Maiko just lifted her shoulders up and walked towards her table,
“Who cares about him anyway,” she said.

**

It was nine fifteen in the morning. The day has gone by like how it usually have been. People who are working were doing their work while the students are busy at their school or their university. Those people who are happy with their family at home were doing what they always do, living their life alone or rising up their loved one, but somehow for him, work is never done until everything is sort out, settled like the way it should.

He walked outside the corridor outside the meeting room with the prisoner inside the Tokyo police station. His footsteps were heard with each step that he took. He inhaled a deep breath as he was approaching the room that he was going to. 
“Let’s hope I got things clear,” he said. 
Maybe his friends had got the note from her when they met her earlier as he was still on some issue that he got to settled a few days ago. When he got their notes, he felt like there’s something missing as if there’s question that wasn’t asked from her. He stopped in front of the door and he looked at the number ‘8’ that was on the door. He grabbed on the door knob before he opened the door and he walked inside.
He sat on the chair on the other side of the plastic that connect two person from another ‘world’ inside the room. He opened his bag and took out his notebook, along with the pen that he always used. He put both of it on the table in front of him before he took out his name card for him to introduce himself to her. 
His eyes were looking around inside the empty room as she still isn’t at the other side. He inhaled a deep breath even though he tried to smile. Maybe he had met her before but in a very short time because suddenly something came up and he needed to go.

He waited for her to be there and somehow in the silent of the room, suddenly the door from the other side was opened and she walked inside the room. 
Miyama looked at her before he stood up to greet her. 
She looked at his direction when he held out his card to show her who he was, “Hello, Miss Sato. I’m Miyama Hiroto, the attorney that is handling your case,” he said to her as he bowed down. 
She was startled to see him right in front of her, 
“Miyama Hiroto?” she said his name. 
Slowly, he looked at her without any words was said…
“Emi Sato,” he said her name. 

© Scarlet Matsumoto 2018

I Am Miyama Hiroto 01

It was another day, another night as the day had passed. The sounds of vehicles were heard as they went on the road somewhere in the city of Tokyo. It was already eight forty five at night. Some people already went back home from their day at work, but some just started their duty at night.
            At the side of the road, he walked back to the place he called his home at the backstreet of buildings in the city of Tokyo. He loosens the neck tie that he had worn from earlier that day until it was right then. He seldom came back home this late at night, but there’s always something that was hidden behind the story that was told but he knew that none of it could clarify everything with what only was said.
            He stopped right in front of the diner with the room he had been living in upstairs. He ran his fingers through his partly neat hair. He inhaled a deep breath as he closed his eyes at the same time before he pushed the door opened. He walked inside the diner.
            “I’m back,” he said. He grabbed on the backpack holder on his shoulder before he walked towards the counter. Kanako turned around and looked at his direction, “Miyama san!” she said, feeling excited to see him there. He only lifted his hand to her, “Hey,” he said. The man behind the counter, his cousin, Bando Kenta, looked at his direction. Miyama put the bag that was on his shoulder before on the counter. He sat on the chair right in front of the counter. Bando looked at him curiously, he poured Miyama a glass of orange juice and put it on the counter right in front of him,
            “Too much work?” he asked him. Miyama just lifted his shoulder up before he grabbed on the juice and drank it. “Kind of,” he said. Miyama looked away as he felt like his head wasn’t really functioning that well. He put the cup back down on the counter, “I’m quite tired to even think of anything tonight,” he replied Bando. Kanako looked at him curiously, “But why, Miyama san?” she asked him.
            Miyama didn’t even look at her. He just grabbed on his bag and he sighed. He didn’t close the shop door shut as he got inside. He could feel wind slightly blew against his skin before he stood up from where he sat on. Kensuke looked at him, “Aren’t you going to at least eat first before you go?” he asked him. Miyama shakes his head from side to side, “No, maybe not but thanks,” he said. He walked pass the door, and head towards the stairs at the side of the diner before he climb it up and gets towards his room
            At the same time, Akashi walked inside the diner, feeling crazy like he always have been, “Akashi is in the house!” he said. Miyama walked passed him and straight towards the stairs as he climb upstairs. Akashi was startled to see Miyama’s mischief behavior that night. He turned towards Kanako and Bando, “And what’s up with him?” he asked them. She lifted her shoulders up, “I don’t know! You’re the one working with him, not me!” she said to him.
            Akashi thought for a while when she said that to him…
            “Oh yeah…. It’s me… Not you…” he said. He walked towards the counter and looked at the menu on the table… “And I’m really hungry right now…” he said. She furrowed her face and hit him with her hand. Akashi grunted as he felt slight pain, “Ow! Why?!” he asked her. She gritted her teeth against each other, “Why don’t you even care about his condition?!” she asked him furiously.”And how would I know?! It’s his life not mine!” he replied her. She furrowed her face, “Whatever!” she said. Akashi rubbed on his shoulder that she had hit him earlier.
            Bendo lifted his shoulders before he turned around to continue doing what he was doing. He adjust the wig on his hair as it moved slightly, “Ah, maybe he have a problem with his own life.. You shouldn’t be bothered about it,” he said and he continue doing his work.

**

            He walked on the corridor at the side of few rooms that he  had been living in. The light upstairs was slightly dim as there was only one small window at the other side. He stopped right in front of his room and he opened the door and he gets inside of it. He closed on the door. He took off his shoes, he turned around and walked towards the single bed inside the room. He put his bag on the bed before he took off the coat that he wore and hung it on the hanger close to him. He turned on the light as the switch was at the other side of his room. He undo his die and he started to unbutton the shirt that he wore one by one. He sat down on his bed and he let himself falls down on it before he inhaled a deep breath and closed his eyes…
            He tried not to think about anything else at that time, but he could still see her smile…
            “Why are you still in my mind,” he wondered about the lady he last saw apart from his work mates earlier that day. He knew that he was handling her case, he never had felt like this before… but why this time?? Why her? He could still see her smile even though she was behind the bar she was held as a prisoner… He could only hear her voice talking to her, but… he felt like there’s something different about this lady…
            He was started to see that it was her to be the client that he got to defend. He knew that work is just work, there won’t be any emotion involved.
            He knew that it was against his rules of being an attorney for her case, maybe he was too tired from too much work but he knew, he felt awkward even just talking to her… 
            It was against his rules of being an attorney for her case, to be feeling weird about her… Maybe he was too tired from too much work but he knew, he felt do awkward even just talking to her…

© Scarlet Matsumoto 2018

Forever Love : 01

It was on a bright Monday morning. Almost everybody was prepared to start their day. It was a regular thing for people in Japan to wake up early because the sun rises early but somehow inside a room, it took her quite some time for her to even open her eyes. She grumbled, “Ugh… Okay, Wani… You got to wake up. You got to wake up…” she said alone but instead of pushing the blanket away, she pulled it back up to cover her body.

**

            It was 8.10 AM. The day was going on like it usually does. Wani rushed her way towards the main office inside the building that she has to go for her first day of practical as a secretary. Even though it was her last year to be there, she still have trouble to wake up early. She furrowed her face, “Oh, I really hope that I’m not late!!” she said. She and some of her fellow friends were assigned to that company. She surely hopes that she would be there earlier than anybody else. After a while, she stopped right in front of the main office. She inhaled a deep breath before she knocks on the door but unexpectedly, somebody walked out from the room.

            He turned around and bowed down to the manager behind him. “Yes, sir. I’d go to the department and report myself there right now,” he said to Mr. Fujii before he turned around and walked away from there. Somehow, their eyes met for a short time. He gave her a smile before he walked away from there. She was shocked to see him there. ‘Sou Matsushima?’ she remembered his name in her heart. She grumbled in her heart. He is one of the best student from her University and she is the only transferred student from Malaysia.! Looking at him suited up well, she wondered if she could manage to get the position at the company. She sighed. She heard Mr. Fujii called her name from behind her back, “Wani chan,” he said. She was startled before she turned around and bowed down to him. “Sir,” she said.  He called her inside his office and she followed him from behind his back. She tried to be confident but she doubted to win against Matsu at the match. She gripped her fist tight and sighed slightly. ‘Oh, just go for it,’ she said before she gets inside the room and closed to door.

**

            During the lunch hour, after the time had passed as the day continues, how she was relieved that she manage to do some of her job properly on her first day there. She was surprised to be put in at the same department as Matsu. The two of them barely talked to each other, but every time they met, he couldn’t stop but gave her a smile. She groaned and sealed her eyes shut for a while. She was left there alone at the cafeteria. She grabbed on the glass of her orange juice before she took a sip of it but her thought continue to play around in her mind. ‘And I wonder why was he being so nice to me…’ she wondered. She ate the curry rice she bought a moment ago. She knew that Sou is younger than her but why does she felt awkward when he stood so close to her. The image of him smiling to her kept on reappearing in her thought. How some part of her wanted to fade away and never return but how some part of her just wanted to stay. She sighed and continues to eat her lunch before unexpectedly, somebody stood right beside her. “Hey, Wani chan! Finally! I thought I’d never findd you!” she head a man spoke to her. He smiled to her, “Mind if I join you for lunch?” he asked her. She fell silent for a moment before she turned her gaze to see who it was that talked to her.

            How she was startled to see who that person was. He gave her a friendly smile as their eyes met. She felt her heart stopped for a short time, she blinked her eyes once…
  ‘Matsushima…’ she said in her heart…

**

            The two of them continue eating their lunch right in front of each other, “ I really hope that everything would be alright for us today,” he said to her. She had a small laughter and looked at him casually. She smiled slightly, “I hope everything would be okay for you,” she said to him. He looked at her awkwardly, “Why just me? Isn’t it supposed to be all of us?” he asked her. She snorted slightly, “Well, aren’t you everybody’s favourite?” she asked. He raised his eyebrow up, when she just smiled to him, “Nee, Matsushima kun?” she said to him. He looked at her sharply before he smiled to her teasingly, “Just call me Sou chan and don’t worry too much. Both of us would do okay,” he said. She nodded her head, “Yeah, right…” she replied. She knew that the two of them doesn’t have anything in common at all. She’s just a regular student when he is one of the precious diamonds in everybody’s heart. She looked at him enjoying his lunch right in front of her face. How he was enjoying himself. The food that she ate was almost finish but why does she felt like she just want to get out from there? She doesn’t want to see him right in front of her anymore but some part of her doesn’t want to go away from there. How she felt her anxious heart triggered when unexpectedly, the sound of somebody’s high heel were She looked at who it was and saw a beautiful lady walked towards their direction. She walked right behind Matsu and touched on his shoulder, “Matsu kun…” she called his name gently. She was gutted for a moment looking at her right there. Matsu turned around and looked at who it was. He cleared his throat slightly, “Reiko chan,” he said.

Reiko snorted slightly when she just sat right beside Matsu and joined in for lunch with the two of them. He smiled to her slightly, “And I didn’t expect to see you here,” he said to her. Reiko flipped her beautiful long hair. She touched on Matsu’s shoulder as she leaned closer to him so that she could whispered in his ear, “Well, I guess I got to be wherever you are,” he said to her but Wani could hear every single bit of what she said. Wani looked away from them as Reiko sat closer to him. She tried to clear her mind that seemed to be slightly irritated with Reiko suddenly being there. She gritted her teeth against each other, ‘Well then I guess it would be a pleasant day indeed for you,’ she said to Reiko. She smiled to Wani slightly before she gently caresses at the side of his face. Matsu smiled slightly to Reiko as Wani looked away from the two of them, ‘I better finish my lunch before anything else happen in front of my face,’ she said in her heart and continue to eat her food.

**

            After sometime, she finally finished eating her lunch. She put the fork and spoon she used earlier down on the plate in front of her before she looked at the two of them, “Well, I’m done with my lunch. I think I should get going because I still have something that I haven’t finish doing yet in the office,” she said to them. He looked at her direction as he felt Reiko suddenly touched him behind his back, “But…” he said to her, but she just gave him a smile, “Well, I with the two of you good luck for today!” she said to them. She stood up and turned around, but somehow without her noticing anything, she accidently hit against somebody unexpectedly.

            How she was gutted when he shoulder hit against somebody that walked right behind her back. He stopped walking right beside her. He turned his gaze towards her and looked at her sarcastically. Matsu was shocked as he stood up just in case if anything would happen in between the two of them. Wani bowed down to the man that wore a neatly ironed black suit right in front of her, “I’m really sorry!” she said to him. Arrogantly, he looked away from her, “Next time, watch where you’re going,” he said to her sarcastically. His friend walked close to him, “Hey, man. Let’s get out from here! I’m starving!” his friend said to him. He grunted arrogantly before he walked away without turning back anymore. She furrowed her face, “And who the hell do you think you are?” she said irritatingly. Matsu pulled his hand away from Reiko that touched him and walked right beside her. He looked at her, “Are you okay?” he asked her. She didn’t even look at him at the same time she heard Reiko’s heel walked towards Matsu’s direction.

            She sighed unpleasantly, “Don’t mind me. I’ll be alright,” she said before she walked away and left both Matsu and Reiko behind. She furrowed her face as she walked away from there. Maybe it was her first day there, and she believe those thing would happen but why would she even bother about it anyway. She groaned, “Just forget about it,” she said to herself as she walked away from there.

            From far, how Matsu was clueless with what was going on. How he wanted to go after her but Reiko couldn’t stop holding him close to her. He felt his heart pound slightly as he couldn’t see Wani anymore further away from her. He sighed before he turned around and looked at Reiko right beside him. Reiko gently caressed on his shoulder. She sighed and shakes her head from side to side, “Let just let her go and do her work,” she said to him. He knew he felt nothing at that time; he pulled his hand away from Reiko that couldn’t stop touching him for too long already. He groaned, “Yeah, whatever,” he said to her. He rolled his eyes as he walked away from there and left Reiko behind. She followed him from behind his back pathetically.

**

            After sometime inside the office, everybody was doing their work like they were asked to do earlier. Their behaviour and workmanship were being watched out by each of the staff that were attend to look after them. Maybe they were all meant to have their practical at that company but nobody knows which department or position they were meant to be. The time continues to tick before soon the head of the company would call all of them and tell where they would be place at for the rest of their three months practical at the company.

Unforeseen : 01

            It’s in the second month after the school in Japan was open once again. It was on Friday and it is the last day of school of the week. Some students were delight that they won’t have to go to school anymore tomorrow, some worries if there would be more homework they got to finish only on the weekend and some students in the Tokyo Junior High spends their time talking to their friends outside the classes.

            After a short while, the bell suddenly rings and the students anxiously to go to their first class of the day. Most of them grabs their books from the locker and rushed towards their classroom, but some are walks without anything in their hands.. Sakurai walked beside two of his friends towards their class. They talks and laughing with each other, not even bother when they walks right next to a teacher that is going towards his class, 09-10, close to theirs.

            Inside the class, Sakurai and his friends continue their conversation and their voice is just too loud the whole class could even hear what they were talking about. Sakurai laughed, “I know right?! That would make me the richest kid in school!” he said to Shin and Shun, the identical twin in the class. The two of them nods their head with a dumb smile across their face. “And how excited is that….?” Shun asked Sakurai. Sakurai rolled his eyes. “Of course! Won’t that make everybody in this school want bow down to me?!” Sakurai said. The two of them nods their head, “Yeah! That’s so right” they said to agree with Sakurai.

            Slightly further away from their table, Ayaka puts the pen she holds in her hands down, she  turned to her side and she looked at Sakurai sarcastically, “Oh, your mighty,” she speaks. Sakurai turned around to look at her direction; Sakurai furrowed his eyebrow, “What?” he asked her. Ayaka smiled to him annoyingly, “You know, sometimes I feel like you are talking too loud, the whole world is going to collapse with your unpleasant voice,” she said to him. Sakurai grumbles, he raised his eyebrow up, “And why are you talking too much?” he asked her sarcastically. Ayaka looked away for a short time, “Excuse me? Is it me who’s talking or you who can’t shut up?” she asked him directly. He groans. He looked sharply to her direction, “Oh and when your ‘boyfriend’ isn’t here, you talk too much,” he said to Ayaka. Ayaka sharpen her eye gaze towards Sakurai. “My boyfriend?!” she asked him shockingly. Sakurai snorts, “Whatever,” he said to her. He rolled his eyes before he turned his gaze towards his friends and continue their conversation.

            Ayaka groans, “Urgh! And I don’t know what will happen to this world…” she groans. Mie that sat beside her look at her, “Sometimes you just got to ignore those types of people…” she said to Ayaka. Ayaka nods her head, “Yeah, maybe you are right,” she replied Mie. Mie smiled slyly, “Or else you’d either become one of them or crazy because of them,” Mie said to her. Ayaka smiled, she nods her head. “Yeah… You are so right…” she said to Mie. Mie nods her head, she smiles to Ayaka, “And I think we should finish the work that Mr. Fujiwara gives us before he returns in a short time!” Mie said to Ayaka. “Yeah, you’re right!” Ayaka nods her head. The two of them continue doing their work.

**

            It’s during the second period of the day at the school. Things were going regularly like how it usually goes. The students of class 08-10 stands up and bow down to their teacher before the teacher walks out from the class. Sakurai looks at the teachers direction from his desk as the teacher walks out from there. He calls for his friends, Shin and Shun to get their attention, “Hey guys,” he said to them. Both of the twins looks at Sakurai’s direction, “Yes?” Shin answers Sakurai. Sakurai walks towards the classroom door when he see a new student that come to the school just a few weeks ago. Shin and Shun walks closer to Sakurai, “What is it?” Shun asks Sakurai. Sakurai grins when he looks at the new too old school type of boy, with his spec that don’t suit his face, he don’t even know what name he should be calling him anymore.

            “And looks who’s coming to our direction!” Sakurai said to the twins. Shin looks at where Sakurai was looking at. He raises his eyebrow’s up, “Hey, isn’t that the nerdy guy? Did he change his dress up code suddenly?!” he ask his brother and Sakurai. Sakurai snorts slyly, “Maybe…” he smirks to them. The boy pushes his spec that  falls down back up to its actual position as he continue walking towards the class. Sakurai crosses his arms, “Why not we give him a little surprise?” he asks his friends. Both Shun and Shin smirks while they nods their head…

            “Yeah… That would be just splendid!” they answers Sakurai. Sakurai smirks looking at the boy that was coming to their direction. He hides himself inside the class so that the boy won’t see him there.

**

            Outside the class, the boy walks towards the class with piles of books in his hands, “Oh, I really hope I don’t miss the second period! Miss Sizuka needs my help too later after the third period ends!”  he said. He pushes his specs up once again as he approach the class. He walks inside the classroom with a bright smile across his face but before he could move further, he stumbles down when he didn’t realize somebody’s feet was evading his way to gets inside. He groans before the book that he holds in his hands falls down on the floor.

            “And here comes the stumble boy of the year!” Sakurai said when Shin manage to trips the boy down. Ayaka looks towards Sakurai’s direction. She furrows her eyebrow when she notice that the boy has falls down on the floor. She grumbles before she walks towards the boy’s direction. Sakurai pushes the boy with his legs but Ayaka pushes him away, “Can you just get a life, Sakurai?!” she said to him. The boy tries to stands up but Sakurai and Shun still tries to pushes the boy again. Sakurai looks at Ayaka sarcastically, “Huh, what are you going to do to me now?” he said to her. Ayaka pushes Sakurai away with all of her might. Sakurai almost stumble down, but Shin manages to grab hold of him before he reaches the ground. Sakurai grumbles. He looks at Ayaka furiously, “We should get out from here,” Sakurai said to his friends. He walks away from there when he looks how Ayaka tries to help the boy. Ayaka furrows her eyebrow, “Just get out from here!” she said to Sakurai.

            Ayaka looks at the boy’s direction. He finally manages to stands up because Shun walks away from disturbing him. Ayaka looks at the boy full of concern, “Are you okay?” Ayaka asks him. The boy smiles and looks at Ayaka’s direction, “Yeah. I’m alright,” he said to her. She nods her head before she helps him picks up his books on the floor. “Sometimes, I really don’t understand what is wrong with this guy!”  she said to the boy. The boy adjust his specs before he grabs all of his book, he smiles to Ayaka, “Thank you for backing me up,” he said to Ayaka. Ayaka startles for a second before she looks at his direction again. “Oh, no worries. If that jerk ever disturb you again, I’ll make sure I’ll pinch his face next time,” she said to him. The boy snorts slightly, “Really, thanks,” he said to her. He bow down to her before he walks away from there. Ayaka looks at his direction. She taps her feet several of times…

            “You can always count on me, Matsumoto…” she said alone. She looks at Matsumoto’s direction. She knows that he is a new transferred student from Hokkaido, he seems decent enough to be causing any trouble, but it seems like she don’t really know about him at all. She seldom see him hanging out after school ends, she don’t even know where he lives… Who is he, really makes her curious…  Ayaka raises her eyebrows up, “Who are you really, Matsumoto kun…” she wonders.

            Suddeny, Mie taps on her shoulder to distract her. Ayaka startles when she turns her gaze to the side. She looks at Mie smirks to her direction, “And what’s on your mind?” she asks Ayaka. Ayaka furrows her eyebrow, “What’s on my mind?!” she asks Mie. Mie nods her head, she taps her fingers at the side of her head, “Yeah… On your head,” she asks Ayaka curiously. Ayaka’s jaw falls open when she know what Mie is thinking in her mind. She furrows her face, she pushes Mie’s slightly to the side, “I’m surely not thinking what are you thinking!” she said to Mie. Mie giggles, she grabs on Ayaka’s hand, “Are you still accompanying to the teacher’s office to see your dream Mr. Kento?” Mie asked Ayaka’ Ayaka laughs, she pushes Mie out from the class, “Shh! Don’t make too much noise!” she said to Mie.

            The two of them walks out from the class, but from far, Matsumoto looks at Ayaka’s direction for a short time before he continue doing his reading.


**

            After their school finishes, Matsumoto takes his leave. He walks towards his home where he lives all alone. He had lost his parents in a car crash a few years back. He got no other relatives to support him and he believes that he can live his life own his own. He is not eight years old anymore. He walks at the side of the roads towards his house that isn’t that further away from the school. Most teachers ask him where he lives but he don’t even know what is his home address.

            Along his way back home, he could hear the sound of water from the river close enough to the pathway, only people could not see it, but it is there. Matsumoto holds himself together, he smiles alone, “Just wait for me, Chie chan… I’m coming back home,” he said alone. He continues his journey towards his home.

© Scarlet B 2017

Mind Game 2

Our lips emerged against each other.  He wrapped his arms around my cold body. My body fell against his. Slowly he pulled my face away from his. He wipes away the tears that still kept on falling down. I looked deep into his clear soft brown eyes.  I looked away because I couldn't cope looking at his honest heart that wanted to be right beside me... But how was it possible for me to be with him when most of the time I'm on guard? Aiba shield me in his 'possesive property' and there isn't anybody that can disturb the relation between me and him.

Maybe once before I met Matsumoto when I go to a diner to with my girlfriends. Seeing him there, doing his work all alone, made me wonder who is this guy really was. I accidently left my purse at the diner. I was devastated at first, but when I go there once again, I saw him there once more. He come to me, and we didn't even looked into each other's eyes. He was only wearing his worn out clothes, I was afraid at first when he comes closer, but he doesn't have any other intention to do to me apart from returning the purse that I left at the diner before. I was gutted when I saw everything that was inside the purse was there. My credit card, my money, it's not even touch. I thanked him for it, but he only nodded his head and without any word, he turned around and walked away from me.

He made me curious at first to know who he was and the curiousity in my heart, somehow made my cold heart before melted and warmed once again... Everyday I go to the shop just because I want to see if he was there but each time I went there, I couldn't even see his shadow at all. I was devastated at first but as I was about to leave the diner, he walked in at the same time. I looked at his direction. He was still wearing the same worn out clothes. I couldn't think about anything else anymore. I wanted to go towards his direction but at that time, Aiba's man grabbed my shoulder and made me follow where he wanted me to go.

I grumbled hard when he was pulling me away from there. I tried to kick them away as they were dragging me out from the shop. "Let me go!" I screamed. People around me were afraid to come close since they know who that man worked for, but suddenly without me realize anything, somebody grabbed my hand and punch directly towards Aiba's man face.I almost stumbled but I felt his hand holding mine. I was shocked and starled at first, but when i turned around, I see it was him saving my life. He looked directly towards my direction.

"Run away from here!" he said to me. I nodded my head as the two of them continue to fight with each other. I ran away from there. I was crying because I don't know what to do anymore. I know I'm bounded with Aiba Masaki, but I wanted to go away from his grip. "I hope you will be alright," I said alone. I hide behind a big building as I was terrified to be left there on my own...

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After a while, I was holding myself together, I don't know what I should do to myself anymore... I recalled back what has happened to me a while ago. Who was that guy and why would he wantedd to save my life? He doesn't even know who I was, but why would he care so much? I sighed and I closed my eyes. I looked the my watch and it was only nine fifteen at night, but the night seems to be so dark, I could even barely see anything. I had left my purse when the rumbled happened earlier. I was left with nothing at that time. My wallet, my mobile phone, everything is inside it but suddenly, I felt somebody touched my shoulder. I felt my heart palpitates instantly. I turned around to see who it was.

I was startled to see it was him standing behind me. His messed up hair, his clothes were torn apart. His lips were wounded. I inhaled a deep breath before I slowly tries to touch his face, but he walks away.

"You're wounded..." I said to him. He wipes away the blood stain with his hand. "This is nothing," he said to me.

It was very silent behind the building. He looked at my direction and handed me my purse again. "Don't leave this simply, miss. There are so many important document inside here," he said to me. I looked at his clear brown eyes. I took the purse as I bow down to him. "Thank you for saving me..." I said to him. He looked at my direction slightly, he bow down to me, "Just keep yourself safe," he said to me.

He turned around and walked away from there, but before he could move any further, and without hesitation, I grabbed on his hand. He stopped taking another step. He looked to his side. I felt the cold wind blow against my skin...

"Who are you?" I asked him... He didn't even bother to look at my direction...

"I'm Matsumoto. Matsumoto Jun," he said to me and he walked away from there...

"Matsumoto..." I said as I looked at him walking away from there...

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After that day passed, I always go to the diner and kept on waiting for his return... One day, I saw him sitting on his own while he was doing his work, I smiled to myself and without hesitation I go and sat right in front of him. I wanted to know who he was and even though it wasn't easy for me to get to know who he was, finally after so long, the two of us had fallen in love...

He was just the son of the man that worked at the diner. He was a simple guy and loves to do thing the easy way instead of causing a mess in his head. Even though I'm a daughter of a Cosmetic company CEO, but I enjoy myself more being with him. Everyday we see each other. Even though at home I wasn't happy most of the time, but when I am with him, I felt like I'm the happiest girl in this world.

--

I felt my tears continue to fall when the memories of me and him before came back in my mind... I gently touched his cheek, "I don't want to be alone, Matsumoto..." I said to him. He sighed, wiping away the tears that was still falling on my face, he smiled to me slightly. "You know that it's impossible for me to be with you, baby," he said to me. He pinched my cheek and pulled me closed as our lips met once again.

"I don't want anything else to happen to you anymore... I would walk away from your life, but I want you to always remember that whatever happen, you will always be in my heart for the rest of my life," he said to me. He kissed my lips once again before he turned around and slowly walks away from there...

I was gutted when he decided to leave me. How am I supposed to live my life if I'm not with a person that I really love? Even though he has nothing so much for him to move on, but he is still living his life. Even though his pay isn't too much, but it's still enough for him to survive this cruel world. I looked at him walking away from me...

I shakes my head from side to side, I inhaled a deep breath, gripping my fist tight, I was sure with what I wanted to do now, "No... I won't let this happen..." I said and without any hesitation, I ran towards his direction.

 "Matsumoto!" I called for his name.

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Inside a VIP apartment, suddenly a glass that was filled with wine were smashed directly on the ground. He looked at his men furiously, "I Don't care what is going to happen to any of you but I want you to get her back to me, right now!" he said to three of his men that were standing right in front of his face. THose men nodded their head, "Yes, master!" they said as they walked away from there.

Aiba was furious because it was already fifteen minutes to one in the morning and his fiance still isn't home yet. He was breathing heavily... He turned around and walked towards at the window at the side of the apartment. He looked at the moon that was giving the dim light at night. He griped his fist, "If it's still him you are looking for, I'll make sure that he will die the next day to come," he said as his fury was raging so hot deep in his heart.

(c) Scarlet BOundaries 2016

Mind Game.

I hide from the man that has been following me since I was on my way home earlier... I felt my heart palpitates furiously as i leaned back on the wall right behind me... I looked to my side and I wonder if the man were still behind me, but I couldn't hear his footsteps anywhere near me.. I inhaled a deep breath before i sealed my eyes shut. I ran my fingers at the side of my face as the sweat kept on falling down...

"Who was that guy?" I asked myself.

I breathe in slowly as I felt my heart started to ease slightly... I looked to my side again as I thought I wanted to go away from hiding behind the dark building...

It was twelve fifteen late at night and as i thought there wasn't anything else anymore, I decided to walk away from there. I took my step slowly... towards the side of the building... It was so dark I could barely see anything. I sighed before I walked out from there... but without I realize anything, somebody grabbed my hand and pushed me directly towards the wall behind my back.

I almost stumbled, but his gripped around me hold me together. I grumbled as I felt the pain of him pushing me towards the wall behind me

"Argh!" i groaned in pain. Startled, i looked at the person behind me. I widens my eyes to see it was the man that was haunting me since before... He was wearing mask to cover up his face... He leaned much closer to me. He tries to tear off the clothes I was wearing. I tries to pushed him away but the more I did, the more stronger he was pressing his body against me.

He kissed my lips and i looked away, but he pressed his head against mine so that I couldn't go anywhere else anymore... He strangled my neck so that I couldn't really breathe. He pressed his lips against my neck and I could feel his lips were moving swiftly against it. I grumbled as I tries to pushed him away but he was much stronger than me. I couldn't do anything else anymore, but with a furious heart, i pulled my hand away from his grip and I directly slapped his face, but by accident, I pulled the masked he was wearing.

I fell silent when I looked at who it was... I couldn't believe he would do this to me... I felt my body triggers. His breathing was getting hoarsely... He grumbled and pushed me away. He looked away from me...

I don't know why did he even want to do this to me... He walked away from me, but I tries to get some explanation from him. I touched his shoulder, he turned around and looked at me slightly... I inhaled a deep breath, trying to get my nerve to speak to him...

"Why did you do this to me?" I asked him... He shrugged but he didn't even look at my direction anymore... I gripped on his shoulder but he pushed my hand away.

"It was my mistake..." he said to me...

"What do you mean?!" I asked him.

"I have to do this so that I would be stance to death... for raping a person that doesn't know who am I..." he replied me..

I was shocked when I heard him say that to me...

"But..."

"You know that you are the only person I've ever love in my life and it broke my heart too much I couldn't be right by your side..." he said to me.

"I rather die than seeing you suffer with that jerk, Aiba Masaki.." he said.

I furrowed my eyebrow, I turned him around and I directly slapped his face.

"But I thought if you love me, you would fight for my love!" I said.

He sighed... He touched his face that has been wounded before because of the acid thrown directly towards his face. He doesn't want her to feel the shame to be with him.. a man that isn't perfect anymore.a man that is so hideous, you would die looking at his face for too long...

"Because I know even if we have the chance, you wouldn't want to be with me anymore... So I rather die!" he said too me

He turned around and looked at me... I was shocked when I see his face... .What has happened to him?! I felt my tears fell down. I hold him close in my arms. I gently caressed behind his back..

"I would still love you, no matter what! I still do..." I said to him...

Slowly with a heavy heart, he ran his fingers through my hair...

"Baby..."

I sniffed. He wrapped his arms around my body. I can felt the warmth of his body against mine...

"Matsumoto...", I said his name...

I pulled him close and gently our lips met again...

(c) Scarlet Boudnaries 2016.

Sorry it just came to my head. and I write it away. lol