"A party?" Yuzuru repeats what he heard on the phone. Reika raises an eyebrow, intrigued hearing him taking a call while eating her breakfast. "Uhm, I don't think that's necessary..."
"I think it's unecessary... but if you guys want to do it, well..." He sounds polite, but his voice sounds doubtful, as if he really doesn't want it. Yuzuru stuffs his mouth with more rice Reika had cooked as he talks on the phone. In front of him across the dining table, Reika Fueguchi silently eats. "I'll have to ask my wife." He finally says.
Oh? Reika looks up to his eyes this time, curious of what could possibly Yuzuru is talking about on the phone. As soon as the call ends and Yuzuru puts down his phone, Reika doesn't bother to wait and asks him right away, "Who's that? What were they talking about? Why did you say you have to ask me first?"
"Easy now," Yuzuru chuckles seeing an enthusiastic Reika. "That was Javi."
She somehow likes the way Yuzuru says Javier Fernandez's name. Habi. He sounds cute, she thought. "What did he say?"
Yuzuru takes his time before answering, taking bites of his grilled fish. As if he's trying to figure out the words. "Uhm... He said the TCC folks wanted to throw a small party in my—our apartment."
Her eyes widens, she didn't think Yuzuru is the party type. Seeing Reika's reaction, Yuzuru immediately adds, "I told him it's unecessary! I don't do parties either... But he said the folks insist."
"Well... you said 'party', but what exactly are they coming to celebrate for?" She asks curiously as she takes another bite of her egg roll.
"Our marriage," Yuzuru says straightforwardly.
His bluntness makes Reika chokes on her food. She coughs a few times before replying with a flushed face, "What?"
"Our... marriage." He repeats once again, this time with a slighty embarrassed face. "Yeah, they want to celebrate me getting married."
Reika really needs to stop forgetting his husband is famous and is dearly loved by a lot of people. She didn't expect anyone to throw them a party among friends like this because their marriage was arranged, but clearly some of Yuzuru's friends want to do it. "Then of course we should do it! We can't deny others' kindness."
"Are you sure you're comfortable with it?" Yuzuru asks.
She nods, smiling. "How many people, though? And who are them, aside from Javier-san and Zhenya-san?"
Yuzuru thinks for a while, counting the possibility. "A few skaters I'm close with... my coaches... also maybe TCC's nurse and doctor, if they're not busy."
"Woah, TCC has its own private doctor and nurse?"
"Of course. Athletes are very prone to injuries."
"Well then," She finishes her meal, clapping her hands together. "We should get ready and prep the apartment!"
Yuzuru agrees, and let Reika leave the dining room to take a shower and change clothes while he stays to wash the dishes and clean the kitchen.He gave Javi a call to let him know that Reika said yes, then he also goes to his room to change to a more proper shirt.
When he walks out, he finds Reika wearing a knee-length floral dress, vacuuming the floor. As she bends down to reach the area under the couch, the skirt of her dress lifts up, showing the milky skin of her thighs.
Panic, Yuzuru quickly turns his head away. He can feel his cheeks getting hot. "She really needs to be more careful..." he whispers to himself. After he managed to calm down, Yuzuru helps around and tidies everything.
The bell rings not long after. Reika and Yuzuru stand side by side as they open the door, finding four people at their doorstep, all of them Jsmiling wide. Reika recognizes each of them immeadiately. Javi, Zhenya, Yuzuru's coach, and the receptionist–Canarya.
"Hey guys," Yuzuru greets them.
"Welcome! Come in, come in," Reika invites them in cheerfully.
"We brought booze!" Javi exclaims contentedly, showing them a bag of liquor bottles.
Yuzuru grunts as a protest, clearly not happy of the gift. "Jaaviiiiii, c'mon."
The lady Reika recognized as Yuzuru's coach laughs, both at Yuzuru's dissatisfaction and Reika's confusion seeing the two. "I'm sorry dear, we know Yuzuru can't stand alcohol but Javi said no party is fun without alcohol, hahaha!"
"Yep yep, he really insists on buying some alcohol on our way here." Evgenia adds.
"I'm tracy, by the way! Yuzu's coach." The coach lady shakes Reika's hand. Reika nods and politely smiles, "Reika."
"You two look lovely together, dear! Look how beautiful you are, I know Yuzuru is for sure lucky to have you as his wife!" Tracy showers her with compliments, Reika could tell they were genuine. She smiles happily in response.
"Tracy, Neesan is not Yuzu's wife!"
Evgenia's statement makes everyone in the room turns to her. While Evgenia chuckles as she doesn't know, Reika's eyes widen, the guilt of not telling Evgenia the truth earlier creeps in.
"She's not?" Tracy asks back, confused.
Still chuckling, Evgenia continues, "Reika-neesan is Yuzu's sister! How come you make that mistake?"
Oh no. Reika thought. This is bad.
Canarya tries to butt in, "Evgenia, Reika is—"
"Besides, there's no way someone like Neesan is Yuzu's type, haha! Am I right, Neesan?" Evgenia turns to Reika, laughing. Not realizing the aura around her when he said that. Reika doesn't respond. It took Evgenia a few seconds to notice Reika staring at her in disbelief, her gaze looks hurt.
Truth be told, what she said hurts. Evgenia is not just anybody. She has known Yuzuru for years, and is close friends with him. So what she said may have some truth in them... thinking about how Reika doesn't fit Yuzuru's type made her heart shank.
In that silence, Yuzuru walks to Reika's side, embracing her shoulders. He looks somehow angry.
"By the way, where's your wife, Yuzu? I'm really curious what she looks like!" Evgenia tries to fix the silence she's causing.
Both Reika and Yuzuru's eyes have a different look –Reika looks hurted, Yuzuru looks pissed– but both of them were staring straight into Evgenia's eyes when Yuzuru said the words.
"You're looking at her."
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author's note; I'm sorry it's been a while, but I hope you like this chapter! Please comment what your thoughts abt this chapter (〃ω〃)
By the way, has school started for you guys?
For me, my online classes has started, I'm kinda sad I don't have as much free time as a few weeks ago \٩(๑'^'๑)۶/
