Chapter 7 - #7 Raksaya (2/2)

I couldn't help but look at her with wide-open eyes and surprised expression.

”...Hahaha, finally! Welcome to our humble home, please call me Jane!” My mother's eyes immediately started to shine.

*sigh* I guess there is no saving it any longer and as long as my mother is happy...I don't care. She most likely won't even remember this later.

I thought and started to feel slightly grateful for what Raksaya did.

”Dear, didn't you want to go take a shower?” Raksaya asked me with a smile but it felt more like she was ordering me.

To be honest, I really need a shower after that practice but...I don't want to leave them alone. I hope nothing bad happens.

”Honey, you can take your time” Even my own mother was trying to get rid of me!

”Fine, I am going, mom, please look after her” I said in an ”affectionate” way with a forced smile while my eyes kept twitching.

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---Inside the kitchen---

”How long are you guys together?” Jane asked while gently holding Raksaya's hands.

”Ehm, I think it's about...2 years!” Raksaya was slightly surprised by her question but she quickly answered with a smile.

”2 years?! I knew it! That boy was keeping it secret all along!” Jane exclaimed with a slightly angered expression.

'Oops...' Raksaya could only apologetically look towards the door leading to the bathroom.

”I will ask him later about this. How did you two meet?” Jane muttered and then asked Raksaya another tricky question.

”Umm, there is something I would like to tell you, mother-in-law. Something really important.” Raksaya said with an uncertain expression.

”?! What? Are you perhaps already pregnant?” Jane immediately asked with a stars in her eyes.

”Wha-? No, no...It's something else...”

'This is going to be a gamble...I don't know Jane's personality but if everything fails...I can still do what Akashi requested as the last resort' Raksaya resolved herself.

”It's like this...” Raksaya started to explain things and after a while, Jane started to cry.

After 5 minutes passed by.

”Are you alright?” Raksaya asked with a concerned expression while firmly holding Jane's hands.

”I had no idea that he wants me to be happy so much that he would go as far as to sacrifice his own happiness.” Jane said with a sad, yet happy tone while doing her best to wipe away her tears.

'?! That's the first thing she thinks of after I have told her all of that? I mean...I didn't exactly tell her that her son is killing people for money but still...She must have understood from my words that Akashi is having a very dangerous job, for both sides. I also explained how talented he is and that he chose this job on his own volition. She doesn't even care about safety of other people...' Raksaya thought while carefully observing Jane.

'...I understand now, in her world, there is only Akashi. She can't care any less about the lives of other people if they endanger Akashi's life. Now I also understand why Akashi is such a mama's boy, having such a parent, anyone would be like him. Maybe this is also the reason why he never showed any interest in any of the female members in the organization. He probably thinks that as long as his mother is happy, he will be too, he feels indebted to her.' Raksaya couldn't help but release a genuine smile.

'As long as he will have his mother around, he will never lose his sanity from killing too many people. But that for some reason makes me slightly jealous...' Raksaya thought while pouting her lips.

”Anyway...did my presence interrupted you somehow? If you want...you know...I can go shopping for a few hours.” After calming down, Jane said with a teasing smile.

”Ah...I- no, I don't think you have interrupted anything. We just wanted to...have a lunch here.” Facing against Jane's special smile, made even someone like Raksaya blush a bit.

The girls kept talking about all kinds of things. Jane didn't even care that Raksaya was ”slightly” older than Akashi. Although Jane somehow accepted Akashi's job, there was still needed a lot of Raksaya's persuasion.

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When I walked out of the bathroom, I saw Raksaya and my mother talking together, smiling and laughing from time to time.

...What had happened?

I felt slightly uneasy.

”You are finally out! Don't you ever do that again!” When my mother saw me, she stood up and approached me with her hand raised, ready to slap me which slightly surprised me but I didn't move to dodge.

However, instead of slapping me, she grabbed the collar of my shirt and started to cry while moving my body back and forth.

I couldn't help but stare at her in confusion but when I saw her cry, my eyes became cold and I couldn't help but direct my stare at Raksaya.

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'Whoa, those eyes...Even I get slight chills from them. I better respond to him quickly' Raksaya thought and just shook her head with an innocent expression.

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”Why didn't you tell me about your job?! Don't you trust me?! And why would you want me to forget about you and your father?!” My mother buried her head into my ċhėst and started to shout at me while crying.

...Raksaya must have told her...I should have known. But it doesn't look like she minds it...she is angrier at me for not telling her.

...This will be a very long afternoon.

I couldn't help but think with a helpless expression while patting my mother's back.