Chapter 7 - Expectations and Weird Cousins

A while later, all four of them were down stairs, surrounded be all of their

nosy, gossip seeking relatives; of course, at the lead was Shoko and Tomoyo's

Grandmother. Thankfully, all of the members of the family gave their utmost,

undivided attention to Rui and Tomoyo, giving them both ideas for engagement

ceremonies, the wedding, etc. They even went so far as to discuss childeren,

and how many they wanted out of her. This made Tomoyo's eyes widen in

panic...for she'd never been comfortable having the "it" talk with her parents

much less her ENTIRE clan. That was more than 50 people! As soon as this

conversation started taking place, Shoko decided it was time to silently step

out and skip dinner. Before she could, a hand swiftly caught her wrist and

tugged softly. "Wait for me!" Suichi hissed in her ear. "Let go of my hand!

Don't you know what they'll do if they see?" Shoko hissed back. She snatched

her hand away from his, and waited for him to follow. They reached an empty

room, another area which Shoko had never seen before. This room was dark red

with couches that were also red, but just a shade lighter. The room was also

adorned with gold candlebras, frames, slik curtains, there were also a LOT of

vanilla insence candles...that were lit. She turned around to find Suichi with

a very confused look on his face. "What did you mean back there?" He asked.

Shoko took a deep breath and said. "Right now they are occupied with Tomoyo and

Rui, but soon they're going to move on...to us. Like I said before, Grandma

isn't the only one who wants us together. They're going to do something stupid,

like an arranged marriage or something." Shoko looked up to see Suichi's face.

When she did, all she saw was a blank comprehesion....which was not what she

was looking for. Just then, the door was thrown open. Four girls Shoko's age

walked in. They were all Shoko's cousins, also known as Shoko's rivals for

Suichi. They were all very pretty, no doubt. At the lead was Nadeshiko. She was

sixteen years old, with long, billowing brown hair, that was wavy around her

pretty face. She had fair skin, and melty brown eyes, whose lashes put everyone

else's to shame. Her's were long and brushed her cheeks whenever she looked

down, and when she looked up, they adorned her eyes, making them even more

noticable. Next was Megumi. She was fifteen, and Nadeshiko's younger sister.

She had the same looks but she looked cute in an innocent way; she wore a

clueless look, though she knew exactly what was going on. Their cousins stood

right beside them. Yumiko and Nanako were identical twins, but you could tell

them apart because Yumiko's eyes had highlights to them. They both had long

black hair, but Nanako's were shorter. They had pale faces but also had lips

that were naturally red; truly devils from hell. They all gave Shoko a pointed

look when Nadeshiko said "Shoko, did you know that Grandmother's looking for

you? I really do think you should go now." Shoko didn't miss all of the thick

implications in Nade's voice, and she was sure Suichi didn't miss them either.

She looked back at him with a look that all but said 'have fun, and good luck!'

He gave her am exasperated look that pretty much shouted that he was going to

need all the luck he could get. Nadeshiko walked towards him making her hips

sway slightly. Before she closed the door she snagged a quick look at Suichi,

and had to stifle the fit of giggles in her throat as Suichi gave Nade a look

that was both skeptic, and incredulous.

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