<< 05- King of Clubs. >>

"Yana-sama! Please wake up! It's 12 o'clock and Nijimura-sama is very angry. I'm afraid of what will happen if you don't wake up now! Yana-sama please!"

I groaned. "Go away. Why is he angry anyway?"

"Apparently, Ryouta-sama created a ruckus during breakfast." The maid answered.

I clicked my tongue. "I don't want to get up I want to sleep!"

"Yana-sama!"

Mngh so annoying! I got up from the bed and headed towards the bathroom.

****

"Ryouta! You have to listen to me!"

"No! It's my choice to get married or not!"

I stopped walking. It's better for me not to turn at the corner.

"Why can't you understand me even once?" the woman argued. Must be his Mum.

"Why can't you understand me!?" Kise said.

Hey, hey, hey! I gotta stop this! But as soon as I stepped forward, a hand grabbed my shoulder and I stumbled backwards. I turned and was surprised to see Midorima.

"Midorima?"

"It's Shintarou, nanodayo." He corrected.

"Oh. Shintarou.... Um, why?" I asked.

"Let them settle their own problems." He said and turned away. I followed him.

"You better move on to your work. Shuzo's not in a good mood today." He added.

"I wonder why. Even the maids said so." I replied.

"Ryouta got drunk last night and he wasn't sober until after just now."

I blinked, waiting for further explanation.

"He threw a tantrum during breakfast and create a fight with Seijuurou."

"I thought he's okay after I left him yesterday."

"That got Shuzo even madder. Yana, you shouldn't carelessly go into a man's room like that. And he's even drunk. Ryouta is not like what you think. He's even more than that. His life got worse after his father left his family."

I nodded. "I see. Thank you for telling me Shintarou. I almost started to think I'm an outsider since everything is kept as a secret from me."

Shintarou ALMOST smiled. "You're not an outsider. You're a family."

My eyes widened then I grinned and slapped his back so hard he stumbled forward. "It's rare for you to say those dramatic words broccoli!" I said.

He turned to me with a death glare. "What did you call me?!"

I laughed. "Broccoli!"

"Why you little piece of-"

"Nijimura help me!" I said loudly and ran to the stairs while Shintarou chased after me from behind. I continued giggling until I opened the door of Nijimura's office and fell silent as he looked at me from the corner of his eyes. I stepped back, hitting Shintarou who also stopped his movements.

"Shut up." Nijimura hissed.

BAM!

I slammed the door close and froze in place. H-he looked so scary I almost had a heart attack. "I suggest you go back to your room." Shintarou broke the silence and walked away. I bit my lower lip in disappointment and knocked on the door.

"Nijimura.... Um, I'll be in my room if you need me. Bye, have a great day. Don't forget lunch." I said and headed towards my room with a heavy heart. I wonder why he's so mad.

****

"IT FEELS SO GREAT TO BE IN CITY ONCE AGAIN!" I yelled and tugged on Seijuurou's sleeve.

"Are you sure Shuzo knew about this?" Seijuurou asked.

I nodded. "I texted him earlier."

Since no one at home wants to talk to me, I persuaded Seijuurou to keep me company. I wanted to visit the city once again since these past few days I've been living in the mansion. Seijuurou agreed to follow me when I say someone might stalk me.... Or something like that.

"Where do you want to go?" he asked.

I shrugged. "Don't know. Let's go the arcade."

"I'll call the-"

"Walk!" I cut him off and dragged him to the nearest shopping mall and entered an arcade. He must've not been in an arcade before because his expression isn't the same as mine.

"Here, Seijuurou! I'll show you how good I am." I said and led him to the car-racing section.

"Yana, I don't have time for thi-"

"Excuse me, sir! Cars for two please!" I ordered.

Seijuurou sighed. "I told you-"

"There you two go!" the man gestured and I pulled Seijuurou with me.

****

"You definitely cheated!" I wailed.

He smirked triumphantly. "Didn't I tell you I always win?"

"Damn you! It's your first time but I still lost.... Fine. ANOTHER GAME!" I said and dragged him elsewhere. This time, it was the video games.

"Tekken? Your company before you resigned created the artwork and theme songs for this game." Seijuurou commented.

"You mean before Nijimura resigned for me," I rolled my eyes. "And yes, me and Eisera created the character development. But how did you know?"

"Don't forget we've been supervising you since four years ago." He replied.

"Creepy." I mumbled and grabbed the consoler.

"Your favorite song in the shower is-"

"Oi! Stop it!"

In the end, Seijuurou won again and I ended up dragging him to Starbucks© because we were both exhausted. Seijuurou's phone vibrated and he answered the call as we sat on the farthest chairs from the counter.

"Shuzo." He spoke. I turned to him.

"She's with me, fine.... No, nothing.... Right, I know.... Be there in 15 minutes."

After cutting the call, he looked at me. "Shuzo ordered us to go back home."

"He's in a really bad mood today. I hope everything's okay." I said as we walked outside and Seijuurou called the taxi.

"You don't know how his heart is burning inside. But he'll be fine by tomorrow, don't worry." He replied.

****

It was lunch, Ryouta wasn't there and the atmosphere was more than scary. I shifted uncomfortably on my seat between Seijuurou and Shintarou and the food in front of me doesn't look that appetizing. I was about to stab the steak on my plate when all three of us heard a voice from the outside.

"No, you mustn't do that! Shuzo-sama is having his lunch! You'll get killed! Please don't enter plea-" that was the butler's voice waiting outside. The door went opened.

Nijimura banged on the table and I glanced at him. His eyes were shut close and then he faced the door. There stood a man in his forties, with arms wide open, grinning and walked closer to us.

"Shu! It's been a long time!" the old man said and Nijimura stood.

"Takeuchi-san!" Nijimura faked a smile and they shook their hands together. I can see Nijimura is still irritated because that Takeuchi-san person interrupted his lunch.

"Guys, introducing my step-uncle, Takeuchi Jun." Nijimura announced. Takeuchi nodded and sat beside him.

"Can we talk about something in private, Shuzo?" Takeuchi said.

Nijimura glanced at Seijuurou and in an instant; Shintarou, Seijuurou and me were already outside.

"Shuzo would be kicking his ass if he's not Takeuchi. That old geezer just ruined his lunch." Seijuurou commented.

"Yeah, I'm hungry too," I said and looked elsewhere. "I'm gonna go to the garden."

Seijuurou nodded and left me while I turned left to exit the mansion. The mansion had a medium-sized garden, enough for me to squeal and jump on the flower. No, I didn't do that. When I arrived, I saw a young man, around my age, crouching and examining the daisies.

"May I know who you are?" I spoke and approached him.

He looked up and seemed startled but regained his composure shortly after. "Takeuchi Karuto." He replied and turned his gaze back to the daisies. I knelt beside him.

"I see you like daisies." I said, trying to start a conversation.

He nodded silently. "My mum's name is Daisy."

"Oh she came too?"

"No. She's long gone."

"Ah.... Sorry about that."

He went silent after that. "Who are you?" he asked after 2 minutes of awkwardness.

"Eh...." Should I say what Nijimura always says? "Cozart Yana." I replied.

"What are you doing in Shuzo's household?"

"I, uh.... Um...."

"Karuto! Let's get home! I'm done!" Takeuchi's voice called out. We turned our heads then Karuto said, "I'll just consider you as the maid of this household. Since Shuzo won't acknowledge a strange girl like you. Until here, goodbye Yana-san." He then bowed and ran away.

STRANGE!?!!

MAID?!!!!!

"Yana."

I turned around and saw Nijimura. "Lunch?" he offered. I grinned and headed towards the dining room with him.

"Why are you so mad?" I asked him as we continued the lunch. We are the only ones eating since Shintarou and Seijuurou refused.

He cleared his throat. "Ryouta's future wife will be visiting him soon. He created such chaos this morning. And Yana, I may want to warn you not to bluntly help a drunken guy unless he's your legal family member. The way you helped Ryouta yesterday.... It's not wrong but.... Don't do it again. I was worried."

I fell silent and looked away. "Sorry."

"Be glad I'm not punishing you for not coming to work this morning and going out with Seijuurou."

I turned my head back at him. "That's because you got mad at me! And I was bored!"

"Okay. Reasons accepted."

"Nijimura, is Takeuchi your close uncle?"

"Yes, why?"

"And his son...." I trailed off.

He frowned. "Karuto?"

"How old is he?"

"Younger than you by one year. And he acts like a child all the time. Why are you asking?"

"No reason. Just curious."

"Don't get too close with him."

"Aww, you jealous hubby dear?" I teased.

He scowled. "Stop flirting Yana. I'm serious here."

I giggled and almost choked on the salad. "Fine. Why though?"

"He's curious about everything. Well.... Even your body."

I blushed. "W-what!?!! So he's a pervert!? AND HE EVEN CALLED ME YOUR MAID!!"

"Not really a pervert, it's just that he likes asking questions and what? Maid? Pfft-maybe yes."

I kicked his leg under the table. "Laugh again and I'll choke you with my salad here!"

He kicked back and we ended up having under-the-table-leg-fights instead of eating.

[A/N: LOL Yana-chan I'm not inserting Kurt here but inserting a rival for Shuzo XD hehe, the pronunciation of Kurt in Japanese is almost the same as Karuto and yeah, his picture is above and thank you for reading~

Dedicated to ShadeOfBluee because idk, no one else is reading XD hahahahaha bye bye~]