111 Make a better lie

i can't sleep. kiyohira doesn't bother me again. i don't feel any movement beside me. seconds feel like hours. i pinch my lips together. my heart is uneasy. 

i hear the sound of the door closing. he has left the room. i sit up and look at the closed door. the tray is not there. is he returning? 

i have a feeling that he won't. i go for a quick bath. i didn't think that chisa would speak like that in front of the reporters. these petty actions don't sound like her. at the same time, they do sound like her. anger and desperation can change people. right now, i am sure that she's thinking of teaching me a lesson. hashimoto chisa will try to bend me to her will again. her pride won't let her kill me straight away when i started to attack her. 

i come out after taking the bath. kiyohira hasn't returned. i look for my clothes. i pick up kiyohira's shirt. i stare at it. it's clean like he is. i know. it's hard to accept a woman like me, but kiyohira is determined to show me that he loves me. someone like him deserves a better person than chisa and i. 

if i count the reasons why i shouldn't love him back, there are too many. i put back the shirt. i wear the blacktop and jeans. i pack my clothes and stuff. if i stay here, i will waver. there's no time for that. from this moment on, i can't stay where i can be easily found. he's likely to trace my phone again. i leave my phone behind. i know how far he will go. i should leave before he comes back.

the house is quiet and dark. there are two exits. i have no idea where kiyohira is. i go out of the back exit. i close the door and silently walk toward the road.

"where are you going?" 

i stop walking. he's leaning against the wall in the dark, smoking leisurely. there is no anger in his eyes. somehow, that scares me more than the usual kiyohira.

crap!

"are you planning on going to the honeymoon alone?" he takes languid steps toward me. "without me?"

"kiyohira, why are you here?" i use the bag as my shield. "i was only going to my father's home."

"at midnight?" he shakes his head. "make a better lie."

what are my chances of making to the road and hailing a cab if i run now?

kiyohira has better stamina. he can outrun me. 

"i leave you alone for a minute and you start having strange thoughts." he snatches the bag away from me. "i shouldn't be surprised. since i have passed the test of feelings, you would rather run away than face me."

"kiyohira, i -"

"i should have kept fucking you until you had no energy to use your brain to make crazy plans or feet to run away from me again." he grasps my forearm and drags me along with him. "it's fine if you fight with me. i don't mind if you doubt me. if you don't want children, that's alright. i can accept anything except you leaving me. got it?"

"no." i jerk his hand off my arm. "kiyohira, i am not the right woman for you. i don't want you."

"is that so?" he tosses the bag on the ground. his eyes are furious, but he's smiling. that's unnerving. 

"yes, i don't want you." it sounds ridiculous even to me. 

"don't want me?" he chuckles. he crosses his arms and tilts his head. "my wife, do you want me to prove you wrong?"

uh...

"don't want you as a husband," i clarify. i slowly step away from him. "i want to go to my father's place. i will file the divorce tomorrow. bye."

i start running away from him. there's a chance that i will be caught, but risks must be taken.

***

kiyohira takes three long steps and grabs the back of her shirt, pulls her back into his arms. he sighs tiredly when she shouts in protests. he cannot understand what is wrong with his wife. he knew that it would be difficult, but she's testing him in each second of their lives. at first, she wouldn't believe his feelings for her. now, she won't stay because he has feelings for her. 

he wonders if he likes her because she's crazy.

carrying her like a sack, he walks back into the house. the people in the house are awake because of her loud screams. the maids peek at them in confusion. takeshi raises his head, shakes his head once, and goes back to sleep. grandmother kamiyama comes out of the room and sees kiyohira climbing the stairs with a wild cat. rie is punching his back in rage. 

"there's no shame in youngsters these days," she grumbles and goes back to her room. even if she says anything, her grandson won't listen. 

he throws her on the bed. he's not angry. she has always been a difficult person. he wonders why he loves this woman.

"let me go." she glowers at him. "there are plenty of women who would marry you. have a happy life with them."

he puts his hands in pockets. earlier, he went out to buy condoms since she was stubborn about not having children. maybe it is not the right time to have children. he wouldn't like her to eat those pills when she's already taking other medicines. in such a short time, she already decided to escape the house.

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