Chapter 27: And the party began
Even though I wouldn't admit it out loud, I sort of missed these annoyingly posh and glittery parties filled with fake people with fake smiles and deliciously expensive yet untouched food on the decorated tables. Quite a waste, I've always thought.
I slowly stuffed my fourth piece of Turkish delight as the creamy sweetness melted inside my mouth making me moan in delight; I haven't had one in years. I wouldn't deny that, internally, I had already forgiven Aihana for inviting me in this party because of this. The white crunchy crust on the outside and the sweet, soft, pinkish filling on the inside- brought me a hint of pleasure in this humanely intolerable environment.
"You seem like having fun," Shu beside me scowled.
"I'm trying to enjoy this hell-hole of a party with what I have." I shrugged as I popped another one inside my mouth.
Shu looked at me blankly. "Might I remind you, that it was you who brought this hell-hole upon both of us in the first place."
"Which you reminded me quite a couple of times since we came here." I pointed out.
He sighed in exasperation.
I looked ahead of me. Couples were dancing on the dance floor, chattering and sound of shrilly giggling every now and then filled the enormous hall and every once in a while, I had caught one or two staring at me with the corner of their eyes. I sighed, knowing that they must've recognized me even after all these years.
I was pretty sure that Aihana didn't know about me and Akashi's history because if she did, I wouldn't be here now, in this goddamn party, standing with my head still intact. But that only lead me to wondering, how did Akashi even manage to keep Aihana in the oblivion all these years with all these people around who did know the infamous history of Ena and Akashi Seijuro.
Well, it was Akashi Seijuro, I was talking about here. He could do things which no one could even imagine in the first place.
I sighed again then turned to Shu, rejecting all my train of useless thoughts.
"Let's dance." I offered.
"I don't dance." Shu replied rather coldly.
"Come on!" I groaned. "I don't bite."
Shu ignored me and took out his phone only to drown himself in whatever he found interesting on the screen. I scowled at him.
"Fine!" I stomped my heels on the floor angrily and walked away from him, only to make a beeline towards another table that contained some different kinds of light snacks and desserts than the previous table.
I watched everyone with a bored gaze as I put small cubes of chocolate coated nuts inside my mouth one after another. Until a deep voice interuppted me.
"You seem quite famished." Akashi said from behind. He came to stand beside me by the table.
The whole evening, I saw him walking around the entire hall with Aihana glued to him, greeting and introducing everyone and checking every single detail around the place with scrutinizing gaze. And now he was standing beside me, not looking a bit tired at all.
'How?'
"Wrong. I'm not even hungry." I uttered which made him raise his eyebrows at me. "I'm just passing my time in this goddamn party."
He chuckled lightly, surprising me. Then he offered his hand in front of me. "Then care to join me for a dance?"
"Not quite." I said shortly and put another chocolate coated nut inside my mouth looking away.
"Come on, Ena. One dance?" He said and I saw amusement dancing in his heterochromatic orbs. "I won't bite."
I stared at him for some time until I gathered up what I thought. "You see, the plan is to avoid your creepy ass and stay far away from you until the end of the party. And I was successful... until now."
Something flashed in his eyes but it disappeared before I could even decipher it. "Now, Ena, what do you think would the people say if they see you rejecting the party holder for one dance?"
I took a glass of red wine and gulped it down without any hesitation which shocked Akashi a little. I looked around me. People weren't exactly looking at us but I know for a fact that they exactly knew what was happening around them. Snotty nosy rich people never fail to keep track of what was happening around them. And this would add more fuel to their daily gossips. And it definitely wouldn't be something good for Akashi's reputation.
Then I turned to Akashi and stepped towards him until our breathes hit each other. His heterochromatic eyes widened ever so slightly. I lightly put my one hand on his shoulder and brought my lips near his ear.
"But you see, the thing is, I don't care what the others say or think. I never did." I whispered in a low voice with a smirk. My fingers lingered on his broad shoulder until I stepped away, put on a sweet smile and walked away from him, not before seeing him totally astonished and a little amused over my rejection.
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I was sipping on my glass of red wine as I watched Shu with unbridled amusement.
He was glaring at me though.
A flock of young girls with sugary, flirty smiles was swarming around him. He looked annoyed, rather pissed I'd say. And I could guess that he already rejected the girls quite a lot of times but- rich, dumb girls- they just couldn't seem to take the hint.
His cold blue eyes were staring at me and trying to intimidate me or maybe convince me to help him to get out of this situation but you see, none of them were working. I was neither intimidated nor convinced. I was rather amused.
Well, he did reject me for a dance before.
So, I just stood back and watched his misery with amusement.
Little did I know, I was under the observation of one too many people at that moment.
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Akashi Seijuro watched the dark blue haired woman leaning against the long table lazily and sipping on her glass of wine. Her pale blue eyes were planted on Shu- the boy who came with her as her boyfriend- who was currently struggling to get away from a bunch of flirtatious girls. Akashi watched as Ena's amused smirk gave away the fact that she was quite enjoying herself seeing her 'boyfriend' swarmed by girls rather than being annoyed.
Akashi, too, sipped on his wine, quite satisfied. This was another fact that proved that this boy wasn't exactly her boyfriend.
'Then what is their relationship?' He frowned once again.
"---and I'm looking forward to it as well." The grey haired man in front of Akashi, who was a business partner of his father smiled.
Akashi looked at him and smiled back politely. "Thank you."
"I hope you'll have a wonderful future with sweet Aihana... this time."
Akashi's heterochromatic eyes turned cold in a second as he stared at the old man intensely.
The man immediately realised his mistake and soon, started stammering with his words. "S-sorry, A-akashi. I didn't m-mean it that way."
"It's alright." Unlike his words, his voice was cold and menacing.
"You know, age is a stressful thing. Getting old makes you lose your grip with words. I hope you didn't mind, Akashi. You're like my son after all." The old man smiled tightly though he was sweating heavily under his suit.
"Sure." Akashi said smiling. "Though I hope that you'll take care of it in the future."
"O-of course."
Akashi walked away making the man sigh in relief.
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Aihana stared at the dark blue haired girl intensely from the stairs. Her grip on the golden colored railing tightened as her enraged brown eyes moved back and forth between Ena and Akashi as she saw the latter staring at the oblivious short haired girl intently.
Aihana stayed by Akashi's side all night. And Akashi didn't treat her any differently than the other days. He was nice to her and greeted the guests as the couple of the party with a smile.
But she saw him staring at Ena more than one time and his gaze was different than any time she had ever seen. It was like his eyes were showing a different side of him when he looked at her. Aihana couldn't describe it. His gaze was intense and warm at the same time. As if he was nostalgic and apathetic all together. It wasn't like he was staring at her all night but one gaze from Akashi like that made everything different.
'He never looks at me like that.' Was all could Aihana think.
She couldn't help but think that they shared a past she wasn't aware of. She wasn't a part of. She had no idea and that made her frustrated to no end. She didn't know a thing and she couldn't understand a thing.
It wasn't just friendship- that's what her instincts told her.
She could ask Akashi but she knew what she would get as an answer. He would smile at her just like always and tell her that it's nothing. And she would melt before that smile and believe him. Just like always.
So, Aihana concluded that whatever it was, it's Ena's fault. She didn't know what, she didn't know why but all her anger, jealousy and frustration took a turn towards Ena.
'Everything is her fault.' That's what she believed. That's what she told herself to believe. That's what she wanted to believe.
She looked at Ena with pure loathe and hatred.
'You're just an obstacle. An obstacle on my path to happiness. Just a stone. So, I will get rid of you. Why shouldn't I? You don't want me to be happy. You're stealing away my only reason of happiness. I want to be happy too. Just like everyone else, I want to be happy too..."
Staring down at the two people, Aihana gritted her teeth and a tear rolled down her cheeks.
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A/N: I'M BAAAAACK!!!!
*caution: long rant ahead!!!*
1670 words. Phew!
I was kind of worried about how many people would actually stick with this story until now. Three months are a long time and I didn't really think that anyone would actually wait for me. But you guys proved me sooo wrong and I've never been this much happy to be wrong lol.
This book has gained so many wonderful readers over the time and throughout this whole time you guys left such lovely and encouraging comments which is unbelievable!! Even during this loooong, depressing, stressful and frustrating time, whenever I logged in to Wattpad, even for a little time, I saw your comments and never been so relieved and happier. Relieved because many people still decided to stick with the book and happy because many people still loved this book.
I know it's not October yet, but I decided to take a little time off my studies to publish this chapter and let you guys know that I'm not dead (yet) so I'll finish this story.
'Be happy. There are a lot more reasons to be happy than to be sad.' I tell this to myself a lot these days yet I don't even know if that's true anymore ...
This was long...
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