X: Rio Haze

Chapter 10: Rio Haze

His POV

There have been a spy.

Nicholei is similar to me, he knows how I think. How I deliver words. And by the tone I used he probably got the hint that there have been a minor problem that I took care of.

"Yeah. It took me 2 weeks to realise." I answered.

"Woah. That's long." he seem amazed. Usually days it would take and I would know she's a spy.

"There is nothing detectable to her. She seems so ordinary to me. I underestimated her." I said while silently shaking my head.

"Alright. Leave it to me." he said and the line went off.

I called my men and let them take care of the body. She's lucky I didn't have to torture her. I'm not in the damn mood. My wife suddenly slipped through my mind. How is she? Is she doing fine? No one in the company pressures her right?

I sighed. Don't they dare bully my wife or else I will crush them.

"Man, this is bullshit! Your secretary seem innocent and pure. Shhk..."

Innocent and pure? Tss.

I heard Ace and Red's rant on my office. They arrived to check-no to stick their noses to my business. These two are so carefree that they declined the right to manage and own their own corporations. I can't blame them. Look what it did to me.

[Flashback]

"When your timer ends and you still felt nothing, you will watch him take a bullet between her eyes."

The boy is trembling. Shaking. Scared.

"Hmph. Hmph. Hmmm! Uhmp!"

She's squirming, struggling in the grasp of an inch-thick rope. She tried to shout but in her mouth tied a filthy towel.

"Please stop this Father..."

Tears continue to stream down his innocent,angelic face. There are countless people in that room.

Yet he felt alone.

Scared.

And trembling like a 5 year old child.

[End of Flashback]

"Ah!" I screamed loud as I felt the piercing pain in my temple. I tugged my hair. That memory now, what was that? Was that me? But I don't remember-

"Ahh!" the pain doubled this time and my shouts were louder. I collapse to the floor tugging my own hair.

"Ey Rei! Rei!"

"What's the matter Rei!?"

I couldn't hear their voices clearly as I am overwhelmed with pain.

Am I that boy earlier?

His friend's POV (ACE ROME)

I am busy mixing the hydrofluoric acid that we will use when a heard a faint yet discernible thud.

I found the source there, Rei is on the floor. Tugging his hair.

"Ey Rei! Rei!" I shouted as he screamed louder. His screams seems like he's in great pain. Soon, Red who's in the other room came rushing in. When he saw me, I gave him a panicked look.

"What's the matter Rei!?"

But then he blacked out and fainted.

"Rio(Ra-yu)! Come here at this location ASAP! Rei fainted due to a head ache!" I almost shouted at the phone. I also called Nico. Shit man, what happened to you?

The reason why I was so worried is that I know how Rei reacts to pain. Even if you cut his hand now, he wouldn't even scream! But the way he shouted his pain earlier? That's strange. We got into bloody fights together and I know how his tolerance to pain.

"What happened to him?" I heard Rio's voice. Rei is already transferred to a bed. I told him what happened.

His Doctor's POV (RIO HAZE)

My name is Rio Haze Satoshi. I'm Rei's doctor eversince I can't remember.

You see, he has a strange case. He's not a normal person. Perhaps he went through a LOT, earned a lot, been hurt a lot, and suffered a lot that every trace of emotion disappeared. I also didn't know how. Whenever he gets injured, he treated it like a mosquito bite. No matter how painful or bad it is. Worst, he become so cruel that a normal person would think he's inhuman.

That is why I know something was wrong when Ace told me he screamed in pain. I, too, never heard him scream.

"It is a side effect." I declare ld after pondering over for a bit.

"I already warned him about it when he did it. Maybe he is unaware but the side effects are showing up."

They both stared at each other worriedly. I sighed. I looked at the pale Rei on the stretcher. I'm afraid that the pain he is feeling now will get worst every time.

I can't help but think, why do you have to do that Rei? Why do you have to torture yourself to that extent?

I checked his vital signs again. His pulse is irregular, as well as his heartbeat. Usually, the side effects of this kind of drug when inhibited is arrhythmia, an alteration in rhythm of the heartbeat either in time or force, which means his heart beat could go crazy fast... Or crazy slow. Its not that risky. But what can be tormenting is the ocassional head ache that he can experience.

"Do you think he plan to telling her anything?" I asked Ace and Red. Except being a doctor, these three, including Nicholei, is my close friends. They call me whenever they are injured, yeah that's my only job. Tsk, to baby sit them when they got hurt. But no big deal, my company's technology as far as I know is the leading technology in medical field in this country. But I'm afraid I can't release it to public. Such tremendous advancement harbors great dangers. I don't want it to fall to the wrong hands. But we uses this kind of technology to those in need. Not to some rich tycoons. I have prejudice against them. I prefer helping those poor and in need. Well my friends are the only exceptions.

"I guess no." -> Ace

"Yeah me too. I think he will never speak." -> Red

"But this is a grave matter..." ->me

"Rio, you know Rei. His mind is so twisted that you won't know what's running through his mind. And one more, if he don't wanna say it, he will shut his mouth until kingdom comes..." Ace said dramatically. I couldn't disagree though. He's right. Once Rei set his mind into something, he will do it no matter what.

"But hey bro's, you're forgetting something... There is one person capable of convincing him..."

"The intimidator." we three look at each other when we say that word in unison.

In all aspects, Rei and Lei is similar to each other.

Secretive.

Calculative.

Smart ass.

Cruel.

And ruthless.

Scary eh? Now you know when even this two assholes are afraid of them sometimes. And because they are too similar, they could talk by stares and signs.

"So we have to get Nico to convince Rei and tell his wife about this situation?" ->Red

"Hmm, I think that's the case. She is his wife. She deserves to know." -> me

"But Rei said that... She hates him. Will she gaive a damn about his condition?"

That shut me up. She hates him? Then why did Rei choose him? Or why did he marry her in the first place? I know him. After all he'd been through, getting attached is one of the things he loathes now. So why would he let himself get married to a girl? Is that intentional? To get the girl hate him so he won't have any problem and he won't get attached?

"Why did he marry her? I can't believe my ears when you told me he's married..."

"He don't know why he married her in the first place. Rei's mind is a mess, you know that." ->Red

I started to ponder. And when I got something, I snapped my fingers.

"I think this is a bit incredulous but I have an idea."

They both looked at me seriously, ey they also know when to get serious huh?

"I think he fell in love with that girl."

Their jaws literally dropped, and their eyes bulged out.

"Fuck."

"Shit."

They both cussed at the same time.

"Why haven't we thought about that?" they asked each other.

"Because you've never loved before. You won't know the feelings." I said sarcastically.

"Hey don't be so arrogant! Have you ever fall in love then?!" Red always shouts when you find out his flaws.

"I guess so." I can't help grinning.

"Ey, sneaky bastard! How could you hide your love status now eh?" -> Ace

"How could you do this? Now, single people among us are getting numbered..." ->Red pouted like a kid.

Seriously, this two never grow up...

"Try to take relationships seriously. You'll know." I grinned at them and they gave me a middle finger. Yea, both of them.

I laugh at their actions. "I'll take care of him. Go dispose that corpse there." I beckons at that secretary lying there.

"Alright. Just chemicals and there will be no trace of Ms. Azerra Gou."

"I think she's a waste. She's pretty, and sexy too..." I smacked Red for that comment.

"Pervert.." I murmured and he pouted. How could this playboy be this childish? Tsk.

"Do you have her number?" I asked Rome after a while. "Who?? Ms. Gou?"

"What? No! I mean Rei's wife! Dumbass..." Lib and Rome's laughter roared.

Two dumb asses.