So yeah, I admit that the last chapter may have been a little boring. I promise this one will be better!!!

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Chapter 2: Here Comes the Bride

It's been almost a week since Aki started her job at the Fudo's estate. Everything overall was going great. For Aki, however, she was still sad about the fact that Yusei was already engaged with another girl. It was hard to talk to her friends about how hot he was knowing that he was soon to be married during the summer. At the moment, Aki was in the wash room washing clothes and what not while talking on the phone to her roommate/best friend.

"Yes, Yumi, I know he's hot and stuff, but he's engaged already. It's a little hard to have a crush on a soon to be married man." Aki said, holding her phone up with her shoulder.

"Aki, from what you told me, it sounds like this Yusei dude isn't even interested in this Hoshiko girl. That tends to happen when people are in arranged marriages. They don't last that long, especially between rich people. How does he act around Hoshiko?" Yumi asked, out of curiousity.

"Well, she's been over a couple times this week. Sometimes when I was picking up their cups and things like that, she was always trying to cuddle with him, but he would always move away from her a little bit. Did I tell you the other day I walked in on them in the living room making out? It was so disgusting and he didn't even seem like he was enjoying it." Aki explained, shivering, "That's something I don't want to ever see again in my entire life."

"So basically what your saying is that he's not interested in this Hoshiko girl, but he's willing to go ahead and marry her? That is for shiz the dumbest thing I've ever heard." Yumi gasped, sighing out of aggravation.

"Pretty much. Well, I gotta go, I have some more cleaning to do. I'll call at seven when I get off." Aki said, before hanging up.

While she was waiting for the clothes to get done washing, Aki went upstairs to explore the other hallways in the mansion. Once she got to the end of the hallway with the family portrait, she turned down the right hallway. As she opened some of the doors, there was a room that were just more guest rooms. Approaching the end of the hallway, she opened the last door that looked like a dance studio. There were mirrors along two parallel walls.

Wow, this is great. I could come in here and dance all I want, Aki thought, looking around at all the posters of dancers and ballerinas. The room reminded her of when she was younger and used to be in ballet. From time to time she would try to do some moves, but she was a little rusty.

Taking one of the CD's from the shelves, Aki noticed that it was the recording of the Sleeping Beauty ballet soundtrack. As she put it in the fancy looking CD player. As the music starts, Aki starts going into chasses, then leaps, then fouette turns. Not paying attention to him at the door, Aki began to do pirouettes until after her tenth one, she realized Yusei was in the doorway.

"Oh my God! Do you know how to knock!?" Aki yelled, cutting the music off.

"Last I checked, I live here." Yusei replied, smiling.

"Whatever." Aki mumbled, leaving the room.

"Someone's a little snappy today." Yusei laughed, following her down the hallway.

"Aren't you supposed to be doing something that high class men do? You know, playing golf or go on your super huge yacht and talk about how rich you are?" Aki questioned, sighing.

"No. Golf is too boring for me and I hate people who gloat about wealth," Yusei responded, plainly, "So, are you coming to the party this weekend?"

"Why would someone like me be seen at a rich person's party? I'll probably be upstairs in my room chowing on some pizza and ice cream." Aki told him, putting the wet clothes in the dryer.

"Aww come on. Don't be a party pooper. Plus, my rents really want you to come." Yusei explained, patiently.

"I'll think about it." Aki muttered, smiling to herself, "Now scoot! I have things to do."

"Later." Yusei smiled, leaving Aki to finish her job. For Yusei, he noticed that it was really hard to have a conversation with her because of her boobs. Not that he was a pervert or anything but it's like they were staring him right in the face.

Her boobs are freakishly unnormal....why am I even thinking this? My brain must be corrupted, Yusei thought, going downstairs.

"Oh there you are Yusie bear." Hoshiko said, kissing his cheek, "This our wedding planner, Mya."

"Nice to meet you." Yusei said, politely shaking her hand, God, this is not how I planned my evening.

Meanwhile, that evening, Aki spent an hour thinking about whether or not she should go to the party the Fudo's were holding. She decided since she couldn't come to a conclusion, she called Yumi again.

"Yo, yo, yickity yo!" Yumi greeted, happily.

"Yumi, I really need help! I can't decide whether I want to go to this party or not." Aki said, flipping through the flat screen in her guest room, "I'm afraid his douche bag fiance my pounce on me."

"Aki, honey, I think you should go, just to get to know Yusei some more. I'll even come with you." Yumi told her, trying to calm her best friend down.

"Really, you'd do that for me? Thanks so much!" Aki chirped, feeling releaved, "I guess, I'll go. I'll ask Mr. and Mrs. Fudo if you can come."

As soon as she hung up, Aki rushed to the library, knowing that's where Mrs. Fudo might be. Aki knew that Mrs. Fudo would read a little before she went to bed. As she approached the door, Aki knocked on the door.

"Come in," Mrs. Fudo said, as Aki gently opened the door.

"Well, I just wanted to say that I'm coming to the party Saturday." Aki replied, shyly, "I really wanted to ask you if my friend Yumi could come?"

"Oh, I don't mind, Aki. I'd really like to meet some of your friends." Mrs. Fudo responded, smiling.

"Thank you." Aki said, smiling little bit. As she headed downstairs to get a snack, she came across Yusei and Hoshiko with the wedding planner, sorting out the set up. Looking over at him, Aki felt bad for him. He didn't seem like he wanted to be there, which confused her because they were supposed to be in love. Ignoring what was going on, Aki grabbed a snack and headed to bed.

The Friday before the party, Aki was waiting for Yumi to visit. She had promised that she would spend the afternoon with Aki helping her pick out an outfit for her to wear. At the moment, she was vaccumning the living room floor. Once she cut off the vaccumn, she heard the doorbell ring.

"Oh my God, Yumi!" Aki exclaimed, hugging her best friend. Yumi had dark brown hair, hasel eyes, she stood about the same height as Aki. Just like Yusei, she had sort of a natural tan.

"Gosh, I've missed you kid." Yumi replied, happily, "Wow, the Fudo's sure know how to live large."

"Come on, let me show you around." Aki responded, as Yumi took her shoes off.

"Oh hey, Aki. Who's this?" Yusei asked, coming from the kitchen.

"Yusei, this is Yumi Tanakashi. Yumi, this is Yusei Fudo." Aki introduced, moving out of Yumi's way.

"Pleasure to meet you. Aki's told me a lot about you." Yumi said, not trying to imply what she actually meant.

"Do you mind if I show her around?" Aki asked, turning her gaze to Yusei.

"Oh no, go ahead." Yusei told her, as the two girls headed upstairs.

As the two friends walked down the hallway to explore the rest of the mansion, Aki thought about her possible, but small affection towards Yusei. He was totally to die for gorgeous, he had a nice body, and he already saw her naked, which she admitted was embarrassing.

"Well, here's my room." Aki said, plainly.

"Wow, they've hooked you up. So, tell me more about this Hoshiko girl." Yumi replied, looking through Aki's closet.

"She seems like such a bitch. I mean, there was a day where she asked me to make her a glass of water. When I accidently spilled a couple drops on her shirt, she flipped out on me. She reminds me of a spider. Yusei is too oblivious to see that she's trapping him in her web." Aki explained, sighing.

"Yeah, she sure sounds like a bitch. I mean, who flips out over a few drops of water?" Yumi questioned, pulling out two dresses. One was rapsberry colored and the other was black.

"Apparently someone who cares that she was wearing a silk halter top. I just wish Yusei could see how much of a slut she is." Aki said, looking at the dresses Yumi set on her bed.

"I don't know, why don't you try and flirt with him a little? I mean, he's clearly not interested in Hoshiko." Yumi suggested, continuing to look through her friends closet.

"I don't think that'll work. I'll wear this black dress." Aki told her, setting her dress aside.

"Oh, that's where it went. I forgot I let you borrow this." Yumi said, pulling out a short strapless blue dress.

"Let's go downstairs and make us something to eat. I'm hungry." Aki mentioned, as the two girls rushed downstairs, only to see Hoshiko with Yusei, "Really, she might as well live here."

"Does she ever go home?" Yumi whispered, as the two girls giggled.

"Oh, hi, Aki." Yusei greeted, cheerfully.

"Yeah, you, go make me a glass of vitamin water." Hoshiko demanded, snapping her fingers at Yumi.

Before Yumi responded, she and Aki shared the same look, "Ummm, excuse you, but I don't work here."

"Well, if you don't work here, then why are you here?" Hoshiko questioned, as Aki held Yumi back.

"She's here because she's visiting me, just like you always visit Yusei." Aki said, sternly taking up for Yumi.

"Well, as I was saying, I didn't think that she would do something like that and.....," Hoshiko continued, ignoring Aki.

"I have an idea that'll get her to leave." Yumi whispered, as she and Aki sat on the couch across from Yusei and Hoshiko.

"So, Aki tells me you're interested in building stuff. What exactly do you build?" Yumi asked, curiously.

"Oh, well, I built my own D-Wheel. I'm still tweeking it a little bit." Yusei replied, surprised that a person of the opposite sex was interested in guy stuff.

"That's great. Are you interested in dueling too?" Aki questioned, joining in on the plan.

"Isn't there something you have to clean?" Hoshiko inquired, menacingly.

"Actually, I have the rest of the afternoon off, since I finished everything I had to do early. As I was saying, I have a deck of my own and maybe we could duel sometime." Aki said, smiling at Yusei.

"Sorry, Yusie bear, I can't stay. I'll see you at the vineyard later on, when you're not too busy." Hoshiko told him, glaring evily at Aki and Yumi and left. Once she was gone, Yumi and Aki high fived each other.

"Okay, what up with her calling you Yusie bear?" Aki asked, trying not to crack up.

"I don't know, I don't pay attention to it." Yusei answered, shrugging.

Just like you don't pay attention that Hoshiko is a trashy slut! Aki thought, sighing.

"So why are you two going to a vineyard?" Yumi asked, already knowing the reason.

"Oh, Hoshiko and I are getting married in seven weeks." Yusei told her. With his answer, Aki shifted uncomfortably in her seat, even though he noticed.

"I need to go home. I gotta pick up my laundry." Yumi said, stretching her arms.

"See you tomorrow." Aki told her, as her best friend left her alone. For a few moments, it was silent between the two of them.

"So, how do you like the place?" Yusei questioned, referring to the mansion.

"Oh, it's fine." Aki sighed, shyly.

"Do you hate Hoshiko?" Yusei asked, making Aki look shocked at his question.

"Well, yes. It's only because it makes me angry that you act so oblivious to everything she does to people." Aki explained, not realizing she had a sudden slip of the tongue.

"It's not that I'm oblivious, as you say, it's just she acts really different around me when we're alone." Yusei replied, plainly.

"So you're saying she has split personality? I could have told you that." Aki muttered, heading to the kitchen.

"Maybe it's just that you're jealous of her." Yusei mumurred, trying to see if he could press her buttons.

"Please, don't make me barf. No one would be caught dead liking her. Oh yeah, what's your excuse?" Aki questioned, sarcastically.

"Haha, you're an original. To be honest, I really don't even want to marry her." Yusei said, making Aki turned around from the refridgerator.

"Why? Aren't you two in love?" Aki asked, opening her small bottle of vitamin water.

"It's not that I don't like her, I'm just not attracted to her," Yusei responded, quietly. Aki could see the hurt in his ocean blue eyes. It must be a pain to marry someone you don't love.

"Well, if you don't love her, then why are you marrying her?" Aki questioned, not understanding his scenario.

"Well, since I was fourteen, my parents and Hoshiko's parents set up an arranged marriage between us. Since then, they've been trying to push me into falling in love with her, and I'm just not. Plus, her father and my father are best friends, so he's the main one pushing me into this." Yusei explained, as Aki sat down next to him on a bar stool.

"I can understand that. I still don't get why you can't just tell your dad how you feel?" Aki asked, sipping her water.

"My dad is kind of stubborn sometimes. I mean, he doesn't really show it, but you can tell from the response he gives to you that he is." Yusei replied, sighing.

"Why are you telling me this?" Aki asked, shyly. Really, she didn't understand why all of a sudden he was opening up to her. She was just the maid, the person everyone asked to do their dirty work for them. Yes, the Fudo family were different from normal high class families, but she still didn't get it.

"I feel like you're my only friend. I mean, Jack is my best friend but there are something's he just doesn't understand." Yusei said, staring out the patio doors.

"Well, I think we'll be great friends, Yusei. Really, I don't mind if you come talk to me. Sometimes I get lonely." Aki told him, smiling, "I gotta go do something, see you later."

The way things are going now, in the end we may not be just friends, Yusei thought, smiling as she left.

It was finally the morning before the party. For Mr. and Mrs. Fudo, it was a rather hectic time. Mrs. Fudo was left alone for the first four hours of set up since Mr. Fudo had to work that morning. That left Mrs. Fudo in charge of telling the workers where everything needed to go.

"I think when this is over my hair might fall out." Mrs. Fudo sighed, putting her head down on the kitchen counter.

"Is there anything I could do for you, Mrs. Fudo?" Aki questioned, reading in a comfy chair in the family room next to the kitchen and patio, "I'm just waiting for the dishwasher to finish."

"Did you finish everything else?" Mrs. Fudo asked, still trying to catch her breath.

"You mean literally cleaning the entire upstairs, yes it's done." Aki replied, smiling, "I can make you a glass of water or something."

"Thank you, honey, I appreciate it." Mrs. Fudo responded, as Aki fixed her a glass of water with lemon.

As she handed Mrs. Fudo the glass of water, she thought more about yesterday and how Yusei opened up to her. It was awkward, but part of Aki felt really bad for Yusei. It must be really hard for him to talk to his parents about how he feels, especially when one of them doesn't even want to listen to what you have to say.

After Mrs. Fudo got back to work, Aki sat back in her chair and continued reading her book about relationships. As she continued to wait for the dishwasher, Yusei and Jack walked in the kitchen, sweating through their wife beaters.

"Dude, how did you get a hot maid?" Jack whispered, checking Aki out.

"She's out of your league." Yusei told him, handing him a bottle of water.

"How was your jog?" Aki asked, not looking up from her book.

"Is it hot in here, or is it just you?" Jack asked, as Yusei smacked him upside his head, "Ow."

"It was fine," Yusei replied, smiling.

"Oh God, you both need to go wash or something." Aki told them, waving the bad smell away from her nose.

"Fine, we'll catch ya later." Yusei said, heading upstairs. At the same time, Aki heard the doorbell and ran to the door. Once she opened it, she felt a rush of happiness.

"Oh my God, Sam!" Aki exclaimed, hugging her cousin.

"I missed you boo." Aki's cousin, Sam said, happily. Sam unlike Aki, was a blonde with platinum blonde highlights all through her hair. She normally did have a tan, since Aki knew that she goes tanning a lot. Like Aki, she had the same height and about the same figure.

"Thanks for bringing her, Yumi." Aki added, hugging her best friend.

"No prob." Yumi smiled, letting go of Aki.

"Oh, hello, I'm Mrs. Fudo. You must be Aki's friends," Mrs. Fudo introduced, as Sam and Yumi waved.

"I'm actually her cousin, Samantha." Sam added, smiling.

"Nice to meet you." Mrs. Fudo replied, shaking her hand, as Mr. Fudo walked in, "Oh hi, honey, this is Aki's cousin, Samantha, and her friend, Yumi."

"Nice to meet the both of you," Mr. Fudo smiled, shaking their hands, "Are you staying for tonight?"

"Actually, yes. Mrs. Fudo said it was okay if we stayed, you know, to support Aki." Sam explained, hugging her cousin.

"Of course, you're welcomed to stay." Mr. Fudo responded, as him and his wife left the girls alone.

"Come on girly, we have to get you ready." Yumi said, as the three girls headed upstairs.

At about seven o' clock that evening, Hoshiko was downstairs waiting for Yusei to finish getting ready. While she sat there her phone rang.

"Speak." Hoshiko said, waiting for a response.

"So tell me about this plan of your's." The voice demanded, sounding devilish.

"Well, obviously before the wedding, I'll have Yusei sign the contract stating that in the event that he dies, I inherit all of his money." Hoshiko smirked, giggling a little.

"That's a nice plan, though you forgot the detail about how his parents aren't dead yet." The voice mentioned.

"I'll eventually figure that out." Hoshiko muttered, before hanging up, "Hi, Yusie bear."

"Oh, hi." Yusei replied, mentally rolling his eyes, "Do you mind if we wait for Aki? She said that she'd be ready in a few minutes."

"Okay." Hoshiko said, sighing, Why would anyone want to wait for her?

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Meanwhile in Aki's room, Sam and Yumi were waiting for Aki to come out the bathroom.

"Come on, Aki, let's see." Sam said, waiting for her cousin.

"Yeah, let's see." Yumi agreed, tapping her foot. Sam wore a emerald green strapless dress and emerald wedge heels. Yumi wore a blue mini dress with black peep toe heels.

After walking out the bathroom, Aki sighed, "I look like a black poodle."

"Aki, you look fine." Sam said, as Aki turned to the mirror on her vanity. When Aki actually thought about it, she did look better than she thought.

"Yeah, you look hot." Yumi added, rubbing her back.

"Thanks for coming and helping." Aki said, as the other two girls hugged her.

"Come on, we have a party to smash!" Sam chirped, as they left Aki's room.

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"Really, what is taking her so long? Didn't you say she'd be ready a half hour ago?" Hoshiko complained, pacing in front of Yusei.

Why can't she ever shut up? Yusei thought, resting his head on his fist. Turning his head towards the stairs, his eyes widened at Aki. Her hair was in spiral curls and her side bang was brushed perfectly. He could tell a little that she had on makeup, but it didn't look like she had any on from far away. Her black dress fit her figure perfectly.

"Sorry it took us so long." Aki told him, shyly. Yusei was too busy staring at her to even hear what she said.

She is freaking HOT! Yusei thought, blushing like a tomato, "You look great."

In the background, Hoshiko snorted at Yusei's comment, but Sam was the only one to have noticed.

"Is there a problem?" Sam asked, glaring at her with her ice blue eyes. Immediately, Hoshiko headed out to the backyard.

"Oh yeah, Yusei, this is my cousin, Sam. Sam this is Yusei." Aki introduced, as Sam waved at him.

"Nice to meet you. How did you get Hoshiko to shut up?" Yusei asked, happily.

"Takes years of practice." Sam told him, smiling.

"That's why you haven't had a boyfriend." Yumi commented, quietly.

"It's not my fault. Some guys find me.....abrasive." Sam admitted, sadly.

"I think we should get to the party." Aki suggested, as they all headed out to the backyard. To Aki, everything was lavishly decorated. There were lights and candles everywhere and several tables with people chatting and mingling.

"This is one original rich person party." Sam commented, taking a little sandwich from one of the trays the waiters were carrying around.

While Aki was looking around, she noticed that Yusei was having a conversation with whom appeared to be Hoshiko's parents. They were about the same age as Yusei's parents but they gave off the vibe that they were snooty and rude. As he gazed in her direction, she noticed that he smiled at her.

"Hey, Yusei, check out that hot blonde over there." Jack commented, as Yusei turned to see Sam talking to Aki.

"Jack, that's Aki's cousin." Yusei told him, plainly.

"I don't care, she's hot as fuck." Jack replied, heading over there.

He's going to get shut down again, Yusei thought, watching Jack flirt for amusement.

"Hey, you're Jack Atlas." Sam said, as he appeared next to her.

"So, I see you're a fan." He replied, doing his signature smirk.

"Oh no, actually my little sister is a big fan." Sam told him, smiling.

"I'll leave you two alone." Aki whispered, heading to the gazebo in far back corner of the yard.

"Really? That's interesting." Jack said, as Sam giggled a little bit, "I was hoping to know more about you."

"Tell you what, since we're both interested in each other, I'll give you my number," Sam said, pulling him aside into the living room. She unbuttoned his dress shirt, revealing his toned abs. Taking the cap off her lipstick, she wrote her number on his chest with her lipstick, "Give me a call."

In the gazebo, Aki sat on the little bench on the inside looking up at the stars. Though no one knew where she was, she just wanted to be alone for a bit. It was kind of boring talking to friends of Mrs. Fudo's. They were nice and they had given her compliments, but still.

"I see you found the gazebo. I used to sit out here when I was little." Yusei said, sitting next to her.

"Yeah, I guess." Aki replied, quietly.

"Hey, I was wondering since people are starting to kind of leave, did you want to dance?" Yusei asked, shoving his hands in his tuxedo pockets.

"I'd love to." Aki smiled, as he walked her back closer to the party.

Once they were on the dance floor, Aki could see that he was right. People were starting to leave and very few people were dancing. The song was just classical piano, nice and slow. She noticed he held her right hand and used his left hand and rested a little more than just above her butt. While they were dancing, Hoshiko was furious.

That skank! How dare she dance with my fiance! Hoshiko thought, biting her lip.

"Hoshiko, dear, it's really not lady like to bite your lip. Who is that Yusei is dancing with?" Hoshiko's mother asked, staring at Aki and Yusei dancing.

"It's their maid, Aki Izayoi." Hoshiko told her mother, crossing her arms.

"Oh, well, she seems harmless." Hoshiko's mother responded, walking away with her husband, "Come now, darling, we have to go home."

That bitch better not get in the way of my plan, Hoshiko thought, leaving the Fudo estate.

As the two continued to dance, Aki rested her head on his chest. Even with the heels she had on, he was still a little taller than she was.

I can't believe I'm dancing with him. I just hope that Hoshiko girl doesn't flip out at me, Aki thought, not seeing her anywhere in sight, Oh well, she can suck it for all I care.

Before Aki knew it, she realized that she and Yusei were the only one's left dancing. The people who controlled the lights had put a bright white spotlight on the two of them dancing.

"Wow, they really took the time to do that?" Yusei questioned, letting go off Aki.

"Thanks, I really had fun, Yusei." Aki smiled, quickly pecking his cheek before heading inside. That was just the beginning of what was to come.

Okay, so that went well. I guess towards the end it got a pinch cheesy, but hey, it happens. Next time: There's only five weeks until the big day, something Yusei is not looking forward to. On the other hand, his relationship with Aki starts growing more each day. Will something shocking happen? Also, Hoshiko is devising her plan as to how she plans on getting hold of the Fudo fortune. Will she be successful? R&R plz!!

~Cherriez