Chapter 4: Their First (proper) Meeting
Disclaimer( I want to try this )-
Hikaru: oy! You didn't give us proper mention on the previous chapter. Heck we weren't talked about the whole chapter!
Mew: You two are not necessary. I don't want a pair of incest twins spoiling the mood~
Hikaru: … Is it now? (shouts) Kyo-ya~! Did you know that Beatrice has a cru—
Mew: (covers his mouth) Fine! Geez. (Frantically looks around to see if Kyoya was present)
Kaoru: (shrugging) She doesn't own us. She owns that big eyebrow girl.
Mew: Sonya Eaves
Kaoru: Yeah whatever.
Tamaki being a gentleman, entered only after Haruhi with a slight bow and an extended arm. Haruhi, blank as usual did not give much heed to his politeness. This wasn't exactly a "date" it was more like the blonde had pleaded that Haruhi take him to the famous commoner restaurant whose ads would appear during intervals of his daily soaps. Those ads where little kids cheerfully bit into a burger and exclaimed how good it was then did some sort of dance, those made Tamaki itch to have a bite of it. They didn't look very appetizing, but he wanted to know why commoners loved fast food so much, maybe because they couldn't afford proper food, Tamaki silently sympathized.
"I hope you won't embarrass me sempai" Haruhi said looking at him with a blank expression.
"How could you say that? Of course I won't" Tamaki replied sounding hurt.
They walked over to the counter, the line was shorter than usual and it didn't take much time for their turn to come. The counter girl blushed at the sight of Tamaki, he smiled charmingly, had they been in the host club he would have already been tilting her chin and flattering her by now.
Unbeknownst to them a pair of amber-eyed twins made their way inside the same restaurant.
"Ah so troublesome" Hikaru said even though his face projected that he was completely into the stalking. "Too bad the rest of the hosts couldn't come with us"
Kaoru shrugged. "Kyoya sempai said he had an appointment and Hunny sempai is busy at the dojo where he's with Mori-sempai"
Haruhi and Tamaki took their seats on rather uncomfortable looking wooden chairs.
"Mass production of the same kind of food" Commented Hikaru looking around.
Kaoru nodded. "Commoners sure are pitiful"
Kaoru tugged Hikaru's shirt "come on, they've already started talking"
They took their seats on a Table just behind Haruhi and Tamaki's.
"Can you hear what they're saying? You should have listened when I said we should attach microphone chips on them!" Hikaru said leaning against the table in an attempt to hear better. "Kaoru are you listening?" Hikaru turned to look at his twin.
"Hikaru, I'm sort of curious to how it tastes like" Kaoru said looking at a little girl's burger.
"I don't want you getting sick" Hikaru said than his gaze flickered to a rather cheesy looking burger. "But a bite wouldn't hurt" He agreed.
"I'll go get two of those, you stay here and keep an eye on the lord and Haruhi" Kaoru said getting up to head towards the counter.
"I want one with lots of cheese" Hikaru instructed.
"Sonya-sama! Don't fidget so much!" Maria complained pausing on her current work, which was braiding Sonya's short hair. There were other maids in the room who silently did what they were instructed to do; make Sonya look presentable.
"Sorry" Sonya muttered. She was not used to getting fawned over and dressed up. She felt uncomfortable. Had it been two months ago all she would do to dress up would include wearing an old dress which was passed down from generations and brushing her normally disarrayed hair.
But this was an occasion she'd rather look like she'd arrived from a drain.
She was wrong when she thought her mother would be dismayed when she heard about the little arrangement her father made, but when Sonya came back from school, Oguri looked rather happy to inform Sonya about meeting the groom the next day.
-"Mom why do you look so happy about it!?" she'd demanded
"Why shouldn't I be? My princess is getting married to a rich and handsome guy! Do you know how many admirers he's got?"
"I'm not meeting him!" Sonya all but shouted
"Yes you are young woman and there's no other word to it" Oguri glared.
Sonya rushed her brain for a proper excuse.
"But there's a thing called love! And I-I don't even know this guy! Marriage is the intertwinement of two souls. It is a lifelong commitment of two lonesome beings for the company they crave. If you don't even know the guy how can you know if a good company is assured? This is a crime! Without love, marriage is destruction of a life" Sonya ended with moist eyes.
"Really? A dialogue from 'The Affair'" Oguri raised an eyebrow.
"B-but its true!" Sonya said feeling foolish for thinking that her mother would fall for that. The dialogue from the cheesy romance drama had even Sonya on the verge of tears, it was one of the main dialogues of the series, whether the strict old man in the drama was convinced with it or not would be revealed in the next episode. Seriously, soaps ought to stop ending on cliff hangers.
"No more word to it" Oguri concluded than her face softened ever so slightly before she muttered "There is no such thing as Love in real life"-
"Sonya-sama, lower your head" Maria said with a light push.
Sonya sighed.
Kyoya never thought about what would happen after he got married, all he ever thought about was how to raise profit, please his father and that was about it. He was considered the intellectual one among the hosts, but while the rest had hopes and aspirations and liked enjoying what the present held, he was more inclined to think about the succession of the company. The thought never crossed his mind to what he would do if the family business ended, no doubt he would still figure something out somehow, but the point was that he'd never bothered to think of such things, it was pretty reasonable though, considering the wealth and power of their company.
And then there was the Tonnerre group ruthlessly overpowering every company it came across, it was a wonder how they suddenly rose to such power they still had to work hard in order to defeat the Ootori Company, but they were alarmingly close to doing so. He'd heard rumors about a certain Anglo-Japanese guy who, as the rumor goes, led the Tonnerres' to success. Kyoya didn't really bother with rumors which came from an unknown source but he was clever enough to know that even rumors had a bit of truth behind them. Ah never mind with these things he had an important meeting with a naïve but interesting girl, he found her rather amusing; how she looked so happy when Haruhi asked her to visit more often and how she'd punched poor Tamaki straight at the face (which didn't look like that would've hurt though), and the way she kept looking at his notebook as if it were hers.
"Welcome" the butlers and maids greeted as Kyoya and Yoshio entered the door.
As they entered the drawing room a beautiful brunette woman who introduced herself as Oguri,greeted them smiling and telling them to make themselves comfortable. She glanced at Kyoya and scanned from top to bottom and with her pleased look, it seemed she approved. It was obvious that the girl he was getting married to had inherited most of her features from her mother, but her mother was far more well-bred and sophisticated.
Once they settled down, there was nothing to do except for start a conversation.
"So, Kyoya-kun tell me, what are your hobbies?" Oguri asked conversationally
"I like researching" Kyoya answered honestly with a slight smile
The woman looked amused.
"That's a ...fine hobby you've got there" She said with a pleasant smile then faced Yoshio "Tetshaki is a bit busy, I'm sorry for the inconvenience Mr Ootori, he has trusted me to iron out whatever necessary"
"Its fine really, as long as we can settle things ourselves" Yoshio said "May I ask where Ms Sonya is?"
"Ah, she must be ready by now" Oguri smiled before instructing a maid to get her
"As she arrives I have a proposal to make" Oguri said
"Go on" Yoshio prompted
"You are aware of the fact that Sonya is seventeen at the moment" Oguri said tucking a stray lock of hair behind her ears "She turns eighteen next year, and I want the marriage date to be after Kyoya-kun turns nineteen"
"yes, I was thinking of bringing up the same subject" Yoshio nodded "They will finish High School by then, as long as the engagement will not be broken this isn't a problem"
"Oh, once I give my word I stay true to it" Oguri smiled brightly "Moreover, Kyoya-kun and Sonya need to get to know each other"
At that moment a younger brunette entered the room.
A Girl was supposed to be bashful when meeting her groom for the first time, but Sonya didn't look a bit bashful, in fact she looked angry.
Her anger only seemed to rise when she realized who exactly was the groom. Kyoya smirked and his glasses glinted.
Oguri and Yoshio discussed some matters than decided to leave the soon-to-be-couple by themselves. Kyoya and Sonya soon found themselves alone in the big room.
"I don't like you!" Sonya hissed. So this was why he'd been so nice back then, it all made sense now, what a douche
"Pleasure to meet you too" Kyoya replied simply
They sat there in awkward silence. Sonya broke it.
"Do your fellow hosts know about this?" Sonya asked, chewing on her inner cheeks.
"No" Kyoya answered. "I'm sure They'll find out somehow anyway"
"It doesn't bother you a bit that you're getting married to a girl you just met?" Sonya said
"Business" Kyoya stated "we have a year to get to know each other"
Was that a good thing or a bad thing? Sonya gave an exasperated sigh, looking at him with distaste.
"I'm hungry"
Kyoya was amused, he hadn't seen that coming.
"Lets go get some food then" He offered
"Lets!" Sonya agreed "I know this place where they sell delicious burger" She said happily, hurriedly heading towards the exit of the house.
Kyoya complied. Little did he know that it was the same place where Tamaki and Haruhi were.
A/N: sorry about the genre thing. If you don't know what I'm talking about, That's good. Review if you want me to update sooner :'3
~See you in the next chapter~