Love Is Blind

8 - To Take His Revenge

After a while, the rain stopped completely. By this time, Himari had already calmed down and was sleeping on Jurou's left shoulder.

"She fell asleep," Jurou said as he stroked Himari's hair.

When Jurou saw the scar on Himari's face, a very cold aura started stemming from him that even passer-byes shivered when they passed by them.

So cold!

For some reason, Jurou decided to touch Himari's forehead. When he did, he felt that her temperature was off the charts.

"Shit! She's burning up. Dummy, she got a fever." Jurou said while he carried Himari.

That gesture caused Himari to wake up.

"Hmm, Murine san, what's going on?"

"Dummy," Jurou said with a concerned look on his face.

Himari frowned. "First, you were nice to me, now you're calling me a dummy. That's not fair. Ouch! My head hurts."

"Don't talk too much. You have a fever and your wound hasn't been treated yet."

"Oh, I forgot about that."

"Damn, has this girl always been an airhead?" Jurou thought to himself.

...

When they arrived at the apartment,  Jurou immediately treated Himari's wound and was now preparing soup for Himari's fever.

Himari peeked through her blanket to stare at Jurou in the kitchen. Himari thought the way Jurou was so concentrated in making the soup was kind of attractive.

"H-Hey, what am I thinking?" Hilary brushed that thought off and recreated it onto her blanket.

"Why am I thinking of Murine san? Uh, my cheeks are burning, probably from the fever." Himari said while holding her cheeks.

"I'm pretty sure it ain't from the fever," Jurou said before removing the blanket from Himari's body.

"Miss Fujioka, do you have a crush on me?" Jurou said in a teasing manner.

"C-C-C-rush?! Of course not! H-How can you even j-joke like that!?" Himari declared with her face flushed.

"Right," Jurou said with a suspicious wink then gave Himari the soup. "Here, take this. It will help you." Jurou took a spoon out of the soup and extended it towards Himari's mouth.

"I-I can feed myself."

"Just open your mouth and take it."

Himari hesitated for a while before she finally took the soup.

"Is it good?"

Himari nodded her head.

Jurou smiled and then said. "Good, let's finish this quickly so that you can go to bed."

Himari finished the soup and then went back to her little pink futon feeling sleepy.

"You know what Murine san?" Himari let out while dozing off.

"What?"

"You'd make a better boyfriend than Shuji. You're way more handsome and caring. ... yawn... I... wish.. I dated... you first." As she said those final words, she slept off.

Jurou smiled softly. "I wish that too. "

...

The next day, Himari woke up suddenly to find a note from Jurou next to her.

The note:
"I'm heading out for a while but I'll be back soon. There's some food in the fridge for you if you are hungry. DON'T GO ANYWHERE!"

Himari smiled as she read the letter. "Aww, he's so caring."

Unfortunately for Himari, she received a surprising call from someone nasty.

Rin Furukawa.

Himari was still shaken up from what occurred the previous day but still had to pick up the call. All in all, Rin was still her boss and there was nothing she could do to change that.

Himari picked up the phone. "Good morning, Miss Rin."

"Where are you?" Rin said impatiently.

"I'm at my apartment. I'm recovering from a fever."

"Come to the campus right now."

"But I... "

"Get here this instant!" Rin didn't give Himari time to respond before ending the conversation.

Himari sighed deeply before cleaning herself up.
"I'll just attend to her and leave immediately." That was what Himari was thinking but little did she know what was awaiting her at the campus.

...

Some minutes after arriving at the campus, Himari instantly noticed that something was wrong.

Everyone was pointing in her direction and whispering among themselves. Himari wiped her nose and mouth thinking that maybe there was something on her face.

Until... Pa! ... A hot slap landed on Himari's cheek.

"You bitch! After failing to seduce my boyfriend, you immediately looked for another prey to pounce on. Hmph! Have you no shame!?" Rin's furious voice rang out after the slap.

Himari stared at Rin with her hand on her cheek wearing a confused expression on her face. "I don't know what you mean."

"Seriously, you don't remember. Don't worry, let me refresh your memory.". After that statement, Rin showed Himari the photograph of Jurou and her in the playground.

Although, in the picture, it looked like Himari was seducing Jurou, that wasn't the case at all.

"This is not what you think. I wasn't trying to seduce him, honest."

"And do you think anyone here will believe you?"

At that instant, reality dawned on Himari. No one on this campus liked her. So this little rumor was like adding fuel to the fire.

Himari shivered."I'm sorry for what I've done. Please forgive me." Himari  pleaded

Forgive her?

"You did such things and you're asking for forgiveness?"

"Bah! Such a disgusting female! Extremely revolting!"

"You should be locked up for this."

Many people observing the confrontation rained curses and abuses on Himari for what she "did".

"There's only one thing that can make me forget, you," Rin said with a grin. "You allow my babe to take his revenge