Chapter 13

Slowly waking up, Naomi felt a heaviness under her waist. She opened her eyes to see what was preventing her from moving when, to her surprise, she saw a strong arm encircling her body.

At that very moment, she felt a soft breath on her neck. She turned her face to see who the arm belonged to, and again to her surprise, the one beside her was Tatsuo. With a cry of surprise, Naomi threw herself out of bed.

"AAAAAH!" Naomi shouted.

With Naomi's sudden scream, Tatsuo woke up and stood up still sleepy, dropping the scarf that covered him and revealing his toned chest, his tousled hair falling under his forehead. Naomi, sitting on the floor, was numb at the sight of this majestic spectacle.

But she soon came back to consciousness and searched her memories of how she had spent the evening with Tatsuo, but could not come to a conclusion and asked nervously:

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN MY ROOM?" cried Naomi nervously and embarrassed.

Tatsuo let out a long yawn and looking at Naomi, who had her cheeks red, raised an eyebrow, then said:

"Are you always this noisy or do you do it just to annoy me?" said Tatsuo while smoothing his hair. "You say this is your room, but the whole house belongs to me, so just like the other rooms this room belongs to me. Yaawn," he yawned again.

Naomi boiled with anger at Tatsuo's arrogant and sarcastic tone of voice, and controlling herself not to advance on his neck, Naomi said:

"Mr. Tatsuo, I know the mansion is yours. But the room has been lent to me and..."

"Hmmm. I'm glad you know it's borrowed," Tatsuo said, interrupting Naomi. "It would be a headache for me if I didn't know."

Naomi took a deep breath and once again tried to calm herself, for she knew that he was doing everything on purpose to make her lose her patience and calm. As, Tatsuo smiled and was amused to see Naomi try to control herself and keep her composure in front of him.

"Continuing what I was trying to say. And why did you come to sleep here?" At that very moment, Naomi had a flash of thought. " Wait, you didn't do anything weird to me while I was sleeping, did you?"

Tatsuo raised one of his eyebrows again and made a nasty expression and, looking seriously at Naomi, said:

"I'm not interested in children, and I wouldn't take advantage of someone who is sleeping. The thing is, the bed in this room is one of the best."

"Okay, if this is the best bed, I'll sleep in another room." Naomi said fearfully.

"Do it," said Tatsuo getting up from the bed to get his robe that was on a chair.

For the first time, Naomi could see on Tatsuo back the imposing dragon surrounding a skull, it was a terrifying tattoo but of great significance, which aroused the curiosity to know why he had tattooed that image.

And he headed for the door, and Tatsuo continued, saying. "Do you plan to keep sitting on the floor until Satoru arrives? Or are you going to take a shower and change out of those weird pajamas."

"Grrr!" Naomi growled angrily. "What's wrong with my pajamas?"

Tatsuo looked at Naomi who boiled with anger and with a disdainful look and a sideways smile, and turned to port and opened it, when suddenly he bumped into Satoru who was standing in front of the door.

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Minutes earlier, walking down the hallway, Satoru was adjusting the time on his watch, so that everything would be done according to the mansion's schedule, when he stopped in front of the door and about to enter, when the door opened and to his surprise he found himself face to face with his boss Tatsuo, defeated he said:

"Good morning, Mr. Tatsuo, what to do in Naomi's room so early in the morning? Did she do something that upset you?"

"Don't worry, Satoru, she has provided me with one of the most enjoyable evenings, and that's it," said Tatsuo.

Naomi quickly gets up upon hearing the conversation and shouts:

"WHAT, WHAT KIND OF DOUBLE-MEANING ANSWER IS THIS?"

But she was completely ignored. Satoru nodded, and said with no expression on his face:

"I understand, sir. And I'm glad you had a good rest."

And again Naomi shouted, trying to reverse the whole situation:

"SATORU DON'T YOU DARE THINK THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING BETWEEN ME AND THIS NOCTURNAL PERVERT."

Tatsuo and Satoru looked at Naomi, whose cheeks were redder than a pepper, but ignored what she was saying and continued their conversation. Meanwhile, Naomi rolling her eyes went straight to the bathroom to take a shower.

"I'll go to my room now and then go down for breakfast," said Tatsuo.

"All preparations for breakfast, are completed, awaiting only your arrival, Mr. Tatsuo." Satoru informed. "I will bring Naomi and then join you in the dining room."

Tatsuo nodded and turned to go to his room, which was at the end of that same corridor, near the library.

Satoru entered the room and noticed that Naomi was already in the bathroom and says:

"I see you are already getting the rhythm of the house. Soon I won't have to pick you up from your room, so there won't be any delays."

Inside the bathroom, Naomi muttered angrily, saying:

"As far as I'm concerned, you don't even have to have come from the beginning."

While waiting, Satoru looked at his wristwatch and said:

"However, the time you take in the bathroom, I guess I'll just have to keep coming back as usual."

"This obsession of yours with time and very annoying." Naomi said as she came out of the bathroom dressed in black jeans and a long-sleeved red blouse with a high collar and drying her long light brown hair.

"What you call obsession and I call organization. For time is what separates us from the clutches of death."

Naomi put on an expression of disinterest and said:

"Four eyes, you sound like an old man saying these things. But you still give me the creeps."

Satoru gives Naomi a cold, icy stare, who feels a shiver and says:

"Sorry four eyes."

"As a punishment, I should leave her without breakfast. But I received strict orders from Mr. Tatsuo to take good care of you," Satoru said, adjusting his square glasses on his face.

Naomi realized that Satoru diligently carried out everything Tatsuo ordered him to do, but that he also did it out of sheer will, so she began to wonder to what extent they worked together to be so loyal. But she soon realized that they were a Yakusa, a criminal organization that had principles and traditions.

"Are you ready yet? Let's go down and have breakfast," said Satoru.

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When Naomi arrived in the dining room, Tatsuo was already waiting at the table, reading the newspaper, as he did every morning. Naomi felt her cheeks burn at the sight of his face, closed her eyes and took a deep breath, and sat down in the chair next to the host's, where Tatsuo sat.

Breakfast began to be served, while Naomi stared at Tatsuo, who was still reading the newspaper without realizing that she had arrived. When suddenly Tatsuo said:

"Is there something about my face that bothers you, Naomi?" said Tatsuo without taking his eyes off the newspaper.

Disconcerted, Naomi looking away and murmured said:

"Er... ahn... Unfortunately, no." and soon she was filled with anger and remembered to say. "But what surprises me is that you haven't apologized for what you did this morning."

Closing the newspaper, Tatsuo rests his right arm on the table and says, looking into Naomi's eyes:

"I have nothing to apologize for, like you, I didn't do anything wrong. We had a great night together," Tatsuo said as he smiled, enjoying the situation.

Naomi turned red again with a tomato and nervously clenched her fists on the table and said angrily:

"I told you to stop saying things with double meanings, you pervert."

Tatsuo can't help but smile as he was amused by the scene, then Satoru interrupts the conversation and whispers something in Tatsuo's ear and says:

"Thank you, for letting me know," shortly after, taking a sip of coffee from his cup, he continued. "Naomi and today you're going to your old apartment?"

"Ahn ... Yes I'm going today, after breakfast. All right?" replied a tense Naomi.

"Great. Satoru has already chosen who will do his escorting. I have to go now," Tatsuo said, getting up and leaving without looking back or saying anything.

Naomi finished eating her food quickly and went to her room to get a coat and her backpack. She then went downstairs to the foyer, where she found Satoru with Seiji and another long-haired man tied up.

"Come on, Naomi, hurries up. Seiji and Takashi will be your escort," said Satoru introducing the two men.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, and I'll be under your care," Naomi said, bowing.

"Hey, runaway girl. No need to be that formal," Seiji said, stroking Naomi's head, which was down, and ruffling her hair.

"And a pleasure to meet the girl who managed to escape from the clutches of assistant Satoru." said Takashi, smiling gently.

Satoru at this moment, upon hearing, remained silent, for through his own fault, she managed to escape.

"Ahem... Let's not talk about the past," coughed Satoru for attention. "You understand what is to be done. Be back here before noon. Without further delay, go."

Ever since Naomi had arrived at the mansion, she had not left. The imminent danger that one of DF's contacts might be lurking to capture her was a constant worry to her. But it had already been a week and nothing had happened, and not even Tatsuo had any information about who might be DF's contractor.

But she could go quietly, since she was accompanied by Seiji and Takashi, everything would be different.

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