When She Loves Him
A/N: I was flipping through some of my files in my computer when I found this story. I remembered that this was actually my first RyoSaku fic, because I've written this four years ago… but I stopped at the second chapter because I was out of ideas on how to continue. I'll just post this and see where it goes. I've got a lot of unfinished fics in my hands already so don't expect me to update this story this year. Maybe next year?
RYOSAKU AU-ish (sort of)
Enjoy.
Ch1: Prologue
True love is when you shed a tear and still want him.,
It's when he ignores you and you still love him,
It's when he loves another but you still smile and say 'I am happy for you',
True love is when all you really do is cry and cry.
-MeJane
He had every right to retaliate. Echizen Ryoma, knowing him, would never agree to such absurd 'last wish' of anyone. Not even those close to him. Never in his life, would he sacrifice his career as the top heir to a shipping business into a loveless marriage with Ryuzaki Sakuno.
As he had his eyes staring the spot on the wall past the priest's shoulder, he didn't want to think about the bride standing next to him. He had said 'I do', a vow without any speck of emotion put into it, and silently resented anyone that had anything to do with the woman he found totally hopeless and pathetic since High school.
"You may now kiss the bride."
Devoid of any morsel of emotion, he turned towards his blushing bride. The cheers from his ex-senpaitachi and the camera flashes did nothing to alleviate his moodiness one bit as he looked down onto his bride's lips. Her lips were tinted with some red, and her face was powdered lightly, just enough to bring out her natural beauty. Her eyelashes lowered as he brought up his hand to tilt her chin so that she looked up at him.
He hated her.
He hated this woman who had the audacity to agree into marrying him, just because his mother was there to propose to her on his behalf. He hadn't even agreed to the proposal. He despised this woman who looked at him with such hope that he would someday love her back.
No, he wasn't going to love her back. Not in a million years.
He loved someone else, someone he deemed to be the most suitable for him.
But this woman had to agree to the marriage and instantly his relationship with Kotoha broke off.
He turned to his mother for a heartbeat and saw her smiling at him weakly. Her head was covered with her favourite floppy hat, and her lips were pale.
But it was his mother. His loving mother whom had raised him single-handedly when her own parents had cut off any existing family ties because she married a man she fell in love with in college. And for that, he grudgingly inched closer to his bride. He managed to mumble against her lips for her to hear before he finally kissed Sakuno.
"I'm not doing this for you."
Sakuno didn't know which surprised her more. It was either the fact that Ryoma had said those words or the fact that he actually kissed her. Her eyelids fluttered closed as she decided to return his kiss.
Just as Ryoma felt her tilting her head to the side to deepen the kiss, he quickly pulled away.
"If you have other plans, forget about it." He murmured icily against her lips, his eyes unfazed even after the disturbingly warm kiss which left Sakuno's eyes all glassy and unfocused.
The moment Ryoma stepped back, and cool air replaced the lingering warmth of his kiss, his words finally sunk in. Trying not to burst into tears, she looked down, unable to meet his cold eyes.
She turned her gaze somewhere else, and caught a woman with beautiful, dark long hair looking back at her. Despite the hurt evident in Kotoha's eyes as she locked gazes with Sakuno, the woman decided to give one last smile towards the auburn-haired bride before she turned around to head towards the double doors.
Not for the first time, Ryuzaki Sakuno hated herself.
Why did I agree to marry him?
Man, that was SHORT. Sorry 'bout that. Ehehe.
Please don't hate me for making Ryoma hate Sakuno. Let's move to the next chapter, yeah?
