Flowers of Despair || Haruto from TREASURE

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May 9, 2022

"Haruto." Himari called out to her son who nervously sat next to her in front of the laptop.

He saw how distressed his father looked while sighing. "I heard about the rumor."

Himari looked at Haruto in concern. She placed a hand on his knee to give him a sense of comfort while talking to his father. "I apologize, father." He bowed to him in respect.

"That was the same thing you told me a few months ago," Akio said. "Can you explain to me why you're affiliated to the Princess of France?"

"We're close friends... a lot of people assumed we were romantically involved with each other. It isn't true, we aren't dating."

"You know, I was surprised to hear about it. Now that I find out you aren't dating her, I'm quite disappointed," Haruto was shocked with what he said. "It would've been nice to have one of my best friend's daughters as my daughter-in-law."

"She's replacing her older brother as the heiress to the throne, do you even know that?" Himari mentioned the recent news that was spread among the royalties.

"Yes I do, Antoine told me about it even before the rest of the kingdoms knew," Akio nodded. "They would be a good tandem in ruling countries, the next leaders of the future generation. But yes, there are some cons of marrying someone who's set to rule a kingdom in the next few years as well."

Haruto felt that the conversation became lighter cause his father wasn't yelling at him or forcing him to leave the entertainment industry. At least not yet.

"Anyways, I already told you that we won't cover up for you anymore. If you want your name to be cleared, you need to do it yourself. You're 18 now, I'm pretty sure you can do it on your own. Since Princess Gracielle is involved here too, you can ask help from her if you wish." Akio told him.

"Yes father, I know that." He said.

"Clear your name within three days. If you don't do it within that time period you need to come back to Japan."

Haruto felt a sense of joy and pressure at the same time. "A-Alright, I'll try my best." He bowed to him. "Thank you, father."

"Do your work, get some rest. I'll see you soon." His father said before ending the call himself.

Haruto turned to look at his mom. "Is this real? He didn't yell at me to leave?"

Himari chuckled. "It's because he knows that you're smart enough to handle the situation. He still expects you to come to Japan you know."

"Yeah, I know that." He looked down at the floor.

"You should probably start working on whatever you plan to do, three days is quite a short time." His mom suggested.

He nodded his head. "Thanks Mom." She rubbed his back and smiled at him before leaving.

Haruto let out a sigh of relief and took out his phone. He was about to send Eunhye a message about what happened but he saw that the typing bubble appeared. Seconds later, he expected a message of her asking how things went but instead she sent him an article.

Princess: "Eunhye of CARAMIA is Allegedly Using Drugs and Cigarettes?" (Go to Link)

Princess: i have another fake article...

Haruto clenched his jaw while staring at it. He can't even get himself to click on it and find out what it says cause he was starting to get annoyed. His finger tapped on the call button and he placed his phone on his ear.

"Hey..." He could tell how tired she was after hearing her greeting.

"Let's sue them." Haruto immediately said.

"Yeah, management is working on it and-"

"We should do it ourselves too, it would be quicker," He said. "The more that they see how many are actually trying to sue those media outlets and trolls, the faster they would work on it."

"I don't think that's how the system works."

"Yeah but I know someone who can place our concerns on the priority list."

"Who?"

"Jihoon and Hwayoung."

She fell silent on the phone. "I don't want them to be involved in something they aren't a part of..."

"Jihoon and the boys promised me they would help me no matter what the circumstance is just so I won't leave the group and go back to Japan. This is the time we could use help from others."

"I really don't want to..."

"Please Princess, we need this shit to stop as soon as possible. Isn't it fishy that they've released three issues about you when you've done nothing nor do they have any evidence of you doing it? Just accusations?"

Eunhye sighed. "Fine it's up to you, I just really want to wait for what my manager has to say..."

He suddenly felt guilty cause he kept pushing her to do legal action when she needed more emotional support. "I-I'm sorry Princess, I just don't want you to go through anything like this anymore..."

"It's fine, I'll be okay soon."

"Have you eaten?"

"No."

"Eat some lunch, please. Rest right after."

"I will. Thanks, Prince Haruto. Bye." She immediately ended the call.

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