Well, here it is! chapter twelve! enjoy! i am so happy! this is my longest chapter yet! *happy dance* =D
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Chapter Twelve: The Truth
Upon finishing dinner, everybody went and got ready for bed except for Kashino. I followed him as he went to the balcony. Kashino had let out a huge sigh enough for me to here and know that something is bothering him.
"Anno, Kashino? What's wrong?" I asked him timidly.
"Nothing," was his only reply.
"Baka, something's obviously bothering you," I protested. Kashino sighed in surrender.
"My parents will be there," that was all I need to figure everything out.
"You'll be fine, besides, mine will be there too," I tried to comfort him, "at least you didn't run away." I tried to laughed it off but decided against it. Kashino smiled softly. Then out of the blue, he pulled me into his arm. I was about to protest but he tightened his grips around my waist. He nuzzled his face in my hair; his breath tickled my neck as I squirmed in his embrace. I turned my body around to face him and was taken aback at how close our faces were to each other. We were barely even an inch apart.
Kashino leaned in closer and I can feel his warm, soft breath on my face. My heart started to beat faster and faster as my breathing pattern quickened. My face is now bright red. As quick as it came, Kashino backed out. One look at my face had set him off laughing. I put on an angry face to hide my disappointment. With my arms crossed, I huffed. Then again, I was back in his arms as he kissed me. I was frozen until it hit me. We were kissing. I had to hold onto his shirt to keep myself from falling. His hand was behind my head and the other was holding my back. His hand weaved into my hair. Involuntarily, I moved my hand up onto his shoulder.
Five seconds passed and I started to pull away, but Kashino only pulled me closer. Giving up, I kissed him back. His lips were soft against mine(This is rated: T, so im not gonna continue. Kashino: why are you so mean? Ichigo: no! don't listen to him!*Kashino pouts*)
"Well, we should go to bed," I murmured nervously after we broke off and Kashino nodded.
Kashino POV:
What was I doing? I scolded myself for lacking control when I was standing on the balcony. I shouldn't have done that. Urgh! I smacked myself on the head and it hurts likehell!
"Kashino? What's wrong? Do you have a headache?" Ichigo asked me from behind. It scared the fu** out of me too.
"No, no, it's nothing," I feigned, but she didn't seem convinced but shook it off anyways. Thank god. Tired, I went to bed.
Ichigo POV:
Morning came like lightning. I barely slept last night. I was so worry! Almost all of my family will be there unless they're oversea and couldn't make it, but most of them does anyways; almost everybody in my family owns a private jet. Most of all, my parents will most definatedly be there along with my little sister, Aya! I haven't seen her for so long!
"Ichigo-san," Imai-san said to me from behind causing me to stumbled onto a nearby chair in surprise, "we will be going to the shops to buy the dresses for the party after breakfast so get ready." I nodded to show her that I understand and heard her, but truthfully, my mind is in a daze right now. Today's the party! I have to show my parents and family that I'm confident about my choice of career and that no matter what, I will not change my mind.
Breakfast goes by really quick. I couldn't even taste the food, and that's a first for me. I always welcome food! Before we left, Imai-san pulled me aside to talk.
"Ichigo, you have to pull yourself together or you won't be able to make it during the party," she advised me, "you'll be okay, your friends will be there and so will I; they know you'd went against your parents wishes so don't worry."
"Okay, thanks," I told her and took in a deep breath and let it out.
The boys were to get their tuxedos first since that would be the least time consuming according to Imai-san. Hanabusa picked out a light gray tuxedo with a purple shirt and pale pink bow tie. Andou went with a classic style dark blue suit and paired it with a pale blue shirt and a black tie. Kashino decided on a simple black tux and a silk white shirt and velveteen black tie.
After all that, we went to my favorite dress shop, ala Belle Dress Boutique. In there, dresses were seen by dozens.
(*Bolded Italicized words are when the characters are speaking *English*)
"Ah, Alexandrie-Elise! Ma Cherie, it has been too long!" the shop owner, Isabelle-Marie greeted Ichigo.
"Madame Isabelle-Marie, I haven't seen you for so long," I replied.
"Guys, this is Madame Isabelle-Marie; she is the best dress maker in France," I told my friends and the girls' eyes suddenly glowed like a mine full of diamonds.
"Madame, these are my friends, Kashino, Hanabusa, Andou, Yumi, Kana, Yuki, and Hina," I introduced them to her, "we're here to choose a dress for my aunt's baby shower."
"Delightful! Take your pick!" she said.
The girls rushed to the various dress racks right away, picking up dresses that looks good and tried them on. I picked out three, but put them all back and searched for others. This continued on for two whole hours. Finally, everybody had made their final decision and purchased the dresses that satisfied them and qualified all of their requirements.
Next, we head to a shoe boutique. All shoes were tried on, selected, put back, and purchased. After that was the beauty salon.
I noticed the boys were tired of walking around, accompanying us girls, so I told them to take a break and get some ice cream. They ran away like there's no tomorrow!
Finally, we were done and the party was just four hours away. All of us headed home and took turn taking a shower. The boys got dress and were done in a matters of minutes. Contrarily, the girls and I took almost three whole hours!
We started out with our dresses. Hina had chosen an short apple-green dress with a sweetheart neckline. The top portion of her dress was sparkly and glittery while the bottom portion was made of multitude layers of soft see-through fabrics. The two portions were separated by a belt that has a darker shade of green and has velvet shaped rose in the middle. I'd decided on a short rich shade of purple dress. It has a straight neckline and a belt that defines my waist. One side of the belt was adorned with white Swavroski crystals creating an oval shaped center piece of the dress. The top portion was cinched, creating more definition, and the bottom portion was also cinched and flared out as it was topped with translucent purple lace. Kana's dress was more modern. It has a sweetheart neckline and it was a mini royal blue bubble dress. She put on a black belt with two flowers in the middle. The bottom portion of the dress was ruffled from the top down creating a illusion of layers, but it's all just one layer. Yuki had fell in love with short pale pink layered laced pencil dress. It has one strap, but one could barely see it. At the top, the dress was embellished with squiggly silver glittery lines. At the bottom there were five short layers of pink sheer lace. There was also a large rich violet velvet tied bow in the middle. Yumi went with the classic all black dress. Again it has a sweetheart neckline and was overlapping each side. A large black bow belt cinched her waist, making it look smaller. At the bottom, the soft sparkly fabric flows down. We all decide to wear matching black stiletto high heels that has a closed-toe and a silver sparkly bow on each shoe. Our names were engraved on each of our own pair. We all curled our hair. While Kana decided she was going to leave her hair down, I pinned mine into a low side messy bun with loose strand of hair falling down to frame my face. Yumi did a French chignon with her hair and Yuki did a half loop-under with hers. Hina decided to be different and braided her long hair to the side. Finally we were all done!
The limo was waiting for us outside and we reached the party with a couple of minutes to spare. My aunt and uncle were outside greeting guests as they come. When they spotted me, my aunt was so excited. We rushed over to her and took turn congratulating her.
"Oh my, Ichigo-chan, look at you, you look gorgeous! All of you look so beautiful," my aunt complimented us, "and handsome." she added for the boys.
"Ichigo-chan, let's go inside!" suggested the overly excited Kana. I nodded in agreement and waved to my aunt.
The inside was amazing! I have a feeling my aunt will be giving birth to a baby girl because everything was either pink or white! Beside me, I can feel Kashino stiffened up. As I followed his gaze, I saw his parents and right next to them was….mine. I dropped my gaze right away. Kashino and I had a similar goal for tonight: stay out of our parents' sight, don't get in contact with neither of them, and not do anything to make them notice us. My other friends had mingled around; I'd specifically told them to say it was my aunt that invited them and not me.
I went to the refreshment table to get some punch. I nearly spit the whole thing out when I heard the soft voice behind my back.
"Onee-san?" though the voice was soft, I could hear as if it was shout at my face. I regretted the fact that I had turned around, because behind me was none other than Aya, my little sister.
"Aya," I muttered. In a flash, Aya was in my arms; I had no choice, she suddenly hugged me.
"I miss you so much," Aya mumbled.
"I miss you too," I replied, "but you mustn't tell our parents I'm here okay?"
"Why?" she asked me.
"I don't want them to find me; I know they've been searching for me." I explained to her. She looked a bit sadder, but agreed.
It turned out she didn't have to! My mom spotted me ten minutes later. I was standing next to Kashino, hanging onto his left arm. We each had a glass of red punch in our hand.
"Ichigo-san?" my mother asked. This time, I really did spit out my drinks, but Kashino had covered my mouth with a thick stack of napkin. And also wiped it off.
"Mama?" I spluttered.
"Mama? Don't you 'mama' me," my mother slapped me slightly on my head, "where in the world have you been?"
"Ouch!" I winced as I patted my head gently, "mama!"
"Do you still know pain? Do you know how painful it is for me to come home and found out my daughter nowhere to be found? You left without a trace," my mother scolded me, "you didn't even leave us a note, no message, no phone calls, not even a notice!" she breathed in a huge breath and started again.
"Do you know how worried I was? For all I know, you were kidnapped, killed, lost! I searched everywhere for you! I even went to your house in France in person to look for you," a tear slid down her face, "and yet, here you are, perfectly fine and healthy."
"Honey? What's wrong?" my father came, "Ichigo Amano!" the rest came in a flash. A hand strike down my face leaving a painful sting on my left cheek. I was on the ground with Kashino kneeling beside me.
"Sir, please stay calm," Kashino told my father as he helped me stand up.
"Who are you to say that?" my father asked him coldly.
"Honey! He's the only son of the Makoto Corps, and how could you hit my daughter, again?" my mom panicked. She rubbed ice on my face as I winced. Luckily, we haven't caused scene.
"But~" my father was silent by a single look from my mother.
"Ichigo-chan, are you happy with your choice at the moment?" my mom asked me.
"Yes, I'm perfectly happy," I told her becoming as serious as her.
"Then I will go with your choice," my mom told me as she pulled me into a hug. My father shrugged and smiled. He clapped Kashino's back and said, "I entrust my irreplaceable jewel to you, treat her well."
"Papa!" I whined, but Kashino smiled and pulled me into a small hug. My parents chuckled slightly. I blushed.
Then out of nowhere, Kashino's parents came to us.
i hope you guys like this chapter! i will be uploading the girls' dresses on my profile sometimes later... probably... sure why not .
anyways, review pweese? please review! i miss them so much!
Kashino: stop whining!
Me: go back to bed!
review and i'll be nicer to kashino!
