My "Ikemen" Butler

Chapter 22: My Butler Had a Visitor

As soon as Hiromi got home, she said her goodbyes to Takeshi and immediately went to her room. Now it’s time for her other mission, to find out about Kaoru’s secrets.

            She immediately got her laptop and did her research on Google. It’s the easiest and fastest way she could think of. She typed in ‘Oda Family’ and a whole lot of articles about them immediately came out. Most of the articles were mentioning them as one of the biggest Patisserie business in Japan for over a hundred years already.

            But Hiromi found one article that definitely caught her eye. The title in big and bold letters said, “Oda’s Successor Run Away on the day of the Wedding.”

            Hiromi immediately clicked on the link and her jaws dropped when she saw a photo of Kaoru and a beautiful brunette girl she didn’t recognized.         

            “Oda family’s successor decided to hit the road on the day of his own wedding. It was said that he was last seen dressing up in his tuxedo by his personal maid but when the maid came back to see if he was finally ready, he was no longer to be found,” Hiromi said as she read the article.

            Then she spotted another article in the related articles section of the sight and she immediately clicked on it once again. “A month after the successor of the Oda family ran away, he was spotted by locals paying his visit on his mothers’ grave. It was not known how his mother died but reports have shown that she died just a week before her son was supposed to marry. But it seemed like this lady have no connections with the Oda family as neighbors said that she have stayed all her life in this little village in Okinawa,” she said, reading the article once again.

            She probably read all the articles she could about them just so that she can get a clue of what really happened but even though she read so many articles, there are still some questions remaining in Hiromi’s head. Like why did he ran away or why didn’t his father let him see his mother before she died or why was her mother not welcomed into the Oda family? It bugs Hiromi not knowing this stuff.

            She continued searching and she again found an article about them but this one, it’s a new article. It only dated a week ago. Hiromi clicked on it once again and read it out loud saying, “After being released from the hospital, Mr. Otagi Oda announced a new successor for the Oda family. A guy named Takeru Sato now an Oda after the head of the Oda Corporation, Mr. Otagi Oda himself adopted him. It was said that the young man had been a part of the Oda family for quite some time already where he had been training as the Oda’s successor in secret.”

            “That’s odd. Why was he in the hospital for? It wasn’t said in the article too. Are they keeping it a secret?” Hiromi thought to herself.

            Hiromi was still in the middle of doing this when she heard loud noises from outside the house. She immediately stood up and peeped out of her door window and saw Kaoru yelling aloud at someone in a tuxedo as the twin butlers were trying to control him.

            What the…she thought as she immediately dashed outside to see what’s going on.

            “Go! Go back to your master and never ever come back again. Tell him that if he ever tries to lay his hand on me again, he will never ever see me. I’ll go into hiding somewhere where he’ll never ever find me,” Kaoru was saying angrily when Hiromi arrived at the scene.

            “But sire you’re father…” the man in the black tuxedo was saying but Kaoru immediately cut him off again saying, “I don’t have a father! My father died the exact time and day that my mom died. Unfortunately, he went down to hell while my mom went to heaven,” Kaoru spat out with rage in his eyes. “Now go before I loose more respect on your boss more than I already do,” he added spitefully and the guy had no choice but to go with his tail in between her legs.

            The twins immediately released Kaoru as he forced his way out of their grip. He began walking back inside but he immediately stopped dead on his tracks when he saw Hiromi standing their in front of him.

            “Hiro-sama,” he said shockingly.

            “What was that,” Hiromi asked calmly as if she doesn’t know a thing.

            “Anoo...nande monai! Just some salesman trying to sell something. I told him we don’t need anything,” he said with a giggle.

            “Wow! You went all rage just because you didn’t like what he’s selling,” Hiromi said jokingly and Kaoru wasn’t able to say anything as he avoided Hiromi’s gaze.

            “You know what Kaoru, I don’t know what went down between you and your father. I don’t fully understand what’s going on with your family. But as a daughter of a rich tycoon myself, I kind of get what kind of life you might had before too.  It must have been tough for you. But you know what, rich or poor, a family is a family. The love will always be there no matter what. Your father might have done some pretty stupid things but he probably did it with a reason, it was probably ‘cause he loves you. If I were you, I’d go talk to him. Did you know he got hospitalized lately? I guess not because you were too busy hating him,” Hiromi said as she began walking away but before she even got too far Kaoru asked, “You knew? How?”

            Hiromi just looked back at him and said, “I heard you and Mr. Avalon talking.” Hiromi smiled then and added, “Listen Kaoru, you might be my butler but you’re also special to me. I have no bigger dream in the world but to see you smile sincerely and I feel that it’s only possible if you could find who you really are and for me, fixing that glitch with your family will be a step to your happiness. So please, as a favor for me, talk to your father.”

            “I—I don’t know mistress,” Kaoru said as he looked down.

            “Hey,” Hiromi called out and Kaoru raised his head to meet her gaze, “Trust me,” Hiromi added and Kaoru’s smile began to emerge from his face. He have Hiromi a nod and Hiromi can’t help but smile back at him proudly.