"Hes terrible!" Rin thought as she fought back tears in her eyes. They threatened to burst from her eyes and onto her cheeks. She wouldnt give him the satisfaction. Chocolate-brown eyes stared defiantly up at her abuser.
A smirk came onto his lips as he looked down at his broken bride. He knew the woman was getting cold feet as he had shown her his true nature over the months leading up to the wedding. Hakudoshi stared blankly down. His violet eyes looking at her as if she werent there.
"Cold feet, my love?" He chuckled before he threw a vase above her head. The water covered her from head to toe and the shards of glass cut at her perfect procelain skin. Instead of her tears coming down her cheeks it was now crimson red blood.
"You father wont be happy with what youve done to yourself." He said almost as if he cared. Bending down he took a bit of her wet hair into his fingers. "Tsk tsk tsk... We cant be married with you looking this way my dearest Rin."
She wouldnt speak to him. Everything she did was a game to him. Even speaking he knew how to twist her words so saying nothing would be better than feeling like she was the one hurting him.
"..."
"SPEAK UP RIN I CANT HEAR YOU."
"..."
Her silence was deafening to him. She loved him once. The he who he pretended to be. He remembered her smile and giggles while on their dates. Courting Rin wasnt easy but it was asked of his father and hers. Rin had been lonely since her mother died and kept to herself. Her father deciding to take her mother off life support after a horrific car accident made her resent men. But somehow Hakudoshi had won her over in the greatest act of all time. He deserved an oscar, he thought to himself.
Licking his thumb he wiped her cheek. "There, all better. Now straighten up. I'll send your make up artist and stylists back in to clean you up. We will be wed, you will and happy and you will be mine."
Walking out, he shut the door behind him...Instead of slamming it he gently shut it to hear Rins sobs once she thought he was gone. 'Good. I have won after all.'
Fifteen minutes later~
"You did what?! we spent hours putting your beautiful black hair into curls instead of those wild waves. Rin youre so clumsy!" Rins hair stylist was her sister-in-law Kagura. "Kanna wont like that she has to re do your make up and hide the cut youve put onto your face. Once of these days Hakudoshi will find out what youre doing to yourself."
Rin looked up to her, knowing Kagura knew Hakudoshi did this. They all knew and they all ignored it. She was doomed to live-out her life in a loveless marriage to someone who hurt her every day emotionally and physically...Just not physically enough to give off tips to the police. How had the man she fell in love with turn so quickly the second she said yes to his grand proposal. The ring was perfect, the setting was her favorite park where she'd forced him to hike with her while she looked at the wildflowers.
He had to love her if he endured that, right? Now he just called it her useless hobby in an effort to hurt her feelings.
"Im sorry." Rin looked down and sat still as her hair was repinned down.
"Were going to have to squeeze you into your second choice wedding dress...Its Dry and my brother hasnt seen you in it yet."
Kanna entered the room as her sister tried to squeeze Rin into her dress. Kanna was almost identical to Hakudoshi even though she shared less expression than her younger brother.
"She'll need a corset." Kanna stated uninterested. She was already opening her make-up box. She'd be annoyed if she werent secretly waiting for everyone to gawk at Rin with her amazing make-up work. She wanted to feel the best at something.
Rin couldnt breathe! But she had to go through with it. The closer to married life, the closer to death. The closer to being nothing. Her feelings didnt matter in this family... Rather they didnt have feelings at all.
The wedding march began and Rins heart sank. She wasnt ready for this! No one should be ready to wish their life away to hell. There had to be better than this. Quietly she walked on.