Offering

Aww, my cheek hurts. Was that only a dream?

I was holding my cheek as I sat, I looked around and there was no sword. Maybe I fainted, I pat my tumny and noticed that I was not pregnant, too.

"Hey, are you okay now?" I heard a deep mild male voice from behind. I turn around, he has a jet black hair and a bluish eye color. He also has a white complexion. He looks like… I jolted, Hajime!?

Why is he here? What is he doing here? But without him here I could have been sleeping on the floor the whole day...

He helped me sit down, his arms are on my back supporting me. On that spot, if I don't know him well I will blush on that position.

I was looking on the ground. "Hey, Catherine." I looked at his worried face and answered, " I am fine… I think so."

He sighed in relief, and he stood me up. He asked me with sarcasm, " Are you always sleeping on the floor?" then he smiled. "What do you think of me?" I mumbled. He is really good at annoying me. He leaned forward, his face is near me now, still with that annoying smile.

"What did you say?" he said with a smile

I managed to smile and asked, "Why are you here?"

He stood up straight and I think his mood easily changed.

He looks like Hikaru except the eyes, nothing more nothing less. Their attitude is the total opposite of the other. This is the third time he visited me here. The first one was when he returned because he forgot something, the second was he bought me supplies for a month and this one... What could be his business here.

His face turned serious, he fixed his tux and he now look professional, he looked serious. He turned his back on me, both his hands were on his back. He took a quick glance on me and said, " I need to talk to you about a job"

I wasn't able to reply on that because he roamed around.

He went to the kitchen and opened the fridge. He turned around, I can see he looked dismayed.

He went to his room, I don't know but a few minutes passed, noriceable he changed wardrobe. "Can you laundry my tux? Please don't ruin it" then this annoying grin appeared again

Argh! He's so annoying

"Hey Cath, let's go outside." That mood shift easily. I think Hajime's a bipolar (just kidding). We wore our jackets and went outside. I did noticed that I was only gone for a few hours but in there it took me three days..

We walked to the grocery since it was just near the house. He gets a push cart, "Hey Cath, do you want to work in our family business?" he asked me as he walked to the shelves filled with bread loaves. He looked at me , I am still in awe... He snapped his fingers infront of me and reality hit me back, Whoa! Wait, what? Did I just heard it right? Family?

He caught me staring at him, " So, are you interested in the job? Or me?" then he winked at me then, suddenly laughed. He really knows how to annoy me. I crossed arms and a grumpy frown was painted on my face. He is really annoying.

I frowned, anger is painted on my face. When he seems he won't stop that smile, I punched him in the arm. "Aww! I guess that it's a yes" he said, I crossed arms annoyed. I still followed him as he shops. Bread loaves, milks, jams, butter, oil, meats, vegetables, fish, canned goods, noodles, paper towels, toiletries, and so on.

He sure shops a lot. Maybe annoying me is one of his reason to overcome his sadness for losing mom, but he is stressing me ...

We were in the counter, he was finished shopping for groceries when he gave me a schedule for an interview. He offered me a part – time job. Should I take the opportunity? How about my job in the cafe? Maybe I should go check his offer before I quit the cafe. After paying in the cashier, we carried the grocery bags back to my house.

He left the grocery bags on the kitchen table, " I hope you like it, I'm not here to bribe you." He sure easily change mood and attitudes. Those weren't his, he bought me again groceries.

He went to his room to change clothes again, this time he was wearing a white long sleeved

polo.

"I'll have my secretary fetch my clothes, please do laundry it" he was smiling then "Bye, Cath." He said and he messed my hair. "Hey, not the hair!" I said while fixing it.

He smiled, I annoyingly thanked him. We looked at each other and in his eyes I can see the longing. He wore his coat and shoes and went out.I peeked at the window and returned to the cough. I heard him opening the car's door and suddenly he started the car and drove off. I went to the kitchen table and organized the groceries.

In a snap, I remembered the place I saw before I woke up, it was a palace with a wide courtyard, trees were abundant in the place, servants can be seen busy doing their jobs. Hikaru who was the emperor, was very mild, the total opposite of my step-brother. Aiomi, the short tempered (my first impression on him)...

Now what should I do? If I accept Hajime's job proposal I have to quit my part time in the cafe, maybe I have to think this over a couple of times before deciding.

I remembered Hikaru, he really looks like Hajime. How was him? How about Aiomi and the others? What happened to them, or was it just really a dream? But it seems it was not a dream... It is very clear.

After I organized the bunch of groceries, I took a slice of bread, placed a jam on it, a warm chocolate and ate it. Afterwards, I went to the spa room near my bedroom, I need to relax.

I fill the tub with warm water, I removed all my garments and dip in it. I feel the warmth embracing my whole being, and that relaxing feeling made me feel sleepy. I scrubbed my body and washed up. I grabbed my bunny bathrobe and went out of the tub.

I went to my room and get dressed. I lie down on my bed and prepare to sleep.