Otome game in a reality

Hidden route; 3. I love you?

The Yoshimoto's mansion.

There weren't many guards outside despite it being a very rich household. However the thick walls surrounding this place wasn't easy to get through.

But to a guy named Itsuki, this much was nothing.

He's working as an assassin for more than ten years and took countless lives due to this job.
Today was just same as other days, sneaking inside then killing them.

Originally he refuses to kill a child as much as possible but this time it's the daughter of his enemy. Additionally the mysterious man who requested this paid a lot of money. It's his rule to not know the client's name so he can't help but be curious about his identity.

Anyway this rich household has a very weak security. He easily climbed up the wall and entered the mansion through an open window of the second floor, a room right next to his target's room according to the instructions his client gave him.

Opening the door as stealthily as he can and entering the dark bedroom, there was a small figure sleeping on the bed.

He was planning to make it look like a suicide. The man in black clothes slowly walked towards the bed with a rope in his hands.

Step, step, step

The closer he got, better he can see the young girl who looked around his own daughter's age.

'It's a job. There mustn't be personal feelings involved'

Whispering those words to himself, as if trying to ease the guilty feeling of killing a young girl, he grabbed her shoulder softly.

Just when he was about to get more closer to her , his wrist was grabbed by someone else. In the dark, the movement of the young girl wasn't visible but he was sure she stabbed him with something.

"Uaaarghhhh!!"

"Annoying bastards not even giving me time to sleep.."

Sakura muttered angrily while stabbing the small knife even deeper into his arm, making the man scream even more.

The guards quickly rushed inside her room and switched on the lights. For a moment Itsuki forgot all the pain on his hand and the fact that he has to escape because of the crazy view of her room.

'What the f*ck is wrong with this girl?!'

The room was filled with lifeless but beautiful dolls. That'd look pretty normal if it wasn't for the fact that all of them were same expect from the clothes. There was also a countless pictures of a certain girl surrounding the walls.

He could only think of one thing when he saw that.

'Stalker!'

A very very crazy one at that. She even sleeps with a knife under her pillow!

"An assassin! Get him!"

That yell made him realize his situation. He quickly pulled back his hand from the girl's grip and took out his gun, shooting the window to make an exit for himself.

Normally it's easily to just held the girl as a hostage but something was telling him not to do such a stupid thing like staying with that devil.

His mission failed for the first time in seven years because of the unexpected girl that can be only described by one sentence.

A wolf in sheep's clothing.

***
"I said I want to go outside. Let me get out of here"

"I'm sorry, Asuka-sama. You can't leave without young master's permission"

"What is he? My parents? Tell him I thank him for taking care of me all this time. But I really have to go and I believe he doesn't have a right to stop me"

"I'll bring you a lunch soon. If you want to eat some snacks before, please tell me"

Asuka helplessly yelled through the gap of the door, seeing the male butler going downstairs to get the breakfast for her.

It has been two weeks and she can walk somehow slowly without support. She wanted to quickly leave this place and meet Riku to find out about the investigation.

Also there was another problems.

[Sakura Yoshimoto: 9]

[Katsuragi Kazuma: 7]

[Usato Saito: 2]

Sakura's points didn't go down nor raised after the beginning of the hidden route. The real threat was Katsuragi, who isn't even allowing her to get a phone even though he's so rich. Buying a phone must be like buying a candy for him yet he refused and made tons of stupid excuses.

She also needs to know what Usato is doing by now. The calm and cool boy turned into a psycho because of her recklessness. It'd be nice if she won his route.

"I'm so screwed. Should I jump out of the window? Will I be really able to escape? That stupid bastard.."

Her mumbles were interrupted by the sound of footsteps of someone.

'Speaking of the devil..'

The devil in human form was walking towards her room, with his usual disgusting smile on his face.

'He must be so happy locking me up in this damn room like I'm his pet or something'

Feeling angrier than before, she turned towards her bed and switched on the TV. Soon the door opened and Katsuragi walked inside.

"Good, you're here. I'm leaving right now. Bye bye"

She said bluntly and tried to walk fast him. However due to her injured legs she was caught by him quickly.

"You're not leaving anytime soon. How about we talk about it during lunch?"

"Am I a child asking for permission to play outside? I'll leave whenever I want and I want to leave right now. There's no 'talking about it later' Katsuragi-san"

For a moment the smile on his face dropped as he tightened his grip on her wrist, making Asuka flinch in pain.

"I don't want you to leave"

[Katsuragi Kazuma: 8]

Ignoring the message that was glittering dangerously in front of her, Asuka put her hand above his.

"Katsuragi, I've something really important to tell you. Although I wasn't planning to tell you this soon but.. since the circumstances are like this I'll just tell you"

The frown on his face was replaced with curiosity after seeing Asuka's very serious expression. She glared right into his brown eyes gently, trying to make the confession much more believable.

"I love you. Please go out with me"