[Fruit Basket] Her Royal Highness the Rabbit Princess

"Ziwu," Hongye asked sullenly to Ziwu who was sitting opposite her while huddled in the stove table, "normally speaking, if one person likes another person, they should want to touch each other very much, right?" ?”

After New Year's Eve, Hongye roughly recalled every time she got along with Suzuha, but the more she thought about it, the more she felt wrong. From the day of the blind date to the formal relationship, and then from the formal relationship to the engagement, he and Suzuha seemed to have no relationship. Any physical contact other than holding hands.

Originally, he could have convinced himself that it was because she was too shy or because of her brothers' obstruction, but he didn't know how to explain her obvious dodge when she was at his residence on New Year's Eve and when she fell down later.

In order to find out why Suzuha had such a reaction, Hongye could only ask her former friend of the zodiac sign. As for the reason why she chose Ziwu, it was because he had written many romance novels. Although he had no experience, he still had theories to ask Explain it yourself, plus he is quite reliable when he is serious.

Looking at Hongye, who was lying on the table with no energy at all, Zi Wu, who was still staring at the laptop, closed the computer, pinched the bridge of his nose, and asked helplessly: "What's wrong, Hongye, what should you do?" You won't suddenly realize that you don't like Himekawa-san, will you?"

"No," Hongye shook her head, "it's just Suzuha... how should I put it, we have known each other for almost a year, and we have officially dated for more than half a year, but the two of us can only hold hands at most, every time I want to get close to her , When you want to hug her, she will immediately dodge and show a frightened expression..."

Hearing his description, Zi Wu couldn't help but frowned, "Oh? But she didn't behave like that on New Year's Eve. It couldn't be because of what you did to her before that they were so guarded against you, right? ?”

"Not at all," Hongye tried hard not to roll her eyes at him who was squinting and looking at her, "I just said that from the time I met Suzuha to now, I have only held her hand!"

Zi Wu touched his chin and said solemnly: "Then...could it be that she had some bad memories before, related to men?"

After being stunned for a while, Hongye said uncertainly: "According to Ziwu, then Suzuha should have problems in contact with all boys, but the interaction between her and her two brothers is not the same. What's the problem, they often kiss each other on the cheek and hug each other..."

"Could it be that she doesn't really like you that much?"

"If that's the case, why did she agree to be engaged to me?"

"After all, she is the daughter of the Himekawa family, and our Kusama family is one of the largest groups in Japan. It is reasonable for her to agree to a business marriage."

"This is even more impossible. Her father and brothers love her so much, how could they force her to marry someone she doesn't like?!"

Hearing that the other party retorted every time he said a sentence, Zi Wu, who had no patience for the same sex, felt a little annoyed, but seeing Hong Ye, who was not in a state of shock before, became excited, he could only He sighed deeply, and then said in a gentle tone as much as possible: "Since everything I can think of has been refuted by you, why don't you just tell Himekawa-san your question and let her answer you by herself?"

"This," his words made Hongye lean back on the table like a deflated balloon, "Actually, I have thought about it, but..."

"Are you afraid? Hearing words like rejection?" Seeing him burying his face in his arms, Zi Wu knew he had guessed right. He reached out and rubbed his golden hair, "Don't think too much , everyone can see that Himekawa-san really likes you. As for why she did that, there must be some special reason, well, it’s just a pity, I can’t guess.”

What he said didn't make Hongye's mood any lighter, on the contrary it made her feel heavier.In the end...for what special reason...

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"Master Hongye," looking at Hongye who was obviously out of shape, Song Jiang, the driver who had just sent him to the gate of the publishing house, couldn't help asking, "Don't you really need me to wait for you here? Didn't you just come here to help the editor It’s just proofreading the article, it should be over soon, right?”

"It's okay, I'll just go back by myself, and occasionally I want to take a walk around." After trying to put on a smile to reassure him, Hongye immediately turned around and walked into the building where the publishing house was located.

As Songjiang said, Hongye finished the work in less than an hour and left the publishing house.

After looking around and making sure that Songjiang was not waiting for her at the door, Hongye started to walk aimlessly on the street, thinking about the process of getting along with Suzuha after consulting with Ziwu last time.

It may be because her negative emotions are too obvious, or it may be because the two have been together for a while and know each other a little bit, so Suzuha also found that something was wrong with her, and asked herself many times if something happened. What's the matter, such an occasion is obviously the most appropriate time to ask, but for some reason, Hongye can't ask the question in her heart every time she looks at that delicate face full of worry.

What should I do, I can't go on like this forever...

Thinking of this, Hongye couldn't help heaving a long sigh, and began to search for a more reliable consultant than Ziwu, until he saw the person he was thinking of just now standing across the street, talking to a person he knew A man she didn't know walked into a coffee shop talking and laughing, and her hand was still holding the other's arm.

If that was the case, Hongye felt that she might not mind, even though Suzuha had never held her arm like that before and smiled so brightly, but after seeing the man openly in front of the waiter, Kissing Suzuki's forehead, but Suzuki just looked at the other party helplessly, and didn't even make any movement to dodge, when he suddenly felt as if something broke in his head.

Hongye didn't know how he left there, nor where he was planning to go. When he stopped, he realized that he had arrived at the door of Ji Chuan's house.

Really... how did you come here, even if you come now, Suzuha is not here...

Recalling the scene of Suzuha and another boy entering the coffee shop, Hongye felt very annoyed by his actions, but just as he was about to turn around and leave, the door of Himekawa's house suddenly opened, and the intercom next to the door also rang The voice of the butler of the Himekawa family: "Is this Master Kusama? I'm sorry, you should have come to see the eldest lady, but today the cousin who has lived in Austria for a long time suddenly returned to Japan, and the eldest lady should be on the street right now." Accompany him on a sightseeing trip, and I won’t be back until later, do you want Master Somo to come in and wait for her?”

When he learned that the man was Suzuha's cousin, Momiji felt a little more relaxed, and he replied dully: "Well, then it's troublesome."

No matter how much the Himekawa brothers told the family members not to let Hongye into the house easily, but because the head of the Himekawa family, Himekawa Shuyuki, had already agreed to the marriage of Hongye and Suzuha, so as soon as he entered the main house, The housekeeper and maid of the Himekawa family immediately came up to welcome him, and while leading him to the reception hall on the second floor, said respectfully: "Master Hongye, we have already contacted the eldest lady, she said that she will come back immediately , please stay in the side hall for a while."

"Um."

After the housekeeper and the maid had all exited, Hongye sat on the sofa, didn't even make tea, just stared blankly at the engagement ring on her left ring finger.

After sitting like this for an unknown amount of time, he heard hurried footsteps coming from the door, approaching from far away, and the moment he raised his head to look at the door, he saw Ling Yu appearing there, not only her coat He didn't take off the scarf, and he looked out of breath.

"Sorry to keep you waiting," Suzuha panted, walking towards him who was sitting on the sofa, his face was full of confusion and worry, "Why did Hongye-kun come here suddenly? What happened?" ?"

After being silent for a while, Hongye suddenly lowered her head and covered her eyes with her bangs, "It's nothing, I just happened to see Suzuha with someone I don't know on the street...he even kissed Suzuha Yu's cheek, so I came here unknowingly. Just now I heard from the butler grandpa that that person is Suzuha's cousin..."

"I'm sorry, I forgot to tell Hongye-kun first, and Hongye-kun misunderstood." Hearing this, Suzuha, who had just taken off his coat while he was talking, sat down beside him, and put her hands on him Putting the hand on the thigh, "The one Hongye Jun saw on the street just now is my aunt's child. These days, I just came back to Japan with my friends for a trip. Today, because my friends have to rest at the hotel, I will be special." Invited me to go to reminisce about the old days. I didn’t stay at home because my aunt used to joke with my father, saying that she would abduct me to their house, so my brothers were very wary of my aunt and cousin and didn’t let them get in touch with me.”

Although it was a very funny thing, Hongye couldn't laugh at all. After staring at the ring on Suzuha's hand for a long time, he took a deep breath and asked slowly, "Suzuha, do you really like it?" me?"

"Oh?" Normally, Suzuha would have blushed because of this question, but this time his expression and tone were very strange, so she frowned inexplicably, "Why did Hongye-kun suddenly Ask this question?"

Hongye didn't answer directly, but instead grabbed her hand that was covering her with her backhand, and then pulled her towards him forcefully.As he expected, Suzuha struggled hard, trying to withdraw his hand that was being held in pain, and used the other hand that was not held to touch his shoulder, keeping the distance between the two of them.

Looking at her frightened and anxious face, Momiji suddenly raised the corners of her mouth, "This...is the reason..."

Hearing what he said, Suzuha, who was struggling, froze, and Hongye stopped pulling, and instead gently rubbed her wrist that was reddened by her hand, "Although I don't care about feelings I don't understand, but at least I know that lovers want to touch each other, but Suzuha's reaction is not the same, obviously and brothers can hug each other, obviously you can let your cousin kiss your cheek, but yes But I was so repulsed and dodged in disgust..."

Speaking of this, Hongye suddenly let go of her hand, and began to clenched her fists tightly, keeping herself calm by piercing the sore spot with her nails.

"If Suzuha doesn't want to, I'm happy to break off the engagement, but before that, can you tell me why you hate me?"