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CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

"Don't press too hard

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"Don't press too hard."

Shinichiro's long jacket lays on the couch while the two of us are both in the kitchen. Now I know that he's wearing just a plain white shirt under that long jacket, also the chain necklace around his neck. He's sitting on the stool in front of the counter across from me. I reached my hand for his, to help him adjust the cold compress over his eyes.

"Just dab it gently." I instructed him. He let out a breath and then nod his head at me.

I retrieve my hand and then watched him in front of me. He's currently holding two cold compress over his eyes so he can't really see me. I excused myself and then went upstairs to quickly take a bath.

I really tried my best to do it as fast as I could but when I went out of my room, already dressed properly and hair still a bit wet since I just used my hair dryer for awhile, I know I took a lot of time. I immediately went down the stairs to go back to Shinichiro who I left in the kitchen. When I got there he's not putting the cold compress on his eyes anymore and is now just playing with it. He's pressing on both sides simultaneously, watching the already melted ice inside move around. He turned to my direction, sensing my presence. He gave me a smile and I'm glad to notice that his eyes are better now.

"Sorry, you must've been so bored on your own." I said the moment I got close to him. I situated myself at the same spot as earlier.

"It's fine, you're already here anyway." He said, beaming at me. I smiled back at him and let out a small sigh.

"So, I didn't see you the whole day yesterday and the day before that too, did something happen?" I asked him. He stopped playing with the cold compress and set it aside.

"Uhm, nothing really, just some... some gang stuff." He answered, avoiding eye contact.

"Did you guys had a brawl or something?" I asked. I doubt it though, none of the four of them are injured. They all look fine.

"Oh no no!" He immediately denied, shaking his hands in front of him. "We just had like uhm, something like uhh... like a meeting! Yeah, we had a meeting." He explained, nodding his head.

A meeting? Then why were they gone for two days? They obviously just got home earlier. What kind of meeting took more than a whole day? I slightly pressed my lips together once, and nod my head anyway.

"OK" I said and then shifted on my seat. "You mentioned dojo earlier, I didn't know you do martial arts." I stated, changing the topic.

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