Hey guys, I'm really sorry for the reallylong wait for this chapter, I've been busy these past months with a new job, college application forms, camping with explorer scouts, college work is overwhelming at times etc etc, Im not going to bore you with all my excuses.
Riko: You do camping?
SS: Yes... I do
Hanabusa: How do you cope with all the bugs and dirt?
SS: Umm because I can, I enjoy it... also I use bug spray... and the dirt doesn't bother me much
Hanabusa & Riko: O..O... Wow... She is the... dirt woman
SS & Zero: -_-' ... They are spoilt
Riko: Remember when we went camping Z?
Zero: Yes, but you woke us up in the middle of the night by screaming... -_-
Riko: Well there was a big spider next to me
SS: -looks at Zero in disbelief-
Zero: I know it's hard to believe that a Vampire is scared of a little spider... -_-
Riko: IT WASN'T LITTLE
Zero: -_-'
Riko & Zero – Arguing in the background-
SS: Right...Someone do the disclaimer before it's dawn please.
Hanabusa: XxSapphire SakuraxX does not own Vampire Knight or Carrie Underwood's There's a place for us, She does however own my lovely Riko
Riko:Awww how sweet Hanabusa -Embraces him-
SS: RIGHT... On with the story before I puke
~Riko's POV~
I heard a knock at the door and I grumbled as it was too early for my liking and mind you I stayed up late working on the song, I mean why me, there are famous singers going tonight, but no they want me. Someone knocked on the door again before entering "Riko? Oh your still in bed, well you're going to need to get up and get ready, we are leaving in 2 hours" Hanabusa said "meh, I don't wanna get up" I said, Hanabusa gave a small chuckle at my childish behaviour "Well unfortunately I need you there tonight as my fiancée" he said, Hanabusa made his way over to my bed, placed the box at the bottom on the bed and then sat down beside me "come on Riko, it's time to get up or otherwise we are going to be late" He said in a soft voice. I turned around to face him "Hanabusa" I said, he turned his head to look at me, we looked at each for a little while "Riko" he said as I sat up and he leaned in to give me a good morning kiss "come on.. get up.. we only..got an..hour and..50 minutes..to get..ready and..be downstairs" he said in between kisses "Ok then I'll be down in a bit then" I said to him as I hopped out of bed, Hanabusa chuckled, gave me a kiss on the cheek before letting himself out. I sighed before I made my way into the shower 'today is going to be a long day' I thought to myself.
I was out of the shower in 10 minutes so that left me 1 hour and 40 minutes to do hair, makeup and decide what shoes I'm wearing. I had decided on having loose curls in my hair with light makeup, my dress was a light purple dress with black medium size straps on it and just under the bust there was a black band, 'simple, but beautiful' I thought. So hauled out my black heels to go with the band, by then it was time to take out the curlers, I pulled some of my hair back on my right side and put a black rose clip in, for my makeup, I simply put on some foundation, eyeliner, mascara and some lipstick on. I put on my dress and heels as I only had 10 minutes left, picked up my small black handbag and I was ready to go, I had a quick look in the mirror and the dress I was wearing slightly hung on to my curves, barely showed my shoes and it wasn't low cut, but it showed that I had boobs because of the band. I put on a black dress jacket and I headed down to the main entrance and met up with Hanabusa and the others "Ready to go then" Akatsuki mumbled "Yeah" we replied and we headed out to the car.
When we got to the underground mansion, we all got out of the car and Akatsuki was the first one to make his way into the building, but he stopped "Hanabusa" said Akatsuki
"What is it Akatsuki?"
"for some reason Yuki Cross is lying unconscious here" he replied, Hanabusa and I looked at him in shock and Kaname came up behind us "What a troublesome girl" he said "I'll show you a room that she can stop in until either the end of the soiree or until a car comes to pick her up" Hanabusa said whilst Kaname was picking her up "Riko, I'll see you later" he said then giving me a peck on the cheek before leading Kaname into a room where he can put Yuki in.
"She is a troublesome girl, indeed" I mumbled to myself, Akatsuki gave a small chuckle, we both walked down the stair to where the Aido family was holding the Soiree. I met up with Lord Aido to discuss the arrangements for this evening.
"Hello Nagamichi, I hope that you are well?" I said
"Ah, Sapphire, It is good to see you, I'm glad that you could make it" he said
"Well it does include Hanabusa and I's announcement, so it would be rude not to"
"Yes, that is true, I'm guessing that you're wondering when the announcement is going to be?"
"Yes, Hanabusa and I want to be ready for it"
"I was thinking after you sang your song"
"Yes, that sounds like a good time and I'll tell Hanabusa later"
"Ah, yes thank you, I'll talk to you later as I have some guests to attend to"
"Yes, you shall"
As Nagamichi walked away I decided to walk about for a bit then I found my brother talking to a noble girl, Kawayama family, I think or maybe it was Nakamoto, I really didn't care. He noticed me over the girls shoulder and gave me a small smile before turning his attention back to her and I returned the smile, a butler offered me a glass of wine and blood, I refused as I hated the taste of wine.
I decided to go and talk to Akatsuki and Ruka as I was getting bored and I really didn't fancy talking to other people, I was there until Hanabusa came up to me and took my hand and kissed it "I've been looking for you, I hope you haven't been getting into trouble whilst I was gone" He said flirty
"Hmm what kind of trouble could I get up to at a soirée?" I replied with the same tone of voice as his was.
"No idea, I'm sure you'll find something" he said with a wink
"Hmm I always do, Anyway your father told me that the announcement is after the song"
"Ah thank you, been wondering when the announcement was going to be, it's not long now until you do your song"
"Don't remind me Hanabusa, I'm nervous as it is"
"You'll be fine; your voice is beautiful as you are"
"Hmm thank you, how's Yuuki?"
"She's fine Kaname-Sama is staying with her for now"
"Hmm that's good, I was wonderin.." I started to say what was on my mind, but I was rudely interrupted by a noble girl.
"Ahh Hanabusa, It is nice to see you again, how are you?" She said ignoring that the fact that I was there.
"If you do n.." he started to say, But I stopped him, I mouthed 'It's ok, I'll talk to you later' He looked at me with a sad expression on his face.
"What was it that you were going to say?" she said so innocently, if I wasn't at the Soiree I would have punched her.
"Oh um nothing, It is nice to see you again Akita, I am fine, How about you?" He said without sounding annoyed
"I am good now I have seen you and what is with the formal surname, I thought we were past that stage after that night we spent together" she said flirty, I forced myself to walk away before I did something I regret, but now there was something else on my mind 'Has Hanabusa been sleeping around?' I looked over my shoulder at them and our eyes met, he could tell that I was hurt. She noticed that he wasn't paying attention to her and followed where his met, she wasn't happy that he was paying attention to me instead of her "Hanabusa, why are you staring at Ichijo, don't tell me you are doing her too?" she said with a slight smirk on her face. Hanabusa had a look of shock, disbelief and worry, I turned away and walked off leaving him with her, Thoughts were racing through my mind and I wasn't really watching where I was going and I didn't exactly care, I was too upset. I couldn't believe that Hanabusa had lied to me about being with other woman, I wouldn't have minded as the past is the past and the fact that I've been away for a while.
Tsukiko came up to me "Hello Riko, You alright? You look a bit down" she said
"Hmm yeah, I will be ok"
"Something's bothering you, do you want to tell me?" she asked
"No, it is ok, I will get my answers from him later and it might not be pretty"
"What has my idiotic brother done now?"
I sighed and gave in as I know that she was going to find out sooner or later.
"The girl from the Akita family asked him if he was doing me too and before that he called her by her family name and she said I thought we were past that stage after that night we spent together. It wouldn't be so bad if he told me the truth when I asked if he had been with any other girls, but he said no, I would have understood if he had been as I have been away for a while now"
"Oh gosh, I am going to kill him after the soirée and if he truly loved you, he wouldn't be sleeping around, would he now?"
I sighed I didn't know what to say really I knew she was right and I didn't know if I wanted to go through with the announcement, but I knew that I had to for my grandfather's sake as I put him through hell as he tried to set me up with previous marriage proposals.
I decided to head to the balcony that was overlook the soirée and I was looking at the different people that attended then I noticed a certain silver haired prefect, I gave a small smile before heading down to meet him. I walked up beside him "Good evening Zero" I said he turned and looked at me "Hm hello Riko" he said, I then felt eyes on me but I didn't care.
"I see you were made to babysit the soirée"
"Yeah, they are testing me; hm you know they are watching us closely?"
"Yes, I do, but I don't care what they think you are my friend and I know you did not kill Shizuka Hio" I said with slight anger
Zero turned slightly to look at me, he gave me a small smile "Thank you Riko and I would love to stand here and chat to you all night, but I do have duties to attend to, I'll speak to you later" "Hm you shall" we both walked away in different directions and I headed back up to the balcony until it was time to do my song.
After a while I looked at the clock, was almost time for me to sing, I headed down to where the soirée was and I met Kaname and Takuma on the way down, we came to the doors and a maid opened them for us. All the Vampires were bowing to Kaname apart from Zero and Yagari, I gave a small smile at that fact, "Excuse me, I didn't mean to interrupt everyone, please enjoy yourselves" Kaname said
"Kaname-Sama, is it true that you stood up against the Senate to defend a human? This one here?" Said a vampire
"I did"
This caused the crowd to talk amongst themselves and I heard things like 'I respect Kaname-Sama, He must believe it is time we meet humans halfway for both our futures, what a noble cause' I walked down with Kaname to meet Lord Aido (Nagamichi) in the middle along with Tsukiko and Hanabusa "Kaname-Sama, Thank you for putting up with my son" said Nagamichi
"Thank you for inviting me tonight Lord Aido. I'm not comfortable at soirees so I hardly attend."
"Please don't worry about it. We have a special favour to ask of you tonight" he said looking back at Tsukiko, I rolled my eyes slightly, I knew what he was going to ask.
"FATHER!" exclaimed Hanabusa; I looked at him for a second before turning to look at Tsukiko.
"This is my daughter Tsukiko, we hope that you Kaname-Sama may take a fancy to her that is the wish of our entire clan" Nagamichi said
"Father, Please. Kaname-Sama that's not my wish!" said Hanabusa
"I don't know what will happen in the future, but I will remember her"
Then that was it Kaname started to get surrounded by other nobles hoping that Kaname would take a fancy to their daughters. Then again Kaname used to ignore the topic completely, But I'm guess that people will be saying how matured he is now and that he now understands his role as a rare pureblood. I was snapped out of my thoughts when I heard a female voice "Everyone, please don't make a fuss. You're unconvincing Kaname-Sama." it came from Shirabuki Sara.
"Sara, it's been a while" said Kaname
"Kaname, I've missed seeing you since you started playing school. There are few purebloods left in this world, so we must support each other" she said
Nagamichi cleared his throat and everyone turned their attention to him "I would like to announce that Ichijo Riko will be singing us a song, when you are ready Riko" He said and I gave him a small smile and walked up beside him. Nagamichi walked down, I took a deep breath before nodding to the guy on the piano.
There's a place out there for us
More than just a prayer or anything you've ever dreamed of.
So when you feel like giving up
Cause you don't fit in down here
Fear is crashing in, close your eyes and take my hand yeah.
We can be the kings and queens of anything if we believe.
It's written in the stars that shine above
A world where you and I belong
Where faith and love will keep us strong
Exactly who we are is just enough
There's a place for us, there's a place for us.
When the water meets the sky
Where your heart is free and hope comes back to life
When these broken hands are whole again
We'll find what we've been waiting for
We were made for so much more
We can be the kings and queens of anything if we believe.
It's written in the stars that shine above
A world where you and I belong
Where faith and love will keep us strong
Exactly who we are is just enough
There's a place for us, there's a place for us
So hold on, hold on
There's a place for us
We can be the kings and queens of anything if we believe.
It's written in the stars that shine above
A world where you and I belong
Where faith and love will keep us strong
Exactly who we are is just enough
Exactly who we are is just enough
There's a place for us
The room was quite for a couple of seconds before the room burst in applause, I smiled and nodded to Nagamichi, he called for Hanabusa and whispered in his ear. Hanabusa started making his way up to beside me and I took his hand, he looked at me with surprise, I made him turn so that he was facing me and I whispered in his ear "Let's do the announcement and I'll listen to what you have to say later" He simply nodded. He cleared his throat "Everyone please listen, I have announcement to make" He waited until he had everyone's attention then he looked at me for a second before saying "I would like to announce that Ichijo Riko and I are engaged and will be getting married in a month's time" I hid my look of surprise 'A MONTHS TIME, WHY DIDN'T ANYONE TELL ME' I screamed in my mind, but on the outside I was smiling away as people started to say their congratulations, after that there was a few hours left off the soirée. I stayed behind to discuss wedding options with Nagamichi and Tsukiko, but by the time I got to the room I could hear two people shouting at each other, Hanabusa and Tsukiko.
"But why would you sleep with some other woman when you have a perfect beautiful woman who has stuck by your side even when she wasn't allowed to date families like ours and remained faithful to you even when she was sent away by her grandfather?!" Tsukiko shouted
"I..I..I don't know, I was stupid" said Hanabusa
"You are stupid, you may be the boy genius, but you can be so stupid at times, now go and her Riko and make it up to her" said Tsukiko
Tsukiko walked out of the room and walk pasted me and she whispered "he's all yours" I gave her a small smile before heading into the room. Hanabusa was sitting in the chair with his head in his hands, I walked up to him and gently put my hand on his head, he gave a small sigh before looking up. My hand slipped down and rested on his cheek, his bright blue eyes stared into my bright green eyes, we stared at each other for a little while before Hanabusa said "why? Why did you go through with it you could have turned me down on the spot and gave me what I deserved?"
"If I did that then the tables would have been turned and my grandfather has finally decided that I can marry you, I'm not going to throw all that way over some comment from one stupid girl" I said
"It wasn't some stupid comment, it actually happened; you asked me if I had been with any other woman and I lied to you, I don't deserve a caring beautiful woman like you"
"I've said this one and I'm going to say it again, I don't care about the past, just as long as it doesn't happen again, stay clear of her and we should be fine"
He gave a small smile before kissing my hand, "Why wasn't I told that the wedding was going to be in a month's time?" I asked
"It was my father's idea, originally it was going to be after we both turned 18, if it bothers you I could push it back more?"
"No its okay Hanabusa, I don't mind and what do you mean by more?"
"He wanted it 2 weeks after the announcement"
I gave him a look of shock
"What's his hurry? Does he want a grandchild as quickly as possible?"
Hanabusa gave a small chuckle "No, he wants to hurry us up in case your grandfather changes his mind"
Now it was my turn to chuckle "Trust me, he is not going to change his mind, he's at his wit end about marriage proposals and decided to give me want I wanted, well what Kaname approved of"
This made Hanabusa smile, he stood up and came over to where I was standing, he wrapped his arms around me, he stared in to my eyes then he leaned down and gave me a passionate kiss. He pulled away "Hm let's go back to the academy" he said in a soft voice I just simply nodded.
That's it for this chapter
I'll explain what's happening for the next chapter as it's supposed to be when they go away for their holidays, but I can't have the wedding after that because that's when everything is starting to kick off about Yuuki and that Hanabusa is in that as well (Protecting Yuuki).
So the next chapter is going to be the Wedding and I'll slightly write about they're honeymoon to.
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