Đọc truyện 10 Days With my Devil: Mysteries [ON HOLD]

"Depends on what 'that' means." I put on a grin, as if not taking her question seriously. "And...I do know. But as you just heard, I've always promised him to not tell anyone." I said. Remembering how I knew all about it since the first time I've met him because of my mind. And ever since the first time I've seen him with a cold expression, I'd understand why he was acting so two-faced.

"I see....I guess you two are close enough that he told you, huh?" she mumbled.

"Mmm." I simply hummed in response, since he didn't exactly 'tell' me.

"C'mon, lunch hours are almost over. Don't wanna be late for work, or the growler will strike you." I grinned again as I walked past her towards the office.

"Right...." I heard her murmur under her breath as she followed me.

On my way home, I glanced at my cell phone. It was five o'clock. I got off work early today. I'll have plenty of time preparing once I get back.

"Hm? Sachiko!" I heard someone yell my name from across the street. Scanning the crowd at the other side, I see Eimko waving cheerfully at me. I waited patiently until the traffic lights turned green and she dashed over. But she wasn't by herself. She was holding a leash...with a wolf at the end???

"You have a pet wolf...." I mumbled as she giddily approached me. The wolf was silver-ish gray with a black coat and has sharp blue eyes.

"Yup! This is Thunder." She crouched down, and ruffled behind his ears lovingly.

"Nice to see you here! Just got off work?" she asked conversationally as she walked with me.

"Yup. Your day off?"

"Bulls-eye!" she says with her usual bubbly attitude. The last time I saw her, she and Mi didn't exactly get along.

"Are wolves, like, your favorite animal?" I ask as I smoothed Thunder's fur.

"It's not like that." She smiled, "I loved Thunder ever since I found him dying, on the streets. Since some idiot driver knocked him!"

[xDD a wonderful reason, Julie-chan, just wonderful X3 a wolf in the middle of the city streets....]

"I see...." I say, standing back up straight.

"You? Any favorite animals?"

"...Tigers, especially ones with white fur. (media)" I smiled, "and I like snakes, too."

"Whaa, really? Most girls hate snakes!" Eimko says as we continued walking.

[that is so damn true. But I like snakes xP]

"Oh, shame. I gotta turn right here." I say as I bid farewell to Eimko as I turn towards the direction of the demon house while she went the opposite way.

When I got to the front gate, I spot a woman standing in front of it. She was wearing slightly weird clothing. I mean...who still wears yukatas outside on a normal day?

I observed her, from her back. She has chest-length dark blue green hair.

Suddenly, when we were only a few feet away, she turned back sharply. Her red eyes blazing at me, I can see her hand reaching for a...sword?

"Umm hi. Can I help you?" I offered. She just stared at me for a few more seconds before relaxing a little.

"Good afternoon, maiden. My name is Shiina Naoe." She bowed politely with a hand by her collarbone. Her speaking is old-fashioned...who is she?

"I'm Sachiko...Sakura." I introduced as I see her eyebrows knit together.

"And I do need help, if I may ask." She stood up straight but her hand was still politely by her collarbone.

"Don't be so formal...and of course." I stepped a little closer.

"It-It seems that I h-have, came to another time period." She couldn't help but stutter as she said, "I am a knight of the Yamato kingdom [I dunno...]. And during a journey through the forest, when I chasing after the enemy on my horse. My surroundings suddenly became white, and when I opened my eyes, I was here."

Whoa...is this for reals?! A real-life time traveller! Hey...whoa. I did not think that. Who just thought that?! My automatic mind never said anything other than information.

"How do I know if you're not just some actor trying to fool people's money or whatnot?" I ask, a little harsher than I intend to be.

"Actor..?" she seemed slightly unfamiliar with the word, "you have all the rights to assume that I am an assassin. I apologize for troubling you."

Well...nobody seems to believe me that I actually am in huge trouble in this place.... I heard her thought as she turned away. Okay, actors don't lie in their own thoughts.

"Wait...okay...."

Takara's PoV

I had the day off from work today. And since Kakeru did, I stayed home.

While I was at the living room, going through the latest issue of Seasonelle, I heard the front door open.

"Oh Wel--" I stopped short in my sentence when I see Sachiko enter, followed by a woman wearing a yukata.

"Oh Takara...I didn't expect anyone to be back yet." Sachiko has a slightly troubled expression as she spoke, "don't tell the others about her now, please? I promise she won't stay for too long."

Still confused by the situation, I just nodded.

About ten minutes later, the front door opened again, revealing Kakeru, Haruhito and Shiki.

"Welcome home." I stood up and walked to them.

Kakeru smiled at me as he walked in, but then suddenly narrowed his eyes at me.

"W-what?"

"Takara, you're wearing your I'm-hiding-something face."

"E-Eh?!" I was speechless as Kakeru could always look right through me. He crossed his arms, as if saying 'fess up'.

"B-but I'm not!" as if a kid caught doing a bad thing, I stutter uncontrollably. Ugh, I'm an even worse liar in front of Kakeru.

"Takara, have you forgotten? I require..?"

"A-absolute obedience...." I mumbled. Of course I knew the possessive side of Kakeru, but it's not like I'm hiding something wrong...right?

Just then, Sachiko descended down the stairs. Looking even more gorgeous than ever. She was wearing a daily-basis dress, but she looks really cute in it. With matching headband and earrings, she looked beyond stunning. Her matching gold wedges clicked on the wooden stairs as she came down.

"Hey Saki! You look cute!" Haruhito complimented right away with a bright smile.

"You're home early." Kakeru says with doubt in his voice.

"I finished work early today, and besides, I was preparing." She says smoothly.

"For?" Kakeru doesn't drop the topic.

"Satoru invited me to dinner." She says nonchalantly. Why do I have a bad feeling about this, though? Doesn't Satoru...have different girlfriends every week? Wait, every two days?

I glanced at the time, it was ten to six.

After Sachiko left, and Kakeru finally dropped the topic of me being suspicious, curiosity got the better of me and I opened the door to Sachiko's room. No one was inside. Weird...where did that woman go? She can't possibly be in someone else's room...so she must've left. But how?

I shrugged as I enter my own room.

Sachiko's PoV

No wonder she was a knight, after I lend her some normal clothes, Shiina jumped right out of the opened window and landed flawlessly on the ground.

I was at our meeting spot when it's six twenty-five. He wasn't there yet.

I frowned.

My rule has always been that the guy needs to be earlier than the girl to arrive at a date. It's simply rude to make a girl wait. But since I was five minutes early, I decided to wait for a bit.

6:35 pm

Is this guy trying to piss me off on purpose? I remember how I told him on the first time he accompanied me through the day that I hate it when guys are late on dates. But my rule is ten-minutes, so just a little longer.

6:50 pm

I flipped open my phone, only to realize that I don't have his number. Oh wow. How slay. Why exactly am I still waiting here? Shouldn't I just go back now? Hmm it'd be super embarrassing, at least, to go back there saying he walked out on me. I thought as I looked around for him.

7:00 pm

But what if he had a reason? What if he was super jammed in traffic? Or...what if he was involved in an accident? Can demons even die over a car crash? But surely they'll get hurt.... Oh geez. My own thoughts were starting to make me worry.

7:05 pm

Should I call the other guys and see if they can contact him? But your pride won't allow you to! There it is again. Who the hell is speaking?

7:15 pm

I let out a long sigh. I had no way to contact him howsoever. Just as I made up my mind to leave...

"I'm so sorry I'm late!" a guy panted as he ran up to a girl.

"It's okay, I guess...but why?" the girl asked, trying to mask her disappointment.

"It's traffic hour, the cars are going 10km/hr literally. I ran five blocks here...."

The girls' face brightened in happiness as they both walked away hand-in-hand.

I inhaled a deep breath. Ten more minutes, and that's it.

7:30 pm

It's been a good hour since our meeting time. Hold on here. If there's traffic problems...he can just frickin fly! So then...it has to be an accident, right?

Welp, I'm sure done waiting.

Finally deciding to walk away, I took a seat on the bench at the usual park I met with Tsubasa. I checked my messages and saw one from Minato half an hour ago:

'the whole team is going out for drinks, wanna come with?'

Just as I was wondering whether I should go or not, I sat up. Only to see Satoru in my field of vision. He was standing right in front of me, with one of his signature smirks on his face.

"You dress up nicely." He commented on my look.

I just blinked impatiently at him, not even bothering to question him.

"Just want to see how long you can wait for me." He says, making my eyes widen a fraction. "And I'm pretty sure I got way longer than what you said before."

I frowned while crossing my arms. I can see where he was getting at.

"Your point is?" I ask anyway, staring up at him.

He leaned down, his left arm stretched over and leaned against the bench chair. I don't even flinch at his closeness, but I can feel my heartbeat getting rapider. With his right hand, he pulled my chin up.

"I think...you care more than you say you do."

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;-; I feel bad...I feel like I'm hitting a wall with my entire writing....

Welp I actually really wanna do something on Kuroko's Basketball xP but as I said I can't deal with balancedly updating six ongoing series

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