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CREDITS TO: UTA NO PRINCE SAMA and SILVERMOON249 (for Crystal Time lyrics)

CHAPTER 27

Apparently, one of the signs that Ichinose Tokiya is going to die soon is when he has a big fight with his friend, Tokiya mentally concluded as his blue orbs met the green but pissed off eyes, right in front of him.

The late Tokiya used to fight with Syo, a few hours before his death.

But now, this current Tokiya was fighting with Aijima Cecil about something that the prince believes that the others should know sooner.

What the hell was that 'something' to begin with? For sure, it was not something as petty as bento because first, the one who really wanted to punch the other person was Cecil. Second, the prince is not someone who will snap easily unless the situation turned out critical.

It all started when they took a 30 minutes break from a variety show shooting in their room.

"You look anxious. Something's wrong?" Cecil asked as Tokiya was looking at his cell phone.

"I am just worried about Syo. Since his girlfriend wanted to break off, he looked so sad."

However, Tokiya just received a nonchalant response from the Agnapolis prince.

"You should worry about yourself instead," Cecil remarked sarcastically, much to the blue head's puzzlement.

"What do you mean?"

"You only have a month left, Tokiya," the A of STARISH reminded, coldly.

"I know."

Cecil chuckled sarcastically. "I. Know?"

"Yup. I am completely aware of that. That's why I want to spend more time with my family after this."

"You know that's not what I meant, Tokiya," Cecil remarked with a suggestive look. "I kept your promise because you mentioned about Izumi. You want Izumi to be there beside his mummy when you leave her and that was why I helping you back then in school but now, things are getting out of hand! You have one month left to live your life when THE OTHERS INCLUDING YOUR WIFE BELIEVE YOU HAVE TWO MORE YEARS LEFT, TOKIYA!" this time around, Cecil could not suppress his disappointment and indignation anymore. His voice turned louder than it should be, much to Tokiya's fright.

Yup, as you have read, Tokiya was this close to leave everything in this world.

"Aijima-san, your voice.."

"Why? Are you afraid if there is somebody out there can hear us? Let them be! I don't want to be your accomplice forever, though. Ten years is enough and I don't want to keep the secret any longer! I will tell Haruka about your life span if YOU still insist to not tell her!"

"Aijima-san, please.." instead of rebelling like the usual him, Tokiya knelt down, pleading for the prince's sympathy. "Don't tell her yet. I promise I will tell her soon.."

"I will babysit Izumi with my wife tonight. You will tell her, Tokiya," Cecil turned his back towards Tokiya, refused to meet eyes with the idol.

"No, that's impossible," Tokiya's eyes widened in horror as he shook his head. "We will go to the festival tonight. I have a surprise for Haruka and I don't want to ruin that!"

"And yet, you think that giving her a false hope and temporary happiness is a great thing? You can be so stupid sometimes, Tokiya," Cecil sneered, totally ignored Tokiya's hurt expression. "All this time, you did something reckless by yourself, you kept secret about Natsuki with Syo but I tried to understand you but now, when I am your accomplice, I still don't understand you! YOU ARE THE MOST SELFISH HUMAN BEING THAT I HAVE EVER MET! YOU HURT HARUKA JUST BECAUSE YOU WANT TO SEE IZUMI GREW UP IN FRONT OF YOU! WHAT KIND OF HUSBAND AND FATHER ARE YOU, TOKIYA!?"

Being verbally attacked continuously by his friend was enough to make Tokiya emotionally broken. He stared at the floor blankly, much to Cecil's surprise.

Normally, he will attack me back. But why now.. Cecil slowly faced Tokiya only to find the blue head, with a still blank face, curving in a bitter smile, suggesting that he agreed with the prince.

It was so bitter, much to Cecil's guilt.

Goshhh, what's wrong with him? Sure, I was being too harsh but this is not our first time! Why now...

"Yes, you are right, Aijima-san. I am selfish. I don't even know how to be a good father and husband. I am such a failure.." Tokiya muttered.

Cecil, what have you done?

"Tokiya, I am sorry. I mean, I am so, so sorry," Cecil knelt down, attempting to comfort the broken blue head. "I don't mean to be harsh with you. But, wait a minute! I am always harsh with you but usually, you attacked me back. Why today.."

"Every morning, as soon as I wake up from my sleep, my wife and my son will say to me how much they love me.." Tokiya confessed. "Instead of 'good morning', they will say 'I love you, daddy', or 'I love you, Tokiya-kun'. I don't know if it is Haruka's plan or not but Izumi said to me that 'I love you' means they wish only the best thing will happen to me including how I will stay longer with them, how good my morning, my evening and all that."

This time, Cecil felt a stab through his heart. A strong guilt crawled into his veins.

"Tokiya, I am.."

"The feeling when someone that you love keeps reminding you that they reciprocate your love is the best thing ever happened to me, the guy who grew up without his parents. I can tell that Haruka knows how much I love to hear those things and that's why she asked Izumi to do it. This life.. this marriage.. It happened as beautiful as I used to imagine before. I want a child with Haruka. I want Haruka to live her life with our son and that's why I want Izumi to keep alive, not die in Haruka's tummy. I want my son gains a chance to live his life. To be honest, Aijima-san, I don't know what to do to satisfy Haruka. I will leave her soon but I don't know what should I do so that I would fulfill all the needs until I come up with the plan; ah, I will ask Aijima-san to make my son lives earlier than he is supposed to so that I can see he grows up in front of me and he knows how his daddy looks like while Haruka will not feel lonely and put the blame on herself anymore. But when she keeps reminding me that she loves me so much, it was so hard for me to tell her the truth. I just can't say it. Yet, the moment you said that I am selfish, I can't agree more with you, Aijima-san. I guess.." with his glistened eyes, he stared deep into Cecil's eyes. "I guess that you are right, Aijima-san. I am selfish. No matter how hard I try to give the best thing to my family, I will just end up stupidly."

Cecil could feel his tall frame shivered as he shed tears. He did not care if any staff of the variety show ended up being surprised to see two grown-up men knelt down on the floor together because to be honest, all he could think was..

All this time, Tokiya suffered more than Haruka. Tokiya was the actual victim.

All this time, all of them 'tortured' Tokiya, indirectly forcing him to fulfill their regret and guilt to the late Tokiya.

"I am sorry, Tokiya."

Tokiya was sleeping soundly when he heard a very familiar voice around his ears.

"Tokiya! Oi, Tokiya!"

Hm.. is that my voice? What gives?

"Waaaahhh!" The vocalist could not quash himself from screaming at the top of his lungs as the image of himself stared intently at him. Not to mention his surroundings was so dark.

"Tokiya? I mean... myself?"

Or rather, it was himself, wearing a blood-stained shirt.

"Yes.. it's me or it's you," the soft voice answered, flatly.

"What.. what's with the shirt? And where am I? I believe, I was sleeping.."

"On Haruka's lap. What a nice pillow, right?" the dead Tokiya curved in a bitter and cliched smile that you always found when you encountered a ghost with a dark past. "I am Tokiya, Haruka's husband and this is the last shirt that I wore before I died. Don't worry. You are just dreaming."

"Ehh? For real?" Tokiya's eyes grew wider as he scanned Haruka's husband from head to toe. It was drenched with blood, much to anyone's nightmare. His face was too pale while his lips was grossly purple.

"You! At least, make yourself presentable if you want to appear in my dream, you ghost! You look so scary!" Tokiya pointed randomly at the late Tokiya's frame.

"I told you, this is the last shirt I wore before I died and don't make me repeat how Satsuki made me dead until I looked like this," the late Tokiya's soft but stern voice made the current Tokiya flinched.

Oh my.. I never thought that I would get intimidated by myself. Otoya, I am truly sorry for scaring the hell out of you, Tokiya mentally apologized as he recalled how the red head flinched everytime he accidentally got on the blue head's nerve.

"Wait! You know about Satsuki?"

"Of course. I know everything," the late Tokiya gave a suggestive stare at the new him.

What? He knows everything?

"Why did you do that? The others will be pissed off for sure, you know."

Tokiya's eyes widened in panic. "Hey, look who is talking! Just so you know, because of you, I am the victim of the whole situation. May I ask you something? I believe Haruka is a typical Japanese girl who is polite and shy when it comes to body contact and affection but what have you done to her? She has been too bold and thanks to that, everybody in school said that she is a flirt."

"Well.." the late Tokiya suddenly blushed, much to Tokiya's amazement because apparently, this was first time for him to see himself blushed.

Come to think of it, which part of this blushed face did Haruka find it cute, though? It looks disgusting to me.

"I mean.. even I look cold and reserved but I am still a normal man who wants to express his love to his wife. That's natural, you kiddie!"

"Hey, don't call me kiddie, you ghost!"

"And don't call me ghost, you kiddie!"

"Tsk! Because of you sneaking a date at the festival, they interrogated me even I am innocent."

"Mattaku.. They should forget about that already. It's the secret between Haruka and me. Why were they so persistent?" The late Tokiya sighed in dissatisfaction. "And what's with that personality? You look more like Hayato, you know," the late Tokiya gave a scowl to the new him.

"Why? You don't like it?" Tokiya gave him a mischievous look, much to the late Tokiya's aggravation.

"No. Instead, you seem natural. God knows how hard for me to cope with the persona."

"I feel you. I used to feel the same way but thanks to STARISH, Haruka and Izumi, I learn how to loose up a bit."

"Izumi, huh?" the stern look suddenly turned soft. "That's our son, right?"

"You know about that?" Tokiya felt a heartache as the late Tokiya looked grief-stricken.

"Yes. No wonder at that night, Haruka kept stroking her tummy. I did have a guess but I thought that I would wait for her to tell me herself. But, I guess... my destiny said otherwise."

For the first time in his life, Tokiya felt sympathetic to himself.

"Hey, Tokiya.."

"Hm?"

"You were dead before you could surprise her with your plan, right?"

"Yes. Why?"

"I want to help you achieving that."

The late Tokiya's blue eyes widened in surprise. "Are you serious?"

"Yes. Just tell me what do you want to do."

The bewildered expression from the late Tokiya turned softer. "No. I leave it to you, Tokiya. I will agree with whatever you want to plan for Haruka."

"What?"

"Your sacrifice for the sake of Haruka and Izumi.." he gave Tokiya a warm smile. "I understand why Aijima-san opposed it but if I were you, I would do the same thing. I don't care what I might lose as long as it is for Haruka."

If it was not because the idea of hugging his ownself was obviously weird, Tokiya would do it for sure. He felt touched because there was somebody who were in the same boat with him..

Which when you think about it, it was not surprising at all because the late Tokiya is himself, apparently.

"Thank you, Tokiya," Tokiya smiled in relief. "Maybe the others will get angry when they know the truth but we know we care more about Haruka. She is everything to us."

"Yup, that's true," the late Tokiya acknowledged. "Speaking of Haruka, I miss her so much. Maybe I should appear in her dream as well.."

"Wait, don't!"

"Why?"

"At least, your clothes.. just please wash your clothes first or you will scare the hell out of her! You know how she easily gets scared with ghosts, right?"

"Tsk! You are not making any sense!"

"So, you are," Tokiya mocked. "Wait.. how about.. instead of Haruka's dream, you appear in Otoya's dream? It will be fun to see the reaction from a scaredy-cat like him."

There was a pregnant silence as the late Tokiya stared blankly at the new him before he muttered,

"Tokiya, you are the worst."

"W..what? That's rude, Tokiya. Considering it came from you.."

"You do know how scared Otoya is with ghosts, right? I don't want to be the source of his sleep deprivation."

"But it's only for fun!"

"I said no!" the late Tokiya gave a stern glare. "He will cry, calling out her aunt or something. I don't want that to happen."

Tokiya smiled warmly. "Instead of being cold, you are surprisingly caring about him till the end."

"Well.. He's my best friend after all," the late Tokiya averted his gaze to somewhere else and Tokiya could tell that he found it embarrassing to admit how important Otoya is in his life.

"Okay, time to wake up. You planned a date with Haruka, right? So, excuse me. Please have fun."

"Wait, Tokiya. Where do you want to go?" Tokiya asked as the late Tokiya slowly faded away.

"It's none of your business."

"Tsk! That cold jerk.."

And that was how their weird, random and warm conversation ended.

Tokiya woke up, suddenly feeling frightened of the possibility of the late Tokiya would appear in Haruka's dream until he realized that Izumi was sleeping on him.

"Izumi, wake up," he patted the boy's small back slowly, sending Izumi to open his eyes slowly.

"Daddy..." Izumi rubbed his half-opened eyes.

"Do you want to go to festival tonight?"

"Festival? I want, I want!" the child shouted excitedly.

"Then, go to the bathroom first and wait for mummy there. Mummy will bathe you."

"Okay!" his son quickly jumped from his lap before running to his bedroom.

"Tokiya-kun.. Tokiya-kun.."

"Haruka?" Tokiya was confused as Haruka, with her closed eyes, muttering her name anxiously.

"Tokiya-kun.." she sounded more desperate, much to her husband's worry.

Wait.. could it be... that Tokiya really appeared in her dream? With that kind of state? No wonder Haruka looked scared, Tokiya ridiculously suspected the late Tokiya now.

"Haruka," he woke Haruka, who slept while leaned against the sofa up. "Hey, Haruka.."

"Tokiya-kun," the beautiful golden eyes slowly open, staring blankly at him for a while before she threw herself into his muscular arms. "Tokiya-kun! Thank God, you are here!"

"Of course I am here," he caressed her silky hair out of bewilderment. "What happened? Did you have a nightmare? About ghosts, perhaps?"

"No, it's not about ghosts," her voice trembled while she tightened her hug around his frame. "I was dreaming about you leaving me. You.. You said something about your time is coming."

Damn..

That was all Tokiya could think out of despair.

"Please don't leave me, Tokiya-kun. I love you. I still need you," to make the circumstance turned worse, Haruka burst into tears, tearing her husband's heart apart.

You see, Aijima-san? I faced similar situation almost everyday. How am I supposed to tell her the truth then?

"Hey, what are you talking about? Of course I am not going to leave my wife. I love you too and like you, I need you," he made her faced him, convincing her that everything was fine.

"I am sorry. I got suddenly emotional because of some stupid dreams."

It's not as stupid as you thought, Haruka, it took all for Tokiya not let out the response.

"Please don't cry, okay? We are going to have fun, tonight, right?" he wiped her tears, pampering her like how he treated Izumi. "Now, please bathe Izumi. Aijima-san would come here later to pick Izumi with him while you..."

"While me?" Haruka softly asked as Tokiya squeezed her soft hand.

"You will know it later," he gave a suggestive smile before kissing her hand affectionately.

Haruka walked slowly as she passed the city.

I have something to do right now so let's meet up in front of the Tonda building later. Izumi will stay with the others and their children.

What's that even meant anyway? Why didn't Izumi stay with us?

Learning from a lesson, instead of boldly exposing herself as Ichinose Tokiya's wife, Haruka covered half of her face with a scarf.

"This is the place, right?" she looked around and suddenly, she felt nostalgic when her mind served the memory of the place.

It has been a long time, right? I met Hayato-sama here, I fell in love with his song, his voice..

This was also the place where Tokiya-kun sang Crystal Time as an advertisement.

The song.. the lyrics.. the voice... They were all so enchanting to listen to.

She suddenly missed the moment.

Come to think of it, the magnum opus that he talked about during the talk show... which song is it? Why did he refuse to tell me?

"Konbanwa, minnasan. I am STARISH's Ichinose Tokiya."

She could feel her heart skipped a beat as the charming voice of her husband, along with himself suddenly popped out in the big tv screen which functioned specially to spread any news from Shining Agency.

She lifted her chin up. A pair of golden orbs sized up as the image of Tokiya with a prince attire was standing handsomely.

He is not going to sing that song, right?

"I don't want anyone else but you to listen to this song."

A sudden big female crowd around Haruka suddenly cheered and squealed as they figured out that Tokiya was going to release a new song.

A string of familiar piano sound could be heard before the idol started singing....

kimi no se ni nemuru tsubasa wa
kaze dake o matteru
mi o makasete me o tsumutte
kanjiru hazu atatakasa o

hikaru oka de machitsudzukeru
kimi ga habataku yume
te o tsunaide shinjite hora
issho ni tobitatou

omoidashite (Feel My Heart)
ano egao o (Feel My Love)
tomaranai Music (Music)
niji no Melody (Melody)
towa ni kirameku　SUTĀDASUTO SONGU

oboete imasu ka? Princess? (KIRARI)
nanairo no KONPASU wa (KIRARI)
suishou no youni hora　mata mirai ni kagayaku
maigo no KOKORO nakanai de
itsu datte kimi no soba ni iru
sasageru toki no Dream　tomo ni kizamou yo
Feel It, Crystal Time

That was.. Certainly a magnum opus, the composer mentally remarked as her heart still thumped faster.

Haruka continued to stare at the screen in amazement while the other fans around her complimented the song ecstaticly.

"Tokiya's new single is awesome, right?"

"Maybe he sang it to his wife? How sweet!"

"He even opposed Shining Saotome so that he would be allowed to date his wife back then."

"I know right? That was really cool!"

"Tokiya-kun.." Haruka muttered as something from ten years ago crossed her mind.

"You know what? Out of all these songs, I think I want to keep this all by myself until I find the right time to sing it."

"Why?"

"Beats me.."

Did he keep the song for so long because he wanted to do this?

When she immersed in her thought, a random person bumped into her, caused her to fall, with knees first, onto the ground.

"Ah, sumimasen.." it was weird when she was the one who apologized but it just came out from her mouth.

"Are you alright?"

Again, her heart skipped a beat when for some reasons, Tokiya's voice sounded so close with her.

Her eyes were served with a big hand with slender fingers, reaching out to her. She slowly lifted her head up before feeling breathless to see Tokiya's appearance.

He wore a dark blue kimono with bamboo patterns, a scarf covering half of his face and a pair of glasses. To put it simply, it was the same outfit when the late Tokiya invited her to the festival before. What an incredible coincidence!

When in fact, she should not be that surprised since the late Tokiya is this Tokiya after all. Of course they would think about the same thing including what to wear today.

"Ehh? Ichi... No, Toki... crap!" she quickly shut her mouth before she spilled the beans.

He smiled affectionately at her as he knelt down. "People will see us. Let's go."

Dear God, what's the deal with this guy? He always knows how to make me happy.

"Matsuri.." the memory of her and Tokiya went to festival together reached her.

At that time, she never thought that when she was so stressed out about coming up with the best song ever so that STARISH would not be disbanded, Tokiya, who always looked aloof was the one who got worried about her the most.

And at that time, she never thought that going to a festival was basically his plan to cheer her up and as a medium for him to let her know that he would always there beside her.

His words was the one who saved her with the sentences...

"I love your songs. The songs of your true self."

The songs which could make the people happy. Not the one who could beat HEAVENS, their rival at that time.

And now, she could not ask for a better present from him. She found that she was extremely lucky to experience the same kind of date with Tokiya.

She scanned her surrounding. Everything about the stall remained the same. The stalls arrangement, the stall owners, the games... everything was here.

"Sa, ikimashou.." he smiled at her, sending her to drag herself to the reality.

"Well, I.."

Grr...

"Eh?" the couple spontaneously pulled a blank face as someone's stomach shamelessly growled.

Aaaaaaaaaaa! Haruka really wanted to scream out of embarrassment. This was supposed to be a romantic date.

The way Tokiya sang to her, the way Tokiya looked at her with that loving and blue orbs... Everything was just perfect.

But, all those things were suddenly ruined by her growling stomach.

What the hell? Why did it copy the exact same situation when I was with the late Tokiya-kun? I don't need my growling stomach, though!

"I am sorry..." she could not lift her head up as she fought with her embarrassment. Instead, her orbs fixed on the takoyaki on her lap.

"Don't be modest. Just go ahead.." Tokiya encouraged.

"Er.. hai," Haruka sheepishly blew the still hot food, unaware of the affectionate stare from her husband.

"Have you been eating properly?" he remarked out of concern.

"Well.." she startled as she was caught.

"You are unbelievable. When you're focused on your work, you're incapable of taking care of yourself."

That made Haruka felt like being slapped.

"Hora. It will be cold," Tokiya fed the round food into her mouth.

With a perplexed face, she chewed the dish, sending him to chuckle at her cuteness.

"You really need someone who will take care of you just like how I was. For some reasons, I am happy to see you helpless like this. At least, it gives me a reason to take care of you all night."

Haruka had a hard time to restrain herself from fainting.

They did what the other couple would typically do together in the festival.

Gun shooting... Tokiya helped her winning STARISH CD. He was surprisingly skillful when he claimed that this was the first time he went to this kind of festival, let alone playing the game.

Next, Tokiya suddenly suggested them to watch a short movie; something that he though was an unique activity in the midst of the festival.

"Let's watch this one," he showed a horror movie poster, much to Haruka's alarm.

"I.. I am not good with this kind of movie."

In fact, she hated it. Even the ghost house which was decorated by a bunch of kids would scare the hell out of her.

"It's okay. Instead of properly watching the movie, why don't we play a game instead?"

"Huh? What game?"

As soon as she joined him, Haruka never thought that instead of feeling the urge to embrace or getting lovey-dovey with Tokiya, this time, she really wanted to slap him.

Why? Because of this.

"Let's guess which direction will the ghost pop out from."

"What? No! I don't want!"

"Come on. It will be fun. Just look at the lamp. You know why the camera suddenly focused on it?" Tokiya pointed at the dim lamp in the movie.

"Wh..Why?" Haruka tugged at Tokiya's sleeve, seeking for some protection.

"Because the ghost will appear..." the camera showed a door, right in front of the protagonist who trapped in a run-down house.

"In front?"

"No, it is the back of the lady.." as soon as Tokiya stated it, almost the whole crowd including Haruka screamed in terror as a lady with a creepy frame appeared from the screen.

Apparently, being an in demand actor made Tokiya somehow could guess such random thing correctly.

"Tokiya-kun, pleaseee.... Let's get out of here," she did not want to be wimpish but as mentioned above, she was so afraid with ghosts.

"It's okay. You can snuggle to me all you want."

The rosette suddenly blushed at the thought of the word 'snuggle'.

"If you say so, then, perhaps... can I snuggle to you until the next morning?" she lifted her chin up, meeting eyes with Tokiya's out of anticipation.

"Of course. Like I said before, I will take care of you for the rest of the night."

The rosette blushed more.

Next, another thing that Haruka learned about Tokiya was no matter how many times she returned to her past, Tokiya still could not scoop any goldfish to save his life.

No matter how many times she returned to her past to see Tokiya, he would show that comically exasperated chibi face when he still failed to scoop even a fish.

While Haruka.. She would laugh at his reaction but stopped herself soon and blushed when he curved in a handsome smile, just for her.

Currently they were sitting on a bench, sharing an apple candy.

"Actually, I have something to give you," with a slight blush on his striking face, he undid a rectangle-shaped necklace around his neck before putting it around hers.

"You.. you give it to me?" knowing that the dark blue necklace is his favourite accessory and he has worn it for countless times since his debut as Hayato, it made her heart so thrilled.

"Yes. I want you to have it. I am sorry if you feel disgusted by my sweat or something since I have worn it.." Tokiya paused as he had a better look at her, wearing the necklace. "So many times."

In his eyes, Haruka looked so cute with the white dress but to see her wearing such a rugged item was...

"No, it doesn't suit you," much to her dismay, that was his comment in the long run. "Forget that I gave it to you. I will buy you something else instead."

"What!? No!" Her tiny hands restrained his much larger hand from undoing the necklace. "You cannot just take it back, Tokiya-kun! It's already mine!"

"But it doesn't suit a cutie pie like you. Silly me. I should give you a heart-shaped necklace or something.." Tokiya facepalmed while resisting his urge to hit his head to any nearby wall, atoning for his 'silly' mistake.

"It's okay, you perfectionist! Mou, even in romantic time like this, you are still petty like always," Haruka pouted chidishly.

"Okay, okay. If you want it that bad, suits yourself," he chuckled.

"Of course I want it that bad. It's from you afterall," she continued to pout.

In her mind, she just pretend to sulk but in his mind, he felt sorry and thankful for her devotion to him.

"I love you, Tokiya-kun," the next thing Tokiya realized was Haruka already wrapped her arms around his body.

Again.. that precious confession...

"Tonight, I am so happy because I can relish my moments together with the late Tokiya. Back then, I was just impressed with Crystal Time, with the way he sang it but I was so stupid to realize his feeling to me. But tonight, you made me relishing the moment again. Not to mention, together with Izumi, you gave me a chance to build my own family.. the family that the late Tokiya used to dream of.. It was a nice sight to see how you have been such a good father to Izumi."

Her words just broke his heart more.

I am not, Haruka!

"Thank you, Tokiya-kun. Thank you for tonight.. Thank you for your presence in my life," this time, along with her loving embrace, Haruka kissed his forehead. Long And soft.

Why she had to be melancholic and cheesy like this when they were supposed to have fun?

"And yet, you think that giving her a false hope and temporary happiness is a great thing? You can be so stupid sometimes, Tokiya."

He smiled as Cecil's sarcastic remark reached his mind.

I would rather being stupid in order to make her happy like this because seeing her crying is the last thing that I want to see.

'I am tired. I am lazy. I am sleepy. My car doesn't want to go to your house so Izumi will sleep over at my house. Your son is cute anyway. Unlike you :P'

What a childish reply, Tokiya frowned as he received a message from Cecil after asking the prince about his son. He put his cell phone on a drawer next to his bed before shutting his eyes, attempting to sleep before he was startled by a warm hug around his waist.

"Haruka.." he turned to face Haruka who was all smiling as she snuggled closer to him.

"You promised me just now that I could snuggle to you until the next morning. This is the punishment for making me watched the horror movie with you, Tokiya-kun," she pouted in dissatisfaction.

So cute... Tokiya thought as his heart thumped so fast.

For a second, I used to think that it's the best if I don't know you because I cannot stay longer with you, Haruka, his heart whispered in pain as he stared at her delighted face.

"Tokiya-kun.." Haruka called out even it was obvious in his eyes that she was so tired and sleepy.

"Yes?"

"I love you," she drowsily said before drifting off.

His whole body was stiff. He should be happy to be loved by Haruka this much but...

How would he remain happy when he could not stay longer by her side?

"I love you too," he pecked her on the forehead before wrapping her into his arms.  

Chapter 27 is done! I totally made up the scene where they watched the horror movie during the festival, just for the spice. And also.. I know this topic is too old but I couldn't help but fangirling everytime I watched the scene from Season 2 where Tokiya and Haruka had a date in the festival. Tokiya was so sweet which made me excited to include the scene into this story ^^. As usual, please let me know what do you think about this chapter, okay? Matta ne!!