And my heart is hollow plain, for the devil to dance again
...
Hissing angrily Hanamiya kicked her ballet flats across the room. She felt completely like a stranger in scarlet dress if you could call it like that. What she considered dress certainly wasn't 'Five year old girl with cutesy bow and preppy long sleeves' dress combined with cute little shoes.
"Are you ready honey, as we will soon have to leave for restaurant?" No. No. No. She struggled to zip the dress up. 'While I was a guy this shit never happened!'
"Almost. Do tell me again why do I have to dress up?" she could hear her mother sigh before she finished the sentence. "Because darling, I have to prove that I'm taking good care of you. Which I totally am. Am I right?"
"OF COURSE. WHAT WAS THAT WE ATE FOR LUNCH TODAY? WAS IT A TAKEOUT?" Hanamiya yelled rolling eyes.
"Kindly shut up, darling." She swore she heard her mother say that. After sliding down the stairs and trying to reason one more time with her mother, which was by all means, completely useless, Hanamiya ended up exiting the house in a hurry and waiting for her mother outside.
"Excuse me, is this Ryusei Sumi's house?" What the..? Hanamiya looked up after hearing mum's name. There stood handsome, young…well, young was relative objectification, tall man in a suit. "Uhm…who is asking?" she asked glancing over his lively green eyes and shiny chestnut hair that was combed in a neatly.
"Ah, so it is. You must be her lovely daughter. She told me about you. You don't look much alike though."
"Ahahah, so nice to meet you sir…just joking, who the hell are you ?"
"Makka!" she heard her mother shout.
"About time. Who is this man and why does he know about me? I already told you that evil corporations are looking for me because of my genius intellect, they'll kidnap me and experiment on me. I must be kept secret."
"Ahahah, she has always had vivid imagination." Her mother threw a look, knowing Hanamiya only said that because she wanted to piss her off. And scare the man away possibly.
"You look absolutely stunning, darling." He smiled hugging her. 'Okay, about to throw up in 3,2,1…'
"I wonder how you didn't make it into professional actors." Her mother pinched his cheek, pushing her shiny hair behind her ear. After they've been seated in a car, with two of them on the front and Hanamiya back seething angrily, explanations are to be made.
"He's an actor darling."
"I could get that much out, thank you for overestimating my deduction skills." She bit back.
"She's quite the job this daughter of yours."
"Excuse me, you're a stranger paid to be here so sh-." "Starting now, he's your stepfather. Act like it." Her mother threw her a warning glare that made Hanamiya shudder. Yes, her mother was all honey and sweets but damn when angry…she was scary. Only other person that scared Hanamiya like that wasn't even her asshole father or that idiot Kai, it was Akashi Seijuuro. 'This is the least moment I want to be thinking about that buttface.'
"So, daddy, what's up?" she snickered.
"Isn't that how you're supposed to call your real father? You may call me whatever your mum decides to call me."
"Makka, when we get there you act with respect towards Kai and your scumbag father is that understood?"
"Mkay, you still didn't explain why is this guy here pretending to be your boyfriend?"
Her mother rolled her eyes. "Because he's hotter than that wife your father will bring with himself. She's my age, totally not anyone's type. Reji here," she smiled pointing the name "is at least ten years younger than me. Or he seems so. That's what I call 'proving your point'."
"What point? Which one of you is bigger retard wasting my time which could've been spent planning my next brilliant execution of someone's imminent doom?"
"I told you to stop being evil. I thought once you changed your sex you'd be much more likeable. Perhaps, not." She stared trough the window with those dazzling golden eyes which neither of her kids inherited. Both Hanamiya and Kai, the older one, resembled their father. Well, one could say Makoto was his father's image until he turned she.
"Changed her sex?" An actor, recently re-named Reji gasped.
Hanamiya hummed laughing.
"Just…let's get this over with. I'm not even sure what he wants, we kindly agreed about everything." her mother pressed her lips together.
"You mean you kindly blackmailed him about everything."
"Don't listen to her Reiji, I told you she has livid imagination."
…..
Her other mother, or stepmother if we're being specific, was nothing but a stupid, timid, thick headed fool, Hanamiya concluded. She wore her hair back in a bun which only made her look more like a nun, with her long dress that was some dark navy colour which didn't compliment her plain dark eyes or hair at all. But she was well educated and worked in a field which interested Hanamiya herself, politics. Well, interested in a way that it's so freaking corrupt not that she'd ever pick something that is supposed to serve humanity. Not that her mothers work interested her more.
Speaking of her mother, she casually noted outloud that Hanamiya Kumiko, Makka's stepmother, didn't have children of her own and was delighted of other woman's sadness. "I do not remember you looked this well, dear…sister." Makka had that one problem, she was being seated opposite of her brother. Her father sat next to his new wife (new is another term she used with certain dose of scepticism, they were married for five years already) and son, and Makka, mother and creppy actor guy (she refused to call him Reiji inside her head at least) were sitting on the opposite side.
"Ah, you know. Some of us end up pretty, some smart, some both…some neither." She smiled towards her brother, "It's a cruel world." Kai was already familiar with everything yet he kept nagging and nagging. He was three years older than Makka, studying at college currently and waiting for that old fart to die so he can inherit the company. Or at least that's what Makka thought, perhaps Kai loved father in a way. He only glared letting his shiny black hair fall over his cheeks to hide pinkish revelation of embarrassment after being bitten back.
"How are your studies going?" her father asked cleaning his lips with a napkin.
"As usual. Nothing that would interest you."
"You are most certainly right. Kai here is my firstborn and my successor, though, do not shame us like you ought to."
"What am I even doing here then? You know, family gathering isn't my idea of a lovely Friday night." Hanamiya sucked his breath in. Everything about father was just…irritating. When her and Kai were kids, back when mum and stupid git were married, every time father would say something Makoto would get inane determination to do just the opposite. Every time Kai was being praised as a perfect kid, Makoto would start something more devious to get proclaimed the worst kid of them all.
"I have been talking with Kumiko, and she shares my opinion, that I would like to give you some shares in the company. This family is yours and you have a duty toward it."
"You wish me to work for you after I graduate? What about college?"
"After you finish college of course. The specifics of this I would leave for some other time, but I would like your word of honesty and good will as my child."
Hanamiya glanced at her mother who kept neutral expression. She really didn't care as long as she got her money from her job and from father. Well, between the two, at least mother took some interest in her and her life.
"I cannot agree if I do not know the specifics." She added carefully, eyeing her father's deep green eyes.
"Nothing major, just help with the company once Kai takes over. You're excellent in developing plans and executing them, a useful skill on the market. Pity you lacked the refinement and drive to lead the company. However, as a woman you pose no threat to Kai, so, I do not steer away from a possibility of your employment as project executive later in your life."
"If I say yes, will this be over earlier?" That deserved a kick in the leg from her mother.
….
"You still aren't aware of what your father's gonna ask of you, are you?" her mother narrowed her eyebrows after they were finally home.
"What? To work for him? I can always break my word if I wish to do something else though this just might do it since I absolutely have no idea what do I want to do one day."
Her mother sighed "I thought you smarter. You do not give your words and break them, no one is going to take you seriously. You give your word after you shift the offer until it pleases you. Well, this is a mistake you made and you will hopefully learn from it."
What is this huge mistake? That I agreed to help that old fart? Hanamiya crossed her arms muttering something inaudible and skipping to her bedroom. At least there's no school tomorrow.
There are a lot of new names here xD
Anyway I always had this headcanon that Hanamiya's parents are divorced so I decided to write them off like this (sorry if it's different from the canon I couldn't find newest character book). Since Kirisaki Daiichi is private high school, it makes Hanamiya wealthy in a way, but since her parents are divorced she's not over the top like Akashi even though her father has a company of his own. Also, Hanamiya has older brother, Kai, who will have more important role later.
I hope I cleared the confusion if there was any. Don't worry sweetlings Akashi and the rest of the Teiko will soon make an appearance.
