How to appease the wife?

Japan, Central Monastery - Two weeks later.

A man with long brunette-colored curly hair was busy chasing a woman- no chasing his wife, Terashima Lila. Two entire weeks have passed since they left New York and returned to Japan. It seemed like he was unconscious the entire plane journey, and when he woke up, he was already in Japan.

It was a struggle the last two weeks with him remembering all sorts of things all at once. Moreover, when he saw the scars on his body, he recalled several things that made him want to die. Zane stayed by his side during that entire time, not Lila.

But it was not Lila's fault. He would not let her get close.

Haruka finally caught up with her and grabbed hold of her arms. "Hey, slow down. You know I am still recuperating, right?"

The girl turned to him half concerned at those words, but her cheeks remained puffed up. "No, we are fighting!" Lila exclaimed.

Why are they even fighting? He didn't do anything wrong. When he woke up with his memories, he felt very sick for a while. The only person who could get near him was Zane, or more like he did not let anybody but Zane get close.

'I didn't want Lila to see me in that embarrassing state.' But she probably misunderstood and thought he was pushing her away again. A few days ago, it seemed like she was at her limit and almost broke the door down.

He still felt strange after regaining his memories for a while. Zane is not the type of person to talk to unless one asks him to, so Haruka felt it would be better to be around him. Moreover, Zane has watched over his condition ever since they met, so it was natural.

But Lila was upset; no, this was the first time he had seen her like this.

Nobuhiko was keeping them company enjoying this fight.

"You know, why don't you just hug her and makeup?" Nobuhiko suggested.

"You think it's that easy?" Haruka shot back. He knew his wife's temper quite well. If she is genuinely angry, it will worsen the situation if he touches her.

"Nobuhiko-san, please tell this intruder not to disturb me," Lila said sharply.

Nobuhiko whistled. "Haruka-san, your wife said-"

"I can hear her."

Geez, the moment he started to feel better, the first thing he did was look for her. But for the last few days, she has done a great job avoiding him.

"Please tell the stranger that I have other things to do, more important things."

Haruka felt a sharp prick in his heart when she said those words. 'Who is more important than you foolish girl?'

He ran his hands through his hair and sighed. 'I should have let the other me take over after all. I shouldn't have given him the option to refuse.' While their two personalities indeed merged, his emotions are different. That guy would probably handle this better.

Whenever he touched her when she was angry, she would get even madder in the past. However, it is difficult to talk to her with her back turned. Haruka grabbed hold of her wrist one more time and then cupped her cheeks.

Lila kept trying to avoid his gaze, and he gently called her name. "Ari, don't do this."

He watched as the girl's eyes widened briefly. She seemed shocked that he used that name.

"You know we have a lot to discuss now that I remember everything, right? We had that fight before I got into the accident too. We need to talk." Haruka said in a desperate tone.

He already heard the details from Kiryu and Ayase Kotori about what happened when they learned the news regarding him. 'We rushed to New York, but we could not find your body. Lila thought you were dead and did something stupid so she would temporarily lose her memories.'

It was enough; it was more than enough for him to understand how much pain the girl went through during this time.

"What is there to talk about? You didn't want to talk!" Lila exclaimed. "I should have been the first person you wanted to see when you woke up after regaining your memories, but you shoved me aside for the man who caused you to be in pain in the first place."

"Listen, that is uncalled for. You know Zane was the one helping me out this entire time. Sure his methods were not the best at times, but he has never directly harmed me."

When Rosalia first started to torture him, Zane did not know. But when Zane learned of it, he would casually appear to end the sessions early.

There were many occasions where Zane helped him out too.

"Hmph, you seem to care more about your friends. Speaking of friends, I heard you wanted to see Rikka-chan too."

Hearing her conceding tone, Haruka grew even more desperate.

"That was because I don't have a clear memory of what happened to her. Damn it, Lila, you should know by now that I have no feelings for Rikka. Why are you mentioning her now?"

"Why do you think? Didn't you sleep with her not too long ago-"

The girl immediately turned quiet like she regretted what she had just said at those words.

"Wait, what do you mean by that?"

Lila tried to break free from his hold, but he used this chance to hug her tightly. The moment he held her, the girl broke down in tears. "I-I'm sorry, I didn't mean to spite you. I know you weren't in the right state then- but I am so petty. Whenever I think you held another woman I-"

What is she talking about? Haruka did not understand any of her ramblings, but one thing was clear to her. Lila hurt by something he did; she was crying.

Once she calmed down, Nobuhiko led them to the empty courtyard of the large church. He told him to stay with her, and he would go inside the building and talk to the Hyou4 members.

Haruka turned to the girl who was still hugging him tightly. "Lila, please tell me what you meant just now?"

However, the girl kept quiet, and he sighed as he lowered his face and kissed her lips.

"N-no, that won't work-"

"It always does."

"I hate that about you!" Lila exclaimed.

She sure uses the word hate a lot more now, and she is more outspoken. But he does not dislike this side of her.

"Did this happen during the time they captured me? Sophia was trying to make me sleep with loads of girls. Was Rikka one of them?"

Lila, who was quiet this entire time, nodded. "When I first spoke to Rikka-chan about it, I wasn't as bothered. But a few days ago, I received some anonymous pictures and videos. Sophia sent them to me."

A few days ago, is that why she desperately wanted to meet with him?

"I'm sorry, you wanted reassurance, right?"

Lila slowly nodded her head. "Haruka, even when you were like that, you still treated Rikka-chan gently so-" He interrupted her by kissing her again.

It felt like so many years had passed since he last kissed his wife like this. Lila's face beat red by the end of the rather long kiss. She hits his chest with her hands.