Panicking, Arashi quickly grabs Rei hands and took her into the nearby park to which not a lot of people are in
As soon as the get inside, Arashi tried to find a bench where they could sit in order to calms Rei down
As he is going through the park, he founds one empty bench that seems outsight of other people
Arashi then quickly puts Rei down on the bench and tried to let her calms herself down first
After a few minutes, Rei seems to be a bit calmer as her sobbing starts to stop, seeing that Arashi slowly approach her
"Here…" Said Arashi while handed out his handkerchief to Rei
Rei took it and wipe the tear on her face as soon as she calms down
Arashi then sits on the bench beside Rei awkwardly after making her cry
The two of them didn't speak a single word the moment even after the situation have been calm for now
(If his father knew about what just happen, I must prepare myself from being kill) Thought Arashi holding his tear
"Th-thanks…"
Out of sudden, Rei spoken out breaking the silence
The words coming out of Rei mouth shock Arashi a bit as he still thought she has a little bit ego inside her but he was relieved for it
"It's not a big deal…"
"I'm your bodyguard after all." Said Arashi giving out a smile to Rei
Rei is a bit flustered to see Arashi smiling toward her that she turns her face away quickly before Arashi could notice her red face
"D-don't get the wr-wrong idea okay…"
"I still didn't want to forgive you for making me cry." Said Rei angry
Arashi is feeling a bit guilty to hear that as he indeed the reason why Rei is crying
"Even Papa never scolded me before…"
(That dotting father, that's why your daughter attitude is like this…) Thought Arashi while gripping his fist and making an awkward smile followed by an awkward laugh
"But…"
"Seriously, thank you…"
"If you didn't come to rescue me, I don't even know what's gonna happen…" said Rei as she looks down on the ground
Arashi just look over the depressed Rei quietly, He then gets a bit closer to her side and patted her head out of impulse
That action of him shocked Rei a bit that she quicky shoves his hands off her head
"WH-WHAt were you thinking Y-you were doing???!!!" Shouts Rei flustered
Arashi looks a bit shock when he got scold by Rei for patting her out of sudden as he never had any problem doing so with other girls before…
"I just thought of comforting you that's it…" Said Arashi as he tried to reach out his hand to pat Rei again
"You don't need to do that!" Said Rei pushing Arashi hands before it could reach her head
Arashi looks persistent as he kept on trying to pat her head while Rei kept on pushing his hands over from her head
These two kept doing this for about 15 minutes, Until somehow…
"Let me pat you…"
"I don't need it…"
As the two trying to fight the others
Out of sudden, Arashi slips on his hands and he accidentally falls on top of Rei
"Sorry, I slipped…" Said Arashi as he tried to get up from Rei
Just as he tried to look up, suddenly both of their face is getting close to each other that their lips almost touch
"M-move it…" said Rei getting red
Arashi suddenly had a look of worried on his face as he saw Rei face is getting red that out of his impulse, he just put his forehead closer to Rei's to check her temperature
"Are you getting fever? Your face is red." Said Arashi while checking on Rei temperature
This action obviously is making Rei to be more flustered and as she freaks out, she accidentally punched Arashi in the head knocking him out
"Wh-what do you think you are doing! You Idiot!!!" Shout Rei before knocking Arashi
Arashi then falls flat on the ground unconscious due to Rei punches, seeing how Arashi isn't moving Rei tried to called his name a few time
"Ei-Eiji?"
But there was no response and that when she realizes that she just knocked Arashi unconscious
While being unconscious, Arashi is dreaming about something
A dream where he is laying on top of someone laps while that person just gently strokes Arashi hair…
For some reason, Arashi found comfort when the person did that, the same feeling he is having when Ayu is doing the same thing to him that time he got kidnapped
Arashi tried to focus on the person who are stroking his hair to figure out their identity but the harder he tried the more it hurts
Out of sudden the figure of the person stroking his hair slowly disappearing, Arashi tried to reach his hand toward the person but he couldn't…
"Wait!" Shout Arashi
That shout of Arashi shocks Rei as she were looking at his face all the time when he was unconscious
Arashi as he accidentally woke up from his dream turn toward Rei who are looking worried over him
He then realized it was Rei who were giving him the lap pillow as soon as h turned toward her
"Wh-what happened?" Ask Rei worried
Arashi just shakes his head saying it was nothing
"I'm fine…"
"It just a bad dream…" Said Arashi as he reassured Rei
Arashi then turned to look at Rei as he was worried that she had caught a fever before he was knocked unconscious
"Anyway, are you really fine?" Ask Arashi concern
Rei suddenly remember the things Arashi did to check her temperature that she immediately turns red but she quickly hides her face under her twintail
"I-I'm fine seriously!" Said Rei nodding her head a few time
Arashi then let out his breath as he is relieved to hear that from Rei
Rei then let go of her twintail as soon as she felt her cheeks warming down and looks straight at Arashi face
"Eiji…" Rei slowly called out Arashi name
Arashi turned toward her with a smile and replied back
"Yes, Rei-sama?"
"Is there anything you need?"
Just when Arashi thought there were nothing wrong with him suddenly Rei gets close to him while wiping off the tear coming from his left eye with the handkerchief given to her by Arashi…
"Aren't you the one who needed something right now?" Said Rei as she slowly returns the handkerchief to Arashi hand
Rei then looks straight at Arashi face which is making Arashi a bit nervous that his hand trembles
"You can talk things out with me you know…" Said Rei
"I'm actually a good listener…" said Rei smiling
Arashi as he tried to think of a way to avoid the conversation just sigh and let his guard down as he felt tired already for being strong and putting on an act tough to other just so they wouldn't be worried
"I'm…"
"Actually, missing someone…" Said Arashi
"Is that person the reason you take this job?" Rei asks curious
Arashi let out a chuckle, afterward he just nodded his head indicating that it's the truth
"Quite…"
Rei sits silent while looking on Arashi face closely
"Is that person a girl?"
That sudden question from Rei shocks Arashi a bit but looking at how she is looking forward toward the answer he just let out another chuckle
"Yeah…" replied Arashi
The curiosity on Rei face suddenly disappeared after she heard the answer, she just grits her teeth while asking another question
"Are you in love with her?"
Suddenly Rei asked a risky question toward Arashi, to which he finds it quite shocking to hear
He then looks down to the ground trying to find the right answer toward the question as he isn't sure what the right answer is either
But then he looks back straight at Rei with a determined look and for some reason that look given by Arashi to Rei gave her a thump on her heart
"She was everything to me…"
"She was… my world…"
Arashi then slightly remembered of the time he spent with the girl who he holds so dear to which he is willing to work under Shinka in order to see her once more even though he barely remembered her face anymore
When he remembered those moment, he let out a chuckle
"I guess I do love her…" Said Arashi with a smiles
For some reason that smile that Arashi made is making Rei heart to beat fast as she never saw him smiling like that before
Actually, it was her first time seeing someone smiles so brightly that it is giving her a new feeling but at the same time she was feeling a little bit sad over it
She wondered over that sad feeling she's having but she tried to shakes it off her mind and just enjoyed Arashi smile
"I see…"
"So, where is this girl you're talking about?" Rei asks trying to distract her feeling
Arashi is stunned after hearing Rei question that he felt into deep silent
Seeing how Arashi became silent, Rei realizes her mistakes and apologize
"I'm sorry, I should haven't asked that…" said Rei feeling guilty
Arashi just let out chuckle trying to brighten Rei as she felt guilty
"No it's fine, it just that she actually have been missing and I tried to find her again…"
"But I don't find any clue at all…"
Said Arashi feeling down
Looking Arashi feeling down, Rei thought of something to cheer him up
Just as she thought of something suddenly, she reminded of one thing that could cheer Arashi
She then quickly took Arashi head and lay it on top of her lap
That action of her shocks Arashi that he suddenly become flustered over it but then he saw Rei face is also turning red due to embarrassment but she's holding it as she gently strokes his hair
At that moment Arashi realizes that Rei is trying to cheer him up by doing so even though she is getting embarrassed over it
For that he just lay down on her laps and let her stroke his hair to make him happy
For some reason Arashi did felt comfort in her doing that…