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AN: Here you go, finally finished this chapter, hope it was worth the wait. The chapter is quite long, round 9k words, probably reaching 10k by the time I finish this AN. It took my a while to write as well, with the festive season and the new year rolling round I didn't have much time to write it, but I got half of it done during that time, the other half was mostly written last week and this week. So yeah, don't have anything else to say, if I do I'll update the AN. Fav/Follow or Review if you want, and enjoy the chapter.


I wave to Yukino and Hikigaya-kun whilst getting into my car, I beep at them then drive off, as soon as I round the corner I put my foot down in anger, the car speeds forward but I pay now mind to it and drive towards my house, where I will probably have to deal with her.

"Otou-san slow down" I glance at Haruno then look at the speedo, seeing I am almost 30 km/h over the current speed limit of 50 km/h, I move my foot from the accelerator to the break, slowing the car down to the correct speeds.

My thoughts trail back to the conversation Haruno and I just had with Yukino and Hikigaya-kun, I grit my teeth internally and speed up once more, why does Yoshiko [1] have to be like this, can't she see she is hurting her children? Her going behind my back makes me even angrier though, it's like she doesn't even trust me. We should have talked about something like this as a family, maybe that's why she didn't though, because she knew I would have disagreed with her. I reach our house, well more of a mansion, I hit the button on my keys and the gate opens. I drive round the fountain and park right up in front of the house, turning off the car. I get out and one of the waiters walks up to me.

"Sir, would you like me to move your car to the garage?" He asks, I don't even answer and walk past him, leaving him shocked. I open the door then turn to Haruno, who is following behind me.

"Haruno, go to your room and pack, we are staying in Tokyo for the week" I order her, being harsher then I intended to be. She nods and leaves my side, walking down the hall towards her room; I walk straight to me and my wife's room, passing the large open lounge room, I glance in briefly to see my wife sitting on one of the couches with a laptop on her lap. I keep walking and she calls out to me.

"Dear, could you please come here for a moment, we need to talk" I stop walking and sigh, turning around and walk into the lounge room, she was sitting up straight and had the laptop on the coffee table, I walk over and stand behind the couch, eyeing the screen.

"Would you please explain these" she then clicks through multiple tabs, showing multiple twitter posts, news articles and other social media posts, all with things in common, pictures of Haruno and I's meeting with Yukino and Hikigaya-kun. Pictures ranging from Haruno crying, to me bowing to Hikigaya-kun and then finally to Yukino and Hikigaya-kun holding hands. Titles of all types were above these pictures, variations of me meeting Yukino's boyfriend to other titles about Haruno crying and Yukino holding hands with her boyfriend.

The one she lands on has the titles "Future son-in-law of Diet Representative Yukinoshita-san?" [2] and has a picture of Haruno and I standing in front of Yukino and Hikigaya-kun, with them clearly holding hands in view, but what catches my eye is part of the article under it. It was a heavily modified version of the joke I made to Hikigaya-kun about him being my future son in law, clearly something the media would love to latch onto and milk, bending the truth even if it was a joke. But this means someone took pictures of us, and they were close enough to hear, I made sure to go to a quiet café in fear that something like this would happen, seems like it did anyway, I never expected it to spread this quickly though, within an hour of our meeting. Yoshiko is staring at me with her cold calculating glare, obviously judging how I react; I steal my nerves and clear my throat.

"What do you want to know?" I ask calming, I can already imagine what she is going to ask, I'm forcing myself to lash out and yell at her by this point, she is going to try and turn this on Yukino, I know it, and I won't let her.

"Is what this article says true? Did you really meet with Yukino's boyfriend and give him your blessing?" Of course she would ask this, might as well throw something back at her and see how it goes.

"Yes, I did. I gave him my approval and would be delighted if he were to marry Yukino" I say to her, her eyes widen and she stares at me with disbelief, time to turn the conversation onto her.

"Why, why didn't you talk about this with me, this is something considering our families future and you up and approve the first boyfriend Yukino has ever had, what were you thinking? You never thought to call me so we could arrange a proper meeting?" She replies angrily to me, it's rare for her to show this much emotion though, but she played right into my hands with a predictable answer, looks like I caught her in my trap.

"Oh, and you have never gone behind my back before have you? You didn't forcefully make Haruno break up with her boyfriend, threatening to kick him out of University, then force her into an arranged marriage with Hayama Hayato, all without consulting me or anything" I reply sarcastically, she gasps hearing my reply, she then goes to reply but I give her no room to.

"This is just like two years ago come to think of it, going behind my back and trying to send Yukino abroad because she made a simple club with the intention of helping people, thus causing an argument between you and her, with me having to butt in, eventually leading to her moving out and living on her own, and not wanting anything to do with us. I could tell the whole time I was with her that she was uncomfortable being around me, even after her boyfriend introduced himself, this time I won't let you interfere with Yukino's relationship like you did to Haruno" she stares back at me, I can easily tell she is trying to hold back her emotions, you can tell these things when you have been married as long as I have, she stands up and stares at me.

"B-But dear, I only want what's best for them, th-that decision I made is clearly a benefit to Haruno's future, and will further our relationship with the Hayama's, they are a valuable ally aren't they? They have helped us on multiple occasions. A-And what about that boy, what if he has an ulterior motive? How do you know he is right for Yukino? How do you know he won't just hurt her in the future? Can he even support her in the future? From what I see he is clearly middle class, from just looking at him I can tell he is not right for her. I don't want to see our daughters hurt, as I said I only want what's best for them" I scoff at this and reply, anger is clearly in my voice at this point.

"If you really care about them, you're not doing it right. One of our daughters despises you and the other is so scared of you that she would break up with the person she is in love with in fear that you would do something to him. You raised Haruno like a robot who only follows commands and doesn't even know her true self, then you took away one the only thing she chose to do herself, and from what you're saying it seems like you intend to do the same to Yukino? I will not let you this time" My words are almost venomous by the time I finish, she looks scared and is somewhat shaking by now, I would comfort her but she needs to learn that I will not tolerate this anymore.

"Y-You're no better though, how can you blame this all on me?" And she pulls this card, thankfully I have an answer.

"I know as well as you do that I was and still am, not the best father to our daughters, but after talking briefly with Yukino and Hikigaya-kun I'm going to start trying to be the father our daughters deserve, I am going to try and fix my mistakes I have made after all these years, the biggest one being letting you control their lives because I was ignorant and focused too much on work. I will try and spend more time with both our daughters plus their boyfriends, to try and salvage what's left of my relationship with them; it will also help let me get to know the people my daughters have fallen in love with, even if they don't end up getting married in the future" She doesn't respond to this and I turn around, not bearing to look at my wife's tearful eyes, I hate what I'm doing right now, but it has to be done, I love her and I know she won't listen to anything else I say, I have to be blunt with her, what I'm about to say next should put the nail in the coffin. I step forward and stop before turning the corner, breathing in a large breath and steeling my nerves, this will pain me as much as it will her.

"I'll be taking my leave now, Haruno and I will be spending time together in Tokyo, where I intend to go meet the person she was in a relationship with and apologize for the things you have done, then beg him if I have to, to take Haruno back. You better call off that engagement by the time the banquet rolls around, I did not agree to it one bit, I will also talk to the Hayama's about this, stopping it even if you don't. I don't care if it damages our relationship with them, my daughters are much more important then that. What you have been doing has gone on for too long, you need to stop, this is not what I imagined when I married you. I never thought you would manipulate me and your own daughters just to benefit yourself, going behind our back and interfering with relationships and making decisions on your own. Even if that wasn't your intention in the first place, it sure looks like it, I can't believe it took me so long to see it though. So I ask of you, if you love me and your family, please make an attempt to change, I know it will be hard but you have to try, even if it takes years. If not, I-I'm sorry to say but I might start to consider a divorce"

I turn the corner and leave, walking straight out of the house, not even bothering to pack, I can hear my wife behind me, her voice is distressed and I can clearly hear her sobbing. I force myself to ignore it and exit the house to see Haruno already waiting by the car, I unlock it and we get in. I briefly look back to the door to see my crying wife, almost looking like she will collapse. My chest tightens and I force myself not to get out of the car and go comfort her, I speed down the street onto the highway. My vision becomes somewhat blurry and a look in the review mirror makes me realize I am crying, I wipe the tears away and try not to think about what just happened, hopefully she listened to what I said, I seriously do not want to get a divorce, but as much as I hate to think about it, it might be the only way to get her to change.


I'm currently in Yukino's apartment; yes we are using our first names. She suggested it might help in convincing her mom, though it might not, s-still I wouldn't mind continuing to call her it after all this is over. I'm sitting on the couch drinking her ever so amazing tea, whilst I wait for her to get ready for the banquet that starts in about an hour. The door to the lounge room opens and my jaw drops, luckily I wasn't holding my teacup at the time cause the tea inside would be all over me and the floor, Yukino was standing in front of me in the same midnight blue dress her father bought her last week, this time though her hair remains the same as it always is, flowing all the way down to her waist, she kept the two red bows in her hair, which contrast with the dress, effectively drawing my eyes to her creamy white shoulders and neck surprisingly devoid of any jewelry, as are her ears and arms. I trail my eyes up to her face seeing very light make up, not like she needs it in the first place, her mesmerizing blue eyes stare back at me and I can see a light blush adorns her face.

"U-Um, Y-You look gorgeous, I-I feel slightly out of place being in this room with you" I look down to see my simple black suit and white dress shirt, once again with the midnight blue tie, which matches her dress.

"T-Thank you, I-I forgot to mention but you don't look to bad yourself, maybe even handsome, a-anyway, leave your cup there I will clean it up when I get home. We should go now as it will take a while to get to the banquet, the car is already waiting down stairs" I nod and stand up, Yukino snakes her arm through mine and we walk towards the elevator, Yukino locking the door as we go. We walk towards the Limo, the same which hit me back on the first day of school, I eye the bumper and open the door for Yukino, then I climb in afterwards.

"Hachiman, are you okay, I-I know this is…" she looks down at her lap, feeling guilty probably. I wrap an arm around her and pull her close.

"It's okay, it's in the past now, I say I don't dwell on the past and that's at least true about that incident. It was my own fault, I got hit, I never blamed you even if it seemed like it. You had no control over the vehicle; you were merely a passenger, maybe even a victim in some cases. So don't worry about it, I won't hate you for it or stop loving you because of it" I give her a kiss on the forehead to reassure her.

"T-Thank you" She whispers I nod and retract my arm to allow her to put her seat belt on, putting my own on as well. The driver then starts the car and we make our way towards the banquet location, this gives me time to think about what we are actually going to do, the first task, the one which matters most to me, is to convince her mother that I can date Yukino, an extremely hard task might I add. Though it should be easier thanks to the unexpected ally we gained last week, hopefully her father will make things easier, he did offer us his help after all. The second task though… I'm not sure about it; even if she does accept us dating it most likely wouldn't affect her standing on Haruno marring Hayama. There's also the risk of her doing the same to Yukino as well, if we try to intervene she could always try to force us out of our relationship. Though I won't go down without a fight and neither will Yukino, as she said when Haruno told us about this, she will still date me even if her parents don't approve, stubborn woman, but I'm glad she is willing to do that for someone like me.

"Hachiman, we're here" I'm shaken from my thoughts by Yukino; I stare into her eyes then lean in and kiss her. I pull back and she pouts, seemingly missing my lips touching her own.

"W-What was that for?" I smile at her and get out of the car, holding the door open and extending my right hand to her.

"No reason, I just wanted to" She smiles and grabs my hand, we walk towards the entrance where guards are waiting, Yukino wraps her arm around mine and we walk by without incident, not like she would need an invitation anyway. We take one of the elevators to the top floor and end up in a baron corridor, with 2 large doors in front of us, a waiter standing in front of them.

"Ahh, welcome Yukinoshita-sama, Hikigaya-san" He opens the door and I'm left almost breathless, the room has 3 large chandeliers hanging from the ceiling, one over the large dance floor at the back, and two over the dining area, buffet and drink bar. The glow of the chandeliers illuminates the room in a bright white light, not to straining on the eyes but not to dark either, the dance floor is some kind of wood, probably expensive, and the rest of the area is white tiles. Everything from the tables to the walls are lined with gold, which shines under the glow of the lights above, giving an almost fantasy like feel. We walk down the red carpet lining all the way down to the dance floor and I spot two familiar faces, of course our eyes happen to meet and they instantly make their way over to us.

"Yahallo, Yukino-chan, Hikigaya-kun" Haruno says as she rushes towards me, I recoil as she flies up into my face.

"My, my Hikigaya-kun, don't you look handsome, the tie matching Yukino-chan's dress looks very cute. If Yukino-chan's not careful I might just steal you~" she says with a smirk, Yukino glares at Haruno.

"Nee-san!" She tightens her grip on my arm, causing Haruno to smirk. Just as she is about to go on we are saved by Yukino's Father, thank god he got here quickly.

"Hello Yukino, Hikigaya-kun" He says as he reaches us.

"Yo" I go for my typical greeting, though it earns me a look from Yukino.

"Good evening Otou-san" Yukino gives him a brief hug, I shake his hand. He leads us over to an eight person table, telling us to grab what we like. A waiter comes over and Yukino grabs to drinks off it, taking a sip of her own and, handing one to me, I bring the drink up to my mouth and smell it.

"Champagne? You sure we should be drinking this?" Not that I'm against it, I mean I am a teenager after all and curiosity has lead me to taste various types of alcohol my farther has, though I didn't like most of them except for the fruitier tasting ones he had, since the extra flavoring drained out the taste and burn of the alcohol.

"Yes, as long as we don't have too much, I usually only indulge in two per event when I have to go, though I only started drinking it last year" I nod and take a sip, it's alright I guess, can't even taste the alcohol. We drink in silence till the doors open, everyone suddenly stops what they are doing and look towards them, Yukino and I included. There, standing in the door was a Beautiful woman in a long black dress with red highlights, piercing blue eyes scan round the room, and eventually landing on her husband. Yes, the person that just entered is Yukino's mother, the weird thing is though apparently the husband and wife didn't come together. She starts walking towards our table and I shake my head before my thoughts become too in depth, preparing myself for the meeting that's about to come. Thankfully as she nears Yukino grabs my hand, calming me down. I can also see that the warmth of my hand is working on her as well, as she does not look as distressed as she did beforehand, in fact, he face has hardened and turned serious. She reaches us and turns to her husband, he seems almost annoyed at the fact that she is here. Something definitely happened between those two.

"Good evening dear, Haruno, Yukino and…Hikigaya-san" Okay so apparently she already knows my name, though she hesitated before saying it, I must not be worth her time. Nobunaga-san briefly greets his wife, though it was nothing special, then he proceeded to walk away towards the drinking bar, he must want to start early it seems. Haruno greets her next, though it was somewhat awkward, they hardly said anything and for some reason, and Yukinoshita-san hugged Haruno. She turns to us and we stand, still holding hand.

"Good evening, Mother" Yukino greets her coldly; I can already see she is on guard and already does not want to be near her. Yukinoshita-san simply stares at Yukino with a piercing glance and I feel her tighten her grip on my left hand, though her stare doesn't waver either. She turns to me with the same glare; I extend my hand towards her, as much as I don't want to, and introduce myself.

"Good evening Yukinoshita-san, I'm Hikigaya Hachiman, Yukino's boyfriend, though it seems like you have already heard of me" She nods at me and makes no move to shake my hand, I narrow my eyes briefly at her then pull my hand back, if she wants to be a bitch, then I won't be punctual.

"I am Yukinoshita Yoshiko, and yes, I know who you are, Hikigaya-san" Just by her tone alone, I can tell she doesn't think I'm worth her time, though she has standards to live up to so she starts to make conversation, as reluctant as we both are to.

"So Hikigaya-san, how did you meet Yukino?" Ahh, the typical questions, regardless of how I answer it's not going to matter; her opinion of me won't change, though I will humor her for now.

"Well, I met Yukino around the start of 2nd year" Simple answers should get me through this quickly, so that is what I will use.

"What about your future plans?" So she wants to know them, well I guess I can answer that, not like she will care though.

"I plan to study at Tokyo if possible, most likely in some type of Humanities, psychology, or maybe even politics, then see where I can go from there" She raises an eyebrow at this, guess she didn't expect me to say something like that.

"Tokyo is hard to get into, are you sure you will be able to achieve the requirements to get in?" I nod at this, looking down at the hand I have enveloped in my own.

"I'm confident I will be able to get in, Yukino and I have been studying together for the past 3 weeks or so in preparation for our third year, and we will continue to once it starts as well" Yukino continues after I finish speaking, somewhat shocking her mother and me also.

"I believe so too, with the way we have been studying, I can confidently say I expect Hachiman to be 2nd in the year for all subjects once we start exam season in 3rd year, instead of the 3rd in Japanese literature he was this year" I blush at her praise, then a thought comes to my mind.

"I'll be sure to take first from you next year, just you wait" I smirk at her; due to her competitive nature she scoffs at this and answers.

"No you won't, I said you will be 2nd in the year. You have no chance of passing me" She answers with pride, I chuckle at her answer and prepare a retort but a cough interrupts me. We both turn back to see Yukinoshita-san staring at us, I swear I see amusement and maybe even nostalgia in her eyes, but that quickly disappears as she starts to ask more questions. Once again I humor her with answers, though most of them are honest. I start to become sick of this so I sigh loudly, catching her attention.

"Look Yukinoshita-san, I can blatantly see you are unimpressed with me and do not want to continue our forced conversation, so you can stop wasting your time now on me and go do something else" She seems shocked at my bluntness, though regains her composure quickly, just as she is about to retort, laughter erupts form behind her. We look towards the noise to see Nobunaga-san laughing; he walks over and Hangs an arm over my shoulder, making me blush briefly. He puts down his glass and laughs once more.

"T-That was great Hikigaya-kun, no one but me has ever talked to my wife like that, I knew you could see through her, just like I'm sure you saw through me. Haruno wasn't lying when she said your reading capabilities were borderline scary" Yukinoshita-san glares at her husband, then surprisingly chuckles.

"I'm sorry for wasting time on you then, Hikigaya-kun, I thought you were uninteresting but hearing that, changes things" She puts on a thoughtful look and studies me, this time I put on a serious face and reply to her.

"Sorry Yukinoshita-san, I have no interest in becoming one of your pawns. I also have no interest in your family's wealth either, if I want money, I will earn it myself. I'm purely meeting you because of Yukino and Yukino alone, and If I had the choice not to meet you, then I would have chosen that, as this has been a complete waste of time, time I could have spent sleeping or lazing around on the couch" Once again Nobunaga-san bursts out laughing, I think he has had too much to drink. Yukinoshita-san once again studies me, and then hits me with an unexpected question.

"So you have no ulterior motive for dating Yukino then? If you admit to having any now, I'll make sure you are escorted off the premise without harm" My eyes widen at this and so does Yukino's, anger flashes on her face as she replies to her mother.

"Okaa-san, how dare you accuse him of being like that! Do you think I am that stupid that I would be in a relationship with him if he was like that? I'm appalled you think I have such low standards. I am dating Hachiman simply because I love him and he loves me, I could list countless reasons why I love him and the bond we share but that would take too long, and I'm sure you wouldn't care anyway. If you don't approve of him, please outright say it so we can leave, and regardless if you approve of him or not, I will still date him. Our relationship is genuine and I intend to see it through till it either comes to an end, or continues onto something more, so please tell us now so we can leave, because it's obvious what you think already" The three of us around Yukino are left shocked at her outburst, Yukinoshita-san in particular. I turn to Yukinoshita and smile at her; she returns it then sighs, leaning into me as I wrap my arm round her waist, that must have took her a lot of energy to say that, though I'm happy she did. Her mother then looks at me with her piercing glare.

"Is what she said true? Do you truly love my daughter?" I answer the only way I can.

"Yes, I do love Yukino, she was the best thing to ever happen to me all my life, and as she said, I intend to continue this relationship with her, regardless of how it turns out. As long as its genuine I intend to let nothing get in its way, we will be the ones to decide if we want it to end, or if we want it to move on to something more. Also little fact about me, If I didn't love her or care for her, I wouldn't even be talking to you right now" Yukinoshita-san puts on an unreadable expression then faintly smiles, surprising the three of us.

"Alright, I will allow it. From what you said I believe you would have continued it anyway. It was nice meeting you Hikigaya-kun, I have other business to attend to so I will be making my leave" She gives a curt nod then walks away, probably going to talk to other guests of the party. Nobunaga-san then puts and hand on my shoulder and smiles.

"It seems like she likes you" He chuckles then walks away, his words leave me shocked but only for a second before a mass jumps up in front of me, wrapping their arms around my neck, causing me to have to wrap my own around their waist and hold them up.

"Hachiman!" Yukino says as I catch her, her lips smash into mine we share a passionate kiss; I completely ignore the weird looks around me from other guests and simply enjoy the kiss. Our moment ends and I put her down, I hear giggling behind me and we turn around to see two people.

"Nice show you two put on" Haruno says with a smirk, instantly causing Yukino and I to blush, I look to the occupant next to her and I swear I can see anger flash on his face before it retorts to his normal façade, of course I'm talking about the one and only fake king, Hayama Hayato.

"I'm assuming you heard our whole conversation then?" I ask after regaining my composure, Yukino then leans into me again, smile still on her face and I wrap an arm around her waist. I can't help but let out a small smile either, it's almost unbelievable what just happened.

"Yes I did, I'm very impressed with how you handled my mother, once again Yukino-chan, I think I might steal him~" She gives a devious smirk and Yukino glares at her, she than wraps her arms around me and pulls me closer.

"You can't have him, he's mine" She says, her face much like a certain sister of a red eyed assassin when she met a guy carrying a bag of fish [3] This was extremely cute and all I could do was stand there and blush, also Yukino please, don't treat me like an object, though in her mind it might be more like a life sized Pan-san, due to our similar eyes.

Haruno just bursts out laughing and sits down, Yukino and I leave the table and walk towards the buffet, grabbing various types of foods. I could have spent hours at there but I was stopped by Yukino dragging me back to the table, where there are now more people there then was previously, as now other than Yukino's parents, 2 other people are there as well. I assume they are the Hayama's, though most people could guess that, as they are both blonde. Of course as we sit down they pay me no mind, they greet Yukino briefly but she dismisses them nicely, even though it's clear she doesn't want to talk to them, or be near them, as she is sitting to my right and to the left of her farther. We eat in silence, only brief exchanges of words on how the food and drinks are, Yukino and I are by far the quietest, and neither of us has said a thing the whole time we have been eating. I catch Nobunaga-sans eye its seems like he is trying to convey what he is about to do, though I'm not sure what it will be, I just shrug then nod back and it seems to satisfy him. He clears his throat and begins to speak.

"So, has anything changed recently in this week?" he asks to no one in particular, what's he doing?

"No, nothing in particular, everything is still in place. We shall announce it later tonight" Hayama's Father answers, Ahh, so that's what he is asking. Nobunaga raises an eyebrow and glances at his wife; she averts her eyes briefly until he looks away.

"Well, looks like you didn't listen to me last Sunday, looks like I will have to take things into my own hands" He straightens his back and looks towards the Hayama's, addressing the father.

"Hayama-san, I am sorry to say, but I wish to call of the engagement that I apparently helped arrange between my daughter and your son" This catches said person, his son, and own wife off guard, all widening their eyes, the father regains his composure and responds.

"W-What, Why would you want to cancel it, I thought you would love for this to happen. It helps enhance our families' relationship together, and benefit us in the future" Hayama-san continues spouting out reasons as to why they should keep the arrangement together but Nobunaga-san doesn't waver.

"Yes I know all that, but for personal reasons, I do not want my daughter to marry your son. I will also not go in to detail onto why I want to stop it because you do not need to know the reason why. This is about my daughter and my daughter alone. I spoke to Haruno and she told me she does not want to marry your son, so she won't, even if you and your own son are against it. I value her happiness over our relationship together, as it is purely business. If you do not like it, we can always end our partnership and I can find a new lawyer firm" He lays everything on the table, leaving no room for negotiations, I watch as Hayama-san becomes more distressed, it's almost funny how desperate he has become. I suppress a chuckle and continue to observe the exchange between family heads, where Hayama-sans continuing to try to convince Nobunaga to not call it off, surprisingly though, his wife hasn't interjected at all and seems to be looking down, she almost looks guilty. Yukinoshita-san looks up and turns to Hayama-san.

"Hayama-san, why do you sound so desperate to keep this engagement together? The reasons you are sprouting out almost seem like you are just doing this for money, never once in any of your reasons did you mention your own son's thoughts, or let your wife say anything in the matter, Nobu [4] and I discussed this together, and both agreed on it. With this it almost seems like you made the decision all by yourself." As expected of her, she caught on to it as well, not like he was hiding it though, and they talked about this? Is that why she was looking guilty about it, and what is with that nickname? I never thought she would be un-punctual ever, even with her own family. Nobunaga glances at his wife and she sends him an apologetic look, he nods and gives a small smile, turning his attention back to the fuming blonde to my far left.

"Y-Yukinoshita-san, h-how dare you think I'm only in this for the money, my wife, son and I discussed this thoroughly before coming to the decision to agree to the marriage you proposed. Although we would have preferred your younger daughter, she would have been easier to control" He whispers the last sentence, from the looks of things only I heard it, anger rising in me and I glare at him.

"Excuse me sir, what did you just say at the end? I don't think we all heard it" He turns to me and glares at me.

"Who are you boy? You have no right to interject into this conversation" He angrily says, trying to look intimidating. I stare at him coldly and reply to him in a venomous tone, even more venomous then the one I previously used once when telling off Tobe.

"Hikigaya Hachiman, it's not exactly nice to meet you. Also Hayama-san, it becomes my business when what you said involves my girlfriend. Would you like me to repeat what you just said out loud? Or would that affect your relationship with Yukinoshita-san and Nobunaga-san?" His eyes widen once more, I clearly got him, let's see how he tries to lie his way out of this.

"What are you talking about boy? I said nothing. What are you even doing here, you don't seem like someone fit for Yukino-san to be dating" I scoff at him, angered more by the fact he used Yukino's name. I feel a cold presence next to me, seems like Yukino heard his words, he stiffens at her glare and tries to avert his eyes.

"Hayama-san, please refrain from talking about Hachiman like that, your opinion of who I should or shouldn't date means nothing to me, or would you prefer it if I dated your own son, because as you said, I would be easier to control" He choke up on his words, a look of distress forms on his face and he stands. Looking down on the two of us I see he is about to yell, though a voice interrupts.

"Hayama-san, sit down, we have much to discuss. Kids, please leave us and go dance or something, us adults need to have a talk" Nobunaga-san says in a commanding voice, his brows are furrowed and he seems very angry, quite scary really, I'll be pleased to leave. Yukino and I get up and I make my way straight towards the drink bar, I definitely need some MAX Coffee right now, hopefully they serve it, though I doubt they will.

"Hello, do you serve MAX Coffee?" I ask the bartender, he gives me a look which suggests he has never heard of such a drink, god dammit now I'm going to have to improvise.

"Okay, can I just get a coffee with extra sugar, milk and cream" He nods and this and prepares to make my order.

"Make that two please" Yukino interjects from beside me. Our orders come and I turn around to lean on the counter as I drink, Yukino does this same beside me and we enjoy our beverages. I glance at her to see she is staring very intently towards something; I follow my eyes to see that she is in fact looking at the dance floor, and the people on it, moving around as the classical music plays throughout the room. I look back at her and she catches me staring, instantly averting her eyes and blushing. She probably wants to dance with me, as much as I would dislike to I guess I can do it if she wants.

"We can go if you want, but as you know I have no idea how to dance, so you're going to have to teach me" The look of happiness she gives me once I ask is well worth whatever is going to happen now.

She smiles once more and grabs my hand, pulling me to the dance floor; we stand around the edge of it whilst she gives me brief instructions of what to do. After that I start to lead, somewhat getting the hang of what I was currently doing and we move in a diamond following everyone else as they do. I notice something with the music and start to alter my movements; this earns me a look from Yukino as she follows. I smile down at her and she smiles back up to me, I twirl her round and she squeaks briefly, though we shake it off with a laugh. I never knew this would be so fun, doing it with Yukino increases it tenfold though, if it's for her, I'm willing to dance the whole night away.


God that was a ball ache having to deal with the Hayama's, thank god they up and left after I told them off. I walk towards my wife and grab her hand, frightening her, I then lead her to the dance floor and start to lead, of course she follows and we start to dance. I glance towards Yukino and Hikigaya-kun to see them smiling, I witness him twirl her round then watch them laugh afterwards. This puts a smile on my face and reminds me of the past, the way Yoshiko and I acted when we had to attend my Fathers banquets. I look down at her to see she is watching them as well, a small smile gracing her lips, seems like she remembers as well.

"I've never seen her smile like that before, not even when she was younger, it really looks like she is having fun with him" This catches my wife off guard and she looks up at me with a questioning expression, so I continue.

"You can see it from a mile away that she is in love with that boy, and I have no doubt that he loves her back, I mean look at him" I indicate to the large smile that is currently on his face as they continue to dance. My wife looks at him as well, then back at me, seemingly made her observation.

"You know, they remind me of when we were younger" She gasps then blushes, giving a short reply quickly.

"I-It does for me as well" I smile and grab her chin, leaning down and giving her a brief kiss, she gasps again and leans back slightly.

"Not in public" She says with a timid voice and a blush, I chuckle at her and reply.

"What, you embarrassed to be seen kissing your husband?" She regains her composure and retorts.

"This is a professional environment, doing that is not something we should be doing" I smirk at her and indicate to my daughter and her boyfriend, who have just broken up from a kiss and are leaving the dance floor.

"So, they are doing it without care, plus, everyone knows we are married or perhaps this is your punishment for lying to me and going behind my back. Of course the rest of it will be later tonight, so stop complaining and kiss me back already" Once again she flushes and I give her no time to react, capturing her lips with my own, making her gasp as my tongue enters her mouth, I pull back to see a very fluster Yoshiko, god I love teasing her, sometimes she is so innocent, despite her icy exterior.

"N-Nobu… don't do things like that, I-I think I need a drink" I chuckle once more and walk with her towards the drink bar, where we both just order water with ice, odd combination but we always used to do this when we were younger. We finish our glasses and I turn to her once more, holding out my hand.

"Care for another dance" I say in an exaggerated posh tone, she giggles at this and grabs my hand, leading me back towards the dance floor.


I collapse into my seat and exhale, wiping my forehead with the cuff off my blazer, Yukino does the same, though more elegantly and lady like, as expected of her.

"Well that was tiring, but it was the most fun I have had in a while, even if I did suck at it at first. Thanks for the dance Yukino" She smiles at me and replies.

"Yes it was fun, thank you for the dance, Hachiman" I smile back and study her face, her cheeks are blushed and she is breathing quite heavily, she isn't known for her stamina so I wouldn't be surprised if she was feeling a bit exhausted right now.

"Yukino, do you want me to get you a drink? I know I could use one as well but you don't look like you want to get up"

"Yes please Hachiman, also you are right, I don't feel like standing right now" I nod and walk to the drink bar, it's slightly crowed once I get there so I have to wait. Five minutes later I'm walking back to Yukino with two cups of water in my hands, I get closer and see someone talking to her, he is of average height, shorter then me if I were to guess, and he has fairly average brown hair, the most noticeable thing though is his white suit. I reach Yukino and she makes eye contact with me, sending me a look telling me "this guy is way to persistent, and I don't want to deal with him, so let's just ignore him when you get here" I nod back to her telling her I understand.

"Yukino-san, please dance with me, I have been waiting all night for this chance! Did I mention you look beautiful in that dress? I don't think I have, I…" I interrupt him with the clearing of my throat; I hand one glass to Yukino then take a sip of my own.

"Thank you Hachiman" Yukino thanks me and I sit down, completely ignoring the guy as does she. I hear a grunt of annoyance as we turn away from him and he grabs Yukino's chair, stopping her from fully turning.

"As I was saying Yukino-san, before this person interrupted us, I was wondering if you were available next Sunday" We both deadpan at this and turn back to look at him, he flinches as he sees both our glares.

"I already told you, I do not want to dance, and no I'm not free, as I am going on a date with my boyfriend that day" She emphasizes the word boyfriend and glances to me, I almost ask if we do have a date but her glance tells me that I shouldn't, so I just nod.

"Yes, Yukino and I have a date that day, I'm sorry you can't go out with my girlfriend" I do the same as she did and emphasize that she is my girlfriend. He just stands there shocked, then screws his face in anger, he is about to retort when a hand lands on his shoulder, by non-other than the other Yukinoshita sister.

"My sister is already taken, sorry but you didn't even stand a chance even if she was single" Haruno puts it bluntly; he is shocked then turns away, muttering something about telling his father. I notice now that Haruno is actually holding another man with her; he is taller than me and looks about her age, light brown hair adorns his head and Hazel eyes stair back at me, probably doing the same as what I am.

"Ahh, I forgot to introduce this guy. Meet my boyfriend, Yuuki Kouichirou [5]" Yuuki-san nods at us; Haruno proceeds to introduce us to him as well.

"Kouichi-kun, this is my Imouto Yukino-chan, and this, is Hikigaya Hachiman, my cute little Imouto's boyfriend~" Yukino blushes and I simply nod at him, no need to speak unless he starts to anyway.

"Nice to meet you Yukino-kun, Hachiman-kun" The hell is with this guy already using our first names, I send a weird look to Haruno and she just laughs.

"Don't worry about that Hikigaya-kun, he is foreign, so he is used to using peoples first names" Ahh, so that explains it then.

"Sorry if it bothered you Hachiman-kun, I can use your last name if you prefer that" I nod to this, only Yukino and Totsuka can call me by that name, you sir, cannot.

"Yes that would be appreciated" He nods at me and we sit there in silence, with them standing in front of us. We are silent till that boy from earlier comes back, this time a large man who looks similar to him but is taller and fatter following behind him, carrying a plate of food. Thankfully he doesn't stand out like a sore thumb and is wearing a dark colored suit, like almost everyone else is.

"There father, that's the woman I want to marry, I tried to convince her to dance with me and go on a date but she refused, so I was wondering if you can convince her" The man looks at Yukino, taking a chicken drumstick of his plate, taking a bite and almost complete devouring it in one go. To be honest, this man look disgusting and I want him as far away from Yukino as he can be, out of the country if possible. His son seems like a daddy's boy who will just cry at him if he doesn't get what he wants, and the father is too lazy to stop him so he just gets him whatever he wants. The main makes a weird sound making us all look away in disgust then speaks.

"You're Yukino-san I presume, what would it take for you to marry my son? I can offer you anything you want, money..." He trails off listing things he can give. Yukino looks like she is about to throw up, and from what I can smell I can say I do as well. Thankfully we are saved by a cold voice hidden from view behind the large man.

"Futottabuta-san [6], my daughter does not want to marry your son, one of the reasons why is because she is already in a relationship, the second is because your fowl stench is making her almost throw up" Yukinoshita-san comes to our rescue, I never thought I would ever be happy to see that woman, and from the looks of it, Yukino is as well.

"O-Oh, Sorry Yukinoshita-san, I didn't know. My son was asking if Yukino-san was available for marriage, I guess he didn't mention the part where she was already taken, excuse me then" The man leaves and I'm free to exhale, then immediately scoff down my glass of water, getting rid of the bad taste in my mouth, as does everything else.

"Why do we always have to invite that man, every time I'm around him I feel like I will pass out" Yukinoshita-san removes her hand from her forehead and returns it to her side.

"We have to, if we didn't we would probably lose our health insurance and private doctor, since he owns the company" Wait he owns a Medical company? Does that mean he was a doctor in the past? I feel sorry for each and every one of his patients, they have my sympathies and may they rest in peace. Yukinoshita-san and Nobunaga-san turn their attention back to us, Yukinoshita-sans eyes widen when she sees Yuuki-san, and he narrows his eyes.

"Sorry you had to deal with that Yukino, I honestly try to forget that he and his son attend these, one reasons you're probably familiar with" Nobunaga-san apologizes to Yukino but she waves it off.

"Its fine Otou-san, Hachiman helped me earlier with his son, he was very persistent in trying to get me to dance with him. He is to blame for bringing that…man over to us" We once again sit at the table as desert rolls around, eating as it does. Of course it was delicious and I had to restrain myself from downing it in seconds, plus the glare from Yukino stopped me as well. Suddenly, Yukinoshita-san clears her throat, getting the attention of the 4 of us, after a few whispers from her husband she speaks up.

"Haruno, Yukino, I would like to apologize for what I have done these last two weeks, and everything I have done this past. After the talk I had with your father last Sunday, I came to realize what I did was wrong. I should have talked to you and him instead of making a decisions outright without anyone's interjection, h-he also gave me the option to change, which I am willing to do, I will try to interact with you and Yukino more, and I will try to act more like a mother, which I know I have not been the best one, We will both be actively trying to be better parents from now on. I just want you to know that most of the things I have done has been to ensure the best for both of you, but I realize now that it wasn't and simply made you scared and resent me. S-So I'm asking you both now if you are willing to forgive me, you don't have to but always know that I will be waiting for you to if you decide to" We all sit in silence, you can almost hear the cogs turning in Yukino and Haruno's heads, before they can respond though, Nobunaga-san offers Yuuki-san and I something.

"Hikigaya-kun, Yuuki-kun, I was wondering if you two would want to have dinner next Saturday at our house, to formally introduce each other and maybe get to know each other more. We have met and talked before but I have only heard things about you two from my daughters, and from what you have said in conversations we have had, though you don't have to if you don't want to" What he has said is true, though I am not one for talking about myself. The only people who know significant things about me are Yukino and Komachi, not even my parents know as much as they do. Nobunaga-san seems like a good guy but I'm concerned about Yukinoshita-san, what if she reverts back to her old self. She could use the information she has gained to blackmail us or something, which would obviously not be good. Whilst I consider the offer Yuuki-san decides to answer first.

"I will attend, Nobunaga-san" Said person simply nods to him and turns to me, I turn to Yukino and whisper to her.

"What do you think; honestly I'm fine with it. What I want to know is, if you want to go or not, I'll decline if you don't want to" She nods to me and puts on a thoughtful face, her face relaxes and she nods to me, giving me my answer.

"I am fine with it" He nods and smiles, standing up.

"Well it's getting late, it's about time to wrap this up and it has definitely been an eventful night. You four are free to go, we will stay for a little longer to close up shop" We get up and I shake hands with him, as does Yuuki-san. Haruno then hugs her father, then surprisingly her mother, they whisper a few things that I don't hear then separate, Yukino then Hugs Nobunaga and gives her mother a hesitant hug, who was also as equally as hesitant. We walk out of the room and into the elevator, I loosen my tie and unbutton my shits top buttons and cuffs and rolling up my sleeves, removing my blazer and putting it on Yukino's shoulders, as I notice she was shivering slightly, causing her and me to blush with her muttering a thank you and griping onto it with one hand. I loosen the tie and untuck my shirt just has the elevator hits the ground and grab Yukino's hand. We walk out of the lobby to the street, where the car we took here earlier is waiting, honestly looking like it never moved.

"Yukino-chan, Hikigaya-kun, I'll see you on Saturday" Haruno says, giving Yukino, then me a brief hug. I never expected her hug me, though knowing her she probably has an ulterior motive.

"Congratulations of getting permission to date Yukino-chan, go easy on her later tonight~" She whispers to me during the hug, of course she only hugged me for the sake of teasing me, I blush and reply as she breaks the hug.

"Bye to you to, Haruno" She simply giggles and latches back onto Yuuki-san, who gives us a short wave as they walk down the street, probably to his car. I turn back to Yukino and open the door, we climb in and I give out a long sigh, this was such a tiring evening, probably the most energy I have expelled this year so far. We arrive at her apartment I get out of the car, I prepare to give my farewell when Yukino offers me something I cannot refuse, really though I just want to sleep.

"Hachiman you seem tired, you are welcome to stay over my place tonight if you want, though you will be sleeping on the couch, I wouldn't feel safe with you in the same room as me" Oi, you offer me to stay over and degrade me whilst you do it, you're so mean Yukino, I pout to my thoughts then respond.

"I-I guess I will accept, you did offer me to" She nods and we make our way up to her apartment, I'm about ready to collapse as we reach the door and when we get inside I immediately fall onto the couch. Yukino walks off and comes back 5 minutes later in very cute pan-san pajamas's holding a blankets and pillow.

"Here you go Hachiman, I will be going to sleep now, be aware if you try anything that I have the police on speed dial" I sigh at this and nod.

"Night, Yukino" She blushes then walks overs to me, giving me a quick peck on the lips.

"Good night, Hachiman, Aishiteru" I blush when she says this, knowing even husband and wives are hesitant to say that to each other, I answer back timidly.

"A-Aishiteru, Yukino" She smiles again and kisses my lips once more, leaving the room. Once I hear the click of the door shutting I fall back onto the couch, covering myself in the blankets, immediately I find myself falling into slumber, a smile prominent on my face.


AN: That's a wrap on chapter 9, hopefully you enjoy it, I do have some concerns on it though, that Yukimom might be too easy on Hachiman, I don't know really, you decide. Also introduced Haruno's boyfriend, he will make appearances in the future, though will not be a major character, You won't see much of Yukino's parents after this chapter as well, only in some scenes.

[1] Named Her after one of the many Japanese Empresses, seeming as it would suit someone like her.

[2] RalphZiggy came up with that, as well as some other things that happened in this chapter.

[3] When Kurome meets Wave in Akame ga Kiru, if you didn't know.

[4] Yes I know Nobu is translated to Knob, just take it as her shortening his name because of affection, aka a nickname.

[5] Asuna's brother of course, to serve as reference to my other story where I will be shipping those two, which is on Hiatus for now if you were wondering.

[6] Futottabuta translates to Fat Pig, thought it would be fitting.

As always, next chapter will come out when its done, and Fav/Follow or Review if you want. See you next chapter.