Showered by the Stars

19. Her jealous heart

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“Eh? You two know each other?” I asked them. I was really surprised.

“Yeah. Ava is um—a school mate.” Alexis said.

“Ah—is that so.” I said.

“Ava—“ he said.

“um—Mizuki is my aunt’s niece from her husband’s side of the family.” She said.

“Ah. Is that so?” he said. “It was a real coincidence meeting you here.” He said. But I don’t think it was. It’s more like fate. Just like me and Ren-kun.

“Shall we go to the coffee shop?” he asked.

“Yeah.” I smiled. Alexis and I walked together.

We ordered our snacks and ate while talking.

“So you went to surf and drowned? That’s so unlucky.” He said.

“Yeah. It’s a good thing that Luke was there to save me. But I guess it’s all thanks to Marie telling them.” I said.

The two were quiet.

“Luke? You mean Ava’s older brother?” he asked.

“Yeah.”

“Ah—that guy’s really popular to girls. You mentioned Marie, could she be Marie Harrison?”

“Uhn! That’s her. You’re also acquainted with her?” I asked.

“Yes. She’s a school mate. She’s really popular at school but she’s really shy as well. But it seems like it’s known that she likes Luke.” He said. “It was the famous unrequited love.”

“Eh? Oh my! That Luke is really slow. He should have gone out with her or at least became friends with her.”

He chuckled. “No. That’s not it. He’s fast. He’s a player so I don’t think that confidence is a problem. It might be because she’s not his type. I’m sure Ava knows about her brother as well, right?”

“Ah. Yeah. He always has a lot of girls surrounding him.” Ava said, not looking directly.

“See? Even my girlfriend became his fan girl.” He smiled.

Eh? This guy is still smiling when he said that? Could it be that this is just his poker face?

“By the way, do you have a boyfriend Mizuki?” he asked, really serious-looking.

“Ah. No. I don’t.”

“Really? Great! Then will you go out with me?” he said.

“Eh?????” I was so surprised. He chuckled.

“Well, I’m just saying that I think I’m interested in you. It looks like you can’t give me an answer yet but can I have your number?” he asked. Ah! But this is the phone Takeshima lent me.

I looked at Takeshima, he shrugged. Okay, if it’s fine with him then it’s alright.

“Here.” I let him copy it. He took a picture of me and saved it in his phone.

“Let me have your phone for a sec.” I did. He saved his number and picture before giving the phone back. “Thanks. I’ll call you so answer it, okay?”

“Ah—okay.”

“Well then, see you around. I’m going first. Nice to meet you guys. Bye Ava.” He left.

“Ah—shall we go?” I asked.

“Um—I have to go somewhere. I’ll catch up with you later.” She hurried and went out first.

Huh?

“Strange. Or maybe—hmm—“ Could it be that Ava and Alexis have something going on? Eek! I didn’t make her get jealous, right? Nooooooo!! First it was Marie and now Ava?! Darn it!

“You’re really sensitive to others’ business, huh?” Takeshima said.

“What do you mean? It’s obviously strange isn’t it?” I said.

“How dense.” He mumbled.

“Huh? Hey! I’m not dense!” He sighed. Really! I’m not!

“Shall we go?” he said.

“Okay.” We left the coffee shop. The streets were so crowded. Oh yeah! It’s almost dinnertime. Crap! We stayed really long in there.

He grabbed my hand, so sudden that it startled me.

“Huh? What’s wrong?” I asked.

“Hmm—I just don’t want to lose you in this crowd.” He said.

“Er—okay. You scared of losing your way around here?” I teased.

“Of course not. I know this place well since I’ve visited Australia many times.” He said. Ah? But I won’t get lost as well. Even though the last time I came to Australia was ten years ago, it’s still easy to find my way. I could always ask for directions.

“I won’t get lost as well, you know.” I said.

“I know but if I let go of your hand now, I might get separated from you.”

“Ah?” Ba-dump! Ba-dump! Ba-dump! I blushed.

He chuckled.

Eh? Don’t look at me you idiot Takeshima! Gak! This is so embarrassing!

On the busy streets of Australia, around dinnertime, Takeshima kissed my lips softly for a long time.

Strange. Why didn’t I pull away? It’s really strange. Today is full of strange things.

‘Today was a fairytale, you were the prince

I used to be a damsel in distress

You took me by the hand and you picked me up at six

Today was a fairytale, today was a fairy tale

Today was a fairytale I wore a dress, you wore a dark grey t-shirt

You told me I was pretty when I looked like a mess today was a fairy tale

Time slows down whenever you’re around

But can you feel this magic in the air?

It must have been the way you kissed me

Fell in love when I saw you standing there

It must have been the way, today was a fairytale

It must have been the way, today was a fairytale’

“That’s settled then. We’ll go with you. I’m hungry anyways. Let’s go.” Takeshima said.

“Okay.” I said, going back to Alexis with them.

“Hey! I’m back. These are my friends, Takeshima and Ava.” I said to Alexis.

“Eh? Ava? Why are you here?” Alexis looked really surprised. And it seemed like they know each other.