Wedding in Japan

Part 7

CHAPTER 7
Kagami was inside the children's department taking a sip of an orange juice bottle as she was observing children play together in the corner on a small playhouse with a slide and a ball pit next to it, having a few children sat inside it, play with each other.

Adrien Agreste got into the cabin then moved his head around to look for the Japanese woman, which he encountered there at the children's corner watching them play and Adrien moved further to met up Kagami. 

"Could you believe my father would come up with a lame excuse to not let me play there with them when younger?"

"Is that a question?" Kagami asked making the blonde shrug. "I don't think he would even if you were by yourself"

"He probably would have said something, like I would catch a cold by someone else or everything here, was touched by thousand other children and there are many bacterias or so,"

"My mother wouldn't allow me to play with strange children. She would see everyone as unworthy and as a bad influence. You also saw that years ago, soon as we got friends during fencing class how she treated both of us"

"If D'Argencourt didn't have witnessed the discussion and spoke to her the other day, we wouldn't have become the friends we are today....or were back in the old days" Adrien corrected earning a nod from the blue-haired woman. "We still are those good friends, aren't we?"

"Of course, just because we haven't seen each other for so long, it doesn't mean that we're no longer friends"

"Of course not Kagami" Adrien agreed holding his fist up in front of Kagami, which smiled gently at the blonde and took her own fist up too to hit his fist with hers, then the two started to giggle and looked back at a young girl sliding down a slide followed by a younger boy.
"If one day I have my own kids, I would let them play more often with the other kids. If for any reason it doesn't go I tell them why." Adrien counted the blue-haired woman, that stood beside him.
"The kids also will have to understand the times you say no and even when you take them with you for shopping, that they can't always get everything they want. I know you're wealthy and you probably have gotten everything you wanted from your father, when younger, right?"
"Right I want to give them an ordinary life as all the other kids do. Have them go to a normal school and all that"
"That is a good thing to do" Kagami responded making Adrien nod. Kagami opened her juice bottle to take a sip, then Adrien thought about what he should talk about with the girl.
"I'm just wondering, I actually don't know that guy, but how is Hiroki like?"
"Well he's about my size, maybe a little shorter, he grew up in Minato and has a younger sister named Hinata and she's around 16 years I think"
"Is he nice?"
"Of course" The Japanese woman responded. "I don't think my parents would choose me a jerk to get married with"
"Jerk....wait......thats an arranged marriage?" Adrien asked alarmed at the woman, which nodded a little bewildered.
"But he is well raised like you" Kagami indicated to the Frenchman, which wasn't very pleased with the idea.
"Well...... it's a good thing if he's friendly and treats you with respect, but I find you shouldn't do that because your parents want it. It's your life and you should choose the path of it, not them. What if you're not happy with the way it is?" The blonde questioned the woman concerned.
"I know, but I don't want to let my parents down. They want our legacy to continue and they're already excited to know we want to wait for the best moment for the child to be born, because of their characteristics in the future, "
"But what about your happiness?" The blonde questioned gazing at the woman with a neutral look on his face. "You should go and live your life with the person you're feel attached with. Go and take your time to figure out if you're going to be happy that way"

"I know you're not very fond of the idea of the arranged wedding, but mother said I don't need to worry. She explained to me hers was also arranged too and with the time she felt more attracted to my father, it's just a matter of time"
"Okay if you think that works..." Adrien responded with a sigh observing the kids playing, while Kagami did the same and noted Adrien's sadness and she passed her hand on his cheek, observing the man roll his eyes down at her.
"I missed seeing you worrying about me, but trust me I'm good," Kagami assured earning a small smile of the man, which looked back at the children corner where a child tripped over himself falling on the floor and starting to laugh.

In the evening Nino stood outside of his hotel looking on his smartphone for the phone number of his friend Adrien.
"Wonder how my dude is doing" Nino questioned himself finding the number of his best friend and set it on call, waiting for him to attend.
"Hey my dude, how are you doing?"
"I'm good, a little tired, but good"
"What about Kagami? Did you manage to get closer to her?"
"A little bit I guess. She told me that she's glad that we're friends and she's glad that I still worry for her."
"That sounds good for now" Nino complimented the friend walking the stairs down at the end and made himself comfortable on them. "Is she around you at the moment?"
"She's in the cabin. I was just now going to the toilet and received your call"
"Oh sorry dude, look I won't bother you anymore, just keep talking with her, maybe about the good old times, stuff she likes, common interests, anything that way"
"Hey I've asked before Kagami about her fiancee and she confirmed that the wedding is actually an arranged one. I think she isn't going to marry Hiroki out of love, more because of her parent's wish in keeping their legacy alive and he was eventually the only guy they assumed was the one right for her."
"What?" The Morrocan asked surprised. "But can't she fight her parents about it?"
"She told me I shouldn't worry about it, but how am I supposed to be alright if I know she's going to hurt herself when she takes that step"
"Maybe you could give her many other reasons, why she should not take that step. Just be honest with her, "
"I could just talk with her like before"
"Yeah but make it at a specific moment, when you somehow come back to the topic of her wedding"

"Sure"
"Good and don't worry if you can't convince her. You still got a couple of days in front of you, who knows what's going to happen next"
"Alright Nino, look I have to finish the call, I have to see, if I make it to Japan or somewhere else without an empty charge, "
"Yes dude, goodbye and bone chance" Nino wished his friend terminating the call and put it back in his pocket, then saw his old class comrade Alya Cesaire passing by afterward she waved at the brunette man, which mirrored her back.
"Hey Nino" Greeted the woman with the wavy hair.
"Hi Alya, you're going out somewhere?" Nino questioned her, which nodded.
"I'm going to meet up my partner at the sushi bar" Alya responded making Nino nod.
"Oh cool, I didn't know you had a boyfriend. I kind of thought you might be one of those women, that we're focusing on the career first and then a love life" Nino mentioned making Alya laugh.
"Well I actually am that girl. By partner, I meant to say my partner in the career, the cameraman who's always around with me, Jordan,,
"Ah uh okay, thanks for clearing it out for me"
"No problem" Alya replied.
"Well I'm on my way to any local to get something to eat, you don't have anything in mind, where a dude like me could go?"
"Not really but you could join me and Jordan?" The Martinic descendant woman asked, making Nino think about it.
"If you're okay with that, why not. I'm not really in a mood to be alone" Nino answered making Alya furrow her eyebrows at Nino's answer.
"Is it because of Adrien?" Alya asked walking forward to the sidewalk followed by the Moroccan.
"I'm just a little worried about him being out there and if he gets his heartbroken, when he's finally here"

"He's more worried cause it's an arrangement from Kagami's parents and from that Hiroki and that she might ruin her life with it"
"Maybe she will admit that she's not prepared for that or she will ask Adrien for help or someone else. I mean she probably trusts asking him that kind of stuff a friend rather than her parents" Alya mentioned the brown-skinned man.
"Yeah or we could also help her at some point if Adrien can't manage it" Nino suggested earning a nod from the girl.
"Yes and hey let's talk later about it, we should head quickly at the train station and here they are overly punctual" Alya mentioned making the man chuckle.
"That's right, Alya" Nino agreed accompanying the woman to the sidewalk on the other side of the road.