Shinobu was running late. He turned a corner and came out to a large shopping area. On one side of the street a large number of retail stores, pharmacies, and grocery stores stood and on the other side a large, renowned hotel stood.
The cream colored building looked elegant as Shinobu looked up at it. He was there to meet someone his father ordered him to meet.
He planned on telling the young woman he just wasn't the marrying type, and the best option was for her to keep searching for "mister right". He couldn't help but sigh as he looked at the doors of the Teito hotel.
His heart sank as he reached for the door and pulled it open. He was about to step through when a young, onyx-haired Japanese woman rushed through the doors. She looked back and bowed to Shinobu as she explained away her situation.
"I'm so sorry to rush ahead of you like that, but you see I'm late. I must meet someone," She bowed once more before rushing to the elevator and pressing the button for the second floor.
"Hmm, I guess I'm in the same boat as her," Shinobu mumbled as he walked to the front desk to ask the young-looking clerk what room his father was in.
"Hello, I'm looking for Takatsuki-san, he's supposed to be with the…" Shinobu had to think of the young woman's name before saying it aloud. "Furakawa," There was a high school student behind him, her hair was tied up in a tight bun and she levelled out to Shinobu's chest as she walked up next to him and tapped him on the shoulder.
"Excuse me. I am Furakawa…and you are late," Her tone was very unpleased as she stood behind him with her arms crossed.
"You are-" She looked at her gold and pearl encrusted watch and then back at him, "Thirty-six minutes late," She looked into his grey eyes as she furrowed her brows.
"Ah, you must be Nanami. It's a pleasure, I'm Takatsuki Shinobu," He bowed to her before seeing her small, black-leather flats tapping repeatedly on the floor.
"Who said you could call me by my first name?" Her tone was as bitchy as she was. Her eyes seem to say: "touch me and I will cut you into pieces". Shinobu could tell this young woman was going to be troublesome to his relationship with Miyagi.
"Oh well…I just assumed, since you're going to be….m-marrying me." Shinobu almost choked on his tongue when he'd brought up the actual thought of being this little demon's husband.
"Oh well, you assumed wrong. Now hurry up. Papa and mama are waiting," She sighed and they walked up to a room on the east wing of the hotel.
Shinobu entered the door and allowed Nanami to enter first; her hips matched her mood as she swung them from side to side, and her hair still in the tightest bun he'd ever seen. Even after climbing 25 steps not a strand was out of place. She seemed like a nice girl, but man…was he wrong. "Nanami, thank you for finding my son," Shinobu's father smiled as her as she smiled back.
"It was my pleasure, and…I'd like to thank you for setting us up. He's so nice!" She softly giggled as she grabbed his hand and gently shook it.
"She's so amazing, Jun-san," Shinobu's father smiled as he looked to his good friend and then to Shinobu.
"She's quite taken with you, Shinobu. She'd be an amazing wife, once she turns eighteen."
"When does she turn of age?" Shinobu looked over to Nanami and sighed before looking over to Nanami's father, Jun, and waiting for his reply.
"I turn eighteen in three days," She happily exclaimed as she took hold of Shinobu's hand and draped it around her shoulder. She smirked as she yanked down on his coat pocket and she explained something to him in a low voice.
"You will marry me, you will make me happy, and you will not care about my boyfriend when he comes over and we make sweet passionate love in your bed, got it?" Shinobu's throat shrunk as he looked into her icy and cold eyes, anything hot in his heart had frozen with her gaze.
'She's like freaking Medusa*!" Shinobu thought as he looked at her. "Then what about my lover?" Shinobu wondered. If this marriage were a loveless and sexless marriage than he could probably get away with anything.
Furakawa Jun, Nanami's father, only wanted a comfortable life for his daughter, and only wanted her to be happy, like any father would. Nanami, however, wanted everything. She wanted a husband who kept her in the same comfortable state she'd been born into; a lover who drove her wild with passionate sex every time they'd meet up; and she wanted her father to think she was an innocent, little virgin who would do whatever her father said. In short, she was a complete gold-digging whore who only wanted a husband like Shinobu for security.
"Oh your lover will be your ex-lover after today. I will not accept any part of your body to be one with anyone else while you're dedicating your life to me," she smirked and then looked up, everyone was watching them and a simple plan came into her brain.
"Yes! Yes, I will!" Her eyes filled with fake tears as she hugged Shinobu's body tightly.
"Nanami, what will you do?" Jun, the girl's father asked as curiosity struck into his mind.
"I will marry, Takatsuki Shinobu!" She giggled into the room and wiped her faux tears away as she looked at him and leaned in closer to Shinobu.
"You are mine now, you'd better dump that hussy…before I visit her myself," Nanami smiled into the room, her father seemed pleased and Shinobu's father just nodded as he stood.
"Shinobu, this is exactly what you need. A nice, young and beautiful woman to come home to! I'm proud of you," He rested his hand upon Shinobu's shoulder as he smiled down at Nanami.
"Congratulations dear," Nanami smiled as sweetly as she could before wiping away a few more tears.
"T-Thank you… Chichi-san," She hugged him tightly as she faked the joy a real couple would have felt. Shinobu just wondered how the hell he'd gotten mixed up with the little she-devil named "Furakawa Nanami".
The Next Day
The dean of the university called Miyagi Yo into his office to discuss a personal matter. The dean folded his hands before taking a deep sigh in and then slowly out. "Miyagi, you're a wonderful professor and we love having you at this establishment, but…if you do not dump Shinobu then we'll fire you for having a sexual relationship with a student," Shinobu's father was not kidding as he leaned back and waited for Miyagi's answer.
"Sir, are you just mad that I am having sex with your son? I mean if it were another student then you wouldn't be so… threatening. You would simply say you don't approve and leave it at that, but since it is Shinobu, you're wearier of what could happen if everyone found out your son was gay. My romantic life is none of your concern, now I will be going," Miyagi stood from the uncomfortably stiff chair and walked out of the room. He could only smirk as he left the dean speechless.
"Miyagi Yo… you will dump my son by Friday. If you dump him, then I will not tell the police you were sleeping with him when he was seventeen," The dean smirked as he adjusted his glasses.
"Hmm, is there any proof that I was sleeping with Shinobu when he was seventeen?" Miyagi's eyebrow raised as his attention had been caught. Miyagi did not think that there was any evidence of the earlier days of their relationship, but it was not like Shinobu was quiet about confessing his love.
"There are cameras…in the office. They've been there for years, and since I know my son so well, you two probably did something in there at least once," A look of disgust quickly crossed the dean's face before a sinister grin appeared. "Now please, leave. I have work I need to do," The dean quickly flicked Miyagi away before opening a file and marking them with a red marker.
Miyagi Yo sighed heavily as he walked into his and Kamijou's shared space. He looked over to the sofa and thought about all the times him and Shinobu had been in here. The times they messed around on Kamijou's desk and the times they'd connected on the sofa. He knew the dean couldn't have videotaped them, but no one can truly say "never". He looked around and pulled out his phone he looked at the date. "Today is…Wednesday." He could feel his heart sinking as he opened his phone's text messaging software before typing a sad and depressing message that read:
Shinobu,
I think we should spend some time apart. I need to invest more time into my work then your pity matters. I am sorry I can't invest the time to listen to your problems. Please stay away until my work matters are resolved.
Miyagi.
A few minutes Shinobu sent a text back to him, Miyagi didn't want to open the message, but knew that Shinobu deserved that small right as his lover. He felt his heart pinch and crush as he read the message in his mind. He hated Shinobu's father for forcing him to do this, but he knew it was the only way to keep their relationship safe from the world and make Shinobu seem normal.
Miyagi,
We are made for one another. We are each other's destinies; do not give up on us. My father will come around one of these days. Please don't do this. I'm begging you. Don't do this! I fixed your heart when it was broken, I won your heart when I didn't back down and I am NOT backing down just to satisfy my father. We will talk tonight. Do not think I will leave you alone. You and I are made for one another.
Shinobu.
Miygai sighed heavily as he heard Kamijou enter the office. "Oi, get your depressed ass up. We have class," The demon mentioned as he grabbed a large stack of books and walked out of the office with them.
"Yeah, yeah…I'm going, I'm going," Miyagi waved the younger man off before grabbing his lesson plan and walking into his classroom. He took a deep breath as he looked at the young students, their eyes all focused on him. He'd never felt self-conscious, but today all he wanted was to crawl under a rock and hide from the entire world.
(For those who do not know Medusa is a god who could turn a person to stone.)
