Never Not
Ch. 62: Warning from Kei

Kei took a deep breath and slowly exhaled. He was not surprised at all because before his cousin had told him even though it was not as blatant as now.

"The first thing you have to tell me is who is the man you love?" ask Kei calmly.

Seina fell silent. His gaze was pointing down. Of course he was confused to answer. More precisely, it was difficult to tell the figure of the man he loved was Black Shadow. Kei would definitely not believe it, or maybe he was thought to have gone crazy if he said he often met with Black Shadow.

"I can't answer it," replied Seina bowed limply.

"True, yeah. Even if you say it, I won't recognize it. Well, then, what made you fall in love with that guy?" Kei changed the question.

Seina was confused to answer. "I .. I don't know either! Love comes like lightning. So suddenly I was surprised."

"Then forget about him!"

"Eh?" Seina was stunned with a stiff face.

"Forget that guy, Seina. As the lightning that came, exploded for a moment and disappeared, so did the love that you were experiencing right now. Just a quick glance and won't last long."

"Kei-niichan, you don't understand how I feel. At first I was not sure of my feelings. I fell in love with someone I shouldn't. Although I knew I couldn't be with him and he didn't return my love, but I also couldn't continue my relationship with Shohei-kun," Seina's moans held Kei's hands together.

"What advantages does that man have that Yamazaki doesn't? In your father's eyes and also in mine, Yamazaki is the only man who deserves to be your companion."

"You're right! I even think like that! When papa introduced Shohei to me, I was immediately interested. With all the advantages she had, I was sure I could fall in love with her. I even feel proud to be the lover of the best detective in the police force. I try to understand her work. Although she always prioritized her work, even though she never contacted me first, even though she was very stiff and clumsy, but I was very happy to be her lover," Seina said excitedly.

"Then?"

"Until the moment I continued to meet that person, my heart seemed to turn around and my gaze was only covered in that man's face. Although my meeting with the man was brief and unreasonable, it left a memorable mark. I tried to forget the shadow of that man by focusing on my relationship with Shohei, on one side of my heart even demanded that Shohei be like that man. I felt like I was pretending to be a woman with understanding in her eyes. Worse yet, I continue to hope to have a romantic and not bland relationship like the one I'm running into now with Shohei."

Kei immediately clasped Seina's hand. "That's all you can still talk to Shohei about. Slightly demanding on a partner is not a bad thing. While it is for the sake of harmony of your relationship. Because the ones who live it are you and Shohei."

"So .. Are you the same as Papa? Forcing me to continue this relationship even though I already love someone else?"

"Seina-chan, like I said. Your feelings for that person will pass."

Seina looked disappointed to hear Kei's response. He immediately shook Kei's hand and said, "I'm telling you this because I think Oniichan will understand how I feel."

"I understand exactly and have experienced similar things when I have had someone. I was in your position once. Eight years ago, when I was assigned to cover the Middle East, I fell in love with one of the female refugees. At a very young age, love I felt was explosive and even broke through logic. She is even a young widow. Her husband died while joining an armed civilian group. I continued to love her until I was able to break off my relationship with my lover who was in Tokyo. But what end did I get? Not both."

Seina flinched for a moment. Kei again touched the back of Seina's hand gently.

"Seina-chan, listen to me! When you love someone, you'll think you're right and everyone's wrong. Don't be quick to make decisions, let alone leave the person who loves us for the sake of the person who doesn't necessarily reciprocate our feelings."

Kei walked out of the room, leaving Seina who was still frozen with tears welling up. It's really a dilemma.

At this moment, I really don't know if I should continue my relationship with Shohei, or stop until here. I really don't know ....

Seina turned her head to the side, grabbing the phone lying on the nightstand. It's been all night, he hasn't activated his phone. Now, just as his phone was on, the sound of the voicemail notification came in a row. Seina started to hear the message one by one.

"Seina-chan, hontou ni gomennasai. I ruined our date plan. I didn't tell you and I was late. You must be tired waiting for me. Genkom, gomennasai. Shohei's voice in a worried tone sounded so clear.

Seina again heard the next voice message that still came from Shohei. "Seina-chan, please forgive me again! I promise I'll replace our messy date. Where are you going next week? Are you going to Tokyo? Or do you want me to take office leave for us on vacation? Do you want us to date tomorrow? I happen to have afternoon."

Seina continued to hear the voice messages that Shohei had sent from last night until this morning. Apologies kept on being uttered by the man. The more Seina heard it, the more her lips trembled and her tears slid just like that. How not, the lover continues to blame himself for a date that failed to happen. All of this has nothing to do with his current attitude. His heart was in a dilemma and wavering, making him unable to reply even a message sent Shohei.

Currently, Shohei is in a cafe that is quite quiet visitors. He sat in the corner of the room, checking his cell phone occasionally. Until now, Seina has not contacted him even though all her messages have been received.

"I haven't asked my uncle this morning. But I managed to get a list of the officials my uncle had met for the past two weeks." Kei handed a piece of paper to Shohei after ordering a drink.

"I can't believe you're moving so fast!" Shohei picked up the paper while shaking in admiration.

"Pending something that makes me curious isn't my style!" Kei smiled in anguish.

"Arigato." Shohei kept the paper in his bag.

"I'm planning on inviting my uncle as the source of my show. That way, he won't suspect me if I ask him something" Kei said.

"Great idea!" Shohei was immediately excited, "In that way, we might get information about the tenth target," he said with a squint.

Recalling the outpouring of heart Seina revealed to him, Kei immediately changed the subject. "By the way, how is your relationship with Seina?"

Shohei's face changed instantly. "It seems he's mad at me. We had a date last night, but I was late. He didn't answer the phone and reply to my messages until now. I think he also turned off the phone on purpose."

"May I give you some advice?"

"By pleasure."

"Seina-chan doesn't have a mother. He lives with a father who loves him very much. I was his brother and childhood friend. It could be said he experienced father complex¹. So, all his life he was only close to me and my uncle. You should be able to convince him that you are a man no less great than me and his father. Don't let him find a guy out there who makes him as comfortable as he was with his dad or me."

Shohei nodded while laughing foolishly. "I'm so bad at romance."

"Take care of love after you fall! Romance relationships can be that simple," Kei said with a faint smile. He lifted the glass parallel to his nose, then said again, "Just like this coffee, if you keep letting it go it will be cold, so will the feeling."

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Father complex: The attitude of a woman who is too close to her father or older brother that makes her always look for a male figure who is like a father in terms of age, nature, attitude etc. regular lady kekip gini demen mature men. He is also easy to melt/ten/terlene/baper with the preferential treatment men do to him.

Well there is also the term brother complex. woman with brother complex is difficult to accept her brother married and she will be easily jealous of his sister's wife because she considers having rights over her own brother.

One of you may experience the two things above, or be a victim of a woman who has a father complex/brother complex attitude.

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