The CEO Who Hates Me

Their seats were on the ringside, down on the floor right in front of the ring, the highest priced and most exclusive. Ryu explained to her the simple rules of sumo that the first to fall out the ring or touch the ground with any part of his body other than the soles of his feet loses.

"I knew that information already Mr. Ryu Ken. I already watched a match on a television just so you know." She said smiling sarcastically.

Ryu just laughed then watched the current fight. There's already a fight in the ring when they entered.

Meanwhile, Arya turned her head to Ryu instead. He was holding her hand from the time they took off from the train and until now. So she tried to drop a joke at him and said, "why not accompany me inside the girl's restroom later too since you were like a sticky glue on my hand?" Ryu just ignored her comments and acted more loving and caring at her more.

Arya sighed deeply and just stared at Ryu lovingly.

"I know it's better to watch this handsome sexy boyfriend of yours than those blubber men fighting inside the ring." Ryu suddenly murmured as he noticed that Arya was staring at him for some quite time now instead of watching the sumo wrestlers.

"You are such a big-headed guy, aren't you?" She murmured as she turned her head and eyes to the sumo wrestlers while pouting her lips.

"Ohhh…" Arya gasped in daze together with the crowd when a wrestler fell out of ring in just seconds. "That was fast," she murmured.

Ryu can't help and whispered to her ear, "But not as fast as Ryu Ken right?" He raised and rubbed their clasping hand to his cheek then kissed her hand. Arya just made a face at him and Ryu laughed.

Then a man entered the ring and announced the names of the next two wrestlers. These sumo wrestlers entered the ring, looked each other in the eye, then turned to their corner of the ring and squatted, rose, raised one leg and then slammed it back down on the ground, followed by the other leg. They were intimidating each other.

"Wow! That was impressive!" Arya exclaimed with wide eyes. It was like an enacted pre-competition ritual when new wrestlers stepped into the ring.

Ryu smiled as he looked at her. Arya was so cute on his eyes and he just loved how she was expressing herself openly.

This time the match went long, generating huge waves of excitement as they watched two wrestlers attempt to push each other over.

"Bouts can be won or lost in a matter of seconds, although some match goes in for a minute or more like this." Ryu commented. Arya just nodded with her eyes still fixed on the current fight.

"Ohhhhh…" Another reaction was heard from Arya and the crowd. Ryu laughed silently seeing Arya's different expressions plastered her face while she watched the current fight intently. She was even biting her nails now? Ryu shook his head. His girlfriend was extraordinary.

It was a fun crowd with everyone shouting out and even laughing when the sumo wrestlers got pushed out in each match. There were obviously some firm favourites among the sumo wrestlers as when they all came on at the end of their time slot some were cheered a lot more than others.

After about an hour and a half of watching, Ryu suddenly whispered to her ear, "Let's get out now. This is no fun anymore. It's just two fat, sweaty guys fighting all over again. Let's go and explore more places."

Arya laughed at his comments. It was actually quite fun for cultural experience but she agreed with Ryu to leave because she thought that an hour or two of sumo watching was already enough.

They had a tourist guide who assisted them the whole day. Ryu wanted to take a picture of them together but Arya strongly refused with an alibi that she hated taking pictures which usually spoil the tour by consuming extra time. But in reality, it was the first thing she should watch out as per Kay – her picture must not be taken by Ryu because it's safer and easier for her to hide from him when the time comes.

Her consistent refusals made Ryu snappy. He was frowning at most of the time. He even tried to take stolen shots of her that ended up blurry or just a side or back views.

Arya laughed and just appeased him by being extra sweet. This time she initiated the holding of hands the entire time. She cuddled him every now and then as they walked. She even gave him unexpected kisses just to divert his attention.

Ryu seemed to be pleased by it and did not insist the matter of them taking a picture together.