Hey guys. This is the next chapter of' when you came'. I am really in need of reviews. So please bless me.
Disclaimer: oh come on! You know I don't own it.
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Chapter – 4
Proposal
Itachi sighed.
Today's day was hectic. He had attended several meetings scheduled down for him. Today, finally. He took a deep breath looking out of the large window down at the city bustling with activity.
He was brought out of his stupor when his phone suddenly rang. A genuine smile crept up on his face as he answered the call.
"Hey there. Little bro."
"Hi Itachi!"
"Is there something I can do for you?"
"No, I just wanted to ask, are you gonna come here on my birthday?" Sasuke tried to ask as casually as possible.
"Of course, Sasuke. Why do you ask?"
Sasuke couldn't help but smirk at that moment. Itachi didn't had any idea about the conspiracy, that their mother was planning out for him.
"Although it's my birthday, but you are gonna have the greatest surprise of your life ever."
"What do you mean?"
"Just wait and watch." The younger Uchiha said before cutting off the phone.
To say Itachi was bewildered was an understatement. He couldn't make any sense of Sasuke's words.
He only consoled himself by saying that it wouldn't be something bad but still a strange feeling in some corner of his mind made him believe that something extreme will be happening.
A few days earlier
"Mikoto, you can't be doing this..." Fagaku asked shocked by his wife's action.
"Oh come on, Fagaku. Arranged marriages aren't that bad. Even our marriage was arranged."
"Mikoto please, you can't hand over our son to any woman. Don't you remember what happened last time when we tried to get him date with some of the girls?"
"Listen to me Fagaku Uchiha! I'm completely aware of the fact that I can't hand over my son to just any woman... And last time I remember you were the one forcing him to date the daughters of your share holders not me." She glared at her husband.
"Alright, my bad. But still..."
Mikoto sighed.
"I understand your concern Fagaku, but I need you to trust me into this. I've found the right girl for him. Trust me. She is the woman he would want. I'm sure of that."
"But what if he already has..."
"No, he doesn't. He would have told me if something like that would have happened."
Fagaku knew it was useless to fight. And it was true. His sons' always confided to their mother. So it was okay...he guessed.
"At least, can you please tell me the name of that girl?" he asked.
A smirk came upon Mikoto's features, she knew she has already won the battle. Fagaku already had a soft spot for the girl she has chosen for Itachi.
"You know her, Izumi... Izumi Minamoto."
Fagaku's reaction was priceless. His jaw opened and closed many times and finally he spoke, "well, I'd say that I would like for her to be a part of this family."
"I knew it!"
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The evening was beautiful. As Izumi walked towards her house on the street, she couldn't help but notice the familiar black car parked in front of their house. A smile came upon her lips. The car belonged to none other than the Mikoto Uchiha- the wife of Fagaku Uchiha, the owner of Uchiha corporation. Her mother's childhood friend. When they moved in here, they had met eachother again literally by chance but since then the Uchiha matriarch came every now and then to visit them. Her family even had a good relationship with Fagaku Uchiha too. The man was hard to crack but eventually he became nice. And Sasuke...he's just the little brother Izumi never had. She couldn't help but smile at the moment.
She entered the house and headed straight to the living room to greet Lady Uchiha.
"Hello, Mikoto. Long time no see..."
"Hello Izumi sweetie...we were waiting for you." She said gesturing towards her mother.
Izumi smiled and made herself comfortable on the couch, but got suspicious when she saw both the women sharing wary glances with one another.
"Izumi...there's an extremely important matter that we need to discuss with you. So, I'd better suggest for you to relax as much as possible because this is...gonna make you a bit uncomfortable." Her mother said with both uncertainty and authority.
Izumi's eyes narrowed but she nodded for them to continue. They stared at eachother for some moments and finally taking a deep breath Mikoto said, "You know my older son Itachi, don't you?"
Izumi, cautious of the adults wondered what it has got to do with Mikoto's first born but answered, "Haven't met him but Sasuke talks a lot about him."
"Well, what do you think of him?"
Izumi was completely caught off guard from that question that it took her few minutes to answer. "Um...from all that I've heard, he's a great guy...b-but why do you guys ask?"
"Izumi... We've made a decision for you...given for the uncertainty of my life I..." her mother started but couldn't end.
Mikoto taking the lead said with finality, " We want you to marry my eldest son Itachi Uchiha."
To say that Izumi was stunned would become the understatement of the year. The only sane explanation of what these older women were saying it was some sort of dirty joke. To believe that they want her to marry a guy she actually never met...what the hell?
"You guys are joking? Right?" she asked her eyes desperate to hear of-course-we-are.
Both the women kept their face straight devoid of any emotion as she tried to inhale the fact that they actually want her to marry.
After several minutes of deadly silence Izumi finally said, "I don't know what to say...this is so sudden."
Mikoto stood up and made her way to the younger girl and crouched in front of her held her hands and said, "Izumi honey, I know this is sudden for you but I've actually been thinking about this from quite a time...call me selfish but I've always wanted to have the best girl for Itachi and never one except for you was able to come up to my expectations. Trust me. And it's not just that...I won't destroy your life my child. I promise to you that Itachi has been raised well. He won't ever hurt you. Believe me! He's a nice boy. And don't think that we're forcing you for this marriage. The decision would be all yours. Just give it a chance!"
Even after Mikoto had left Izumi was not able to come out of the shock. Thousands of questions swarmed through her mind like who was Itachi? What does he look like? Has he agreed to this arrangement? Is he just as awesome as Sasuke said he was? But most importantly why did her mother agree to this?
Izumi felt that she had been betrayed by that one person she had never imagined. Tears gathered around her eyes.
"Izumi..." she heard her mother calling.
She looked at her with tears of anger and frustration, "Why did you do this to me! All I asked you was let me stay by your side. But no! You want me to marry a guy I've never once met just because he's rich, a billionaire, famous and all. I never expected this from you mom!"
"Izumi Minamoto! That's enough!" her mother yelled but slowly softened, "I'm sorry...sweetie but this is something that needed to be done. I-I don't k-know how much time I have. I might sleep and never wake up. But I wish for you to have a secured future. No, I would never hand over you any man just because he's rich and famous. I do value for your happiness more than money. You're my only child. I only want the best for you. And maybe you haven't met Itachi but I have and he's a nice boy. And again, me and Mikoto can't force any of you to take any decision that you wouldn't wish to. All we want is for you to give him one chance. Izumi...please just one chance...for me...just one."
Izumi stood there for some seconds and then fled to her room, slamming the door shut and falling on the bed and sobbing to sleep murmurring, " Daddy...only if you would've been here..."
Next morning Izumi headed downstairs after properly dressing herself. She sat on the dining table carefully and observed her mother cooking pancakes. She closed her eyes for some seconds and finally gathered enough courage to say something which she only hoped that she might not regret it.
"Um..m, mom..." she continued when she was sure that she had her mother's undivided attention, " I thought a lot about...the proposal and I think I can give it a chance, I guess."
The older woman's eyes went wide, "R-really Izumi?"
She nodded. Her mother squealed in happiness grinning form ear to ear.
"Oh my god! Mikoto would be so happy! Trust me! Sweetie...I promise you won't regret it. I promise. But now I need to give Mikoto this good news. It's too good! By the way, I think Mikoto mentioned something about Itachi coming home for Sasuke's birthday."
Izumi gulped seeing her mother's excitement but smiled to herself as she ran to bus stop because she was late again. God help her!
Anything for you mom...
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"What?"
"I know that you heard Itachi!"
Mikoto frowned as she told him about the arrangement. Well, she did expected a reaction like this.
"But how?"
" I already told you!"
"But mom, this is not fair...you promised me to someone I've never met. What were you thinking?"
"Itachi Uchiha! I've not promised you...stop being dramatic! It's just a date! A little date! And Izumi's a lovely girl."
Itachi groaned. So this was the surprise he was getting. Today he returned back to celebrate birthday of his brother which is two days from now and some minutes ago his mother dropped the bomb.
"I just hope...I don't have regret this..." Itachi murmured to himself.
"You won't...she's different from all others you've ever met. She doesn't care about our wealth and status...but only she cares about us genuinely." Sasuke said.
"I'd say that Sasuke's right. She is different. I think I won't mind her becoming a part of our family." Fagaku said supporting Sasuke's point of view about this Izumi Minamoto, which could be easily depicted as acceptance.
Interesting...
Although his mother was easy to please but she had a good judge of character and never easily made mistakes in realising a person's true motives.
Itachi knew that his father was not a bad man but he had extreme pride and mostly considered himself superior to others. For that girl to manage to make his father look past his prejudice was something commendable. And Sasuke never easily grew fond of others...
She had already made his whole family love her...
Maybe she is something special.
Let's see what you've got...
Izumi Minamoto.
"Alright...I think I'll give it a chance, I guess..."
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How was it? I hope you guys like it. In think in next chapter Izumi and Itachi might finally meet eachother...maybe sort of blind date. Give me some ideas for it.
And yeah, any suggestions for izumi's mom's name? I don't have any nice name and for her dad too.
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