From betrotheds to lovers

Prologue

(A/N Notes: Well, I wasn't expecting to write this so soon, but well... Situations where I'm away from my computer and thus away from all of the other docs for the other stories that I always need to check for writing follow up chapters, led me to write this 3rd rewrite for this story, and hopefully the last rewrite

Technically this is the 4th or 5th, maybe 6th rewrite I changed this prologue quite a few times in the draft phase

Anyways, let's once again start this story a third time, because third-time the charm! And this time make the characters more interesting without making them overly weird)

"... He's late..."

Kogane Sakurako was looking at the hours on her wristwatch, it had long passed past the agreed time for her fiancé to arrive. They had agreed to meet at 14 o'clock in a certain park for a date, but it was now 16:30, and she had been waiting for him all this time

"Achoo! *Rubs nose* I better call him"

Sakurako had sneezed from the cold weather of January, she picked up her cellphone and called her fiancé's number

"..."

She waited in silence as she looked at the darkening cloudy sky as the sound of her phone indicated the attempt to get a line with her fiancé, and after a long wait, an annoyed voice came from the other end of the line

"What do you want, woman?"

"You're late, Hasegawa-san"

"Haaa? What the hell are you talking about?"

"Our date, we agreed to have a date in the afternoon today"

"Wait... don't tell me you have been waiting for me all this time?"

"Yes, I did"

Then a burst of loud and scummy laughter came from the man's voice

"Kahaha! Are you an idiot??? How many times do I have to tell you, that I don't give a single shit about the engagement with you that our parents forced on me? I can't believe you really thought I would go on that date with you"

"..."

"Now leave me alone! I want to enjoy my date with the girl I actually like, so... fuck off!" (A/N Notes: Yes, dear readers. Hate him. Hate him with everything your soul can muster, hate him! HATE HIM!!!)

And the bastard hung up the call on Sakurako's face, she put her phone back into her bag and just stood there in the middle of the park looking at the sky. Her expression was blank and not a single trace of tears or sadness could be seen on her face, just a blank expression devoid of any emotion

"I should go back home... Hm?"

Sakurako noticed that it began snowing, and a snowflake was coming right toward her, it slowly descended until it landed on her nose

"Achoo! *Rubs nose* ... Hm?"

Sakurako noticed that a shadow was cast over her and that someone was standing beside her, it was a boy. The boy had a gentle smile on his face as he held an umbrella above her

"Did something happen?"

"... My fiancé hanged up after saying he was cheating with another woman, and calling me an idiot for waiting for him to come at the agreed time to go on a date..."

"I see... Well, all I can offer you in these trying times, is a steaming hot meat bun"

The boy showed her the inside of the paper bag he was carrying, which had two meat buns inside. Sakurako looked at the meat buns and then at the boy's face before she put one of her hands inside the paper bag and picked up a meat bun