Love Me Chapter 3: Dinner
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A/N: For those of you who felt Tsukushi was too mean in the last chapter, I apologise. I was trying to make her a little more "tough" to fit how she was on the drama, and I guess I went to far. Here is chapter three. Please read and review. I hope you enjoy. :)!
Chapter Three: Dinner:
Rui glanced down at his wrist watch. According tp his watch it was already twenty mintues passed six, which meant he was late. He may not be being expected, but he was still late none the less. Earlier that day Tsukushi had called him asking him to take her place in a dinner she had planned with Yuuki.
~Flash Back~
Rui reached out on the table to answer his now vibrating cell phone. He excused him self from the board meeting which had just ended, and walked off to answer his phone. By the amount of missed calls, he already had a clue as to who the caller was.
"Hello Tsukushi-chan." He said as he answered. He could hear Tsukusa shouting in the background.
"Hello Hanazawa-san." Said Tsukushi on the other line."Stop shouting, I'm on the phone!" Rui heard Tsukushi's muffled voice say. "Gomen Hanazawa-san. I called because I was wondering if there was something you could do for me?" Tsukushi asked getting straight to the point.
"What is it that you need?" He asked. He knew that Tsukushi would not bother asking unless it was something important.
Well the thing is," She let out a deep sigh and continued on. "I am supposed to be having dinner with Yuuki-chan tonight, but Domyouji reminded me that we were supposed to be meeting with my parents. Some how it seemed to have slipped my mind." She said sounding a little surprised. Rui knew these things rarely happened to Tsukushi if ever, she was normally the one who could remember it all.
"Makino!" Rui heard Domyouji shouting in the background again.
Tsukushi ignored her her husband and kep on. "I was wondering if-" She started before Rui cut her off.
"If I could meet Yuuki-chan in your place for you." He said.
"Oh would Hanazawa-san?" Tsukushi begged.
Rui looked at his watch. He didn't have any other bussiness meetings planned for the rest of the night, but he had planned on going over some paperwork and then heading off to bed early. "Have you asked Soujiro or Akira?" He inquired.
"Wha-What? NO!" Rui had to pull the phone away from his ear, due to her loud shouting.
"ARE YOU CRAZY? I WOULDN'T DARE LEAVE EITHER OF THOSE TWO ALONE WITH YUUKI-CHAN!" She yelled into the phone.
After a few seconds Rui put the phone back up to his ear. "You do know she isn't the same Yuuki-chan anymore, don't you? She's changed Tsukushi-chan."
"Nope. It doesn't matter in my book, she will always be the same!" He could her the sincencerity in her voice.
"Please Hanazawa-san, I've tried calling her but the call doesn't go through. And I wouldn't want her sitting there alone waiting for me when I wont be coming." She told him.
Rui breathed in a heavy sigh. "Where was it that you were supposed to meet for dinner?" He asked. He loved his friends, and if it were in his power, he would do anything for them.
"You'll do it" Tsukushi asked sounding relieved.
"Yes." He replied.
After a few minutes of "thank yous," and "I owe yous", Rui had written down the resturaunt information and called his driver to give him the new details.
~End of Flash Back~
"This night is going to be intersting." He thought to himself. He had never spent much time alone with Yuuki-chan, and he was curious about how this night would unfold. Whenever he saw her it was mostly in group activites when she would accompany Tsukushi. They never really talked much either, due to the fact that whenever around she would focus all her attention towards Soujiro.
A little bit of him felt sorry for her at times. He knew how his friend was, and he knew Soujiro would never love Yuuki. He was into a certain type of woman, which Yuuki most definitely was not. She was too innocent and naive for Soujiro's taste.
Although if last night was clearly any indication, things have defiently changed now. He walked into the bar and immediately noticed a crowd of men forming at the bar. He was about to turn away in search of her, when he spoted her at the bar in the middle of the crowd. She was wearing a black, one shoulder dress that was cinched at the waist.
It fit her body perfectly not missing a single curve, which Rui had never noticed before. He also noticed how the rest of the room could not take their eyes off her, and yet she did not look the least bit phased. He turned his gaze back at Yuuki who was now looking at him with a smile on her face. He then realized that he had been staring, and she had caught him. He recomposed himself and started his way towards her.
"Konnichi wa Yuuki-chan." Rui said bowing his head.
"Konnichi wa Rui-san." Yuuki said , bold smile on her face as she bowed. "What are you doing here? Is Tsukushi-chan alright?" She questioned with a concered look on her face.
"Tsukushi-chan is fine." He said reassuringly. "It turns out she was supposed to have dinner with her parents and it somehow slipped her mind. She tried calling you but you didn't answer." He told her.
Yuuki pulled her cell out of her bag and showed it to him "It kept on ringing so I turned it off." She replied. The amount of texts and calls she had recived today had become so annoying she shut off her phone. Seeing as Tsukushi had been trying to reach her, it might not have been the brightest idea.
"Well," He said politely smiling at her "Since were both already here, would you like to have dinner?" He asked her.
Yuuki smiled up at him, and then looked back over her shoulder at the group of men staring at them. "Sorry boys but," She turned her head back to face Rui. "It seems like my date has arrived."
Being the gentleman that he is, Rui held out his arm for Yuuki, which she gladly accepted. Once seated at their table , they began reading their menus, the air around them a little akward. After the waiter came and took their orders, Rui was the first to speak up. "So how do you feel being back home?" He asked.
"Faboulous." She replied. "Korea was life changing, but I missed Japan immensly." She fell in love with Korea, but a big part of her couldn't wait to be back in Japan. Show everyone that she wasn't the same old weak, lovesick Yuuki. And that's exactly what shes going to do.
"Korea is beautiful around this time." He agreed.
She smiled akwardly at him and nodded her head along with his statement. She was still a little uncomfortable. Her cousin had taught her everything she knew. How to act in situations alone with all types of men. How to giggle,tease,flirt, all of that. With the typical man this situation would be easy, but Rui wasn't typical. He was...different. "No." She thought to herself, she should just act as she normally would.
She looked up from her plate and put on one of her cousins "killer" smiles. "And how was you summer?" She asked.
Rui looked up from his plate ready to answer when suddenly he stopped. Yuuki's simle was so beautiful it took him by surprise. He mentally recomposed himself and then answered. "It was nothing compared to yours." He joked. "It was full of work and dull meetings, not much else." He explained
"No time for sleep huh?" She teased, giggling the way her cousin had taught her.
He put on a mock sad face "None." He laughed.
"Sounds horrible." She laughed back staring at his face. Not a little giggle, but a real from the soul type of laugh. Rui wasn't the unintersting type of person she thought he was. He was funny and he knew how to take a joke well.
After finishing their meal, they walked out twoards Rui's waiting limo and driver.
"How about we go for a walk instead?" She asked.
After pondering the thought for a second Rui agreed. "Sure." He shut the door to the limo and told the driver to follow behind them just in case he was needed.
The first few minutes were walked in silence, when they passed by an ice cream shop. "Would you like some ice cream?" He asked her.
"I'd love some, thank you." She told him.
They walked inside the shop and Yuuki quickly picked her favorite flavor. Upon paying Yuuki had noticed that Rui hadn't gotten any ice cream. "Aren't you going to order one?" She asked.
"No, I'm fine." He answered.
"Come on, you can't let me be the only with an ice cream." She said. She then pouted her bottom lip and gave him the puppy dog eyes, the way she had so many times back in Korea. Knowing that no one could resist her like this.
"Wow." Rui thought to himself. Yuuki really is something, how could he say no to her like that. She looked so beautiful, so innocent, so... He shook his head clearing him of his wandering thoguhts. "Fine." He said.
They walked out of the ice cream shop and continued their walk. Suddenly, out of nowhere Yuuki bwgan to laugh hystericaly. Rui turned his head twoards her and saw that she was staring at him. "What's so funny?" He asked.
Yuuki was laughing so hard, it was difficult to stop. She held out her hand a pointed a finger at his face.
"What?" He asked becoming a little annoyed. Why was she laughing at him like that?
Yuuki put her hand over her mouth to try and control her laughter. She could tell that he was becoming annoyed, which only made her laugh harder. Finally she regained herself, and pointed up to his face again. "Gomen Rui-san." She apologized. "But you have some ice cream on your face."
Rui pulled out a napkin from his coat pocket and wiped off the ice cream from his face. He still couldn't tell why she thought it was so funny. "So you think that was funny?" He asked.
"Yes." She replied
"Well what about this?" He asked moving closer twoards her.
Already sensing what was coming Yuuki tried to move out of Rui's reach. "No!" She yelled out, but it was already to late. Rui had managed to get some of his ice cream on Yuuki's face. Rui immediatly started laughing at the look upon her face. She looked so annoyed he thought it was kind of cute, espicailly with the ice cream on her nose.
"It's not funny!" She said, pulling out a napkin and attempting to wipe her face.
Rui continued laughing, as he shook his head indcating she was wiping off the wrong spot. He held out his index finger as he pointed to her nose. After another failed attempt, Rui took his napkin and reached up to wipe Yuuki's nose. He was slightly taken aback by how smooth her face was, and let his hand linger for a few seconds.
After that the rest of the walk to Yuuki's was silent. Once at Yuuki's house, Rui walked her up to the door.
"I had a wonderful night tonight Rui-san, thank you ver much." She told him honestly. She wasn't expecting it, but she really did have a wonderful time with him.
"So did I." He told her and he couldn't help but smile. It was true, with Yuuki he had had one of the best nights tonight that he had had in months. And it was all because of her.
"Would you like to come in for some coffee?" She asked.
He had to admit the offer was appealing, but it was late and he had work to do before going to bed. "I'm sorry but I can't, I have some files to go over before tommorow."
"I understand." She told him. She then reached up on her tip toes and kissed him on the cheek, a few inches away from his mouth. "Good night Rui-san." She smiled tentivly at him.
"Good night Yuuki-chan." He waited until she went inside, and then walked back to his limo which had followed them to Yuuki's. He sat back as he made himself comfortable, while he processed the nights events in his head.
Inside, Yuuki made her way for the couch and kicked off her heels. "Why is something so pretty so painful?" She asked herself. She reached over to her coffee table and picked up her cell phone. All she did was press the on switch and her phone was flooded with missed calls and text messages.
Some of them were from Tsukushi, to whom she would apologise to deeply tommorow. Others were from people she had met while she was in Korea. But the name that showed up the most, the one which made her smile a little bit was Soujiro's name. The texts he had sent her were not that far off from the ones she had sent him over the years.
"Hello Yuuki-chan."
"Would you like to have dinner."
"Hello."
"This is Soujiro by the way."
"Yuuki-chan?"
And those were just someof the messages he had sent. A few of them seemed a little desprate. Did she really used to be this pathetic? "Nevermind" She said to herself, as she shook those thoughts from her mind. It didn't matter anymore, now she was changed. A completly new person, she didn't have to think back at the past anymore. And thats just what Soujiro was, the past.
It had taken all her strength, but she had done what she thought impossible in Korea, she had gotten over him. She healed her heart once again and moved on, and she vowed it would be the last time. She was sick of being weak and letting men take advantage of her kidness. Now she was the one who would break hearts, and not care about what happened after. This was her turn to get back at them, at her ex, at Soujiro, at everyone who had ever seen her as anything but weak.
She went to the delete app. on her phone and deleted all Soujiro's texts. After shutting her phone off again, she went to her room to get ready for bed. Tommorow was going to be a long day, and she was going to need all the sleep she could get.
A/N: Hehe wierd everytime I pictured the bar scene in my head 2PM's "10 on 10" MV kept playing in my head.
So here is chapter three, I hope you enjoyed. I wasn't sure how to pair Yuuki and Rui since they never spent much time together so I wrote from what I thought would work best. Please leave me a review.