Our Secret [One-Shot]
Title: Our Secret
Genre: Romance
Pairing: Itano Tomomi (AKB48) x Yaotome Hikaru (Hey! Say! Jump)
Summary: Itano Tomomi, a teacher, suddenly gets married with an Idol from Hey! Say! JUMP, Yaotome Hikaru. The catch is that, they must keep their MARRIAGE a secret. Will they manage to keep it a secret?
Author's note:
I'm not good with summaries so forgive me
Here's my second fic for one of my favorite pair. I hope you'll like it!
I apologize for the grammatical and spelling errors. If you happen to see one, please correct me. English is not my first language.
No one might read this though.
CRITIZATIONS, Comments and Likes are loved
Anyway, ENJOY~
Sipping her hot coffee in the middle of the night while checking her students’ papers, she received a text message from her parents saying they have to meet 11:30 AM tomorrow at their rest house. This is going to be a serious talk since usually her parents would just call her. But this time they’re going to meet in person.
From what she knew, her father was meeting an important person together with her mother. Her father owns a large company but right now it’s not in a really good shape due to the recession. Yes, it’s in the verge of bankruptcy that is why her father is seeking help from a friend who also owns a big company. She hoped that this friend of his will help them. Since this is the company that her father invested not just with money but with blood and sweat. He had countless of sleepless nights just to make this company stand. It might not be a well-known company but it can help the economy of this country. But let’s not talk more about that since her father and she aren’t that close.
Instead, she continued her work until 2:00AM, being a teacher is not as simple as most people see. You don’t just work for 8 hours since that’s just the time where you teach your students. There are still many things to do like checking and recording the quizzes, & exams, then add the making of reports, lesson plans, and graphic aids; money can’t replace the sweat and blood rendered by a teacher. With that much workload, the teacher is still underpaid and being underestimated.
With her eyes half closed she walked towards her bed then went slept. Oh, that ecstasy, if only SLEEP could be capsulated and could be sold out in the market she would already have bought hundreds of them.
Her alarm rang 5:00 AM; she rose up then turned it off. As much she wanted to be glued in her bed, her mind keeps telling her to wake up or else she’ll be late. Without any choice she took a bath which brought her out from the lethargy she was feeling. She wore her uniform, then heated the leftovers she had last night for her breakfast. Then headed to school and did her work. Hours passed in a blink of an eye, it was already 11:00 AM and she needs to talk with her parents. She has 2 hours left till her next class, so she hurriedly went to their rest house.
Her father and mother was already waiting, she walked towards them then greeted excitedly, “Hi Mom! Hi Dad! When did you arrive?” she has not seen both of them for months already.
“Welcome my Tomomi! Seat down” her mother responded giving Tomomi a kiss on her cheeks.
“What are we going to talk about Mom?” She asked
“Sit down first” her father instructed her with a serious face, so she did what he instructed. She noticed that her father’s face was not that happy. Tomomi knew that instant, his father will be making a really big decision.
“Tomomi, remember when we told you we asked for our friend’s help?” he said with a sigh “He said he will help us” he added then let out another sigh.
“Isn’t that great? Then why are you feeling depressed?” she replied happily
“Tomomi” he said “Please marry his son” he added.
“But dad--” she tried to reject her father’s request but her father interrupted.
“I know you don’t want to get married. That’s why I am asking for your approval. You see, he told us that he would happily fuse our company, both of us will lead the company but as a symbol for our fusion, we have let you marry his son. I don’t know why but he told us that this marriage will be kept as a secret. But if you refuse then we will not accept his conditions; though it may result to our company’s bankruptcy.” her father explained. Tomomi saw that her father was suffering judging from his looks. She didn’t want to be a burden and the reason why their company can’t be saved.
“Dad, I’ll marry your friends’ son” she said
“But baby, you haven’t even met his son yet” her mom told her
“Mom, dad, I don’t want other people to suffer because of my selfishness. If I refuse, there’s a huge possibility that our company would go bankrupt, if that happens our workers will suffer since they will be left out without any job. And I don’t want that to happen” she explained
“Tomomi…” her mother said. Her mother knew very well that Tomomi was a kind child; though others might misunderstand since she is a loner and she always have this “wall” built around her but she thinks about other people’s sake before her. Yes, she wouldn’t want other people to suffer. Even if it would cost her life, she would openly help them.
“If that’s what you want then. Can you wait for 30 minutes? My friend said he’ll be coming over & he will bring with him his son” her father said
“You mean, right now? So you really expected me to accept the marriage from the start?” puzzled Tomomi asked
“No darling, he really wanted to come here no matter what” her mother answered.
So they waited for about 30 minutes and then her father’s friend arrived so they greeted them.
“Mr. Yaotome, Welcome!” her father greeted
“Mr. Itano! So are you going to accept my offer?” Mr. Yaotome replied
“Let’s get inside first” Tomomi’s father said. They then went inside, except for Tomomi. The decision she made was not a joke, so she decided to breathe in some fresh air at the veranda.
“You accepted?” a guy in a yellow jacket asked Tomomi
Tomomi was surprised since she thought she was the only person in their veranda, but when she saw the guy, she instantly knew that this man is her fiancé.
“Yeah” she answered him then sighed
“Eh??!! So you accepted??!” the guy in a yellow jacket exclaimed.
“This guy is pretty loud, it’s our first meeting but he acts as if we have already known each other for so long.. tsk..” she thought. “Excuse me, but can I ask your name?” she asked politely despite of what she thought. Tomomi might be a teacher but she is an irritable person, she’s quiet and always does things in her own way.
“Ah! So rude of me, I’m Yaotome Hikaru, Your fiancé” he smiled brightly then handed his palm asking for a handshake from Tomomi which she openly accepted and said “Itano Tomomi, nice to meet you”.
Though Tomomi might look pleased on the outside, but in reality she’s already irritated. “How can he still smile brightly at times like these? Does he even know the meaning of the word marriage?” is what she’s thinking. She hated this kind of persons the most. Those smile-and-everything-will-be-alright persons, since her mottos are “Nothing can be solved with just a plain positive thinking” and “Expect the worst”. Tomomi is a pessimistic person, she might not accept it but she is. She can see the negative aspects of the person first, rather than the positive. On the contrary, Hikaru is a super positive thinker; he can turn a negative event into positive event. Like that one time when he bit his tongue while eating, most of us will take that negatively yet with Hikaru, he will take that positively “Thank God, I bit my tongue while eating and not during a shoot”. He is an Idol and is one of the members of the unit Hey! Say! JUMP in Johnny’s Entertainment, His father is a close friend of Johnny Kitagawa.
His father asked permission from Johnny, which was hesitant to give his approval but in the end he gave his approval giving Hikaru’s father a condition that the marriage must be kept as a secret.
“Let’s get inside first” Hikaru told Tomomi.
“Okey” she replied.
When they went inside, their parents we’re surprised since Tomomi and Hikaru entered the room together. During that moment, their parents thought “They look pretty similar, don’t they?”
The two of them looked perfect for each other, as if they were a match made in heaven. From this you could see a slight curve from the lips of Hikaru’s dad appear.
“You look perfect!!” Tomomi’s mother exclaimed then she let the both of them sit.
“It seems like you know each other already” Tomomi’s father jokingly said
“Uhm yeah, but we just met outside dad” Tomomi answered with a serious face. She seriously did not like Hikaru since for her, he was annoying.
“This is my son, Hikaru, please take care of him. He might look like an idiot, but he’s a responsible guy. He’s also working as an Idol in Johnny’s Entertainment.” Mr. Yaotome jokingly said.
Hearing this from Hikaru’s father Tomomi was surprised. She thought “This annoying guy is an Idol? Does he even have fans?”
She did not like Hikaru from the start. Acting all close when she just met him, but she was a good actor, she pretended that she liked Hikaru. She smiled then said “Really? What if your fans freak out?” she acted as if she was concerned about Hikaru.
“That’s why you have to keep your marriage a secret. I have already asked permission from his Agency. That’s why you don’t have to worry” Mr. Yaotome answered.
Their conversation went on until it was time for Tomomi to leave. She still have to work, she was about to leave when Hikaru’s father handed her their marriage contract. He asked Tomomi to fill it up then sign it so she signed it. Then Hikaru’s father told her that he’s going to give this form to the registrar. Meaning, from tonight onwards, Tomomi will have to live in Hikaru’s house. She will have to move out from her boarding house. From tonight onwards, she will become Yaotome Tomomi; lucky for her she will still be called as Itano Tomomi since this marriage is a secret.
She then went to work but she had no motivation to work. She was worrying over many things, “What if people discover about our marriage?” “I have always worked, and lived alone”. She was teaching, but her mind was floating somewhere. She still can’t believe it. She’s now married, without love, without even knowing the guy she married to, without gowns, without a ring, just plain a plain paper as a proof for their marriage.
Time flew by and it was time for her to go home. She was walking towards the exit when she saw a crowd gathering around the gate. She was curious about the crowd so she headed towards it. She then saw a guy wearing familiar clothing. He was wearing a yellow jacket and covered his mouth with a disposable mask; he wore sunglasses and was wearing a cap too. She could have mistaken him as a robber if he had no luxury car behind him.
“Yo! I have come to pick you up, sensei” he said enthusiastically. She immediately recognized the voice. “It’s Hikaru! This annoying guy, acting all close again” she thought.
“Oh thanks for picking me up” she said.
“I don’t want you to get lost” he replied “hop in!” he added. Tomomi went inside his car and asked Hikaru to drop by her boarding house to get her things. There was an awkward silence so to break this awkward silence Hikaru asked
“How do you feel?”
“I’m fine” she answered briefly
“Oh, I see” he replied with an awkward laugh “Should we go and eat after we drop by your place?” he cheerfully asked. He knew how tiring her work is, though it is not as tiring as his work, he knew very well that she is hungry.
On the otherhand, Tomomi was almost on her limit, she was hungry and Hikaru was bombarding her with questions. It was only two questions but it irritated her. She wanted to be in peace and clear her mind. Just two more questions and she will be reaching her limit. But before that, she replied “Yeah, let’s do that” without even looking at Hikaru’s face.
“Yosh! Where should we eat?” he asked, he was really happy since she answered his questions.
“I think it’s better if I cook it. Let’s just head to the groceries. I don’t feel safe with the restaurant food” she said, still not looking at Hikaru’s face. She has not properly seen Hikaru’s face since she didn’t take a look at his face. Though her mom said they looked similar, she was never interested with Hikaru. Just by hearing his name, it irritated her since she didn’t want to be married with him. Yet she still chose to marry him for the company’s sake.
Looking outside, she noticed that she’s close to her boarding house. When they arrived, she asked Hikaru to stay inside the car then went to get her things. She then told the landlady that she will move out then went back to the car. When she entered the car, she noticed that Hikaru fell asleep. This time, she had a proper look at his face, his brown hair, his tooth that was the same with hers. Without noticing, she found herself enticed by the person in front of her. She thought “His face is not that bad after all. Maybe a little change of heart won’t hurt”.
She was hesitant to wake him up but she didn’t know how to drive so she poked his cheeks “Hey Mr. Idol, we need to go to a grocery store remember?” she said playfully. She was smiling at him, so the moment Hikaru opened his eyes, behold, he saw for the first time Tomomi’s angelic smile. His heart was beating like crazy. “Uh-Uhm, sorry I fell asleep, let’s go” he said trying to avoid Tomomi’s tantalizing eyes. They headed went to the grocery store, bought the ingredients then headed home.
At last, they arrived at Hikaru’s house. “Were here” he said. Hikaru’s house was unexpectedy neat. No grand gates, no maid waiting for him, it was normal. As they went inside, Hikaru was instructing how things work out in his house. It was unexpectedly clean. Everything was in order, his albums in the left part of the shelves beside the television. His bass was in his room together with his guitar.
“It’s different from what I have expected, I thought everything would be scattered around” she said.
He laughed “Well, I’m like that though. But I have been busy recently so my place is in order” he said
She giggled, “You’re unexpectedly honest. You should do that from now on. Our marriage might not be out of love but I want you to be honest” she stated
“Oh! Here it comes! The deal and stuffs” he jokingly said
“I’m not giving any deals though. It’s not like we’re in a love story where the girl imposes rules and stuffs then eventually regret all the stupid rules she imposed. Like I said, were officially married. I’m now a married woman. You’re a married man. You have all the rights for me as my husband, the same goes for me” she bluntly said
“Whoah, you’re unexpectedly serious. So you mean we can do stuffs like THIS & THAT?” He teasingly said
“There’s absolutely no way I’ll let you do that to me unless I want to” she replied.
They then both laughed. It was first time for Tomomi to laugh with someone comfortably since she was always alone, she never had friends. Eversince she wasa child the girl was a loner, for the first time, she felt as if her heart was filled with warmth.
“I’ll use your kitchen” she said then headed to the kitchen started to cook. While she was cooking Hikaru was taking a nap. After she finished cooking, she was about to wake Hikaru up when he woke up.
“Hmm~ what a good smell, let’s eat!” he said. They then headed towards the dining table then ate. For some reason, Tomomi was nervous. She was somehow interested on whatever Hikaru’s reaction will be after taking a bite. She watched carefully as Hikaru slowly placed the food inside his mouth.
“Hmm! Delicious!” he said the moment he tasted the food “I like it” he added then smiled
“Thanks! That makes me happy” she said, then cheerfully started eating. She wasn’t aware of the changes that were occurring inside her.
“This is the first time I ate with someone in this house you know” Hikaru said as he was staring straight into Tomomi’s eyes. He couldn’t control himself, he was really happy since he always ate out. While Tomomi can’t help but blush, she never ate dinner with a guy other than her family and relatives. She didn’t know how to respond in this situation. Hikaru, seeing Tomomi’s reaction wanted to change the ‘awkward’ atmosphere that was surrounding them by reciting a joke which Tomomi found really amusing. The joke was not that funny but somehow, Tomomi found this really funny. She even thought of adlibbing this joke in her class.
After eating dinner Hikaru headed towards the shower while Tomomi cleaned the dishes. It wasn’t that much since there we’re only the two of them. While doing the dishes, she thought of many things.
She enjoyed her first day of having a husband. After she washed the dishes she headed straight to Hikaru’s (former) room which is now their room.
Let me explain to you, Hikaru’s house isn’t that big since he didn’t think of having a family live here and since he’s always busy, he bought the simplest house he could see. It only had one room and the bathroom is beside the bedroom then the living room is just connected to the kitchen and dining table.
When she opened the door, she saw Hikaru drying his hair with a towel half naked wearing a jogging pants.
“Ah, sorry” She said immediately then closed the door as a reflex action. She was leaning against the door blushing so hard. She was embarrassed on what her mind was thinking. She wanted to hug Hikaru from the back. She buried her face with her palms when Hikaru went out still half naked.
“Oh, you can use the bath now” he said
“Thanks” she answered then went to the shower immediately.
On the other hand, Hikaru is trying his best to be calm. His head was filled with many things. Since Tomomi didn’t set rules, he was really nervous. Will she sleep beside him tonight? His mind was having a mental tornado. He respects Tomomi and her decisions but he is also a man, HEALTHY man and he has his own fantasies too. While he was having a mental panic Tomomi stepped inside. He was somehow relieved since she wore a black large T-Shirt paired with a pajama, not a night piece or lingerie.
But though she was wearing T-shirt, she still looked seductive, which she was unaware of, Tomomi then seated in the bed where Hikaru was lying.
“I’ll sleep now since I have already done my lesson plans, good night” she said, then closed her eyes.
“Good Night” Hikaru replied calmly contrary to what he’s feeling that very moment.
“How can this girl stay calm in a moment like this? She’s sleeping with a man she barely knew yet she can still manage to stay calm as if it’s nothing. I’m in a pinch you know? How could I possibly fall asleep in this situation?” he thought. That night he had trouble sleeping but anyhow, he fell asleep.
The next morning Tomomi woke up early and cooked food and made boxed lunches. She’s not used on making two boxed lunch since she was used on living alone. She did not wait for Hikaru to wake up so she ate breakfast then left a note for Hikaru.
“He’s not as bad and as annoying as I thought he was” she thought then headed to school.
Hikaru woke up then took a bath since he’s going to have a practice with JUMP today. After taking a bath he headed towards the kitchen and saw a boxed lunch, and on top of it, a note was placed.
“NOTE: I have prepared a bento for you. I hope you will eat it. As I said yesterday, I don’t trust food that is not homemade since for me, homemade foods are the safest. I hope you will eat this.” It said.
He then remembered his mother’s last words before she took her last breath.
“Hikaru, I have a favor to ask you” she said while Hikaru tearfully listened to her mother’s request. “Marry Itano Keisuke’s daughter. Itano Tomomi. You’re already aware of my past right? Promise me son” she said. Hikaru knew that her mother was really in love with Tomomi’s father, to the extent that she wanted her son to marry Keisuke’s daughter. Even his father was aware of this, yet his father loved and treasured his mom so much. Both of them can’t do anything but to do what his mother asked them to do. The moment he agreed, his mom closed her eyes and was put into eternal rest.
He smiled but still shed a tear then said “I’m doing all this for you, mom” as he put the boxed lunch in his backpack.
He headed to the place where they’re going to have their practice. When he arrived everyone was already there, then they started their practice. During their break, Hikaru randomly said “I had trouble sleeping last night” without thinking what his bandmates are going to think. Everyone turned their heads towards Hikaru’s direction.
“That’s the first time I hear you say something ‘negative’! I’m wanna know what happened” Kei said
“Me too!! I wanna know what happend Hika-chan” Chinen added
“Nothing really happened, why would something happen to me?” he said
“See! Now you’re defensive. Something really happened right?” Yuto said
Hikaru laughed at Yuto’s statement and said “I’m not defensive since nothing really happened”
Then Yuya inserted to their conversation, “Ne, I saw Hikaru was skipping when he arrived here, something must’ve happened!”
“Yeah, I think so too” Yabu added
“You know guys, I can clearly hear what you’re saying” he said
“Then tell us what happened” Keito replied in british accent
“I told you nothing really happened.” Hikaru said trying to avoid the topic ‘Something Happened’
“Come on! Tell us Hika-chan” Daiki added while poking Hikaru’s face which Hikaru found a little bit irritating.
“Nothing happened really, I just I mar--” He stopped at the middle last word. His tongue slipped since he almost said he married.
“Mar?” Inoo asked. Hikaru felt something block his throat, “What will I tell them?” He thought. Good thing Yamada came in and asked “Guys, wanna order something?”
Hikaru felt as if a thorn has been pulled out from his heart. All thanks to Yamada he can avoid the topic.
“I don’t need to order, I have brought a bento” he proudly said without even thinking that his groupmates found this too strange. Usually, he would be the first one to say “Let’s order some sushi!” energetically.
“Ehh?! You have bento with you?” surprised Ryosuke asked. Actually he wasn’t the only one who was surprised. All the members were surprised. Hikaru was a lazy bum and would always resort to food delivery at times like this.
“Yes” Hikaru replied
“Now that’s weird, since when did you start cooking and making bento?” Yabu asked
“There’s definitely no way you would make a bento, I know you Hikaru” said Yuya
“Did you guys even know that homemade food is the safest?” Hikaru said as a rebuttal to all their questions
“Whoah! And now you start caring for your health” Daiki said suspiciously
“That makes it more strange” Ryosuke added
Hikaru couldn’t escape from the topic. He was wrong when he thought he could escape from the topic. He didn’t understand why he they all reacted from that one phrase he said earlier. It was not a big deal for him since it was the truth. He really had a little bit trouble sleeping last night since his heart was pounding like crazy and his head was full of things only he knew.
“Why don’t you just order something? Me, having a bento is not a big deal. You’re all making a big fuss out of it” he tried to act naturally as if it was nothing. Luckily the members believed what he said. Well they didn’t really believe him. For them Hikaru was acting suspicious but they shrugged the idea off since their stomach was growling already.
On the other hand, Hikaru was worried, what if Tomomi put a “love-love” feeling into his bento. How will he avoid the members’ questions? Minutes later, their order arrived, they then ate together. Hikaru’s heart was pounding since it’s the first time in a long time someone packed a bento for him. His mother used to make packed lunch for him. Slowly he opened the bento then peeked inside. He was relieved when he saw a normal bento. No hearts and no ‘love-love’ feeling. Though he was relieved, for some reason he was disappointed when he saw there was no ‘love-love’ atmosphere in her packed lunch.
After they ate lunch they continued their practice. After their practice he headed straight home.
“I’m home!” he said
“Welcome Home” she replied
For some reason, Hikaru felt happy since when he say “I’m Home” no one would answer. He skipped towards Tomomi and kissed her cheeks without even thinking what he was doing. His body acted out of its own. On the contrary, Tomomi was surprised, her heart was racing. She was having this strange feeling, since earlier at school when she was having her lunch, a male student passed his assignment to her. When she looked at the student’s face, she saw Hikaru for a second and her heart was beating like crazy. When she went to the gym she saw a bunch of ‘Hikaru’s’ doing basketball. She never felt this way before. This feeling was foreign for her. On her way home, something caught her attention. It was teen magazine with a big “Do you like someone?” print. The moment she read the question, an image of Hikaru flashed in her mind.
Tomomi hasn’t experience falling in love. The word ‘love towards the opposite sex’ didn’t exist in her dictionary. She always ignored men and built a wall between them, but for some reason, it seems like Hikaru broke this ‘wall’ between them. Yes, she admits that she let Hikaru take a peek at the wall she created but she was not expecting for him to break the wall between them in just a day. She was curious what this foreign feeling is, so during dinner she decided to ask Hikaru about it.
“Yaotome-san..” she said without even looking at Hikaru’s eyes
“You can call me Hikaru” he replied then smiled at Tomomi which made the other party blush “Then shall I call you Tomomi? If it’s okay with you, we’re married after all” he added as he was also blushing.
“Yeah, it’s alright” she said “I have something to ask you” she added with her head down focusing on her food.
“What is it?” Hikaru replied with a grin
“Earlier today, when a student passed his assignment to me” she said blushing hard
“Then what happened?” Hikaru attentively asked Tomomi
“The thing is.. when I looked at his face” she was stammering and her heart was beating so fast. She had no idea why she was feeling nervous. It was just a question but she did not understand why she’s nervous as if she was in a job interview.
“Hmm? What happened next?” he said
“I--- I saw” she said then covered her face with her palms “Hikaru” trying to hide her ultimately red face.
On the contrary Hikaru was blushing, did he just hear it right or was he just dreaming. He wanted to confirm it so he stated “He looked like me? Amazing! I wanna see him!” jokingly.
“No, he never looked like you before” she said with a shaky voice “After that incindent every guy I see looked like you, can you tell me why? Am I already losing my mind?” she asked with a serious face yet you could clearly determine that her heart was close to exploding.
On the other hand, Hikaru’s heart was pounding. He never thought that Tomomi, with her age, didn’t know what that means. He didn’t know how to reply since his stomach also had butterflies inside. His whole world stopped for a while. He felt as if he was the happiest man in the whole world, he felt as if an anesthesia was injected in his heart, that numbness. He felt as if he was floating. Tomomi likes him. “Uhm, let’s see” he stammered, still doubtful what to say “You really don’t know what happened earlier?” he asked.
“No, I think I have an idea what it is” she said
“Wha-what do you think is it?” he stuttered as he asked. He was not ready for a confession from his wife.
“I--- think…” she did not continue.
“You think?” Hikaru was anticipating for her next word
“I think you’re a special friend. You’re the first friend I made and I wanted to see you everytime” she said
Hikaru was disappointed. He was waiting for something like “I like you, Hikaru” but somehow, he was friendzoned.
“Ah-I see, that’s good!” he replied. “What about I get your phone number so that I can contact you” he said cheerfully, hiding his disappointment.
“Sure!” she answered with a wide smile that was too much for Hikaru’s heart to take. They then exchanged number.
“I’ll wash the dishes” Hikaru said.
“Okay, that would help me out. Thanks” she stated
“Why? You have something to do?” he asked
“Yeah, I need to calculate all this grades since it’s almost the time to distribute the school cards, I don’t want to pay the fines for the late submission of the grades”
“I see. Is there anything I can help?” he asked sincerely
“Ah, it’s alright” she replied.
After that, Hikaru cleaned the dishes while Tomomi calculated the students’ grades. After cleaning the dishes Hikaru offered to help Tomomi but she still refused. She thought that if Hikaru helped her, she won’t be able to concentrate. Though she’s a person who can concentrate well, for some reason, she thought that she won’t be able to concentrate with Hikaru around. Just his presence when he was asking if he can help almost made her heart explode.
“I know you’re tired, you still have a practice tomorrow right?” she tried to shift the subject of their conversation
“Well, I’m not that tired yet. Speaking of practice, you can come to our rehearsal this Saturday, you have no class during that time right?” he asked.
Though Tomomi was super duper glad that Hikaru asked her to come to his rehearsal, she needed to refuse his kind invitation. She has to work with her reports. Even if she works with all night, she won’t be able to complete all her work.
“I would love to go but from the looks of all this workloads I have tight now. I think it’s kind of impossible to finish all of this.” she replied
“Ehh??! Too bad, then good luck with your work!” he said, trying to cheer Tomomi which he successfully did.
Tomomi slept around 4:00 AM and she needed to wake up around 5:00 AM since she’s having her class. She set her alarm around 5:00 AM but she kept on extending the time until it was already 5:45. Though she didn’t want to wake up, but it’s her responsibility so without any choice she woke up, cooked food, ironed her clothes and packed a lunch. Time flew by in a blink of an eye. She looked at her wristwatch and it was already 6:30 AM. She has not yet finished packing lunch yet but she needed to go to school or else she’s going to be late. So without taking with her a packed lunch and without eating her breakfast she rushed to school. Her stomach was growling and she felt light headed. Her head was heavier than the usual yet she ignored this feeling. During her class, she knew she’s not feeling good but she continued her class. During her 15-minute break, she looked at her phone since she saw a message from ‘Husband’ , well apparently she named Hikaru as Husband in her phone. When she opened the message it said:
From: Husband
Subject: Good Morning!
Message:
Good Morning! Thanks for the packed lunch again, I hope you’re doing fine. I have a surprise for you tonight. *wink*
---End of Message---
Tomomi smiled, she felt like her energy was restored. Just with that single text message, her energy was restored. She was back to normal. She looked forward on seeing his surprise.
While on Hikaru’s side, he was thinking of surprising Tomomi by giving her a ring. They’re a married couple but they had no ring. When they we’re practicing, the Jump members found it odd since Hikaru has been silent the moment he entered the practice room. They caught him staring blankly into the floor for the nth time already.
“Ne, what’s wrong with Hikaru?” Daiki asked Ryosuke.
“I don’t know either” he replied
“What if we investigate a little after this practice” Daiki whispered
“Seems interesting, let’s do that” Ryosuke replied enthusiastically
After their practice, Hikaru headed straight to a jewelry shop where he had the ring costumized this morning. It was not that hard since all they needed is to resize the ring to fit into Tomomi’s and Hikaru’s finger. After he got hold of the ring, he went straight to a cake shop and bought a chocolate cake, he then bought bouquet roses.
On the contrary the two that has been following Hikaru was enjoying. They had disguises with them so it was fine. They tailed Hikaru until they saw him enter a jewelry shop. They thought it was because Hikaru was going buying a new accessory but they were surprised when they heard the saleslady say “It’s a beautiful wedding ring sir”.
Ryosuke whispered “Dai-chan, Hikaru’s going to be married?!”
“Shh! He’ll find out that we are tailing him” Daiki shushed Ryosuke. After that Hikaru went to a cake house to buy a cake, he then bought with flowers then headed straight home.
“He’s going to have a party right? He has cake with him, let’s go inside!” Ryosuke said. Right now, they are outside Hikaru’s house. The two of them peeked at what Hikaru was doing. He was preparing a dinner set for two and decorated it romantically.
Hikaru was home early, he knew that 30 minutes from now, Tomomi will be back. He dressed properly and looked decent. After 30 minutes of waiting, Tomomi was about to enter the house when she noticed two strangely dressed guys was squatting outside Hikaru’s house. In her mind, she thought that the two strangers were robbers since they were wearing a black bonnet, and black sunglasses though it was already 6:00 PM. She decided to talk with them and asked “Are you an acquaintance of Hikaru?”
Daiki and Ryosuke were stunned, she looked exactly like Hikaru, but the thing is, she was an ultimately beautiful girl. “a-aa-aa No---no, I sprained my ankle so we decided to stop for a little while” Daiki defensively said
“I know first aid, let’s go inside” she told them pointing at Hikaru’s house.
“Thanks for your kindness but we’re going to be fine” Ryosuke added
“Are you sure?” she asked and the two of them nodded. Then two of them headed home.
She opened the door and said “I’m home”
“Welcome back!” he replied
“You’re unexpectedly early today, and what’s with the dinner table?” she asked
“Just sit down first” he said. Then she sat down.
“I know it was only one day from our said ‘wedding’ but I wanna give you something” he said then he took out the jewelry box and handed their wedding ring to Tomomi. He was trembling, what if Tomomi won’t accept the wedding ring? What if she’ll hate me?
“What does this mean?” she asked with a calm face, opposite to what she’s actually thinking.
Hikaru then held her hand and put the ring in her ring finger. “It fits perfectly” he said. “I have mine as well” he added then showed Tomomi the finger where he put his ring. Now the two of them looked like a real married couple. “Now, we look definitely like a married couple” he stated. He was keeping his ‘cool image’, even though he was having an ‘emotions tornado’ inside of him. He stared straight to Tomomi’s eyes.
Tomomi was really happy she was surprised by Hikaru’s surprise so he immediately hugged him.
“Thanks!” she said tearfully “I’ll treasure it!” she added.
Hikaru hugged her back then kissed her forehead. “I’ll treasure you” he said hugging her tightly.
Tomomi felt as if she was about to melt, hearing those words from Hikaru was like heaven for her. She couldn’t contain into words the exact feeling she was feeling right now. “Yeah me too” she replied to him.
“I love you Tomomi” he said then kissed Tomomi’s sweet lips. When their lips parted he gave the roses to Tomomi, “Let’s make this day our wedding anniversary” Hikaru said then Tomomi nodded. Hikaru hugged her again and said “I want to have you as a mother of my kids” he said teasing Tomomi.
“Yah!” she replied “I will be, soon” she then winked at Hikaru.
~The End~