A Marriage of Convenience (SaTzu)

Chapter 3

Tzuyu's POV

I still don't know what 'misfortune' was until I met this bold Japanese woman in a certain bar the previous night. Since our path crossed I have been plague. Now early this morning I am driving her to their family home after madness possessed her and announced on broad daylight the she's moving with me after just practically meeting her less than twenty-four hours.

I pinched the bridge of my nose. I seriously regretted that I have chosen that bar to forget my problems with alcohol. If I stayed in my hotel room-if I just went to another bar-if I just ignored her when she tried to make small talk with me-if...

"Hey," She said on the painfully silent car. "Don't you think our atmosphere is somewhat somber? It's like we're attending a funeral. Would you mind if I turn on the radio?"

I'm surprised to learn the fact that this woman knew how to ask question. It was already on the tip of my tongue to refuse her because I like driving in silence but I before I have a chance to utter a single word she turned on the radio and search for a station that has the genre for her taste of music.

I mentally cringed when she sings along with the loud music coming from the radio. She has a good timbre of voice but she sings the song at the top of her lungs like she's the only person in the planet.

I gave her a sideways glance hoping she would see my disapproval but she's too occupied with her singing that she haven't notice my disapproving looks. After a moment I gave up and focused my gaze back on the road. She really reminded me so much of Hirai Momo and her wild days when Mina would come in our home and ask for my help in searching for her rebellious sister. Mina and I would search club after club to look for Momo.

Most of those nights we have to drag the overly drunk Momo out of the bar and I have to threatened her date from stopping us in taking home the wild woman. On the ride back to their home Momo would sing a song at the top of her lungs on the silent car ride. I would thank my luck if she didn't throw up in my car after such singing. If she wasn't that drunk to pass out on her seat she would start lecturing us about life that her sister would not be able to get a decent husband if she stayed in Seoul all her life.

That time I felt like Momo's words were like insult to me. I was there, in love with her sister. I was just bidding my time to profess my love until I was certain that Mina is ready. I guess I was wrong and Momo had been correct.

My dearest love found her happiness outside Seoul and with a different woman. Despite my heartbreak in her marriage I tried to be happy for her. I would always be here whenever she needs me. I gripped the steering wheel tightly. If that woman she married breaks her heart I would end her life with my own hands.

"You seem awfully quite," The woman beside me had remark. That's when I realized that she stopped from singing and staring at me intently. "Something is bothering you?"

I schooled my features before looking at her. "What makes you say that?"

"I've been staring at you for quite sometimes now and I can see anger in your face." She answered. Her lucid blue-grey eyes were focused on me. "What's wrong? Are you really disturbed because of my singing or perhaps, I am really such a bother to you?"

It was on the tip of my tongue to say that she's really a bother to me so she could stop plaguing me. But I was surprised when my mouth muttered different answer. "No, you are not bothering me. Believed me I heard far worse singing than you. I just remember something from the past."
Really, Tzuyu? I asked myself silently. She's not a bother to you? That's what she is the moment you met her. This woman is very handful for you. You have to stay away from her to avoid more trouble. You have enough problems to add this woman to your list.