the spy who was 15

chapter 7

Yuki’s POV

I was sitting with Ren at lunch. 

“Hey, Yuki, uhm… do you, know what prom is?” He asked nervously.

“Oh um well prom is like a dance where you go with someone and we'll have fun I guess but you don’t have to go with someone but you can,” I said in a calm voice as I started to eat my lunch again.

“Oh um okay t-t-thank you Yuki,” He said in a nervous voice with a smile.

“Your welcome Ren,” I said in a calm voice. I went up and dumped my tray then put my tray away then walked back to the table.

When i got back he looked at me “i-i-i t-taught myself how to d-draw.” he said with a stutter

“Really!?” I was surprised that he taught himself how to draw.

“Y-yeah, i was interested s-so I tried it.” he confirmed.

“Well that’s good,” I said, still a little bit surprised.

“Y-yeah. It's kinda fun, even though i suck.” he let out a small chuckle at his last statement.

I chuckled when he said that he sucked at it. “It’s okay you’ll get better,” I said in a calm voice.

“Yeah, I think so too. Anyway we should get back to class.”

“Yeah lets get going,” I said as I stood up to leave. I walked back to class with Ren. I sat down in my seat and just thought about how it's like to be a normal kid and get excited about things like prom. I started to draw in my notebook. I started to draw a person. I felt someone watching me. I glanced over my shoulder and it was Ren. I stared at him.

 “Ren, why are you over here?” I asked him.

“I was bored and came over here and started to watch you draw,” He said with his regular smile. There was a hint of sadness and stress under his smile though.

“Oh um okay then,” I put my notebook away when other students started to come back into the classroom. I watched him walk back to his seat and sit down.

After school I was grabbing my stuff but missed the bus. I saw Ren didn’t leave the school and it didn’t seem like he was going to. I walked over to him.

“Ren, are you okay?” I asked him.

“I don’t have anywhere to go,” he said as his smile disappeared for the first time.

“Ren, you can come with me and stay at my house if you want,” I said.

“Really!?” He asked, surprised as I said he could stay at my house.

“Well if my parents say yes that is, come on Ren,” I said in a calm voice. He stood up and started to walk with me to my house. 

20 minutes later we arrived at my house. I unlocked the door with the key in my pocket and walked into my house and Ren inside as well. My mom was awake and was in the kitchen dealing with Mira. She turned around and saw me and Ren.

“Oh um I didn’t know you had a friend with you Yuki,” she said with a kind smile.

“Anyway um mom this is Ren and Ren this is my mom,” I said kind of nervously.

“Nice to meet you ma’am,” he said with his classic grin on his face. He obviously didn’t look nervous about meeting my family at all.

“Well mom I had a question about my um friend,” I asked nervously.

“What is it Yuki?” she asked me as she looked at me with Mira in her arms.

“Well can um can Ren stay the night here? He doesn’t have anywhere to stay,” I said hoping she would say yes.

“Well I have to talk to you father about it but he can stay here for now okay Yuki,” she said with a happy and exhausted expression on her face.

“Mom, if you want I can take care of Mira so you can rest,” I told her because she looked very exhausted.

“Thank you Yuki,” she said with a smile as she laid down on the couch and started to fall asleep.

“Um well let's go to my room then Ren,'' I said as I held Mira in my arms. I walked to my room but kept the door open.

“Well welcome to my room Ren,” I said in my calm voice.

“I like it,” He said with his smile. I sat down on my bed and set Mira on my lap. She started giggling. I heard the front door of the house open. I knew my dad was home…