/ I'm getting married. / Megumi wrote and lightly gnawed on her bottom lip nervously - She saw their shocked faces - Those of Jun and Ryuu were the worst of all, they looked as if someone had just broken a glass bottle over their heads.. and then stabbed them with it. Sorry, Jun and Ryuu-nii.. she thought ruefully.
"T-to who?!" Ryuu finally spat out after many torturous moments of silence - Megumi was getting married. She hadn't even finished school yet but she's ready to get married. This was rather hard to accept, seeing as though he viewed her as the little sister that he never had.
Jun stared at his blushing twin with concern and obviously wanted the same answer. Sakura was smiling like crazy until she saw Jun's broken look - She wrapped her arms around him reassuringly and attempted to comfort him.
Akira looked like she was preparing to kill whoever Megumi named on her board - And when she found out, she wouldn't hesitate at all - The demonic gleam in her eyes made Megumi shiver and sweat-drop at the same time.
How scary.. The older Yamamoto twin thought. She clicked her pen once again and slowly wrote out the characters to her soon-to-be Husband's name, agonizingly slow, if you asked the rest of the S.A, / Yahiro Saiga / she put the board infront of her face to hide the furious blush that arose upon showing them.
"Wh-wh-wh-wh-wh...?!" Ryuu couldn't even complete the whole word. He fell off of the luxurious divan made only for the top seven students in Hakusen and began shaking like he was insane - My little Megumi is marrying a monster!
Sakura didn't even look up - As one of the few close friends to the Saiga heir, she was aware of this before anyone else, except for Megumi, of course. She watched her Prince Charming rock back and forth in silent panic and held him tighter, whispering comforting words into his ear, like, "Atleast, she'll never be in Poverty," - though, financial concerns probably weren't on his mind at all.
Jun couldn't completely process the situation - He had come in this morning with Megumi, who seemed a little off, but when he asked, she said he'd 'find out soon' - He wondered what she meant but he didn't except that to be it.. Am I dying? Doesn't it mean you're dying when something you can't comprehend happens? he tried, and failed, to rationalize. He couldn't even hear what Sakura was saying, even if she was so close to him.
"That ruthless, son of a bitch! I'll kill that bastard Yahiro for seducing my precious Megumi-chan!" Akira roared fiercely, kicking and flailing her arms left and right, front to back, snagging a worried Tadashi, who desperately locked his arms around her.
Strangely, Kei and Hikari were absent today - When Megumi asked where they were gone, Akira had simply scowled at thin air and said, "On.. a.. date.." through clenched teeth - But really, Kei had come in and kidnapped Hikari, or so she liked to think.
"Calm down, Akira," Tadashi was, as always, as calm as the ocean waves that brushed the shores on sunny, summer days - Like this one - He continued to hold back the furious Todou heiress and cringed as he was kicked in the shin by her frenzied limbs, "Itai!" he yelled hoarsely, but didn't loosen up.
/ S-s-seduce?!/ If ever it was possible, Megumi turned a darker shade of crimson than she was already - From head to toe, she was like, a tomato specially molded into the form of S.A's adorable 4th rank.
Ryuu listened in utter fear - Seduce? Seduce.. Megumi-chan.. Yahiro - Ahhhhh! his mind frantically screamed. He continued to assure himself that this was all an awful dream and shut his eyes tightly, begging to be woken up.
"H-h-how..?" Jun slowly articulated, eyes glassy but holding a tint of suspicion. There was hardly any way for this to happen, the Saiga heir had told Megumi, infront of everyone, that he had no romantic feelings for this 'brat' as he called her - Jun specifically remembered hearing his older sister's whimpers and her rapid footsteps, as she ran away.. He blacked out after that, Inner Jun had something to say, he guessed.
/ Oka-san's childhood friend is Reiko Saiga, Yahiro's mother. / Megumi wrote out, but took longer than she should've, it was explained when she flipped the page down, / It was Oka-san's idea, she said so, yesterday.. / she showed them and Ryuu looked up to catch a glimpse, only to have to roll himself up again - Oba-chan set this up..?
"We believe that you two should be married, in the interest of yourselves and us,"
"EHHH?!"
Yahiro continued to stare blankly at the mismatched duo, sitting on the crimson-lined couch. He looked at the honey-blonde haired woman whom sat next to his mother, broken into tears, it seemed.
"Gome ne," voiced a tear-stained Rin Yamamoto, wiping her eyes with a baby-blue tipped finger carefully, ".. She's my little girl, afterall - It's always hard to let go when they're this age, I guess," she explained in a heart-felt manner.
/ Oka-san.. / Megumi held up and tears began to sting the corners of her eyes. A single tear slid down her face and Yahiro instinctively wiped it away with his smooth-skinned thumb - The elder twin of the Yamamoto family smiled lightly and blushed.
"Ah-rah! Ah-rah~ You two are so adorable together," Reiko ruined the moment and dampened the atmosphere - The two teenagers quickly moved away from each other, embarrassed.
Yahiro reverted to his serious self and his expression was once again unreadable, "What's this, all of a sudden?" he seemed intrigued, if not anything else.
"I saw Riri-chan today, she was sitting alone in some low-maintenance coffee shop, can you believe it?" Yahiro's mother perked up somewhat as she relayed the events, "I actually brought this up, when I saw her crying so much, I thought she'd say no, but she gave you a chance and you've won her favor - Good job, stupid son!" Reiko was easily-excited, this one could see after their first encounter, and she somewhat ruined the endearing moment with the insulting nickname of Yahiro's.
Yahiro's right eye twitched in annoyance, "So, how did you get father to agree to this?" he asked in a tone dripping with excess suspicion - He knew, better than most, that when an heir to a financial stronghold is old enough to marry.. well, they're not arranged to marry the daughter of someone in the entertainment industry, no matter how famous a producer or violinist they are.
"It was easy to convince Hiroshi-kun," Reiko pointed out coolly, a small, sad smile playing on her deep red lips, "He's always been soft on Riri-chan," she said eerily, like it was something she'd rather forget, before returning to her optimistic and smiling self.
/ 'Soft on her'? What do you mean? / Megumi finally spoke up, she was curious - She planned to leave all of this talk to Yahiro, but she couldn't help but wonder what happened between her Oka-san and Yahiro's Otou-san.
".. I was most certainly not Hiroshi-kun's first choice.." Reiko said solemnly, "Infact, my best friend, Riri-chan was. Riri-chan, Hiroshi-kun and myself have known each other since we were in Elementary school - On account, of our parents wanting us to learn to understand those who live 'normal' lives and to understand what it takes for them to enjoy our business the most, we went to the same school as lower-class children, even when we were in High School. I was so happy that I could be in the same place as Riri-chan for so very long," Reiko gave a luminescent smile and her teeth were evidently well-taken-care-of.
Rin gave a gentle smile and looked at their joint children with a gleam of nostalgia present in her deep, emerald eyes, those ones that weren't duplicated even once when the twins were born, "The Saigas, I found, are very persistent. Hiroshi-san was always saving me, even when I wasn't in any danger and he did ridiculous things just to please me - I had my heart set on someone else though," She looked at Megumi with an affectionate gaze, ".. He was a wonderful man and I thought he'd be a wonderful father, too - He was, of course.." She could feel tears leaking from her eyes once again but shook her head determinedly, ".. Soon, Rei-chan refused to speak to me and I didn't know what I was doing anymore. One day, Rei-chan finally came over to me, with that bright smile of hers and told me she was getting married to the man she loved.. Hiroshi-san was handsome too, just like Yahiro-kun, I haven't seen him in a very long time, but I hear that Saigas don't physically age much," she finally ended, the sadness of her past slowly sneaking into the back of her mind once again.
Reiko looked at her friend with an apologetic look but her worry was waved off by a subtle hand, "Hiroshi-kun didn't admit he loved me until we were married for over a year," she said calmly, a fond smile playing on her face, "He was stubborn, just like my Yahiro-kun.. He was just like my clueless son, except for the pink hair, for that was a gift from Oka-san~!" she teased with a cheshire cat grin.
Megumi listened to their tales with a deep connection, a feeling of extreme empathy, although, it felt so familiar, the situation they were in - Would it take that long for Yahiro to love me? Another thing, she realized, was that she was staring at the woman who not only gave Yahiro that strange pink hair, but also passed on those infuriating smiles of his.
Yahiro seemed to soften at her words, even if she had called him clueless, he could understand how his father felt, "I agree to this proposal," he said very professionally, though his cheeks were burning with a deep, fuchsia blush.
Megumi looked more surprised than she had ever looked in her whole damn life. He.. what?! She looked at him, searching his face for some ulterior motive, as if she was a psychic, before looking back at her mother's hopeful friend, / H-h-hai.. I-I agree! / she scribbled quickly, hiding her quickly darkening face, which was probably as red as a tomato by the time Reiko spoke again.
"Hai~ Then the 26th of September, it is," Reiko nodded at her friend and gave an award-winning smile that would've charmed a horde of men, "Good luck, Megu-tan!" she wished before turning around, the famous producer and violinist trailing behind her.
Rin quickly turned around with one shaky glance, tears spilling over the rim of her verdant eyes, "I wish you happiness," she whispered kindly, the sound drifted towards them and gave Megumi a huge smile, Yahiro had a small smirk on his face.
"Oh, one more thing!" The serene environment was broken once again by Reiko Saiga, "Ne, Yahiro-kun~ We're having a mansion built this very minute for you and your beautiful bride to live in after the wedding, it will definitely be ready by the time you two tie the knot!" she ran out of the room, clasping tightly to her friend's hand, leaving them speechless.
/ L-l-living with Ya-Yahiro?! / She shoved in his face, her blush becoming even more evident, and her face turning a deep crimson, it looked as though, her face had stolen all of the blood from her body - Was she going to faint, or something?
"Why, Megumi-chan~ What are you thinking about, all of a sudden?" He slowly moved towards her with a sensual smirk, winking at her with abundant implication.
/ Stay awayyyy! / She wrote, throwing it at him and hitting him square in the face, before running away in all of her red-faced glory.
"What a strange girl, you are, Megumi Yamamoto,"
They all watched as she, somewhat theatrically, explained the events that happened that night. They all sweat-dropped at her weird gestures and wondered how they got into this mess and if Kami-sama was punishing them for being lazy.
"September the 26th?! Isn't that a week after graduation?!" Ryuu asked, unlike his normal, level-headed self, at the moment, he was completely on edge - What had he done wrong? What was going to happen now?
/ Yeah. Yahiro said that his Oka-san likes to rush things when she's excited. / Megumi wrote out nervously.
"But, Megumi.." Ryuu looked at her with pleading eyes, as if saying, 'It's not too late to turn him down - Please, don't do it,' and she frowned at him, creasing her adorable features.
/ Ryuu-nii.. / she began, flipping the page over once more, / I.. I like Yahiro very much! / she wrote and showed to them all, rather proudly, actually.
"Isn't that a little soon, Megumi-chan?" Jun asked - Everyone, except for Akira, who was cursing Yahiro and Yahiro's family, while swearing at Tadashi and threatening him with no more cake if he didn't let her go - he seemed to be lightening up to the idea, afterall, Oka-san knows best.
/ Ne, Jun-kun. / They all watched her expectantly and she smiled with a radiance they hadn't seen in a long time, / You, the entire S.A, you're my family. I want you to be happy, more than even I want myself to be happy, but I know you're in good hands, / she glanced at Sakura with a somewhat thankful look, / Sakura-chan will take good care of my little brother and I know that everyone has found their special someone - Finn and Ryuu-nii will get married and I hope they'll stay here forever, so I can see their adorable little Ryuu-niis. Akira is always beating up Tadashi, but I know they're secretly happy whenever they look at each other and Kei and Hikari, they're the ones who started all of this, they were the first to realize their feelings - Even if I'm the smallest, or the last to find love, can't you trust me, to be happy? / It took several pieces of paper from her writing pad to explain all of that, but she didn't mind. She gave them all a gentle smile.
"Megumiiii-chaaaaaaan!" they all wailed in unison, running over to her and enveloping her in the most loving, and overwhelming, group hug to ever exist in Japan.
I think, they'll be just fine. Megumi thought assuredly, as she coughed out some of Akira's purple locks.
