A/N: Yay fun times :D. I am excited about this chapter which is why it is coming out so soon. I know I said school n such but long story short it was too cold today so I ended up being home and typing this up. I hope you like it cause I had a lot of fun writing it!
Sachiko smiled as the store clerk handed her the ring she had just bought for Yumi. She had always dreamt of ring shopping for her, but to actually be doing it was a whole different sensation. Her only wish was that they hadn't been rushed to buy these rings. Especially since she hadn't even gotten the chance to explain why she could propose.
Everyone knew the two wanted nothing more than to be together, but for Sachiko to propose while still under an marriage arrangement through her family. Even Yumi's parents couldn't understand what was going on. They knew Yumi wanted this more than anything though and put their trust in Sachiko. They knew if she had proposed that she must have thought of something, but what that was she didn't want to reveal quite yet.
Sachiko trusted Yumi's family completely, but she wouldn't dare take even the smallest chance with this one opportunity to truly make Yumi hers. With that in mind Sachiko grabbed the phone out of her pocket and checked the time quick before continuing out of the store and on her way to the car.
Once she was in her car and able she took out her phone again and called Yumi.
Bzzt.. . Bzzt. . .
"Hello." Yumi answered as Sachiko smiled and started her car.
"Good afternoon, Yumi. What are you doing right now?" Sachiko asked as Yumi smiled and glanced towards the small bag in her lap.
"I'm on my way home from the shop. I got you the perfect ring." Yumi said causing Sachiko to smile this time. "We will be home in about ten minutes though, my mom brought me, she was just as excited as I was."
"I doubt that." Mrs. Fukuzawa said in the background causing Sachiko's smile to widen. She loved to know that Yumi was excited about this.
"I'm glad to hear it. Would you mind if I come over later?" Sachiko asked as Yumi shook her head.
"No, I want you to. When were you thinking?" Yumi asked as Sachiko glanced to the clock on her radio.
"Hmm, maybe in two hours? I have some things to prepare for tomorrow." Sachiko said as Yumi raised an eyebrow.
"What is going on tomorrow?" Yumi asked curiously, even she was still in the dark on the entire reason Sachiko proposed to her like that.
"We are going to make our dream of being together a reality." Sachiko responded with a hint of excitement in her voice. "I have to get going though, I am entering heavier traffic, I will send you a text when I am on my way over."
"Alright, I will see you soon, love you." Yumi said before hanging up the phone and looking at her mother. "She seems confident whatever it is she has planned will work."
"You seem a little uncertain about that, aren't you happy?" Mrs. Fukuzawa asked as Yumi nodded.
"Yes, incredibly, it just doesn't seem real that I might actually be able to have her all to myself." Yumi responded thinking about that morning while looking at the bag she had from the store.
Mrs. Fukuzawa chuckled a little bit as Yumi glanced over to her a little confused. "Don't worry, Yumi. You already do have her all to yourself, even if this doesn't work out, she will still only love you I'm sure." She said as Yumi smiled and nodded in agreement. Mrs. Fukuzawa knew there was truth to her words, but she also knew that Sachiko being forced to marry this man could easily end their relationship. Sachiko would never want to hurt Yumi and this arranged marriage could possibly get her to push Yumi out of her life in fear of hurting her.
Sachiko's plan had to work. Even Yumi's mother couldn't imagine Yumi without Sachiko, the two were made for one another.
The next morning. . .
Sachiko knocked on Yumi's bedroom door before pushing it open a little and smiling at Yumi who was holding a dress up to herself in the mirror.
"Hey, you almost ready?" Sachiko asked as Yumi looked at her in the mirror before turning to her with a deep breath.
"I think so, but what should I wear?" Yumi asked as she threw the dress on her bed and went to give Sachiko a quick hug.
"Hmm, you can really wear whatever you like." Sachiko said as Yumi sighed, Sachiko knew this was a big deal for Yumi and that she wanted everything to be perfect. "Here, why don't you wear the jeans you have on and just put on that black sweater. I have a gray scarf in my car that would look good with it. Trust me, no one will care what we are wearing."
"Are you sure? I mean, I could find something a little more presentable I'm sure." Yumi tried to argue as she turned to her dress again.
This time Sachiko took a step forward and grabbed her arm pulling her into a hug and placing a kiss on her forehead. "I know you're nervous, Yumi. I know you think you need to dress up fancy for my sake, but I'm asking you not to. I don't love you because you know how to live up to my family's standard. I love you because you are Yumi, I don't care if others think you should be with me. I don't want you to worry about being presentable because to me you are perfect no matter what. So please don't feel bad about not looking as good as you possibly can, Yumi. I love you no matter."
"Are you sure?" Yumi asked even though Sachiko made herself perfectly clear. Yumi really did want everything to be perfect for this moment.
"I'm positive, Yumi. Everyone will love you and if they don't, I don't care because I will always love you. We are not doing this for them, we are doing this for us. Just remember that we are not their to impress anyone, we are there to tell my grandfather that he does not control our lives." Sachiko said as Yumi smiled before Sachiko leaned down and pressed her lips against Yumi's for a few moments.
Once the kiss broke Sachiko smiled. "I love you, Yumi. Now why don't you go put on that black sweater, we have to get going." Sachiko said as Yumi smiled and nodded, Sachiko always could calm her worries.
"Thank you. . . And I love you too." Yumi replied back before turning to grab her sweater.
"I'll be downstairs waiting." Sachiko said as Yumi gave a nod and Sachiko headed out of her room.
About an hour later. . .
"You're on in five."
Yumi took a deep breath as she felt Sachiko squeeze her hand. She was nervous like Sachiko, but she knew this was something she wanted to do. It was a pretty out of her comfort zone idea, but she knew to get Sachiko's grandfather's attention that it had to be big. Sachiko knew this too which is why they were standing where they were.
"Are you alright?" Sachiko asked as Yumi glanced up to her and nodded.
"Y-yes, I'm just nervous."
"You know I'm not forcing you to do this." Sachiko commented as Yumi looked up to her surprised. "I mean, I don't want you to go out there if you don't want to."
"No, I want to." Yumi said cutting off Sachiko from continuing. "I want to be here with you, I have just never been in front of so many people." Yumi explained with a slight sigh. "I will be fine though, I don't want to be anywhere else right now. I just have to remember why we are here and my mom told me to think of everyone in their underwear, but it's not helping." She said with a little blush.
"You told your mother?" Sachiko asked curiously as Yumi nodded.
"Yes, sorry, I am just so nervous. She usually always help."
"It's fine, but instead of thinking about everyone that can see you just pretend they aren't there. Better yet, just focus on me. If it helps, just pretend we are in high school again and you are staring at me like usual." Sachiko said as Yumi blushed.
"I. . . You noticed?" Yumi asked as Sachiko chuckled.
"How could I not notice, the girl I was in love with couldn't keep her eyes off of me. I was looking at you just as much." Sachiko admitted as Yumi smiled a tiny bit.
"Alright girls, you're on." A man said as he showed them which way to walk with a hand motion.
"This is it. Take my hand and don't let go, everything will be fine." Sachiko said one last time as Yumi gave a nod, she was as ready as she was going to be.
As soon as they walked out onto the stage Yumi noticed the bright lights above as a woman approached them.
"Welcome, welcome, come please take a seat." The woman said as Sachiko and Yumi followed her towards the small couch that they both sat down on. The woman couldn't help but notice that they were still holding hands even after sitting down. "Thank you for joining us today, I understand it was on short notice, but I think I speak for everyone in Japan when I say you make time for an Ogasawara announcement. I'm just curious as to what it could be, it's not often we speak to the daughter of Japan's wealthiest man. I see you even brought your friend from school, I have heard a little bit about you. . .Yumi-chan is it?"
Yumi's eyes went a little wide when she realized she was being talked to, all she could do was look at the lady and nod quickly. "Y-Yes, ma'am, my name is Yumi Fukuzawa, it's nice to meet you." Yumi said as Sachiko smiled, Yumi was always so polite even if she was in over her head.
"It's very nice to meet you to, Yumi-chan and I'm glad you could join us today." The woman replied before looking back to Sachiko who was glancing down to Yumi with a small but proud smile. "So tell us, how is your father doing, are there any big expansion plans? Perhaps a new product being released?" The lady asked as Sachiko put on her best show face and laughed a little bit which surprised Yumi. It looked so natural though Yumi could feel Sachiko wasn't amused at all, she was playing the part.
"Unfortunately, nothing that I can discuss at this point. However there is something interesting happening at the Ogasawara mansion." Sachiko pointed out as the woman pouted a little bit before laughing again with her, the typical talk show woman that Sachiko always had called fake when at home with Yumi.
"Well it's a shame that there isn't anything you can discuss, but I imagine whatever it is has to be news for an Ogasawara to make an appearance. I'm sure we are all interested in whatever it is that is happening at the Ogasawara mansion, so why don't you tell us?" The woman asked as Sachiko smiled and gave a nod.
"It is indeed news that my family feels strongly about. My grandfather himself told me he wanted me to do this." Sachiko said with a defiant twinkle in her eye as she glanced towards the camera, of course only Yumi knew the truth behind that seemingly innocent look. "The first thing is a major announcement from the Ogasawara mansion. . . I Ogasawara Sachiko am no longer arranged to be married." Sachiko said as the audience went quiet and the woman running the show looked at her shocked. Sachiko smiled and took this as her queue to proceed. ". . .Yes, the reason being is that I am now engaged to be married with non other than my long time girlfriend, Fukuzawa Yumi." She continued as she held up her hand showing off the ring as the crowd cheered and clapped and the talk show host covered her mouth for a moment in surprise.
"Congratulations!" The woman said as she got up and looked at the rings on their fingers. "Wow, both so beautiful. . . I had no idea." The woman said as the cameras got close ups of their rings and Sachiko putting her arm around Yumi's shoulder. "I'm so happy for you two, congratulations again, I know the crowd liked that."
"Thank you, thank you everyone for your kindness." Sachiko said with a slight bow as the woman sat back down. "Yumi and I are both looking forward to our wedding coming up soon."
"Wow. . . So I assume you were for same sex marriage in the elections then?" The woman asked as Sachiko nodded.
"Yes, I was and my entire family was too. My grandfather himself broke off my engagement with Suguru so I could be with Yumi." Sachiko made sure to note as she took Yumi's hand in her own again.
"Wow, I never knew. I don't think anyone knew that the Ogasawara's supported the movement. I'm sure this is a shock to everyone." The woman said as Sachiko agreed with a nod.
"Yes, I'm sure they are too. I would just like to thank my grandfather for allowing me to make the announcement."
"That's great, so when is the wedding?" The woman asked as Sachiko shrugged and looked at Yumi.
"We're not sure yet, we are both still in college and are thinking about finishing this years classes first. I guess we will just have to keep everyone posted."
"Well you be sure to tell us when that is, I'm sure everyone will have their eyes on the Ogasawara's for a good while now." The woman said as she stood from her chair and instructed the girls to stand to with a motion of her hand. "I would like to thank you all for watching today, I know this will be all over the news by tonight, but we here at Japan Talk would like to thank you two for joining us and sharing this news with us. Have a good day everyone and we will see you tomorrow." The woman said as she left the stage with the two girls and parted way with them once they got backstage.
"Right on queue." Sachiko said with a smile as she pulled out her ringing phone from her pocket and saw that it was her mother. "Come on, Yumi. The real fun is just beginning."
A/N: SO there it is! :D I was happy with this chapter and I am pretty excited about the next one too. Yea I guess I don't really have much to post here except I hope you like it! THanks for the reviews and PM's I love getting them :D