The Next Day

Lucy's P.O.V

I woke up to the sound of vibration. It was repetitive causing me to grab my phone and look at it to see that I received a text from Makarov.

I tapped it and read it.

'You have been offered to work for a man named Shu Sakamaki as a bride for eight months, do you want to do it?'

A bride, that is what he wanted me to be?!? Why did he want that?!? I had already accepted the job in Shu's eyes and it was better to have this job than to work for those two men but as a bride?!? Should I work for him?

I felt arms pull me closer causing me to blush before I peeked behind me. We're sharing a bed again. I looked down to see that I had been dressed in his shirt chasing my face to redden. We didn't do anything right.

Memories flooded my mind. From what I got, he brought me home and took care of me. Still, I have no memory of how I got so drunk. Was it those two again?

My memories stopped with him on the couch so......another memory came to mind.

Last night he didn't let me sleep on the couch. Despite our debate, we ended it by agreeing to sleep on the same bed, just with something separating between us.

I guess the pillows weren't enough. I pulled back Shu's arms before walking into the bathroom.

Two Hours Later

Shu's P.O.V

I walked out of the bathroom to see Lucy in the living room looking for something. She stopped as she felt my stare. "Shu-san" I blushed as I realized that she was in one of my shirts and looked away from her.

"What is it?"

"I have to see-"

"My order"

"I know and accept your mission but have to tell Takashi-sama and Hiramoto-sama that I am not working for them."

"Your boss did that for you. Now get dressed."

"That is another thing. Can you tell me where my clothes are?" I thought back to yesterday.

Flashback

I sat on my couch and tried to figure out what I had done. I didn't want to be bothered anymore and after she left I thought we would be finished. Yet here I was. 

"Shu-san" I turned away from the window and at the voice of the towel-covered woman. I arched a brow.

"What is it?" She was still somewhat drunk. Just the way she was now, was like the bar. Yet something was off.

"Where are my clothes?" I sighed to myself. That brat, this is how she was now. "Yajirobei is going to be sad."

"Now she is leaving you."

"Just like everyone else." I glared at her.

"You are not leaving here."

"I am"

"Your clothes are in the washing machine so you will have to wait."

"Then I will leave like this."

"No, you will not."

"Make me" She walked toward the door.

"You wanted to see me right?"

"No" She looked at the door and opened it. I walked behind her and closed it.

"Lier" I grabbed her hand and turned her around to look at me. As I stared at her in her eyes her breathing hitched. "You wanted to dance for me right then dance for me."

"Shu-san" She blushed before she nodded. 

Now

She blushed as I stared at her and looked away from me. Her right hand rose to her left arm and rubbed it in embarrassment. She was nervous. "What?"

"Do you remember yesterday? I remember a lot but one part I can't remember." She looked at me.

"Your choices yesterday were out of the ordinary." She touched her forehead before she shook her head.

"They wanted me to drink, I remember that."

"Keiji and Yajirobei?" She nodded.

"Yeah but I remember them leaving after my second drink." I sat on the couch.

"You danced for the men at the bar." Her cheeks widened.

"Not again" Again, so she did this before?

"Your clothes are in the dryer if you want them. After that get ready to go out."

"What are we doing?"

"We are getting you a wardrobe."

"But I have one now-"

"At Yajirobei's house right?" She nodded. "You might not be seeing it for a while knowing how he is when he drinks." She sighed before she nodded.

"Okay"

"The laundry room is across from the bathroom." She walked down the hall and into the laundry room while I waited. As I did, that man's words came to me.

"Yui left because she found happiness, why can't you do that as well?" To think that his words haunted me so much. It annoyed me. Why the hell did he have to bring that woman into this as well?

"Sleeping with women to make yourself feel better is not going to do anything but hurt you."  I knew that but that was for them. For me, it was something that I wanted, not just to forget about her. I shook my head. Why did I decide to hire a woman just for that man's pleasure?

"I hope you are happy-"

"Shu-san" I got out of my thoughts and looked at the woman in front of me. The way she looked at me was like when we first met. Maybe in the eight months, I had her, I could mold her into the woman who was better than anyone that man had sent to us.

She would be better. I stood up. "Come" I walked past her and grabbed my keys. She followed behind me.