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Marrying The Wrong Girl
Chapter Five
Info you need to know: "Talking" Short flashback of words. Thinking.
Translations: Arigato = Thank You.
Recap:
~Toushiro's point of view~
So when Hinamori fainted I...panicked, what was I supposed to do? It's not every day when you confess to someone that you might be falling for another while you're already engaged to another and getting married in a week! What can I do? Nothing, the date's been set. I wish I wasn't falling for her, it's not my fault she has the most gorgeous brown eyes I've ever seen, it's not my fault she has the most softest, luscious strands of brown hair I've ever touched, it's not my fault she's got the most desirable lips I've ever seen, it's not my fault she has such a cute smile. I should probably stay away from her as much as possible just until I'm married, but instead of staying away from her, I have to help her 'cause the girl I'm falling for is falling right in front of my eyes.
Momo was falling, falling and falling and then she wasn't. Next thing which happened was she was caught. By the Prince of Sereitei. Of course she was unaware of that factor due to the fact that she was unconscious. Hence why she needed catching. The Prince had his arm around her waist and was holding her just inches above the ground. He gently lifted her up into his arms. Bridal style.
He shook his head slightly at Momo's fainting as he carried her back to the palace to her room. He had been worried about her since lunch time. She had eaten her fair share but then had disappeared straight away. And now she was fainting. If he wasn't worried about her before he was damn petrified for her now.
The doors to the palace opened like usual. Looking like they opened by themselves. But Toshiro knew that it was just some guys hiding behind the massive doors. He nodded to said guys and continued to carry Momo. He carried her upstairs and to the right to where he knew she was sleeping. Next to Matsumoto's room.
It might sound a little creepy and sort of stalker-ish where he knew where Momo sleeping but it wasn't like that. He knew where Matsumoto slept (because he was the one that had given her the room years ago) he knew where Rukia slept (because she slept the other side of Matsumoto) he knew where Renji and Ichigo slept (they slept next door to each other, Renji's room was also the other side of Rukia's) so of course he knew where Momo slept.
They however were the only people he knew where they slept. The other people here were all Karin's friends and he didn't really want to know any more about them then absolutely needed. There was a reason he didn't know her friends. After all they were like duplicates of her. Which was not a good thing.
The Prince gently kicked Momo's door open, so not to swing it round too much and make a big noise. He didn't particularly want to wake anyone up. It must look a bit weird to others that he was carrying Momo like this seeing as they didn't know she had fainted. He especially didn't want Matsumoto to find him like this seeing as she would never stop talking about it when she did. She was already trying to get him to dump Karin and go out with Momo. Seeing this would only add fuel to her flames.
Gently Toshiro led her down on her bed. He went out briefly to call a maid in and then went back in to wait for the maid to come. When she had arrived Toshiro told her that she had fainted outside and that he wanted the maid to change her into some more suitable nightwear (basically just taking the robe off but he didn't want to do that. It was inappropriate). He also told her to check on her in the night a few times to make sure she was well. The maid nodded and promised she would do as she asked. Toshiro thanked her and nodded his head, she curtsied and Toshiro headed out of the room.
Before he fully left Momo's bedchambers he stopped in the doorway. He looked over his shoulders briefly. He felt concerned for the petite princess. She hadn't seemed a hundred percent well at lunch and now she was fainting. What exactly was wrong with her? Toshiro shook his head and went to his own bedchambers. He would check up on her in the morning. Hopefully she would be better by then. Hopefully she had gotten over whatever brief illness she had. How silly he was to hope that.
~Next Morning. Day 2 at the Hitsugaya's palace...~
Momo awoke from her slumber slightly confused. She remembered that she had been outside last night. But not alone. Who was she with last night in that garden? That beautiful garden. 'I said the sky sure is beautiful tonight' the words floated through her brain. She scrunched her eyes together thinking hard who those words belonged too.
Suddenly Momo's eyes began to un-scrunch as she remembered whom she spent last night with. None other than the Prince of Sereitei. Toshiro. She remembered they were talking about who he really was in love with. Not Karin. Someone she knew. The only person that they both knew was Matsumoto. She remembered she had felt oddly disappointed so she tried to walk away. But she fainted before she could do so. He must have been the one to carry her to her room. She looked down and saw that her robe had been removed and she began to blush a deep crimson red.
"Don't worry; I wasn't the one to remove your robe. I asked a maid to do that." a voice said from the doorway, startling Momo and making her jump slightly. Causing the Prince to chuckle slightly. The sound of the chuckle sent shivers down her spine. Good ones.
"Oh, thank you. Did you ask a maid to carry me back too?" Momo asked, half joking. It got the reaction she wanted. His lips at the corner turned up slightly, in the shape of a smirk.
"No, that was me. I hope you don't mind but you had fainted and it would've been awful of me if I just left you out there so I carried you in." he explained briefly. She nodded accepting his explanation Truthfully Momo hadn't really thought otherwise.
"I see. Arigato, Hitsugaya-kun." Momo said sincerely. Toshiro smiled slightly and nodded. It seemed as if the Prince never smiled a full, true, pure smile. Momo found that a little sad. She loved to smile. It reassured her loved ones that she was happy. That she was okay.
Did the fact that he doesn't smile mean the Prince isn't happy? Isn't okay? She hoped not. She didn't like other people being sad, especially not good people like Matsumoto, Rukia, Renji, Ichigo and Toshiro. Though she had only known them for a few hours (excluding Matsumoto whom she's known for years) she still wished no harm or sadness came to them. They after all were her new friends.
"You're welcome, Hinamori-san. I'll leave you to get changed. Breakfast will be in a few minutes, come down when you're ready." The Prince informed her. Momo nodded her thanks and watched Toshiro leave her room.
After the door shut with a soft click Momo let out a huge breath. Something about Toshiro made her go slightly weird. She always found herself getting lost in his gorgeous teal green eyes. Or her face flushed when he gave her that small smirk. Her heart would beat faster when he said her name or looked at her with such concern. Momo didn't know why that happened and right now she didn't have time to find out. Her stomach was growling at her to hurry up. So she did just that.
She threw the covers off her and placed her feet on the ground. Then whilst stretching her arms over her head she headed to the bathroom attached to the room. All the rooms at en suites according to Matsumoto. Momo was just surprised how many rooms they had. There were around hundred guests so did that mean they had hundred rooms? Momo had asked Matsumoto that and she said that most people had shared rooms. So there were about fifty rooms. Still that was a lot of rooms. Momo's palace only had about thirty bedrooms.
Momo hopped into the shower. Relishing the feeling of warm water pounding on her. But she came out a few minutes later due to the fact that Matsumoto was probably waiting for her and so was her freaking stomach! She quickly dried herself and pulled on a simple Yukata. Then she brushed her teeth and dried her hair. After her hair was dry she put it in a simple bun with a cloth around it. Leaving her fringe to dangle down the side as it usually did. She quickly checked the mirror once more to check to see if there was something wrong. There wasn't. She was satisfied so she headed downstairs and into the dining room.
When the doors opened to the familiar dining room she expected all the seats to be taken. But they weren't. Only one was. One at the end of the table. It was occupied with Toshiro. Momo raised an eyebrow at that. Wondering why he was the only one in here. He had heard the door open and looked up; he smiled slightly at her and nodded. She walked over making sure she didn't bump into something which was so easy for her to do. But she managed not to. She sat down where she sat yesterday. To the right of Toshiro but not at the head of the table.
A servant came in and put a plate full of food in front of Momo. She managed not to lick her lips hungrily instead smiled at him and thanked him. He nodded and bowed then left so that it was once again only Toshiro and Momo in the room. Momo ignored Toshiro for now and tucked into her meal. Only barely remembering she was in the company of another so it would be horrible to eat it quickly. So she took her time. Sort of.
Once again having a meal left her fighting herself in the inside. She had a full plate of food and she still felt hungry! How disgusting was that? She had eaten calories and fat and she still wanted more. Momo felt it coming so she quickly murmured an 'excuse me' to Toshiro and left the room.
Toshiro watched her go, a concerned frown embedded on his face. She always did that. Eat then rush off somewhere. But where? Why? Toshiro wanted to know the answer to those questions. They had been bugging him ever since lunch yesterday. But he hadn't known how to ask her without sounding like he was sticking his nose in her business. Don't get him wrong he was doing just that. But he didn't want Momo to know that.
He decided he would ask her when she came back. That didn't seem too nosy. Seeing as she had left abruptly then surely it wasn't nosy of him to ask why? Even if it was he was going to ask anyway. He had made up his mind. The door opened then and he expected it to be Momo returning. He was sadly mistaken. His face took on the look of emotionless/boredom. It was the natural reaction he had whenever she was near him. She being his fiancée. Karin.
Karin beamed at her fiancée and strutted over to him her arms out wide for a hug. A hug they both knew Toshiro didn't want nor would he return. But she wrapped her little arms around him anyway. Round his neck practically strangling him. Toshiro let her mainly because he didn't have the energy to shove her off. She let go on her own a little while later and sat down next to him. She linked her arm through his and rested her head on his shoulder. Toshiro inwardly sighed and with his free arm ran a hand through his hair.
A few minutes later Momo came back in. She faltered slightly when she noticed Karin but quickly recomposed herself and walked over to where she sat. Karin sent her death glares but Momo ignored it.
"I'll take my leave now, thank you for the wonderful meal." Momo said to them, politely. Like her mother had made her practice hundreds of times. Momo curtsied and Karin ignored her, Toshiro nodded his head and Momo left the room. Feeling only slightly disappointed that she couldn't stay.
Toshiro watched her go once again. Wishing he could shake Karin off him and follow her. But he couldn't. He was stuck with Karin. A thought which he had thought many times before drifted through his mind. I'm I marrying the wrong girl?
When Momo left the dining room she went outside. Once again she wished she had brought her parasol with her. Only this time one of the servants wasn't there to give her one. She sighed and put a hand on her forehead to shade her eyes. She continued to walk around like that, with her hand shading her eyes. As the princess with the fancy parasols looked at her like she was weird Momo continued to feel more and more stupid and self-conscious shading her eyes like this.
Momo only started to feel like a full, complete idiot when she walked past two women in fancy Yukatas both with a fancy and elegant parasol whom where giggling behind their hands but looking right at her. Momo blushed and ducked her head down and walked away quickly. She mentally cursed herself for being so stupid as to go out in the sunlight and not think to bring a parasol to this stupid palace.
Suddenly shade fell over her and she immediately felt the scourging heat on her bare arms and the back of her neck fade as the parasol blocked out the heat of the sun. She looked up to her rescuer and was surprised by whom it was. She had expected it to be a stranger or a maid or a servant. But instead it was the Prince Toshiro whom was holding a parasol above their heads. He half-smiled down at her and she beamed up at him.
"Arigato, Hitsugaya-kun." Momo told him sincerely as they continued walking now thankfully under the shade.
"You're welcome, Hinamori-san. What brings you outside on a sunny day without a parasol?" he asked, seeming genuinely curious. Momo ducked her head feeling embarrassed at her own stupidity.
"I forgot to bring a parasol with me to the palace and I came outside forgetting that the weather was sunny today." Toshiro had another one of his famous half-smiles planted on his face. Though he didn't look at Momo, they were walking side-by-side but where looking ahead.
Momo saw in the corner of her eye she was being looked at by the other princesses. Again. Though this time they were staring at her and Toshiro in dis-belief as if they couldn't fathom any reasons why the Prince would want to hang out with her. Truthfully she didn't know why either but she wasn't going to question it in case it meant he would leave. It felt nice to know that the famous 'Ice Prince' actually wanted to be around her instead of all the other prettier and probably more interesting princesses. It made Momo feel kind of special.
Silence fell among the two royal companions but thankfully it wasn't an awkward silence. Rather a comfortable silence which usually were established between friends whom had been friends for years, like Momo and Matsumoto. Momo liked the fact that it felt as if they had been friends for years, it felt nice to have a friend other than Matsumoto. Of course she had new friends now (Rukia, Renji and Ichigo) but they didn't feel like they had been friends for years like she felt with Toshiro. No, Toshiro's friendship with Momo felt different. For the both of them.
"Momo-chaan! Toshiro-kun!" A familiar voice called from somewhere nearby. They turned to the right to find a ginger headed girl waving to them, smiling rather goofily. Momo smiled at her and waved back and Toshiro gave a simple nod, Matsumoto knew that it was the Prince's own way of a hello or a wave in this case.
Matsumoto finally reached them and stood in-between them so she could hug them both around the shoulders. Matsumoto was taller than both of them, mainly Momo seeing as she was the smallest. Matsumoto was nearly a head taller than the both of them though and she often had fun teasing both of them for their lack of height.
"I've been looking for you everywhere Momo-Chan! Rukia, the guys and I are going to head into the city for a change of scenery seeing as they're all going to be stuck in this place for a week! Do you want to come with us Momo-Chan? Get to know what Toshiro's soon-to-be kingdom is like?" Matsumoto said and beamed down at her.
Momo nodded enthusiastically she had been hoping Matsumoto would offer to do that one day this week. She had a feeling she would feel claustrophobic stuck in the palace and its grounds sometime this week. Though she wasn't feeling specifically claustrophobic at the moment she still wanted to see the town.
Matsumoto grinned at her once more and then turned her head to Toshiro. Looking at him questionably. Toshiro sighed but shrugged. Which Matsumoto being Matsumoto took for a yes. They were all about to head back inside to meet up with Rukia and the guys but a voice stopped them from going anywhere.
"Toshiro-kun! Toshiro, honey!" the familiar voice of the soon-to-be-Queen made them turn left to the direction she was coming from. She smiled at Toshiro and he sighed, he didn't even give her his nod. Karin took no notice of that instead continued charging towards them. Matsumoto had muttered a comment about Karin (not a very pleasant one) so Toshiro had briefly turned to look at her.
In the small moment of time that neither Toshiro nor Matsumoto were paying any attention to Karin, she looked at Momo. Well, glared at her. Momo just raised her eyebrow at her. Karin couldn't react to that because she had reached them.
When Karin had reached them she practically jumped Toshiro. She wrapped her arms tightly around his neck and gave him a sloppy kiss on the cheek. Toshiro sighed and ran a hand through his hair letting her hug and kiss him but not returning either gesture.
"What is it Karin?" Toshiro asked when she uncoiled her arms from his neck and instead just linked her arm through his, pushing Momo out of the way while she did so but not enough to make Toshiro notice. Matsumoto on the other hand did and frowned. Momo saw she was about to protest but caught Matsumoto's eye and shaking her head. Telling her Karin wasn't worth it. And she wasn't.
"Mou, Toshiro-kun don't be so distant from your fiancée! I'm going to be your Queen soon!" Karin boasted. Then added why she was actually here barging in on their conversation. "I need you to help with the wedding plans!" she exclaimed as if it was obvious. Toshiro sighed once again.
"Do whatever you want, I don't really care." Toshiro told her truthfully. The only way he would help plan his wedding was if he was marrying the girl he was in love with. Which he wasn't. So he wasn't going to help her. Karin pouted at him.
"But, Toshiro-kun this is your wedding too!" Toshiro removed her arm from his and started to walk away from her.
"I wish it wasn't." he muttered, he didn't turn around to see if she had heard. She had. They all had. Karin watched him go, her eyes beginning to water. Matsumoto stood next to her smirking satisfied that her best guy friend wasn't an idiot and didn't love this horrible woman. Karin noticed her and glared at her.
"What are you looking at?" Karin hissed. Matsumoto just coolly raised an eyebrow at her and linked her arm through Momo's.
"Nobody." Matsumoto said and walked away with Momo in the direction Toshiro had left. Karin had to admit that stung.
The fact that Toshiro had just admitted he didn't want to marry her stung but Matsumoto's comment had stung too. Karin knew Matsumoto had meant it when she said 'nobody'. She knew that Matsumoto thought she was a nobody. That kind of hurt. She wasn't going to admit that though.
Karin took a deep breath and with new found determination walked after Toshiro with her head held high. No way was she going to let him walk away so easily. That just wasn't who she was.
A/N (Anita's): Lol so this was chapter five (: By Amaaaazing Tilda (: Next time the chapter will be done by me (: I have a surprise for you guys… Hmmm? You're asking me what it is already? Well stay stay in your seats and we'll bring you the chapter next week or the week after (: Don't forget to review
P.S (Tilda): Thank you my fellow writer for giving me the idea of Karin asking Toshiro about wedding plans and him not caring. That really did help me with the chapter so thank you Anita! (Anita): No sign of Hitsugaya caring so… NO HITSUKARIN proof woooooohooooo ^-^
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