The Worlds Seeker

"What do you think?" Asking Tsukimi Chifuyu, who was sitting in the passenger seat of the car, Kai couldn't help but laugh at her strange expression.

"I-It's okay... It's beautiful..." Chifuyu was still in shock from what was happening. She was yet to believe that Kai was rich enough to own such a car. There were rumors at school, but he was always the guy who never showed much. But now she saw that no one saw it, not that he didn't show it.

She was dressed in a simple outfit, but it fit her well. A sleeveless white high neck and a black skirt that didn't fully cover her thick, beautiful legs. She was also carrying a black thin-handled bag on her lap.

"Did you just like the car? And whose drive? Did you like him too? Did you find him good?" Kai teased her, knowing that she was a more passive person. And those are the best people to tease.

"Y-You're also p-pretty good!" Chifuyu blushed all over as she looked at Kai's side profile and had to admit that he was well dressed. Not to mention his fine clothes, which put hers on the floor. And this was the best look she found to go to a fashion show...

"You look beautiful too, Miss Tsukimi. You have to be careful not to draw attention during the show..." Looking at her body, Kai especially focused on her exposed legs. He personally didn't have any problems, but why not tease when you have the chance?

Looking at him and where he was looking, Chifuyu was silent as she tried not to blush even more. As much as she agreed to go out with him because of the fashion show, no woman would go out with a man she didn't want to. And now that Kai was showing a clear interest in her, she didn't know how to react and was embarrassed.

About a few minutes later and a few quick turns through the avenues to put some adrenaline in Chifuyu's blood, they arrived at a beautiful five-star hotel that would host the fashion show. Fass was a Japanese fashion company that would be completing 25 years of work today, while Square & Cloud was an international company that recently went public with its innovative fashion ideas. They decided to make the party a show and invited the biggest names in the industry to attend.

All this being said to explain the length of the supercars' line that now stood in front of the hotel, with management taking good care not to look messy.

Several uninvited brand enthusiasts, as well as interviewers and the general public, were behind the iron barriers and shouting the names of the various famous people who got out of their cars, each one representing some epitome of fashion in some year.

Chifuyu immediately felt embarrassed hearing the screams outside, wondering how she would get out of the car with Kai in this situation. She hadn't known the fashion show would be so high-class and had come on impulse. If she'd only thought for a moment and researched it, she would have realized in advance how much trouble she'd gotten herself into.

"How are you feeling?" Kai held back a laugh as he glanced at her, who was currently looking out the smoky window at the people taking pictures all the time. "Don't worry, just hold on to me and nothing will happen to you."

"-hold on?" Chifuyu repeated softly as she looked at him.

When it was their turn, Kai got out of the car and handed the keys to the chaffeur. The cameras' flashes would have been blinding if not for his evolution, but he ignored everyone's cheering and helped Chifuyu out of the car.

Since she didn't have the same resistence to light as Kai, she put her hand to her face to avoid it. To brace herself for her embarrassment, she leaned toward Kai, placing her hand on his chest.

"Come on, hold my hand, miss..." Kai teased her some more as he grabbed her hand and started to walk into the building. Chifuyu quickly followed, trying her best not to embarrass themselves in front of so many cameras.

It wasn't until they were inside that the screams were muffled by the glass doors. The hall in white and gold marble with the lights of the chandeliers, luxury everywhere, was what was left for their eyes to see.

Walking down a red carpet to the grand hall where the fashion show was to take place, he again felt the urgent urge to tease this cute girl.

"Did you see that people were enchanted by your beauty?"

"They were talking about y-you, I think..."

"No no, I'm sure they talked about the two of us. They said: "Look at that couple, how beautiful! Are they models too?". I remember it being something like that."

"Why don't you stop teasing me?" With a bit of cute irritation in her voice, Chifuyu squeezed Kai's hand, wanting to pinch him.

Walking to the hall, they saw that it was already crowded with several people. All there were either models or reporters for major newspapers, or famous owners of their own clothing brands. All very well dressed and casually chatting with each other, glasses of wine and champagne being served along with appetizers of various names. It was a social event mixed with a fashion show, so there were no chairs to pay full attention to the models.

"Champagne?" Kai offered as he grabbed a glass for himself from one of the event's waiters.

"Do you drink?" Chifuyu looked at him and asked. It's not known why, but she felt the need to take the glass from his hand and say no, but that would be too invasive. She wasn't his girlfriend to try and control him.

"Only when I'm accompanied by beautiful women. And for you it would have to be the whole bottle, not just a glass." Kai winked at her and took a sip of champagne. Unfortunately this habit was instilled in him from an early age and his alcohol resistance was wonderful.

Chifuyu huffed angrily, lightly pinching his hand. What she didn't realize was that she hadn't let go of his hand until now, and didn't seem to intend to.

"Come on, I have to introduce you to some people..." Kai finished his glass and placed it on the tray of another passing waiter when he tugged Tsukimi lightly.

They walked around the room for a while and quickly came across a woman who was talking with a few other people. As soon as they got close, Chifuyu instantly recognized who it was.

"Kabuki-sensei?" She asked unintentionally, seeming even rude as she interrupted the conversation.

The woman, who turned around to see who was calling her so intimately, was surprised to see her student here in this event, and on top of that holding hands with such a handsome young man. But, with a sharper look, she also realized who it was.

"Miss Tsukimi, Young Nakashima, what are you doing here?"

"We are here to watch the event, as everyone came. I am also a huge fashion enthusiast and have always enjoyed the innovative designs that Square & Cloud proposes. And Tsukimi happened to be free to accompany me." Being as polite as possible, Kai displayed a bearing that befitted a young royal.

"What is that brat they found on the street doing in here?" A voice came from behind the woman, belonging to a big, handsome man. His high-quality suit showed his origins, but the lack of a tie and open blazer also said his style was freer.

Beside him was a woman who looked younger, about 20 years old, dressed in a dark blue evening gown and looked very elegant. Her gaze that had previously seemed blank brightened as she glared at Kai.

The conversation between the people in the circle stopped the moment the man spoke, and Tsukimi felt angry for Kai. She didn't know why she was so angry, but she felt like hitting this big man. Who strangely resembled Kai in certain ways...

"Is that the Al Capone cosplayer talking or is it me seeing things?" Kai squinted at the man, who was smaller than he was now, "Excuse me." He let go of Chifuyu's hand after giving her a steadying look and walked over to the duo.

Sensing that tensions were high, Ms Kabuki didn't know what to do, and neither did Chifuyu, thinking a fight might break out. Her heart was pounding, but it almost seemed to stop after seeing Kai's next action.

"Good night, my dear Kiara. Sorry I didn't take the time to visit." Arriving in front of the woman, Kai took her hand and gave her a peck on the cheek, which made her laugh.

"Don't worry, little Kai. The only one who is demanding your presence all the time is Grandma." The woman's smile was enough that all the men in the room who had their eyes on her nearly swooned, but they also glared with murderous eyes at Kai.

"I'm sad that you didn't miss me then." Kai teased the girl, and then gave his sideways glance to the man beside him, who seemed to look at him irritably, "What? Want a kiss too, pussy?"

With everything that was going on, it looked like a fight was going to break out at any moment.

"Hahaha! You brat, if it weren't for mommy being around I'd spank you!" The man held out his arm and Kai squeezed hard, bumping shoulders with him. After a warm hug, Kai walked back to Tsukimi and again held her hand, which looked a little sweaty now.

"W-who are they?..." Chifuyu asked between whispers as her teacher looked a little embarrassed between them.

"My siblings..." Kai spoke with a smile as he began to pay attention to the event that was about to begin.

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"Sorry for the late introduction, my name is Kenji Nakashima, and the one next to me is our sister Kiara Nakashima. You must be my brother's girlfriend, what's your name?" As he watched the various models walk across the lit stage while everything else was dark, Kenji took the opportunity to introduce himself to Chifuyu and clear up any misunderstandings. He noticed that she got nervous when he almost got into a fight with his brother, but the others had no way of guessing that he always talked like that to Kai.

"M-my name is Tsukimi Chifuyu..." She replied while looking a little nervous. She also wanted to say that she wasn't Kai's girlfriend, but that seemed hard to deny without sounding disrespectful. Not to mention her chances would go to 0% if she said that.

"It's a pleasure." Kiara spoke while smiling at Chifuyu. Her attitude was more demure and reserved, causing people to mistake her for being an introvert.

After the brief introduction, Kai would sometimes chat with his brother Kenji and also tease Chifuyu about how beautiful she would look in the clothes that showed up. This brought a smile to Kiara's face as she heard the girl commenting on her outfit in a very professional manner.

The only one who still seemed lost was Ms Kabuki, who decided to keep quiet. After all, she had nothing to say about Kai's chance to be the brother of two famous people.

After all, Kenji Nakashima was a famously successful businessman, founder of an asset trading company, his instructions worth more than gold in the stock market. And to complete the package, he was married to the Japanese model Aya Nakashima, who was also part of that fashion show.

About Kiara Nakashima, not much was known, only that she was the Miss of the Nakashima family, an influential Japanese family that existed for generations and commands Tokyo along with two other families. One would be the Kabuki family, the same one where Tsukimi's fashion teacher comes from and the Kaneko family being the second.

Kai took advantage while no one was watching and started walking away together with Chifuyu. He found it very interesting when her eyes sparkled with stars when she saw a beautiful outfit, also squeezing his hand tightly for it.

"Do you want to take a closer look at how it all works?" He asked as he led her through the crowd and towards the back of the stage.

"Can we!?" Chifuyu asked with an excited expression, but soon blushed when she realized her intonation, "Only if we can, of course..."

When she said that, she saw that Kai stopped walking and turned to her. Watching him get closer and closer, until he breathed in the scent on her neck and spoke softly. She almost melted when she felt that, but she kept as calm as possible..

"Here we can do whatever we want."

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Watching the girls put on their makeup and put the finishing touches on their outfits as if their lives depended on it, Chifuyu wondered how much better her night would be tonight. Kai said that she was free to roam and he would stand behind her. This caused her to start walking all over the place with him in tow.

Every moment she was in a different place, seeing the different types of dresses that were waiting to be shown to the world in this show. Each one was better than the next, and she didn't even notice Kai behind her rejecting the models' advances.

At a certain point, her gaze fell to a specific dress that was on a mannequin, with no one exactly to wear it. It was a jet black evening gown, but it had sparkles like the stars and deep shades of blue and purple, but so light and imperceptible that one would only be able to notice it when looking into the distance and seeing the true magnificence of this outfit.

Touching it with her usual bright face, she heard the peaceful, mature voice of a woman beside her.

"Do you like the dress?" The voice was calm and carried an incredible maternal tone that made it look like an angel talking.

"It's beautiful. The details are so magnificent... The colors fit perfectly and it seems that the more I look at it, the more the feeling that I'm going to sink into the stars becomes real. A work of art!" With an enthusiasm that even her parents didn't know she had in fashion, Chifuyu talked about the dress as she ran her fingers through it delicately.

"I've heard many fawn over me, but you were the first to be so dreamy about something I've done." The woman beside her laughed a little at Chifuyu's speech, her laughter giving off a sense of calm, "It's great to know that my son's girlfriend has such a talent for the beauty arts..."

With the woman's last line, Chifuyu instantly froze, already knowing who she would find when she turned around. She was feeling a chilly feeling and hadn't expected this encounter to escalate so quickly.

But, like the savior of the fatherland, Kai interrupted the monologue when he stepped out of the shadows and supported Tsukimi for an instant before walking over to the mature woman.

Taking her hand and placing a kiss on her back, and another on the woman's forehead, he spoke in a loving voice.

"Hello, mom. How long has it been, no?"