Unfortunate Engagement

By: money127

Hey guys! I tried writing this as soon as possible! I'm a high school student now… No! That means less time to write and more time for homework…

You know, writing Unfortunate Engagement reminds me of when I started writing Fake Romance. It wasn't that well liked at first (just like Unfortunate Engagement, I guess) but it got itself an audience anyways. I hope that with time, Unfortunate Engagement will get better and will be well received.

Unlike Fake Romance, which only included Natsume's first person POV, Unfortunate Engagement will have several POVs. The first chapter, you might have noticed, is in Anna's third person POV but those will change. The beginning of this chapter starts out in Koko's POV and will move to Anna's. I won't really write the POVs at the beginning of each part because it's just not my thing. I hope that you all will be able to figure these things out by yourself.

So I was going to post the list of infos that you need to know to understand Unfortunate Engagement but I decided against it. First, because that's too much work (believe me, I tried). Second, there will be too many spoilers. Third, it's not that necessary since I will include that info in later chapters anyway. So there!

You know, I just realized that the first chapter of Unfortunate Engagement is in Times New Romans font even though I prefer VNI-Times. Sorry, stupid detail. I also noticed that my Author Notes are getting longer… Just saying…

Well, enjoy chapter 2!

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"Hitting on her and getting engaged to her was the best decision of my life." Koko said on the phone and Anna smiled, knowing that he was happy about this engagement too, "I was right in choosing her, the only sane one on the list. Now the inheritance is one step closer to me." He said and Anna's smile dropped.

She was confused, scared, shocked, heartbroken and many other feelings that she couldn't put a finger on.

What to do? She asked herself. What should I do?

Should I confront him?

Should I ask him about this?

Should I just walk away?

Yes…

That's right…

If I walk away now, it will be like nothing happened…

I didn't hear anything. She reassured herself as she started walking backwards. I didn't hear anything.

I didn't hear anything…

I didn't… She stumbled on a vase behind her.

It fell.

The vase shattered.

So did her illusion of happiness…

Without really thinking about it, his body moved on its own and in one swift move picked up Anna from the floor full of shattered glass. Anna seemed too stunned to react as she said nothing and stared at him with her mouth open.

"Close your mouth, honey, or a mosquito might fly in." He told her calmly. Yes, he needed to be calm. Anna closed her mouth immediately and as if she finally realized that she was carried she started to wriggle in his arms.

"Put me down!" She yelled and started hitting his chest with her tiny knuckles, "Put me down!"

"I'd love to, really, for my arms are very tired, but I'm afraid that your legs are bleeding and if you move them around, blood will spill on the newly bought carpet, not to mention the shoes I bought for you." He told her. What he said was true, but he couldn't care less for the carpet. He could buy thousands of them if he wanted to. But she was hurting and he wanted to help her. Not to mention that he loved holding her. He turned around swiftly to talk to a maid, "Bring a long dress to my study." He told the maid and walked away with a silent Anna in his arms.

By the time they reached his study, Anna's legs were covered in blood. There weren't any serious injuries but there were several small wounds that just couldn't stop bleeding. Koko used the first aid kit to treat the wounds. All through the process, Anna was wincing and squeezing his hand. Koko didn't like his fiancée getting hurt but honestly, if she squeezed his hand when she did, he wouldn't regret a thing. As he finished treating the wounds, a long black dress arrived. Without saying a word, he handed the dress to Anna.

"Hmph." Anna huffed, took the dress and made her way to the bathroom.

"I thought we were already done with being embarrassed in front of each other." He told her teasingly. He needed to keep calm… calm…

"Hmph." She huffed again and slammed the bathroom door shut.

As she started changing, Koko started to pace around the room, a smile still plastered on his face. No matter how bad the situation was, staying calm and keeping his poker face was his first priority. She heard him… Honestly, he didn't need her to hear that conversation. She could've lived happily without knowing anything about this business.

If he told her that he met her to seduce her, would she be angry? Yes.

If he told her that he needed to get married to her for the sake of his inheritance, would she forgive him? Yes.

If he told her that as he tried to seduce her, she has seduced him, would she believe him? … No…

She would run off, she'd leave him. He couldn't risk that… He really couldn't. He needed something… Something to make sure that she stayed whether she liked it or not… Whether he had to pose as a villain or not…

"Hmph." Anna huffed as she came out. Her long dress reached her ankles and perfectly hid her wounds. It took Koko 1 second to snap out of his daze and he stared at the beauty before him.

"It seems like you have found out about my plan." He said straight forwardly. The plan… he needed to stick to the plan.

"Yes, I'm the only sane on after all." She told him, quoting his past conversation.

"I need you." He told her, "in more ways than one…" he thought, "My inheritance depends on being engaged to you." He told her.

"So what?" She said heartlessly. Koko expected this treatment, but her words pierced through him in the most painful way. He kept his poker face on as he continued to follow his plan.

"Don't break the engagement." He told her.

"And why should I do that?" She asked him. Another dagger through his heart…

"Your grandparents will be very disappointed." He explained, remembering how proud they were about Anna loving a man that met up to their standards, "They were looking forward to finally getting out of that debt that they owe the Sakuras." He told her. Anna's eyes opened in surprise.

"How did you find out?" She asked him.

"I have connections. One of them being a Sakura. If you play along with me, when I get my inheritance, I'll leave you an amount, enough to pay off the debt and continue your family business. Or, if I don't get my inheritance, I can talk to the next head of the Sakuras to just get rid of the debt, that amount is nothing to them, anyways." He offered, but didn't mention anything about the big sum her dead parents left for her, "Then we can get break the engagement and everything will be over, how about that?" He was smiling on the outside, but biting his nails on the inside as Anna opened her mouth to answer.

"Fine." She said simply.

"Thank you." He said, truthfully. "Now…" He said and hooked Anna's arm around his, "Let's not keep the guests waiting."

As Anna and Koko moved into his bedroom after escorting all the guests out of the mansion, they could finally drop the act. Anna's fake smile dropped and she pulled her hand away from Koko.

"Do you want to sleep with me tonight?" He asked her. You can't blame a guy for trying.

"Hmph." Anna huffed.

"Good night." Koko said as Anna started walking to the exit when she stopped and turned around to face him.

"Out of all those girls, why me?" She asked him.

"I thought you were the easiest." He told her honestly, even though he knew that it would hurt her. No more lies, Koko thought to himself, he wouldn't want to tell her more lies than necessary. Anna walked out of the room and Koko collapsed on his big bed, an arm around his eyes.

Koko heard sobs from the other side of the door. Her make-up was probably smudged. If only he could help her wash it away…

A few days later, Anna came downstairs carrying a school bag and a few binders. By that time, Koko was already eating his breakfast.

"Good morning." He greeted her. She responded in silence and sat down across from him. Maids served her breakfast and moved out of the room. The dining room fell silent.

As every other respected rich illegitimate child, Kokoro Yome lived in a big mansion with his mother, but since she was too busy keeping Mr. Yome interested, Koko lived all alone. As his fiancee, Anna moved into the mansion a week before their engagement party and made herself at home; thinking that living with her fiancee was the second best thing that happened to her life (the first thing was being engaged to him). She was dead wrong.

After the incident, every meal has been a torture. They sat right across from each other in a big table, totally in silence and the lack of visitors didn't help. Of course, Koko's secretary, Yuu Tobita came over for dinner once in a while since he worked with Koko till late. Yes, Koko worked.

Unlike Anna, Koko was a genius and graduated much earlier than people his age. Since he had no reason to go to school, he worked at Yo Electronics while Anna still had high school to finish.

"Today is your first day of senior year, I suppose." Koko said. Anna didn't say anything, "You know you don't have to go to a public school."

"Ah…" It was that conversation again, "I don't have to, I chose to." Anna corrected him.

"Why not try Alice Academy for a change? It's a great private school with kids just like you." He offered. Koko never liked Anna going to a public school and always tried to get her to study in Alice Academy, a private school which had campuses all across the world.

"The public school I go to is full of teenagers just like me, too." Anna answered, emphasizing that she was a teenager and not a kid.

"Are they as rich as you?" Koko asked.

"Money doesn't matter." Anna stated.

"And yet here we are, engaged for the sake of it." Koko countered and Anna fell silent.

"My school is great, I like it there. Friends in there are far more loyal than anyone else I know," Anna started again, indicating her fiancee, "If you don't believe me, try it out yourself." Anna offered, knowing that he'll chicken out. There was no way the rich and arrogant Kokoro Yome would dare to step into a public high school.

"Sure, why not?" Guess she was wrong…