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Weeks later after the disastrous wedding, Mamori was informed by her parents that they had arranged a convenient marriage for her. They assured her that her soon-to-be husband was quite a catch and that he was very besotted with her. In fact, the mysterious man was the first one to suggest the union. She was quite flattered with the disturbing information that had been revealed unto her but she wasn't very sure though if she can rejoice at the news. If her first attempt at tying-down-the –knot did not work out even if the reason was somewhat love, how much more this time if it was a marriage of convenience. Maybe it would work out this time. Just, maybe.
"Damn! Marriage!" She cursed under her breath.
"Was that a curse right now?" She felt guilty when she saw the horror in her mother's lovely face. But it only lasted a second for it changed back to her mother's default face again. "I'm sure it wouldn't be too hard to marry a man you already know." Her mother guaranteed.
"I know him?" She asked disbelievingly. She must have heard it wrong. She reminded herself to book an appointment with an audiologist later.
"Quite well." Her mother assured with a mischievous knowing grin.
"Great! How lucky am I!" She groaned in sarcasm and started treading the distance to the nearby sofa. She realized that everything that was happening was getting more absurd and complicated. She heard two male voices at the other room as she slumped to the red sofa. She realized too that she can no longer run away with someone like the last time, just to avoid marriages her parents hatched up for her. She just had to face it with dignity.
She snapped back to reality as she found out that the voices stopped. She heard a muffled coughing sound which she deduced was from her father signifying that she should stand up and greet the guest whoever he was. He? Instincts told her that the visitor was a man. And it also told her that the man was her fiancé. Horrified at the thought, she scrambled up the sofa in panic. She willed the floor to swallow her at that time. But it didn't, so she scanned the room for a medium of escape and she found only one. The door. She's at the living room now and the door leads to the kitchen. She was about to close the distance when he heard his fiancé call out her name.
"Mamori" The gruff, deep, familiar voice stopped her. She swallowed the lump in her throat. She felt fear in her body due to her curt actions. Or was it excitement? She was not sure but she was sure that the voice made her shiver.
"Kekeke. Anezaki Mamori, do you still remember me?" There it was again. She felt her body shiver at merely hearing his voice. She kind of like the way her fiancé says her name. Breathing deeply, she admitted defeat and turned around to face her mysterious fiancé. But what she saw surprised her in every inch of her body. Her mother was right. She knew the man well. Very well, indeed.
'Click'. The man's evil laughter echoed throughout the house as he tucked his camera back in his pocket. "Surprised eh? I Can't believe the disciplinary officer at my high school is afraid of my face." Completely recovered from the shock, Mamori finally turned to her parents and said. "So Hiruma-kun is my fiancé?"
"Does that mean that you have no objections of this union?" Her father teased while her mother gave her an I-told-you-so grin. She moved her eyes to Hiruma. He was handsome. The rugged type. But he was also a calculating, cold-hearted, cunning, blackmailing, evil person.
Rumors said that he was the devil himself but she just laughed at it for she knew that that was definitely Hiruma's attitude. They became friends when she entered the American Football club as the manager to protect Sena but in the end, she was very thankful that Hiruma did so. Though he looked like he's some monster who was going to kill anyone with his perceiving eyes, he only did what was best for everyone he cared. A long time had already passed since the last time he had seen him. They had already graduated university and she even had a job now as a preschool teacher. But, he was still the same menacing Hiruma she had known although he no longer carried a hazardous gun in his shoulders and he no longer sported earrings on both ears. Once again, she was falling into the abyss of her trance when suddenly her mobile phone rang. She looked at the glowing screen and what she saw in it shocked her even more.
She cleared her throat and curtly excused herself from Hiruma and her parents. She needed to talk to the person calling her right now in private. So she half-ran out of her house before answering the phone. This action evoked the curiosity of her parents and especially, Hiruma's. "Interesting. Kekeke." He wondered what made Mamori hasten to answer a phone call in private when she was a woman who was usually in complete control of her emotions.
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Author's note: Hiruma is a bit... okay... very out of character. But hey, you can't just say the f-word in front of your fiancee's parents. And I'm showing here that Mamori's parents think that Hiruma is the perfect husband material and the perfect son-in-law. Why would a parent agree on a son-in-law that is a loser? They will aim for the best for their children.
