Irresistibly You | A Haitani Rindou Fanfic

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୨⎯ Are We Serious Right Now?! ⎯୧

"Hello?" Rindou says with a gruff voice. I take the hint that he might have just woken up from a nap. Is he actually tired from all this work he has been put to? "Sorry, it's nothing-"

"No. Why did you call me?" He speaks in a firm tone. "It's rare for you to call at this hour. Almost 7 PM? Where are you right now, Y/n?"

It takes a good second before I can find the right words to form a proper sentence. With both of my hands now holding onto the phone, I hesitate to reply out of embarrassment, "I...need a ride home. Just decline if you don't-"

He then cuts me off for the second time, saying, "Send me your live location. I'll pick you up."

And here I am without any delay, inside his car yet again, sitting beside him, awkwardly, in the silent night, with the shine of the moon staring down on us. Just drive already, Haitani. What the hell are you waiting for? The sun to come up again?

"Hey, could you tell me one thing? Why are you still wearing that stupid dress?" Rindou asks while judging me with this irritated facial expression of his.

My eyes enlarge as I almost burst out laughing. "Didn't you just compliment this dress a while ago?"

He raises his voice, lecturing me, "That's not the point. What I'm trying to say is that the night is always a dangerous time especially to people like you. A famous female actress dressed in something like that!"

"It just slipped my mind to change before heading out." I reason before furrowing my eyebrows at him and grumble, "Why are you even so bothered? It's not like I don't know how to fight."

"Because I care about you! What else could be the other reason, Y/n!"

Our eyes stare each other down before he breaks eye contact and faces forward. Rindou then turns up the volume of the radio to avoid the awkward silence deafening our eardrums. Now resting his hands on the steering wheel, we end up listening to the current news.

A thought shoots inside my head when I hear the radio. "Oh, right. I heard from somewhere that you're a suspected accomplice?"

"Are you scared knowing that I might be one?"

You're asking me that? Seriously?

I reply in a composed manner, "No. I mean, you have practically been a criminal ever since I met you." Though he chuckles upon hearing it. "You sound like a proud woman."

"I don't care honestly." I say to him as I cross my arms while my eyes are affixed to the distant background ahead of us. He hums to himself in an intrigued tone. Smirking, he says, "But you just asked. That means you are expecting for me to answer it in a way that you want."

I look at him and respond, "Look, I really don't care whether you are a lame and dumb criminal or a sick and twisted criminal. It doesn't affect me either way."

Rindou chuckles once more before continuing the conversation, "And you? I've seen some of your shows before." He is the last person I want to hear talking about my past works..!

I blush like an embarrassed teenager and quickly break eye contact. After a short pause, I utter in a soft volume, "...No, you haven't."

"Geez, what's with that reaction? You have been mentioning wanting to be an actress ever since I handed you that manga. Isn't that right?" Rindou says, sounding bewildered because of how I reacted just now.

"So... you remember."

"It just came to mind."

"What do you think?" I ask with a blank face as if I am doubtful about all this. He can't possibly be watching the shows I have starred in. It just can't be right. What would be the reason for that? It doesn't make sense to me!