Disclaimer: BLEACH doesn't belong to me...
A/N: Here is a rewrite of my other story going by the same tittle. This is slightly better written but it's also somewhat different, since it's happening in modern Japan and not at old times like it's counterpart. There are other differences as well but I'll let you read the story now and not spoil the fun... Well, read on and tell me what you think.
P.S. I know that I haven't updated in a long time now and I apologize for that, but please be patient. I thank you either way however for reviewing-favouriting or alerting my story and/or me.
P.S.S. Now you are free to read the story... :-)
It wasn't long since an old-fashioned –antique looking- clock on a light rock-brown wall chimed indicating it was half past ten, when a young-looking man with snow-white colored hair and teal expressive –though some may call cold- eyes was sitting in the library of the office inside his mansion, thinking about the day that was coming in only a few hours, while looking out of the window to the dark sky adorned with twinkling stars.
He couldn't bring himself to admire the view of the night sky and dark forest however because his mind was in turmoil, even if his face was as impassive as always.
He was turning twenty in just a few days and his -for years now- late parents had arranged a marriage with the daughter of a family friend –that he had to see for years, trying not to sound exaggerating by saying that he hadn't seen at all- before their death.
However, even if he was against a marriage with a girl he hadn't even met before, he knew he had to go through with it or the consequences would have been lethal... he understood that was what they wanted for one and also, if he didn't, he was going to have to give all that he had accomplished since he was a small boy up to her and her family.
A pitch black haired girl with dark grey –now turned slightly reddish from all the crying she did for the last hour or so- eyes was currently doing just that… moping in her room. However, in her justice, she was crying more out of the -till a few hours now- barely concealed fury she felt towards her father.
Now, you may be wondering why a young –recently turned nineteen years old- girl was doing that… well I'll explain right away. It was because she had just learned that she was promised to a guy she had never met before and the marriage was arranged for the day after tomorrow...
How would you feel?
Her father, an independent doctor –not to say the only doctor in her home town- had arranged this marriage when she was only born and just for the fact that she was born barely a few seconds before her twin sister, Yuzu.
Yuzu, the 'baby' of the family with honey colored hair -that reached the middle of her back in slight waves most of the time- and light brown eyes, was already happily married to a red-headed guy named Jinta Hanakari, the adopted son of a shop owner in their home town named Kisuke Urahara, who also happened to be a friend of their father's.
They met for the first time when Yuzu went in their shop to buy a few things she needed at the time, and it was love at first sight for him. She just thought he was kinda cute, with how by the time he saw her, his fiery temper seemed to dissolve into nothing-ness while his face became even redder than his own hair.
A few years later, when they were in their early teens, he finally confessed his love for the girl, and -after 'the talk' he had with their brother regarding what would happen to him if he made his sister unhappy- they have been together ever since.
Her aforementioned older brother, Ichigo, was also married and even had a cute little baby boy named Sora, who had just turned two a few months back.
His wife was an auburn haired/grey eyed woman that was in love with him from the first time she saw his real character under his punk-like appearance of spiked orange hair and deep seemingly permanent frown above those chocolate brown eyes of his.
It took him a lot of years –not to mention some kind of beating or another on his person- to realize that his overprotectiveness of her was because he had feelings for her, and then even more years to gather his guts and tell her.
Since she had studied to be a nurse and was currently under the guidance of one Isshin Kurosaki, they currently lived with them in an adjusted house.
His wife's profession was based on her character since she was really sweet and caring, unable to even hurt a fly if not necessary.
Her name was Orihime Inoue… well... I guess it's Kurosaki now.
Karin's dress was already made and delivered by the best tailor in town –being the only doctor in a small town had its perks, such as having a big house and treated as if royalty- since who knows when, and she had the liberty to just see it today for the first time, when her father announced her –while having dinner no less- that the day after tomorrow was supposed to be her wedding day.
She hadn't even done all the things that she wanted to, yet.
Even if her sister got married the year before, it didn't mean she wanted to do it while being this young.
Yuzu had decided to pay a visit with her husband.
Knowing her sister as well as she did, she knew that Karin wasn't bound to take the news of her marriage as good and positive as their father was most likely hoping. She also wanted to at least be with her twin, fraternal or not, on such a big night… whether she wanted to or not, she was getting married, and she wanted to be together with her.
The fact that she wasn't going to see her as soon as she would have liked, considering her husband-to-be lived in the outskirts of the neighboring town, on the other side of them was playing kind of a huge role in taking that decision.
She was currently standing outside of their old bedroom –belonging only to her sister at the moment apparently- and was trying to get her attention by knocking on the door.
"Karin-chan... Karin-chan it's me, Yuzu. Can I please come in." she said while knocking for a second time.
There was a pause, and a few seconds later the door opened revealing her sister glaring outside a little sad and noticeably very angry.
She knew however that all that wasn't directed to her but her father and maybe a little at herself because she knew she couldn't do anything to stop it. She had knowledge of what her late mother wanted as well as her father –even if she didn't pay much attention to him- but that didn't stop her from feeling rightfully angry.
"Hey Yuzu... Sorry that I didn't come to greet you before, but I'm not in the best of moods right now." said Karin while hugging her twin before bringing her inside the room.
They sat and talked without interruptions until around midnight when they decided to call it a day and sleep together like they used to when they were little.
Yuzu tried to comfort her while persuading her that this was the right thing to do.
As expected, Karin already knew that and didn't want to talk about anything related to the marriage that was coming, until the next day at least.
So, for the most of their time they talked about random things like how their lives were till this far and what they had missed.
The young white haired man was still sitting in his office when Matsumoto, the head maid of the estate, came inside to inform him of the really late hour, and ask if he wanted to go to bed. He was getting married soon, so he surely needed the rest.
When she didn't get a response, she started making her way back out the door she came in, in order to leave him alone.
"Matsumoto, what do you think of this marriage? Do you think I'm doing the right thing by going through with this with someone I haven't even met before?" he said for the first time that evening to an almost gone Rangiku.
"...What I believe doesn't really matter, but if you want to hear my opinion, then it's that this is the right thing to do. Your parents wouldn't have arranged it if they didn't think that it was for the best. Who knows, maybe this is just what you need. You've never opened up to anyone except me and Momo-chan before, and even to us only a little, and you've never experienced what to truly love someone feels like." replied Rangiku after a pause before closing the door behind her and leaving him to his thoughts.
'Maybe it is for the best. Well, just let it come what may. I can't do anything about it now anyways. I'll see if I can at least talk to her before this whole thing starts.' he thought and with that, left the library too to go to his room for some much needed rest. Tomorrow was a new and -most likely- very difficult day.