Chapter 4
Normal POV
After Rihan finished his story, he nervously waited for Rikuo's reaction. Rikuo just stared at him with a shocked face. What Rihan just told him couldn't fully sink in. When it finally did,
"SO YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT THE DEAL YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WAS THAT? YOU'RE MAKING ME MARRY A STRANGER?" Rikuo screamed at the top of his lungs. He also transformed into his night form. It wouldn't be a surprise if everyone in the mansion heard him.
"I'm really sorry Rikuo! I just said it on a whim!" Rihan said in an apologetic tone while crying and bowing, to the angry Rikuo, comically while Nurarihyon just watched them in the sidelines.
"Come on dad, help me out here…" Rihan said pleadingly to the First.
"No way. This all your fault Rihan. You deal with him yourself." He said as he stood up and walked to the door. "Why don't you all stop eavesdropping as well." When he opened the door, all kinds of yokai fell into the room which is mainly Tsurara, Kejouro, Kubinashi, Kurotabou, Aotabou, and some smaller yokais.
"We're very sorry for eavesdropping sodaisho!" they all said at the same time and went back to what they were doing before. Rikuo has finally somehow calm down after minutes of screaming at his dad.
"Seriously, what were you thinking, agreeing to that stupid deal dad?" he asked the shivering and still crying Rihan.
"I just said it 'coz I thought it would be fun…" he said in a soft whisper
"What part of this is fun? Yamabuki-san was right. There are a lot of other, and much stronger, yokais out there. You could've just rejected it." Rikuo kept on shouting at Rihan when the door suddenly opened.
"Sorry to interrupt, but dinner's ready." Wakana told them cheerfully, Rikuo stopped shouting and Rihan said ''aahh, Wakana I'm glad you're here. Rikuo kept on lecturing me…" he complained to his wife.
"Well I wouldn't blame him, because you did agree with that stupid deal all by yourself and didn't think about your future child's feelings. Heehee. I was kinda eavesdropping too." Wakana said with an innocent smile on her face while Rihan just gaped at her and the others just sweat dropped. The night went by fast….for some.
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When Tsurara woke up the next morning, her head felt like it was about to break apart. When Rikuo noticed this he wasn't surprised,
"Ne, Ts-tsurara…" he called to her nervously
"What is it, waka?"
"Since you're not feeling very well, why don't you stay here for today. I'll just bring to you the homeworks."
"No, I can't! I'm your bodyguard, I can't let you go alone. Besides I…feel…per..fec..tly…fine" before she hit the floor, luckily Rikuo caught her.
"See, you're not fine. Don't worry about me just take care of yourself. Besides Aotabou would be coming with me so don't worry." He carried her back to her room and forced her to get some sleep.
When he left the room, he stayed outside the door for a bit and thought 'hah, gladly she doesn't remember what happened last night' with a visible blush on his face. Tsurara, who was supposed to be asleep, suddenly woke up when she remembered something similar happened just recently, without the getting sick part. She blushed as she remembers bits and bits of what happened last night.
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Flashback
During dinner time, everyone partied after hearing about the news of Rikuo getting married. Rikuo tried to explain but they just won't listen. Tsurara was so depressed about it that she drank and drank and drank all her depression away until Kubinashi stopped everyone from drinking anymore sake.
"Tsurara you should already stop drinking. You still have classes tomorrow." Kubinashi pleaded
"Ah come on Kubinashi, loosen up a bit ~~~"
The almost drunk Rikuo said, "I'll take care of her Kubinashi. Just get everyone else back to their room." He carried Tsurara to her room, bridal style.
When he finally arrived at her room, "Rikuo-sama, what would I do when you finally get married? It's already painful enough seeing you being so friendly with Ienaga-san. But to see you spending the rest of your life with another girl, I don't think I would live that long." she said while subconsciously caressing his face and frozen teardrops fell from her eyes. "I love you very much Rikuo-sama, why can't you see that? Why do I always have to suffer just because you can't understand my feelings for you?" as she says everything that's been bottled up inside her she couldn't help hugging him while crying her heart out for about 5 minutes.
"Tsurara, I didn't know you had such feelings for me. And I thought I was the only one." He said when her crying has subsided and looked at her with pain clearly seen in his eyes.
"What do you mean, Rikuo-sama?"
"I thought that my feelings for you were one-sided, I didn't think you would feel the same." he said with a sheepish grin on his face.
"You mean, you…"
"Yeah. I love you, too, Tsurara. I always have and always will. I don't even know when it started." After hearing those words coming straight from his mouth, some weight has finally left her shoulder. He cupped her face and wiped her tears away. He leaned his face closer and closer to hers until their faces were only inches away from each other. She felt a lot of passion from his kiss but at the same time she could tell he was hungry for her. 'His/her lips feels so soft' they both thought. All the sadness, depression, and pain she endured these past years disappeared in an instant just because of this one special kiss. Her heart was beating rapidly and her face was hot and as red as a ripe strawberry. When they finally pulled away from each other, they were both gasping for their breaths.
" I love you…Tsurara. And I promise to you that I would never agree to marrying some stranger because of the deal that dad made." Rikuo said in a romantic and seductive voice while panting.
Just hearing his voice made her blush even more and her face already felt blazing hot "I love you, too, Rikuo-sama."
End of flashback
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"Oh no! how could I face him now?" screamed the troubled ice maiden. "Maybe he doesn't remember. Yeah, maybe Rikuo-sama won't remember it. If he did, he would be tense and everything just like me, right?" she said talking and convincing herself that he doesn't remember. But, unluckily for her, he did remember. He's just good at acting that he doesn't. When he arrived at school, he couldn't concentrate at all. He keeps on remembering what happened.
"Are you alright, Rikuo-kun? Your face is red. Do you have a fever or something?" Kana asked worriedly.
"No I'm alright Kana-chan. Thanks for worrying about me." Just as Kana was about to say something, the teacher arrived.
"Alright class, settle down. We have a transfer student today."
"oohh…." Everyone said, interested who it could be.
"Come on in." the teacher motioned her to get in. When they saw the transfer student, the boys' eyes almost fell out with their tongues out as if they were some kind of dog and the girls just glared at her. Rikuo wasn't all that interested but he's gotta admit, she really is pretty cute and couldn't help staring at her. "Okay then, please introduce yourself."
"Hello everyone. My name is Hanazono Yuri. Please to meet you." She said with a bow.
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A/N: Yay! Finally made the fourth chapter! I wonder if Rikuo is a bit out of character here? Do you guys find the transfer student suspicious and mysterious? Tell me what you guys think about the chapter. If there are any mistake just tell me. Criticism is alright too, just not too much, since it would help me a lot.