A/N: Hello Minna-san! I'm trying to update everyday because it is winter break, please bear with me. *grins. Thank you again.
Hotaru and Keigo are going to meet each other! Ugh, How frustrating! Eurie-sama is watching Bleach and I want to strangle Hinamori. Gwaaa, she's so stupid! Sorry Hinamori fans. I mean, to doubt Hitsugaya? Her 'little bro'? What's wrong with her?
Disclaimer: Prince of Tennis is not Eurie-sama's.
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Atobe took a deep breath and pushed the big door open. Everyone in the room stopped to look at the door. Because he is on top of the staircase, they all look up. Atobe likes the feeling of being gaze upon while he look down on these mere people.
He walked down slowly, with grace. He looked straight ahead, head tilted in Atobe's blood arrogance. He will never look down, he will always have his head held high. Girls across the room gasped as he trod in the room. He stopped in the landing beside his father.
Then, once again the door opened. This time, showing a girl in a navy blue dress. Her face devoid of emotion, like Atobe, she held her head high. She blinked once, twice.
Atobe stared at her. At first he thought, how beautiful, but then he saw the look in her eyes, emotionless, like a doll. And with disgust, Atobe decided that he dislike her. He watched as she descended from the stairs and stood beside him in the landing.
"Nice to meet you, Atobe-san," she said. But rather of a fan-girl one, hers is devoid of emotion same as her face.
"Hn," he whispered, but came out as a groan. His father elbowed him, jokingly as to everyone will not misunderstand while laughing. But man, that hurts. "Sorry, nice to meet you too-?"
"Ah, Please forgive my rudeness. My name is Kinomichi Hotaru," she said. Her face doesn't show any regret of being rude but inside her, she was expecting him to remember her name.
"Nice to meet you, Kinomichi-san, milady," he said while seizing her right hand and plant a kiss at the back of it. He did remember it because his father told him so many times, he sounded like a scratched cd.
She stiffened, then gulp. She wanted to cry. And she doesn't know her reasons why. She tried to keep her face from being readable. She smiled, but she knew it doesn't came out right.
"Keigo, Hotaru, please get on in the table," Keigo's dad said.
"Hai, Atobe-san," she whispered. Atobe walked silently to the table. He knew his fiancee's name, but this doll? No way.
Everyone was awed by her too, but most of the female population in that room are enraged with jealousy. How can someone like her be sitting with Atobe-sama? They fumed with anger but like a great actresses, they hide their jealousy with bright smiles and couple blink of eyes towards Atobe.
The room resumed their chatters. Everyone has their own bragging to do. Politicians and business men talked about sales, shares, political business, and among other things, the reason for the party. It is quiet obvious with the invitation card they received that this night, they will be announcing the engagement of Atobe Enterprise's heir.
Atobe's father rise from his seat. He raised his glass and beat it softly with his spoon. The whole room grew quiet. They all look at the platform.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to start this program by thanking everyone who came to this party." he smiled and nodded his head towards them, "As you all know from the invitations we sent out, this is my son's engagement party to Kinomichi family's Kinomichi Hotaru."
Hotaru rise from her seat. She smiled her practiced smile and nodded also. She remained standing. Atobe stood also. His butler came towards him and presented the engagement ring. He opened the velvet box and get the ring from it. He motioned for Hotaru's hand and she gave it to him. He slipped the ring in her finger and released her hand too quickly, as though he doesn't want to touch her a little bit longer.
That's okay for Hotaru. She was trembling really bad and she doesn't want them to know. She clutched her hands together and look at the crowd, still smiling. She felt excited at first, before she opened that damn door, but when she learned that he completely forget about her, she felt a prick in her heart that she could describe in a million words but choose to push it back inside.
She wanted to cry, sob, scream, but her voice is unexpectedly missing. She missed him so much but she could see that he doesn't even remember her. They were motioned to sit and they did.
The food came in, main course first before the deserts. The best wines from France and Greece were served. Dishes from Europe were served for main course and desserts. Everyone enjoyed the food; Hotaru ate them, but not surprisingly for her, they taste bland. They taste like nothing, everything doesn't taste right, feels right.
The emcee calls for dances. Waltz, tango, boogie, swing, any kinds of dance that people dance in a ballroom. "What about our engaged couple?" Hotaru looked at Keigo and see that he's looking at her also. He smiled seductively and stood. He bowed halfway while his right hand is in front of her, opened for her, "May I have this dance, milady?" He asked.
She nodded and reached for his hand. He led her to the ballroom and they danced waltz. He's a great dancer but she knew that she was also. She could not afford to get trip or step on him, not when she troubled herself on learning how to dance just for this occasion.
Everyone stopped their own dances and watch the couple's gracious dancing. They watched as the two dances in their own rhythm and they see the passion in their dancing. In everyone's opinion, they could see a couple who were dancing like they are making love in the dance floor. The background song became faster, it is made like that so the two will dance swing, and they did.
Smoothly, here and there, they are in harmony, synchronized in every way. When the music came to an end, Keigo twirled her around and dropped her, but she is not scared, she trust him. He put his arms around her before she drop on the floor to block her fall and he moved his face towards her so that their face will have a small space between them. She lifted her left leg a little balance herself. The huffed together, and breathed real hard as everyone around them clapped their hands together. They stared at each other as their eyes meet, then he helped her to get up properly. They bowed to their audience and walk to their table.
The night continued with the guest dancing merrily and eating and drinking and gossiping. They did not notice the less interaction of the couple with each other. They did not notice that the two didn't talk to each other, that they are avoiding each other.
Most of the guest went home as the night gets later. They said good-byes to each other. And when the last one went home, Hotaru and Keigo went to their respective room. Keigo change and went to bed. While Hotaru get a very little sleep, keigo sleep pretty well.
One week has passed. Hotaru went home the day after the occasion end. She never see Atobe in the breakfast nor when she needs to go. He didn't say good-bye to her and sent her home. But that's okay. It is okay, she now know that even though they were engaged, that doesn't mean that he will be hers completely.
Atobe smashed the ball with his racket, and run to the left. "Come on, Jiro, attack, attack!"
"Ne, Atobe-san, can you slow down a bit?" Jiro yawned, "I'm a bit sleepy."
"No can do, Jiro, no can do," he said laughing while he hit the ball back.
"Ugh, what has gotten into you, Atobe-san?" He just laughed and hit the ball again.
"Gakuto, switched," he said.
"Hai, hai, Jiro-san," the said member readied his racket and returned Atobe's ball. They rallied also while Jiro went o the bench and sleep.
Almost everyone were exhausted after the long rallies and games they had with Atobe.
"What the heck is wrong with you, Atobe?" they asked.
"Nothing," he said. "I just got myself a fiancée."
"Eh!?" they yelled, dumbstruck.
He grinned at them.
"No way!"
"No shit!"
"Really?"
"Are you certain?"
"Usu!"
He laughed at their dumb faces, "Yes, oresama is not lying."
"Cool"
"When?"
"Who?"
"What?"
"How?"
"Why?" he finished, one brow is up. They all nodded furiously, except for Kabaji, who just stared.
"It is my engagement party one week ago," he said.
"And you never think of inviting us?" Oshitari asked incredulously.
"Oresama doesn't want you to be there," he said.
"Hmmp, then who is the unlucky woman?"
"A girl, not woman," he answered. "I forgot her name already."
"You forgot the name of your fiancée?" once again, they could not believe what he just told them.
"No. That you mention it, I haven't seen her before also."
"An arrange marriage, perhaps?"
"You got it," he shrugged, "But who cares? I just need to marry her when time comes."
"And when is that?"
"When she turns eighteen. Three years from now?" he said, smirking.
"That's a long time."
"Yeah, and we didn't have any rules so I can do what I want to do until we marry."
"So you are going to date other girls?"
"Yes, not that she couldn't do that also, right?" he asked, brow up.
"Well, yeah, maybe. But isn't that cruel though?"
"What is?" he glared but then smiled again. They didn't dare to answer him.
A/N: Okay minna-san this is it. Sorry it is kinda short. My little cousin beside me wants to play, lol. Sorry for a cliff-hanger her too.
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Well that's it guys. Please look forward for the next chapter. I ope that I can write a longer chapter next time.