Future Together?

With a heavy sigh, Haruto began, "Yusuke really is perfect for you... he is tall, handsome and rich… He can definitely make you happy, I wish you both a happy-"

Kanna burst into laughter, cutting him off mid-sentence, who seemed confused.

Through her giggles, Kanna managed to say "What? Are you being serious right now?" She continues laughing.

Haruto's brow furrowed in clear confusion, "Yeah, he did reach out to your family about marrying you" he said with confusion in his tone.

Kanna kept laughing, struggling to contain her laughter, finally managing to compose her laughter, "Yes he did" she confirmed, adding, "He did meet my parents at some restaurant and I wasn't there, and when he told them that he was my classmate my parents thought he was you" she said, pausing to stifle another laugh.

She then continues, "You remember I did tell my parents about you, so when Yusuke mentioned being my classmate my parents assumed he was you, the boy I loved in middle school." She chuckled again.

She then continues, "And then, they kinda got happy, thinking that I'd be getting back with my first love, So… they kinda got agreed on everything"

With a reassuring tone she added, "But don't worry, I've cleared things up with my parents, and I'm not marrying him" she declared.

Haruto's expressions were completely blank, his eyes wide opened, Then suddenly he burst into uncontrollable laughter, Kanna unable to resist, also joined him in laughing.

Haruto falls backwards onto his bed, still laughing intensely, Kanna laughing just as intensely, both of their laughs mingling with each other…

Two hours later, Haruto was lying in the darkness of his room, staring at the ceiling with his airpods on. The soft glow of his phone was the only light in the room.

"So that's how it went" Kanna's voice came through his airpods.

Haruto smiling warmly, replied, "Wow, that must've been tough"

"Yes it was." Kanna admitted, "But I'm happy with my work, I'm positive that i will get full marks" her tone excited.

"No doubt about it," Haruto replied, his tone soft and warm.

"Haruto," Kanna calls out gently, "My friend is calling me, would you mind if I turn this into a conference call for a while?" she asked.

"No, why would I mind?" he replied warmly. Kanna then quickly added her friend to the call.

"Hey Kanna" Her friend's voice echoed through the call, clearly frustrated "Haven't you checked your mail? We've got another assignment and its deadline is tomorrow morning!" She said, clearly irritated and frustrated.

"What?" Kanna's voice shot back in disbelief "Tomorrow is the weekend, aren't we supposed to rest a bit? How can they do that?" she sounded both stunned and outraged.

"They really are showing no mercy, whatever, we have to get it done before morning." She grumbled, her frustration visible. "I'm sending you a pdf, work on the details. Ugh, those professor's will definitely burn in hell."

"Hey, cool down Suzu, we have a guest on this call." Kanna warned firmly.

"Ooh, it's Haruto i guess," Suzu continued in a casual tone, "Sorry Haruto for disturbing, but I had to remind your wife about the assignment"

"Suzuuuu" Kanna yelled, her voice a mix of both surprise and embarrassment.

Haruto's eyes widened, his heart skipping a beat, he got utterly speechless, frozen in stunned disbelief.

"What are you saying Suzu?" Kanna exclaimed sounding embarrassed,

Suzu chuckled softly In response, "I'm going, and waiting for you, be quick" she then left the conference call.

"Haruto?" Kanna calls out in a low embarrassed murmur.

Haruto, still stunned, responded with a confused, "huh?"

With an urgent tone, Kanna quickly began, "I will explain this later, please, bye." She quickly ended the call, leaving Haruto stunned and speechless.

The next morning, Haruto was standing before the bathroom's mirror gazing at his reflection, Kanna's friend Suzu's words from last night echoing in his mind.

"Haruto, Kanna's husband?" Haruto thought to himself, a smile spreading across his face, "I'm sure she still loves me… and now that I'm about to start my own business, this might be enough for me to get on her level."

Haruto continued to smile on his reflection, "Yes, I should properly propose to her, and I shouldn't delay, from next week, I'll start my own business. I'm starting my own clothing brand, We both will grow together." his smile grew wide, as he envisioned their future together.

Later Haruto was sitting on his bed, With his laptop perched on his lap, diligently searching for business ideas, he seemed careful, noting down all key points on a notebook beside him. Suddenly his phone buzzed with a notification.

Without looking away from the laptop screen, he reached for his phone and swiped to unlock it, and saw it was a new message from Kanna.

A wide warm smile spread across Haruto's face as he tapped on the notification. The message Kanna sent, reads, "[Sleepy emoji] Hey, good morning, I didn't sleep at all."

With a smile Haruto began typing, "You should take a quick nap, don't waste your weekend sleeping all day" he hits send.

Kanna saw the message and her reply came, "Are you free this weekend?"

Haruto began typing, "No, not at all, I'll just stay home and will work on growing my business" he hits send.

Kanna saw his message, and her reply came, "Best of luck, I'll take a quick map then."

Suddenly, Haruto seemed hesitant as if he was thinking something, he then nervously began typing, "Hey Kanna are you free at dinner?" He took a deep breath, then hit the send.

Kanna saw her message, and began typing, leaving Haruto on the edge of anticipation.

Kanna's reply came, "Yes luckily, i am."

Haruto, visibly nervous, closed his eyes to muster his courage, then confidently opening his eyes he began typing, "Wanna join me for dinner?" he seemed super nervous, gazing at the message, he then quickly erased the message and retyped "If it's okay, may i invite you for dinner at your favorite place?" with a hopefully smile he hit send.

Haruto's message got marked as seen, causing his heartbeat to race, his nervousness growing wild.

Kanna's reply appeared, "Yes, sure, why not."

Haruto's face beamed with joy, he quickly sat his laptop aside, leaped on his feet, standing on his bed shouting "Yeahhhhh" in sheer excitement.

Catching his breath, he quickly sat back, composed himself and began typing "Great, is Hibana Restaurant still your favorite place?" he quickly hit send.

Kanna saw her message and her reply came, "Yes, but can you pick me up?"

Haruto's excitement and joy gew even further, "Yes, absolutely, no worries, tonight at 8pm I'll pick you up from your house."

Kanna's reply came, "Not from my house, but from my friend's house, I'll send you the address."

Haruto, beaming with happiness typed "Alright, no problem, see you soon" and hit send.

Kanna's reply followed, "Yeah, see you soon, I'm now going and take a nap, so i don't doze off at dinner [Smiling emoji]"

Haruto chuckled with excitement and typed, "Alright, may you have a peaceful and comfortable sleep." and hit send.

Kanna reacted thumbs up on his message and went offline.

Haruto, still radiating with joy and excitement, set his phone aside, closed his laptop and sprang off the bed.

"Time to start preparations" he exclaimed with enthusiasm, and with cheerful steps he started walking towards his cupboard.