"Tennou, are you alright?" Mayumi asks, making Tennou go back to his senses. He looks at her with a smirk as if nothing is wrong.
"Yeah, of course, I'm fine! It's just that I'm sad to hear that. Isn't she in a relationship with birdy?" Mayumi flinched as to what he said.
She failed to notice him analyzing her very carefully. Whenever he speaks about Shihou, he gets a different reaction from the girl.
"Tennou-san!!" They look towards the voice only to see a chestnut hair boy with beautiful green eyes.
"Ah, Yuki-chan! I've heard of your engagement congratulations!" Tennou said with venom laced in his voice. But it seems like the other boy did not take notice of it. Since he only chuckles while scratching his head, blushes are evident on his face.
"Oh, I didn't know that the news would spread so fast! Well, I can also see Amagi-san with you here, right?" Tennou puts his hand on Mayumi's head and pulls her closer to him.
"Yeah, you're right! This girl right here is my girl!" He proudly said, causing her to sweatdrop.
"Oh, it's nice to meet you, Amagi-san congratulations on your engagement!" Ame Yuki said, bowing.
"Don't bow! And also, Mayumi is fine!"
"Alright, Mayumi-san!" He said with a smile as she sweatdrops again.
Looking at Tennou from the corner of her eyes, she can see the seriousness on his face. It was as if he didn't like the person in front of him. Even with his rocky relationship with Shihou, he never put a look like that in front of him!
"Say, Yuki, is it really alright?" Tennou asks with a smirk, arms crossing in front of him as he looks straight at Yuki. The other boy looks at him with a smile.
Mayumi looks at both of them; this is just a feeling, but she feels like they have some issue with each other.
"What are you talking about, Tennou-san?"
"Well, there's the 5-year difference plus, isn't she an illegitimate? You know it yourself!" he asks with pure seriousness that surprise Mayumi.
What's with him? That's the only thought swirling in her mind right now. She looks at Yuki, surprised to see him wearing a provoking smile.
"Of course it's alright! We nobles can marry an illegitimate after all!"
The two suddenly have a staring battle with one another. The tension is so high that it causes Mayumi to feel like in a battlefield. She decided to interfere to stop the farce.
"Umm, Ame-san, I'm wondering why Hikari suddenly changed her looks. Do you know something about it?"
She was taken aback by Hikari's change. It was as if she was looking into a different person.
"Hmm? Oh, she said about forgetting the past!" He said with a bright smile.
Tennou's eyes widened hearing this. Did Himari finally decide to give up?! No, this can't be! He won't let this happen! But what can he do about it?
"You know Tennou-san, I'm surprised to hear that you're engaged with someone else. After all, you're so fond of Himari!" Yuki said the last part with venom. Tennou irks, hearing what he is referring to; after a minute, Yuki quickly covers his mouth and bows down, apologizing.
"Oops! Tennou-san, I forgot! Sorry! You don't remember it, and they told me not to mention it, yet I've told you without noticing. Please don't say it to anyone and pay no attention to it! I'm sorry!"
Tennou looked at him, annoyed. That was intentional! It's obvious; he can tell. It's his way of making fun of him. He wanted Tennou to know that Himari was already his, and he couldn't take her anymore.
"Just get lost!" When the boy finally takes his leave. Mayumi looks at him, confused about what's happening. Annoyed in being left in the dark, she asked him what Ame Yuki was talking about out of confusion.
"You want to know?" He asks, and she nods.
"Fine, then come with me! I'll tell you everything. I think this is the end of it. I have enough of this!"
Hikari is currently in the garden of the Shima household having tea with the current head of the Shima, Shima Sumi. Also, her half-sister.
"I congratulate you on your engagement Hikari! Do you want more tea?" Sumi asks, offering her more.
Hikari smiles as she nods her head with an awkward smile. After all, she is not used to such treatment. She was raised to serve Sumi. After all, that's the only way for Hikari to stay alive in this household when she was still a child.
"That wasn't necessary, Sumi-sama! Also, please don't serve me! It's my job to serve you, not the other way around." Sumi frowned at what she said.
She can't take away the fact that she persuades her father to take Himari as her assistant just so her father won't hurt her. That's the only way she can think of at that time. So it's understandable that the situation at hand is awkward for her.
"Hikari, since you accepted the proposal. It only meant you would wear off your title as an illegitimate child. So it means I can finally call you my sister, and you don't have to serve me anymore! Father won't do anything to you anymore!" Sumi said with a big smile on her face.
"But..."
"No, buts! The world will finally know that you are my little sister!" Hikari looks down with a sad face.
Sumi is the only family left for her, but she can't call her sister because of her title. It always saddens her how many boundaries she had with her only family and close friends.
"Also, you frequently change your hair color and contacts. I suggest you stay with your true looks. You look beautiful with it after all! Also, I told Shihou earlier about your engagement! Maybe he is here by now!" Sumi happily said while putting her right hand on her cheeks.
Hikari's eyes widened upon hearing what she said, and as if she summoned him, Shihou suddenly came bursting through the servants who came after him to calm him down.
"Isami-sama, please calm down!"
"Hikari!" he yelled, causing Hikari to flinch at his loud voice.
"Your best friend is here finally!" Sumi said a smile on her face.
"Sumi-sama, you set me up?!" Hikari stands up in surprise as she asks the older girl. She feels betrayed now because Sumi is one of the few people she trusts.
"Hikari! What's with this news of you getting engaged with the Ame's?!"
Hikari only looks at him. She doesn't know what to say, so she only looks at the floor.
"I already let you off with changing your hair color once again! But, but engaging with the Ame's?! Hikari, what are you thinking? I thought you wanted to be with Tennou?" He yells, glaring at the girl.
"It doesn't matter anymore..." Shihou's glare turned into confusion when he heard her. Hikari looked at him with so much sadness fill in her eyes. It hurts; that's what Shihou thought. As he thought, Hikari is pretending she's still not happy.
"It doesn't matter anymore... Tennou doesn't remember me anymore! He forgot me! His promise, his love for me. I don't have anything now! I'm nothing! I don't have anything now because even my most precious treasure is already gone. I already gave it to Yuki...." Shihou's and Sumi's eyes widen in disbelief, hearing what Hikari said in the last part.
"Hikari, you mean?!" Hikari smiled sadly.
"I'm so hurt at what he made me do to you and Mayumi. That's why all of this happened between the two of you. My title is just a nobody, so if Yuki ever changes his mind about the engagement. I will have an asset against him, but I doubt that will ever happen. After all, Yuki was Tennou's rival in childhood, and Yuki did not ever give up his love for me!" she said, full of sadness. Shihou feels like crying seeing his friend. She wasn't supposed to live like this!
"Hikari, you're using him!"
"I know, and I feel sorry about it." Hikari looks down. Yeah, she feels sorry about him. But at the same time, the terror she always felt around him is still here. So she wasn't sure if she should feel 100% sorry about him.
Tennou opens the door to his study room, guiding Mayumi inside.
"Sit here, Kitty. I'll get something to show you!" She began to sit down and wait while some servant insisted on serving her.
When Tennou returned, he shooed the servants away and locked the door.
"Here!" Tennou said as he shoved a photo frame in her face.
"What the--" she couldn't finish her sentence when she saw what was in the picture.
It consists of two children in their age of maybe 13 or 14 years old. One is a boy, and the other is a girl. The boy is Miya Tennou, and she's sure of it because of his appearance. However, the girl looks quite familiar to her. She has long platinum blonde hair and grey eyes.
"That girl there is my girlfriend!" Mayumi's eyes widened hearing him say that.
Girlfriend? What girlfriend is he talking about? But before she could even ask him, he interrupted her by saying the most shocking thing she had heard from him.
"Her name is Shima Himari..."