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Artoria Pendragon aka Saber was a diplomat reporting to the Secretary of Revenue for Tokyo
Given her role she was always hustling with reporters , investigators , police , office bearers and business execs to make the processes for the State's revenue work
Today at a peek afternoon she was at Sakanagi silks - and was eyeing expensive kimonos
Today was a very special day , Saber was on leave to purchase her wedding kimonos
She purchased 3 kimonos two white and one red with vibrant reds and blues and purples suiting her ivory skin for the traditional wedding with family and two more one in dark blue another in white with oale blue for the civil i.e., office wedding someone of her status was expected to throw two ceremonies one intimate and one for the press and this Purchase while expensive for her taste was required for her flourishing career and her status gave her enough to buy them - just enough - splurging at times was alright was it not ?
Stretching her arms to the sun Saber breathed in the midday air and sunlight and walked towards the road
" Well well if it isn't Saber ! "
Saber sighed, she would not ket out a curse from her mouth on such an auspicious day
" Gilgamesh " she addressed politely ,
His eyes were focused much lower she followed theri gaze to her shopping bags
Ah....
Oh fuck sake ! She cursed internally
Gilgamesh finally raised his head but thankfully chose not to address her purchases -
He nodded to her and turned
On a whim Saber grabbed his arm -
He stood still , shocked probably like her cause she touched him -
Saber could not understand what came over her or why she was doing this -
" My wedding is the next weekend at the Plaza, I would like you to be there , I will message you the invite if you can give me your number "
He stared at her - and smirked -
"Xxxx789" he was still smirking
She shared theri invitation to him
" I will be there" with that he left
Saber turned and headed home
Once she was at her designer flat she closed the door behind her and slouched
She couldn't believe ahe had invited Gilgamesh of all the people in the world, knowing their history, she must look a fool to him but she was sure he would utilise this opportunity to cause her some trouble though his smile at her invitation looked genuine to her
It was some 5 years back when Gilgamesh was a c suite executive in his Mother's company/buisness, he was two years older than her she understood so she knew he could only have gotten there as his mother got him there , she was though not envious ahe would get where she wants by her own abilities she had honed since childhood - and she knew all the rooes from an expert who had taught her though he would not reveal to her how he knew what he knew but she believed gim cause his teachings worked miracles for her and while she may not be as fast tracked as Gilgamesh she was way ahead of her peers
He smiled at her politely as he sat across from her as they discussed matters across a round table, she played him like a baseball maybe she could take him down one day if he were to rise higher due to his mother
Impressed with herself she was packing their notes while she waited for the final draft from Gilgamesh's subordinate
Gilgamesh qas staring her up and down like a hawk Saber was taken aback
Her temper rose at the expression Gilgamesh was making at her but she could not risk a scene - not at this stage of her career -
Shw politely looked away as a way to reject him but Gilgamesh reached out and turned her chin towards him -
Saber was now ready to give her his piece of mind -
" Beautiful, after I take over will you marry me ?"
Straight to marriage....
Dumbstruck Saber opened her mouth
" After you take over ? Is that not a given for you ?" What was she doing
" Of course not , I am not going to let these guys puppeteer me however they want - I am going to get there as I want to when I want to however I want to "
Ah so this man had some blood in him
" Or if that is too late for you qe can mobe in together sooner I will keep you well "
This man !
The next day Saber and Gilgamesh and his mother and her manager met to discuss the settlement amount to not drag Saber's manager to court for man handling a respectful individual like Gilgamesh - she coughed - somehow Gilgamesh's mother settled for a minor discount on their previous agreement which Saber and Gilgamesh had drafted , and surprisingly her manager had smiled at her at the end of it and told her to not rush into anything - Saber blushed and of course there was none other than Gilgamesh who could get a raise out of her that way
Soon she was busy with her career rising and some two years back she remembered Gilgamesh had announced his fiance - a fine little girl to the press and one year back moved to their neighbourhood
Since then she saw him here and there but kept communication to the minimum and he always initiated their dialogues
But she never saw him with hia fiance or any other woman or person for that matter - he always moved alone
She sometimes wondered what business he would have in this area for such a long period but let's get on with her own businesses
Saber pulled out her kimonos and neatly lined them in their shelves
Though an apartment they jad heavy traditional Japanese interior as this is where she and her fiance decided to live after their wedding as Shirou was used in living in traditional Japanese estate and needed his environment to focus on his trade
Just then a knock came on the door and Saber rushed to greet her fiance -
She smiled proudly at him -
" Welcome Home, Shirou!!"
Shirou Emiya, Advocate in Shinjuku district, at the firm Shibuya and sons
He was a fine though not ahe admitted a highly successful lawyer cause of his idealistic tendencies but he had made quite a number of people happy -
And he also cooked for her
She ket him head to their bedroom as she attended to the kimonos - it was bad luck for the groom to see the bride's kimonos before the wedding -
But Shirou paid no mind to her kimonos as he tensely typed away on his phone
Saber locked away her kimonos and came to stand behind Shirou
Shirou jerked and pulled the screen away - first time for Saber -
" It-s sensitive information" he told her jerkily
Saber didn't buy it but did not press him and nodded in understanding
Shirou continued through his frenzied typing on his phone through their late Lunch together but Sbaer did not object
It was 5:30 PM the sleepiness fron their late lunch was wearing off and Saber wanted to attend to some papers
" Saber , i have this client to see it is kinda urgent, can i go ?"
Oh great she needed a few hours to wrap her paperwork too
" Yes , of course" she nodded once again on understanding -
Shirou threw on a worn warm jacket and rushed out
She thought the dress was too informal to meet a client but she left Shirou to himself and went about her own business
But she should see him off -
" Shirou come back as soons as you can " she said at the door
" I will " with that Shirou dashed off
She felt uneasy suddenly as if she was being watched by a Predator she moved her head about instinctually till her eyes caught the extremely malevolent of Gilgamesh through his window - watching her
Their eyes met for a few seconds when Gilgamesh closed the drapes and turned off the lights to his room
She sighed - it was a bad idea after all inviting him to her wedding
But she was sure with her current Status and Shirou's firm's colleagues being there and with his status as the new ceo he wouldn't dare to create a scene at her wedding !
With that her thoughts drifted to what ahe would have Shirou make for her dinner and she was lost in that never ending dream