The footsteps flutters his heart. It stopped behind him. Slowly, he turn
his back. For a moment he feel like his heart stop beating. Not once but twice.
In front of him, a young woman with a
cherry red lipstick and a black and red dress with a white cardigan matching
her heels, stand still. She was carelessly pretty ,with a soft and rosy skin ,
and a casual semi-long wavy black hair that brings out the best of her
beautiful black eyes. She also wearing a beautiful key shape necklace and it
wink around her neck. She is smiling , somehow still haven’t recognize him as
her fiancé.
“Unie.” Her mother
calls for her. Yabu back to his self.
“Mama,Papa. I missed
you.” She said as she hug her and her father. They are having a family moment
for a while before Unie`s mum take her to meet Yabu`s family.
“Let`s meet them.” She
said. Unie follows her mum.
Oh god. Help me with this. Which one of them is going to be my fiancé?
Could it be the older looking guy? But he look a bit older than me, he can’t be
my childhood friend. Well, another one, look very…charming. His face is like
Yabu Kouta from Hey!Say!Jump, but it can’t be. Maybe there is another guy who
isn’t coming, who knows. Maybe he didn’t come after all?
Unie thought, as she see two young guy in
the family. Her eyes is fixed on Yabu even she is be introduced to Momoko and
Keisuke. Her round eyes blinked several times to make sure that she did not
make any mistakes. While Yabu didn’t have any idea that he`s been watching.
Unie smiles as Yabu`s
mum hold her hand. She seems so happy. “What a pretty young lady you are.” She
said as she look at her husband. “You was just this little the last time we
meet you.” Her hand show Unie`s height that she remember 16 years ago.
“My name is Unie. Thank
you for coming to fetch me.” She bows a little. She feel grateful because
they`re waiting with her family.
“iie, it`s nothing. I
can’t really wait to meet you. Besides, we`re going to be family soon.”
That reminds Unie and
Yabu about their engagement. When Yabu`s mum introduce them, both Unie and Yabu
blushes. Their face were red while they shaking each other’s hand.
“Hi.” Her voice is
trembling.
“Hey.” Same goes to
Yabu.
“Yabu Kouta? Could it
be that…” she look at Yabu`s mum. She knows who is Yabu Kouta, in fact she is
his big fan . Suddenly she feel both excited and curious. She is torn between
meeting with her ichiban and knowing he`s going to be his fiancé.
Karina!Ami-chan!!! I`m meeting Yabu Kouta! I`m so excited!! Kyaaaakkk!
Demo, both of you won’t believe if you guys know that he`s going to be my
fiancé!!
Yabu`s mum smiled.
“Maybe you should ask
him yourself if you are curious? Right?” the elders nodded. “Yabu.” She called
for her son.
“Yes, kaa-san.”
“Why don’t you help
Unie with her luggage while we waiting outside at the parking lot?” her tone is
more like an order. Spontaneous their eyes meet. Unie felt like her face is
burning. Her heart flutter and beat fast.
She let go of a heavy breath as she faces him.
Silent strikes.
Everyone left. Just two of them facing each other.
“So…where is your
luggage?” Yabu broke the silent. His hand touch his neck as he tries to think
what should he say next.
“My luggage is outside
this cafe. But you don’t really have to help me.” Unie said.
“Ah,sou. Daijoubu, let
me help. Let`s go then.” He replies, awkwardly.
Yabu walks a bit faster than Unie after he get her luggage.
Surprisingly, she didn’t brought back lots, just a couple of bags.
She really didn’t bring back lots.
He slow his step down because she can't catch
him from her footstep sound. Her heels is running a bit behind him ,started to
slow down and it makes his lips curve a bit. This situation seems familiar. His
mind catch something.
“There they are. I
thought we have to wait much longer.” Yabu`s dad points his finger to their
children.
“It really look like 16
years ago,right? Yabu always wait for Unie so they can walk in the same rhythm.”
Unie`s mum said to them.
Momoko and Keisuke stares at each other. They don’t really spend time
with Saitou`s family when they were little, but they know about their brother
and Unie`s childhood memories thanks to their parent. Momoko is a bit worried
at first when their parent told them about the engagement, but after meeting
with Unie`s parent and Unie herself, she kinda like that girl.
“That`s all?” Unie`s
dad look at luggage at Yabu`s hand.
Unie grinned. “Hai!”
“Where is the rest?”
“Papa, I donate them to
my kyoudai at England. They need it more than me. You said I`m going to
continue my studies at Japan, I have almost everything here, you and mum, I
don’t need anything else.” She said.
Yabu put everything in the car. “I`m finish.” He shut the car boot.
“Good. So, me and your
mum will go with Momoko and Keisuke.” His parent go inside Keisuke`s car.
“Me and your mum want
to spend our time together in this journey.” Unie`s dad take his wife`s hand
and they go to their Mercedes leaving Unie and Yabu together. “Key is inside
the car already.” He shout before start the engine.
“Wa..wait! Mama! Papa!”
but none of them listen and they just leave with their car. “I don’t know how
to drive.” Complaints Unie.
“Well, let`s go. I`ll
drive.” He said. He know this going to happened but he never thought it going
to be this soon.
Ugh. I can't believe this. They are trolling us! Unie sighed. They left Narita
International Airport after a while.
Inside the car, silent strikes again. Along the way to Omotesando*, both
of them can’t find any interesting topics to talks about because of the
awkwardness. Unie gazed out the windows. Finally, “Can I ask you something?”
Yabu nodded. He try to
concentrate on driving.
“are you…” hesitates
envy her. “yabu kouta….hey!say!jump…” she speak as she is whispering but loud
enough for Yabu to hear and understand what she`s trying to ask.
“Yes. I`m Yabu Kouta
from Hey!Say!Jump. Do you have problem with that?” his voice change. It sound
so strict.
“No, it just… nothing.”
Unie pouts and squeezed into her white cardigan . She got her answer but she
had a feeling that Yabu is uncomfortable with that question.
Once again, the silent strikes.
Great. Did I just answered it with a wrong tone? Yabu curse himself for his action. He
don’t really like when people ask him that question especially the one who are
just meeting him.
He seems different. Maybe I shouldn’t ask that question. Maybe he don’t
feel comfortable with it, plus I just meet him. He might think that I`m like
other fans, who is curious about him.
“i`m…” she still gazed outside the windows.
“I`m sorry for my question earlier. I shouldn’t ask something I already know.”
Yabu coughed. She understands
my situation.
“It`s okay. And I apologize too, for
answering in a bad way.”
Unie curve a smile on her face. “hnn.”
The atmosphere is getting better between both of them, at least for now.
Prada Building
(this is a sparkling new architectural wonder next to an ancient shrine.
p/s: I don’t know if the info if right or wrong, I have never step my foot in
Japan.)
Everyone is already
inside Two Rooms Restaurant Bar and Grill when they arrived. Unie was stunned
by the beautiful view of Tokyo. “Kirei!” she shouts. It has been a while since
she come back to Japan. Everything seems
different and beautiful. Yabu let Uie
for a while. His phone rangs.
“Moshi-moshi. Hikaru.”
“So, how is the
meeting??? How is your fiancé? Is she look like a guppy??” Hikaru attack
him with lots of question. Yabu move a bit far from Unie, so she won’t listen
to their conversation.
“She is fine. I guess,
much better than 16 years ago. She is fine…yeah.” He don’t know how to
describes her.
“You like her? Come
on Kou-chan, you are speechless!”
“Urusai.” He try not to
shout. “I don’t know okay? This is just a beginning, I don’t know if I like her
or not. It just…” he turns and watch Unie. She seems stunned with all the
lights and the fascinating of Japan.
“It just?”
He remember at the airport, when he`s letting their footstep is in the
same rhythm. It is like his habit to walk in the same harmony with someone who
is close and he comfortable with . He always do it with Hikaru and Inoo,
sometimes Chinen, but there is someone else. He know he did it first with Unie,
16 years ago.
“Something…well,
got to go. Let`s talk tomorrow. Jya” he click the red button.
“Let`s go. They must
have been waiting for us.”
“Ok.” She follows him.
She don’t want everyone waiting for them.
It has been decided, the engagement will be held in a week. Both Yabu
and Unie meet each other with their family to deal with everything but they
still haven’t had a long discussing or talk.
Both still remain silent no matter what both families try to do.
Two days before the event.
Unie is waiting for
Yamada at Ogawamachi, currently waitng for Shinjuku Line to arrive. They are
going to Kanda Yabu Soba*, their regular meeting place.
“Onee chan!” Yamada
calls for Unie. He waves at her. As soon he is closer to her, he hugs his
sister. “Hisashiburi!”
“Un, Hisashiburi ne?
You look so handsome much different when we talk in Skype.” She praised
him. Yamada smiled. Both of them on
their way to the Soba restaurant.
Kanda Yabu Soba
“Okami-san!” Yamada greets the owner before she showed
them their sit. “I want Tendane and give my sister Soba with eel.” He orders.
The waitress leave. Yamada takes out his phone when it vibrates. He
received a text message from Chinen.
Yama-chan, docchi?
-Yuri-
Ogawamachi. I`m on date. :p
-Ryosuke-
Uso! Ne, Yuma is asking us to come to his
house, again. How?
-Yuri-
Yamada laughed.
“Doushite?”
Unie draw a confused face. Yamada suddenly laugh when he read his message.
“Betsuni.
It just my best friend texting me something funny.” He quickly replies to
Chinen.
(-3-)I sense something fishy with his
request! I don’t want to go!
Let`s meet later, I got something to deal
with. ^_^
-Ryosuke-
He turn off his phone.
“So, I guess you
already know about I`m getting engage with one of Hey!Say!Jump members, right?”
Unie start the conversation while waiting for their foods.
Yamada nodded. “Why did you, agree with it? This is not like you at all,
Unie-nee.”
“I don’t want to
disappoint my parent…”
“Even you are hurting
your own self?” Yamada cuts her words. He disapproved the engagement.
Unie smiled. She know Yamada would give this reaction. She let he talks.
“I know you were going
to be Yabu-kun fiancé, demo, I can’t accept that you and him going to be fiancé
even though you don’t know each other! Ugh, I don’t really know what`s in Aunty
and Uncle`s mind.” He stomped his fist
to the table.
“Yabu-kun is a nice
person, I know him, but I can’t believe he let his parent make this decision
for him! He should at least stand for himself and just decline it. And he act
like there is nothing happened , none of us know about this. He should tell us!
And if I were you, Unie nee, I`ll turn it down.” he seems angry.
The door slides. Their
foods arrive. Tendane was serve infront of Yamada. His heart calms a bit when
he see Shrimp Tempura Patty stays crispy in the sauce. Then the waitress put a
bowl of hot soba with a tray of Cold Zaru Soba and a bowl of sauce for dipping.
While Unie satisfied with her Eel Soba that have a milky in texture and a clean
aftertaste.
“I`m going to have a
words with Yabu-kun.”
Unie shocked.
“He need to answer
several question before the engagement party. There is no way I`m going to let
my sister engaged with some stranger. I do hope you think again about this, nee
chan.” He eat his foods,calmly.
Unie shook her head. She know Yamada is a bit over protecting over her.
“But what ever your decision is, I will accept it.” He continue.
“Suit yourself. But
don’t do something stupid.” She pinches his cheeks, laughing.
“nani yo nee chan!” he
rubbed his cheeks. It turn red.
“your cheeks so soft
and chubby!! Hahaha!” her hand move just like she want to pinch it again.
p/s: this is funny. I laugh when I wrote about the description of Saitou
Unie`s appearances, and also when I wrote the text message between Chii and
Yama-chan. I`m watching their conversation at Hey!Hey! Hey!Music Champ and put it inside this fic.>w<.
SPECIAL CREDITS TO NYC!!! LOVE YA!!
And as the scene between Yabu and Unie, yes, my heart flutter as it was
me who meet Yabu~my idol~XDD, I`m blushing like a baka-hito!!!
Oh god, the footstep harmony…I just…>///////////<. Why did I wrote
it like that? Why?????
*Omotesando : One of the most chic shopping and dining areas as well as
an expensive residential area in Tokyo. It was in Jingumae,Shibuya, Tokyo
Prefecture,150-0001, Japan.
*Kanda Yabu Soba : You have to walk through the Elegant Japanese Garden,
until you arrive at antique place that will bring you back to the past and
enter a long corridor entrance before into the Soba House. You will be greet by
rustic walls, raised tatami floors and the ancient chanting by Okami-san (the
owner maybe????) 2-10 Kanda Awaji-cho,Chiyoda,Tokyo Prefecture 101-0063 Japan.
Next Promise #4 : The Engagement…The Meeting of New Friends.(Part One)
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