More and More Happiness For You -- Day 1
Chapter one! Guess who's here...
More and More Happiness For You - Day 1 -- The Beginning
Today is July 26th, when I’m driving to my office with enormous speed (it’s dangerous, by the way) while munching down my toast. Thanks to the stupid alarm which is ringing at the wrong time. It supposed to rang at 7.00 A.M, but I didn’t realized that the clock itself is 1 hour late, and I can’t help but skip my breakfast. Well, at least I have my best look today (maybe).
There it is, a huge building with a big board where “Eisenji Corporation” written on it.
Thank God I managed to arrive before the meeting time. I Parked my car and make my way to the front lobby.
“Good Morning, Asakura-san, I hope today is gonna be a good day for you” Greet the security, smiling.
“Good morning, Yamada-san, and I hope so, thankyou.” I smiled back at him
Eisenji Corporation is a big and succesful marketing consultant company with a kind, amazing, and accepting people inside it. Sometimes I still can’t believe I’ve become their permanent architect, probably because I did very well designed a so called Mediterrranian-style building for one of their client last time. To be honest, I don’t know anything about Mediterranian buildings, I just drew ‘em what’s on my mind after seeing the rough plan of the building.
Actually, I never expected to be an architect like now myself, the reason why I become an architect is..
“Asakura-kun~~ good morning!!” A girl with brunette hair walking towards my desk and smiling wide, another girl with short hair followed her behind her back.
“Morning, Amamiya-san, Kusunoki-san.”
“*squeal* look, look, he’s smiling at us, kyaa~”
“.....”
“Asakura-san, you look very good today, are you going to date someone?”
“Eeeeehhhhhhhhhh is that true, Asakura-san?”
More girls approaching us.
“No.. Just a big client for me”
“Aaaww ain’t that great? But wait, your tie look a bit.. messy, let me fix it.”
“That’s not fair, Mayu-chan!!! Let ME fix your tie, Asakura-san!”
“Ah, it’s okay, I can fix it myself,”
“Well, well, if it’s not Azusa and his girls. Such a ruckus early in the morning, isn’t it?” A tall guy with black hair winked at me.
“Hyuuga, morning, dude. And such a sarcasm early in the morning, isn’t it?” I snapped back.
The guy’s name is Eisenji Hyuuga. And as you can see from his name, is the director’s son. He’s also involved in the battle 7 years ago. He might be none of “The 5 Great Orbs”, but he’s not ignorant enough to realize that something is really wrong with people around him suddenly become all violent and killed each other. His katana skill is amazing, and he has another skillfull friend with him. It can’t be helped since he’s born in traditional Japanese family who forced his male members to master katana skills like their ancestors.
“Now, girls, I would like to have a friendly chitchat with my mate before his important meeting, if you excuse me.”
“A.. Anything for you, Eisenji-sama..!!*squeal* Excuse us...”
And also popular among girls officers.
“So.. Big client today, eh?” He pulled the chair in front of my desk and sit there comfortably.
“You know, my father really love all of your works,”
“Why, I’m flattered”
“Look, man, he’s even make one special office room for you!”
“Eisenji Hyuuga, are you envious of me? Are you scared I’m gonna take your position away? Hahaha don’t worry about it, I’m just a freelance architect, and you’re the director’s son. We’re pretty much in different position.”
He smirked, “I know, I know. I’m lying if I tell you I’m not feeling envious. And you’re not ‘freelancer’, because you belong to Eisenji”
“Wow, I feel so honored,” I let out a small groan, “By the way, I can’t help but feeling nervous over my client today.”
“I don’t know even a cold person like you can discover something like ‘nervous’. Oh well, I’ve seen your clients last night. You know, having a conversation with father.”
“I have enough of your sarcasm, Hyuuga. So what the client looks like?”
“That’s what I want to talk about!” He laughed,
“Hahaha..”
“Won’t tell ya, I bet you’ll freaked out once you see the person with your own eyes.”
“Huh, really..”
“Yep! But there’s one thing I’m worried about.. hmmmm how should I put this..” Hyuuga sighed and scratched his head, “Are you still feeling sad about the death of that girl, well you know, Higashi..”
“Why are you asking me THAT over all question? And I thought you’re gonna ask me something if I know my client.” I can suddenly feel my blood boil, and outside my consciousness, leaving my sitting position.
“Whoa, I’m sorry, man. Calm down, what I mean is..”
“Asakura-san, your client is here. And, Hyuuga-chama, if you..” A girl with wavy blonde hair appeared in my room’s door.
“Fine, Mei, fine. You sure know how to kill me. I’ll leave, dude.” He rose to his feet, “... I warn you not to cry in front of your client’s daughter.”
“What do you mean?”
“Won’t tell ya,” he winked and left my room.
Okay, that’s Hyuuga for you.
Let’s see.. I believe that Joushima said that my client is here..
Knock-knock
“Come in,”
“Azu-chiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnn~~ OH MY GOD!! Look at my cute little brother, he’s all grown up now!!!” Suddenly a figure of adult woman appeared from my door and hugging me tight. So tight I can barely breathe. A scent of familiar sweet vanilla perfume around her body smells nice.
My long lost sister, Asakura Asuka.
Or it’s me avoiding her.
“Sis.. I can’t.. breathe..”
“You can still call me ‘sis’ after NOT attending my wedding ??? I’VE SEND YOU AN E-MAIL AND TEXT MESSAGES, AND EVEN PHONED YOU, BUT ALL I GET IS NO ANSWER AT ALL. Stupid, I thought you really die!!!!” She began to sob. “You know, since I found out that you’re involved in ‘Bloody Summer’ 7 years ago, I can’t help but worrying about you all the time, you idiot!! I don’t know you’re beautiful blue eyes is actually a deadly weapon.” Then she let go of me.
“I’m sorry, sis.. And wait, did you just said you’re married? Really? When? Who’s the poor guy?”
“What do you mean by ‘poor guy’? It’s like 7 years ago an I’ve told you before via e-mail and text messages, I don’t know if you received my wedding invitation or not,”
“Is it flashy pink and love-shaped card?”
“So you DID receive it and still not coming??”
I won’t tell her that I throw the pink colored to the trash can. 7 years ago I was a hopeless boy who have lost his beloved one in a battle and being emo for quite a long time.
“Uh.. Well, actually..” I scratched my head, not sure what to say.
“It’s OK, I don’t need any stupid lies coming from you. Now..”
She pulled the chair and managed to sit down.
“I want you to design my family’s house!!!”
“Your family’s house? And what’s the relation with Eisenji? Let me tell you this, sis, Eisenji Corporation is a marketing consultant, and..”
“It have nothing to do with Eisenji Corp!! All I need is you designing my new house!” She crossed her arms.
“And here you are, sitting in one room of Eisenji Corporation.”
“But it’s YOUR office,”
“Yeah, but you can always call me in my house, I’m pretty much a freelancer, actually. I’m only here because the director wants me to standby 24x7 in his office.”
“Calling you? When I got nothing from it?” She pinched my cheek.
“Right, sorry.. ouch!”
“Eisenji-san is the regular customer of a bookstore I worked at, we know each other very well. And 3 days ago, he just found out that I’ve married,”
“So?”
“I told him that I want a beautiful new house for my family to live, and asked if he know a talented architect,”
“...And he suggested me, I pressume?”
“Positive, and when I hear your name, I can’t held my tears anymore. Can’t believe I can still hear the name after 7 years of your Missing In Action,” she smiled and pat my head, “I’m glad you still alive.”
“Thanks,” I smiled back, “So what kind of house?”
“I’ll tell you later!”
“Huh?”
“I want to talk with you eye to eye in your house! I bet you have your own decent house to live, right? And I’ll bring my daughter later, she’s very pretty, you know?”
“Okay then, when?”
“Tonight!”
“What????”
“Listen boy, you just said that you’re pretty much a freelancer and your house is also your office, so what’s the big deal? Eisenji is your second office, right?”
I know I’ll never win from my sister.
“07.00 PM, no late. And bring some cakes,”
“Cakes? Well, I guess it’s not a problem since I got my talented architect,” She let out her tongue, “I have to leave now, see you!”
“Bye.”
07.00 PM, huh.
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RRIIINNNGGG RIIIINNGGGGG
“OPEN THE DOOR, AZUSA YOU LAZY BUM!!!”
Okay, so sis is managed to arrive on time, she must be want to see me that bad.
“Coming,”
“Heeeyyy what take you so long? “
“I just finished shower, sorry. ”
“Well it can’t be helped then. Look, Azu-chin, this is my daughter, don’t be shy now, sweetie”
The little girl is clinging to his mother’s skirt. Her red hair tied up in a pair of pigtail and her eye color..
God, please tell me I’m dreaming, I must be very very tired today and began to mistook stuffs.
I bent down to get a clearer vision. My hand moved itself and began touching her cheek. It’s like a deja-vu. A strange feeling I think I have lost long time ago. A strange feeling I’ve missed so much.
“..Maria?”
“Mommy!!” The little girl hides behind her mother.
“Hahaha, you scared her, Azu-chin. Don’t you think she’s really cute?
My head suddenly hurts, everything seems so blurry.
“Azu-chin, are you okay?”
“Yeah, I’m okay.. Come inside, you two”
She frowned, “No, you’re bad at lying! Let’s go inside and get some medicine for you,”
"No, sis! I told you I'm.."
"Mommy, look! That pile of papers looks a lot like daddy's office!! So White and taaalllllllll!" The little girl squeals in awe and running towards the pile of my paperworks that i left this morning.
Wait, run?
"DON'T TOUCH THE PAPERS!!!" I shout at her, trying to stop her in track.
Too late. One single paper lying on the floor make her slipped, and she fell beautifully on my paperworks.
"Marika!! OH MY GOD!" Sis covered her mouth seeing the most-epic-scene-ever,
The little girl buried under the pile of papers, but i can see her smiling sheepishly at me,
"I'm sorry, ojii-san"
Papers scattered everywhere
... And now my living room is in complete chaos.
To be continued ~
More and More Happiness For You - Day 1 -- The Beginning
Today is July 26th, when I’m driving to my office with enormous speed (it’s dangerous, by the way) while munching down my toast. Thanks to the stupid alarm which is ringing at the wrong time. It supposed to rang at 7.00 A.M, but I didn’t realized that the clock itself is 1 hour late, and I can’t help but skip my breakfast. Well, at least I have my best look today (maybe).
There it is, a huge building with a big board where “Eisenji Corporation” written on it.
Thank God I managed to arrive before the meeting time. I Parked my car and make my way to the front lobby.
“Good Morning, Asakura-san, I hope today is gonna be a good day for you” Greet the security, smiling.
“Good morning, Yamada-san, and I hope so, thankyou.” I smiled back at him
Eisenji Corporation is a big and succesful marketing consultant company with a kind, amazing, and accepting people inside it. Sometimes I still can’t believe I’ve become their permanent architect, probably because I did very well designed a so called Mediterrranian-style building for one of their client last time. To be honest, I don’t know anything about Mediterranian buildings, I just drew ‘em what’s on my mind after seeing the rough plan of the building.
Actually, I never expected to be an architect like now myself, the reason why I become an architect is..
“Asakura-kun~~ good morning!!” A girl with brunette hair walking towards my desk and smiling wide, another girl with short hair followed her behind her back.
“Morning, Amamiya-san, Kusunoki-san.”
“*squeal* look, look, he’s smiling at us, kyaa~”
“.....”
“Asakura-san, you look very good today, are you going to date someone?”
“Eeeeehhhhhhhhhh is that true, Asakura-san?”
More girls approaching us.
“No.. Just a big client for me”
“Aaaww ain’t that great? But wait, your tie look a bit.. messy, let me fix it.”
“That’s not fair, Mayu-chan!!! Let ME fix your tie, Asakura-san!”
“Ah, it’s okay, I can fix it myself,”
“Well, well, if it’s not Azusa and his girls. Such a ruckus early in the morning, isn’t it?” A tall guy with black hair winked at me.
“Hyuuga, morning, dude. And such a sarcasm early in the morning, isn’t it?” I snapped back.
The guy’s name is Eisenji Hyuuga. And as you can see from his name, is the director’s son. He’s also involved in the battle 7 years ago. He might be none of “The 5 Great Orbs”, but he’s not ignorant enough to realize that something is really wrong with people around him suddenly become all violent and killed each other. His katana skill is amazing, and he has another skillfull friend with him. It can’t be helped since he’s born in traditional Japanese family who forced his male members to master katana skills like their ancestors.
“Now, girls, I would like to have a friendly chitchat with my mate before his important meeting, if you excuse me.”
“A.. Anything for you, Eisenji-sama..!!*squeal* Excuse us...”
And also popular among girls officers.
“So.. Big client today, eh?” He pulled the chair in front of my desk and sit there comfortably.
“You know, my father really love all of your works,”
“Why, I’m flattered”
“Look, man, he’s even make one special office room for you!”
“Eisenji Hyuuga, are you envious of me? Are you scared I’m gonna take your position away? Hahaha don’t worry about it, I’m just a freelance architect, and you’re the director’s son. We’re pretty much in different position.”
He smirked, “I know, I know. I’m lying if I tell you I’m not feeling envious. And you’re not ‘freelancer’, because you belong to Eisenji”
“Wow, I feel so honored,” I let out a small groan, “By the way, I can’t help but feeling nervous over my client today.”
“I don’t know even a cold person like you can discover something like ‘nervous’. Oh well, I’ve seen your clients last night. You know, having a conversation with father.”
“I have enough of your sarcasm, Hyuuga. So what the client looks like?”
“That’s what I want to talk about!” He laughed,
“Hahaha..”
“Won’t tell ya, I bet you’ll freaked out once you see the person with your own eyes.”
“Huh, really..”
“Yep! But there’s one thing I’m worried about.. hmmmm how should I put this..” Hyuuga sighed and scratched his head, “Are you still feeling sad about the death of that girl, well you know, Higashi..”
“Why are you asking me THAT over all question? And I thought you’re gonna ask me something if I know my client.” I can suddenly feel my blood boil, and outside my consciousness, leaving my sitting position.
“Whoa, I’m sorry, man. Calm down, what I mean is..”
“Asakura-san, your client is here. And, Hyuuga-chama, if you..” A girl with wavy blonde hair appeared in my room’s door.
“Fine, Mei, fine. You sure know how to kill me. I’ll leave, dude.” He rose to his feet, “... I warn you not to cry in front of your client’s daughter.”
“What do you mean?”
“Won’t tell ya,” he winked and left my room.
Okay, that’s Hyuuga for you.
Let’s see.. I believe that Joushima said that my client is here..
Knock-knock
“Come in,”
“Azu-chiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnn~~ OH MY GOD!! Look at my cute little brother, he’s all grown up now!!!” Suddenly a figure of adult woman appeared from my door and hugging me tight. So tight I can barely breathe. A scent of familiar sweet vanilla perfume around her body smells nice.
My long lost sister, Asakura Asuka.
Or it’s me avoiding her.
“Sis.. I can’t.. breathe..”
“You can still call me ‘sis’ after NOT attending my wedding ??? I’VE SEND YOU AN E-MAIL AND TEXT MESSAGES, AND EVEN PHONED YOU, BUT ALL I GET IS NO ANSWER AT ALL. Stupid, I thought you really die!!!!” She began to sob. “You know, since I found out that you’re involved in ‘Bloody Summer’ 7 years ago, I can’t help but worrying about you all the time, you idiot!! I don’t know you’re beautiful blue eyes is actually a deadly weapon.” Then she let go of me.
“I’m sorry, sis.. And wait, did you just said you’re married? Really? When? Who’s the poor guy?”
“What do you mean by ‘poor guy’? It’s like 7 years ago an I’ve told you before via e-mail and text messages, I don’t know if you received my wedding invitation or not,”
“Is it flashy pink and love-shaped card?”
“So you DID receive it and still not coming??”
I won’t tell her that I throw the pink colored to the trash can. 7 years ago I was a hopeless boy who have lost his beloved one in a battle and being emo for quite a long time.
“Uh.. Well, actually..” I scratched my head, not sure what to say.
“It’s OK, I don’t need any stupid lies coming from you. Now..”
She pulled the chair and managed to sit down.
“I want you to design my family’s house!!!”
“Your family’s house? And what’s the relation with Eisenji? Let me tell you this, sis, Eisenji Corporation is a marketing consultant, and..”
“It have nothing to do with Eisenji Corp!! All I need is you designing my new house!” She crossed her arms.
“And here you are, sitting in one room of Eisenji Corporation.”
“But it’s YOUR office,”
“Yeah, but you can always call me in my house, I’m pretty much a freelancer, actually. I’m only here because the director wants me to standby 24x7 in his office.”
“Calling you? When I got nothing from it?” She pinched my cheek.
“Right, sorry.. ouch!”
“Eisenji-san is the regular customer of a bookstore I worked at, we know each other very well. And 3 days ago, he just found out that I’ve married,”
“So?”
“I told him that I want a beautiful new house for my family to live, and asked if he know a talented architect,”
“...And he suggested me, I pressume?”
“Positive, and when I hear your name, I can’t held my tears anymore. Can’t believe I can still hear the name after 7 years of your Missing In Action,” she smiled and pat my head, “I’m glad you still alive.”
“Thanks,” I smiled back, “So what kind of house?”
“I’ll tell you later!”
“Huh?”
“I want to talk with you eye to eye in your house! I bet you have your own decent house to live, right? And I’ll bring my daughter later, she’s very pretty, you know?”
“Okay then, when?”
“Tonight!”
“What????”
“Listen boy, you just said that you’re pretty much a freelancer and your house is also your office, so what’s the big deal? Eisenji is your second office, right?”
I know I’ll never win from my sister.
“07.00 PM, no late. And bring some cakes,”
“Cakes? Well, I guess it’s not a problem since I got my talented architect,” She let out her tongue, “I have to leave now, see you!”
“Bye.”
07.00 PM, huh.
------------
RRIIINNNGGG RIIIINNGGGGG
“OPEN THE DOOR, AZUSA YOU LAZY BUM!!!”
Okay, so sis is managed to arrive on time, she must be want to see me that bad.
“Coming,”
“Heeeyyy what take you so long? “
“I just finished shower, sorry. ”
“Well it can’t be helped then. Look, Azu-chin, this is my daughter, don’t be shy now, sweetie”
The little girl is clinging to his mother’s skirt. Her red hair tied up in a pair of pigtail and her eye color..
God, please tell me I’m dreaming, I must be very very tired today and began to mistook stuffs.
I bent down to get a clearer vision. My hand moved itself and began touching her cheek. It’s like a deja-vu. A strange feeling I think I have lost long time ago. A strange feeling I’ve missed so much.
“..Maria?”
“Mommy!!” The little girl hides behind her mother.
“Hahaha, you scared her, Azu-chin. Don’t you think she’s really cute?
My head suddenly hurts, everything seems so blurry.
“Azu-chin, are you okay?”
“Yeah, I’m okay.. Come inside, you two”
She frowned, “No, you’re bad at lying! Let’s go inside and get some medicine for you,”
"No, sis! I told you I'm.."
"Mommy, look! That pile of papers looks a lot like daddy's office!! So White and taaalllllllll!" The little girl squeals in awe and running towards the pile of my paperworks that i left this morning.
Wait, run?
"DON'T TOUCH THE PAPERS!!!" I shout at her, trying to stop her in track.
Too late. One single paper lying on the floor make her slipped, and she fell beautifully on my paperworks.
"Marika!! OH MY GOD!" Sis covered her mouth seeing the most-epic-scene-ever,
The little girl buried under the pile of papers, but i can see her smiling sheepishly at me,
"I'm sorry, ojii-san"
Papers scattered everywhere
... And now my living room is in complete chaos.
To be continued ~