Preparations!

"honey,you know that she doesn't like doing jobs,don't you. We can't force her to do anything,can we? Isn't this how parenting works?

I know that you want her to stand on her own feet and be independent but,she doesn't want to do it! And,you can't force her to do a job,right? Anyways now that Suzume went to bed,we should go to bed too!" Said Aiki.

Aiki and Haru finished their dinner and went to bed. The next morning, Suzume woke up, brushed her teeth,took a bath,had breakfast and left for buying her wedding dress with her mom.

They reached the city center Mall in 20 minutes. They went to the most expensive store in the mall.

The mall was made only for rich people. Aiki went inside the mall, selected a dress for Suzume and told her to try it on.

Suzume went inside the trial room and came outside after 5 minutes. "Hmm,this wedding dress looks exquisite and florent. I think that we should definitely buy this dress.

The beads on this dress are of high quality and this wedding dress looks really unique too." Said Aiki.

"Uhh,mom, I want to buy a simpler wedding dress for my wedding. I actually always dreamed of having a simple yet luxurious wedding.

You already designed the venue of my wedding. I just want to choose my wedding dress by myself. Please,mom!" Said Suzume Hesitatingly.

"Ok,ok I get it,you don't like this dress. Anyways,tell me which dress you want?" Asked Aiki. "Uhh,it's a pink dress,it's right behind you!" Said suzume awkwardly.

"Lacey give her the dress she's asking for. I don't wanna be late,I want to reach home before lunch." Said Aiki.

Lacey gave Suzume the dress she wanted and Suzume went inside the trial room to try it. She came outside after 5 minutes.

"Mam,mam look at Suzume! She's looking so good! The dress is looking gorgeous on her!" Said Lacey happily.

Aiki took a glance at Suzume." Oh,so this is what you like to wear huh? Anyways,you can take it,it looks good. No one will spread rumours about our family being poor,at least.

Lacey,go pay for the dress and tell them to pack it. I am waiting outside. Suzume,you should go to the parking lot and wait for me." Said Aiki.

As Lacey was going towards the receptionist, someone stopped her from behind and held her hand. " Hey,you! Give that dress to me right now!" Excalimed Hikari.

" Bu...but mam,this dress was chosen by my boss and I am afraid that I cant give you this dress. I...I am sorry." Said Lacey.

Lacey called Aiki and told her to come inside the shop. Aiki came inside the shop." What happened Lacey? What's your problem? Didn't I tell you to buy the dress asap!?" Said Aiki.

"Uhh, actually I want this wedding dress. I want to buy it. It looks cool,so I want to buy it. So,can you look for something else?" Said Hikari.

Hikari took the dress from Lacey's hands. "Huh!? Are you kidding me right now!? What do you take me for!? A nerd!? Do you think that I will give this dress to you when I am the one who came first!?

If you liked this dress so much then you should have come earlier! There's no way,I am giving this dress to you!" Said Aiki.

Aiki snatched the dress from Hikari's hands,paid for it,got it packed and left the store. She reached the parking lot after 5 minutes.

After reaching the parking lot,she got inside the car and told the driver to drive as fast as he could."What happened mom? Is everything ok?" Asked Suzume calmly.

"Huh? Do you think that you're my babysitter!? Why do you even care about what I am doing!? Just mind your own business instead of meddling in someone else's." Said Aiki.

They reached home after 20 minutes. Suzume went inside her room,changed her dress,had lunch and decided to take a power nap.

She woke up after 40 minutes. She wanted to eat some ramen,so she decided to go to the nearest convenience store.

She went inside, picked a pack of ramen for herself and went to the counter. While she was paying for it,a man in a black suit came inside the shop.

He had some cuts on his face. He picked some bandages for himself and realised that he didn't bring his wallet.

He was returning back home but Suzume paid for him. After paying for him,she sat on an empty chair in front of a table in the store.

The unknown man also came and sat beside her. "Hey,thanks for buying these bandages for me! Tell me what your number is,I will send you the money." Said the unknown man.

"You don't need to pay me back,it's ok. I am happy that you at least said thanks to me. It's been a long time since I heard the word 'thanks' from someone." Said Suzume while slurping the noodles.

"Hmm,you sound like a depressed person. Anyways,what can be done if you don't want the money. I will just apply these bandages on my face I guess." Said the unknown man.

He tried to apply the bandages,but it was difficult for him to apply it on his face since there were no mirrors in the convenience store.

Suzume stopped eating ramen and helped him with the bandages. She applied the bandages on his face.

"It looks like I am really lucky today,someone helped me pay for the things I bought and also with applying the bandages on my face.

Anyways,coming to the point,don't you think that I am dangerous? I am a gangster,even the shop owner was surprised to see me. But you don't seem that surprised." Said the unknown man.

"Hah,I don't know who you are and I don't really care about you being a gangster. I have other things to worry about,you know." Said Suzume.

"Oh,so you don't care about me being a gangster? Anyways, whatever,I wanna ask you a question. Why are you eating here? You seem like a rich person."asked the unknown man.

"Oh,I guess you recognised me by my shoes huh? They are of high quality. And the reason why I am eating here is ,that I love ramen, but my mother doesn't like the stench of ramen. So,I have to eat it here." Said Suzume.

Author's notes-

Hi guys! I am the author of this novel! I hope y'all are having fun while reading this novel. I promised to make it more interesting,so I did. The characters may seem very new but you will get to know more about them in the future. Right now,you'll only get the chance to have a glimpse of them. There's only one character that you will see in the future after 10 episodes,and that character is Hikari! Keep reading to find out what will happen in the future!