Chapter3

#Chapter3

Betty mooed and Vivian chuckled. She looked into Betty's blue eyes /"Let's go home now. We might be late,/"

They both walked back downtown from the hill. When she reached her house, she saw her mother standing at the door.

/"Mama, I got Betty,/" Vivian smiled.

/"Vivian!/" Mrs Garnette shouted carefully, making sure her voice wasn't loud /"Good thing you're already dressed,/"

/"How do I look?/" Vivian asked as she held her frock /"Beautiful right?/"

/"Yes, indeed,/" Mrs Garnette smiled and quickly went inside the kitchen.

Vivian walked into the verandah where Delia stood. She was peeping through the door.

/"Oh my God, he's handsome!/" Delia squealed. Vivian looked at Delia. She slowly walked towards her and peeped inside the drawing—room. She could see through the open door——A young man of about her age, dressed up in a black suit and leather boots sat on the shabby and worn out sofa with two other people, maybe his parents. Delia went away to help her mother.

Vivian could look at Kirito. He was so big now. All these years seemed worth the wait. She could feel her chest tightening and the air passing in and out of her lungs. She looked at him as if he was the only person she had ever known. And she wanted to know him more.

She didn't know what caused him to turn but he did and their eyes met. They looked at each other for a while as if they had learned about each other already just through their eyes. He smiled and waved at her. She quickly looked away.

Delia suddenly tapped her shoulder and Vivian flinched /"Go inside. Father is calling you,/"

/"But I'm not emotionally prepared,/" Vivian was red already. Delia crossed her arms and glared at her. Vivian took a deep breath and opened the door. She looked everywhere but at Kirito and he didn't look anywhere but her.

/"This is my daughter,/" Mr Garnette introduced her to Kirito.

/"Vivian!/" Mr Hiomi got up from the sofa /"How are you, my dear?/"

/"I'm good, uncle,/" Vivian looked at the floor.

/"You can call me dad,/" Mr Hiomi said.

/"Yes, dad,/"

/"Aw, you're shy?/" Mr Hiomi laughed /"Why don't you kids talk to each other for awhile? I need to have a chat with Lucus too,/" He proposed.

/"Alright,/" Kirito got up from the sofa.

/"Vivian, why don't you take him to your room? There you can talk without any disturbances,/" Mr Hiomi suggested.

/"Yes, dad,/" Vivian turned away /"Please follow me,/" She said to Kirito and both of them walked to her room on the first floor. She opened the door only to remind herself how messy her room was, with books and clothes thrown everywhere.

/"My cow did this. It is not always like this,/" She started picking up her stuff quickly.

/"It's okay. My dog has eaten hundreds of homework assignments too,/" Kirito leaned and started picking up the books thrown on the floor. His fingers touched hers and she leapt back giving a tiny shriek.

/"Please sit on that sofa for now,/" She said as she clenched her eyes /"I'll do this myself,/"

/"Sure,/" He sat on the sofa and a farting sound covered the room. He quickly got up and saw a pillow.

/"Sorry that's my toy pillow. But I swear it wasn't there to embarrass you,/" She snatched the pillow from him.

/"This is quite an interesting room,/" He looked around. She stood before him and he stared at her. /"Why don't you take a seat?/" He patted his hand on the sofa.

/"You mean sit beside you?/" She asked.

/"Yes,/" He smiled.

She quietly sat beside him and looked at the wooden floor while twisting her feet. There was a moment of silence until Kirito asked what her hobbies were.

/"I can sleep for 24 hours,/" Vivian said.

'What am I saying?! You beschevert sau!'

Kirito laughed /"That's nice. I don't have any hobbies,/" Kirito said.

/"Did you especially learn German?/" Vivian asked.

/"Yes, to talk to you,/" Kirito said.

/"I learnt Japanese too!/" Vivian said.

/"That's amazing, now we can converse in both the languages,/" Kirito smiled. Vivian nodded and looked at the floor again.

/"Vivian, honestly tell me—— Do you like me?/" Kirito asked. Vivian looked at him. He took a deep breath.

/"We don't really know each other that well, so I was thinking if you would like to cancel this engagement,/"

Vivian looked at him with surprise. Did he not like her?

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Kirito couldn't hate her. She looked good and she dressed up for him. She learned his language—— He couldn't hate her. Vivian refused to believe it.

/"Verarschen!/" Vivian faked a laugh.

(Tn// Stop joking around)

/"I'm serious,/" Kirito said, coldly.

/"I know that we don't know each other that well, but I want to know you and I'm ready to spend my entire life learning about you,/" Vivian said. She looked at his hand. There wasn't any ring in his fingers.

/"I see,/" Kirito smiled and got up /"Then, see you at the wedding ceremony,/"

Vivian smiled.

Something wasn't right. She didn't want to do this but her heart didn't listen to her mind. Things went fluently the preceding month. Everyone seemed busy with the preparations. There was just so much to do in the wedding! Finally, it was the wedding day.