AN: This chapter is more Haru-centric and her family.
(Talk)
Up until now, Haru still lived with her parents. They lived happily like before, but sometimes they got into an argument because this kind of thing as well. She's twenty four years old already, and normally women her age are married, or at least planning to. And so it's time for a little conversation.
"Haru," her father called, putting down his tea cup.
"Otou-chan," replied Haru, acknowledging her father, taking more side dishes to her bowl.
"Haru-chan," her mother called, putting down her chopsticks.
"Okaa-chan," replied Haru, after swallowing her food.
"Why aren't you married yet, Haru?" they said in unison, voices filled with disappointment. Haru was thankful she swallowed the food already.
"Ha-Haru's really busy with works, so….so…" she tried to reasoned, face flushed in embarrassment. Her parents nodded in understanding.
"Alright, let's go to Haru's office tomorrow and find her a suitable husband!" her father said, firing up. Her mother cheered. An image of a certain person with initial H.K immediately entered Haru's mind, but she brushed it off quickly.
'Hahi! Why's Haru thinking about that person? Kami-samaaa…..'
"N-no! That's unnecessary! Haru….Haru can find a suitable husband by herself!" she protested her parents decision with all her might, it's going to be a long night.
(Terror)
When Haru was a little girl, she tended to do things that made her parents eyebrows scrunched up in annoyance. So as to prevent her from doing more bad things, they'd scare her.
'If you became a bad child, Namehage will come and eat you.'
That's what they'd say, along with showing her an illustration of Namehage. Unfortunately, she became interested with that monster, and immediately became a fan of it.
Years went by, and Haru's immune to any kind of threats. She can defend herself just alright. Not even Hibari's threat to bite her to death reached her, because she'd run as soon as she sensed him coming.
But, there's this one threat (a new one) that she cant brushed off no matter what, not even by running away. This new threat came from both of her parents, who continue saying,
'Go and marry someone… give us our grandchild…..'
Were the words scribbled on the note placed on her desk almost everyday.
(Prank)
In her everyday live, Haru's used to pranks. Like when she was fourteen, when a prank war occurred in her school, or when Lambo suddenly took interest in seeing anyone annoyed (that interest almost kill him when he pulled a prank on Reborn).
There were also embarrassing times because of the pranks, but she laughed them off as happy memories.
Ten years later, she still experiences pranks, especially from those around her, like her family.
Haru tiptoed her way passing Hibari's private room quietly, as quiet and as fast as possible. Only a few steps more, and she would be out of Hibari's hearing range and could run as fast as possible. But luck wasn't with her, no, more like luck abandoned her since she met her boss.
Her phone rang, and to her surprise, it's not the tone she usually used.
It's her parents' voice, saying,
"Haru! Go marry someone! We want a grandchild! No, make it two!"
A squeaked 'Hahi' came out of her mouth, and if the name being shouted wasn't a give away, that squeak totally was.
She turned her head toward the door fearfully, holding her breath, the silence made her even more nervous. A slight sound could be heard, and she jumped ever so slightly.
"You have five seconds, Miura."
With that being said, she sprinted off. She's so going to protest her parents later.
(Spy)
When she was fourteen years old, she was interested with spying. For her, gathering various information, no matter how useless and trivial they were, was a fun thing.
Her job's to get as much information as possible, thinking over them, made a conclusion, then reported them to her boss. It's fun if she ignored the death threats from inside (her boss') and outside (assassins from another famiglia and the likes).
As she was typing some new things in her pc, Kusakabe came and greeted her.
"Greeting, Miura-san, I was asked by Kyou-san to get your report," he said, nodding to the woman. She smiled at him, the looked around and get the report.
"Here you go, Kusakabe-san, thank you for your hard work," she said, handing him the report.
"The same goes to you, Miura-san," he replied, hesitated a bit, then, "Ah…I heard a rumor that your family has been pestering you to get married quickly?" he asked, unable to hold back a smile. Haru only sighed.
"Hahi…Haru knows that it's time for her to get married, but Haru still cant decide," she said, resting her head on her arms, "Haru still doesn't have a special someone…." She trailed off, sulking.
"Is that so….I hope you find a suitable person, have a good day, Miura-san," he said, nodding to her and walked away, with her report in hand. Haru smiled and waved. Only then Haru realized she forgot to ask where did he hear that rumor.
When he was out of Haru's hearing range, Kusakabe fished out his cellphone, and said,
"Would that be enough, Kyou-san?"
He was replied by a grunt, and if he strained his ear more, he'd hear a muffled thanks.
(to be continued)
AN: I itched to write about proposal and marriage, followed by their wedding. BUT, I still think it's a bit too soon. Borrowing the words of Keima (from The World God Only Knows), there isn't enough 'event' between the two to reach the happy 'ending'.