Ch: Twenty (a)

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Warning: TERRIBLE GRAMMAR AHEAD and read at your own risk and SLIGHT COLORFUL VOCAB(probs)
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Few hours have passed since Ichimatsu's small 'pep talk' with his big brother. Clearly, he still felt afraid about what Akemi would tell him, yet the curiosity grew larger. Different questions formulated in his head as on the outside he remained stoic and expressionless.

He wore his casual clothing that consist of; Purple sweater, track pants and slippers. Currently, he is waiting on a their designated meeting for their date. He sat on a bench, near a park where the Matsuno brothers would play during their childhood days.

Obviously, the brunette he's waiting for was late. An irritated tick on his face showed, his brows slowly furrowed as he slowly emits a dark yet gloomy around him.

"Ichimatsu! I'm sorry!" The girl called him to get his attention "work piled up a bit, I'm sorry for being late!"

By the time she reached Ichimatsu, she was in a panting mess. He was about to scold her for being late but he noticed that Akemi did not wear her usual clothing. She wore a cute dress along with simple accessories that looked adorable on her. In fact it was to his liking, too much to his liking. He remained silent.

"I-ichimatsu, are you mad at me?" Akemi asked nervously, as she scratched her cheek.

'Was it not to his liking?'

She asked herself, she was now a bit depressed. The clothes and accessories were hand-picked by Jyushimatsu and Todomatsu few hours ago. That's the only reason why she was late and had to come up with a lie.

"Tch" Ichimatsu stood up and said in irritating tone "let's go"

He looked rude and irritated but inside his head, he was embarrassed and a blushing mess. He truly did not know how to response to this kind of things so that's why he always looked angry or depressed in life.

"Ah..." he stopped walking, it was true that they were going on a date bt he did not know what or where they are going "... where are we going?"

"Ehehe!"Akemi suddenly brimmed in pride as she took out two pieces of paper "we're going to the Neko amusement park!"

Ichimatsu's eyes glowed in interest as the park itself was brand new and very difficult to get in because of the expensive tickets. Ichimatsu nodded and the two immediately went to the station to go to their designated location.

The two sat in silence inside the train, it wasn't packed or isolated, it was just right. Ichimatsu kept giving Akemi short glances, contemplating himself whether he should start asking her different kinds of questions yet on the other hand Akemi remain calmed and looked at the view outside.

"Ichimatsu..." she called him without looking at her "don't worry, I won't run away. I'll tell you all the details when we get there"

Her words reassured Ichimatsu, his eyes widened for a second and he looked downwards as he saw Akemi initiated to held his hand. For the whole ride they remained quietly.

A few hours later, the two of them had arrived at Neko amusement park. It was simply a cat-themed amusement park with different extreme ride level to brave young warriors to a kiddie rides. But to the eyes of the two it was a glimmering safe-heaven. They rode all of the coasters over and over again to the point they have strained their voices, time passes by quickly and they both went to an restaurant to eat.

They both had a fancy but cheap food with a large serving. The two ate in silence.
"Ake-"

"Ichimatsu" She spoke, cutting his sentence "did you know why I faked my death?"

"..." he remained silent as he gulped "...no, I did not"

"You see, it a bit complicated to explain" Akemi kept looking down at her own plate, not once looking at Ichimatsu "... it's a very stupid reason."

Akemi bit her lower lip, pained expression were visible on her face. Ichimatsu listened for further explanation.

"It's because, I-I did not want to see you" She told him.

Ichimatsu's heart broke into tiny pieces, part of him feared this scenario. But the odd of Akemi didn't want to see him as reason was 1 out of 50. Well life just had to be a bitch and gave him that worst case scenario he had imagine.

Ichimatsu flinched, then continued eating as if he hadn't heard her.

"Ichi-"

"I'm done eating" this time, he cut her off "thanks for the food"

Ichimatsu stood up and left the restaurant, as Akemi was left speechless. The food in her plate was halfway done. Her fist clenched, she knew she would hurt him. But she also know that he needed to know about it, she felt hurt but Akemi did not moped around and be depressed and decided to chase Ichimatsu after paying the bills.

"Ichimatsu! " she yelled "w-wait!"

By now she was straining her both knees, she was wobbling by the time she reached Ichimatsu.

"Please, Wait... Let's go on one last ride" Akemi pointed out at the ferris wheel as she held Ichimatsu's sleeves "I want you to know the reason why I faked my death"

"Why should I listen to you?" Ichimatsu said coldly.

"Please..." Akemi's voice trembled "I want you to listen, and if you want, after this I'll cease to exist from your life"
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