Meeting the Parents?

Is no one going to give me a male OC? Oh yes, and because of something my friend told me, I'll be changing Hiroki's name to Arthur… And just for the record… IT'S BEEN TWO MONTHS SINCE KUKAI AND AKEMI FIRST MET

-One Week Later-

"My parents are coming…?" Akemi said unenthusiastically. She and Anthony were having tea in the garden as the cherry blossoms were finally falling down.

Anthony nodded. "They'll be here the day after tomorrow actually." He said taking a sip.

Akemi furrowed her eyebrows. "You invited them here didn't you?" she asked sadly.

Anthony shook his head. "Actually…" he said biting his lip. "Arthur invited them to come with him."

Akemi jaw dropped. "A-Arthur's coming here in two days?" she asked shocked.

"Didn't I give you his letter?" Anthony asked clueless.

Akemi shook her head frantically. "Anthony, Arthur and my parents can't come! …Not with Kukai here…"

-…-

"Akemi-chan, how are you?" Hinata said catching up Akemi on their way to school.

"Ah, Hinata-san, I'm fine." She said trying to look normal, though anyone could tell that she was gloomier.

Hinata sighed. "Akemi-chan did something happen between you and Kukai; you haven't talked to each other for about a week?" she asked worriedly.

"…It's better if we stay this way." Akemi said just before walking away.

Hinata furrowed her eyebrows. "Akemi-chan… t-this doesn't mean that you and Kukai aren't friends anymore, does it?" she asked.

Akemi stopped in her tracks. "I… I don't really know anymore."

Hinata was about to go after Akemi when she felt something pull her back, and found herself face to face with Anthony. "It may be best not to bother Akemi right now." He said sternly.

Hinata saddened. "Anthony," she said. "You have to tell me what's going on."

Anthony sighed. "You'll find out soon…" he said grabbing Hinata's hand and beginning to walk towards the school.

-…-

"Sumi masen, are you Kukai-sama?" a floating character with blue hair and a kendo sword on his back said going up to Kukai.

Kukai was sitting in his math class, blankly staring out the window. "You, you're Anthony's chara aren't you?" he asked becoming alert.

The chara bowed. "My name is Honneur, master has requested that he speak with you after school today." He said calmly. "He has also requested that you bring Daichi."

Kukai raised an eyebrow. "Are you sure you're Anthony's chara?" he said questioning his graceful and calm aura.

Honneur chuckled quietly. "My, my, has master been troubling you, gomenesai." He said bowing again.

Kukai smiled widely as the last bell of the day rang. "May we go there together sir?" he asked as Daichi came in through the window.

Honneur nodded smoothly. "I'm sure master will be pleased."

-…-

Kukai stood in front of Akemi's house, taking a deep breath. "Do I really have to go today?" he said reluctantly.

"Are you scared of Akemi's house, Kukai?" Daichi asked curiously.

Kukai sighed, opening the door. "No, it's just that…"

"Kukai-kun, I'm glad you could come to visit!" Anthony said running up to the entrance when he saw Kukai.

Kukai smiled nervously. "Oh, hey Anthony." He tried to say calmly.

"I need you to cook for me!" Anthony said desperately as he and Kukai began to walk in to the building.

Kukai raised an eyebrow. "You brought me here to cook?" he asked sweat dropping.

"Well," Anthony said twiddling his fingers. "I heard that you were making the top grades in home ec, and I kinda can't cook."

Kukai shook his head. "Err… okay?" he said.

Anthony pushed Kukai into the kitchen. "Great, have fun!" he said locking the door behind him.

Kukai was confused at first, until he found himself face to face with Akemi.

"Is this really alright?" Anthony asked Hinata, the two were outside of the kitchen.

Hinata gave a thumbs up. "Don't be such a worry wart, dude!" she said happily.

Anthony sighed. "What if things just get worse between them?" he asked worriedly.

Hinata rolled her eyes. "Just trust me, they'll be fine." He said.

-In the Awkward Area-

"…S-Souma-kun…" Akemi said quietly.

Kukai's face expression saddened. "Hi Akemi…" he said.

~silence~

"Akemi, why have you been avoiding me?" Kukai finally said.

Akemi bit her lip. "Souma-kun… sorry, I've been avoiding you because-"

"Hey Akemi," Kukai asked off topic. "Why are you all dressed up?"

In fact, Akemi was wearing a red dress with white polka-dots dress and a black ribbon that reached down to her mid thigh. On her arms were long black gloves, and her legs were covered in black tights. She was also wearing silver heels, and the red ribbon that she always had in her hair. The hair itself was less curly, like it had been attempted to be straightened, but only straightened half way.

"My parents… are coming over…" she said scratching the back of her head nervously.

Kukai furrowed his eyebrows. "Then why are you cooking, don't you have private chefs or something?" he asked.

Akemi was slightly confused at why Kukai was acting normal all of a sudden. "I can't cook," she said calmly. "The dinner was already finished, but Hinata told me that I had to come here."

Kukai sweat dropped. "I knew she was behind this…" he said frowning.

"Demo, Souma-kun, weren't you mad at me?" Akemi asked confused.

Kukai chuckled. "Akemi calm down." He said pulling Akemi close to him, much to her surprise. "There's no way I could be that mad at you."

Akemi practically flushed though she couldn't look away from Kukai. She found herself leaning into him, and was surprised to see he was doing the same. They were only a few inches away when Akemi thought about pulling away, though decided against it.

"Souma-kun, I-"

Something jerked Akemi back. "Hey Akemi, nice to see you again." A blonde haired boy that Kukai recognized said desperately trying his best to look happy though he had clenched fist.

"Arthur," Akemi said surprised and a little disappointed. "I see you're finally here."

Arthur nodded. "Who's he?" he asked rather eerily.

Akemi flinched. "Um, he's… one of my friends." She tried to say composedly. "His name is Kukai Souma."

Arthur crossed his arms. "Thank you for taking care of Akemi all this time, Kukai, but I can take it from here." He said sternly.

Kukai almost jaw dropped at Arthur's attitude. "Really…" he said pondering if he should say anymore.

At that moment, Akemi panicked. "Mother and father are here right, I have to go greet them!" she said running out of the room.

After that, there was a stare down between Arthur and Kukai. "What are you intending to do with my fiance?" he asked calmly.

Kukai sighed. "What do you mean?" he asked casually.

Arthur glared. "I'm not an idiot, do you think I did not see what you two were doing?" he asked intensely.

Kukai laughed nervously. "You really are stubborn aren't you?" he asked rolling his eyes.

"Kukai-kun," Anthony asked, running into the kitchen. "You have to get changed before you meet Akemi-chan's parents!"

Kukai got wide eyed. "Nobody told me that I had to meet them!" he yelled.

"But they told me!" Daichi said throwing a suit and a green tie in Kukai's face with incredible strength.

-A Few Minutes Later-

"Sorry for being late…" Kukai said walking into the dining room and bowing.

The dinner table was incredibly tense. There was an extremely beautiful lady with white hair and blue eyes sitting next to a man with dark blue hair and purple eyes who Kukai had never seen before, they both had unreadable expressions on their faces. Akemi was looking at her food but not eating it, and flinched when she heard Kukai's voice. Anthony nervously looked around, as Arthur tried to give as little attention to anyone as possible.

The only people that seemed remotely happy were Hinata who had an explosion of taste in her mouth with every bite that she took, and Daichi and Arthur's chara Layton who were flying around the room chasing each other.

Odaijini and Honneur had worried expressions on their faces as they sat next to their masters.

Kukai blinked as he sat down, joining the awkward silence.

"Akemi," The woman who Kukai assumed to be Akemi's mother said to the girl as she shot her head up. "Is there a reason you left to Japan without telling us?" she asked.

Kukai turned his head towards Akemi's direction as Hinata stopped eating and did the same. The room was completely silent at that moment. "No reason mother…" Akemi said before anything else.

"Akemi," her dad said next. "Running away from home is unacceptable; continue this reckless nature and you will end up dead like your brother."

Kukai and Hinata widened their eyes to what they were hearing, though Anthony and Arthur seemed completely un-withered excluding their dark expressions.

"…Excuse me…" Akemi said standing up and running out of the room with Arthur following after her. Arthur clenched his teeth, cursing under his breath at Akemi's parents.

"How rude," Mrs. Berlitz said when they left. "I had assumed they had been raised well enough to ask to leave the table."

"Akemi has become more selfish since her leave, and His and Her Highness will be hearing of Arthur." Mr. Berlitz said coldly.

Hinata felt tears coming to her eyes. "Excuse me," she said to the adults at the table. "Akemi-chan is just a child… could you please not talk like that?" she asked.

Mrs. Berlitz smirked. "Hm, I assume that all commoners are this idiotic." She said smugly.

"Shut up!" Anthony suddenly yelled as he watched Hinata leave the table sadly. "The only idiotic people I see here are you two! You have no hearts, and no right to be parents!" he followed Hinata out the door, hoping to catch up with her.

Kukai gulped quietly when the table was left with Akemi's parents and himself, what's more the two were staring right at him.

Mr. Berlitz was the first to speak. "Souma-san, I believe that you've taken a liking to my daughter." He said calmly.

Kukai flinched. "H-How did you know…?" he asked quietly.

Mrs. Berlitz laughed. "You look at her like she's a trophy." She said simply.

Kukai blushed, not knowing that he was doing this. "Hn…"

-…-

"Hinata, wait!" Anthony yelled grabbing Hinata's hand and stopping her. "Hinata… are you alright?"

Hinata paused. "…Anthony," she said quietly. "What do you think of me?" she asked.

Anthony flushed. "W-What…?" he asked.

Hinata blushed, also realizing what she said. "N-No, not like that!" she said frantically waving her arms up and down. "…I mean, I'm not like you guys…"

Anthony sighed. "I thought you knew better than to listen to people like that." He said shaking his head.

"Look, Hinata," Anthony said patting her head. "No matter how different we are, you'll always be my friend."

Hinata hit the top of Anthony's head lightly. "Gotcha," she said happily. "You let your guard down again, told ya not to do that!"

Anthony groaned. "That again…" he mumbled under his breath. Though he still smiled, relived that Hinata was alright.

-…-

"Akemi, it's not like you to get so worked up over what our parents say." Arthur said wrapping his arms around the girl.

Akemi nodded sadly. "Arthur… they just, I just wish that Ikuto-ni was still here, it amazes me how I'll never be with him again." She said sighing.

Arthur smiled softly. "Akemi, remember what Ikuto taught us?" he said calmly.

Akemi nodded. "I know," she said quietly. "But for some reason, I wonder if what he said was true…"

Arthur grinned. "Of course it was true!" he said petting Akemi's head playfully. "Ikuto will always be with us, we'll always be together."

Akemi furrowed her eyebrows. "Yeah…"

"About that Kukai guy," Arthur said as Akemi cringed. "You don't like him, do you?"

"… To tell the truth… I don't know…" she said uncertain.

Arthur looked down. "You know though... I'll still love you more than anyone you'll ever meet." he said with a red face.

Akemi nodded. "I know, I love you too."

Arthur nodded in response, though he felt doubt within him. 'You'll never love me like I love you...'

-...-

Yes, news flash, Arthur actually loves Akemi for who she is, not like the movies where he's fake. I just wanted to make things more complicated by making him love her, because complication is my thing :D