Office Diaries - Chapter 157

“Sister, what’s that scary face so early in the morning?” Yanee asked teasingly as she and Tohru approached. “You’ll make Tohru think we have blood of a Doberman.”

Actually, Tohru thought of a Chihuahua instead since Ami was totally petite, seven inches shorter than Yanee, even if she was the elder sister. But of course he didn’t say anything. She might be small but Tohru heard his sister-in-law could easily throw him to the ground with her martial arts.

“You’re complaining?” Ami countered, and as expected, both Yanee and Tohru shook their heads.

No complaints.

Ami studied the two of them for a while before a smile broke from her face and she nodded.

“Good. Let’s go find food. I’m hungry,” she announced and the two sighed in relief knowing Ami was just teasing them with her blackened face.

“Big sis, this is Tohru James,” Yanee shyly said as she pulled Tohru next to her as if to present her to her sibling. “My… boyfriend.”

Ami looked at them knowingly but didn’t tease them anymore seeing as Yanee was already red in embarrassment. She greeted Tohru normally and didn’t ask a lot of questions about them. But Yanee and Tohru already knew that Ami had quizzed Chummy about them so she had nothing to ask them anymore, at least, on how they got together.

“How long have you been here?”Yanee asked as she handed Ami her wallet.

“Since four in the morning,” Ami answered and she explained how her staff had a traffic accident upon entering the venue’s parking lot as they walked down the corridor.

A drunkard hit the staff’s car as they entered the venue to set up for the party later. It was not a big accident, but one of them was old and she hit her head hard on the window. Aside from small injuries, she had a concussion so she’s under observation. As for the drunk driver…

“The police took him away. I also let the others who got injured to rest for the day.”

“What about your event later?” Yanee asked worriedly.

“Do you need help?”Tohru asked, and Ami turned to him to study his face before shaking her head.

“I have a lot of people. I just called and asked the others to come instead.”

That’s right. Ami Lee’s a big name in the events industry and her Dream Theme events company had a lot of people. It was only normal for her to be prepared for anything that could happen. In spite of her looks, she was a very thorough businesswoman.

“Alright,” Tohru acknowledged and Ami grinned at him evilly.

“Don’t worry. When I get into a real pinch, I won’t stand on ceremony and be polite with the boss of Arcus Iris,” she added.

Tohru’s eyes glinted in amusement at her words. He still hadn’t told Yanee about his real status in the company and she still thought that he was just standing in for his father when he went on leave, but he didn’t mind. He planned to tell Yanee everything later anyway.

On the other hand, Yanee rolled her eyes at the two. She was well aware of how her sister was. She’s Little Ms. Independent since they were children. She wouldn’t casually ask anyone for help. Even their father had to tearfully sulk that he was not needed by his children most especially the eldest. In short, Ami was just doing lip service to make the potato feel better.

“What do you want to eat?” Ami asked Yanee who just shrugged.

“Whatever that’s easily available. Let’s just go to the cafeteria here. It’s weird to go out when you’re in your pajamas,” Yanee said as she frowned at Ami’s Hello Kitty getup and her slippers.

It seemed it was really a frantic morning as her sister who always looked immaculate while working forgot to change clothes and came there at the hospital without her wallet and in her sleepwear.

“You should have told me to bring you some clothes too,” Yanee added and Ami shrugged.

“I will be going back to the apartment after paying the hospital bill anyway,” she said as they reached the cafeteria.

All three of them ordered food and ate.

“Are you finally home this time?” Ami asked Yanee who nodded.

“I won’t be going anywhere for the meantime. I will work on the notes available I have,” she said and Ami nodded.

“You seem so busy. Can you still spare time to help me at the expo? If not tell me now so I can arrange something else,” Ami asked.

She was talking about Yanee walking the runway wearing the wedding kimonos at the wedding expo three days later. Yanee had long since agreed to help her out and it’s not the first time she would be doing this for her. This was her way of giving her sister ȧssistance even if she knew Ami didn’t really need it to be her and could easily find a model to do it.

“Hey Tohru,” she called and Tohru turned to his sister-in-law. “Yanee will be modeling the wedding kimonos this weekend at the expo.”

“Really?”

He looked totally thrilled and Ami’s gaze glinted with approval. Although she already had an idea about his personality and how he felt towards Yanee, it was only secondhand information from Chummy. Seeing as the love-struck rumors about him were true, she finally felt at ease.

It’s not that she was against Yanee having a relationship again. But she was hesitant on giving her blessing immediately considering what happened to her sister years ago. However, upon learning from Chummy that Tohru James took Yanee to meet his family and friends already, she had no more reservations left except to see how they did in person.

“Yes. Would you like to watch?” Ami asked and of course, Tohru was too happy to agree.

But Ami had other ideas. “But just watching is boring,” she commented and sure enough, both Tohru and Yanee turned to her with Yanee looking at her with suspicion.

“Big Sis, what are you planning?”Yanee asked and Ami shrugged nonchalantly as if it’s nothing important.

“Nothing. I just said that simply watching is boring,” Ami repeated but Tohru seemed to have an idea of what she was implying.

“Big Sis, I’m interested to hear your suggestion,”Tohru told Ami whose grin widened.

“Well how can there be a bride without a groom,” Ami commented and the others immediately understood what she meant.

Eh?

“Ya! Big Sis, you never cared about that before. Having a groom was not in the plan,”Yanee reminded her.

In her previous participations, Yanee walked the aisle alone. There had never been a groom.

“It’s not,” Ami agreed and there was a visible sadness in Tohru’s eyes that almost made her laugh out loud. “But it doesn’t mean that it can’t be.”

With this, Tohru beamed like an excited little boy as he looked at Ami as if she were his fairy godmother. Yanee sighed and gave up. She couldn’t say no to Ami and definitely couldn’t bear to see Tohru’s happy face sadden. She was at a point wherein she also would like to indulge him. But…

“The event is in three days. How can you get your hands on clothes fit for him?”Yanee asked curiously and Ami now laughed.

“The wedding clothes for the groom will arrive later in the afternoon. Tohru can check them out if he’s free.”

Huh?

“How is that possible? We just talked about it now?” Yanee was confused.

Ami seemed to be well prepared and then it dawned on her just as Tohru covered his mouth to stifle his laugh. It seemed he already also understood what was going on.

“You! You have been preparing for this from the start!” Yanee was a hundred percent sure of it and with Ami’s laughter, there was no denying it anymore.

“Yes, I have been planning this for a week, it’s why the clothes were finished and are on their way,” Ami answered.

Still it didn’t make sense to Yanee.

“How do you know the clothes will fit Tohru?”

Having clothes prepared was one thing. Making sure that it would fit was another since they just met today. If they didn’t fit, there was no more time to return the clothes for adjustments. Well, they could always fly or take the train to Kyoto, but that would be very expensive for Ami. Even if she had tons of money, this expense didn’t make sense.

“It will fit on me, honey,” Tohru told her confidently and when Yanee frowned, his lips twitched as he turned to his still amused sister-in-law. “I take it you talked to either my mom or Marian?” he asked and Ami stopped laughing and propped her elbow on the table.

“Actually, I talked to both.”