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Chapter 5
Normal POV
Amu's shocked expression was plastered on her face when she heard Aruto's announcement. How come she was engaged to Ikuto? She hadn't heard about the engagement news when she had been having her breakfast with the Tsukiyomi household members this morning. What would her parents say about this engagement? Tons of questions were inside of the pinkette's head.
Ikuto was shocked too. He didn't know anything about this engagement. Hell, the only engagement he knew was that his sister was engaged to his best friend.
His father hadn't discussed this engagement thing to him; not like he wanted to refuse anyway. It was just because he didn't like being controlled. He loved this whole engagement thing, especially after he had fallen for the pinkette.
"Utau, do you know anything about this whole engagement thing?" The pink-haired girl asked her best friend.
"No, certainly not…" Utau replied her, a bit taken aback by the unnerving revelation as well.
"Hell… how can I tell my parents about this damn engagement?" Amu cursed.
"Relax, baby. Breath…" Utau tried to make the pinkette calm down.
Amu relaxed a bit and walked towards Souko. She saw Souko was shocked too, so she definitely didn't know about this whole engagement thing. She was walking around the big ballroom only to find that Ikuto was standing dumbfounded at the place he was standing on.
Okay, so this whole engagement thing was Aruto's idea and certainly only he and God knew about this. Amu was looking for Aruto when a strong arm dragged her out of the crowd. It was a masquerade party but everyone who knew Amu could easily spot her because of her rare pink hair.
"Amu…" a deep voice talked to her.
"What do you want, Ikuto?" Amu asked her kidnapper.
"We have to talk to my father." Ikuto replied her with a cold voice.
She knew that he didn't know any single thing about this engagement but after she heard Ikuto's cold voice she knew that he didn't like the whole idea. Of course, someone as handsome and attractive as him wouldn't like a normal pink-haired girl like she.
A slight pain formed in her heart. She fought her tears; she didn't want Ikuto to know about her feelings, definitely not especially after she knew that Ikuto didn't want this engagement and wanted to call this thing off.
Amu kept struggling in Ikuto's strong arms but Ikuto refused to let her go. She wanted to run away right now. She didn't want to see him. She just wanted to be alone. Ikuto dragged her towards the stage where Aruto was standing with some of his acquaintances.
Aruto saw his son approaching him with the pinkette and his lips began to form a smirk.
"Father." Ikuto greeted his father.
"Ah, gentlemen, please meet my son, Ikuto and his fiancée, Amu." The older man introduced Ikuto and Amu to his acquaintance. They couldn't help but smile towards them.
Aruto kept walking around the hall to introduce Ikuto and Amu to his acquaintances. Of course both Ikuto and Amu didn't do that willingly. Both of them wanted to speak to Aruto about this engagement but Aruto knew about what they were planning; that's why he kept walking around – little that Amu and Ikuto knew, Aruto had expected their reaction and used it to made all of his acquaintances meet the couple personally and greeted them.
Ikuto hadn't realized that his father had been using his actions – to spoke to him personally – to made the 'thing' become more complicated because if all of the older man's acquaintances had met him and his fiancée personally it would made the engagement more official.
It was 10 p.m. Most of the guests had left the Tsukiyomi mansion. There left Souma family, Hotori family, and Tsukiyomi family. All of them walked towards Tsukiyomi private library to discuss about the engagement. When they walked into the library, a gasp was heard from a certain pink-haired girl.
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"Amu…" a soft voice spoke to the pinkette.
"Why?" Amu shocked voice could be heard by anyone that was inside the library.
"Honey, you need to know something." A woman in her early thirty told the pink-haired girl.
"Mom, Father…" Amu couldn't speak anything.
"Everyone, please sit down." Aruto voice broke down the heavy atmosphere.
All of them sat at the couch as Aruto had instructed before, looking a bit nervous.
"Ok, let's start." Aruto spoke.
"Why? Why didn't you tell me before, Father?" Ikuto voice was cold.
"First, this engagement between Amu and Ikuto had been set since both of you were still babies–" before Aruto could explain more, Amu cut it.
"Mother, why didn't you tell me?" She asked her mother.
"Let me explain more, Amu. Both of your father and I are good acquaintances. We are best friends; that's why we want our children to marry and build the corporation together." Aruto explained.
"So, this whole engagement was just about business?" Amu asked – her voice cracked.
"I won't do it." Ikuto told his father.
Amu felt that pain again. So, what she assumed was right. Ikuto wanted to call the engagement off. She wasn't the girl that he was looking for. She was a plain girl. She didn't look attractive and she wasn't beautiful. She was an ordinary girl, whereas Ikuto was attractive, handsome, and Tsukiyomi Inc.'s heir.
Amu ran out of the room. She couldn't let all of them – especially Ikuto – see her cry. She ran as fast as she could until she reached the main street. She took a cab to go home.
She reached her home later. She opened the door, ran to her bedroom and cried. Again. Today, Hinamori Amu's heart was broken. Again.
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Ikuto sat there dumbfounded when he saw Amu ran outside the door. He blinked for a while before he ran to chase her but he was too late. He saw Amu taken a cab and it had driven away.
'What the hell was I saying?' Ikuto thought.
I won't do it…. I won't do it… I won't do it…
The midnight-blue haired man kept recalling his answer. He realized how it was hard for Amu too yet he had made her sad. 'It's not like I don't want to do it', Ikuto thought. Hell, he was so happy when he heard the news but he couldn't help but blurt out that line because he didn't want to be controlled by his father.
He walked back to his house. He went straight away to his bedroom. He locked the door and sat on his bed. He kept thinking about the pink-haired girl…
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The Hinamori family sighed, true they said to their only child and daughter – Amu – that they were going to vacation but it was just the only reason that they could use. Actually, they hadn't been anywhere. They were staying in Tsukiyomi's other house to discuss something important.
There's another reason behind the engagement, but Hinamori Tsugumu and Tsukiyomi Aruto couldn't tell the main reason. Aruto and Tsugumu had told their wives. But still, they couldn't tell Amu. Ikuto must know the main reason, and everyone knew that Ikuto would accept this engagement once he knew the truth.
But Amu? The innocent pink-haired girl…
Could she accept it all? God! All of them were confused.
Both Souma and Hotori knew the reasons because they were the one who suggested this planned before. But, who was brave enough to tell the innocent girl like Amu? No one…
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The next day ...
At Hinamori's house...
Amu woke up at 9 a.m.. She didn't bother to go to work today as she knew that Tadase would understand her condition right now because he had been there last night.
She walked into her bathroom, took a relaxing bath and walked towards the dining room. She found her mom cooking breakfast. Her father was nowhere to be seen.
She walked silently and sat on the chair in the dining room. Her mother spun around her body and looked at her daughter. She was so exhausted, anyone could see her swollen red eyes. She wasn't angry at her parents because of the engagement but she was sad because Ikuto rejected the proposal in front of her eyes.
She cried and cried last night. Even after her parents arrived back at Hinamori residence they could hear their only daughter crying. She was broken-hearted!
She knew she couldn't let her hope up or she will end up being hurt once again just like this. But she couldn't help it, she liked him – maybe loved him. She ate in silence, Hinamori Mistress couldn't ask her anything right now or she would cry again.
After she ate her breakfast, she told her mother that she wanted to walk at the park. Her mother gave her permission so she went to the park. She needed fresh air!
She walked to the park and sat at a bench where she could see bunch of children playing around in the sandbox. She smiled a bit at the view she saw, she really wanted to had a sister or brother – someone that she could spoil.
She walked to the children and asked them if she could join them, which they accepted it happily. She was enjoying the moment when she caught a glimpse of midnight blue in the corner of her eyes. She gasped and looked at the direction. There stood Tadase and Ikuto talking to each other. She knew that they hadn't noticed her. She waved goodbye to the children and walked away before the two of them could catch her.
She hid behind a large tree near Ikuto and Tadase's standing place because if she wanted to go home, she needed to walk across the street where they were standing at. She sighed, she tought she wouldn't run into the midnight blue-haired boy today.
Ikuto and Tadase began to walk away, still chatting with each other and Amu took her opportunity to walk across the street and go home. She didn't want to bump into the midnight-blue haired boy again today. She had had enough.
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