You were seated awkwardly in one of the private room of a nice restaurant with your mother and certain man who said he was from the Kou.
Certain powerful family, and your family, the Imonoyama's are part of their household...that was what the man had explained. But being in the second family of your father, you, your mother and your two sisters weren't taken in by the main Imonoyama, so therefore, your mother has to do the living since the main family will not support you and your sisters.
Well, it doesn't really matters now, you and your family made it out alive and all of you have already graduated from a certain university and your two other sisters had their own family now and is happy. As for you, since you just graduated, you are still hanging out around your mom and having quality time with her.
It was fun. living freely...you don't know no what happened to the main family and your other sibling...you don't even know them.
It doesnt matter...until this guy appeared and invited your mother together with you out...It was unusual that you mother had agreed...it seems that she already knew something about this.
"The Imonoyama is part of the household, you are most likely, informed of that already right, Maria?" The man said.
"Yes, of course. Sakujun told me once about this already." your mother said.
"Then that is great." The man said, "Since, the main family is at the US at the moment, as the second family of Imonoyama Sakujun, your daughter Rin, will be replacing the place of Imonoyama Sōjun's daughter, Mai. As Young Master's Bride."
You almost choked upon hearing these things...
Imonoyama Sōjun is your father's eldest son, on his first family.
The man pushed his glasses with his middle finger and turned to you.
"I expect you to act accordingly, Miss Rin." He said to you. "I expect something good from your daughter, Maria. Since its you, I know you have led her to great knowledge of not defying the young master's will..."
Your mother only nodded.
"What!?" You stood up, "Don't I have any say in this!?" slamming your hand on the table.
"Rin!"Your mother reprimanded you.
"MA!" you argued, "I don't even fu-" you groaned instead, sitting down upon meeting your mother's glare.
"Ah, a wild cat." the man commented. You glared at him but dropped it.
"Great. All you have to do is be an obedient person beside the young master, and everything will be fine. Young master doesn't really care about his fiancés, so you still get to live your life normally." He added.
'Well, that eases everything...'
"Wait- fiancés?!" You gasped.
"Yes, you are the 15th. The rest was...well, not to his liking." The man informed you.
A smile formed from your lips, if you acted like a shit, then he'll probably dump you...later on...
"But I'm warning you, miss Rin." You glared at him as if he can read your mind. "If you do anything that will make the young master mad, I believe that I might consider sending your family away-"
"Attorney-san!" You shouted, "Touch my family and I make sure you will be harmed in all possible ways that I can." without thinking, you have picked up a table knife and had your knees support you on the table, reaching up to point the knife on the man's neck.
"Rin!" Your mother took the knife from you.
"An Imonoyama indeed." He said, smirking at you.
You hated the man on the first time meeting him, and you hated him more now.
"Your movements are fast, as expected from the Imonoyama's. But I hope you were able to use that back at the university." His eyes glinted knowingly and you stepped back, he was holding something that you were keeping for years now...
"What happened back at the university?" Your mother asked.
"No-"
"Nothing much, Maria." He answered, looking at you, "I believe your daughter have moved on now and didn't want to go back and reminisce the past..." He gave your mother a great smile.
"YOU-"
"Well then, miss Rin." the man stood up, "You will be meeting the young master soon. I'll call you by then." He said finally before he stood up and bowed to your mother.
Your mother doesn't seemed to mind that he was pissing you off. And it seems like the man knows your secret too... He must've looking into your profile...
*present*
Today, you were doing your part-time job as a tutor. You weren't allowed to get a real job because the bastard of a lawyer said so...but you still do part time job tutoring nursery class whenever their teacher's not around.
On your way home, you decided to meet up with your friend at Shibuya.
The two of you decided to hang around and talk. She was aware of your current situation too.
"So did you meet the guy you're engage with?" She asked.
"No." You answered. "I wish he would just find someone else...like...he'll meet someone on his way home, and fall in love with the woman, and cancel everything because he's wayyyyy attracted to the woman or something like that..." You quietly sipped your coffee.
Your friend laughed at you, and the conversation went on...until the two of you noticed that it was already late.
"7:30pm" Your friend can't believe it. "We've been like talking for 5hours straight?"
"Well, werent we used to doing that back during college?" you told her, "We almost got locked one time…"
"Yeah, that one too!" The two of you chuckled and eventually took your leave, leaving the cup of coffees on your table.
"This way, Ayumi." You called your best friend, looking over your shoulder; That moment you didn't realize that there is someone standing in your way.
*bump*
"Ow." You groaned, "Sorry, I wasn't looking." You apologized immediately.
"Don't worry, no damage done" His voice made you immediately look up, it was like his presence is big threat to our entire being,
A tall, well-built man with red hair tied back into a little ponytail, a goatee, thin eyebrows, wearing a suit.
"!" His red eyes bore into yours for a couple of seconds, and you can swear that yours showed how scared of you that moment and immediately retreated two steps away from him.
"I-I'm sorry, I wasn't looking." You apologized again, and bowed.
"Nothing to worry about it," He said, looking at down at you, staring and studying your appearance.
"Rin, are you okay?" you friend approached you.
"Yea. I'm good. Come let's get to the station, it's getting late." You answered. Then you nodded at the man earlier, but he was no longer there in front of you.
He disappeared…
he's scary…
and tall and handsome,
but someone I don't want to get near…
His presence makes you want to run away and don't want to be anywhere near him
"Over here, Master Kouen." A man opened the doors of the building so that the red haired man can enter, but before he entered, he turned to where the young lady earlier went off .
He watched you retreated to the train station with your friend.
He remembered the look in your eyes; it was a frightened look yet holding a great fire of stubbornness?
'Interesting…' he thought, now he is wondering what does his new fiancé looks like… and He wished that she'll be an entertaining one.
If not, then I'll be looking for that young lady earlier… he decided.
To be continued…
Sakujun and Sōjun are both names from Saiunkoku Monogatari. I just used them since they re quite similar to the KOU's name.
KOUEN is not MINE...I just wish he would be tho...