"Really, mom? You're making me hook up with someone I've never met before. Are you serious?"
"Yes, I am. You family's business has been tangled up with the Hikari's for years, and we're finally sick of it. We're planning a merger, but we need you to meet and marry a girl from their side. It's how this world does business, you know that." Riku's mother scolded, sighing heavily.
"I know that, but I don't WANT to do anything like that. I don't wanna get sucked up into my family's problems, when I had nothing to do with them. I wanna live my life, mom. I'm happy outside town with my pool and big house and only one maid. Namine's really sweet."
"I know, dear. I've met the girl. And she is a sweetheart. But you know that it has to be direct children or the company owners, or if there aren't nieces or nephews. Since you're our only child, you have to be our representative, and the Hikaris have six daughters; three of them unmarried. Their son is a dashing young man, too, by all rights, I think he's got a fiance." Riku's mother turned to her son in her large, leather, wingback chair. "You should be honored."
"And yet I feel doomed. Why do I have a feeling that I'm gonna get so screwed?" The silverette sighed, looking out the window and rolling his eyes.
"You're not getting screwed, love. Just having sex on the first date. And then marrying her."
"Isn't that technically getting screwed?" The last sentence was lost due to the loud screech from across the room.
"Oh, dear... hold that thought, love!" His mother rushed over to calm down the large, colorful bird in it's cage. Riku sighed, and left.
When the bird was quieted, the older woman turned around, sighing. "Now, Riku dear, did you have something to say?" She asked the empty room.
"Yes, I am. You family's business has been tangled up with the Hikari's for years, and we're finally sick of it. We're planning a merger, but we need you to meet and marry a girl from their side. It's how this world does business, you know that." Riku's mother scolded, sighing heavily.
"I know that, but I don't WANT to do anything like that. I don't wanna get sucked up into my family's problems, when I had nothing to do with them. I wanna live my life, mom. I'm happy outside town with my pool and big house and only one maid. Namine's really sweet."
"I know, dear. I've met the girl. And she is a sweetheart. But you know that it has to be direct children or the company owners, or if there aren't nieces or nephews. Since you're our only child, you have to be our representative, and the Hikaris have six daughters; three of them unmarried. Their son is a dashing young man, too, by all rights, I think he's got a fiance." Riku's mother turned to her son in her large, leather, wingback chair. "You should be honored."
"And yet I feel doomed. Why do I have a feeling that I'm gonna get so screwed?" The silverette sighed, looking out the window and rolling his eyes.
"You're not getting screwed, love. Just having sex on the first date. And then marrying her."
"Isn't that technically getting screwed?" The last sentence was lost due to the loud screech from across the room.
"Oh, dear... hold that thought, love!" His mother rushed over to calm down the large, colorful bird in it's cage. Riku sighed, and left.
When the bird was quieted, the older woman turned around, sighing. "Now, Riku dear, did you have something to say?" She asked the empty room.