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… : Don't worry, more I shall give!
nekkoo: Don't worry, I shall put the 'Loving Arrangements' sooner and later.
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azu: I'm actually thinking of twins. But that's too overly used…Any ideas? I'll appreciate your suggestions! :3
X-1999 and Ranma are NOT mine!! Now, that's over… On with the fic!
The Curse of the JusenkyoChapter 3 – Sleeping Arrangements
"There is NO way I am going to share a bed with you." Subaru stated firmly. There is absolutely no way she is going to share a bed with a complete stranger.
"Now, why would I do that?" Seishirou asked mildly. In truth, he was seething also. There is absolutely no way he is going to share a bed with a complete stranger.
"I don't know!" Subaru finally shrieked out. "You can be a sex maniac for all I know!"
"Well, I am NOT!" Seishirou shot back. Preposterous. He wasn't a sex maniac. Not at all.
/Liar, liar, pants on fire./ The Tree replied.
Well…Not exactly, 'not at all'. Seishirou amended.
Subaru gave a dignified sniff, surprisingly regal, considering she had been shrieking at her husband-to-be just a while ago. "Well, since both of us vehemently disagree to share a bed, then I suggest, that one would have to sleep on the sofa."
"The question is who?" Seishirou did not protest at the suggestion. It's probably the smartest thing his wife-to-be said so far. To him, at least.
"I am the lady." Subaru decided to use her gender to her advantage. If she was going to suffer losing her male dignity, she might as well use her gender-changing ability to some benefit. "So isn't it polite for you to offer the bed to the lady?" Her manner implying that probably Seishirou did not know the meaning of polite.
Seishirou gritted his teeth. What have I done wrong to have such a wife-to-be?
/But I thought you liked feisty women!/ The Tree protested.
She's too feisty for my tastes. Seishirou answered back.
/Fiiiiiiine. Be that way./
"Well? Are you deaf or something? You shouldn't keep a lady waiting."
That woman is getting on his nerves. If she weren't his wife-to-be, he would have killed her by now without hesitation.
"Fine." Seishirou gritted out. "You can have the bed."
Subaru gave him a hundred-watt smile that simply said, I-knew-you-were-going-to-see-it-my-way grin. It was annoying. She's too smug about this. No way he'll be allowing her to stay on that high pedestal of hers for long.
/Nice to know some people are not afraid to stand up against you./ The Tree cheerfully pointed it out.
He will chop that Tree down if it weren't for the fact that will defeat the whole purpose of being the Sakurazukamori.
"Well, look at the time!" That 'vile woman's' voice broke him from his thoughts. "It's already 7 pm!" She cheerfully said as if it was the best thing to ever happen to her. Damn. How can she regain her poise so easily? She acts as if it was completely normal for them to be having dinner together.
/Isn't it nice that she's preparing herself already to be your lovely wife?/ The Tree has to have a comment about Seishirou's love life. It simply couldn't resist anymore. /What if you actually fell head over heels for her?/ The Tree asked with an evil grin.
Seishirou blinked once. Trees couldn't grin but he could have sworn that it was grinning evilly, a tad too evilly for his taste. But what the Tree 'said' sank into him. There. Is. No. Way. He's. Going. To. Marry. That. She-devil.
/Oh yeah, I bet you would prefer to marry that boy you bumped into a while ago ne?/ The Tree is taking total advantage of this situation to make fun of Seishirou.
Seishirou gave a small sigh. It's just the first day of them living together and he already wants to reclaim his bachelorhood.
/But you ARE a bachelor! You still haven't gone to the altar. Although I doubt that will last for long./ The Tree quipped.
The Tree wasn't helping this situation at all. And he thought that the Tree was loyal to the Sakurazuka Clan. Apparently, he's mistaken. The Tree loves plotting against him too.
"Dinner's ready!!" The 'vile woman's' voice rang in his ears. She's too cheerful. He thought with a small smile. Cu- He stopped. No way. He didn't think that she was cute.
/Baaaaaaka. You just did./ The Tree just had to point that little mistake out.
…
Dinner passed in silence. Subaru no matter how cheerful she sounded a while ago was now unwilling to break the oppressive silence that reigned in the room.
Why did he just have to look so handsome? She wondered and thought, why are all the good looks are given to the people who don't appreciate them at all? She gave a small sigh.
Dinner passed in silence, due to the fact that both of them were waiting for the other to break the oppressive silence that has settled between them.
…
After Seishirou finished dinner, he stood up, put his plate in the sink and proceeded to go to the bedroom. He was about to enter the room when Subaru said, "Don't tell me that you are just going to leave me with the dishes?"
Seishirou turned to face her and calmly said, "Why not? Isn't that a mark of a good wife-to-be? That she will be doing all the household chores?"
Subaru stopped herself just in time from saying, 'I'm not a girl!!' She took a deep breath and replied in a calm voice, "But isn't a good husband suppose to help his wife?"
Seishirou smiled at her. "But I never said I was a good husband." He went on to add, "Besides, we are not even married." With that, he turned and went into the room and shut the door, leaving Subaru in the kitchen.
Subaru glared at the door. Oh, how much she hates that obnoxious man! Totally despicable, shameless, evil, hateful, bossy, arrogant, good-looking… No. She did not think of him as good-looking. He is supposed to be totally despicable, shameless, evil, hateful, bossy, arrogant, good… Ugh. Subaru glared at the dish in her hands as if it was all its fault that she was having these thoughts. I. Hate. That. Despicable. Man.
/Oh, way to go Seishirou. You have just ruined any opportunity for you guys to be a possible lovey-dovey couple./ The Tree told Seishirou in a very vexed manner. /If your mother ever hears that the engagement failed due to your irresponsibility on your part, she might just murder you./
So? As if I want to marry that 'vile woman' anyway. She annoys me. Seishirou smugly answered. And besides, mother wouldn't kill me, I'm her only heir unless she wants to go off and look for another one then train them.
/Point. But what I'm trying to say is, can't you give the poor girl a chance?/ The Tree tried to appeal to Seishirou's pity. Which totally failed.
No. She's too annoying. Seishirou replied.
/Ugh. You are just annoyed that she beat you in your own game./ The Tree pointed this out.
No, she didn't. Seishirou replied irritably.
/Of course./ The Tree replied sarcastically. /…Fine. I give up on trying to reason with you. You are just simply too unreasonable./
I'm not. I'm perfectly reasonable. Seishirou shot back.
…The Tree simply ignored him.
Seishirou shrugged it off and went to sleep on the sofa, wished that it was just that innocent-looking boy that he was suppose to marry. To hell that homosexuality is forbidden.
[8:50 pm]
"Ha!" Subaru exclaimed triumphantly. "I'm finally done!" Indeed, after countless tries of washing the dishes the right way, getting every smudge of food off of them, and wiping them to perfection, she was finally done.
She stacked them in a cabinet below the sink with a relieved smile.
She was finally free to go to sleep. Actually, it is quite ridiculous to be sleeping this early but she was already tired and she still has a job tomorrow morning. It might be best to turn in already, she decided.
She quietly sneaked in the room, hoping not to have another verbal duel with that 'despicable man' or so she termed him.
The lights were turned off, she thought surprised. He is asleep already? She curiously looked over the sofa, which was facing a window on the opposite side of the room. And she saw Seishirou sleeping, quite peacefully. She couldn't help but stare. Her earlier thought came back to her, why did he just have to look so handsome? …After realizing that she had been staring at Seishirou's face for quite sometime, she quickly withdrew with a blush on her pale face. No way she'll be caught ogling at him.
Bearing that thought in her mind, Subaru went to the bed meant for two and suddenly felt a pang of guilt. It must be uncomfortable sleeping on that sofa. No. She thought. No way in hell shall she start to pity her nemesis. "He deserves that." She whispered firmly. But…For somehow, her guilt was not abating at all.
Tbc.
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