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Chapter 4
Normal POV
The next day…
"Amu…," a blond girl called her name.
"Five more minutes please…," Amu mumbled, refusing to be woken from her slumber.
"No, you need to get up. NOW!" The blond-haired girl shouted at her pink-haired best friend.
"Okay, okay. I'm up now." The pinkette groaned.
"Good, now take your bath. Faster!" The blond-haired girl – Utau – told Amu.
Amu walked to the bathroom lazily, stripped her pajamas and walked into the shower. After fifteen minutes of a relaxing shower, she brushed her teeth and combed her pink hair before adding an x-shape clip. She walked to the dresser and pulled out one of Utau's clothes – because she forgot to pack some clothes yesterday – and walked down to the dining hall.
Once she got down, she saw all the Tsukiyomi family members had gathered at the dining table – that included Ikuto. She sat down beside Utau who sat across her mother. However, by doing so, she was face to face with Ikuto, who was seated next to the Tsukiyomi matriarch.
She saw some maids walking into the dining hall with their hands full of plates heaping with food. There were pancakes, bacons, sausages, and bread. The maids also prepared jugs of milk and orange juice. They set the food on the table and stood there meters away from the table.
Amu took a pancake with strawberry syrup – one of her favorite food – and began to eat the food. A maid walked to her and asked her what she wanted to drink, a glass of milk or a glass of orange juice. Amu chose the orange juice as she watched the maid poured the orange juice into her glass and set it down in front of her before she walked away and stood at her place.
After the delightful breakfast, the household members began to walk to separate ways. Aruto walked out of the house – he went to his office as he claimed – after he had said his goodbye to his lovely wife and children. Souko walked upstairs to her room, Ikuto walked into the family's private library and Utau dragged Amu to the garden.
'What a beautiful garden', Amu thought as she set her feet at the big royal garden. It was a beautiful garden with tons of colorful flowers. Utau was giving Amu a tour around her house as she remembered Amu never came to her house except that day – when Ikuto saved her – and yesterday. After two long hours of touring around the Tsukiyomi's mansion, Utau dragged the pinkette back to her bedroom. It was 3 p.m.; they must get ready for the banquet.
They took a shower and dressed up in their own dresses that they had bought. Amu helped Utau to do her hair and vice versa. Amu's dress was a blue-colored strapless dress and was mid-thigh long. Utau's dress was a green-colored one-shoulder dress and around the same length as Amu's. Both of the dresses hugged the wearer's curves perfectly. Amu and Utau wore simple and natural make-up. They also wore five-inch heels to complete their appearance.
It was 6 p.m. The guests had gathered at Tsukiyomi's household grand ballroom. Ikuto was looking for his friend – some of the Black Lynx member – when he spotted the blond-haired couple. He walked towards the man and woman.
"Tadase, Lulu." Ikuto greeted the blond-haired couple.
"Ikuto." Tadase greeted him back.
"Hello, Ikuto." Lulu – the blond-haired woman – greeted Ikuto.
"Ikuto." A high-pitched voice greeted him.
He turned back his body only to saw a red-haired girl who wore too much make-up and a slutty dress. It was blood red-colored with a low v-neck that generously showed her cleavages. The dress was stopped a few inches under her butt and not to mention it was so tight.
"What do you want?" Ikuto asked her in a cold-stern voice.
"Aw, why so cold towards your fiancée?" the red-haired girl who was known as Yamabuki Saaya replied.
Yamabuki Saaya was the heir of the Yamabuki Inc. The corporation was leading in nothing and currently held the 15th rank in the business world. Her father, Yamabuki Sai – the head of Yamabuki's household and president of Yamabuki's Inc. – wanted his only daughter – Saaya – to be married to Tsukiyomi Ikuto – heir of Tsukiyomi Inc. – so that Yamabuki's Inc. could rank up.
Of course, both Ikuto and Aruto knew about this. They weren't stupid. Aruto, of course, didn't approve of this engagement not only because it wasn't something good for the corporation and his son didn't like this girl, but also mainly because his wife – Souko – didn't like this annoying bitch.
"Last time I checked, I wasn't your fiancée." Ikuto told her.
"Soon, honey. Soon…" was Saaya's reply before Ikuto walked away and left her.
"Attention, please!" The Master of Ceremony spoke in the microphone.
"Now, may I present you, the host of this banquet: Tsukiyomi Aruto and Tsukiyomi Souko!" The MC shouted as Aruto and Souko walked down into the ballroom.
Aruto walked up to the stage and grabbed the microphone form the MC.
"Good evening everyone. Thank you for coming to this banquet tonight. I hope you enjoy our banquet and I want to announce an important thing later. Enjoy the rest of the evening. Thank you." Aruto finished his speech and walked down the stage.
The band began to play some songs as the butlers and maids walked into the ballroom and served the guests. Utau and Amu were standing in the corner of the room; they had a glass of cocktail in their hands.
Some of the boys had asked them to dance but they had refused. Not because they couldn't dance but because they didn't feel like dancing right now. Amu caught a familiar blond-haired man walking across the hall with a blond-haired beside him. It was Tadase and his soon-to-be-wife Lulu.
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Ikuto was walking away from Saaya when he caught a glimpse of pink standing in the corner of the room. He stopped immediately and observed the pink-haired girl. She wore blue strapless dress that hugged her curves perfectly. She wore a simple and natural make-up. It was perfect.
Ikuto walked towards the pinkette and saw the pinkette eyes narrowed at him. He smirked.
"Amu." Ikuto greeted her.
"Ikuto." Amu greeted him.
Amu observed the midnight-blue haired boy in front of her. He wore a black tux – heck! He was so handsome – and it was perfect for him.
"Utau." Ikuto greeted her sister – he spotted her standing beside the pink-haired girl when he walked towards the pinkette.
"Ikuto." Utau greeted him back.
Suddenly, a pair of arms hugged him from behind and pressed her body towards his back. He immediately knew who she was. She was Saaya, heck! How come the girl spotted him so fast?!
"Babe…" Saaya talked to him.
Ikuto released himself from the girl's hugged and glared at her.
"What the hell Saaya?" Ikuto hissed at her.
"Don't leave me. I'm your fiancée. Remember?" Saaya told him – she made her voice louder so the pinkette could hear her.
"Fiancée?!" Amu and Utau shouted.
Amu felt the pain again but now she knew why. She had fallen for him yet he didn't. It was hurt, more hurt when Tadase's announced his engagement with Lulu. Amu walked away before Ikuto could say anything to explain and Utau followed her best friend.
Utau loved his brother, so much. She had brother complex – she admitted it. But, she really didn't like that red-head girl. She would definitely prefer Amu to that Saaya girl if she could choose Ikuto's fiancée. Saaya, in her opinion, was so annoying.
"Amu." Utau called her best friend.
Amu turned her head so she faced her blond-haired friend.
"Utau, sorry…" Amu managed to talk.
"Why? Why do you say sorry?" Utau asked her best friend.
"I think, I have fallen for your brother." Amu murmured.
Utau laughed at her best friend. It's true that she was a bit sad when Amu confessed her feeling but she was happy. Why? Because she had found someone that she loved more than Ikuto. She loved Ikuto but as brother now. That romantic love had gone the moment she set her eyes on a brown-haired boy.
"It's okay. You have my blessing." Utau told her.
Amu's shocked face made the blonde-haired girl laughed more. Yeah, she forgot to tell the pinkette something.
"Amu, I've found someone else. I love Ikuto, yes but as a brother not as a man anymore," Utau told her best friend.
She was amaze too how she could find someone else and love Ikuto as a brother only in a short amount of time.
"Who's the lucky boy?" Amu asked her best friend, completely forgetting about Ikuto.
"His name is Kukai, Souma Kukai." Utau told her best friend as she couldn't help but blush.
"Tell me how you met him." Amu asked Utau eagerly.
Flashback
"Utau, where are you?" a woman in her nearly thirty asked her daughter.
"I'm at mall, mom." Utau replied her mother – Souko.
"Oh? Don't come home late. Remember, we have dinner tonight and your father has something to tell you," Souko told her daughter.
"Yes, Mom." Utau replied her mother before she hung up her phone.
She walked around the mall, looking for some clothes before she walked into a café. She ordered a glass of cappuccino and a plate of strawberry cheesecake.
She sat at one of the tables in the corner of the café and began to eat her cake when she saw a brunette boy walked into the café. He ordered something and took his food from the counter and began to look for an empty seat but he spotted none.
He saw the pig-tailed blond-haired girl eating her cake alone and he approached her.
"Hey, can I seat here?" the boy asked.
"No, can't you look for some other table?" the blond-haired girl asked him.
"There's no empty seat anymore." He pleaded.
"Whatever." She replied.
He soon sat across of her and grinned.
"So, what's your name?" the brunette asked.
"Utau, Hoshina Utau." The blond replied him.
"Cool, My name is Kukai. Souma Kukai." The brunette told Utau.
Utau didn't bother to tell him that her name is Tsukiyomi Utau. She took her mom's maiden name, Hoshina.
The brunette kept asking her some questions and she replied until both of them finished their meal and walked out of the café.
"It was nice, but I've to go right now. See you around, Hoshina." Kukai told her as he walked away.
Utau walked towards her car and drove home. When she arrived at her house, she spotted another red motorcycle. This one definitely not Ikuto's because his motorcycle was placed beside the red one.
She parked her Ferrari and walked inside the mansion. She spotted her mother at the living room, watching a movie when she walked into her bedroom.
She took a shower and dressed before she walked towards the dining hall where her father wanted to inform something tonight.
"Father, Mother." Utau greeted her parents and she sat as her usual place – across her mother.
Soon, Ikuto walked in with a boy behind him.
"Mother, Father." Ikuto greeted his parents and sat beside his mother.
"Uncle, Auntie, Utau?" the boy greeted the Tsukiyomi's household master and shocked when he saw a blond-haired girl.
"Kukai?" Utau was also shock when she saw the brunette.
"The hell?" Ikuto cut them.
"Language, Ikuto!" Souko warned his only son.
"Sorry Mom…" Ikuto replied in remorse.
"So, both of you had known each other?" the older man asked Kukai and Utau.
"Yeah, we met at café this evening." Utau told her father.
"Good." Aruto replied.
"So, what do you want to inform us?" The Tsukiyomi Mistress asked her husband.
"Well, as you can see, I invite Kukai to join our dinner because I want to discuss something important. It's about Black Lynx and something more important." Aruto replied.
"First, the Black Lynx's current leader Tsukiyomi Ikuto and vice-leader Souma Kukai. I want both of you to kill this person. He was known as the biggest drug-dealer in black market at Macau. Be careful, he was so sly and he had killed more than 500 peoples who worked for him." Aruto spoke again.
"The next one is I, Tsukiyomi Aruto wanted to inform that my youngest and only daughter, Tsukiyomi Utau to be engaged to Black Lynx current vice-leader, Souma Kukai." Aruto finished his 'speech'.
Utau was shocked out of her minds. Her father had never mentioned anything about engagement. She looked at her mother's expression. She didn't look angry as she expected; instead, she was smiling.
"Any objection?" Aruto spoke again.
No one answer.
"Good. Then it settled." Aruto said.
End of flashback
"Wait, how come you love him then?" Amu asked Utau.
"Actually, I was shocked that time when father announced that news. But, after that day Kukai came to me and we talked a lot of things to know each other more. He took me to date and I fell for him." Utau told her.
"So, are you happy?" Amu asked her friend.
"Yes, so much. I love him, he loves me. He asked me to become his girlfriend and not to rush about the engagement." Utau told the pinkette.
"I'm happy for you." Amu said to her blond-haired friend and hugged her.
They were talking about Utau's date with Kukai when they heard Aruto called the guests attention. They didn't want to miss the news too so they walked into the ballroom.
"I've some news that I want to tell my guests. First, I want to announce the engagement of Souma enterprise's heir Souma Kukai with my daughter Tsukiyomi Utau." Aruto spoke in the microphone as the guests clapped their hands and congratulated Souko and Mia – Kukai's mother.
"Next, I want to announce the engagement of my son and the heir of Tsukiyomi Inc., Tsukiyomi Ikuto, with Hinamori Amu." Aruto finished his announcement as he walked down the stage.
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