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Chapter 10

Warning: Asakura Yoh could get on your nerves, continue reading at your own risk!

misunderstandings

Six month later- Tokyo

All friends and family members have gathered to celebrate the engagement. Some would say they were engaged in a rash act. Some would say they should wait another year with the wedding. But the two lovebirds wanted to marry as soon as possible after he proposed to her. And that meant that the engagement party took place only one day before the wedding. Thus, the engagement party and the trial dinner for the wedding were planned on one day.

The groom to be, smiled lovingly at his fiance, who smiled back in the same manner.

His best man gave him the ring „Hey, now you can still change your mind.", he whispered. The groom raised an eyebrow and took the ring without even trying to remark.

„Stop it!", a blond hissed only for him and the groom to hear. „Sorry…", he whispered back, before shifting his attention back to the groom and watched as he slid the ring on his fiance's finger. „Too late for you.", the best man whispered again and felt how someone pinch his side. „Ouch!", he rubbed the sore spot.

The guests clapped and congratulated the newly engaged couple, Ren and Jeanne.

Yoh watched the couple dancing on the dance floor, while he was sitting at the bar. It was not that he was not happy for his friend. He had not seen Ren so happy for a long time. And if you asked him if they acted precipitately when it comes to the bond of marriage. Would Yoh deny it, because he was convinced that if both partners wanted the same and their convictions were in agreement, then they could marry as fast as they wanted, without the need of explaining themselves. However, he had planned Ren for Anna and Jeanne had ruined everything.

Sighing, he turned his gaze to a certain blond girl on the other side of the hall talking to some of the guests, wearing a long red backless dress, which emphasized each of her curves. Only now did he realize how pretty she looked this evening. How her long blonde hair, which reached the middle of her back, shone golden in the light of the chandelier. And how delicate her facial features have become over the last few years since their first encounter. Suddenly Anna turned her eyes to Yoh. He could swear her amber eyes lit up as they met his brown eyes, at least for a second. Anna did something he did not expect, she smiled. It only lasted for a few seconds before she returned her attention to the person she was chatting with, but it was long enough for his heart to skip a beat. His face heated up, but he shook his head to clear his mind. „I should find somebody fast for Anna, I don´t know how long I can hold myself back", he thought and turned his attention back to his abandoned glass.

„Daydreaming again, Otouto?", a voice called out, leaving Yoh startled at the familiar voice.

Yoh turned around hastily „Hao?! But what are you doing here?", he blurted out.

The older brother raised an eyebrow and seated himself next to Yoh „So what? Ren invited me and I came, what else naive Otouto?"

„I didn´t mean that, you were so busy the last few years. I just did not expect to meet you so suddenly here.", Yoh explained grinning.

„Yoh, I have to travel from one country to another and conclude contracts there with other companies. My scheduler is full and I'm lucky enough to be back here for a while. I have no time to announce my visits. My schedule can change any second. I have to stay flexible", replied the older brother and ordered a drink. „Unlike you, my job is important.", Hao smirked and and brought his drink to his lips.

Yoh sweatdropped „Hey, I'm in the entertainment industry! My comics make millions of people laugh every day! I'm so successful that I even work on a book!", he defended himself.

Hao smirk just widened „As I said, my job is more important."

„Haaaooo!", Yoh whined and noticed Hao's intense look at a certain girl.

„Hey Otouto, who is this blonde goddess over there?", he asked and pointed with his chin at the person.

„That´s just Anna, but I bet she is not your type…", Yoh said nervous and sweating. „Please do not…", he thought.

„Do not tell me this is the Anna that you've been telling me over and over again all these years.", Hao asked slowly with a stern voice.

„Yes, she is…", the younger twin replied nervous.

„And she's also the one you have been trying to hook up with Ren?"

„Yeah…"

„Are you insane?!", Hao blurted out louder then intended. „Why did you never try to get closer to her?!"

„I have, but it is not that easy!", Yoh said and placed his forehead on the bar counter.

„Since you seem to never try to get closer to her. Then you will not mind, if I try my luck, do you?", he asked and smiled innocent.

„Don´t you dare!", Yoh called out and rose from his seat.

Hao blinked „Come on! You even tried to pair her up with Ren, so I am going for her.", he said, swallowing his drink in one gulp. „Wish me good luck, Otouto!", he winked and before Yoh could say something, he made his way to Anna, leaving Yoh dumbfounded behind.

„Hi!", Hao greeted the blonde.

Anna glanced briefly sideway at him „Yoh?", she asked before she examined him more closely „No, you are not Yoh."

„No, I am not Yoh, but his twin brother, Hao. I am the older one.", he smiled.

Anna raised an eyebrow „Yoh never told me that he has a brother…wait…", suddenly she remembered their first meeting, when they were in Amsterdam and Yoh told her about the lies that boys tell each other and that Hao was the one telling Yoh these things. So to speak, the cause of their first fight stood right in front of her. She got the sudden urge to slap him across the face, but hold back. „Is that so?", she asked and shifted her glance to the bar, were Yoh stood. She noticed his intense glance at Hao and her. She wondered if he would get jealous. „Maybe I should find it out.", she thought.

„Actually, to be honest, it is clear that we are twins. However, I am the better looking one.", he told her and propped his arm against the wall and leaned closer down to her.

Anna smirked „The better looking one, huh? So, Hao was your name, right?", she asked and he nodded, while sending her his most charming smile. „So, what are you doing for a living?", Anna asked and looked up to meet his eyes.

„I am working in the field of International business. I travel around the world and do some business with other companies….", he told her about his carrer, but Anna paid no attention to his words. Her thoughts circled around a certain brown-haired boy and whether he was able to get jealous or not.

Suddenly she put a hand on his biceps and squeezed lightly „Wow, are you working out?", she asked and glanced sideway to the bar. „Yes, I am working out in the gym…", Hao told her, but again Anna did not listen to a single word he told her. Instead she studied Yoh´s reaction and saw how he tightened his hold on the bar counter. She smirked to herself and dropped her hand from his arm.

She looked back up at Hao „…more regularly, but my job does not allow that.", he contiued. What he was talking about? Anna had no clue, but that was not important right now.

„So, what do you think? Shall we two not leave this lame event and have some fun?", Hao asked her and took a few strands of Anna´s hair to play with them, while he smiled at her cheekily. Suddenly, Hao felt a hand on his shoulder and turned around.

„Hao, do you mind if I talk to Anna for a while?", Yoh asked with a smile, but Anna could tell that there was a vein popping out of his forehead. And without waiting for an answer from his brother, took Yoh Anna's hand and dragged her to the bar. Anna could not suppress the smile that spread on her lips „Asakura Yoh can be jealous after all!", she cheered in her thoughts.

Hao leaned against the wall and crossed his arms while a smirk appeared on his lips „I knew it, Otouto. I hope you do it right this time.", he whispered to himself.

When Yoh and Anna arrived at the bar, he ordered them a few drinks. „I do not understand Ren and Jeanne.", he started and glanced at Anna, but she was just smiling and apparently not listening to him like she was daydreaming. „Anna!", he said louder to get her attention. She blinked and looked at him questioningly „Hm?"

„Ren and Jeanne.", he repeated, causing Anna to frown. „What do they have in common? They are totally different."

Just now he showed signs of jealousy and now he just changed the subject casually? If he had not dragged Anna away in time, Hao would now have a handprint on his right cheek.

„Yoh.", she started in a stern voice. „Ever heard of it that opposites attract?", she ask and raised an eyebrow. He nodded slowly and she sighed „There are many who are convinced that a relationship works best, the more different the man and the woman are. For what is missing the women is supplemented by the man and what is missing the man is supplemented by the woman. And this is called a perfect marriage.", she told him as it is obviously.

„Incredible Anna, you must write a counselor about that. ´Proper rules of a marriage´ of Anna.", he said with a cheeky smile. Anna bid her bottom lip to suppress a laugh, because of his sarcasm and smacked him on the back of his head.

„Seriously! It would definitely be a bestseller.", Yoh laughed and rubbed the back of his head.

„Attention please!", a female voice called out, cousing for Anna and Yoh to turn around. „I am so happy!", Jeanne started, while Ren approached his slightly drunk fiance. „And you know why? Because I got engaged today!", she cheered and pointed at the ring on her finger. Everyone else clapped.

„And that Ren and I are together now, was only possible by a single person!", Jeanne continued, while Anna smiled at Yoh, who only got nervous by each second passing by. „Should I tell you? Only because of Anna!", Jeanne called out and pointed a finger at Anna. The blonde girl narrowed her eyebrows sceptically. What was Jeanne talking about? Was she so drunk that she just talked nonsense?

„If Anna had fall for Ren and Ren for Anna, then we would not celebrate our engagement today.", she continued and wrapped her arms around Ren. „Yoh tried everything to hook them up!"

Now Anna understood everything. Why Ren picked her up at the airport, why Yoh left her alone with him and why Yoh asked her what she thought of Ren. The person who she opened her heart to, has betrayed her.

Without hesitation, Anna left the hall. Her eyes were burning and her heart ached.

„Anna!", Yoh called after her, but Anna ignored him and he followed her into the Women's restroom, were he appologized to a few women for walking in. There he saw how Anna took a few paper tissues, her back facing him. He stepped closer until he stood directly behind her. „Anna…", he started softly. „Anna, please let me explain.", he said and wanted to place his hands on her shoulder but she turned around abruptly.

„How dare you?!", she screamed at him. That was the first time he saw tears in her eyes and it was his fault. „You have no right to play with my feelings!", she continued in a trembling voice.

„I just tried to arrange a wedding…"

„Wedding?!", she screamed again and cut him off. „You know to well that I don't want that! I live only in Paris, because I know that there nobody tries to hook me up! I do not understand this! Are women worth nothing if we are not married?! Do you think a woman's life only makes sense when we are at the side of a man?!", she asked in a angry voice.

„What else do you want to accuse me of?", Yoh asked, he did not know what else he should do, besides letting her have her grief.

„You, of all people! I never expected that you would behave like everyone else! I thought you were my friend!", she blurted out.

„Oh come on Anna, it was not that bad.", he tried to calm her.

„Maybe not for you, Yoh! But this is about my life! My life, do you understand?! This is not funny, Yoh!"

„And what now? Do we want to argue forever?!", Yoh asked, his voice getting louder.

Anna blinked to prevent tears from falling, at the sudden change in his voice „Just forget it! You do not understand a word of what I'm saying anyway!"

„Of course I understand what you are saying, Anna!", he said as loud as she did. „But I thought you and Ren…"

„Ren and me?! What makes you think that? What did you think you were doing?! Did you ever think about what I want?!", she screamed and turned around.

„I just want you to be happy, Anna!", he said loud.

She turned around again „Do you think I would have been happy with Ren?!", Anna screamed.

„Do you think you could be happy with a guy like me?!", Yoh shouted back.

Anna paused and looked at him with wide-open glassy eyes.

„Come on! Tell me!", he asked in a loud and mad voice „Why don´t you answer me?!"

Anna shook her head lightly „Just leave me alone…", she whispered in a trembling voice and walked pass him.

„Listen Anna…", he walked behind her.

„Don't you dare to follow me!", she screamed at him one last time, before she walked out the door, leaving Yoh behind.

He slammed his fist into the wall before he leaned his forehead against it. „What have I done?"

- To be continued-

xxx I know, Yoh screaming at Anna?! What the ...?! Please forgive me for doing that to Anna. Sh would probably just slap him in the Anime or Manga, when he would scream at her, but this is AU, sooo...and I warned you at the beginning xD Anyway I hope you liked the part with Hao! It was so Fun to write him and I hope I have portrated him as he is!

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