Love: Arranged love (4)

Father and son's misunderstanding

Yukino didn't know what to do after Hayden got out of the study room but she walked into the study room, Hayden's father look up at her.

"Yukino, did you need something?" Uncle Will asked her but she shook her head 

"....I heard what you and Hayden said." Yukino said to him and the old man looked at her with concern

"I'm so sorry, don't take his words to heart-" He asked her but Yukino cut in

"I don't mind the fact that he doesn't want to marry me, I just wanted to meet Hayden. There's already a set time to return for me, but what I wanted to ask was about my aunt. Did she really die all alone as he said?" Yukino asked him 

".....why don't you take a seat?" Uncle Will asked her and she took the seat that Hayden was just in

"....My wife was in love with making textile and coming up with new designs." Uncle Will said to her with a smile as if he was remembering the past 

"That was why I love her so much, but she got really sick when Hayden turned 6  years old. I pleaded with her to just let the company go, but since the two of us built it up from nothing,  she refused to let me ruin the company. Tian Tian, love for the company was big but of course, I visited my wife every single day when she was sick and of course, till the day she died, my wife was working." Uncle Will said to her and Yukino nodded

"So it's a misunderstanding between you and Hayden?" Yukino asked Uncle Will and he nodded

"So why don't you correct this misunderstanding?" Yukino asked Uncle Will 

"I think that it's fine even if he misunderstands me, I am his father and I wanted him to live as freely as he wants to. I believe that it's also something that his mother would want the same thing for him." Uncle Will said to her and Yukino nodded as if she see this man in a new view, he was someone that seem indifferent towards his son but now he understands that he only wanted his own son to do what he wanted and to have that freedom.

"I think that you and Hayden should have heart to heart talk and get over this misunderstanding." Yukino said to him and the old man smile at her

"That's very kind of you but it is something that I want to see before I return to Japan, I want you and him to live together without any misunderstanding because we never know if tomorrow will ever come." Yukino said to him and William smile

"That is true, I will take you up on that advice." Uncle Will said to her and she smile, Yukino got out from her seat and returned back to her room to work on some of her homework. At 8, she came back to the dining room to have dinner together with Hayden's father and like yesterday, Hayden was nowhere to be seen in the dining room. 

"....Is he not coming down?" Yukino asked the old man who smile

"I've had someone go get him, he will come down in a minute." Uncle Will said to Yukino, she nodded and take her seat beside the old man on the left side, since the right side belong to Hayden. The two of them were talking and sitting down at the dining table and Hayden walked into the dining room, he took the seat by the right side of his father

"...." Hayden said nothing to the two of them, the maids served their food to them and they each pick up their fork and spoon to eat.

"....How was school today, Hayden?" His father asked him, Hayden froze, his father had never asked him about his school days even when he was in elementary, so Hayden is at a loss for words.

"....It's fine." Hayden said to his father

"What about your day at work, uncle?" Yukino asked Hayden's father and he looked at her with a smile

"My day was good, a few meetings but other than that it went well." Hayden's father said to her and she smile

"What were the meetings about?" Yukino asked him and the old man smiled

"There were a few meetings, like the manufacturing company that make our designs for us, the company that was going to order our fabrics, the copyright company, and the management department also came as well." Hayden's father said to Yukino who was nodding along with what he was saying to her. 

"How did the meetings go?" Hayden's father turned to look at him when he heard Hayden ask him this since this was the first time that Hayden was asking him anything.

"It went well, you will probably see it in the report since you are the Vice president." Hayden's father said to him but he said nothing, the three of them continue on with their dinner over small talks. It was the most that the father-son pair had talked to each other in many years.

Once dinner was over Yukino was the first one to return to her room before the two of them, Yukino was happy that they were talking to each other. Yukino was in love with Hayden for so long but she knew that he doesn't love her and that she would have to return home in no more than 6 months. Yukino sat in her room with an old photo of him in her hand, she was looking at the photo and tears welled up in her eyes.

"....When I leave, I hope that you will be able to understand your father." Yukino said to the photo in her hand and as she was looking at the photo her phone rang and when she look at the screen it was a call from her mother.

Since she came to England, she had not contacted her family at all since she was busy and she had come to England for two days now and it has been a while since she had heard her mother's voice. The two of them talked all night long since she didn't have class the next day so she talked to her mother till early morning.

Hayden woke up the following day and went down to the dining room, his father was sitting at the table but Yukino was nowhere to be seen.

"Where is Yukino?" Hayden asked his father who looked up at him surprised 

"...I heard the maids say that she didn't sleep till dawn, talking on the phone." His father said to Hayden and he nodded as he sat down and the maids brought over his food to the table. 

That morning Hayden went ahead and didn't wait for Yukino to wake up since she didn't wake up but later on, Hayden saw her for a brief moment while waiting for his friends.