The Wedding Planner's Romance
By. Yuuna Miyako
PAIRING**E x T
GENRE** Romance, AU
SUMMARY** Tomoyo Daidouji is an ever cheerful wedding planner but she isn't married herself. What will happen if her handsome, enigmatic childhood friend, Eriol Hiiragizawa suddenly asks her to plan his own wedding for him?
AUTHORS NOTE** Long time no update!~ I'm finally back from 2 weeks of pure shopping and now I must whip myself back to my writing mode. I hope all my readers are still in good shape after my disappearance. I'm recovering from a post vacation mode, so please do criticize me lightly XP. I have to warn you guys about this chappie though—it's…just read XD. Anyways, here is the most awated chapter, please enjoy!
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Chapter 7. That Proposal—1st Part**
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Tomoyo Daidouji looked blankly at the taxi cab window, mindlessly looking the buildings and people that the car drove through. Her eyes felt puffy and tears still threatened to fall. She still had her hair quite fixed but her makeup was somewhat smudged. Her mind was so blank that she asked her taxi driver just to drive around as she thought of somewhere to go.
Besides she still had time to kill before the dinner with Touya.
She didn't want to return home because she didn't want her housekeepers to worry on what happened to her. Not at the office, since Sakura was doing a special wedding project and didn't want to interfere. Familiar places popped in her mind, yet she had the excuse not to go to those places because of the tendency to be seen…
…by him.
She didn't want to see Eriol Hiiragizawa at all. Every time she saw him, her heart is both lifted and pummeled down. Sadly, her pain was greater than her happiness because her feelings were taboo. Eriol was engaged. Eriol was her best friend. She knew that she crossed the line of friendship long ago, yet she wanted to believe that they could remain friends and as long her feelings are buried so deep it won't spring up.
But after that kiss…
Slowly, she brought her fingers to her lips.
Even though she felt the guilt build inside of her, she didn't regret kissing him at all.
Tomoyo knew she can't keep the act any longer. The strong passion she held inside of her could easily burst out when Eriol is present. She didn't want that. She promised him that she's happy when he is. But why does she feel so miserable?
"Can you please drive me to…"
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Eriol searched for her.
He called the Daidouji mansion if she was at home, but she wasn't. When he contacted her office, Sakura answered saying she wasn't there and was supposed to be together with him. He looked in other several places too—some of them are refuge for her when she felt down—like the penguin park. He also popped in the local library and some book stores for Tomoyo's sake.
But he didn't find her.
Eriol took another good look around the place where he was before he slowly headed to his car. Suddenly his phone rang, and in quick impulse, he reached for it and received the call.
"Tomoyo?" He asked.
There was silence in the other line.
"Mr. Hiiragizawa? This is your secretary."
Eriol felt his heart fell before he could clear his throat and pick up his poise, "Yes Nanao. What's going on?"
"I want to remind you about the business dinner that you were supposed to be tonight."
Immediately Eriol remembered. He managed to secure a business deal with a European company and an appointment was made to clarify some statements. A special agent was supposed to meet him in an expensive restaurant downtown.
"I understand, thank you."
Eriol sighed as he dropped the call.
Even though the meeting was running through his brain, the thought of Tomoyo worried him. In hesitation he battled what to do while driving. In the end, he decided to continue searching before the appointed time.
No matter where he went, he still couldn't find her.
Eriol glanced his car's digital clock, and the numbers 7:30 was glaring at him accusingly. He dejectedly shook his head, started the car's engine and drove to the restaurant where the plans are supposed to be held.
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7:30.
That's what the fancy, gold and silver colored wall clock indicated.
Touya is probably headed to the restaurant now.
Tomoyo stared blankly at the street outside the glass wall of one of the best Italian restaurants in town called La Meime. Though the atmosphere was warm, inviting and very relaxing, Tomoyo's heart somehow remained numb from earlier events and ignored the atmosphere around her. She took a sip of water as she stared at her reflection the mirror.
Thanks for the makeup, she managed to slightly cover the things she didn't want Touya to see—the puffy eyes and pale tone of her skin. But of course, she can't easily fool Touya. She knew the guy for years, and he's known to easily read her feelings just by looking at her.
With make up or without.
"Sir, your reservation is he—"
"Tomoyo!" Touya Kinomoto's voice called, causing Tomoyo to blink a couple of times before she turned around to look at him. He was still wearing a business suit, his tie a little crooked and his hair misplaced. Tomoyo can't help but to smile a little—Touya looked like he came out of another day of architectural design with new customers.
And the first day of planning is always the hardest.
"Hey." Tomoyo said, as brightly as she could.
Touya stopped and studied her a little. Tomoyo could feel her stomach do a knot when he did this—hopefully he didn't sense something this quickly, wouldn't he? To her relief, he didn't say a word but quickly slipped on the empty chair in front of her.
"Let's order." Touya said as he reached for a menu in front of him.
"Sure."
"I want spaghetti."
"Okay."
After ordering, an unusual silence came between the two. Usually both hit off talking about work or Sakura, and will never stop until the food came. Even till then, the conversation continues until they do need to part. Both noticed the slightly tensed atmosphere, and Touya needed to know why.
But of course, not too bluntly.
"I asked the waiter how long you've been waiting." Touya said calmly, "He told me you've been here since the afternoon."
"Oh that—I—" Tomoyo's mind went blank, "I—didn't have much things to do so I just decided to come here and wait…you know."
"Wait for hours?" Touya asked, "And it's ridiculous for me to hear you aren't busy. Did the business go bad or something?"
"No, no." Tomoyo shook her head, "It's not that. It's—"
Then the kiss flashed in her mind. Her heart ached again and a lone tear escaped out her right eye. Touya noticed this, causing his expression to turn a little more serious than before. Before he had a chance to reach out and wipe it out for her she quickly did it herself.
"Oh, goodness, not again." She quickly said, trying to formulate a reason, "Somehow, things like going in my eyes these days. And the business is actually fine. We're busy as usual, It's just Sakura wanted to do a special project that came out by herself. She's…"
Tomoyo found herself babbling and the warning screamed in her mind. Touya will definitely notice.
"Tomoyo, is there something wrong?"
She didn't even want to speak anymore. The lilac haired beauty just sadly looked at the man in front of her then to the window outside. To her surprise and her aching heart she found another familiar countenance headed towards the main entrance of the restaurant.
"Eriol…?" She asked in a whisper, but enough for Touya to hear and spot the same person she was looking at.
Next to the tired looking yet still handsome Londoner was a beautiful woman with amber colored hair. She had her arm wrapped to his and both were talking in a deep meaningful conversation. When the other laughed, the other did also. To Tomoyo's dismay, they also headed to inside La Meime.
Touya didn't say anything; he simply watched the couple come in and followed a waiter who directed them to a reserved place somewhere in the building. He hand studied the beautiful woman who accompanied Eriol Hiiragizawa, and then it dawned to him.
"I know her." Touya said simply.
"What?"
"The woman with Hiiragizawa. I believe her name is Kaho Mizuki, the daughter of the only daughter of a European tycoon. She manages a chain of five star hotels in Europe and is deciding to open new branches in Asia. I remembered she contacted our office awhile ago."
Upon hearing this, Tomoyo knew one thing.
"She's probably Eriol's fiancé." Tomoyo said slowly, and very softly.
Touya noticed Tomoyo's uneasiness knowing that the Londoner was present. But luckily the couple was seated far apart from them, so far that they were out of sight. Touya looked at Tomoyo's sad amethyst eyes as she looked out the glass wall once more, drifting into silence.
"Daidouji." Touya finally broke the silence, his tone was serious. That immediately caught the beautiful wedding planner's attention. She knew one thing, Touya was definitely serious when he calls her just by her last name.
"Yes?"
"The reason…the reason…" Touya paused, clearing his throat a little as Tomoyo noticed a slight blush escape his cheeks, "Ugh, how am I going to say this?"
"How rare." Tomoyo giggled, "A nervous Touya Kinomoto. Such a Kodak moment."
"Shut up." He quickly said, "Anyways…"
"Yes?"
"The reason I asked you to come here is because of this," And slowly he pulled out a velvet jewelry box and slowly opened it, revealing a simple yet beautiful diamond ring.
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Eriol, being the perfect gentleman pulled out the chair for the beautiful lady who he accompanied. He was surprised, but he managed to keep his poise. Kaho Mizuki was his tutor when he left Japan for Europe and now she turned out to be his new business associate. Not only that, but the CEO of the company he's on contract with.
"I heard you're getting married," Kaho said as she took a sip of her champagne, "How is the wedding plans going along?"
Eriol sighed, "Not that good. It turned out harder than I thought."
Kaho smiled, "Have you told her yet?"
"I—"
Suddenly his phone went off, causing him to quickly slip his phone out his pocket and politely excused himself. Then, while walking away from the table he answered the call.
"Did you find her yet?" Eriol asked.
It was embarrassing to do, but Eriol had no choice but ask Nanao to search for his lilac haired childhood friend. To Eriol's relief, Nanao didn't ask further questions and just said yes to his request.
"I found her," Nanao's voice said, "It looks like she has a reservation in the same restaurant you're in sir."
"Wha--?" And before Eriol could even finish his sentence, right in front of him, a couple of feet away was the woman he was searching for. Tomoyo though didn't notice him, because she was wide eyed and speechless at the words of the man in front of her who held a ring.
Eriol felt like water and ice poured on him as he numbly stared at everything happening before him.
"Tomoyo, will you marry me?"
He knew he was just too late.
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**Next Chapter excerpts
"It's me…"