Will date anyone who can take my breath away

"Why are we here again?" Takeshi stares at the drink in Iori's hand. It's afternoon and she's already drinking. Is this the day 1 toward her turning into an alcoholic woman? 

Haru shakes his head and tells him, "Iori has gone insane."

"I am not insane." Iori gulps down the drink. "I am mourning the death of my first love."

"Isn't your mourning a little late?" Haru questions her with a laugh. "You were fine last night. At the wedding reception without the groom and the bride, you ate to your heart content shamelessly. You went home and slept peacefully."

"How do you know that I slept peacefully?" Iori grimaces at him. "I had a nightmare that I turned into an old woman with white hair and I was still single."

"That dream is likely to come true." Takeshi scowls at her. "A woman with unreal expectations of love will end up alone like that."

"Takeshi, how many times have I told you?" Iori pours another drink in the glass. "I liked your brother, but I couldn't even find the courage to confess to him."

Haru clicks his tongue, annoyed. "Iori, you always knew that his brother would never see you like that." 

"I know, but I am still unhappy that my crush got married." Iori pouts at him. "You bawled for 3 days when your favorite teacher got married during high school."

Haru's expression turns heartbroken. "My first love... Why did you remind me of her? It was so hard to forget her."

"Now, you understand." Iori pushes her full glass toward him. "Takeshi is the only one who hasn't fallen for anyone yet. His heart is made of stone. I am sure that he is incapable of falling in love."

But, Haru isn't listening. He's punching the table and crying for his first love who got married two years ago. Takeshi gazes at Iori, flustered. 

After an hour, Haru and Iori are singing a sad love song melodramatically. "You went away... leaving only sweet memories of our time together... I live with only these memories...wanting to hold you again...I crave... "

Takeshi takes a drink in frustration. 

"I need to pee." Haru raises his pinkie finger. He unsteadily runs toward the bathroom. Iori's face is pressing against the table to cool off. Her brain is fuzzy.

She suddenly leans on Takeshi and asks him, "Takeshi, is your brother really married?"

"Yes." He doesn't look at her and drinks. "You were there at his wedding."

Slightly tipsy, she yells at the people in the pub, "My first love got married. Everyone, my first love got married. Does anyone want to date me? I will date anyone who can take my breath away."

Takeshi grabs her mouth and kisses her, tasting the alcohol inside her mouth with his tongue. When she tries to push him away, he grabs the back of her head and kisses her deeper. The intense kiss is wet and furious, containing years of frustration and resentment, burns away her drunkenness and drowns her with his flames of love. When he lets her go, her lips are red and swollen. She pants for air for a good minute before turning to face him. She only gets the glimpse of his back before he leaves.

***

Hashimoto Chisa sits in the CEO's chair with a smug look. She has been trying to covet this for a long time. Her stupid mother has done one thing right in her life by seducing and marrying her stepfather. After they got married, Chisa's life changed. She always knew that she was made for a life like this. She was born to sit on this seat. 

From this moment on, she will rise in the sky like a dragon. Everyone can only watch her from the ground. 

She doesn't need Kamiyama Kiyohira anymore. That doesn't mean that she would let him go. But he already knows about her and Rie. Killing Rie isn't enough. Then, she should use other means. Rie is a kitten who thinks that she can scare a tiger. The girl has found courage now. 

She has everything except her Rie and Kamiyama Kiyohira. She wants them both. Kamiyama Kiyohira will come to her and Rie will become the same Rie again. Since Rie is relying on Kiyohira, she must take his away first. When Rie is alone, she will be licking her shoes again.

"Hashimoto San, Kamiyama Kiyohira's grandmother called earlier," Morikawa informs her with a straight face. "She's inviting you for lunch."

Chisa bursts into laughter. "That old woman is something. She is quite useful. Call her. I will accept her invitation. I also want to see Rie after her wedding night."