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"Following Your Heart: Chapter Two, Sweet Childhood Friends"
Two childhood friends (but they're teenagers now) were chasing each other on the mansion gardens... They looked like a happy couple. Well, it's natural since they were already one. A couple, I mean.
"Hotaru! Give me those pictures back!" Screamed a boy with blonde hair and blue eyes.
"Never. Even if I love you with all my heart, I won't give you these pictures." A girl with purple hair and amethyst eyes said, tonelessly.
I mean, ehem... a girl was blackmailing the boy of her dreams. Quite frankly, this blackmailing pastime was what made them closer. It's the main reason how they got to fall in love with each other. But today, something might change between the two of them...
The boy suddenly stopped chasing her. "It's now or never..." He thought.
"Ummm... Hotaru... I have to tell you something important..." Said the boy, seriously.
Hotaru stopped running away from the boy, "It's rare to hear him this serious... Must be something important." Hotaru thought...
"What is it, Ruka?" She said.
"I'm...I'm...getting..." Ruka said, unable to continue.
"Getting married?" Hotaru finished for him.
Ruka's eyes grew as wide as plates. "Ho-how did..." Ruka said, again, unable to continue.
"So am I..." Hotaru said with difficulty.
"T-to whom...?" Ruka said, uncomfortably.
"I think his name was Natsume. My parents forced me to meet him the other day. I told him about my best friend... I told him that because he might change his mind when he knows her and marry her. I know it's like I'm using her but... Since their personalities were the complete opposite... I thought it would be for the best. But so far, I don't think that it's working. I mean, he still hasn't met her yet... I guess I shouldn't have told him about it... I must have looked like a fool to him when I was babbling about her..." Hotaru said.
"She has a best friend and she didn't tell me? Well, that fair enough I guess... I mean, I haven't exactly talked to her about Natsume... WHOA WHOA! SLOW DOWN! Did she just say she was getting married to.., NATSUME?" Ruka thought frantically.
Flashback
"Hotaru! Come with us to meet your fiancé. Get dressed and come with me. NOW."A man said, sternly.
"NO! I TOLD YOU I DON'T WANT TO MARRY HIM!" Hotaru said, losing her cool. It was a very rare thing for her to do. But, then again, this situation was an exception.
"Hotaru! I have never expected this kind of behavior from you! GO TO YOUR ROOM AND GET DRESSED. NOW. YOUR MOTHER AND I WILL BE WAITING HERE. And don't even think of escaping this mansion, I had guards and maids stationed in every exit. So don't bother." Her dad said, while smirking evilly.
Hotaru sighed. Ever since his father told her of the engagement, her father was very strict with her. He was no longer the dad that she knew, because usually, he was sweet and kind with her.
She stomped her way to her room. As soon as she was out of sight...
"Dear, don't you think you were a little too hard on her?" Hotaru's mother said.
"I think so, too. But I have no choice. She has to be married before she can inherit the family riches. (A/N: Sorry if it's like Princess Diares 2, Royal Engagement... I don't own that either!) To tell you the truth, I'm having a hard time acting to her as if I don't care if she gets married to someone she loves or not... I hope that she'll somehow cancel the wedding and find the person that she truly loves." Hotaru's dad said, sadly.
"Yes, I hope she'll follow her heart..." Hotaru's mother added.
Unknown to the two, that Hotaru already found the person that she truly loves and cares for. Hotaru just didn't say anything because deep inside her heart, she really loves her parents and doesn't want them disapointed of her.
Hotaru finished changing and was on her way to the throne room... In her mind, there was only this one simple thought, "I'm sorry Ruka... But I can't marry you anymore... Please forgive me."
When she reached the throne room her parents were waiting for her.
"Let's go, Hotaru." Her mother said, gently.
She nodded. Then they went to the main hall...
"Long time no see!" Hotaru's dad said to Natsume's father, going in his direction to hug him.
"It's nice to see you again." Natsume's mother said to Hotaru's mom, as they shook each others hands.
(A/N: Should it be greetings be the other way around? I mean, the dads should be the one to shake hands and the mothers to hug? Well, I was trying to make it weird so that Natsume and Hotaru would react! Hehe...)
The two teenagers rolled their eyes.
"Alright you two, we're going out for a while to bond with our friends alright?" The four parents said, simultaneously.
"Fine... Whatever." Came the teenagers' reply.
The four parents sweatdropped as they hurried to get out of the mansion.
The two teenagers sat there for a few minutes. They saw that it was impossible to get out because there were guards in every exit.
"This is ridiculous." Hotaru said, breaking the silence.
"Bo-ring." Natsume yawned.
"Hmmm... this boy seems to be the complete opposite of my best friend. Maybe if I told him about her, he'd break the engagement and tell him he found someone else he likes! Then, I won't have to disappoint my parents!" Hotaru thought.
So Hotaru told him about her best friend... Blah blah blah... Although Natsume didn't seem to listen, she blabbed on. But Natsume really was listening. (A/N: Sorry if it's too OOC, I had to put this to make the story work!)
"Oh yeah! I have a best friend too! His name's R-" Natsume was unable to continue, because...
Their parents arrived, shouting a "DID YOU KIDS HAVE FUN?"
The two were shocked.
"Sorry to interrupt you kids, but Natsume and his family is going on a vacation today. Hotaru... You won't see him for a while. Is that ok?" Hotaru's mom said.
"Yeah... Sure... Whatever..." Came Hotaru's answer.
So Hotaru never got to hear his best friend's name, All she heard was an 'R'.
"Could it be...? Nah.. That'd be too much of a coincidence." Hotaru said as she shrugged the idea off...
End of that tremendously loooong flashback.
"I'm... I'm... shocked..." Ruka said. "Natsume! You never told me about this!" Ruka thought.
"Why? Is it because of Natsume? I have to say to my parents that I already found someone I love...That I don't want to marry him... But I don't want my parents to be disappointed of me..." Hotaru said with her head low.
"Ummm... Yeah... you see... Nat...Natsume is m-my... my..." Ruka was unable to continue.
"Your... what?" Hotaru said. She was really suspicious. Because Natsume said that his best friend's name started with a letter 'R'.
"B-be-est f-frie-nd" Ruka said. "Oh Hotaru... Please don't get mad at me..." Ruka thought worriedly.
"So I was right then..." Hotaru thought.
Uncomfortable silence...
"Ummm... Hotaru? Are you mad at me for not telling you about him? Natsume I mean? I haven't told him anything about you yet... Us I mean..." Ruka said.
"It's alright Ruka... I have something to tell you as well... The best friend I was talking about, her name's Mikan Sakura... And like you, I haven't told her anything about you.. Or us for that matter." Hotaru said, slightly smiling.
Her smile soon disappeared when Ruka fell down.
"Ruka! What happened?" Hotaru asked worriedly, putting her hands on Ruka shoulders.
"Th-the person I'm engaged w-with is..." Ruka was unable to continue. (A/N: Sorry if Ruka acts like this a lot of times...)
Then Hotaru suddenly began to understand.
"Is... M-mikan?" Hotaru asked.
"Y-yeah..." Ruka managed to say.
"And like you, I haven't told my parents that I don't want to marry her because I don't want to disappoint them. At that time... I also told her about Natsume... not because I was using him but because the silence was too awkward between us..." Ruka added.
"Oh yeah, before I forget, I already told Mikan about my engagement to Natsume. Did you already tell Natsume about Mikan?" Hotaru asked.
"No... I don't want him to freak out..." Ruka answered.
Once again, silence surrounded them.
"Hehehe... What a coincidence..." Ruka said, breaking the silence.
"Tell me about it." Hotaru said.
"Hey! Let's go under that tree!" Ruka said, pointing to a tree.
"Sure!" Hotaru answered.
So they went under the tree, then Ruka put his arm around Hotaru.
Hotaru leaned on him.
Ruka suddenly said with an evil smirk, "You know I might marry Mikan, I mean she is your best friend, right? And I know you have good taste."
Hotaru glared at him. Ruka still had that evil smirk.
"Then after an hour or less, I'll divorce her then get married to you!" Ruka said. Then Ruka kissed her quick on the lips.
After the kiss Ruka asked, "Good enough for you?"
Hotaru smiled pinched his cheek slightly.
"Ow! What was that for?" Ruka asked, holding his cheek while pouting slightly.
SNAP!
A flash of light was flashed at him and printed out.
"You just looked too cute to not take a picture of you. And even though we're already a couple, that doesn't mean I'll stop blackmailing you." Hotaru said. It was her turn to smirk evilly.
"Oh, you also still have a lot of fangirls, seeing as we haven't told anyone yet about us." Hotaru said, her smirk turning wider.
"Sometimes I regret that decision..." Ruka said, trying to catch Hotaru off-guard.
"Oh." Hotaru said, her expression turning to that of a sad one.
"HA! GOT YA!" Ruka said, attempting to take the picture off Hotaru's hand...
But failing miserably.
"Did you really think I'd fall for that trick?" Hotaru said. Her evil smirk came back.
"Hmmm... Maybe..." Ruka said.
"Well, you wr-" Hotaru never got to finish because Ruka kissed her on the lips.
"And I'm not falling on that trick either." Hotaru said.
"Who said it was a trick?" Ruka asked.
Hotaru smiled.
"If you don't kiss me again, I'll show this picture all around the campus." Hotaru said.
"Oh, that's easy!" Ruka said.
Guess you know what happened next?
To be Continued...
Author's Notes: Sorry if it sucked too much! I'm really really sorry... Please review... If you don't want to then its fine... But I'd really appreciate it if you do!
