After Hayami goes through everything, he instructs all the 'marriage candidates' to head over to the office. Of course, I follow, as he had instructed that I do so earlier.

I headed over to the elevator nearest to me after the auditorium clears out. It was still packed so I just took the emergency stairs instead.

I somehow got to the designated floor in one piece.

"You're here faster than I anticipated. None of the others came up here yet." Hayami smiles in contrary to my breathless posture.

"S-stairs..." I explain as I sat in one of the chairs behind the big desk he was at. It faced the window.

I get my breathing to normal again and relaxed for a moment before Hayami gets a call telling him that they were coming up.

I went over to stand beside him as his 'assistant'.

Seeing all the candidates(except Yamato since I've already met him more than once) in person, and up close was going to be really weird, considering Hayami, Mr. Sanno and I spent our days trying to match up one of the guys with Fumiko.

The glass doors to the luxurious CEO lair, open swiftly letting all six bodies enter the room.

One of the first men through the door, is Mr. Kougami, who's jaw drops as soon as he sees me.

"W-what are you doing up here?" He asks quietly, as he bows at Hayami.

"I-"

Seiichiro stands from the CEO's expensive looking leather chair and stands in front of me. "Please, come in. Let's wait for Miss Yanemoto to get here before I begin speaking.

As if on cue, she comes in bowing at everyone as she entered.

Hayami smiles and walks out of the desk and out to Fumiko, I follow behind him.

"Miss Yanemoto, you are to marry one of these men within a year!"
~*~*~*~

Shock.

That's all that played out on their faces. Not a single one said anything, in fact I was willing to bet that this good news was still sinking into their minds slowly as Mr. Hayami carried on with his explanation.

Well, good new for the guys, at least.

While most of them looked more or less pleasantly surprised, with the exception of two men.

Ren Shibasaki, remained, for the most part expressionless and Yamato Kougami...well, to put it simply, seemed pissed.

"Now...who will you pick Miss Yanemoto?"

Fumiko, the look of horror crossed her face for a split second before she spoke with uneasy confidence. "W-What if I don't pick anyone?"

Mr. Hayami turned to me expectantly and smiled. A smile that said 'Go ahead. Tell her'.

I got his memo and turned to look over at Yanemoto, speaking gently and firmly as I began explaining the consequences of 'not picking anyone'.

I step forward, "... market crash, mass debt, the end of Sanna Corp..." I turn my stare to her. "...and the loss of countless jobs..."

She's stares at me wide eyed before averting her gaze to away from everyone.

"You decide if you would like to be responsible for the huge amount of people that will be left unemployed." I finish. I admit, I didn't mean for my words to come out so harshly, but they did. Everyone looked at me in confusion and they of course, there's Kougami.

"What are you doing here?" He asks me, dropping the formal speech. "...and why are you part of this 'marriage program' nonsense?" He was clearly, angry now because obviously I wasn't actually an 'intern'. Hayami was expecting them to know who I was, and apparently, his awkward silence being the sign, I have to be the one revealing it.

"I'm one of the contributors to the creation and rules of the marriage program." I confess. His anger only grew greater and my amusement went with it. He was so worked up over all of this, shouldn't he be jumping for joy? All he has to do is marry the CEO's granddaughter, and he's set!

Easy success. That's what this is.

"You can't just force her to do this!" Yamato's raises his voice unexpectedly. Yeah, he seemed nice enough, and this really came out of nowhere, it threw everyone off, except Hayami and Ren.

"I know that Miss Yanemoto is a close friend of yours, but...-" Hayami begins.

"...but this is what is happening and she's the only one who can make or break this company." I whisper, finishing the thought then facing her and the candidates. "Listen here, I know that your grandfather the CEO might have never approached you....but don't take it personally, it was his issue. You're confused, and we understand that, it's only natural."

"All the questions you harbor now, will be answered gradually. For now, please fulfill his will accordingly. That's all that we wish of you." I bow, and Hayami follows shortly after.

Her face was plastered with guilt and a now resolved, although shakey, attitude.

"...Alright..."

"I'll choose...."

Everyone in the room held their breath with anticipation, as Fumiko says....