She breathed in deep and opened the room. It was dark so she felt by the wall for a light switch. Rika flipped it on and gasped at what the light revealed to her. It was a big room with a baby grand piano right in the middle. She looked around the room. It was a beautiful room. The walls and the ceiling were lined with special material for acoustics. Rika looked to one side. There was a violin on a stand. Rika examined it closely and remembered a dear friend. Well she can’t really call that person a friend anymore. Rika has forgotten her name. All that Rika remembered was a promise they made and that kawaii name her friend called her.
OMGASS I WAS RIGHT!!!
That must have been from when they were really, REALLY young if Rika can't remember her name.
Ayaka handed some of the folders to Hitomi “Ayumi and I studied them before you arrived and we found that since it was opened in 1990 until 2001, CorPrint was doing well financially, actually being able to topple the older, more established Ichii Printers. That was when a new company, PubCom offered a merger to CorPrint. It seems that CorPrint rejected the offer at first. But in 2002, for some reason we still haven’t seen yet, CorPrint seemed to have lost a lot of money. That was when the issue of a merger was raised again. In this board meeting minutes, dated October 2002, the contracts were already being drafted.”
“What happened? Why didn’t the merger push through?”
“The contracts have been finalized. Only one signature was left missing…… …Yoshiko…” Ayaka looked down on the floor not wanting to have to tell Hitomi whose.
“… …Let me guess… my father’s…”
“Yes…”
Hitomi closed her fist tight. “…He planned this… I can feel it… He crushed Ishikawa CorPrint… and nobody saw how it happened…”
Wouldn't surprise me if Yossi's dad was the one that organized the collapse of CorPrint, and then intentionally refused to sign the deal in the end as a type of punishment for not agreeing to the earlier merger. It also would have served as an example to the rest of the industry that PubCom was a force to be reckoned with.
“He fucked up Rika’s life even worse than how he did mine!!!” Hitomi cried. “The company that I brought up from almost nothing is the same company that took Rika’s life away from her! I strengthened a company built upon the ashes of Rika’s life!”
Mai grabbed Hitomi by the shoulders. “Yoshiko, it wasn’t you. It’s that old man.”
And what's even worse is that Yossi's dad is still trying to act like he's still the head honcho of the company, even though it's Ken that actually owns it, and Yossi who's actually making the day-to-day decisions to run it.
Somewhere in Sampaloc, Manila...
*snip*
Yeah, hopefully these 2 get what's coming to them for doing what they did to Rika.
Arriving at the door, she was about to unlock the door when her cellphone rang. It was the Eyes.
“We got new leads. She is in the Philippines.” the Eyes immediately hung up but Hitomi didn’t care about that now.
Hmmm...who was it that the Eyes were assigned to find?
Hitomi walked to the discreetly hidden music room. Opening the door, she found Rika playing. She saw Rika smile that way again. That familiar smile.
Rika had her eyes closed as she played. Did Rika notice that I’m here? standing at the door? Maybe not. Hitomi smiled to herself seeing that Rika’s memorized the piece. She’s good. She really is a daughter of Ishikawa Yumiko Hitomi thought to herself as she heard several technique variations in Rika’s playing style.
Yossi's familiar with the playing style of Rika's mom?
in the Church of the Gesu, Ateneo campus, Quezon City...
*snip*
And people wonder why the Catholic Church is accused so often of corruption.
Going to be interesting to see what Jin's going to do when he finds out who Rika is. Hopefully Rika's Pino "family" doesn't find out where she is (though it wouldn't be surprising is a certain father happened to tell them).
“You wanna go out?”
Rika stood there thinking about it. It doesn’t matter as long as I’m with you… She just shrugged.
“I’ll take that as a yes. Let me just take a quick shower, okay? We’re going to buy groceries.”
Rika walked off to her room. She was drenched in sweat. I think I need to take a shower too.
They should....um...."conserve water", if you know what I mean.
Rika walked out to the living room to see Hitomi sitting on the couch, waiting for her. After seeing Hitomi’s shirt, Rika blushed. They were wearing the same color.
Awwwwwwwww...
*In malls in the Philippines, there are security checks on all doors where guards would frisk the customers for bombs and other dangerous weapons.
Don't forget that the 7-11's will have security guards wearing full SWAT gear.
Even the female security guard looked awkwardly at Hitomi but said nothing. After the whole frisking ordeal was done and over with, the two proceeded to the supermarket area.
I'd laugh if the female security guard "accidentally" groped Yossi.
Moving on, Rika stood by Hitomi somewhat looking afraid and poked at Hitomi’s rib with her elbow.
“Nani?”
Rika took out her sketchpad. “Which do you like the most, breasts, thighs or legs?”
Hitomi’s blood rush to her head and looked at Rika with a naughty smile. Rika… I didn’t know you—Her thought and blood screeched halt when she read what Rika wrote next “just go to the freezer and get what part of chicken you like.”
Oh Yossi, guess it's pretty clear where YOUR mind is right now.
“Ang ganda ng girl tapos ang guapo pa nung guy. Parang artista!
Oh man, they all still think Yossi's a dude!
Rika continued to walk, increasing her speed, leaving Hitomi behind.
“Rika!”
Rika did not slow down. She was smiling to herself, pleased that Hitomi was running after her.
Hitomi sped up even more, finally catching up with Rika. “I really think we look good together…”
Rika suddenly stopped and gave Hitomi a quick peck on the cheek before running out the store and back to the car.
Wooo!
“Hicchan, why are you so good to me?”
Hitomi didn’t expect that question coming. She just wrapped her arms around Rika’s shoulders. She felt that she couldn’t keep it a secret anymore. Hitomi closed her eyes and leaned in close to Rika’s ear. “Because…Rika… I love you…”
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH SHE SAID IT!!!
Ayaka came to the condo early in the morning to sneak in the cooking oil that she forgot to buy for Hitomi the other day. Expecting Rika to be awake this early, Ayaka was surprised to see that the whole flat was dark. She flipped on the switch of the dim lights to see Hitomi and Rika asleep on the couch in an embrace.
Aww… Yoshiko… As disrespectful as it really was, Ayaka took out her camera phone out and took a picture of the two. Mai and Ayumi are gonna love this.
Ooooooooooh...sneaky Ayaka. Yossi and Rika are gonna kill her if they find out about that.
Hitomi headed to the bathroom. The warmth of Rika’s skin lingered on hers and she didn’t want to wash it away with her cold shower. Rika’ scent even stuck on Hitomi. She didn’t want to wash that away either. …Aha!... Hitomi suddenly had a great epiphaniy. She snuck into Rika’s bathroom and took her target. She walked back to her bathroom with the same stealth as going into Rika’s. Good thing Rika was busy preparing her another delicious breakfast.
Oh, what did Yossi take there? Rika's shampoo, or is Yossi planning on wearing something... "
unmentionable" of Rika's when she's done with her shower?
“Sugoi! Peach-mango crepe.”
Rika laid the bigger plate right in front of Hitomi. Hitomi looked down at her plate. Her eyes widened at the sight of the crepes. “Hey… I can’t eat this…” The whipped cream on top of the crepes read. “I love you too, Hicchan.”
Hitomi arrived late at the office. 8:30. The receptionist greeted her, “Good morning, Yoshizawa-san, some papers came in from Matsuura Motors. They’re on your desk now.”
”Thank you.”
Entering her office, Hitomi went straight to her desk to see the contracts signed.
Ayaya kept her word.
On the contract was a small post-it note that read: “Mikitty thinks your personal assistant’s been taking care of you pretty well. She said you look great.”
Oh yeah, Miki-sama knows.
*YOMIKI HISTORY*
Ahhhhhhhhhhhh... I see. But of course their father's were thinking first and foremost about their businesses rather than their children's happiness.
Poor Aya wasn't aware of their plotting.
I wonder why Aya's dad didn't want Miki getting close to Aya? You'd think that he would have seen Miki's potential as an employee the same way that Yossi's dad did.
But of course, he was helpless when Ayaya was elected company president.
GAM!!!
She just had a meeting with AviCor’s legal committee to present them the contract so they can register the “new” name of Y. AviCor and Matsuura Motors: Y-M AviAnMotoCor (Yoshizawa-Matsuura Aviation And Motors Corporation). How lame…
Dang.
She went down to the recording studio in the 11th floor. The recording staff were stunned to see the president. They were recording the back up vocals for Goto Maki’s latest single. It was a joint project with Avex.
MAKI-CHAN!
As Hitomi walked out of the studio, her cellphone rang.
“Moshi moshi…”
“…Ayaka… what’s up?”
“We’re going to eat lunch at the cafeteria. Care to join us?”
“Sure, I’m at the 11th floor. I’ll just meet you at the cafeteria.”
Hmmmmmmmmmmm...what does Ayaka have planned?
... woah... 7 hours ... no comments?!
gawd... am i losing it?
Some of us just need more time to get caught up.
Just then a 10 year old boy walked out of the house the pair was watching.
An evil grin crept up the woman’s face at the sight of the boy. “May naisip ako…”
Don't tell me, let me guess, the kid's got street connections, and one of them spotted Rika with Yossi.
*YOSSI TELLS AYAKA, MAI, & AYUMI ABOUT HER AND RIKA CONFESSING*
Yossi =
Ayaka/Mai/Shiba-chan =
“... So, how come you smell like her now? You can’t get that from just eating crepes…” Ayaka and Mai had an evil grin on their faces.
“As embarrassing as it may sound…”
“Yes?...” The three rubbed their hands together
“I…”
C'mon, what is it already? Shampoo...or... something
"unmentionable"?
“Yes…?” The three move in closer.
“I stole her soap…”
Laughter broke out on the table.
Awww...I was hoping for the something unmentionable. Oh well, this is still cute.
Yossi =
Ayaka/Mai/Shiba-chan =
“What? I know it’s funny that I stole soap but what’s with that laugh?”
Mai was the first to regain composure of the three. “Well we thought there was another way that you could’ve rubbed her scent on to you…”
A puzzled Hitomi couldn't get their the hint. “What? How?... … … ”
Ayaka stood up and said declaratively “I therefore conclude that the densest matter on earth is Yoshiko…”
Yossi =
Mai =
Yossi =
Ayaka =
“But you, Yoshiko,” Mai pointed a finger at Hitomi’s nose “are a particular type of ‘guy’…”
“Hey, that’s not true!”
“…yeah… well almost everybody back home thinks so especially Fujimoto’s family, you know?”
“That was fake! I didn’t touch her…”
“Oh, sure… tell that to the bedsprings in that hotel room you guys slept in before graduation…”
“We jumped on that bed…”
“Whatever… we had our stethoscopes on…”
“Hey… guys… Ayumi here might get the wrong idea and tell Rika…”
“So… now you’re scared Rika might find out….”
“Well no… Rika loves me so she trusts me enough…”
Oooooooooooooooooh...why do I get the worrisome feeling that this part is going to come back to bite someone in the ass?
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