Okay! Byrdie again!
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The next day, when he came back, he looked somewhat more tense, I had no idea why. My Mother didn't seem to notice it, she thought everything was fine, but by the way he was talking. It was weird
And I didn't like it much.
"So, uh, anything worth sharing?" I asked. My Mother slapped my arm softly. "Don't say that!" She whispered.
"Well, actually, yes. Yesterday, I received news that I was being promoted." He said stiffly, for some reason, it sounded as if he was speaking from a script. A script that none of us could see, just him. My Mother beamed. "Is that so? Did you hear that, Alice? He said he was being promoted. Isn't that just wonderful?"
"Yes, Mother." I could feel his eyes staring at me and I just wanted to tell him, no, ask him why in the world he was here in the first place! He didn't feel like the other one's, well, the other's were all scared out of their minds. He acted so strong, so fearless, and it made me feel sick. I didn't know why, he was everything perfect, everything anyone would want in a person, perfect job, perfect life, perfect face, perfect everything! He was just so damn perfect! And he wasn't afraid of me. That just added to all the perfect things about him. If I were to get married to him, bless my soul, I would look like a crow standing next to him. No, worse than that!
"Alice, is there something you would like to say?" Mother asked impatiently, seeing that I looked this uncomfortable.
I chewed my lip. "No, Mother."
"Really? You don't have anything you would like to say to Mister Kanda." She asked again.
"Mrs. Walker, its okay, I don't feel offended." Kanda said quickly, then he mumbled something about being a moyashi being short or something I didn't quite catch.
That was it, "You know what? You obviously do not want to be here." I said out right.
He raised an eyebrow. "You read minds."
My Mother was again quite appalled by what he said. "Wh-what?! What do you mean?"
"Ah, never mind, Alice could I speak with you?" He looked at me again with those perfect dark blue eyes.
"Then talk." I said sarcastically.
"In private." He sounded almost pleading. I looked at my Mother for approval, she didn't look back, so I just assumed that meant yes.
"Okay." I said cautiously. I led him outside the room, "Yes?"
"Well, as you probably have noticed, I'm not huge on the formal shit. And well…" Kanda kept on talking but I wasn't really listening to him, I was watching his eyes dart around the hallway, trying to look at everything possible except for me. It was actually quite amusing, he was obviously nervous and every so often would quietly curse or mutter something obscene under his breath as he spoke. I didn't catch much of what he said at all.
"Oi, are you even listening to me, moyashi?" He snapped. "I said all those stupid words and you didn't even listen?"
"Er, might I ask what is this moyashi thing you speak of?" I asked uneasily shifting my eyes, I just didn't like to look at him, looking at people not like me was just, I dunno, awkward. Whether it be my Mother, Father, Borace or even Beatrice. I was strange in my own ways.
He looked surprised. "Oh," He looked off for a minute as if searching for words to say. "Nickname?"
"Interesting nickname, just what does moyashi mean?" I stared at him with my silvery blue eyes. I could tell he was somewhat reluctant to tell me.
"It means bean sprout."
"Bean sprout, as in those little plants?" I asked, I had never been compared to a plant before, but even through my love for plants I felt a flare of anger. "Are you telling me I'm short?"
He snickered. "You're pretty short to me."
"That's not nice!" I pounded my fists on his chest playfully. "I'm not that short!"
"Oh ho ho! What do we have here!" My Mother laughed. "A lover's quarrel." Kanda stiffened and Mother patted my arm and turned to look at Kanda. "Well, sir, it looks like my daughter is very interested in you." I wasn't listening too much of what Mother was saying but every so often I could feel Kanda's eyes flicker to my back. My Mother let go of my arm and she and Kanda walked to the further end of the hall. She whispered something to him and he nodded. They kept on talking quietly and secretively while I watched. Then I heard. "Thank you so much!" then Kanda bowed and walked down the stairs with Borace.
Mother practically skipped towards me. I raised an eyebrow, suspecting something. "Well?"
"Well? You should thank me! Your lovely Mother has done good once again!" She hugged me, "Think of how beautiful you will be in your wedding dress! Oh! We should get it tailored for you now! Let me write Bessie! Borace, get me a sheet of paper! I need to mail Alice's measurements to Bessie!" My Mother was ecstatic.
"Wait!" I grabbed my Mother's arm before she ran off to write Bessie. "Did he say he was going to court me?"
My Mother sent me a mischievous look. "You'll have to wait and see, Alice dear." Then she walked down the stairs and started shouting orders and the cooks and maids telling them we would be having company tonight.
"Oh," I said out loud. "His family is coming." Would they be like him? I mused. Wait! I can't seem too interested! Mother already suspects that I like him because I'm showing to much interest! I've got to seem cold and uncaring! I did not want to let everyone think I was infatuated with this, this, Kanda person. I did not love him he's probably just like all those other men, uncaring and cold. And I'll show him! I gritted my teeth together; I could not take any more heartbreak!I pushed my door open and angrily stomped to my closet. I've got to find something nice, so it'll seem like I'm exactly what they didn't think I was. I didn't know why I wanted to be so difficult, it was for my own good, or so my Mother thought. But it wasn't for my good, it was for her good and my Father's good. It was for their sake I was even getting married.
I pulled out a big white dress, it had many ruffles in it, it was one of the dresses I liked so my Father bought it for me. I laid it down on my bed. I would be sure to be ready for tonight.
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I can't say I liked this chapter to much, but who cares about my opinion? What's yours?
Does "Alice" seem like a nice little innocent girl? ;P