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Expectations are something that can never truly be met. They are giant hurdles that almost no one can ever pass once it's been met. They are either easily destroyed or never met, of which lead to various bad outcomes.
This isn't one of those times though.
Not all expectations may end in disaster.
As I lay in bed the next morning in the aftermath from my mother's "scolding", I think about the expectations that were somewhat shattered about the powers of my nation.
Honestly, the people don't know much about the Goddess in charge of our land. We only know that she's incredibly hard working, her HDD form, and that's about it. Anything else about her is pretty much unknown as she never goes out to public unless it's for an important event, but even so she's only seen in her HDD form and never in her human form. As such, there is high speculation as to what she looks like and her personal interests. A lot of rumors go about her, and none of them can really be trusted in. Although for some reason most people ignore the fact that her blog shows a chibi version of herself, and the Basilicom workers leak pictures of her...
Due to all of this, everyone pretty much has some sort of expectation as to what and how Lady Black Heart truly is. Of course I'm no different to that.
My thoughts of Lady Black Heart thought of her as a cold but kind hearted person. A strong person who never gets nervous, fiercely protective of anything dear to her and strong in decision making. She would also be the epitome of beauty in all of Lastation. Something like that.
This was completely crushed when it came to Lady Black Heart's sister; the CPU Candidate Lady Uni.
When it was first revealed that Lady Black Heat had gained a sister (via her blog), there was a large amount of speculation to how she came to be and what she looked like. One could easily assume she'd just be a smaller Lady Black Heart somewhat. Kind of like how regular siblings can be, but with no knowledge as to what Lady Black Heart looked like, it was fair game for all to imagine what and how the CPU Candidate is as well.
I myself wasn't sure exactly what to think of it all. The very prospect of a little sister in a nation was completely new and I was one of the many that questioned it at first. Eventually I sort of just ignored all the possible issues and accepted it. As to what our newest up and coming ruler is? I would allow actually meeting her to properly think of an opinion of her. After all, she'd have to at least be somewhat similar to her older sister right? Just probably less since she hasn't had much experience aside from learning from her sister. So I put some of my expectations of Lady Black Heart on the CPU Candidate.
But when I met Lady Uni, I was completely blown away. She's a beautiful young girl who is trying really hard. She's kind, earnest, eager, and much more from just my first meeting with her to truly get just what kind of person she is. Although, I'm still not quite sure how to feel that she perfectly fits the tsundere trope. Never thought I'd see an anime/manga personality trope in real life. Again makes me ponder just how Lady Black Heart is…
That also leads to another thing. I never, and I mean NEVER would have thought that I'd ever get invited to a personal dinner to the Basilicom by the CPU. Few people actually go any deeper into the Basilicom besides the workers desk at the front, but even they barely ever get to see the Goddess. At least that's what has been said. So for a regular citizen like me to invited, it's quite the honor really.
Speaking of which. Earlier this morning at around 7AM, I received a text message from Lady Uni saying that I'd have to come to the Basilicom at 8PM due to more work coming in than was anticipated for the day. Along with a long explanation that it wasn't her phone that she used to text me and that she'd never text me with her actual phone. I was more confused than anything else with her 'explanation 'really.
Anyway, 8PM is a little late for dinner really. But for this sort of event and the busy schedule that I'm sure my rulers have. I should just be thankful that they even bothered to invite me over when they are so busy with improving Lastation.
Although, this now leaves me with ample time to do whatever I please. I could play my LS Vito, but I'm a little stuck on a part of the game that I'm playing and I refuse to look it up online. Hence being the reason that I'm just relaxing on my bed instead of doing anything else. Although, there is another reason for me lounging about and that's in the form of my mother.
Any second now she's going to barge in here and force me to go outside. It's a form of help to help her get over the past events in our lives, making me leave the house. I had actually started this and as she got better, I wanted to stay home more since she was showing improvement with me being away from her. The better part of me wanting to stay home was mostly because I didn't want to wander Lastation for hours anymore. Wandering around eventually gets boring and tiring. Not even the sights of Lastation could make-up for the exhaustion that I'd eventually get. Even so, although it was hard for my mother to let me leave on my own, it really did help her a lot. The bigger drawback is that now she likes it when I leave for at least a little while for no particular reason, unless it's bad weather outside (which doesn't happen too often in Lastation).
It's getting close to around the time my mom would barge in now and I would be slightly worried about where I was going to wander around, unless I hadn't received a text from Kasumi earlier that is.
Although our relationship is a little strange right now, we do still hang out from time to time. Without the whole proposal thing as well since she made it a point to never make any sort of mention of it on these outings. It was established that we avoid that topic when we first started this. I had asked what it was all about on one of these outings and she pleaded me to never even think about it when we went out like this. And just like that, that topic was off limits thankfully. Although I'd still like to know how and why this all started and I can't help but linger about it on these outings sometimes. Ah well. I'll find out about it someday I guess.
Looking at my phone for the time, I see it's almost 11AM. Time to get going to the meeting spot then.
I'm already dressed in a plain black shirt with blue pants, of which I dub as ready for going to the streets of Lastation and make my way downstairs.
"Oh? Going somewhere already?" My mother says to me as I come into view. Looks like she was about to come up too.
"Yea I am; you were about to kick me out anyway right?"
"I wouldn't say kick you out per se…." That smirk isn't helping your case.
"Sure you say that…" I swear she's a demon sometimes. Oh! Should update her about the dinner.
"By the way mom, the dinner at the Basilicom was moved to 8PM. Apparently they are busier than they thought they would be today." Almost forgot to tell her that.
"Oh my, that's rather late no? I wonder if that's really okay…"
"I'm sure it will be; after all I'll be with Lady Black Heart. Nothing can go wrong with her around."
"It is the Goddess we are talking about. Well, just make sure you come back in time to change. You don't want to be late for something like this." My mother says in a stern voice reminding me of the scolding she gave me yesterday. Which actually brings me back to that.
After my mother's severe scolding, she had asked me what I bought to wear for the dinner and I of course showed her. When she first saw it, she was highly skeptical that I actually found it by myself. I had anticipated this and used the fact that I was out for so long to prove that I didn't come home late for some other reason. After all, I'm not the best at clothes shopping, as such it should take me forever to find something and of course eat a meal. She accepted it and has led us to where we are now.
"Don't worry, this really isn't something I plan on being late for. I'll be back home at 7 to prepare for the dinner. I'm off now!"
"Take care!"
Luckily my mom didn't ask me where I was headed to. She would be able to get the info of what I plan on doing after some time prying it from me and she wouldn't be very happy with where I'm headed to. It's not that I like to hide stuff from my mother, it's just better to. After all, since Kasumi tried to 'take me away', as my mother would put it, she never felt right with letting me interact with any females really. I really don't want to find out what would happen if she knew Noire helped me pick out my clothes. She has improved with that, but I'd rather not trigger anything. As such I'm now off to go meet with the person that my mother likes the least without telling her.
What a life.
Not long after leaving my home I find myself in the commercial district that I was in yesterday. Although now I'm not in the clothing section, I'm currently in the square of the entire commercial district waiting. She usually contacts me for these outings randomly with no real pattern to it. Sometimes it would be just for sitting at a park and talking, sometimes to watch a movie, sometimes to do anything really. I would always try to suggest where to go and try to pay whatever bill we had, but she'd always foot it all since it was her way of "paying back". Of which is yet another question she refuses to answer. I have speculated to what she's "paying back", but I'd never truly know unless I get the actual answer from her. Women do enjoy their secrets after all.
Actually, speaking of her. Where is she? She's running a minute late now, and she's usually ne-
Tap. Tap.
Feeling two light taps on my right shoulder, I turn around to be greeted with who I've been waiting for; Kasumi.
She's wearing the now typical yellow dress that I had given her, along with a small red jack to cover her shoulders with a pair of black flats. I don't quite like that light teasing smile that she has.
"Looking for someone?" I really don't like that teasing smile.
"Yea, I'm looking for a lady who wears the same yellow dress quite often. She also has blonde hair so that shouldn't prove too hard to find here."
"Hmm.. I don't know. Maybe this blue haired dorky looking guy could help you. He's a little plain though so maybe he wouldn't be able to help find that sort of uniqueness." Tch. I'll give it to you this time.
Sigh
"You win you win. Spare this supposed plain person will you?" I say as she has a small smile of satisfaction on her face. Usually this would last longer but I couldn't think of anything else.
"So. Where we headed to?"
"Hmm. I'd figured we'd just walk around for a while and pick stuff at random to do. Sound good?"
"Yea, let's get going then."
We started to walk around at random and Kasumi would window shop from time to time. She's pretty fashionable and would look at some of the random small stores from time to time looking at their display items. We'd get strange looks sometimes and this time I'm sure it isn't about Kasumi's hair color. Although that still plays a part.
What we really are probably getting these strange looks for is the fact that we look like a couple.
I'm not just assuming this either, it sorta feels that way too. The way she runs up to me after seeing something she likes. She talks to me about it raptly and I give her a quip about it, then she giggles. We probably look like a newly formed couple, but really we just get along well together. We just about always have. At least until she started with being cold randomly and pushing the proposal business. The whole thing is really strange. It started so suddenly. She was the bright, cheerful, and cute Kasumi I knew one day and the next it was the cold one. I can assume it must have something to do with her family, but I'll never fully know unl-
"Hey. I know what you're thinking about."
Guess my face gave me away too much. I was actually trying to not give it away either.
"Like I asked you before, please don't worry about that while we're like this. I know you want to know but, it's pretty complicated for me right now. It's not like I don't want to tell you, it's just I'm not ready to. So for now, let's just be like this okay?"
With the way she's looking at me and her having grabbed my hand in the middle of her little speech, I can't really deny her. I've always had a soft spot for her after all.
"Alright, but I'll hold you to that explanation on you okay?" I say to her while giving her while softly gripping her hand.
"Yea, of course." She returns the slight grip and we separate hands.
"Let's keep going for now, okay Adam?"
"Yea."
Although the Kasumi now has changed a lot, my dear friend is still there. We are going to be together for a long time after all. I truly do intend to keep that promise I made to her after all. Although, she did crush my expectations of her a little right there.
Expectations are meant to be broken after all.
A/N: Slightly not on time! Damn .. I'm trying to keep the schedule on time, but you know.
Life.
I'll likely be uploading a second chapter later this week (most likely on Saturday. Hopefully). So look out for that!
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