The weeks passed by with Touya and I working here and there trying to gather information about my mom, obviously we did our best to avoid any shady people as Touya labeled them.
Eventually we both started working in a diner, I was a waitress and Touya well he started out as a waiter –which was hard to imagine at first, but he was then put under handling and processing cash instead behind a counter and not deal with many people... that's what Miyabi our boss said.
Reason for that was... just because Touya's a sweet, kind, and a gentleman with me, doesn't mean he's like that with anyone else. And so it sorta went like this...
"Good morning." Touya would lazily greet people.
"It's afternoon sir." Replied the customer.
"Yeah that, what do you want?" he curtly asked. A bored expression on his face.
That was only the beginning... in other situations it would get, um... things escalated very quickly.
"Sir, I didn't order this."
"Uh yeah you did." Touya answered.
"Excuse me!? Are you calling me a liar?"
He somewhat laughed, "I guess? I dunno. I didn't say it though, you did."
Later that same week... more trouble rose for us.
"You are so hot." some random chick squealed.
"You should totally come drink with us sometime." said another.
"Not interested." Touya indifferently spoke as he was refilling their glasses.
"Hey what's your name."
"None of your business." He rolled his eyes annoyed.
"Are you single? If so we can fix that."
"I'm not idiot. So fuck off already." Touya spat with anger.
And that's when Touya walked off and I was suddenly dragged by the arm. Out of nowhere he smashed his lips onto mine. I was dumfounded and oblivious to what had happened, at least until Touya explained why he did it and when I heard the couple of girls complain and leaving the place.
I kissed Touya back which ended up having Miyabi shout at us about having no PDA during work hours. While I remained a little embarrassed and Touya smirked triumphantly.
Yet, that wasn't all. The worse was when one day, I was serving a couple of male teens.
"Lucky us, we get to have such a cute waitress to serve us." one of them spoke.
I tried brushing off their words, after all they were just teens, "What can I get you? Pancakes? Waffles?"
"Call us master won't you precious?" another winked at me.
I tried remaining calm but firm as I replied, "That's not the type of diner this is. If you're not going to order—"
"I'd like to have you."
"Oh yeah dude, me too, I'd like to have a piece of that—"
"She's not on the menu you horny fucktards. Back off, she's already got a man." Touya had said surprising me by wrapping his arm around my waist.
"Who the hell are you?"
"Her husband. Now scram brats or else." Touya warned them.
I blushed at the word 'husband,' but I was happy that he had protected me. Touya's glare was strong enough to send those four idiotic kids out.
"Sorry dude, we'll leave!" they cried.
As they left Touya sighed, "You're still a danger magnet."
"Hmph, and what about you? You got those girls lusting over you." I pouted and smirked.
"Is my wifey jelly?" he teased.
"Shut up." I smiled back at him.
"Well don't be, I only love you."
"Mm, I love you too. But seriously Touya I think you shouldn't be a waiter anymore..."
He lightly chuckled. "I guess you're right Babydoll, I don't like waiting on people, you're an exception though and I'll prove it."
"Oh really how?" I teased.
"Tonight. Don't expect to sleep tonight, okay wifey." he winked at me.
"I look forward to it husband." I winked back.
"TOYA! (Y/N)! GET BACK TO WORK STOP! WE ALL GET IT YOU LOVE EACH OTHER VERY MUCH!" Miyabi shouted.
Both of us slightly blushed but ended up laughing as we resumed our work.
Time Skip~
It had been about four months since we started working and searching for my mom but as expected, finding her with so little information was troublesome. Touya and I were on our break drinking water in the breakroom.
"It sucks to be eighteen again, can't legally drink." Touya whined.
"Hah, well you're the one who insisted we'd change ages too and you said you'd be happy being eighteen again." I giggled, "Look on the bright side, you'll be giving your liver a break."
He rolled his eyes but eventually smiled. "You're too cute you know that?"
"Mm, so I've heard." I smugly grinned.
"Oh really from who?"
"He's the love of my life who enjoys teasing me mercilessly, he's a sweetheart, handsome, my heartbeat accelerates every time he touches me." I shot him a meaningful stare.
"Oh? Sounds like a great guy." Touya smirked proudly.
"He is." I added as I leaned in to kiss him.
Just then we heard Miyabi shout with distress. Touya and I glanced over in his direction and Touya asked him, "Yo Miyabi what's up?"
"Everything's a mess that's what's up! The band I hired for tonight's event cancelled on me due to being caught in a snow storm."
I stiffened a bit. Even though I was free from my father's control, there was still a hesitation when it came to singing. Firstly due to having other priorities at the moment and second I didn't feel the need to use singing as a way to feel happy because I had the love of my life, Touya with me.
Touya kept multiple of times trying to convince me to sing again, but I would end up changing the subject on him.
"That's sad." Touya replied with a yawn, "Can't ya postpone the event or something?"
"It's not possible! I was having an important guest coming over. It was also going to help boost my diner's reputation." Miyabi cried.
Hearing so I began feeling bad for Miyabi's situation, I know how much he cares about his diner.
Touya's POV
I glanced at (Y/N) she's been quiet all this time. I've noticed every time anything music related comes up she gets silent or tries changing the topic. It's been several months since the incident, I thought that maybe since her dad wasn't around anymore she would start singing again but she hasn't.
Every time I try bringing up the subject she usually starts kissing me to stop talking which lead to y'know having mind blowing sex –not complaining but I just want her to be happy and I know that's having her sing.
And so, I get an idea, "Oi Miyabi, have (Y/N) sing for you."
The moment I say that Dollface gives me a 'what the fuck' look. I suppress a chuckle. She's so damn cute when she gets mad. God, I love her.
"Touya..." she mumbled vexed.
"What? Just telling the truth. It's fate don't you think?" I say in hope of persuading her. I shot Miyabi a look and he started nodding.
"(Y/N)! Please do it, at this rate I'll never find anyone. Please I'll pay you double!"
"It's not about the money." She remarked and I smiled at her. She's still the same as ever not wanting fame or money for her talents.
"Didn't you say it was a live band or something, I can't just sing."
"No worries it'll be easier to find a guitarist. Maybe he or she could sing as well." Miyabi stated proudly.
Oh man...no later did he say that, I started to have a bad idea about this. (Y/N) turned to me and smirked ever so evilly. Fuck she better not.
"No, don't even think about it Dollface." I warned her but she still grinned.
"Don't worry about that, you have your guitarist and singer right here, Touya will gladly assist me won't you dear?" she spoke rather demanding.
What can I say? Maybe I deserved that. "Fu—fine. For you (Y/N). But don't go blaming me when people start complaining I sing like shit."
"Baby you don't. You sing amazing." She encouraged me by giving me a kiss on the cheek.
"Good!" Miyabi shouted with joy, "Sing whatever you two want just be here at eight."
With that he left and Dollface slightly glared at me. "You didn't think I'd do this alone now did you?"
"Oh I did but I like a good challenge every once in a while. After all I'll be getting my payment from you won't I?" I grinned innocently at her to which she smiled.
"Mhmm, but this time I'm topping and you'll be begging."
I rolled my eyes with a sigh but eventually smiled and grabbed her chin pulling her towards me. "I can't wait then." I seductively whisper into her ear.
(Y/N)'s POV
Thanks to Touya's big mouth we ended up being the performers for tonight's event. A little to my dismay but seeing as Touya was there beside me gave me motivation.
And so the night began, Touya and I sang a few songs we had decided on earlier, he played the guitar and I did most of the singing.
We were dressed in matching colors; he was in a black suit with a blue tie that he had loosened up a bit, his hair slightly parted and styled elegantly –he complained about his hair looking like some kind of nerd or elegant model but once I told him he looked hot and gave him a few kisses he stopped complaining.
Now that I think about it maybe he tricked me into giving him those kisses... As for me I was dressed in a halter dress, the same color as his tie.
We finally came to an end and Miyabi had us introduced to his special guest, our guess was that it was an investor or some sort of celebrity. Touya and I didn't really engage much in conversation. Reason for that was because we didn't understand shit. The guy was speaking some other language that not even I knew what it was. Didn't ask either since again Touya and me didn't really care.
Instead we sat down and drank some water as I told Touya I had fun and to my surprise he said so did he. We were then interrupted by a voice I found familiar. He knew Miyabi's special guest...
Along that guest was a face I knew very well, "No way... Kei???" I exclaimed as the man in front of me tilted his head in confusion.
"Excuse me but have we met before?" he asked.
"Oh? SO this is Kei?" Touya asked, I'm assuming he heard about him from either Shoto or Daisuke.
"Wait..." Kei looked at me closer. "That voice..."
I realized what I did, I just blew our cover... didn't I?
"I'm a big fan of yours sir." I partly lied hoping it would help but it didn't.
"Treble??? Is that... no but you... I heard you—" his voice cracked with sadness as he shook his head.
"Come on." I sighed, dragging Touya and Kei by the hand. As I did Touya was laughing when he heard Kei call me Treble again. He claimed it sounded 'cute'.
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The three of us sat down. Kei almost fainted when we told him what happened. However for his sake I left lots of parts out. I told Touya about Kei and that we could trust him. Touya and Kei immediately got along well, especially when Kei started telling Touya the window incident and other embarrassing stories of mine.
"Goodness, that's crazy." Kei exhaled tiredly once we finished telling him. "And here I was going to offer you two a chance to sing professionally, that's what me and the other man who's speaking with Miyabi were speaking about."
"What?" Touya and I gasped.
He nodded, "Yeah, once I heard you guys it was almost hypnotizing. You both have a talent for music, and Touya you surely know how to play that guitar, it's truly magnificent."
"Thanks." Touya shyly spoke.
"So accept my offer? After all you two said you have new identities. The only reason I recognized you was because you called me by my first name not many people do and you're a terrible liar and it shows because you do that thing."
"What thing?" Touya asks mildly interested.
"No! Don't tell him!" I pleaded but he did.
"She scratches her neck and she taps her left foot. She always did that when she was eight when she'd lie about eating too much candy."
I facepalm myself as I heard Touya laugh. "Whatever, back to your proposal, I'm not sure we can accept it." I answered.
"Why not? You have no one to stop you now."
I bit my lip and Touya softly took my hand in his as he explained, "What she means is, we don't have much free time on our hands we're trying to find (Y/N)'s mom, [Mom's Name]."
Kei's eyes widened, "So you did find out more about her? Her name's [Mom's Name]?"
I nodded as I took out the picture from my purse and handed it to him. "I found this. It's the only photo I have of her. And that man told me about him forcing her to leave us and such, but unfortunately, we haven't found anything about her only that she was last seen around here ten years ago." I sadly explained.
Kei's expression is shocked and speechless. Touya caught on to that and asked, "You okay? You look like you saw a ghost or something."
For a while Kei didn't speak. I looked at him and he gave me sad look. "I know her."
"What..." Touya and I gasped.
Kei nodded as he sadly looked at the photograph. "My wife Yuki is friends with her."
"You know where she is then right!?" Touya asks alarmed when I didn't speak.
He nodded again, "Yes, I do."
"Is... she okay?" I stammered.
"I'll explain as we head to Kyoto. It's a long story..."
Touya nodded and ushered me to get up. I was dazed and somewhat lost in my thoughts. To think Kei knew her... it's a real miracle.
Yet, why do I feel upset. Kei seems to know something and by the look of it I don't think it's a good thing.
I felt my heart breaking with every second of silence. Touya held me as we walked towards Kei's car and continued to hold me in his embrace as Kei began to explain what had happened since the moment she had been forced to leave me.
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Special/Notes: In case you've forgotten, Hirose Kei is (Y/N)'s choir teacher.
The Preview:
I giggled, "Damn Touya, you've sure been busy?"
"Not busy enough, apparently." He deadpanned.
I nudged him with my waist, "So? What do you think?"
A/n: The next chapter will be up later around tomorrow at midnight MST, thanks for reading! 💛