Maid For You (Ai Hayasaka x OC) [Kaguya-Sama: Love Is War AU]

Chapter 23: I Hate You

OC looks on at the door that separates him from the inside of Hayasaka's room.

'Well...last one,'  He thinks as he reaches his hand out for the door.

He cautiously grips the handle of the door, and tries to turn it to the side. He's caught off-guard when he notices that the door is locked, expecting an easy swing open like the previous doors.

"Haya? Are you in there?" He asks, hoping for a response.

He hears nothing but dead silence from the other side of the door, he sighs wistfully in response.

"Haya, If you're in there, please say something," OC knocks on the door one more time as he speaks, his ear pressed against the door.

Again, he hears no response. He removes his ear from the door and walks back to his room defeated.

He immediately jumps onto his bed, groaning in exhaustion as he starts to relax.

He recalls making a mental reminder for himself that he should probably clean up his room. He opens his eyes slightly. His heavy-lidded eyes scan his desk. All of a sudden he springs out of bed.

His room is clean, he realizes.

Panic immediately begins to rise in his chest. Thoughts course throughout his mind, finally connecting the dots as to why Hayasaka had seemed as if she'd disappeared today.

He quickly opens the draw and finds his secret—well, not so secret anymore—folder. He seems almost out of breath as he examines it. Dried tears stain the folder, making it warp strangely. OC knew that he'd fucked up.

He immediately bolts to Hayasaka's room and bangs on the door rapidly, desperately twisting the door knob trying to open the door.

"Hayasaka!" he calls out. He didn't care if Kaguya or anyone else in the estate heard him, but he knew Hayasaka was in the room.

"Please," he begins, banging harder and more desperately. "I promise I'll explain everything to you, Hayasaka. Trust me."

"I read everything," OC finally hears a quiet and broken voice. "I can't fucking believe you deceived me."

OC stops, his brain throbbing from the amount of guilt he'd felt. His hands shake as he steps back from the door.

"I was never going to hurt you," OC mutters, loud enough for Hayasaka to hear.

Hayasaka scowls and sniffles, her forehead pressed against the door as she waits for OC to continue. Everything felt numb except the feelings of betrayal, and Hayasaka stares down at the used tissues that scatter on the floor.

"Last night, I..." OC begins. "I met with Oko-sama. The entire mission...I...I dropped the whole thing," he explains, not questioning the believability of the story.

He hears silence coming from the other end, beckoning him to continue.

"I told him that I wasn't going through with the mission, and in the end he threatened my family," OC exhales as he speaks, recalling the look on Oko's face.

"Like hell I'd believe that," Hayasaka scoffs, her broken tone not changing.

"I'm telling you the truth Ai—"

"—don't call me that." Hayasaka cuts him off, the feeling of dread in her heart rising as she speaks.

"So what now, OC?" Hayasaka asks, wanting answers more than anything. Tears threaten to fall from her eyes and anger raises her tone. "Are you gonna kill me? Is there a gun barrel pointed at the door right now?"

"There's nothing pointed at the door," OC affirms. "There's nothing out here that's gonna hurt you. I won't let anything happen to you, I promise."

"You know Haya,"

"Moving here, and spending time with you has been nothing but amazing for me," OC states, sadly smiling while speaking. "Even though it's only been around two months, we've spent a lot of time together."

Hayasaka feels her tears finally drop as she recalls her experiences with OC, grabbing another tissue to clean them.

"Celebrating your birthday with you, dealing with Kaguya's antics together, the drawings we made of each other, all of it..." 

"...I loved every minute of it."

Hayasaka can feel her face scrunch up as she cries harder, no longer being able to contain the sounds of her wailing.

"I...I hate you!" Hayasaka yells as she punches the door in anger, dropping to her knees.

She continues to punch the door, repeating the same thing over again, "I hate you OC! I hate you, I hate you, I hate you!"

"And you have every right to," OC simply responds, his forehead resting on the door as he looks down at the floor.

Hayasaka stops punching the door, placing her face in her hands as she speaks,

"I...can't believe...that I trusted you..."

"I thought that maybe...just maybe..."

"Someone as shitty as me could be cared for too,"

"I hate you."

"I hate you."

               "I really fucking hate you."