XII

                                    

                                          
Chapter 12: Cursed
                          
Part 5
                          
~Enjoy
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The whole week is already finished. This time, Shouto decided to finally talk to his father. He fixed his tie and straightened his clothes before lookin at his phone. Shouto messaged his father for a short dinner at a five star restaurant and its already killing him. 
                          
How can he even learn to love his father?
                          
"You're leaving already?" Izuku whined, now taller than him. His hate seems to be much more intense this time, because Izuku is older than him at the moment. "But how about dinner?" Katsuki asked, lying on the couch lazily.
                          
"Just order something, I'll pay up later" he mumbled.
                          
"Okay!" Izuku exclaimed, excited to pick up the phone. "Not so fast Deku!" Katsuki exclaimed, leaping towards the phone. Grabbing it as fast as he can. "Why Deku?" Izuku asked. "Because your useless! Just a burden!" The cat man exclaimed.
                          
Shouto sighed, sick of those two quarreling nonstop every night. 'How troublesome' he thought while putting his shoes on.
                          
Arms suddenly engulfed him in a hug. "Don't do something foolish out there" Katsuki whispered before planting a small kiss on his cheek. "See you later" he added before letting go. "Yeah, see you"
                          
The night is long and that dinner is painful for Shouto. Seeing his father's face again is already suffocating. What will happened to him if they talked?
                          
...Time passed by...
                          
Katsuki and Izuku is enjoying their selves on the feast that they ordered. "Isn't this too much?" The lamia asked. "No way, its Shouto's money so dig in!" Katsuki exclaimed, eating till he dropped.
                          
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Shouto felt dead. No matter how many times they try to start a conversation, nothing seemed to work at all. 'This is a bad idea after all' he thought with a long deep mental sigh.
                          
"If you don't have anything important to tell me. Then I'm leaving" His father is harsh as always. Cold as ice.
                          
Shouto kept his mouth shut. He can't just tell his father that he is cursed by a lamia god right? So he simply stayed silent, letting his father go. Somehow, by just looking at his father's back; he felt as if he is not connected to his father at all and the hate that he held is just the past.
                          
Yes...its all in the past.
                          
...
                          
The businessman came home.
                          
"I'm back" he announced while removing his shoes. Oddly, the lights are off and the only source of light are candles all over the place. Red petals are scattered on the ground, making a pathway towards the living room and into his room.
                          
"What is happening?" He asked.
                          
Shouto spotted the lamia, younger than usual, lying on the couch fast asleep along with a bunch of pizza boxes. He sighed deeply before he started to pile up the boxes, one by one, almost forming a tower. 'That's thirty boxes all in all...how can they possibly fit that in their stomachs?' He questions himself.
                          
Finally, he decided to open his bedroom where the road of red petals are located. Shouto felt nervous as he slowly turned the door knob.
                          
"Welcome home"
                          
After that, he slammed the door shut once again. His face is red, 'what the hell did I just saw?'
                          
He tried to recall the picture once again. A blonde cat man only wearing a loose red robe illuminated by the candles. "Hey bastard! How rude! I even placed effort in this stuff you know!" Katsuki's voice is very audible from the other side accompanied by a set of banging. Luckily, he has the key with him, so he simply locked the blonde inside.
                          
"What are you trying to do Katsuki?"
                          
"Seducing you of course!"
                          
"Why?"
                          
There was silence.
                          
"Do you even have to ask why? Idiot"
                          
"Yes"
                          
Again, there was silence.
                          
"Would you believe me if I were to tell you that I love you?"
                          
This time, its Shouto's turn to be silenced.
                          
He knew yet he ignored because he thought Katsuki is just playing around. But upon looking back, is Katsuli really in love with him?
                          
His heart begun to beat wildly, his face red in realization and embarrassment.
                          
"Yes" he answered.
                          
"Do you love me Shouto?"
                          
That question is too hard for him to answer. He is just too confused of what to feel and how to react in this things. Love is something that he hadn't experienced before.
                          
"I'm sorry" he mumbled.
                          
Katsuki is leaning on the door, the word 'I'm sorry' is just painful and sad. But he can't just push his feeling on someone. He tried to held back his tears.
                          
"I understand" he said.
                          
This is his fifth time falling in love. And each of them is a painful journey of love and hate. And now Shouto too.
                          
Katsuki wiped his pathetic tears and willed himself to stand up.
                          
" I will never give up on you Shouto. No matter how many days, months or Even years. I will make you fall in love with me"
                          
Shouto smiled.
                          
"Surely, you will reach your goal"
                          
Katsuki felt his ears slowly lower down, turning into human ears. his tail slowly vanishing into nothingness. His sharp teeth flattening into molars and his cat like eyes turned to normal irises. 
                          
Suddenly, he felt the door open. 
                          
"I already have" he said, face to face with the shocked Shouto who seemed to stare at him like he is some kind of an amazing artwork.
                          
Katsuki pulled the businessman's collar and pushed his lips on to his.