A/N: Hey guys! It's been a long time since my 'How to Write a Naruto FanFiction'. Anyone remember that? No? Well screw that. I promised some stories as 'soon to come' but school is relentless. After juggling several reports and essays, here I am with an OreGairu story. Thank god for summer. I will be travelling, so don't expect too many updates due to Wi-Fi issues, but I will be writing, so sooner or later they'll be there. I've also been playing the crap out of Batman: Arkham Knight, but I can assure you I will not neglect fanfiction in the least.
I've had this AU in my mind for an extremely long time, so never got down to writing it. The AU contains a (extremely, but not over exaggeratedly) rich Hachiman (It's an AU, please bear with me) and a crippled one. The circumstances are quite different, but I plan to follow the events of the series. Constructive criticism is appreciated, since this is my first official story. (My guides do not count). Enjoy if you will. As the tags for this story suggest, T rating and HachixYukino as the main pairing for this fic. You'll see why soon enough.
An Irritated boy sat next to the windows at a coffee shop. The boy, upon closer inspection, obviously did have some wealthy parents, considering it's not every day you see a high-schooler in a high end shopping district in Tokyo, in a ridiculously overpriced coffee shop. He sighed, annoyed at the amount of time he had to sit there.
Opening his eyes, as boring as a dead-fish's as he takes the coffee and takes his first sip in god knows how long. 'Cold' he thinks. 'Why do people even have these meetings? That may seem strange coming from a youthful person like me. Ha. What a joke. Youth is simply an illusion. An illusion created by hypocrites who create more illusions for the world to see, and pass off as 'personalities'. Although Okaa-sama definitely hates when I bring up youth. Any friendship that involves having an image to keep, isn't much of a friendship at all. However all friendships have images to keep, thus making friendship a fool's delusion of companionship. Source: HikiPedia. Otou-sama always did act overly friendly with those stock-brokers. That image he keeps up in front of his 'friends' who are merely partners in the firm. He does have his friends though. Like that Yukinoshita guy from his childhood home… Chiba was it..?'
His internal monologue was cut short with a beautiful woman with dark brown hair walked in. Her clothes screamed 'rich' in everyone's faces, not to mention that limousine she just walked out of. Everyone turned like moths to a light. Except one individual. This breathtaking, socially-groomed woman's son, who didn't even bother giving a second glance and just gave a lazy wave at her. 'Same as always… never comments on how young I look… just like his damn father. DAMN YOU HIKIGAYA MEN!'
Keeping this to herself of course (she has a reputation to keep after all), she walks up and settles into the chair opposite him. Speaking finally after a short while, "What was so urgent that it couldn't wait till I got home?" he asked, again, lazily.
"Why do I always have to have a reason? Can't I just want to see my son on impulse?" she chided.
"Yes, but you do have an agenda don't you?" Hachiman, eying the papers in his mother's hand.
She just sighed at his observant skills. "Yes, yes I do, but before that, how are you doing? You only got out of the hospital two weeks ago"
He subconsciously rubbed his thigh, a reminder of the kind of pain he was in. "I'm fine. Anyway, can we cut to the chase, what did you need me out here for?"
"Hey that's mean… talk to me more… Alright, I'll cut to it, but seriously, you need a personality change Hachi…" she trailed off. They were obviously very close, despite being a mistress and heir to a corporate empire. "Ok, I won't sugar coat it. You're engaged."
He spit out his coffee right back into the cup. Out of the infinite number of possibilities in an infinite number of parallel universes, that was the last thing he would expect to hear. "WHAT?!" what his only reaction. He was utterly speechless. They may be a corporate family, but arranged marriages weren't in their style. All of his grandfathers, uncles and his own father had their own marriages out of love, so what was possibly different?
"OK…" he started after regaining his bearings for a bit. "Why?" was all he could say. The (aggravatingly) older Hikigaya was slightly confused by the vague question so he elaborated. "We obviously aren't in the doldrums, our partners are wide scattered enough, so there's absolutely no reason for there to this marriage to be political or power related. So why?"
She only smiled again at his perceptiveness. 'With that attitude and reading of people, our future rivals don't stand a CHANCE.' "Well it's political in a different sense" she said cryptically, knowing he would get it now.
As expected, she got the reaction she wanted out of him. 'Mom-1, Hachi-0'
"Are you trying to tell me that I'm engaged to Yukinoshita Yukino? I've only met her once. As a CHILD. How was this even decided? Why? What? When?-" He had so many questions running in his head. What would be his future now? His dream of being a simple house husband NEET (Not in education, employment, or training) , living off his incredible assets handled by his company. He was in a haze of panic, only to be cut off again by his mother.
"Your baka fathers did that. Apparently, after a huge party, drunk way too high above the legal level your father and Yukinoshita-san decided it would be a great idea to have the same grandchildren… Your's and Yukino-san's fingerprints are right here to confirm the engagement." She said handing him the papers to skim over.
"Please tell me you're here to tell me I can break it off" he was scared now. His mother had that glint in her eye.
"Quite the contrary. When I found the papers in the safe, I had your father call Yukinoshita-san to talk about it. But those two idiots only ramble when they talk, and it doesn't seem they're any less willing to have this arrangement." She finally said, finishing with a huge sigh.
"…. Why am I not surprised by this?" he said sighing as well.
"I figured this will be a good change of pace for you. I do know how much you hate living in the city here." Not exactly, considering their mansion bordered on the countryside, with a huge forest behind it. "So, you finally have an excuse. What would you say about moving to your father's hometown?"
"Does my vote actually count?" he asked, genuinely. Not as a joke. Genuinely. "No." and she genuinely replied.
"When do I head out? As much as I don't want this I do want to leave this place." He shuddered at the horrifying memories of his eighth-grader syndrome. He doesn't want to the recall the impending destruction of the world from the wrath 3 deities of- crap. He had to get out of here.
"As I thought. I took the liberty of getting you an apartment. I know you like simpler ones, but if you insist on dragging that piano of yours, I got you a penthouse. You have the expenses in your bank. (I won't bore you with details of the amount, so I'll use this How I met your mother reference) about 5 Craploads a month." She finished.
"Leave it to you to plan ahead…"
"You leave in a week. Anything else?" she said, calmly, in conclusion to the groundbreaking news she just conveyed to her son.
"No. I will have to talk about this with dad though. I'm leaving now though, lunch period is almost over." Putting over the amount to pay for his nearly untouched drink, he grabbed the school bag and his cane and limped out of the shop, thinking about the weird experiences to add to his already weird life, his mother leaving behind him as well.
A/N: That didn't take nearly as long as I thought it would. I will try focusing on some HachimanXYumiko after this, since Zeroexist, an incredible fellow OreGairu author got me into it. I really feel that HachixYumi brings a lot to the table, since you're creating their own chemistry, unlike other pairings, where their relationship is preset, and you have to follow up on that. That doesn't mean I dislike other pairings though. I'm also working on something for Tokyo Ghoul, so that'll be out in a day or two as well. Anyway in the meantime, please review this, even if it turn out a piece of crap. And check out Zeroexist! See you guys in Ch2 hopefully. Cheers. - DarkerSS