Forced Marriage
Part 1
"Omiai?! Are you sure wanted to do it?" Hiyama's shocked voice echoed from her living room.
"Of course, not!" shiraishi said it exasperate.
"Then don't do it." Her roommate's answered.
"It's not that easy. I don't want my mother feel pressured too." She mumbled perplexed. "What would you do if it's you?"
"I wouldn't do anything. My life is my decision." She said curtly.
"But, how about your mother, wouldn't you feel worried?" shaking her head, how could she so insensitive toward her own mother.
"Your mother already rejected the offer, right? I am sure she just wants you happy and this…" making quote sign with her fingers, "…'forced marriage' thing sure wouldn't make you happy. I am sure it would make her worried more if you accepted the omiai."
She let out heavy sigh. Last night, her mother called, telling her that one of her aunts from her father side visiting her with sole purpose to get Shiraishi Megumi married. Her mother already rejected the offer, but this command came from her extended family. She's the only Shiraishi's descendant that didn't marry yet. All of her cousins already married at her age and her relatives decided that it's her time to get married.
Shiraishi is a well-known family, her father, her uncle, her aunts, and cousins have their own fame in their field. Megumi being Shiraishi growing up in their fame and expectations too. She is an elite, study in prestigious school, have perfect scores, study medical like her father, success in her career. However, it seems that her achievement doesn't have any worth at all in her relatives' eyes if she's not married.
She wants to ignore this command, but worried her mother will be pressured by her aunt. Her relatives know that she's a single woman and her work in lifesaving is her top priority. Her aunt suggested omiai and already chooses several candidates. She is really sure her obstinate aunt will keep pressuring her mother to agree. What should she do?
"Shiraishi, are you ready to go?" Hiyama shouted again. Her cheerful face changed into worried when seeing her roommate's frustrated face, "Hey are you okay?"
Shiraishi let out another heavy sigh. "I am okay. Let's go! We're already late."
"Are you serious?! We still have 20 minutes before our morning shift." Hiyama scrunched her nose.
Late afternoon, Hiyama sitting alone on her rolling chair in medical office while eating her snack so engrossed in her muse. She is thinking about her roommate's problem. All day she works diligently, tending to her patient, training the fellows, doing her daily shift as flight doctor, the perfect leader acted as if nothing happened in her private life. But, when she wasn't busy her mind wandered back to her problem. At lunch she was eating automatically, ignoring Fujikawa's grumbling about particular patient. She knows her problem already infected dangerous disease to her brain since last night. The sound of opened door startled her running brain; she angled her head to see who's coming, Aizawa walking toward his desk, carrying his laptop and piles of paper ready to write his report. Then he takes his seat at their sharing desk typing his report seriously.
Hiyama swaying her chair toward Aizawa and staring at him intensely, they are all have been friends for almost ten years since their first fellowship year, well not that kind of close friend of course. But, somehow she knows there is something special going on with her two friends.
Shiraishi is a caring person, always thinking others above herself, unselfish type, never showing off her background. Excluded her dense personality on romantic side actually she is really popular and admired by many male doctors in this hospital. That is because her lifesaving side more dominating her brain than her romantic side. That's why she becomes the heart of lifesaving department.
On the other hand, Aizawa always act indifferent and distance, say something cold and to the point with his sharp tongue, never shown his emotion clearly to others. But deep down she know he care to his patients, sharpening his skill to save more life; care to his comrade with his own way; most importantly he care more about Shiraishi.
Hiyama may act indifferent to others but she is an observer, a really good one at that. She have been seen many interaction between the two of them like strange conversation between themselves; how he obeyed her to say his patient's name properly, he's always complying what she said; how she defended him when she and Fujikawa gossiped him; How she helped him take care of his grandmother when she was in hospital; how he entrusted his grandmother's life at her hands and when he run after her in the middle of rain after the incident with Kuroda sensei that long time ago; she doesn't miss their missing in action at the same time either sometimes; and not long time ago, they argued about fellows like an old married couple.
An old married couple… that is it! A Big bulb shining brightly in her brain, Shiraishi's problem solved. Her friends just need a little nudge in here and there then everyone will be happy. Her match-making side takes over her hazy mind, enthusiastically planning something sly, big grin attached on her face.
a/n thank you for your reviews and comments on my previous story, really love all of your feedback :D
I am not fluent in English because it's not my first language, but I'll try to minimalize the grammar error, hope my writing skill improved in this story, I am really want to show emotional side of the characters, so please bear it with me,,, I still don't know how to concluded this story, should I rate this story into M in the future? We'll see,,, hope it's not a long story…