Heart to Heart

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"...Alright."

Arumi laughed happily, "Arkyn you look so cute~"

Arkyn looks like a puppy who just goes along with it.

Arkyn himself didn't laugh but his expression was serious, "I've never done this before."

"So I'm the first~?"

Arkyn looked away. Why did he mean it in another way? "We'd better get this over with quickly. I'm sure you're sleepy."

"Ha-ha-ha," Arumi just laughed awkwardly on purpose. If only Arkyn know she had a short sleep schedule. "Honestly, I'd rather be the 'big spoon'." She prefers to hug than to be hugged, besides being in control, she also feels her sensitive body is safer.

"I can see it," Arkyn was not surprised at all because Arumi had a high dominant aura from the way she spoke. "But wouldn't it be better to face each other?"

Arumi didn't think that, Arkyn's idea was good too because the purpose of this all was to convince their feelings.

Convincing feeling.

Arumi laid her body on the comfortable bed and pulled the thick dark gray blanket up to her neck, "Arkyn?"

"Hmm?" Arkyn responded after lying down too.

Arumi who originally intended to ask seriously changed direction to jokingly see the distance between them, "Why are you so far away~?"

Arkyn was lying on the end of the bed!

"Give me some time," Arkyn asked, bringing his position closer to a meter and a half.

Arumi knew this would not be over soon, so she finally took the initiative by getting closer to just a few inches.

Their eyes met each other.

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"Wait a moment...!" They both yelled and sat down at the same time.

They stared at each other again for a moment before looking away at the same time.

Arumi was confused why her heart was pounding madly inside her chest. This wasn't the first time she had looked up at a handsome man.

This pounding heart only happens when she meets or is near her boss.

'I have a crush on Arkyn...?'

Arumi glanced secretly at Arkyn over her shoulder, whether by coincidence or what, he did the same. She tried to smile so as not to be too awkward.

Arkyn didn't smile back but looked away.

Arumi was surprised and felt embarrassed too.

What happened?

Being coldly rejected like that made Arumi refuse to admit she had more feelings for Arkyn. She must be mature and professional. She took a deep breath, then said quietly, "Arkyn? Are you going to continue this or not?"

"Yes," Arkyn answered mumbling while scratching the back of his neck awkwardly.

Arumi lay down, ignoring her normal heartbeat that was starting to pound again. She had thought Arkyn was going to take another long distance, in fact, he was lying in his previous position.

Silent again.

"Are you sure you don't want me to hug you?" Arumi finally opened the topic because she couldn't stand the silence between them. "Your face screams: get away from me."

Arkyn smiled slightly at how hard she tried to erase the awkward atmosphere between them, "Like that?"

"I don't understand. I'm sure this isn't the first time you've been around a woman."

Arkyn didn't answer, his eyes refusing contact with Arumi's. He had, of course, sadly that was a long time ago.

"Oh wait a minute! I'm sure this is your first time around a woman like me~" Arumi added confidently. "Lucky you~" she tucks her hair behind her ear to show her charm.

Arkyn couldn't help but smile, "You're so confident. Too much to make me think you're a pretty narcissistic woman."

"Not narcissistic. It's a fact," Arumi confirmed Arkyn's wrong words. "confidence is important after all."

"You're right," Arkyn agreed with a sad expression. "I wish people around me had as much confidence as you, Arumi."

People around him? It's a good step if Arkyn wants to talk about his personal life.

Arumi knew Arkyn had become cold in the past two years, "Who is that person?"

"Oh..." Arkyn realized she hear him mumble. "Nobody. Confidence is good, but not too much."

Arumi rolled her eyes.

Arkyn wasn't the first to advise about her overconfidence.

Arumi understood their concern, but to her, this was normal, she had no intention of changing, "Instead of commenting on me, it's better to sleep. You said you were sleepy earlier~"

Arkyn said that to distract Arumi as he can recover himself from his embarrassment, "You?"

"After you."

"You didn't think I would touch you while you were sleeping, did you?"

Frankly Arumi thought that, but she only slept for three hours so there was nothing to worry about. She also hasn't sent the information she got to her boss.

'I didn't expect him to have the names of my friend, even Red who is my equal.'

Arumi wonders if Arkyn has got any information about 'Mocha'. She was not sure there were other documents in his company.

It's over when Arkyn gets hold of information about Mocha, especially her face before she can complete her mission.

"Why are you suddenly silent?"

"I'm fine." How could Arumi say she was thinking about the worst possible scenario that could happen to her?

"I was wondering, did you go to Las Vegas for a vacation or something?" Arkyn asked.

"I need to be with someone."

'You.' she added in her mind.

"Friend? New friend? I can help you find your friend," Arkyn offered kindly.

"No need. I'll meet him tomorrow," Arumi hastily refused.

"Then you can't be late, better sleep now," Arkyn pulled the blankets up to their necks.

Arumi smiled sadly, "I wish, but I can't."

"What do you mean?"

"My sleep schedule is messed up, Arkyn," For a moment Arumi in deep thought, "I can only sleep for three hours." she decided to say it.

"What? That's dangerous, Arumi," Arkyn felt sorry for her. "Have you seen the Doctor?"

Doctor?

"Sleeping pills didn't help me either," Arumi admitted looking gloomily at her finger. "Even in a drunken state still only got three hours of sleep."

"Oh..."

"You don't have to worry Arkyn. I'm used to it."

"Precisely because you can, you underestimate the pain you feel."

Arumi was stunned for a moment at his sincere gaze, "Arkyn..."

"Now I understand why you survived being a cuddle job. I'm sure you wait for them to sleep or sleep early before going to work."

Arumi clapped proudly at Arkyn's sharp analysis once again, "I can protect myself at night, but sometimes they seduce me in the morning too."

"I see..." Arkyn can imagine that. She is an attractive woman after all.

"You don't need to worry. I'm already out of that job," Arumi tried to comfort Arkyn who looked worried about her safety.

Arkyn breathed a sigh of relief hearing that, "You're unemployed now, Arumi?"

Technically not, but there's no way she could be honest with her target, right?

"Yeah. I'll start looking for a job after this vacation is over," Arumi wanted to hurry to end the topic about her work. "Instead of talking about this, I want to know something."

"Something?"

"What happens if you're really attracted to me, Arkyn?"

This is what she's been waiting for the most.

Arumi intends to befriend, but if she can be a girlfriend, that's fine too. She has an even bigger chance.

"That's..."