Chapter 3; Haruhi's Secret... She's What...?!
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"Hey Kaoru, I wonder why moms wants us to become friends with Haruhi. She said that she was special but, I don't see anything different from her and the others." Hikaru said as he too saw Haruhi go inside.
"Hikaru, in my opinion she's not the same as the others because unlike the others, she was able to distinguish us in such a short time. In my book, she is special." I said in my defense. Haruhi wasn't just an ordinary girl, she was different and she had proven it.
"Ok, ok man, I get it. You don't have to bite my head of, Kaoru. Sheesh"
"Gomen, Hikaru, its just that she really seems special. I know you heard what she told me about seeing through the heart and not the eyes. That really caught my attention and I know it caught yours as well." I said as I looked at Hikaru's expression change when I mention that.
"Yea… It really did. I had never met someone like her. Though I still don't understand why moms want us to get close to her. What I do know is that, mom is planning something, and I know that neither of us is gonna like it." Hikaru said as he let out a small sigh. "If it's something that might hurt Haruhi, I know Imma not gonna be able to do it."
"Hikaru…" I started saying, but stopped myself, since I don't want to say something that will have nothing to do with it.
"What is it Kaoru? You were about to say something." Hikaru questioned me.
"Nah, it left my mind as soon as I was about to say it." But in truth it hadn't. 'Hikaru, have you fallen for Haruhi in such a short time? That can't be possible… can it?'
We arrived at the restaurant we were to meet our mother. It was still raining as we got off the Limo and into the restaurant. Our mother was already waiting for us in her usual place of sitting. As we got closer to her, she greeted us with a hug and a smile.
"Come and sit." She said as she signaled for us to sit right in front of her.
"Hey moms, what's up? Why did ya' want us to meet ya' here?" Hikaru questioned as he sat. I on the other hand just waited for our mother's response.
"To talk about Haruhi Fujioka, of course." She said with a cheerful smile. "So, did you guys meet her? You better have made friends with her, without playing that dumb game of yours. Who's who… was it?"
"Well, we did meet her. But we also did make her play 'The Dumb Game' as you called it. We talked with her for a while before though and in that short time she was able to tell us apart." I replied as I saw that Hikaru wasn't going to.
"Is that so? Well serves the two of you right. Finally someone that could tell you two apart, and I might be guessing with a good reason." I looked at Hikaru as our mother mentioned about the reason, then replied.
"Yea, it was a really interesting reason."
"So, what was her reason?" Our mother asked interested.
"Well she said…" As I was about to say it, I was cut off by Hikaru.
"She said, and I quote 'Even if you do look alike to other people you don't to me. Hikaru's personality is rougher and his facial features are too. As for Kaoru, your personality is calmer and kinder; your facial features are the same. Even if you do change your hair style or the way you dress, those features will always be there. For someone to be able to tell you guys apart, they need to look from the heart and not through their eyes.' Unquote." Hikaru said with a serious and firm look on his face not even looking at our mother but some place else.
"Is that so? Well good for her. She saw you guy from the heart, and was able to distinguish both of you in a short time. That is something that no one has been able to do, not even I. Gomen, my adorable twins." Our mother let out a small sigh as she realized too what Haruhi had done to both of us. She had opened a new door for us.
"Yea, well that wasn't the only thing she said." Hikaru continued as he now turned to look at her.
"What else did she say…?" Our mother questioned, I could tell that she tried to say Hikaru's name, but I also could tell that she wasn't sure if it was him or me.
"She also said, and once again I quote 'I looked at you guys as individuals and I see you through the heart and not through the eyes. My Okaa-San always told me not to judge a book by its cover, at first I didn't understand the meaning, but when she was in her dead-bed she explained it to me. That is why you cannot judge or distinguish a person by his or her appearance but instead by his or her personality. I realized that the personality from each one of you is different, and that can never be change, no matter how much one wants to.' Unquote, moms I don't understand her. She doesn't even know us and she's already seeing right through us… Why?" Hikaru's voice and appearance changed from serious and firm to confuse and shaky. And for once in my life, I couldn't understand what was going on in Hikaru's mind.
'Hikaru… What are you thinking, and why is it that I can't figure it out? You are always so easy to read, but why is it that now, I'm not able to see what is in your mind? Hikaru…' I looked at my brother and then at our mother as I waited for her to reply to Hikaru's question.
"That neither me nor your brother can or will be able to answer, my child. Only you will be able to find the answer to your questions and to your problems. Finding too the reason or reasons to them all. Yet it will take you a while to find them, so for now don't stress yourself too much about it. Gomen for not being much help Hikaru." I looked at her in surprise. How was it, that she could tell he was Hikaru? A few minutes ago she was confused and whenever she would speak to either one of us she would mess up our names. So how was it that right now, at this particular moment she took no hesitation at all? "Kaoru, you look confuse, what's the matter?" My mother asked with concern on her face and voice.
"Aha… nothing, nothing." I replied with laughter as I snapped out of my confusion stage and I could see from the corner of my eye Hikaru looking at me. I turned around and smiled at him as to say 'It's ok.'
He turned back around as I assure him I was fine, to look at our mother once again. As soon as he noticed that both my attention and our mother's were towards him, he started to speak. "So, ya' wanted to talk to us about Haruhi…?"
"Fujioka… Mmh, I don't seem to remember."
"Mom!" Both Hikaru and I said in unison.
"Ok, ok, you don't have to get your undie in a bundy. I'm only going to say this once and I want no sort of interruptions. Get it, got it, good!"
"Yes Ma'm!" We once again said in unison.
"Hikaru, Kaoru the reason I asked for the two of you to become friends with Ms. Fujioka was because one of the two of you is going to have to make her your Fiancée."
"WHAT!" Hikaru yelled as soon as he heard the word 'Fiancée'.
"Hikaru, don't yell. What is wrong with you?" I questioned as I saw the people around us staring at him.
"Kaoru how can ya' tell me not to yell and be so calm about what our mother just said?!" Hikaru's expression looked furious and once again I had no idea what he was thinking about.
"Hikaru, honey, it's not that big of a deal. Our family and our company need Ms. Fujioka and if we don't get her first, there is a huge probability that the Suoh, the Haninozuka or the Morinozuka families will." Our mother explained, yet in my mind she wasn't making any sense.
I didn't understand why she was bringing those families into the conversation. They were our rivals, where they not?
"Mother, why… why Haruhi, of all people? Hikaru and I went to drop her off at her place. She is a normal peasant, she lives in a small apartment that I bet only has room for two. There is nothing special about this girl. So why us or either of those families you mentioned would want to marry her? Why does either of our families need her?" I questioned as I couldn't understand why she was saying all of this. The Hitachiin family, the Suoh family, the Haninozuka and the Morinozuka family are four of the top five riches families in all of Japan. The other one is the Ootori family, but since they're kiss ups to the Suoh family, they would not dare take something or in this case someone away from them.
"Kaoru, let me explain to you Ms. Fujioka's information in a more, mmh, how should I put this? In a more private matter, Ms. Fujioka's mother passed away when she was seven years old, leaving only her husband to take care of Ms. Fujioka. No money, no nothing. Or so it seemed at first glace." She stopped as if to allow either of us to speak. Since Hikaru didn't say anything, I spoke.
"What do you mean by 'at first glance', mom?" I could tell I had asked the question she specifically wanted to hear as I saw her mischievous smile.
"I'm glad you asked that. The reason I say 'at first glace' is because Ms. Fujioka will make the top five riches families in all of Japan into six."
"Wait, what?" Hikaru questioned as it seemed he hadn't quite gotten that correctly. "Did you say Haruhi will make the top five into the top six?"
"I said I wasn't going to repeat myself, but since you asked so nicely, I'll answer your question. Yes Hikaru, I said she would make it the top six."
"How is that possible?" Hikaru asked with anxiety.
"Ms. Fujioka's grandfather from her mother's side of the family was a rich man. He wasn't as much as we or the other four families but he did have enough money to be considered rich. When he passed away, he left all his fortune to his only child, Ms. Fujioka's mother. Ms. Fujioka's mother on the other hand did not spend a single penny of that money but instead she added to it. By the time she was in her dead-bed she had saved enough money to be considered one of the tops, like us. Both Ms. Fujioka's parents agreed that all that money will go only to her when she turned eighteen. As for right now she is barely seventeen and has on year for her eighteenth birthday. Of course giving you two enough time to make her fall in love with either one of you. Although it also gives the other families enough time to do the same, so you better hurry up and let no other family get close to her. Do you understand?"
I didn't reply to her question as I was still shocked to hear about Haruhi's fortune. I did on the other hand ask another question. "Mother does Haruhi know about her fortune?" If either of the 'Families' managed to marry her, then that would automatically make them 'Top One'.
"She does not, and neither of you will mention any of this to anybody. Now I repeat do you two understand?"
'Argh, our mother has no idea in what sort of situation she is putting both Hikaru and I into.' I thought as I looked at Hikaru who was making his hands into fist. "Hikaru…"
"I understand, but I absolutely DO NOT Agree!" Hikaru yelled out all of a sudden as he stood up slamming his fists on the table and storming out of the restaurant, causing a lot of people to stare at his little scene.
"Kaoru…?" My mother looked at me searching for my answer or at least my opinion to the situation she was putting us in.
"I don't know mom. I'm going to have to talk it over with Hikaru. As for now, it doesn't matter if the reason for becoming close to her was for marriage, I know for a fact that Hikaru is still going to want to be Haruhi's close friend and so do I. So don't worry about that."
"Ok Kaoru, I'll respect your decision for now, but I'll only give you two up to a certain extend of time to hear your actual answers. Is that understood?"
"Yes…" was my only response as I stood up and started walking towards the door.
"Kaoru…" I stopped and turned around to look at my mother. "Take care of Hikaru, he is not himself. It is now when he needs you the most. He is experiencing a new feeling and he will be confuse, stressed and in denial about it. So be sure to support him with all your might, in everything." I just nodded as I walked towards the door once more and into the Limo.
'What did my mother mean by supporting Hikaru? Hikaru… what's the matter with you? Why won't you talk to me?' I thought as the Limo drove off to our place.
End of Chapter 3!!
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