They sit on the opposite ends of the couch, refusing to look at each other let alone turn their faces at the man seated in front of them. Satoru fights the urge to chuckle covering his mouth with a smirk. He arrived at the room in a chaotic state minutes ago, with the Zenin guards that ushered her to their mansion, had their noses bleeding, smashed furniture, and even Yuta was thrown together with them.
After a moment of silence between the teens, he hums amusedly. "You know each other?"
"NO!" Yuta and Maki choruses, acting like startled kittens who are caught in bad behavior.
"Ohh?" the white-haired man raises an eyebrow, intrigued. "then what's with this?" he turns his eye to his cousin and Yuta flinches.
"We...don't know each other," the boy looks at the girl sheepishly as if she's going to gouge his eyes out if she caught him glancing. "but I have encountered her once in the streets."
Maki whirls to face him. "You talk like it was me who attacked you!"
"I didn't! It wasn't my intention to..." Yuta stutters remembering how he accidentally grabbed something he shouldn't have touched. His checks his palms guiltily and blushes.
"This sucks!" Maki growls. "I can't believe I am getting engaged with a twig! And a pervert!"
Satoru jaws drop and look at Yuta who is equally shocked by her words. "Pervert?" he asks in a slightly accusing tone which made his cousin tremble in his seat.
"I-I-I didn't do it on purpose!" Yuta gulps while the girl on the opposite end of the couch seethes. "I swear!" his face is quickly losing its colors.
"Liar," Maki glares at him then at Satoru. "He groped me!"
Satoru gasps loudly in utter disbelief, Yuta's entire face is twisting. The next thing, he is pulling Yuta into a corner of the room and the boy prepares himself to get schooled.
"First of all," Satoru whispers and glances above his shoulder to check on Maki who has her arms crossed giving them a threatening glare. "I didn't expect you to be that quick, cousin." he pats him on the head.
"Wha-" Yuta remembers to lower his voice, feeling a pair of angry eyes from behind. Now, why does this older idiot sound proud? "It was an accident! And we didn't meet after that until now!"
"What the hell are you two whispering behind me?!" Maki shouts and the two of them quakes.
"Nothing, nothing," Satoru beams, returning to his seat. Yuta remains standing in the corner. He scratches his cheek with his pointing finger and claps his hand twice. "Okay children! I believe it is time to properly introduce you to each other."
That earns him a deeper frown from the Zenin girl but before she could protest, Satoru opens his mouth again.
"Yuta dear, this is Zenin Maki from the Zenin clan. And Maki," he grins at the girl and proudly introduces the boy. "this is Okkotsu Yuta from the Gojo household, my cousin."
She wrinkles her nose and looks away, clicking her tongue as Yuta only gives her a few scared glances.
Satoru had already expected the resentment that the Zenin girl will throw at them as a member of their rival clan, and a young lady who is forced to get betrothed. But he did not anticipate her aggressive personality. Luckily, he arrived on time before Maki decided to inflict more damage.
"You are here to get along. Our families have agreed on your engagement in the hopes of a better relationship between the two clans. You are still young and you have to get to know each other before anything else."
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All is Fair (In Love and War)
Fanfiction"....that's nice don't you think? she's a year younger than you. But remember, there are precautionary measures when talking to her about her family," Satoru flipped the paper with a flick of his finger, legs crossed, and continued reading the docum...
