I wake up to someone dragging me out of bed. I open my eyes to see Daniel, Orion and a barely awake Ren.
I look at Daniel holding my feet. He was the one who dragged me.
"What do you want?" I mumble and turn over on the carpet. I stayed up late last night watching horror movies and I just feel asleep three hours ago.
"It's 3 o'clock in the evening get up." Daniel says dropping my feet. They make a 'pah' noise when hitting the hallway's hard wood floor.
"The person made their move." Orion says coolly.
"What? Why didn't you say so?" I glare at them.
Daniel storms down the stairs while cursing.
"You can cook me breakfast- I mean afternoon snack while you're down there." I shout after him in anticipation.
More curses follow before pots clanking. He cannot resist serving such a wonderful person such as me. Hehe.
"So what did they do?" I ask sitting up.
"Here." Orion hands me his phone.
I look at the report with the caption 'is the Kitamura Group heir a player?'. I look down to read the paragraphs.
'Although the Ren Yamashita has yet to be confirmed as the Kitamura Group heir the resemblance between him and the current CEO Kiyoshi Kitamura is striking so we believe that Ren Yamashita is the heir but a photo has been leaked off his private life leading many people to suspect that the future of the Kitamura Group is uncertain if he's going to take over. Two days ago Ren Yamashita was spotted with his potential in-school girlfriend 'picture on the left'.'
I look at the picture and my eyes widen. The picture shows Ren dangerously close to a girl but what has my eyes widening is that the girl is me. I whip my head at Orion.
He nods. "It was taken at the mall."
I look back down and read the rest of the report.
'But just yesterday a photo was taken showing the young heir being close to an older woman 'photo in the middle'. Just hours later the young heir was once again spotted with another girl though closer to his age 'photo on right'. The women have not yet been discovered nor has anyone confirmed any of these relationships.'
The report stops after that. I look at Ren and close my eyes.
"It's not what they say." Ren hurriedly tries to defend himself.
I give the phone back to Orion before putting my hands on my forehead. "I know."
"I'm not in any relationship- wait you know? Eh?" Ren looks at me confused.
"You don't have to explain. I know that you aren't in any relationship especially with any of those two other women. Coach Hayashi is the one in the middle and Darcy, Daniel's elder sister is the last woman with me being the first. Darcy has sworn not to marry so even if you did have a crush on her she would do everything possible to crush it." I explain.
Ren stares at me not knowing what to say.
"Seeing the photo with Coach Hayashi is looks like you're whispering in her ears and touching her shoulder but I know that it was right after you flicked a moth off her when you were trying to relay the game plan to her for me. Though now we have to think of someway to clear up these rumors. Orion?" I look at Orion since he is more experienced in dealing with the media via his entertainment company.
"We should hold a press conference with your friends and Coach Hayashi to clear up the dating rumors but don't confirm that Ren is the heir." Orion replies.
"Okay. We'll do that in two days." I say and get up from sitting on the floor.
"Why in two days? Shouldn't we do it as soon as possible?" Ren asks.
I shake my head. "If we do it too soon many people with suspect that we're trying to cover up the rumors like they're true but if we leave it too late like in a week than they would speculate that we're trying to make a dozen excuses and answers. So two days is better that and personally I need sleep and food." I explain and walk down to the kitchen to eat whatever Daniel cooked.
I sit across from Daniel who is looking at me eat intensely.
"The plan is to clear up the rumors without confirming Ren as the heir." I say taking a bite of the egg on toast. The yolk bursts and slides down the toast turning it to a light orange and yellow color.
"I know. I heard." Daniel says.
"You should get your mother and both sisters to come. Your sisters will clear up the rumor and your mother can lay out the slandering law." I explain.
Daniel finally looks away once getting what he wanted to hear. "Okay."
"The twins should also come."
"Yup."
"What's wrong with you?" I ask finding his mood to be a bit off.
Daniel doesn't speak for a long time and when he finally speaks I have already finished my plate of bacon and egg on toast.
He opens his mouth before closing it. He then puts on a determined expression and speaks what's on his mind.
"Lorenzo had a vision."
I look at him with shock. "Why didn't I know?"
"It was about a death."
My shocked expression turns horrified. "Whose?"
Daniel doesn't speak.
I slam the table making him shut his eyes.
Daniel shakes his head. "He didn't say but it is someone close to all of us."
I contemplate in deep thoughts about who it could be.
"Don't think too much on it Adi." Orion takes a seat at the head of the table. He looks at Daniel. "We'll just have to protect the people close to us."
Daniel looks at Orion with a blank expression. "You do know that's not how it works, right?"
"Of course but with Adi we have a possibility to save them. She can defy fate."
"But she has her own fate although it's not shown on the ball." Daniel argues.
"Do you really believe that, Daniel? It was just a rumor made from some old wizard millions of years ago."
"Ask Reiji. He'll tell you that Adira does have a fate." Daniel says.
"I'm not trying to offend him but he has always believed what the ancient people say (wise wizards, witches, griffins and centaurs)."
"He has a closer bond with Adira than you." Daniel hisses.
Chairs go flying when Orion stands up and slams his hands onto the table. Daniel also stands up when seeing Orion move.
"Don't push your limits vampire!" Orion snarls his vibrant green eyes turn a vibrant red.
"Aren't you also a vampire or are you solely relying on your weak dragon?" Daniel's eyes also turn a different color.
"Stop it." I growl the command. A bit of an aura engulfs the room and presses onto both Orion and Daniel.
"Adi. Adira." The two say through gritted teeth. They try their best to disobey the pressure but it turns too much causing them to grip the table in an attempt not to fall.
"Don't fight over me. I will protect everyone close to me so you don't have to fight." I stand up and put my plate into the sink. I turn back to the two who have recovered from the aura.
They both look at me with drops of sweat on their face.
"Plus it's stupid." I say blankly before walking out the door. I use an ability to change my shoes without stopping. Asra growls at the two before following.
"Your fault." Orion and Daniel sit back in their chairs with a pout.
Ren stares at the two childish people from the top of the stairs with wide eyes.