Shouza DIARY
"WHAT!!!?.."
I closed my mouth and dragged dad to the other side quickly, side note, he was pretty heavy.
"Dad! That's not the worst punishment you could've given me, right?!"
"What do you mean? That's just the half part of it, there's more you can do to this that even I can't do, you're both girls right?" he asked.
"Yeah.."
"Am I the one who hurt her?" he asked again.
"No.."
"Am I a girl?" and again.
"Kinda?"
"You stupid girl.. that just means, you hurt her, you're the girl between, then that just makes sense you do it, I can only pay her hospital bills and all the necessities, but I can't do everything after it." he explained further.
"But dad..."
"Don't you dad me, you told me you want to help, I then let you."
I sulk for a moment, but I returned to Touko with dad, I am a bit mad, and embarrassed, I can't back down now, butI kinda regret saying I'd help out.
But it's not so bad to help out, it just hurts my pride to do it this way.
"Anyways, as I said, Ms. Touko, Shouza will assist you to the best way possible, but in order to do that I have a question Ms. Touka." dad told her.
"...Yes?"
"If you're given a question that says, would you like to live at someone's place, or let that someone live at your house? What will be your answer?"
That's odd, why's dad asking this for?
"Umm... I'd rather not let that someone... live at my house... since my mom... doesn't know them, even I... don't... know... them..." she said, further the stuttering.
She could speak perfect sentences, but not vocally.
"She's not really talkative." Dad whispered at me.
"Of course not all people can talk the way I and you do." I whispered back.
"Hmm, that's reasonable, what if I told you that someone is Shouza over here?" dad responded at Touko's answer.
"Umm... then I'd rather... live with her, than... the other way around..." She blushed as she said.
"What?!" I was surprised at her answer.
"Did... I said something... wrong...?" She said flustered.
"Dad!!" I sulk even more.
"You heard Touko, DAD, I WANT TO HELP AS WELL, I CAN'T LET YOU DO EVERYTHING, PLEASE!!" Dad imitated me.
"Dad, that's embarrassing!" I growled at embarrassment.
"Well then, that settled it, Touko here will live with Shouza, as proposed, Shouza, you will help her from her everyday needs." dad said settling everything.
"Arrgh!!" I sulk even more to stop on how dad ended this.
I don't want my personal space be ruined, but I can't say no, it's my fault anyways, is there no other way?
"Dear, you'll help her, right?" dad asked, with puppy eyes.
"Dad..." I can't say no!
"You promise daddy here, right?" he asked.
"Ugh, I promise dad, I will take care of her, but don't expect me to do everything right okay?" I couldn't disagree.
When dad makes that face I can't help it.
"Then it's settled, you'll move once your operations done, and I'll take care of the other things, the bills and all you need here, don't hesitate to ask for help here, Hey you nurse and doctors! Always be there for Touko, if I found out that you're not doing your job, you knows what happens to your job, right?!" dad said, asking the workers here.
"Yes, Sir!" The doctors and nurses said scared of my dad.
"And Touko, Shouza will pick you up when you're discharged OK?" he asked Touko.
"Yes Sir!" She awkwardly answered, same like the doctors and nurses said.
"Well, I'll have to leave, I have spent almost.... (looks at his watch) 1 hours and a half here, I did all I can here, I have half an hour to return to work, I'll leave the rest to you dear, See you." He said then gave my forehead a kiss, then left.
"Umm..."
"Well, it's my fault anyways, if you need anything, I'll help you, as my dad said, in anything you can't do without your right hand, I'll do it, but don't expect me to be friendly with you, it's not like I'm mad or anything, I'm just frustrated at myself to let this happen." I explained so she won't misunderstood.
"It's fine..."
"Hey, you're uniform is the same as me, are you a student at Dore High School too?" I asked.
"Yeah..."
"Good, I'll see you when you discharged, I'm heading back to school, it's the first day anyways, I can atleast know our schedule for our class, See you."
"Yeah..."
I'm the only one talking, she have like 1 to 2 words only to say, what's wrong with her?
Shouta Theodore POV
We left the city after the next day with Alex, my personal guard.
"Alex, find the truck driver that almost hit my girl, I need you to take him out of his job, make his life miserable! I can't tolerate to see my dear face such crisis!"
"Understood."
"Thank you, Alex."
If I happen to cross paths against that man around, I'll break his neck and crush his teeth.
"Also, give me an analysis about that girl, Touko Arkada."
"Yes, sir."
"Seriously, my honeybee is growing, she's even willing to do some work that I can possibly do myself."
"She's nearing 18 after all."
"Your right."
I have to return to work, I'll have to leave Alex to do his work.
I am an Executive Director of The Company, my father's successful business that have been passed down to me after his passing.
....
Well I have been working here for a while now, I hope Alex is done.
"Sir, I have finish."
"Well done, wait here, I'll finish here as well."
After I wrapped up my work for the day, I left the office work, and rode with Alex back home.
"Touka Arkada, She is fairly smart girl, with a very high grades in her elementary school days, and a student that goes to Dore High School, her family is not poor but not rich, they're like in the middle of the food chain, she's 16 years old, and lives in Street Checo, Alinam City, and with her family."
"She have a part-time job at a Comic Cafe at Street Alrep, and have been working there for a year now, she have to get a job early since her mother was diagnosed with a comatose, and her father died before Touka even met him."
"Street Alrep? Can you search where."
"I've already did, it's in Street Alrep Anko Corner 1574, Alinam City."
"It's near where my little cub lives, and that's where she works?"
"Yes, Sir."
"Is it a coincidence?"
"Fairly smart girl? That's not fairly to me, to top it all that, I asked her, if she could either live with someone, or let that someone live with her, do you know her answer, Alex?" I asked.
"None of those?"
"There's more, that means, she's good enough to not let a stranger close to her unless it's necessary, she's smart enough to know that, and she's 16."
"She didn't fall to the kids problem, to just answer the question right away, and not having their own opinion." I explained further.
"Alex, I like this girl."
That just means, she'll be the one helping Shouza, rather than the other way around, let's see what she can do.