10 First Kiss

Mr. Yamato was quite shocked to see Ryu with a beautiful woman when they arrived inside the private room assigned for them.

Ryu, introduced Arya as his girlfriend. "Oh, I see now why Mr. Ken never wavered whenever I ask him to see my daughter. He was already with a one of a kind beauty."

Arya thank him and gave him her sweetest smile for his compliment.

They dined in a Japanese restaurant. Ryu and Mr. Yamato talked about business stuffs and she can't relate at all since she graduated on a different field far from business. It seems that Mr. Yamato was a good associate to Ryu based on their chats and bantering.

Arya just enjoyed the Japanese foods while she let the two talks. She was surprised with Ryu's thoughtfulness. Every now and then he will ask if she wanted to try this and that. He even put the various meals on her plate.

"What are you doing? Are trying to ditch this Old Man now with your sweetness?" Mr. Yamato complained while laughing. Then he added, "So the rumors about you being ruthless and cold were all groundless then."

Ryu smiled and answered, "They are not groundless. That's true for those who tried to mess up with me. I definitely hunt and bring them down. Mercy was out of my vocabulary for them."

"That's more like you." Mr. Yamato commented as he poured sake to Ryu.

Arya's face on the other hand paled. Her eating was stopped upon hearing Ryu's words. 'Arya you are doomed!' she thought to herself.

That moment she felt something was stuck inside her neck so she suddenly cough. Ryu gently tapped her back as he handed her the water.

"I'm sorry," she murmured after calming herself up. "No worries dear. I actually like you. I hate girls who ate so little just to act feminine on others. You are cool." Mr. Yamato winked at her and Arya just smiled. Then Ryu spoke, "That's one of the reason I like her. She's the real thing."

If only the whole ground could eat her alive at that moment she would gladly buried herself down because of the shame she was feeling. 'If only he knew.' She thought as she looked at Ryu who was smiling thoughtfully at her.

After that lunch, Ryu bid his farewell to Mr. Yamato and held her hand as they walked out from the restaurant. Arya did not react since she thought this was needed as Mr. Yamato seemed to be still looking at their back.

"This feels nice," she heard Ryu murmured. Arya pursed her lips in confusion. It does felt nice but it does felt wrong too at least on her part because the butterflies were once again inside of her stomach attacking her.

"Let's walk more, I saw a park nearby. I heard that the cherry blossoms and hanami were something to look at there." She heard Ryu spoke. He was still holding her hand and she can't even bother to pull her hand out from him. It was like she was struck to be frozen at that moment.

When they arrived at the park, Arya felt a little bit unease when she noticed most of the people were lovers enjoying the beautiful view of the cherry blossoms.

Leaves were falling and she saw Ryu pick one on her hair. Arya smiled when she saw some fell also on Ryu's head. She lifted her hand to pick it. When she was about to pull back her hand Ryu suddenly held her wrist as he looked directly on her eyes.

The clock stopped at that moment as if the two of them were the only people at the park.

'Something was not right with this scene!' Arya thought as panic was starting to penetrate her. Before she could even react, she heard Ryu spoke, "Arya I want you to be my girlfriend for real."

Arya's jaw dropped, she can't find her own voice to respond on that question. When she finally got a hold of herself she said, "Isn't it a little bit too early? You know me just for three days."

Ryu smiled as he looked at her eyes, "That's why I want you to be my girlfriend now, to know you more, to know you better."

Arya's lips twitched, "What if I am a bad person? I told you not to like me. You will definitely regret that later."

Ryu just laughed. He was obviously not taking her words seriously."I don't see the point why not to like you."

"I have warned you not to like me okay. I'm a bad person and you'll definitely get hu…."

Her words were cut by Ryu's lips that sealed hers not giving her the opportunity to speak further while his hands cupped her face.

Arya just froze. That was her first kiss. She's been in a relationship with Jim for almost a month but they never got to the point of kissing yet. The farthest he can do was just to kiss and hold her hands then hug her. Maybe that was why he had an affair with someone who can satisfy him physically.

It was a gentle kiss; his lips were so warm against hers. 'So this was the feeling of the first kiss?' she thought inwardly as she felt her own heart's thumping out loud.

Then she felt him pulled himself making just enough space to look into her eyes as he spoke, "you talk too much. Let's just try how far we can like each other shall we? Don't ruin the mood with your negativity." He was smiling like a loving boyfriend at her as he winked before he released her face and just held her hand once more.

'Who the hell will give a warning before doing something awful to a person?' Ryu just laughed inwardly. Arya was really funny and he found her even more attractive. She no longer said any word of refusal and Ryu was happy about it. He felt alive whenever he was with her.

Who cares if it's just a few days since they've met? There are still a lot of days to know each other more and see how long the relationship can grow.