always | gojou satoru [rewriting]

chapter 31 - the argument

Satoru was on his way back home from your house, and somehow he felt much better. Though the guilt was still there, but he wished to make sure to get things right back on track.

Once arrived, he noticed his mother's car and took a deep breath before entering the house. But, he immediately felt annoyed when he heard Erika's voice.

"Satoru!" Mrs. Gojou called out as soon as he saw his son at the door. "Come here right now!"

Satoru sighed, ended up walking towards her.

"What happened between the two of you this morning?" she asked, arms crossing against her chest.

"Why? She didn't tell you that she pissed me off earlier?" Satoru casually said which made Erika frown. "Come on. Tell her that you pissed me off." he looked at Erika.

"I didn'tㅡ"

"It doesn't matter who started it! Both of you are going to get engaged and I don't want anything to happen between the two of you." Mrs. Gojou said while holding Erika's hand, "Erika will be my daughter-in-law no matter what."

"I never agreed to marry her." Satoru added, "If you're so obsessed of me getting married to Erika, why don't you marry her instead, mother?"

Hearing how rude her son was, she immediately slapped Satoru's cheek. "How dare you say that to me? I didn't raise you to become such a rude person! Who taught you this?"

The stinging pain in Satoru's cheek spoiled his mood completely, "Whatever it is, I'm not marrying anyone. I'm not planning to and both of you should respect my decision."

"Then what about me? I want to marry you and you need to respect my decision as well!" Erika spoke with eyes filled with tears.

"Find someone else to marry then." Satoru said, "I'm not going to force myself to love you, Erika."

"Enough!" Mrs. Gojou began to raise her voice, "Erika, love. You should go home now and rest, alright? Let me settle this matter with him."

Erika nodded, obediently walking out of the house.

And when it was only left with Satoru and his mother, he thought this would be a good chance to ask her.

"So, kindly explain to me what happened when we were in Canada. Why didn't I receive Y/n's gifts?" Satoru started which made his mother was taken aback by his sudden question.

"W-Why are you asking me this nonsense out of the blue? We were talking about your engagement with Erikaㅡ"

"No, I made it clear that I don't want to get married to her. Now, we move on to this topic. Why didn't I receive Y/n's gifts back then? Did you hide them?" Satoru asked her again.

"Did you forget? She didn't want anything to do with you anymore. She was tired of you!" Mrs. Gojou said and felt curious why her son asked her this out of the blue, "Why are you asking me this now? Did the two of you meet? Whatever it is, she's spreading lies! You should never trust any of her words."

"I believed you but now, I'm not sure anymore. Do you have any proof?" Satoru questioned.

"Proof? It happened many years ago and you're asking for proof now? Come on, Satoru. I thought you were smart." she said with a smirk, "Did you even realize how pathetic Y/n and her mother is? Remember when her mother had an affair with your own father?"

Satoru knew about it but he never wanted to know more. He was not that close with his father anyways so he didn't really care much but he was sure that both of them separated long ago. He also heard from Yuta that his father remarried (Satoru asked Yuta to find out about his whereabouts but once he knew, he never mentioned that his father remarried to his mother.)

"It's in the past, mother. They are not even together now and I'm sure Y/n was a little kid when it happened. Don't blame her for the things she didn't do." Satoru tried to defend you which made his mother become furious.

"Why are youㅡ As of now, I forbid you to see Y/n! Don't ever test my patience, Satoru. If I despise someone, I will make them suffer!"

Satoru couldn't believe what he just heard, so he replied back, "Who are you to forbid me? I'm a grown man and I can decide things by myself. And, did you just reveal your true self? Making people suffer?"

At this point, he never expected he would be in this kind of situation with his mother.

Mrs. Gojou was stunned for a second, "I-I never raised you to become like this! I gave birth to you and raised you all by myself. You should respect me as your mother!" she began to shout emotionally.

Satoru wasn't having it when she started to shout and planned to leave the house immediately, "You can call Erika to come here to stay with you. I'm leavingㅡ"

"Where do you think you're going?" she asked, holding Satoru's arm. "How dare you leave me alone? What kind of son are you?"

Satoru didn't reply and just walked away even though his mother called him countless of times. He began to drive his car and wander around until he has an idea where to go. The first person he called was Yuta, as usual.

(Mr. Gojou)

"Yuta, don't get too surprised but I'm running away from home at the moment. Can you book me a nice hotel to stay at for a week like that?"

(Y-You ran away from home?! Uh, okay. I'll book one now. Is there anything else you need?)

"No. Don't tell anyone I ran from home especially Kento."

(Sure, boss. You can count on me)

"And make sure to always keep an eye on my mother and Erika. I have a feeling something's bad gonna happen."