Tokyo Hearts: A Japanese Love Story by Renae Lucas-Hall

Author:Renae Lucas-Hall
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Tokyo Hearts, Tokyo, Japan, Japanese love story, Renae Lucas-Hall, Renae Lucas, Renae Hall, Japanese Fiction, Kyoto, love story, young adult romance, romance
Publisher: eBookpartnership
Published: 2012-06-28T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 10

One of these days is none of these days

On Wednesday night, Haruka was bubbling with excitement, wanting to tell everyone about her date the following evening, and she did exactly what she’d promised Yuriko she would not do.

Haruka was at home on her way to the kitchen to get some snacks at about eight p.m. when she saw her mother at the dining table going over the bills and the weekly shopping list. She was slumped in the chair with her head in her hands, and Haruka just felt so sorry for her. Her parents didn’t know that she’d heard them discuss their financial problems a few weeks back, and it tore her apart to watch them try and put on a happy, united front for her sake. She’d been playing along as if nothing was wrong so as not to wound her parents’ pride, but watching her mother sitting down so depressed at the table, she thought her news about Jun was just what she needed to hear.

Haruka came over and, much to her mother’s surprise, knelt beside her and explained how Yuriko had seen the engagement ring and where Jun hoped to take her to dinner the following evening. The result was instantaneous. Her mother broke into a wide smile and clapped her hands. Haruka apologised for not telling her sooner and she told her not to worry. She left the room so pleased that her relationship with Jun had brought so much joy to her mother. The mood in the house changed for the better that night, and Haruka felt a real attachment to her parents that she had not experienced before.

On Sunday, when Jun had asked Haruka out to dinner, both she and Yuriko had shared a knowing smile. Haruka wished Takashi hadn’t been there to see her reaction, but at least he didn’t know how important that invitation was for her. Yuriko and Haruka had spent most of the week talking about what would happen in Ginza during the date on Thursday.

All week, after Yuriko had spotted the engagement ring in Jun’s shopping bag, they’d talked about the special dinner that Jun had arranged. They’d decided that men didn’t take you out for kaiseki-ryri unless it was an important occasion, and for three days they’d only talked about what Haruka would wear that evening, how Jun would propose and how Haruka would react when he popped the question.

It had been decided after several deliberations that Haruka would wear her black lace dress, fitted grey peplum jacket and the Christian Louboutin shoes with the red soles and five-inch heels that she’d bought twelve months before. Jun told Haruka that he was going to meet her at six p.m. outside the English conversation school where she worked in Harajuku, and from there they would go to the restaurant in Ginza.

Since Monday, Haruka had wanted to share her good fortune with the other girls at work, but she’d decided not to tell them because she knew if she waited, a beautiful diamond engagement ring would sum up everything she was dying to say.

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