Arian's PoV

By the time I finished my story, I squeeze Akemi's hand and averted my gaze slightly. What'll they think? I thought in panic.
Before anything else came to mind, I hear Eisuke say: "that's an idiotic reason."

I hang my head in shame, of course he's gonna be mad.

Then, I hear footsteps towards me and I've been pulled up and into a strong embrace. Before my mind could function, he says, "don't ever leave on me ever again." But not in a demanding voice like he usually does. I quickly and gently hug him back. We were enjoying a moment until Soryu coughed loudly to remind us there were still people around. We pulled away in a hurry.

Baba: "Aww, Sor, you ruined the moment!"
Ota: "You're such a mood-killer, Soryu."

Turning around, I see Akemi still sitting there, cross-legged, and had an amused expression more than anything. She was smirking, and her aura was rather frightening.

"At least you guys are close." She commented. 

Eisuke also turned to her. She smiled genuinely at him--which rarely happens--with her eyebrows relaxed and a soft gaze, a slight grin played on her lips.

Does this mean she's taking everything in? I thought and sighed in relief before I knew it. Eisuke smiled back, it was his unusual kind smile as well.

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Akemi's PoV

A few days passed just like that.

Turns out, there was another bedroom in dad's suite. Why the hell didn't he tell me the first night I stayed there?! I had to cramp on the sofa for god's sake!

Looks like he's just cold to strangers.... I could get used to that.

At nights, I had a feeling that mom and dad's room is always leaking sounds. Never mind, I did not want to know that.

It was another morning, for these past few days, dad introduced me to the auctions and why the I.V.C. was really held in the hotel. I've been going to the casino often. I found myself wondering if Ayden knew about these underground auctions since he said he worked here.

I didn't think too much of the fact that I thought of him randomly out of a small thing he said.

"Akemi?" I was sitting on the couch of the suite, and look up to dad's voice, "a guest is arriving today, would you come with me?"

Since I had nothing to do and I finished all my school work, I nod, "sure."

"It's a very important guest, she is the daughter of an Italian mob boss."

My eyes lighten up, what are mobs like? I know, I really shouldn't be interested in this stuff. But danger can go to hell. Besides, my dad associates with underground black market auctions. He is friends with a mobster and a thief, bribes a detective, and somehow got an 'angelic artist' to be involved in his auctions. 

I'm plenty innocent compared to that.

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Father and I arrived at the airport. A flight from Italy has just arrived twenty minutes ago.

"Eisuke! Long time no see!" I see a huge woman run towards us, she opened her arms intending for a hug, but dad bent down pretending to fix his shoe and she hugged air. 

I spot a boy walking calmly towards us behind her, he looked slightly older than me. He didn't look up from his phone as he walked, he had a gold chain around his neck, a hat worn backward and dirty blonde hair stuck out at the edges. A black leather jacket unzipped showing a gray T-shirt underneath; dark-blue jeans were slightly long and they piled at his black-and-white sneakers. He looked kind of anti-social and rebellious. He's kinda good-looking.

Suddenly, Ayden's face flashed through my mind. I had just now realized that Ayden was pretty well-built, in shape, and pretty cute, too.

My head crock to the side slightly, I had never found a guy cute.

"Oh, Carolina!" dad stood back up, pretending to see the woman for the first time, "Welcome to Japan again. And this is?"

The woman named Carolina had curly gold hair, greenish blue eyes, and wore a lace dress. She squealed excitedly at dad's greeting and drew our attention to the boy, who was now standing beside her: "This is Cole, he's my close nephew, I brought him with me."

For the first time, the boy looked up from his phone and we made eye contact. His eyes and mouth widen a little, and he mouthed something before looking away and said, "Hi."

"Cole, welcome to Japan." dad said with a smile, that I could easily tell is fake. But Carolina doesn't seem to notice, she held her cheeks with both hands and smiled dreamily at dad. Then, her eyes turned to me, finally acknowledging my presence, she says, "who might this be?"

At least she chose her words correctly, I thought. If she might've used one wrong word I make no promises to what I may have done.

"This is Akemi, my daughter."
As soon as the last two words came out, Carolina gasped dramatically and said, "you have a DAUGHTER?"

Annoyed by her level of noise, I avert my gaze and notice that Cole was staring at me the whole time.
While dad talked to her, Cole and I had a stare-down. I don't look away and neither does he. Then, I heard Carolina shout: "you mean that little bitch with you I met last time I came here?"

Without further explanation, I realize immediately she was talking about my mother. Mom had once told me dad introduced her to the daughter of an Italian mob boss, and she didn't like her. Carolina has the same story. She must be talking about mom.

I shot her a death glare, she flinched for a moment, but doesn't back down, "you're HER daughter?! Then you must also be a little brat--"

That does it. I only just moved a muscle when dad's arm reached in front of me, blocking. I look up at him, hoping he's not feeling sorry for that woman, he also had a really irritated look on his face. Carolina finally sensed the mood and apologized to us, then shut up.

Carolina and Cole had separate rooms in the VIP guest rooms, she cheerfully waved goodbye to dad before closing the door. Cole took one last glance at me before he does so, too.

That guy kept looking at me the whole time. I remember feeling a pair of eyes on me in the limo, the restaurant, and on our way up the hotel floors.

Telling dad that I wanted to walk around a little, he returned to the penthouse and I wandered to the lobby.

Cole's POV
This is gonna be a pain in the ass. The whole time on the plane to Tokyo I was thinking that. WHY? Why do I need to tag along when aunt wants to visit Japan?

We were in the airport of Tokyo and she kept on looking around, she beforehand said she was looking for someone called 'Eisuke'. I rolled my eyes at her from behind and continued to focus on my phone.

I am nineteen, but I have much more allowance. Considering the whole Italian mobster thing and all.

Aunt was introducing me, I had to look up, even just for politeness I need to. The second I do I lock eyes with a girl beside Eisuke.

"She's beautiful." I mutter under my breath.

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1242 words.

By the looks of it, this route is probably gonna be pretty long.

(If you read the original story of Eisuke you'll know who Carolina is. She is an original character from the app but Cole I made up)

Thanks for reading~

--Lillie

Edited: May 14, 2016

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