Love has no rules, no boundaries.
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"I heard the new master is coming today!!"
"How is he like?"
"Will he be an old man?"
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Love can happen to anybody.
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"Uwa-aaa..." Tremble~
"I heard how he is..."
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Love can drive someone crazy.
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But most importantly,
"Whatever they may think, He is, always MINE."
Can love be a game, of snatching one's freedom?
Can it be way, to erase one's curse, or to bring it back?
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"Yes"
"Yes Ryou, let's head to the mansion."
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Only if... Only if that day I had realised,
Aimi would be with me...
...if she did not promise...
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For each life you spare, I surrender myself to you for the day.
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Volume 2: Maiden's Outcome
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"Well, when I told you to hold the mansion when I come back..." Ryou said with utter disbelief...
"I DID NOT MEAN THIS!" was he mad?
"Kuuuu~" No, He was blushing!
"Why, what's wrong with beautiful ladies as your maids?!" Sayuri said in anger!
Infront of Ryou stood five beautiful ladies. All looked at them with curious eyes, one even stared him a little too much~
Ryou was flustered, as much as he could be embarassed, he was it all!
"Let me explain it to you, okay?" Sayuri sighed.
She was a little nervous, but her nervousness was overriden by her confidence!
"If you don't know, I specialise in hotel managing!" She said.
Ryou wasn't so surprised, he asked
"What does this have to do with this?"
"Oh, you will know in a moment..." She said.
"Since I came here, I must do my job, right?" Sayuri added.
"Huh? A job?"
"Yup! You did not realise by now? I came here looking for a job, and so I hired all the maids!" Sayuri said happily.
"What?....WHAT?!" Ryou was shocked!
"You never told me..." He turned at Aimi
Fidget~
"Umm...I was nervous okay?" She said.
"Nervous for what?!"
"So, where's my pay??" Sayuri said looking all innocent, hiding behind that mischievous mask.
"you came here looking for a pay too?!"
"Uwa-aaa!! Will I not get my money now??" She pouted
"Okay okay, here's three thousand yen" Ryou took out his wallet
"Do I look like a child to you?!"
"Five thousand?"
"We have a deal." She made a handshake with Ryou and-
"NO!" Aimi shouted.
"What?"
"What?"
Both Ryou and Sayuri were confused, what's the shout for?
"It looks like they get along well, heheh.." The maids giggled.
"T-there's going to be no touching of any woman to Ryou, okay?!" Aimi said, her face blushed in red.
For Aimi, it was a clear memory of she once became a maid.
Was her Ryou going to be stolen? That's what made her fear!
"Hold on, who asked you to come here and hire the maids though?" Ryou asked Sayuri.
"I told you, it was Aimi!" Sayuri said happily once again!
Damn it, this girl... No manners?! Ryou had already became old man infront of these young ladies at this point~
"Aimi... Seriously?" He asked Aimi for a final time, was this really her doing?
To which, Aimi said...
"Well i-i do admit asking Sayuri to help us with this while we were gone but ..."
She revealed as her lips moved to say,
The actual truth...
Which was...
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"I never said I wanted any female maids!"
This, was the peak of her jealousy!
Sayuri was tired of it all!
There would be too much competition for me...isn't it? Aimi thought.
Sayuri said with her being only sensible person in the mansion, that
"Oh well, here we go again!"
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Chapter 66: A New Mansion
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"This, is AYA!" Sayuri presented the maids, as if she introduced cars.
"Hello.....~" Aya said confidently.
Aya was a blonde haired light skinned girl with blue eyes, she was quite tall, even intriguing Ryou with her tall height~
"Somebody's short~" She mocked Ryou.
"I am literally an inch taller than you..." Ryou sighed. Is this whom he's going to deal with?
"She is going to be uhh, what were you doing again?" Sayuri forgot what her question originally was.
"Logistics- yes, logistics!" Aya said interrupting Sayuri.
"Woah, an electrician?"
"Are you deaf? She said logistics!" Sayuri scolded Ryou.
"..." Ryou still couldn't process it.
"Sigh... A logistic maid of this mansion would be somebody who handles the overall groceries, other resources and any package deliveries that the master has ordered in the past...!" She explained.
Gasp!
"A maid can do all that?!" Ryou was surprised!
"I'm paid for it..." Aya said elegantly.
"Well, she is also quite handy in the kitchen, but she's quite the eater of her own food~" Sayuri teased Aya!
"Hey!! Cut that out!" Aya flustered in embarrassment!
Meanwhile, Ryou smiled from the background as he thought to himself,
Maybe... This is how I'll get something as close as to a family huh? I love it...
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"This is Emi!"
"Good evening, master." She bowed down.
"Emi is actually one of my own friends, she has no job so I thought, why not ask her to tag along?" Sayuri explained.
"..." Emi kept quiet to maintain her mannerisms, though it was quite clear she was nervous infront of her master~
Waaa....waa~ He's so tall...how is he so lean yet muscular? That hairstyle...it just suits him! She thought.
"Emi, why don't you tell him what things can you do?" Sayuri asks as she pats on her back.
"Well, umm, master, I can do anything for you. From cleaning to cooking, and even doing services, I guess I can do it all... Please take care o-of me and be...a l-little gentle okay?" She said in submission as her hands fidgeted.
Emi was a little short, she was taller than Sayuri yet a little shorter than Aimi. She wore glasses and had black hair, her black pupils and dark hair came in contrast to her white maid dress, where she could be seen with a little less curves than the other maids~
"Do it all?!" Ryou got goosebumps!
"Services?!" Sayuri didn't expect that!
"This was your script?!" Aya's script wasn't so good either!
"Wait, SCRIPT?!" Ryou got even shocked!
"Wait, you did not know we had scripts?" Aya asked Ryou.
"You're the maid here, you didn't tell me!" Ryou scolded Aya.
"Well it's my first day here, duh!" Aya was embarassed!
"Oh my..." Ryou scratched his head, thinking how to deal with this maid!
But in the back of his head, he was actually quite satisfied and even happy with what he got!
A friend, is what he had now, that's for sure!
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"This is Yui!" Sayuri said with excitement
"Is she your another friend?" Ryou was a little exhausted.
Sayuri blushed as she said,
"No, the thing is..."
"I don't know her at all! Yipee!" She exclaimed.
"...what?" Ryou was confused.
Yui was a tall woman with glasses, it's safe to say she looked in her thirties while being in...
[Ryou's Perspective]
How old is she?
"Wait, how old are you again?" I was confused!
"My~ Master, it's not good to ask a woman's age, isn't it?" Yui said whilst blushing.
Uhh...what?
I turn around Aimi to ask,
"Is this true?"
Aimi was red, her fists clenched in anger. She said whilst sweating profusely
"I don't know..." Why would she be angry?
Yui har long hair, really long hair... And something else that was also big was...
Boing..!
DAMN IT! I MUST NOT-
"Master, your eyes..." She put a hand against her collarbone as she said.
NO, NO! TOO HORNY!
"I WAS NOT-"
"you just admitted it though..." Aya said.
"You speak alot for a maid!" I scold.
"Oh well, we should move on to the next!" Sayuri said in a hurry.
I didn't even get to know what this maid does!
Stare...
Huh, what was that?
"tsk..." Aimi clenched her teeth from behind.
It was like...
Aimi signalled be from behind
"Hm?" I looked back at her.
And as my eyeballs rolled back, I noticed
She was more jealous than she could ever be.
Uh-...what do I do?
"Ahah, it's...it's okay for now! I'll meet the rest of you later I guess, let's get to work for now! Okay?" I shrug them off.
And so, I begin walking...
Grab!
"Where do you think you're going?" She held my hand.
Her voice was posessive.
This, Aimi, is dangerous.
"Hey! Uhh... I mean..." I try making a reason.
Damn it, what do I do?!
"I mean, where are you going? Let's not get lazy shall we?"
CLAP!
Aimi turned her tone and mood to that of a happy one as she clapped her hands against each other.
Each maid sighed a breath of relief as they got to know Aimi is just a strict woman infront of them.
As for Sayuri...
"Sister...so dominant...mmh~"
Get away from my Aimi!
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Sayuri explained Ryou the other two maids.
"Now, the ones we are talking bout here are at a similar age group as Aimi, infact, they are alot similar to her in verious ways!" She said.
Aimi sighed in jealousy,
"Hmph!" She was still angry.
Two maids stood a little more nervous than the others, they seemed a little similar to Aimi.
"This is Miyu!" Sayuri said.
Miyu was another girl with glasses, similar to Ryou, she looked alot nervous. However, she...
Ryou thought,
Wait, why is she holding onto the other girl? Is she THAT nervous?
"She uhh, she's an orphan... From the same orphanage as Aimi, infact." Sayuri explained.
Why did she emphasize at the orphanage? I don't get it... Ryou thought to himself.
Aimi's anger also built upto a point.
"So, what can you do here?" She walked upto the maid and asked.
"Wait, Aimi, this isn't how you ask- she's nervous-"
"Shut up. A maid knows the other." Aimi said.
"Well, i-...I can ...I'll try my best to do whatever I can..." Yui said with nervousness.
"So useless, huh?" Aimi said.
Ryou didn't get it, why was Aimi so strict to those who came from her orphanage?
"The one that you're holding, is she useless too?" Aimi asked.
"Aimi this is too much, she's-" Sayuri's smile disappeared.
"Shut up if you want to stay." Aimi said as she turned violently as Sayuri.
"Okay, damn!" Sayuri stepped back.
Right now,
It was just Aimi, and the unknown maid.
As the two talked, at a distance Sayuri asked Ryou.
"Say, is she always that posessive?"
"Yeah, she is." Ryou answered.
However, he was not satisfied with how Aimi had acted towards the maid. It made him curious, what was the reason behind this?
"Hey, who is Yui and the girl next to her? Why are they so nervous and what's with their behaviour with Aimi?" He asked.
BADUMP!
Sayuri felt the utter nervousness as she was asked this question,
Ryou was confused.
Something's fishy. He thought to himself.
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After a moment, Sayuri finalled decided to answer,
"Fine, the girl there..."
She pointed at a gloomy looking girl, with long wavy black hair similar to Aimi's, while her skin was a little pale, her fingers were long and delicate. Her nails were sharp and she had red pupils, her dress looked neat but her body language...
Nothing looked normal about her.
"She is Arisa. She lost her parents at a car crash, and she was in police custody for two years of her life." Sayuri said.
"What! Why would you keep someone as fishy as her-" Ryou was frightened!
"It's because she left the orphanage, nobody adopted her." Sayuri said.
"But still..." He was not satisfied with the answer.
"We need to give her a place, so I thought, why not give her a chance over here?" Sayuri said with a smile.
"But to me..." Ryou recalled.
"Son, I have adopted a daughter but as a maid..."
"...Don't make my life a misery by making me fall for you...!"
"She has a curse!"
"Im your home maker maid..."
"Ryou...RYOU RYOU RYOU I LOVE YOU-"
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All of this, was too similar.
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"So, what can you do?" Aimi asked.
"I-...I ...will do s-same as the other maids..." Arisa replied, she was nervous!
"So useless too? Not very surprising..." Aimi said.
Grip...
"You can do it, Arisa..." Yui whispered into Arisa.
"What was that?" Aimi asked
Snatch!
Aimi broke the bond of hands played by Arisa and Miyu.
"Say, are you here because your friend is or because you have no hopes of living?" Aimi asked.
The question was rude, the coldness was even felt by even the other maids.
"Uwaa...she is so strict, isn't it?" Aya whisepered to Emi.
"That's a sign of a good person." Emi whispered back.
"Is she going to be the mistress??" Yui wondered.
"..." Arisa did not reply. Her eyes got ready.
Upon the Aimi's noticing, she stepped back as she said.
"I see, don't get close to the master apart from your professionalism, got it?" Aimi said, mocking her silence.
"Ahah...Hey, everyone, why the mood so heavy? Let's wrap it up!" Ryou said while he laughed nervously.
He walked upto Arisa, as he said
Pat!
"Listen Ari"
"N-nickname?" Miyu was surprised.
"Yeah, don't get nervous around here. We act and treat everybody like a family, even more than that! So make sure to adjust and earn yourselves so much...that you can escape this mansion and get an amazing job in the future!" Ryou said.
His encouragement was quite enough for even the other maids.
"That's...that's motivating actually, I like this guy." Aya said.
"Same here, he's a kind one ...eheheh" Yui said.
"Perhaps a master shall be motivating, hm?" Emi was impressed.
While on the other side...
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BLUSH~...
"T-thank...you...thank you..." Arisa said while stuttering.
"It's not a big deal to be honest. Well, everyone, let's wrap it here!" Ryou said.
Clap!
He clapped his hand together, as he introduced himself.
"I am Master Ryou, the CEO of Aikawa technologies and the owner of every property Aikawa family holds in Japan. There are alot of people who work with me, for me. But inside this mansion, ever since my father, had made a simple rule. Only the closest get to exist. And so, if you are here..." He countinued,
"You, are infact, very close and special to me. And with that, all of you, are in my care." He said.
"Does anybody have any further questions?" Sayuri asked.
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Nobody really asked anything, except for Arisa.
"Are you sure you want to ask this?" Miyu asked Arisa.
"Can I?" Arisa waas doubtful.
To which, Miyu said
"You can do it, Arisa!"
And so, she asked
"M-may we know..who Aimi is?" Arisa said with nervousness.
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"Eh-" Ryou had no answers.
On paper, Aimi wasn't declared to be the mistress of the household. And neither were the two married.
To add even more, Aimi still had that contract of her being a maid to the Aikawa family!
All of this, added with the authoritarian behaviours that Aimi showed,
What was he supposed to reply?!
And so, he said
"Uhh... S-she...she is..."
"I am Aimi Inoue, the head maid of this household. You all will be following my lead." She said confidently.
She saved the day! Ryou was relieved!
Meanwhile, Miyu poked Arisa
Poke!
"Huh?" She was confused
Miyu told
"I know what you want, and so..."
"I do not understand..." Arisa was confused.
"You can do it, Arisa!"
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***
The clock struck beyond evening.
"Everybody, let's get to work!"
Clap clap!
And so, the work began!
The maids went to the kitchen, where Aimi told them
"Let me tell you something, while we prepare today's dinner..."
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At Ryou's bedroom
WHAM!
"Uwaaaaaaah....!!!" Ryou threw himself to the soft, and cozy bed.
He thought to himself,
"Damn, today was crazy!" As much as he could recall!
[Ryou's Perspective]
I have finally my own family, huh?
Dad, this is what you meant when you told me...
"Son, one day you will have to take care of every worker in this mansion like your own family..."
Although I do not understand how it all works,
Maybe... with the help of Aimi, I can do it all!
"Yes, with Aimi's help, I will make all maids my own family, and then, all maids can have a good future!" I shout to myself!
"WITH AIMI? EVEN ARISE?"
"UWAAAAAA-"
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"Don't come to somebody's bedroom without knocking, Sayuri!" I scold her!
Turns out, she came in my room without letting me know first.
"It's a habit of mine, especially when I saw Aimi bouncing behind the bed..." Sayuri mocked me.
Wait, damn it! She remembers that moment?
"Is that seriously why you came here...?" I asked.
"Not really. I came to tell you, err... warm you, actually." Sayuri said.
"What?" Huh? What was that?
"Just how much do you trust Aimi these days?" She asked me.
What kind of question is that?
"Well, more than enough... I guess?" I said.
"I did not ask you that. By how much I wish to know just how much." She was persistent with her question.
"Well, to the point where she decides what I will eat, wear or my routine?" I say
"Oh my...god"
Sayuri gave me a horrifying disgusted look, as she said
"Just why...why so much?"
"Because, I love her, I guess." I say.
"She isn't the person you know, Ryou..."
"What so you mean?"
"I will leave it here, Aimi is changed." Sayuri said.
Before I could ask her anything,
Shushhh...
WHAT?!
She put up a finger on my lips as she whispered into my ears
"I will tell you this, kill Aimi before the time comes."
...what?
*Creaaaakk
Shut!
Sfx: door close
With that, she just left the room, while I laid on my bed, thinking to myself.
"Just who are you, Aimi?"
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At the kitchen
Aimi stood at the back of the kitchen, giving everyone orders while the maids worked hard.
Sfx: vegetable cutting
On one side, vegetables were being cut, curry was being made and somewhere in the kitchen was commotion!
All maids listened curiously to Aimi's story.
"While I was around fourteen, I came to this mansion."
"Whaaat?" Aya whispered among the maids.
"That's absurd! Right?" Yui was confused!
"Perhaps a child labour? Very unfair of the previous master..." Emi chopped the carrots.
Fssshhhhh!
The sounds of carrot going into the pan came loud and clear.
And rice was cooked!
"Everyday, I was abused in this household, until..."
"He came."
Aimi countinued
"Even in the abusive household where all maids despised me for my young age, he made me believe that living through an impossible day is possible..."
The stove was lit on the other side, eggs cracked at the sizzled at the pan.
"We want to hear more!" Aya asked.
"What more do you want to hear? If I loved him, my life would be a misery. That's all!" Aimi said with casually.
"W-what?" Emi was surprised.
Yui asked
"But how could somebody, be miserable if they like somebody?"
"If I loved him, my day would be never over... But I decided to love him even if my life turns a misery..." Aimi said.
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"You can do it, Arisa!" Miyu said.
Arisa heard the entire stroy of Aimi, she was shocked at each event she was being told.
"R-really?" She asked.
"Ofcourse you can, you will, infact!" Miyu smiled.
"Who can do what?"
"Uhhh, ehehe, we were just..."
"If you ever try to lack on work again, you will be not given a months salary." Aimi warned them.
"S-sorry... Could I ask a question?" Arisa said.
"Hm? What is it?" Aimi was curious.
"What are Master's preferences?" Arisa asked.
Blush...~
"Oh my god..."
Aimi blushed at the hint of the question, her heart beated so fast as she told the entire story of how Ryou liked what, with no stopping in any where in between,
The only words that echoed in Arisa's mind was
"You can do it, Arisa!"
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At the hall
The clock struck night
"Mmm, it's actually good!" Ryou said as he hurried with his food!
"I-im glad you like it, master~" Emi blushed as she saw Ryou eating.
"Why don't you guys eat?" He asked.
"But...it was written in the etiquette that we are supposed to eat after..." She said in a low voice.
"OOH- I'm dumb!" Ryou thought of himself!
The maids took their leave.
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The conversation countinued,
"So, Sayuri, does Aimi have any relatives?" He asked.
"Yes, she does. Her mother's side of the family is where I come from. Her mother had three sisters." She explained.
"My mother would be the eldest sister, While Aimi's mother was..."
"The youngest?" Aimi asked.
"Exactly, my mother often used to contact her mother... But somehow, unfortunately she never picked up the call." Sayuri said.
"My mother's marriage was failing, if I am honest. I was seen as the only point that caused them to act like a family..." Aimi said
"I shouldn't have asked that..." Ryou felt bad.
"N-no! It's not a big deal, besides, I have a husband now, right?"
"Husband?!"
"Yeah, why?" Aimi asked as she fed Ryou herself.
Sayuri got a little busy on her phone.
"Well, Aimi, a husband is too much, isn't it?"
Ring....!
"Hello?" Sayuri was on a call.
"Ofcourse, Husband is too much little, right? I should call you my toy instead!" Aimi said happily!
"What?! No! I meant like we can take this slow-" Ryou said
"You have already seen my body, and so did I! Why take it slow now?"
"What....?! You can't say that infront of everybody!" Ryou was mad!
In the midst of their lovers' quarrel, Sayuri said
With a horrifying panicked face.
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"Guys..."
She sweated profusely, as she was about to tell...
"What happened?" Ryou was concerned.
"Are you alright?" Aimi asked.
"..." Sayuri stayed silent for a moment, before finally telling
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The new chapter of a life, that was about to reveal a new truth about Aimi, it was...
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"We might need to visit my village because..."
"Aimi, my mother wishes to see you and Ryou..."
"What?!"
"She says..."
As she countinued,
"THERE IS SOME TRUTH ABOUT YOUR MOTHER."