YOU’RE MINE (Arranged Marriage of the Two Genius)

4. TWIN STAR

Living in London for Kyoko was like freedom with her elder brother just like before he left because it has been a year since the last time they bond and being around him give her the reason to smile but somehow, memories of her Granny came back when they visited the London bridge once and she felt like losing herself again so, for her to occupy her mind she proceeds training herself by adjusting to the cold weather or body resistance, run a mile away, exercise every day in the morning that gain her freckles underneath her eyes and a strong body to participate in a big competition.

The day before the Olympics, Ryota and Kyoko are eating together at the dining table.

“So, this will be the last day of your training and tomorrow is the day. Are you ready?" he asked excitingly and she tilted her head and stared at him.

“I am always ready,” she stated seriously.

He grinned. "Yeah. By the looks of you, you are ready to get the medal." He cackles. "I wonder if your twin will be able to defeat you by that determination of yours,” he told with a smirk.

“My twin? I don't have a twin. Why do people keep saying that?" she defended.

“Seriously, Kyoko? Are you not watching? Your twin, you two are all over the news,” he pointed at her accusingly.

“I know. I read the newspaper,” she mumbled blankly.

“So, you know that you've been comparing to someone who has the same characteristics as yours?" he told.

“We're not the same,” she countered and then, she stood up. "I'm done. I'll go ahead." And she left him.

“Be careful!" he shouted. "And don't tire yourself too much!" he added.

Kyoko opened the gate when she stops because she noticed that there's a lot of bodyguards at her back.

“You don't have to come with me. I can protect myself,” she notified in a bored tone.

“I'm sorry, Young lady, but that's an order,” The man responded firmly.

“Okay. But..." She pauses to look at them from her left to right out of the corner of her eyes. "if that you can win against me,” she coolly replied. "Catch me if you can." And from that, she runs fast.

All bodyguards chased after her everywhere while she went in every alley to fool them, hop over the fences, bricks and flip herself to the air. The kids who saw her gaped in awe because of the smooth and svelte moves she has. When finally no one is at her tail, she smiled triumphantly then she lifted her scarf more to cover her nose and lips. Meanwhile, in a not-so-far alley, Yuki is walking with the hood of the jacket in his head to cover himself from the crowd of people's attention while he keeps his hands on the pocket. He turned to the left corner when he accidentally bumped into the lady who has a scarf on her face and none of them even say sorry. He continued strolling anyway and every people he passed by were talking about him and to his twin.

“Japan and the Philippines are so lucky to have two geniuses. The twin star,” The lady said.

“They are both the same, a twin, so I don't know who will win between them because they are both perfectionists in all things including in all different kinds of sports,” A deep bold accent of British voice said.

“I wanna know who will win between the twin star,” The other lady commented.

Yuki then rode a bus.

“My twin? She is not my twin. Why do they always talking about my twin? And two geniuses? I am the only genius,” he whispered.

Then, at the next stop, Kyoko got inside. On the other hand, Pres. Yamashita is on the phone.

“How's my grandson-in-law?" he spoke in a menacing voice. "WHAT!" he yelled over the phone. "AND HOW DID HE GONE IN YOUR EYES?" He clenched his jaw in irritation. "Find him now or all of you will lose your job. Is that clear?" he warned and offed the phone gripping it then, dialed again. He placed it beside his ear. “How's my granddaughter?" he asked seriously. "WHAT!!!" he bawled angrily. "I DON'T CARE HOW YOU LOST HER BECAUSE ALL I CARE NOW IS TO FIND HER AND SECURE HER! CALL ME ONCE YOU FIND HER.” He hanged up and hissed in annoyingly. “Two little kids escaped under their surveillance?" He smirked. "They are growing as I expected."

Nightfall, Kyoko was on the soccer field and jogging around the corner and after getting all sweat she plopped to the ground while catching her breath and stood up to get a can to drink. She went back to the field and when she drunk it all she glanced to the net. A mischievous thought is playing through her mind. Yuki at the meantime has a can drink in his left hand and while walking he removed his hood to reveal his full height that is about 166cm, his thin eyebrows, fiery yet cold-blooded sullen eyes, and opened the can to smell it with his pointed nose and gulped it down into his throat to clearly show off his chiseled jaw. After finishing it, he burped and wiped his delectable thin pinkish lips. He glanced to his left side when suddenly his feet stopped because his eyes found a girl in the middle of the field with a can in her hand and she’s throwing it in the air like she's calculating. He narrowed his eyes to visualize the face of the girl and his jaw partly opened because it's the first time in his life to saw a new girl yet so gorgeous with a cool appearance and because he didn't expect the girl who is well-known the same as him appeared in front of his eyes but then, his emotion vanished.

“It's her,” he muttered.

Kyoko anyways is calculating her distance in her mind which is about 80 meters away from the net and she shook her head not satisfied so, she stepped back more until she's on the net of the opposite corner whilst, Yuki remained in his position as he stared at her from afar.

“You can't do that,” he uttered.

She again tossed the can and when it hangs in the air, her eyes change into a blazing fire. Once the can is slowly dropping, she swept off of her feet to turned around then, she did a backflip and kicked it in such a svelte way that it hit the opposite net with a big impact. On the other side, he became stupefy of what he undoubtedly saw the can hit the isocenter of the target. And so, he turned to the gorgeous girl once again and his eyes are full of respect that has not been existed inside of him for all these years.

“What the hell. Who are you?" he mumbled more to himself while staring at her.

Meanwhile, Kyoko runs towards the other net and picked the can. “Someone is watching me. I need to get out of here,” she said in her subconscious.

And so, she left while Yuki was glued into his position and just stared at the girl who made him zone out. And when he is about to approach her, she suddenly took the bus and so for the last time, he looked after where the girl left a bizarre feeling through him.

Kyoko got home and she changed her slippers when a deep voice poured her ears.

“And where did you go without a guard with you? We don't know what could happen to you in this late hour,” Ryota intimidatingly reminded her that his hands were on his waist and his eyebrows creased in the middle.

“I just roamed around,” she responded shortly without an emotion.

“Next time you will go out, go with your bodyguards, okay?" he said with a tone.

“Good night."

She then pecked his cheek not answering him and go upstairs to her room.

“Good night!" he shouted.

Whilst, same as to Yuki, he closed the door behind him softly and changed his slippers when he heard noises from the living area.

“I can't believe it and I'll be able to see her tomorrow!" Jen screamed merrily.

“But we have a flight tomorrow, Love," Jero replied.

“Yeah, too bad,” she saddened.

The next morning, the Winter Olympics has come and the ceremony has started that all people across the world are watching in the biggest game of the century. All tennis players have been introduced one by one according to their categories and levels, also all the famous personnel from different countries like Europe, Korea, Japan, Philippines, China, and America. Meanwhile, in Japan and the Philippines, they all have their attention to the competition whereas their eminent twin stars gave the same honor for their very own country.

At the start of the game, Yuki was playing against his strange competitor from the U.K. and he has a game face.

Name: Yuki Venn L. Francisco

Age: 12 years old

Height: 5 feet and 3 inches, 166 cm

Weight: 42 kg

IQ: 1000-2000 IQ plus

Born: July 29, 2000

Nationality: Filipino

CHARACTERISTICS:

Perfectionist

Excellent in everything

Sporty/talented

Book reader

Prideful

Arrogant

Sensitive

Stubborn

Serious

Elusive

Cool

Cold

Unsociable

Tranquil

Charming

Elegance

Famous

Rich

Handsome

Amiable

Tall

Fitted

Have a white fair skin

Has a blue eyes

Thin & pink lips

Like rukawa's hair in slam dunk anime tv series

Pointed nose

Yuki won afterward that's why his family in the Philippines is celebrating at their house. Jero and Jen anyways are very happy to see their only son making his name for himself.

Next, the speaker called the attention of the next player cheerfully. Yuki sauntered going down backstage while Kyoko sauntered going inside of the stage. However, they just passed by to each other that they did not even take a glance or talk a bit to one another. Then, she placed herself in the field while holding her tennis rocket comfortably and a game face.

Name: Yamashita Kyoko

Age: 12 years old

Height: 5 feet, 160 cm

Weight: 40 kg

IQ: 1000-2000 IQ plus

Born: July 30, 2000

Nationality: Japanese

CHARACTERISTICS:

Perfectionist

Excellent in everything

Sporty/talented

Books reader

Prideful

Sensitive

Stubborn

Elusive

Serious

Cool

Cold

Unsociable

Tranquil

Charming

Clever

Gorgeous

Famous

Rich

Beautiful

Tall

Fitted

Have a white fair skin

Has brown hazel eyes

Long, brown, and straight hair

Kissable and reddish lips

Pointed nose

In every strike Kyoko produced, her competitor cannot even get a score. She won and she's now stepping to the next level which is the final event where she'll have to compete with Yuki and to the American player named Johnny Maine. Back in Japan, her parents were both in the hospital and busy.

The next player is Daigo Yusuke, a classmate of Kyoko since pre-school but they're not close. He is charming with his eyeglasses and average IQ. Eventually, he loses and took the sportsmanship.

The final event has come and all of the audience shrieked and keep on cheering for their bet.

“The long wait is over, everyone!" Speaker 1 boisterous-ly said. "We're now in the final event of the game,” he mentioned.

“I can't wait anymore to know who'll be the one to declare as champion here in the largest winter Olympic tennis competition." Speaker 2 giggles.

“Same thing with me. Okay, let's begin the game!" Speaker1 introduced. "Just three remaining players we have here. One from Japan, one from the Philippines, and one representative from America,” he acknowledged. "As we all know, Johnny Maine is our defending champion here in tennis. Can he defend his throne this time? Let's find out who'll win at the end,” he announced excitingly.

“The first who will compete is Johnny Maine and Yuki Venn L. Francisco,” Speaker2 declared.

Johnny served the ball for the beginning that Yuki catches it and from that, they both have serious faces while the two speakers kept on talking. The three sets have finished. Yuki beat Johnny down easily and it's time for Johnny to gave away his throne to the person who deserves it.

“It looks like Yuki didn't even get a sweat on their game," Speaker2 said smirking.

“I think so too. Anyway, now we go to the next game where Yuki will face our Japanese player. Who will remain unbeaten for the throne? Partner, go and introduce our next players." Speaker1 glanced into his partner then, he faced towards the field.

“Thank you, partner. On the right corner, we have Yuki Venn L. Francisco that remains unbeaten and on the left corner, Yamashita Kyoko!" Speaker2 announced.

Yuki and Kyoko faced each other across the tennis field and they're staring at each other from afar with their dagger look. The guard blew the whistle as a sign of start and so, Yuki served the ball but Kyoko returned it powerfully. With that, they exchanged strikes with each other.

“Partner..." Speaker1 started to go in between. "As I heard a while ago that these two players we have here are the first two geniuses of their country and our generation,” he surprisingly told. "And take note of this, they are known as the GENIUS IN A WHOLE WIDE WORLD. Can you believe that?" He turned his head to his partner.

Speaker 2 glanced at his partner too. "At their young age they already have a 1000- 2000 IQ, amazing isn't it?" he said in amusement. "They are amazing!" he squealed. "Actually when I heard about that I was shocked because they are here and competing with us. But they're not just geniuses because they're also talented. Based on their records in all tournaments that they have joined they're not yet losing since birth. Undefeated, I mean. It's awesome!" he energetically spoke.

“Yeah, I know right. As you were saying, they're not just genius or perfectionists but also talented. And look, look at their faces. They have good-looking faces that for sure everyone will adore that's why they have a lot of supporters here,” Speaker1 said and because of that, some viewers in the stadium shrieked. “The whole world called these two a TWIN STAR because of the same honor they both bring for their very own country,” he spoiled.

“They're a gifted child. For sure, if Kyoko will join in any beauty contests or pageants I'm not wondering or surprise if she'll win because of her beauty, cleverness, and gorgeousness. I will call her a 'Goddess' 'cause of the same characteristics she has like a true Goddess,” Speaker2 declared.

“It's pretty obvious and I agree that she looks like a Goddess. Same thing with Yuki because of his elegance, charm, and handsomeness I will call him an 'Almighty God'." Speaker1 nodded.

“I agree I agree." Speaker2 giggles. "Oh, let's go back to the game. Hey, look!" He got shocked when he saw the score chart. "They do not have a score yet?" he questioned his partner with his knitted eyebrows but Speaker1 just chuckles.

“It seems like no one wants to lose to both of them. They're not giving up,” he recited turning their heads to the field.

“They want to get the Gold Medal but it's okay if one of them will win because they are both representing their country." Speaker2 chuckles.

“I know right." Speaker1 giggles. "Who do we think will win and stand out?" he asked.

Onwards, Yuki and Kyoko are still not yet done that it's been three hours but no one wants to lose until in the mid of the competition, the guard stops them two and called their attention to come to the middle of the field to talk to while all the people in the stadium became tranquil and just waiting for the announcement to know what is going on that you can honestly hear hummingbirds and wind blowing because of too much silence.

“Wow! You'll never gotta believe on this!" Speaker2 shouted with a tingling sensation in his body.

“Everyone, listen to me. The decisions made by the judges are very, very great!" Speaker1 exclaimed excitingly. "They all declared that these TWO GENIUS PLAYERS...” He pauses to glance at his partner to give him an eye signal.

“ARE PROCLAIM CHAMPION!" And they both yelled in unison.

All are shrieking and at the same time clapping wildly while, in Japan, all are celebrating for their victory because for the record again of their history they bring home the Bacon. Same as to the Philippines that it's been years since they've won and the gold medal have been taken away from them for a long time.

“Wow. That's the only thing that I can say in a moment like this. Really. This is the first time in our history that we have two champions. Phenomenal. They ARE a TWIN STAR,” Speaker2 calmly announced.

The proclamation then happened in the ground stage where Yuki and Kyoko were standing firmly bilaterally without sticking skin to each other while, at their front, there were a lot of reporters with cameras gazing at them. They both didn't have a reaction although they both declared champion that not even a small smile they didn't produce one but still, they look good. While Johnny Maine was in the second place and he's not pleased with what he got into and because his throne has been stolen from him. The 3rd place anyways went to a British guy and he's happy whatever he got into. Yusuke on the other side is just backstage and staring at Kyoko from afar with his little smile.

“Congratulations," Kyoko murmured enough for Yuki to hear with her poker face in front.

“Congratulations on your face," Yuki replied in a murmur and po-face in front. "Don't be contented and happy in your position right now because I'm not satisfied that we are in the same state,” he blurted not even glancing at her.

She got surprised because of what she heard coming from him making her slide her eyes into his direction from her peripheral view that her grasp tightened to the trophy.

To be continued...

All the players in the tennis competition, teens category, were in one hallway whilst, both Yuki and Kyoko were looking out for each other when they finally saw one another. The moment their eyes met was like it’s just them two in the hallway until Kyoko was called so, she went out to compete. After Kyoko won, the name of Yuki has been called and so, they met again while they are sauntering down that they came across each other but they didn’t say something or even look at one another. Eventually, throughout the game, they kept on glancing in each other’s direction like they were playing hide and seek. They were both afraid to talk to each other.