Chapter 3

5 days passed, in a company..

"Haa~ I'm so tired."

"Niisan, just obey the rules if you want to be safe." Akio said to his older brother.

"I knew you would say that. Akio, have you found the girl?" his older brother said.

"Yeah. I'm studying in the same campus as her now, because of you." Akio replied quite harshly.

"There should be no problem. You're smart anyway." his brother said, with a silly smile.

"That's not what I meant--" Akio said.

"Yuki-kun!"

Suddenly, a girl ran towards them.

"Ah, Momo-chan. What's up?" Yuki replied.

Akio's older brother, Yuki, had always had fans flocking around him. Otsuka Momo was one of them.

"Yuki-kun, can you watch this video I made?" Momo pleaded him.

"Sure. Show me, Momo-chan." Yuki said with a friendly smile.

Momo was extremely happy, as she and Yuki walked towards some chairs and sat down.

Akio only stared at them from some distance before sighing, and then he left the place.

Both Akio and Yuki were developers of their parents' company. Since the death of their parents, Yuki had been in charge for everything.

The young and smart Yuki managed to bring luck and prosperity to their businesses. However, he also had enemies trying to destroy everything that he had built so far.

Akio had always been the one who protected and quite aggresively beated all the enemies.

He was strong physically and almost in every aspect. Some people called him 'steel guy'.

He was known for his bossy and arrogant attitude, completed with a sturdy handsome look.

However, people who really knew him would call him 'gentle wolf,' as he showed his concerns and protection only to those he really cared.

By far, the person he cared most was his older brother. He would never let his guard down. Anyone could be Yuki's enemy. Not to forget, an accident happened to Yuki last year.

Yuki's kind and welcoming personality was the easiest and most targeted spot for an enemy to disguise him or herself. In this industry, no one could be fully trusted.

Yuki, as the CEO of Saotome Corporation, had to widen up his businesses by making partners. However, his weakness was obvious. He was too gentle and quite indecisive.

He would let Akio lead the company, if only Akio was 5 or 7 years older. Their 9 years age gap made it too hard for Yuki to decide on it. Akio was clearly too young and emotional for this role.

The company worked on developing famous video games, such as The White Bunny and Happy Farm Adventure.

The two majorly successful games had constantly helped the business to grow, also created more and more huge numbers of fans.

"Yuki-sama." Yuki's assistant said.

"Hm, what's wrong, Asuka?" Yuki replied.

"How are we going to handle the next appointment?" she asked.

"Hmm.. You're right, we haven't been preparing well for it. Well, today's Sunday. Just take a break and have fun." Yuki said with a friendly manner, as he left his CEO room.

"Yuki-sama.." Asuka spoke softly, looking rather worried.

Meanwhile..

"Akio-kun~!"

"Why are you following me, Momo?" Akio said reluctantly.

"I'm the one who's supposed to ask. So tell me, why are you here, Akio-kun?" Momo said.

"I'm here to tell your father something." he said.

"In my house?" Momo was a little surprised.

"Yeah, we know each others anyway. But, you have to know something." Akio added.

"What is it?"

"If you really like my brother, don't flock around him anymore." Akio spoke coldly, all of a sudden.

Momo was stunned. A few seconds later, she expressed her disaffection; "What do you mean by that? Of course I can't do as you please! I'm in love with Yuki!"

"Love?"

"Eh?"

"What do you know about love?"

All of a sudden, the atmosphere around them started to become mysteriously dark and intense.

"I.. I guess.." Momo was benumbed.

"Never mind. You should stop flocking around my brother, before my patience runs out." Akio spoke with an agitated expression, as he left Momo's house.

"What.. what's wrong with him?" Momo was left muddled and upset.

That's right. You did the right thing, Akio-sama. No one could ever have special feelings towards you and Yuki-sama. The next mission is very important anyway. Asuka said on her mind.

As a loyal assistant, Asuka Kudo had always followed Akio as instructed by Yuki. She would always do that to make sure of her boss' safety. Or was it because of something else?

She had been the only one who stayed near to Akio, without being rejected or shutted away.

Everyone in this industry was daunting and sort of peculiar.

Asuka was a smart and quite cold-blooded woman. She would do anything to prove her loyalty. She would even do dirty or evil works for Saotome brothers.

But, was Asuka's help enough? Could she really beat those growing numbers of enemies and rivals of Saotome Group?

She was a woman with full self-control and confidence. However, she did have a single doubt, or probably fear.

What if someone replaced her? What if she wasn't good enough?

To secure her position, she would always try to 'kill' the opportunities. Just like Otsuka Momo, who had previously been chosen to become Yuki's new assistant.

No matter how the attack would be, Asuka was always ambitious and smart enough to handle them. She would never let her family starve to death, nor would she want to lose her exceptional job.

She had been secretly in love with her own boss. However, she had decided to keep it to herself forever.

There was no way for someone as ordinary as her to advance on any relationship with Akio. Who would ever gain anything from falling for him?

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