Hey! Say! Love!

Chapter 7: Puzzle

Sachiko

All the hassle at the airport made my brain go dead and all I need right now is a nice quiet nap. I take out my headphones and plug it into my phone. I search for my music app and put the songs on shuffle. The first songs that comes up was Henry Lau's "Off my Mind." I turn around to talk to Mai, but she was talking to Taki, so I turn back around. There is no one on the huge bus besides the three of us. I look out the window where I see a bunch more people were going to board. This boiling feeling inside of me is getting me super mad because they won't hurry up and get on the bus. I try to calm my hormones, I remind myself I already had a bad start. I lay on the glass window trying to find a comfortable position to fall asleep in, but I was not feeling it.

Sachiko turns around for Mai again, "Hey, Taki, how much longer is the bus going to start driving?"

"When everyone gets on," said Taki in a plain voice, while on his phone.

"Mai, do you know?"

"Taki just said when they all get on. Look, there is still more people out there."

Mai pointed towards the masked guys group, Sachiko looks, "Ah," in a monotone voice, "There's another groups coming too."

Mai stands up, "What? Where?"

Sachiko points towards the back of the bus, "They are all wearing sunglasses and I love there fashion, too!"

Mai turns to Taki, "Would you know by any chance?"

Taki looks at Sachiko, then back at Mai, "Not a clue. Just sit down and be patient until the we get to the hotel."

I roll my eyes and peer out the window to study the two different groups. I see that both groups has fan ladies, one groups has nine people, and the other group has eight people. However, the group that looks cooler towards the back of the bus looks so much cooler and they have more fan ladies. I try to get my face closer to the window, a picture from afar that a fan lady is holding looks so familiar.

I stand up trying to get a good point of view, but then the lady decides to face it downwards.I sit back down and pouted, finally, the first group is getting on the empty bus. I stare them down and notice the guy from earlier with black hair, sunglasses, and masked face.

Sachiko's anger from earlier exploded and strikes up, "WHY ARE YOU HERE?"

Everyone stares at her and the guy opens his mouth, "JESUS CHRIST! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?"

Mai quickly gets up and grabs Sachiko to sit down, "Don't scream so suddenly!"

"But what is he doing?"

"Can't you look at the situation more seriously? There is nine boys that are masked to hide their identity and they have fan girls-"

"Fan ladies."

"Whatever, but doesn't anything click?"

Sachiko looks into Mai's eyes for a few seconds, "So?"

"UGH! Saiko, don't make it more of a mess than it is already okay?"

"K."

Sachiko sits still like a puppy and the next wave of "celebrities" we're already making their way onto the bus. She observes them steadily one by one while Henry's song "My Everything" is in the middle of playing. This particular wave is making their way towards the back as they try to avoid eye contact.

Suddenly, one guy stands in the isle facing Sachiko's way, " 私はここに座ってすることができますか? (Can I sit here?)"

Sachiko looks confused as usual, Mai speaks up for her, " 彼女は日本語を理解していません. (She doesn't understand Japanese.)"

"어떻게 한국어 에 대한 ? (How about Korean?)" asked the guy.

"私は申し訳ありませんが、私の友人は、英語、中国語よりもはるかに他を理解していません. (I'm sorry, my friend doesn't understand much other than English and Chinese.)"

The guy's facial expression brightens, "Oh! Not a problem! I'm actually very happy about that because I speak Chinese and English too," he turns to Sachiko, "May I sit here?"

Sachiko springs up, "You speak English, so sure, not a problemo!"

The guy seats himself next to Sachiko. Continuously, Sachiko curiously stares at the guy.

The guy makes eye contact with her, "Is there a problem?"

Sachiko answers, "You look so familiar, but I just can't say who you are."

He reaches to take his shades off, "How about now?" Sachiko's jaw drops down wide open and the guys chuckles at her expression, "You're a funny one, but I like it."

Sachiko reaches down to her phone and presses the home button of her phone. Henry Lau's picture is right on screen; while the song "143 (I love you)" plays. She looks back up at the guys next to her, "You're Henry Lau?"

He laughs, "The one and only."