All Together Finally

"Um, are you going to ever... let go?" I say as he's still hugging me and he finally does.

"Sorry. I was just too excited." He then continues to stare at me like he wants me to do something so I just stare back at him.

"Anything the matter?" I say putting my hands on my hips and tapping my foot like I'm waiting for him to say something.

"Um. I guess it's surreal looking at you here in front of me since it's been about 10 years that we last saw each other." I stopped what I was doing and sat down on his bed.

"Oh right. I sort of forgot about the whole 10 years thing. How's your business been doing?" I ask casually and so he sits back down next to me.

"Not bad. Nothing has really changed besides us getting twice as much money this year." I nod my head, completely understanding how calm it is for him to talk about money like that.

"So, could I find out why you decided on doing this whole candidacy thing?" I ask. He turns to look at me while basically gazing into my eyes with his blue ones causing me to blush and stop looking at him to look straight ahead instead.

"Haha, good question. When I heard about it and found out it was you from way back, I thought seeing as our family is so close in friendship and that they already made this marriage "pact" thing between us even though it wasn't "set in stone," that I would have a good chance of seeing you again and possibly getting you to love me back?"

I covered my mouth that was agape before heading into thought. Back to what I could vaguely remember from back then and that's when it hits me that some time ago, our grandfathers got us together and while we were playing they were talking with each other about marriage and what not and at the time, we were old enough to know what marriage meant and for some reason, we agreed?

"Uh, I don't know what to say. One thing though, you don't think that was a real agreement right? Like that it was something we HAVE to stick to? That's the reason I'm having this whole thing anyway." He shakes his head.

"No need to worry. I'm here to win your heart so you only need to look at me and no one else." He lifts my chin to look at him. Though his face is killing me, like blinding me because of how handsome he is so I blush some more before shifting back away from him in order to distance myself and him.

"Haha... Haha.. thanks. Um, I'm going to get going now." I stand up to start walking when he grabs my wrist so I look at him. He looks sad that I'm leaving. "It's fine, we'll see each other again. Like, literally tomorrow. Or even at dinner if you'll be eating there." It's like he has puppy dog eyes now so I just kneel in front of him and pet his head.

"It's okay, I won't be gone that long. You do realize you're like 2 years older than me?" He nods his head while inching closer like he wants to hug me again. "You also know how weird it is to have a grown man in a crisp suit looking like this at me?" He nods again this time pulling me in for a hug again."

"But, you're too cute!!! I want more hugs." He says. It's like he was a kid again and I laugh while also finally pushing him away.

"It's fine though. Like I said. I'll even come here again tonight if need be." When I say this, he looks suspiciously while also smirking at me.

"What does that mean?" I step back a little, blushing.

"NOTHING!! I don't know why you would think otherwise. I'm definitely going to go now!" I finally get the chance to leave his room before crouching outside his door with my face in my hands still blushing.

'OMG, I don't know how long I can live with 6 guys who are this handsome.' I'm still crouching outside his door when he opens it and almost runs into me before looking down at me chuckling a little.

"Haha. I really impacted you a lot huh?" He then crouches a little to pet my head as I did earlier to him and I glare at him making him pull back and laugh.

"Sorry. Haha. I'll wait for you to leave, then I'll go yeah?" I stand up, pulling my clothes down to tidy up and turn my back, before walking away without saying anything to him.

*Back to the Present*

The butler walks in interrupting me from my thoughts and he has brought tea. I sigh.

"Thanks, Mr. Butler. I really needed some." I'm the first to take the tea. How the room is situated, I'm in the same chair as before but this time, each sofa has 3 men on them. Isaac, Charles, and Leo are on one, and Rudy, Katsuki, and Grey are on the other. Of course, both Isaac and Leo are dressed in suits and have their legs crossed while everyone else is a bit more casual.

I take a sip of tea and then breathe out. Everyone is staring at me before I finally decide to talk. I first clear my throat.

"Ahem. So, we are finally all here... together. And like I told the first group of guys, you can leave whenever you want to like in regards to if you have to work and if in need of a vehicle, you can borrow one of mine, the butler can help or me. And if you do give up at some point and want to just leave completely, that's fine by me but I doubt that'll happen." I look at all of them and they're staring intensely at me. Making me blush of course so I look down.

"Ahem, um, so we can have a set date like Sunday to eat together and that's the set day but then for the rest of the week I might not be here or you guys might be elsewhere which is fine with me. I'll probably talk to you guys whenever I need to and organize "dates" I guess we can go on which I think could help the process? Besides that, I believe that's it. Have you guys introduced yourselves yet?" Leo is sipping his tea like he is a billionaire in his rightful spot. Grey and Rudy seemed to be in a closer relationship than the last time. And everyone else is sort of quiet.

"Sunday sounds fine," Charles says to break the small bit of silence we encountered.

"Great. And so, Charles, why don't you go first. Your age and where your from or your field of work is fine." I say while winking at him because he mentioned how he wanted to be friends with everyone.

"Perfect. I'm Charles Edward and I'm 26 from England. It's nice meeting you lads." He smiles and only a few of them react.

"Um, I'm Rudy. I'm 23 the youngest here so please, don't hurt me." He says looking cute and I "aww" in my head looking at him with sympathy where he then looks at me smiling. Everyone else seems to then glare at him causing him to sort of gather himself into a ball.

"Ahem. The name is Isaac Monash. 25. From Africa. A pleasure to make your acquaintance. If we have the time, we should get to know one another." What I've gotten from Isaac is that he seems to want to be friends with everyone but then acts proud due to his royal standings. He's a good guy.

"Then I guess it's me. I just wanna say. Before I tell you my name, I don't plan on backing down from getting the love of my life." He says looking at me winking and then I look away.

"Please, continue," Leo says sort of glaring at him.

"Anyway, the name is Grey Harrison and I'm 24. Nice to meet you." Leo is still glaring at him before I clear my throat.

"Leo. Why don't you go instead of glaring at Grey." I say and he turns and glares again and Grey just blows a raspberry and I laugh. They are such kids.

"Fine m'lady. Hello, I'm Leo Fonseca. 26, nice to meet you." He then relaxes back in his chair still sipping his tea. I shake my head before looking at Katsuki. I nod my head at him indicating for him to go and he doesn't say anything for a little before he starts speaking.

"Katsuki Tanaka from Japan. I'm 24. I hope we can all get along in the future." He says before releasing a breath it seemed he was holding.

"Great then! It was nice having this meeting together and we should be able to do more if you would like. First things first though, the press is supposed to be coming here this afternoon so if you could dress your best, I would appreciate it. If any of you are-" They all then start talking at the same time but I can tell they are saying that they aren't shy enough to not want the press to see them. I guess they're used to the attention?

"O-kay then. I'll see you guys in a couple of hours then?" I stand up and they are still sitting there. I sort of stare at them questionably. "You guys better not be planning on arguing when I'm gone!" They shake their heads and I shake mine. "Whatever, just find a way to keep from arguing, please. Leo." I say looking at him and he shrugs his shoulders.

"Wasn't planning on anything. Cross my heart... that belongs to you." He says casually and I walk over and slap his shoulder. "Ow! That hurt." I smile.

"I don't believe you one bit. I'll be leaving now." I hear the rest of the guys laugh at him and he seems to be pouting. After leaving I get a sense of loneliness. I guess I've gotten used to them being here.