CLARITY
By Sue-chan
Chapter one
"This is my girlfriend"
I heard someone say. Even before I could take another step to wherever direction I was heading to, I felt a strong grip on my left wrist. The next second I was pulled towards something hard.
It took me a good thirty seconds to notice all the eyes that were practically staring at me. It took me longer than that to realize that the 'something' was actually someone. I wouldn't have realized this in the first place if not of the warm breaths that came intact with my skin. And I had a temporary brain freeze.
"This is my girlfriend" I heard the same voice say again. This time it was awfully close and somehow the extremely uncomfortable stares I received turned into glares. If looks could actually kill, then I'd be dead by now. It wouldn't take a genius to figure out that the 'this' was me. Because other than myself, the wall and the person who owns that voice, there weren't any other living creature in a 5 meter radius around us. Oh hell.
How did I end up like this?
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"Wear something nice and elegant dear" said the tall slender figure with short auburn hair, my mother. We would have looked like twins if her hair was longer like mine. "Don't wear your hair in a messy bun" she yelled again from the kitchen. "Okay mom" I yelled back from my room. I was at the minute exploring my closest for something wearable for today's dinner party that my mother's all hyped up about. Parties weren't my forte. Heck I hated them. Mainly because of all the formalities, etiquettes and the massive crowd. I personally find it very suffocating. Normally I find a way to talk myself out of actually attending them, but today's case was different. It was my mom's long time best friend who was hosting it.
Aunt Karou, my mom's friend was actually a nice lady. Very enthusiastic I must add. She was tall, elegant and seemed to have a good sense of humor unlike my mother. The most attractive thing about her as I noticed was her eyes. They were crimson red and even when I was sitting in a table far away from her I could still see the glint in them.
Other than staring at her eyes, I was doing my best to prevent myself from dozing off. It was just yesterday that we moved to the capital because my father believed that it was time. My father, a well-known business tycoon in my country wanted me to grow up with the same environment he grew up in, so my whole childhood and more than a half of my teenage life was spent in a beautiful village. Not that I ever wanted to leave, but dad says that I should graduate properly before inheriting his business and all. So after all the unpacking and rearranging my stuff I still felt so tired.
I didn't want to openly sleep at this party, at least not when mom's a couple of tables away so that's when I thought to breathe in some fresh air. I didn't really expect that this party would be this crowded in the first place, but since these people are business tycoons as well I couldn't expected any less. After aimless roaming I finally saw an exit on my right and was almost there when all this happened. Oh, how I wish that I should have slept there than actually deciding to breathe fresh air.
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I could practically feel the guy behind me smirking when I helplessly stared at the crowd. I opened my mouth to protest but nothing came out. I winced when the grip around my left wrist tightened. After what seemed like an eternity, I allowed myself to be dragged by the stranger who didn't seem like he'd let go of my wrist any sooner. By now I was also dripping wet and smelled like strawberry punch. Not the kind of smell I wanted around me. Not that I even had a choice in the first place.
The air that brushed my skin seemed a bit chilly which meant that I'd soon be out of all the mess. All I could still see meanwhile being dragged was the well-built back and the raven hair that shone in the dim light that belonged to the guy I desire to punch so badly. When I gain control over my body that is.
Finally the moon was visible in front of me and my wrist was freed.
"Tch, aren't you going to thank me?" I heard him ask. Thank him?
"For what? making my day worse? Yeah right." I said rolling my eyes.
"For saving you" he said as if it was the most obvious thing. Jerk. "All this wouldn't have happened if you didn't drag me into it in the first place" I said while hugging myself. Gosh it was cold out here.
"I thought I did you a favor by calling you my girlfriend" his words made me twitch. Favor? "Like I'd want to be a strangers girlfriend" I almost yelled at him. Conceited jerk.
"Natsume Hyuuga" he said out of the blue. "Huh?"
"I don't repeat myself little girl" he said while starting to walk away.
"Hey! I'm not a little girl" I yelled after him. I hate it when people under estimate me.
He stopped for a second. "Whatever … Polka" was heard before he started to walk again with his hands in his pockets. It took me awhile to remember that my top half was dripping wet. "Pervert" I yelled after him. I'm surely going to punch him the next time I see his face.