[Fruit Basket] Her Royal Highness the Rabbit Princess

Because the flight of Himekawa Shuyuki and the Himekawa brothers was canceled due to the blizzard before New Year's Eve, they were forced to stay in the United States for the New Year.

After knowing this, Hongye, who has been promoted from boyfriend to fiance, plans to go to Himekawa's house to accompany Suzuha to watch the new year. After all, at this time of year, he only goes to have dinner with the wave bird's house, and cannot be with Kusama Hideyuki and the others. .

It's just that after knowing that Jia and Xiaotou will come back on New Year's Eve this year, and some members of the Chinese zodiac said that they would hold a dinner party like in previous years, a party that even cats and outsiders can participate in, he changed his mind and invited Suzuha came to Soma's house for New Year's Eve dinner.

He wanted to take the opportunity to tell Zi Wu and the others that he really had a fiancée, so that they would stop being eager to help him arrange a friendship.

He also wants to introduce Suzuha to Xiaotou, let Xiaotou know that he already has someone he likes...

When the familiar car came into his sight, Hongye, who had been waiting at the door for almost 10 minutes, quickly took out a specially prepared shawl from the bag in his hand, and planned to put it on her immediately when the other party got off the car , but when the other party got off the car, he accidentally shook his head when he saw the other party.

A goose yellow kimono with cherry blossom patterns, a light blue sash, part of her hair tied back, and a yellow headband... She is obviously a familiar person, but wearing this attire makes her look very familiar. It felt different, and it made his heart beat faster.

"I'm sorry," Suzuha didn't notice his strange behavior, but bowed to him apologetically, "I'm late because of the traffic jam, Hongye-kun must have been waiting for a long time."

"No," Hongye said with a smile while wrapping her shawl around her, "I didn't just tell you to be casual on the phone, why are you still dressed so formally?"

"Because Momiji-kun said that he would meet the head of the Soma family, so no matter what, you can't be too rude, right?"

Seeing her serious talk, Hongye shook her head amusedly, then took her hand, and carefully led her to her place of residence.

After entering the independent small bungalow where he lived, Suzuha asked a little puzzled: "Oh? Don't you need to go to the main house to say hello to the owner?"

"Don't worry, the dinner party doesn't start until around seven o'clock every year. The main house should still be busy with preparations." Hong Ye explained with a smile, and then he picked up from a bamboo basket with soft fabric in the corner Fished out two rabbits, "I brought Suzuha over so early because of these two little guys, Duo Duo and Lei Lei miss mom very much."

After buying the rabbits from the pet store, the clerk told them that the gray one was a male rabbit, and the brown one was a female rabbit, so they named the two rabbits after a musical scale, so that if they give birth to babies in the future , they also have other scales that can be named for them.

Hearing what Hongye said, Suzuba's face flushed slightly, she knelt down beside the basket, held the brown one in her hands and weighed it, then looked at the gray rabbit in Hongye's hand, "They seem to be They got fatter, Hongye-kun, do you supervise their exercise regularly?"

"Yes, I play ball with them every day. A few days ago, I specially bought a small tree trunk for cats to climb and let them play. The amount of exercise is quite enough." Hongye picked up the molar stick and put it near the gray rabbit's mouth Teasing it, he explained with a funny face, "Don't worry too much, they are growing up now, it's normal for them to get bigger and heavier."

"That's good." Suzuha nodded, and then put the brown rabbit on the ground, and picked up a soft ball to play a game of throwing the ball with it.

Looking at the childish smile on her face that didn't match the kimono she was wearing, Hongye suddenly felt her heart beat faster. He subconsciously put down Duoduo in his hand, and leaned towards her, wanting to embrace her, but he was about to touch her. The moment she reached her, she moved back to re-open the distance between the two, and there was a bit of shock on her face besides embarrassment.

After regaining consciousness, Suzuha, who met his stunned expression, immediately saluted him, "I'm sorry, I just... just..."

Do you have to be slower... Hongye sighed helplessly, then took her right hand that had already worn the same ring as her right ring finger, and pressed a kiss on the back of her hand, "Well, I know."

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After washing her hands and making sure that there was no rabbit fur or peculiar smell on her body, Suzuha followed Momiji to the main house.

When walking towards the banquet hall located in the innermost part of the main house, Hongye sensed that she was a little nervous from Suzuha's expression, so she comforted her with a smile: "Don't be too nervous, there will only be a dozen people attending the banquet later, and most of them will be Friends of my generation."

Suzuha frowned puzzled, "Oh, I thought that there would be many elders from the business world at the banquet that the Patriarch of the Soma family would attend?"

"No, the Kusama family's New Year's Eve banquet is not very different from other families. Suzuha should know the story of the zodiac, right?" After thinking for a while, Momiji decided to tell her part of the zodiac. After nodding, he continued, "Since hundreds of years ago, the Caomo family has been looking for people representing the twelve signs of the Chinese zodiac and cats in many branch families according to this story, and each head of the family is the one who chooses the twelve animals. The existence of the gods of the zodiac. For the Soma family, this tradition is the secret that allows the Soma family to continue to prosper, so every New Year’s Eve, the gods and the twelve zodiac signs will participate in a banquet... How should I say it is a ritual .”

"Since it's such an important occasion, can I, an outsider, attend? Also, tell me a family secret like this... is it okay?"

"It's okay. Actually, this banquet has not been held for several years, and this year there are also people who are not of the Chinese zodiac. It won't be too strange to have you here." Having said this, Hongye suddenly reached out to hold her hand in front of her. Hand, "The most important thing is that the people who are here today are very special to me. I want to take this opportunity to introduce you to everyone."

Hearing what he said, Suzuha's cheeks, which were still a little uneasy at first, began to flush, and she replied softly: "Well, I also want to know..." Someone who is very special to Momiji-kun...

Before she could finish her words, she felt a moderate impact from behind, and then heard a thin female voice shouting excitedly: "Sister! You are finally back!"

Looking sideways slightly at the tan long-haired girl who was hugging her waist tightly, Suzuha frowned puzzled, but just when she was about to ask, she noticed that there was a girl standing behind the girl. and he was looking at himself with unscrupulous eyes, "Huh, stupid...you are finally willing to come back! Not bad, I went to the city for a while and my taste and concept improved, and I finally know what to wear on this occasion." Kimono now!"

Completely unable to understand what he meant, Suzuha nodded slightly and asked, "I'm really sorry, who are you?"

The brown-haired boy showed a very exaggerated expression, "No, it's only been six years, don't you remember anything?"

"Qisha-chan, Denglu-chan, you are mistaken," Hongye explained with a smile as she untied Qisha's hand holding Suzuha, "She is my fiancée Himekawa Suzuha, look, her eyes and small The transparent blue is different, it’s black.”

Hearing his explanation, Qisha, who was already shy, hid directly behind Denglu, then timidly poked her head to apologize to Suzuha, while Dengji nodded in understanding, "No wonder the temperament is so bad."

Since he didn't know whether his words were compliments or derogations, Suzuha just kept a smile on his face, and slightly bowed towards them, "Hi, I'm Himekawa Suzuha. It's the first time we meet, please give me your advice."

"Suzuha, Qisha and Denglu will join us in the banquet later, they represent the tiger and the sheep respectively."

When Hongye introduced to Suzuha, she also hinted at Qisha and Denglu with her eyes, so the two didn't overreact to his words, and leaned towards her slightly as a return gift.

Because of the embarrassment, Qisha and Denglu went to the banquet hall first, leaving Hongye and Suzuha walking slowly behind.

The moment he entered the banquet hall, Hongye saw a white figure on the top and black on the bottom quickly rushing towards him, but before he could react, the figure suddenly took a step to the side and stood In front of Suzuha, and reached out to lift her chin, squinted and looked at her who was wide-eyed because of surprise, "Oh, it's really the same as Denglu said just now, it looks quite similar to Xiaotou , Where did you find Hongye?"

"Splash!"

Before Hongye could open her mouth, Wave Bird, Ziwu, and Yuki, who were already sitting in the banquet hall, reprimanded loudly, and Yuki even stood up, and slammed Pochun's head that had been pushed away by Hongye. Suzuha, who hadn't reacted yet, said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Pochun didn't mean anything malicious, so please don't mind."

"Well, I know." After recovering, Suzuha smiled again, and bowed to the people who were already in the banquet hall, "It's our first meeting, I'm Himekawa Suzuha, I disturbed the Kusama family's house Banquet, please forgive me."

Seeing her face similar to that of Xiao Tou, but she made a very standard bow, and behaved gracefully, completely without Xiao Tou's rushing reaction when encountering big occasions. Except for Hongye, everyone else Can't help but be amazed.

Although Suzuha didn't express any dissatisfaction with their discussion, Hongye still felt very embarrassed towards her, so she interrupted other people's discussions and began to introduce her: "Suzuha, the one sitting in the main seat is The head of the Soma family, the Somo family."

Suzuha hurriedly bowed to Keito, "Hello..."

With this beginning, everyone began to introduce themselves in a clockwise manner, starting from Zi Wu who was sitting next to the 慊人.After everyone finished introducing, Hongye nodded to the person who was sitting in the main seat, and then took Suzuha to the seat where he sat in previous years, and asked her to sit next to him.

"Sorry," after taking a seat, Momiji said apologetically while handing hot tea to Suzuha, "Everyone hasn't had a party for a long time, so the reaction is a little more excited."

"It's okay, I think everyone gets along well." After saying that with a smile, Suzuha held the teacup and asked, "So, are all the people in the banquet hall representing gods and zodiac signs?"

"Well, it's just that Xiaotou and the representative cat are missing. Really, it's rare to let him attend the banquet together, and he is really late like the story of the twelve zodiac signs!"

After lightly answering, Suzuka began to turn the cup in her hand, and after a while, she asked hesitantly: "Okay... tell me about that little Tou-san first. Who is it?"

"Xiao Tou," Hong Ye said slowly after thinking for a while, "Xiao Tou was originally Yuxi's classmate, but because of some accidents, she lived in Ziwu's house for a while, because of this, she It’s only now that we’ve gotten acquainted with the Chinese zodiac signs. Perhaps it should be said that we all rely on her and have received her help...Me too..."

Although his explanation was vague, Suzuha still nodded, "So that's the case, so I'm looking forward to seeing that little Tou-san..."

Seeing her smile without any reluctance, Hongye was completely relieved, and just as he was about to say something, he heard Zi Wu say: "Oh, it's finally here! Welcome back, Ah Jia, Xiao through!"

His words made Hongye subconsciously look in the direction of the door, and happened to see the person he was familiar with showing a gentle smile like six years ago, and bowing deeply to everyone, "Well, everyone, we are back. "