'Apology is he insane?,' teeth grinding as she gave a fake smile looking away to roll her eyes.
Looking at the untouched cup quietly, wondering why she was here and thinking to leave. Grabbing her bag and placing her phone inside, his blue eyes watching her every move.
"Aren't you going to say something?" His deep voice making her pause. "I strangled you and you smile, I wonder how you became a doctor."
Her hands clenching, she licked her lips before smiling. "You make it sound that you would prefer to see me crying. If your going to do it again, why would you apologise?" Her voice soft and calm, without raising her temper once. Anger completely hidden from her face.
Listening to what she said, his blue eyes pierced her seeing them tremble before stilling-almost as if she'd said something she shouldn't. Swallowing with difficulty he frowned, especially at the way she was gnawing at her lip.
"What is that supposed to mean?"
"After you shoot, stab or kill someone have you apologised afterwards?"
"I'm trying to apologise for what happened before." Sighing in frustration. Taking a sip of the black coffee, that was as dark as her hair.
"Should I say... thank you." Immediately making him annoyed forcibly loosening the tie round his neck.
"What you seem to not understand is that I'm in the same boat as you... c'est juste un docteur." (She's just a Doctor) Her words making him flinch, also surprising him at how great French sounded in her small mouth.
"Its a political marriage- I don't want anything in particular, but can you honestly say the same? You can live however you want, just don't enforce your 'ideals' on to me." Reminding him of what he did.
"Yuki-"
"Don't cross the line, you can't call me that. How about 'you' or 'it' or even 'bitch'? We're not close." She said as she stood up to leave, a pang or hurt burst in his chest as well did anger. Watching her grey eyes swirl with anger, despite the rest of her appearing completely composed.
Turning around to leave, his arms bulging as he stood up and pulled back her wrist so she met his piercing gaze. Too close to his chest. The upper buttons of his shirt revealing a part of his chest and the chains round his neck.
"After saying your piece your just going to walk away?!" He thundered.
If not for having quick reflexes and good balance she would have fallen in to his chest. However the momentum blew in making him lurch forward a bit, revealing a pretty woman's Jade pendant. Slightly damaged and a little chipped, looking as if it were carved by hand. A rusted silver chain slung through the hole in the cracked petal.
"Why are you going to strangle me again?" Tilting her head a little so he could see how her lashes trembled in irritation. The sarcasm blatant in her sickly sweet voice as she looked up at him
Innocent storm grey eyes meeting his frightening icy blue without looking away afraid.
Glancing at the small bead of blood on her bottom lip as she tried to jerk away from him, holding her tight wanting to say more things to her.
She sighed and prepared to be tone deaf when Yuki completely stiffened, Alex able to tell something was wrong as she stopped fighting him.
"What's wrong?" Looking at how her eyes paled, dilating a little. Swallowing heavily as if she was in disbelief,struggling to comprehend the situation.
Her hand quickly reached out to his neck, dodging his that went to stop her gently caressing the pendant between two fingers. Her thumb feeling the scratched name written down in Japanese.
Looking at him with a feral intensity, only for a second before blurting out "なぜここにあるの?" (Why is this here?) Alex able to see every emotion written on her previously blank face.
The intense sadness and hatred that shrouded her like a cloud of smoke, quick to disappear to nothing. Trembling eyes that looked a little wet and reddened. A deep frown on her forehead that made him want to smooth it out, hearing her he looked down at the pendant in her small fingers feeling his breathing stop.
However, before he could begin to say a word Yuki had already looked away, a little startled a blank look on her face. Her breathing hastening a confused frown replacing those multitude of emotions, the visible redness proof of it.
The pendant making a small noise as she stepped back, swatting away his hand and turning around slipping on her shoes.
A clearly suppressed and choked up voice, completely cold and devoid of any familiarity rang out.
"If it's any consolation I wouldn't want to even to die with you, never mind marrying you. What a joke."
The slam of the wooden sliding doors waking him from his stupor. Grabbing his coat and rushing out, his chest swelling with anger and immense fear. As if he was about to lose something,completely important to him.
Again.
***
Rushing out the room she focused on not trying to have a mental breakdown in front of a crowd of people. That was her main goal.
'It's okay. I'm fine, I'm fine.'
Her teeth hammering down on her pink lips as she slipped through the backdoor, where the staff worked. Slipping down the stairs without looking where she was going, her eyes focused back onto that image.
'That's mine. Why does he have it? It says Yuki... not Yukari.' Holding on to the wall as she tried to control her breathing, licking away the blood from her lips.
Walking out her eyes feeling sticky and uncomfortable, she didn't notice but somehow she managed to walk into a thick wall. Hitting her head against a muscled chest with a heavy thud, feeling something large and heavy resting on her head.
"Ume did something happen?" A man's languid Italian voice called out, his pointed chin rubbing against her soft hair.
"Gio? I don't know what your talking about." Suddenly shivering.
"Isn't that why you don't like me as much as my own twin- Paul and Louis? Because I can tell how clearly your feeling... it's as easy as A to Z." Smiling when she felt her jab him painfully in the abdomen.
"So who bullied my darling girl,hmm?" Caressing the back of her head feeling her flinch a little. Not minding one bit.
"No one did so let me go." She hissed, feeling his hand around her shoulder pushing her closer and clamping her inside his body.
Her back facing the view of the several rows of open closed tea rooms, anyone coming out who looked down would be able to see her standing there. Being hugged by the large dog like man.
"You're practically in tears." A rough thumb relishing in the smooth feeling, brushed away a lone tear hanging from the corner of her eye.
"Ah.. あの子かもしれない?" (Could it be that boy?) His Japanese accent with a more western pronunciation.
Hearing his voice not that far away, she was filled with immense panic as she tried to push behind him. However, although she was naturally strong because of her emotions for some reason she couldn't bypass him. Unable to use her special gift on normal people especially in public places.
"Lucifer please." A tear wetting his shirt as he squinted in displeasure.
Suddenly lifting up her chin roughly and peeling away the medicated patch under her high neck T-shirt.
His dark brown eyes filled with danger and blood lust, "You have a lot of explaining to do."
Pulling off his large blazer and throwing on her head, dragging her out by her hand. Clicking her teeth at how cold they were.
"How can such an infamous person in the underworld allowed to be strangled?" He asked softly.
"Is Kuro-chan visiting too?"
"Mmn."
"Good because your Jaguar can use the Auclair bastard as target practice instead of me and Mateo." His words making her laugh. "But it's not like that won't stop his messy womanising ways will it?"
"Is it that bad?" She asked he ties her seatbelt in his cherry red Ferrari.
"Well he answered the phone whilst.." Furrowing his brows. "Fortunately you're just good at pretending to be a rebellious kid."
"Remember I only talk to you like this." Showing his aloof and ruthless personality as he drove to her apartment a long way off from the hotel.
"Yes brother Luce," pacifying him as he threw a wink. "Now how about a car you have lying around?"
***
Later on in the evening, Yoshino hotel- The penthouse.
Unable to locate Yuki or anyone who would know where she might be, he waited hoping to catch sight of her tomorrow. Thinking she was still staying at the hotel, instead of her own apartment.
He ran into the elevator, rushing to his parents room maybe thinking he could sweet talk his mother into telling him some more about Yuki. His men informing him that although she's a doctor, she doesn't really practice or hold consultations.
She just writes in medical journals? And apparently she has a car company. Reminding him of Z's Black Lotus sports car with tonnes of convenient and hidden features. Like finding hidden gold.
Walking in he sighed a little depressedly, finding an opened bottle of white wine on the marble dining table. Pouring in a glass as he made himself comfortable, removing his blazer, tie and touching his chest. Thinking about the cold pendant, that reminded him of Yuki's cold hands.
Holding the glass of wine as he checked out their pent house and looking for his mother. His heart rate quickening when he heard glass shatter, dropping his glass on a table and rushing to where the sound was coming from. Tightly holding a gun in his hand as he listened.
Alex sighed brushing his hand through his hair, thinking his mother was going through another episode.
***
"Honey listen to me...", trying to soothe his wife.
"Edward you should have told me..." She said through choked sobs. "So the girl I helped to raise is the same girl my son almost killed?"
"He didn't- you didn't raise her."
"Were you there? No I helped Hana give birth in that dingy room and my son is the reason why she has amnesia? Fifteen years of her life gone."
"What about Hana? My Yuki." Pushing away her husband away as tears rolled down her gaunt cheeks.
"Why didn't you tell me? Why?!"
"Caroline... What about our son?"
"You don't seem to understand how cruel this all is! How unfair it is for her and you have no intention of telling this to Alex?"
"Caroline love and hate is a fine line... it's better this way." He persuaded.
"Yes and I hate you right now, if you can't seem to understand how a person could harm an innocent child- How can you understand how they might hurt an adult..."
"You're forcing them marry each other because he hopes to find out from Yuki who did THAT to Hana?"
"Caroline-"
"Edward we shouldn't push this, retract the engagement and tell Alex."
The glass that he was holding was thrown against the door, Caroline flinching as Edward looked at her heavily. Unbeknownst of Alex who was listening in.
"I was a mess when you were kidnapped." Gritting his teeth angrily.
"How can I begin to tell him word for word that the person he loves and hasn't forgotten-since he was seventeen, cant remember him? Whilst he desperately looks for her Yukari Fukushima never existed in the first place. That Yuki's years of abuse and emotional neglect- he and you are supposed to help her remember? I can't afford to be so cru-"
A loud gunshot echoed through the penthouse, the floor vibrating as a heavy thud of something fell to the ground.
Rushing to the door anxiously he saw Alex his blue eyes blood shot and spilling with silent tears. A gun on the floor beside him, a large black mark and indent in the marble floor.
Blankly staring at him as tears flicked from his long lashes, unable to comprehend how angry he was feeling right now.
"I'm just a dog. Unable to tell. Whether what I've been given. Is food or dog shit." Reiterating Hayatos words.