In his Hands

Going out with someone does not mean becoming their master or their property".

I think I'm going to faint! I barely knew him and he's asking me that, just like that! I didn't know what to do... The best solution for the moment was to refuse! I couldn't take it lightly! But I couldn't...

Mia - Sorry, I can't accept! We don't know each other well enough to become a couple and I don't have any feelings like that for you either...

... When Takumi wants, he gets; as soon as he gets involved, it's over.

Takumi - I don't think you understood, it was an order, not a request!

Mia - What?! You can't force me to love you!

Takumi - Maybe so, but, you know, if the principal finds out about this, I don't think you'll get off lightly...

Mia - (thinks) He's blackmailing me, he's a real scumbag, this guy actually!

Say : And you think that it's by putting me under such psychological pressure that I will develop love for you ?!

Takumi - I'm not as cruel as you think. You know, I've been watching you for a while now, since I actually noticed you. Every time I saw you, you smiled with all your soul and made the people around you happy. At that time I didn't really have the moral high ground, but looking at you was enough to make me happy and full of energy: you lit up my days, and even though I never spoke to you, I began to fall in love with you.

I blushed. It's the first time that people have ever talked about me like that, I felt like a pinch in my heart: soft and pungent at the same time...

Takumi - But...

Mia - But what?

Takumi - Every time I saw you give that smile to someone else, it hurt me: I couldn't stand knowing that it wasn't exclusive to me! That's why I want you to go out with me. I want you and your smile to be mine alone!

What he was saying upset me a lot: on the one hand I was angry and on the other hand I was touched in the depths of my being?

Mia - I can't pretend to understand what you feel... I can't pretend to understand how you feel... but... I am very touched by what you told me...

Takumi blushes.

Mia - ...However... Being a couple doesn't mean being each other's property! I can't belong to you Aizawa!

Takumi remained red but angry this time. He shot me with his eyes and then sketched out a cold and worrying smile:

Takumi - Oh yeah? We'll see about that! I'll give you 3 days to think about my proposal, otherwise I don't need to tell you what will happen.

Those were the last words we exchanged... I didn't see Takumi again until the end of the course and that was good! I walked home alone and when I got there I dropped off my things and called my mother through the house. No answer. Usually she was still at home at that time. I walked around the house and as I entered the living room I found my mother lying on the floor, unconscious!

While I was struggling to find a solution, my mother opened her eyes and only had time to say to me:

"Go to ....my...place!..."

Then she collapsed again on the floor, exhausted. My mother has had several jobs to cover the costs of the house since daddy left us ... She has already overworked herself and fainted like that, but she managed to manage her time! This was something I had never seen before. Replacing my mother at work. I had to, we're not very comfortable financially speaking, so I accepted. It will only be for this time, she will get back in shape with a good night's sleep!

I took care of my mum until the indicated working time. I was ready. I went out and went to the address on the contract which I managed to find before I left. The work I'm going to do is to serve people living in a rich mansion.

When I arrived on the premises, I introduced myself to the employers as his daughter and just aged a year: this work is only allowed to people who are adults, but I am a minor, give or take a year.

It's balo, isn't it?

Then I started my activity as a domestic worker. Everything went well during my service until the end. Well, almost.

I still had one task left to do before I went home: to bring cutlery to one of the reception rooms. Everything was going well, I put the cutlery down and hurried back to the cloakroom to change and join my mother. I was running as fast as I could and was surprisingly happy that I had done the job without a hitch. But no, I wasn't. I had to let my bad luck get in the way.

Drunk with joy, I wasn't looking where I was going and then I hit something. I found myself on the floor.

The thing also seemed to be a person. I hoped I had hit a maid in the house and not my employers because I was already worried enough as it was! I looked up and my face took on a look of astonishment and horror!

He was there, in front of me, looking at me with a look of astonishment:

...

Takumi Aizawa !