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☆ 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟖: 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐢

- Sanemi -

"Mind telling me what's going on?"

Kanroji's voice was as annoying as ever.

I looked over to the worry-stricken face of hers. Beneath those lime-coloured eyes pooled some feeling of anxiousness. As if those eyes were waiting for me to launch on Sabito's throat and cut his throat off, which I was going to do once Tomioka returned to Tokyo.

As if on cue to my thoughts, Tomioka decided to speak.

"I don't care what's going on. I just want to know why in the world you are here in Yokohama." Those deep blue eyes, which I could drown in, scanned me up and down.

"Why? I can't visit my fiance?" I teased, which earned me a blush from the said fiance.

Satisfaction cooled my thoughts. It was as if Tomioka was the extinguisher to my fire. The water of my wind.

God, I think I'm falling for this man.

"Stop with the teasing and just.." He exhaled, the blush on his pale face visible. "Tell me why you're here."

"Yeah, you're ruining our vacay!" Kanroji spoke before I could even open my mouth to reply.

Passing her a nasty look, I rolled my eyes at Tomioka's question. Why would he even ask such a question? It was obvious why I was here.

Anyone would come if they found out their fiancé was flirting with one of their co-workers. And I hated sharing.

"Well, Shinazugawa?" His fingers tapped the hard wooden desk under them. "How long are you planning to be here? Because I sure as hell don't want you here."

"The blush on your face says otherwise."

"Seriously, knock it off." The blush on his face ironically increased, causing a smirk to unknowingly form on my face.

"Don't you have a lot of work Shinazugawa?" Kanroji asked, interrupting my sweet time to tease Tomioka.

"Don't you also have a lot of work, Kanroji?" I shot back, giving her a sarcastic smile. From her shocked face, I could tell she did not appreciate my remark, like I cared.

The only one I cared about here was Tomioka.

I suddenly took his hand, making him gasp. Those widened deep blue eyes finally sparkled with some emotions, which made something flutter up my chest.

Tomioka Giyuu was something else. No man or woman ever had me in such a chokehold after Kanae died. I hated the idea of intimacy, affection, the glory of love. I hated the idea of waking up next to someone who wasn't Kanae, hated the idea of buying a ravishing bouquet of shimmering red roses for someone who wasn't Kanae, hated the idea of wiping someone's pretty tears who wasn't Kanae.

Never have I ever thought I would want to wake up next to Tomioka. Want to buy a ravishing bouquet of shimmering red roses for him. Want to wipe his pretty tears.

I wanted to be the reason for his genuine, unguarded warm smile that made the logical side of my mind fuzzy. I wanted to be the reason for his pretty tears, his glassy, shining deep blue eyes I wanted to reflect in.

I didn't even know when I dragged him along with me, leaving a shell-shocked Kanroji behind. I didn't care if Iguro nibbled my ear off if Kanroji decided to snitch. My only thoughts were confronting my fiance.

And reminding him that he was mine.

"Why did you drag me here? We left Kanroji alone there." Tomioka looked over to me once I stopped dragging him, confusion and some hint of annoyance adoring his face.

I gently grabbed his chin, to make sure he was looking at me directly. Those blue eyes which I fell into widened again, and a small pink crept up his face. The warmth of my hand matched with the heat of the sun's ray on us.

Those blue eyes that matched the lapping waves on the shore allured me in deep, like a siren alluring a helpless-in-love sailor.

"Do you really not know..." My grip on his jaw tightened a little. "Why I'm here Tomioka?"

"No, I don't.." His voice became soft.

"I'm here for you." I said, leaning closet to him, not breaking eye contact.

I could see Tomioka trying to process what I just said, which made him look so damn adorable at that moment I wanted to pepper him with kisses.

Never in my life did I think I'd find a man adorable.

"I want to make our relationship work, Tomioka. You were right."

"I- what?" He stumbled.

I felt anxious. I felt blood rushing up to my head at all the thoughts swirling inside. My palms felt clammy from the tension.

I could see him thinking, analyzing everything that I just said.

"I don't know yet..." He whispered, his voice still breathy as I cupped his face gently.

I unintentionally leaned in closer, as if we were two magnets being attracted by a strange force.

I didnt know why I suddenly felt affection for him. I planned to hate him, to keep him away. But the more distance I put between us, the more he lived on my mind rent-free.

It. Was. Maddening.

"Are you planning to steal a kiss, Mr. CEO?" He asked, tilting his head sideways in an attempt to tease.

"I might."

"We're in public."

"Do I look like I give a fuck about them?" I leaned in closer, until there were just inches between us, I could feel his cold breath, feel the warmth radiating from his body.

My heart screamed at me to close the gap.

I never listened to my heart even once after Kanae died, but now I was tempted to after all these years.

The only one who could tempt me.

And I felt myself reaching out.

I felt him reaching out.

And I almost felt the brush of his lips on mine. Soft and smooth. Like the tease of wind in summer heat, it made me feel relieved until it was gone in just a second.

"Mom, look, gays!" A kid's screechy voice made us both flinch.

We both looked over to see the embarrassed mom, who mouthed a quick 'sorry!' before dragging her kid to the other side of the beach by the ear.

Awkward silence filled between us, but it wasn't long before the irony of the situation made us both laugh.

Laugh really hard to the point I felt like I did an abs workout.

"Seriously?" He said between laughs, trying to cover his face with one hand.

Tomioka laughing was something that made my stomach do backflips on their own.

Soon the laughing died down, and we found ourselves sitting on the warm sand, watching the beautiful hues of red and orange paint the sky as the sun shined on its way down.

"Well, this day was... eventful." He said, hugging his legs close to his body.

"Then let me take you somewhere tomorrow." I said, a small smile gradually forming on my face at the way the sun kissed his soft yet masculine features.

He rolled his eyes playfully at my not-so-subtle pickup line, but I could see a blush form on his face.

Bingo.

"And where will you take me?" He asked, raising a brow.

"Oh no no," I put a finger on his lips, a delivish smile working up. "It's a suprise."

My little teasing earned me a chuckle from my fiancé.

And I would do anything to keep that now.