Business Prince

Accident

"Im very sorry for being rude at the book store! Please forgive me!" I chocked bowing my head down quickly. There was silence except for short small sounds Hanako and Kuro made, probably because they were surprised. Maybe I jumped the gun a little bit, I hadn't greeted them before I had went straight to apologize. But I wouldn't be able to look Kuro in the face if I didn't apologize now. Actually I don't think I could ever look at him in the face, especially sense 's accusation.

He hasn't responded... He's probably upset to see me here, after all it did seem like Hanako had tricked him to come. I can't believe I expected to just apologize and that be all, especially sense I was so rude.

"Please!" I begged again cutting the silence.

"Oh- uhm, I- I didn't think you were rude at all, but I accept your apology." Mr. Fukui (Kuro) said scratching his cheek.

"Thank you so much!" I cheered standing up, today isn't going to be as bad as I expected.

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For once in my life I was actually thankful for Hanako's talkative personality. She was walking in between me and her brother, and neither of us had said a word, we didn't really need too anyways. We had stopped at a few places but I hadn't really found anything I though Mr. Fukui would like, causing me to realize I didn't really know much about him.

I took a deep breath and glanced at Mr. Fukui. Nope!Nope!Nope! There's no way I can say anything to him, I'll just sound stupid! I'll just have to ask Hanako....

I tugged on Hanako's sleeve cutting her off, when she looked at me I gestured to the bathroom we were walking by. To my luck she understood and looked at her obviously confused brother, "We're gonna go use the bathroom really quick."

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"Hanako I just realized I don't know anything about your brother... what does he like?" I asked as me and Hanako stepped into the bathroom, stopping by the sink.

placed her finger on the side of her chin and looked up at the ceiling, "I don't really know all he does is work. Anyways why didn't you just ask him yourself?"

I hung my head in shame. "I can't look at him in the face without getting nervous..."

"That's an easy fix!" Hanako laughed and removed my glasses from my face.

"I- I need those!"

"I'm sure you can find your way around with out them!" She encouraged, gently patting my shoulder, then slipping my glasses into her purse.

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At first I didn't think removing my glasses would help with my nervousness, but it kind of did, why do I have to be so simple? Without my glasses on I didn't get the full effect of looking at Kuro, which made the situation a lot better, until he spoke.

"Mmm, is it weird that I really enjoy reading comic books?" He said sending shivers down my spine, that's right, Kuro is still Kuro even if I take off my glasses. He still has the same deep yet gentle voice that puts me on edge, too. And that I can't run from.

Hanako suddenly stopped so I slowed down and stopped too, followed by her brother also stopping. Before I could ask what was wrong Hanako put her hand on my shoulder and gave me a big smile.

"Don't worry Hama-chan! I will handle this for you while you two go eat!" She announced and gave me a thumbs up, disappeared before I could ask her what she meant. What is up with her?

"Jeez, Hanako is such a handful, we should probably follow her..." Mr. Fukui suggested taking a step forward.

"Wait!" I burst out, spinning around, Kuro looked at me but I couldn't quite tell what face he was making. I had no clue why I had burst out like I did, I wasn't thinking at all, so then why did I tell him to wait? Quick Aiko! Think of something to get yourself out of this mess!!!

"U-uhm, if we go after Hanako, she will probably just run off again..." I claimed, trying not to sound suspicious.

"Mmm you're probably right.... anyways what did you come here for? We can go pick that up then try and find my sister later." Mr. Fukui asked.

I stood in silence, my face growing red. "No reason!!! I just thought it would be fun for me to go out with Hanako..." I lied, refusing to tell him the real reason I came here.

"Oh, I see, sorry for intruding, but I'm mostly sorry Hanako ran off like she did.." Mr. Fukui sighed.

"It's no problem! I don't mind at all, you are very kind Mr. Fukui, I'm very happy you came!" I cheered, trying my best not to make him feel bad, it was true, Mr. Fukui was very kind, I didn't mind his presence at all...

"Well to make up for everything, let me buy you lunch, I'm sure you must be hungry after walking so much." He declared and turned around, probably looking for a sign that pointed to a restaurant.

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Father, I'm alone at the mall with a man 8 years older than me, I can't help but feel like you would be disappointed in my better judgement. Even so father, he treats me kindly, as a person should treat people, and has helped me on multiple occasions even though I've only known him for a short period of time.

I wonder what this looks like to other people... I'm walking next to an older man, who's very good looking, on our way to eat together. Is this what a dates like father? No. You would say a date is an evening shared between two people who have affection for each-other. You always said the same about secrets, that's how you always convinced me to tell you everything, and even now I never hold back from you, even though I'm not quite sure you're listening. But I'd like to pretend, you are, because even if you aren't the memory of you is listening to me. And even if you aren't here to save me and comfort me, your memory is. And for that I will thank you father, because you know this is all I've ever needed. To feel as if I had someone to talk to, even if I didn't, so even if there really was no one listening I could still speak my feelings.

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But recently, a girl and her sibling came into my life dad. I've only known them for a few weeks but they've already impacted me in such a big way. Their names are Hanako, and her brother's name is, Fukui Kuro. I can't tell if you would either really like Mr. Fukui or dislike him because of how alike you two are. You'd probably be worried about being replaced and would make me promise to still tell me everything, even though I would try to explain to you Mr. Fukui is nothing but my friends older brother. Still you'd insist on it.

Hanako and you would get along great, you would both probably find joy in teasing me about her brother, together. Hanako does it all the time, I know she's just kidding, but recently it's gotten a bit too much too handle. The more she teases me the more I think about it, and the more I think about it the more I start to wonder....

Father what will become of me if I fall in love with a man like him? I feel like a child next to him. There is no way anything would happen, not only are we in two different worlds but he's an important man, it would look bad on him.

But then how... How did I end up in a situation like this?

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My head was in his chest, just below his head. I could hear his heart thumbing, it was almost as fast as my heart. His arms were were wrapped around my body, reminding me of the warmth I had experienced on that one night.

I gently shifted my body and he stiffened up, I wanted to let him know it was okay so I relaxed my body and buried my head in his chest.

"Thank you."