A made-up story.

I'm about to go back home, but Ren stops me.

"Where do you think you're going, Norl-kun? If you move too much the wound will open again, stay here for the night."

I shake my head.

"I can't, I don't want to leave my aunt on her own in the house. I have to go back home."

Ren is looking at me and scoffing.

"You want to go home like that? Your aunt will notice your wound immediately and that will be a problem because there's no way a high school student gets a stab wound like that, and if I remember correctly, your uncle is a policeman, right? Do you think that won't be a problem when his wife sees that wound on your back?"

Ren is right, I can't let her know and I don't want Erii and Ryo to know about this as well. Aiko looks at me and tilts her head toward the room.

"Even if you want to go home, you shouldn't move too much. Follow me, I have an idea."

Ren looks at her while raising his eyebrow, I follow Aiko to the room she's heading.

Aiko slides open the door and I see the doctor who helped me earlier, he looks at me and Aiko.

"Ojou? I didn't know that you're here, is there anything you need?"

Aiko shakes her head and then she's pointing her thumb at me.

"Not for me, but for him, Sensei. Can you put gips on his foot? I need you to give him a fake injury and a fake letter because he wants to go home, I don't want him to move too much and I don't want his family to know what's really happened to him, so I will be borrowing a wheelchair as well."

The doctor looks at me and then he nods.

"I understand, please take a seat over there."

I nod and sit on the chair while the doctor is preparing the gips for me.

After he put gips on my foot, he looks at it for quite a while and then nods.

"Okay, we are done here."

Aiko looks at the doctor and smiles.

"Thanks, Sensei!"

The doctor smiles and nods.

"Is he the guy that you told me a few days ago, Ojou?"

Aiko nods while smiling.

"Yeah, he is the one."

The doctor looks at me and smiles.

"You're very lucky, young man."

I just nod because I have no idea what they both are talking about, and then the nurse brings a wheelchair with her. I stand up and sit on it while Aiko is pushing the wheelchair, Ren is looking at me while leaning on the wall, then he chuckles and shakes head.

"I guess our plan needs to be postponed until your leg is fully healed then."

I look at my foot and then look at him.

"Yeah, it's a shame that someone hit me with a car after school on my way back home, but I wonder who will take responsibility for this fake accident."

Ren scoffs and tilts his head.

"You should because you didn't carefully cross the road and a motorcycle hit you."

I chuckle and nod.

"I see, well that should work."

Aiko looks at the time and then she looks at me.

"Okay, I will drive you home."

I lift my head and look at her.

"No, you don't have to."

Aiko shakes her head.

"No, I insist. I want to meet your aunt as well. That's okay, right? Nii-sama?"

Ren is nodding with understanding.

"Yeah, that's okay, just don't be late for your photoshoot later."

Aiko nods and smiles then the two of us leave the house and get inside her car.

We arrive at the front of my house, the driver gets down and prepare the wheelchair for me while Aiko is helping me get out from the car, the commission is making Erii curious about what's going on outside, and so she opens her front door and see a car parked in front of my house, Erii immediately walks to the front and look from behind the wall. She sees me in a wheelchair while Aiko is pushing the wheelchair for me, she immediately leaves the house and runs toward both of us.

Erii looks at both of us.

"What happened?!"

Aiko looks at Erii and points at the gips on my foot.

"Aze got hit by a motorcycle while he was crossing the road. Luckily I was there and I brought him to the hospital to get immediate treatment, and fortunately, he only got scratched and nothing serious, so he would be fine in a few days."

Erii looks at me with worries but then I grab the house key and give it to her.

"Can you help me open the door?"

Erii without hesitation grabs the key and unlocks the door. I kind of feel bad lying to her, but after I'm seeing her expression that she looked so worried just because I got a scratch, I'm kind of relieved that she doesn't know about the real wound on my back. Erii opens the door widely so I can get in through while she gets inside the house to inform Aunt Lisa what's happening to me.

I get inside the house and I can hear footsteps are rushing toward the entrance, I see auntie is carrying Himawari-chan while she's looking at me with worries, but then she gives Himawari-chan to Erii so she can check on my foot.

"Aze?! Are you okay?!"

I nod.

"Yeah, I'm fine, auntie."

Aunt Lisa looks at Aiko and then she's pressing her hands on her chest.

"Thank you for helping him out, please come in!"

Aiko nods and the three of us are sitting in the living room while I'm explaining the made-up story that Aiko and I agreed to tell them. It's convincing enough for both of them to understand the situation, and then Auntie is making tea for all of us while Erii is keep carrying Himawari-chan. Aiko has been looking at Himawari-chan and I know she wants to play with her, but she has to keep her image since she's still just a stranger in the house.

Auntie is back with cups of tea and puts them on the table. Aiko then grabs the doctor's letter from her bag and gives it to her.

"This is the letter from the doctor, he said that Aze needs to rest for a few days at home and restrict him from moving too much so he can recover fastly."

Auntie grabs the letter and reads it, then she nods with understanding.

"Okay, thank you very much..."

Auntie is covering her face for a second and then looks at Aiko.

"Where's my manner, I haven't asked your name, miss? My name is Lisa Kurokawa."

Aiko smiles and shakes her head.

"Oh, it's okay. My name is Aiko, Hasegawa Aiko."

Auntie is furrowing her forehead while thinking about something, but then she opens her mouth with surprise.

"Oh, now I remember! You're that young model that I kept seeing in the commercial and magazine! Hime-chan! No wonder your face looks somehow familiar."

Aiko is just smiling and nodding in agreement, Erii looks at Aiko and sighs with relief.

"Aze is very lucky because you were there."

Aiko looks at her and shakes her head.

"Yeah, but the driver already apologized and paid everything. So I'm just accompanying him to the hospital and bringing him home, that's all. I think if I weren't there, it won't be a problem at all since he can take care of himself."

Aunt Lisa is looking at both of them with confusion.

"You both know each other?"

Aiko and Erii look at Aunt Lisa but they don't know what to say, and so I sigh and look at her.

"Yeah, we all know her and Aiko was the one who kissed me, Auntie."

Aunt Lisa immediately covers her mouth with her hand and looks at the three of us with surprise, then she clears her throat and tilts her head.

"What a coincidence. I guess I have to let the three of you alone?"

Erii shakes her head.

"It's okay Auntie, we already resolved the problem and we are fine now, so you don't have to leave."

Aiko nods in agreement.

"Yes, we already had a talk yesterday in Aze's restaurant."

Aunt Lisa is oohing and nodding with understanding.

"I see, I'm glad that you both resolved the problem already then do you guys want some takoyaki? I just made quite a lot of them."

Erii and Aiko look at each other and then look at Auntie, they both nod and would love to get some of them. Aiko is borrowing the bathroom while Erii is going to Auntie's room to grab Himawari-chan's toy. Aunt Lisa is judgingly staring at me and shaking her head, then she approaches me and slaps my head.

"You should have told me about her! Now I feel bad for asking if they know each other!"

I'm just laughing nervously, she then sits next to me and sighs.

"No wonder that Erii looked so down when that happened, now I know why because she felt inferior to Hasegawa-san, but thankfully the problem has been resolved."

Aunt Lisa looks at my foot.

"Are you sure, you're okay?"

I nod.

"Yeah, I'm seriously fine."

I try to move my foot but then I pull my back muscle and I immediately groan unconsciously, she then puts her hand on my thigh and shakes her head.

"Alright, you're lying. It's not fine, you need to rest for a few days at home and you're forbidden to move around too much, do you understand me?"

I chuckle and nod.

"Yes, ma'am..."