Pleading Slave || An IchiKara Fanfic

Chapter 17

"Ow, ow, ow."

    "Sit still. It'll hurt less," Karamatsu said as he slowly dab a cotton on Ichimatsu's wound. He then wrap a bandage around his waist. "Does it feel better?"

    Ichimatsu moved slightly, twisting around. "Y-yeah. Thanks."

    Karamatsu sighed in relief.

    "To think that someone could hurt you..." he muttered quietly to himself.

    "Are you worry about me?"

    "H-hm? Well, I do! You are also a human being, you know." Karamatsu turn to look at Ichimatsu, "Don't forget that."

    Karamatsu smiled, sending a warming feeling inside Ichimatsu.

    What am I thinking, Ichimatsu thought.

    "So, while you are here, why don't we have coffee together? Coffee with two sugar, right?"

    Ichimatsu nod his head. "The usual, please," he said. Once again, Karamatsu walk out of the room. The man didn't know what's worse, getting murdered in the dark alley or being here with only Karamatsu.

    With only Karamatsu, Ichimatsu's face flushed red. "I definitely didn't ask for this," he said, gripping on the blanket covering him.

    "Things would've been different if I just finish him off...this is so stupid...I am so stupid."

    Suddenly, he heard a creak from the door.

    Ichimatsu turn and saw three woman staring at him from the slightly opened door. "Eek!" one of them squeal and they all disappeared. "What?" the man said, dumbfounded. He then could hear them talking to each other.

    "He looked a little odd, don't you think?"

    "Well, what did I say. Mr Karamatsu have awful taste."

    "So what? Obviously he is in love with this man. And that's all what matters."

    Then they stopped. Just when Ichimatsu thought they were gone, all three of them, Choroko, Juushiko, and Todoko enter the room.

    "Who are you and what kind of relationship do you and Mr Karamatsu have?!" Choroko asked, pointing directly at Ichimatsu. Todoko eye him, squinting her eyes as if she suspect him. "Do you love our Mr Karamatsu?" Juushiko, on the other hand, poke Ichimatsu's face, "He is real!"

    Ichimatsu stare at all three of them.

    "You...wha...I d..."

    Todoko lean closer, "Or are you like those people? Taking advantage of Mr Karamatsu's generosity?"

    "Todoko, don't bring up Mr Karamatsu's past!"

    "Someone had to make sure."

    "Girls!"

    Karamatsu stood on the doorway, looking surprised more than Ichimatsu himself. "Don't scare our guest!" he exclaimed as he put down the tray with coffees on it.

    "You mean your lover?"

    "Wha—No! Mr Choromatsu and I are not in a relationship! He's just a friend."

    Choroko scoff, Todoko raise an eyebrow and Juushiko smile, "Well, if you say so! Goodbye, er, Mr Choromatsu, Mr Karamatsu's friend."

    The three left, leaving a petrified Ichimatsu and an embarrassed Karamatsu. "Very sorry about that, um..am I still not allowed to call you by your name?"

    "It's Ichimatsu."

    "Hm?"

    "My name is Ichimatsu, not Choromatsu."

    Karamatsu blinked, then nodded. "Oh. So, well, I'll call you Ichimatsu then."

    "I am also an assassin."

    "Oh."

    "I'm suppose to kill you before the election day but I didn't. My...boss replace me with someone else but I guess I was on their way that they decided to get rid of me first."

    "Oh..."

    Ichimatsu glance at Karamatsu, expecting him to be scared or something.

    Instead, the man was frowning as if he was thinking.

    "Your boss," said Karamatsu, "are they, by any chance, Ichiko?"

    "You knew?"

    "I can't think of someone else who wanted to kill me so badly."

    "She does so much," Ichimatsu nodded, "So much that she became mad when I fail to show up with your body. But why?"

    Karamatsu look around, "You see, she is one of the candidate to be president. But the other candidates was so competitive that Ichiko saw her chances decreasing. But she was more afraid of Todoko. So Ichiko push her off the balcony and blamed it on Nyaa-chan."

    "That idol?"

    "Yes. Nyaa-chan and Todoko used to be rivals. And when Todoko died, I happened to be there."

    "Why were you there?"

    "She's a friend of mine, so Todoko called saying someone wants to kill her. By the time I'm at her place, I got the wonderful opportunity to witness Ichiko pushing her. I tried to convince Ichiko to confess. But she refuse and said if I won't stop I'll be the next one to die."

    "So what's your plan?"

    "One of our conversation on the phone, I recorded her threatening me and saying that Todoko deserves to die."

    Ichimatsu raised his eyebrows, "Why didn't you just go to the police immediately."

    "That's not a cool way to expose someone, isn't it?"

    "True."

    "Now, your coffee is getting colder!"

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This is the longest part I had written. I am sorry that the story isn't as good as you expect it to be, but I need to rush things because I have more things to do relating to school. Again, I am very sorry! If you notice a mistake, don't hesitate to tell me because I am rushing to even notice them.