Just a Little While Longer || An anime love story

Chapter 55

"...Yamato?! Takeshi?!" My voice shook loudly. "W-wha...?!" Instead of just explaining things to me, they just smile and smirk in return. What the heck? Can't they just explain things like normal people do? Still confused, Yamato helps me up. "It's not just us." He says pointing behind me. Swirling around quickly to see what he meant, I'm suddenly embraced by two people. "Arisa...Tsubaki..." My tears starts falling again. It was a very long embrace but we finally pulled away with tears streaming down our faces. "What the heck? Why are you guys here? How did you find me?" I ask them as I'm wiping my tears away.

They both gave me an assuring smile before pointing behind them. Cocking my head to a side, I look behind them as they clear the way. Unexpectedly, it was Harumi. "H-Harumi? Wha...?" I ask. She did this? As if she read my mind, Harumi just chuckles. "It wasn't only me who did this. All of us helped out but the one person who did the most, apparently he couldn't make it." She tells me. "Couldn't make it...you mean..." She nods in reply, knowing who I was talking about.

     "Come on, we're going home." Arisa exclaims. "Home as in back in the city." Added Tsubaki. "The city?" I ask as we start heading to a van. "How did you guys even found me?"

     Once we got in, Arisa starts explaining everything to me. "So basically we were all missing you too much so me and Tsubaki told Harumi, Ayato, Takuma and Takeshi-kun and so Harumi and Ayato just went and did some stuff with convincing their parents for them to not get married and all. It took a month to do all of those things. When Ayato's father finally got down to it, that's how we found you. Although he didn't exactly told us where you were, Takeshi had to find out those stuff on the computer with the help from Yamato-kun. I don't even know what they did but they found you. Takuma-kun's back at your house with senpai to explain things to them since you over here almost got kidnap for some reason."

     "That sounds like you though." Yamato adds in and I scowled at him. We both were thinking back at that time when I was kidnapped and he saved me.

**

     Once we got back to my house, senpai and Takuma were there and I gave them big hugs since I missed them. Turns out that Grandpa's coming back as well since he doesn't want me to live alone back there and because that's where Grandma was, isn't that sweet? So now I'm packing up with Arisa and Tsubaki's help.

     "Oh you should've seen it. Mae was all over Ayato-kun about bringing you back." Arisa tells me. "Yeah, she was all like 'I won't accept any one else to be my sister' like, that's so cute!" Tsubaki adds. "Aww, I miss her so much." I sigh remembering about Mae. "When Ayato found out you lied to him, he was all excited but then mad at you too cause you lied to him."

     "Yeah I figured." I bite my lips at Arisa's comment. "But then again, he also lied to me so basically, we're even." With my last zipped up suitcase, I take a stretch. "Okay I'm done."

     "Yay! Let's go, let's go!" Tsubaki exclaims as she picks up some bags.

**

     Harumi got a private plane for us so that we didn't needed to wait for a plane and get crowds. Of course, before I left, I made a call to Kei, telling her everything. She was more happy than sad for me and I'm glad about that. It was a long ride back but when we got back, me and Grandpa had our old house back.

     It was a long and busy day, unpacking our stuffs, getting settled in, me having to fill out papers to get back into my old school, again, busy, so I never got to see Ayato that day. So that next day, by the time it was noon, we finally got done with our busyness. That's when Ayato's father visited me.

     "I would like to give you an apology." He says. Then bows down. "S-sir, no, you don't—" but me trying to stop him doesn't help at all. "I guess I was blind to find another way into the richness and I'm sorry about that. You had to give up your life here and move away." He straights back up but continues on. "When Ayato begged me for him to not get married, he told me he'd take over my business one day, which means..."

     "He quit basketball?" I finished. "Yes, that's right. So right now, he's doing all he can to help me. Ayato still doesn't know you're back yet, if you want, I can take you to him." He offers. My eyes widened and I immediately said yes. So after saying bye to Grandpa, we rode in a car and I was taken to a tall building, his father's business building. When I got out, I look at that tall building in awe. Turning back, I see that Ayato's father wasn't coming out, instead, he just rolls his window down. "My employees and co workers knows you and why you'll be there. They can take you to my son. Until then, I'd like you to do me a favor."

     "What is it sir?"

     "Take good care of Ayato and don't break his heart again." His favor was serious and firm, but he smiles anyways. Then rolls up his window and the car drives off. I turn back to the building and look up. Ayato's there... And take a deep breath before going inside.