Bangsie (JaDine Fantasy)

Chapter 3

Bangsie heard footsteps.

Mira was finally coming. Bangsie didn’t really didn’t know much about schools but she didn’t expect their journey to be so long.

Bangsie saw light at last but then she didn’t see Mira. She wasn’t the one who opened the bag; it was her brother.

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“Bangsie?” James was surprised to see his sister’s doll inside his bag.

“Bangsie?” Bret asked beside him.

“Ah, my sister’s doll. Seems I accidentally brought it with me.” James explained, taking Bangsie out.

Sam laughed, “What’s that, James?” he teased.

James rolled his eyes. “It’s my sister’s doll.” He repeated himself.

“Oh.” JC said. “Just leave it with the staff. They’ll take care of it.” He suggested.

“No way am I leaving her. Mira will kill me.” James said and the rest of the group laughed.

“That’s a very pretty doll.” Bret commented looking at Bangsie.

James smiled, he looked at Bangsie,  too. “She is, huh.”

James blinked.

Bret noticed. “What is it?”

“I... I thought I saw Bangsie blushed...” he said staring wide eyes at the doll.

Sam laughed, “James, it’s a doll.”

James laughed with him.

“Yeah, what was I thinking?” He said, shaking his head.

Their manager called them then.

“Wah, let’s go, let’s go.” JC, their leader, said.

James placed Bangsie back inside his back after taking a set of clothes and then he left.

Bangsie couldn’t believe it, Mira left her with James!

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Bangsie felt the bag being carried somewhere.

She didn’t really know what to do. She was just hoping that she was going back to Mira soon.

She stayed inside the bag, in the dark for a very long time.

She waited too long; even longer than when she waits for Mira to come home from school. Plus she had nothing to do in the dark.

She was so bored inside the bag that she almost forgot to stay still when James opened his bag again.

He looked surprised.

"Bangsie.” He said. His voice was hoarse and he looked tired.

“I forgot I bought you with me.” He said as he took her out and placed her in the table beside his bed. And then he returned to his bag.

“Mira must be looking all over for you now.” He continued saying to her.

“I should call her, huh...” He said.

“I will, after I took a shower. I feel sticky.” He said as he took out a pair of shorts.

He suddenly looked at Bangsie then.

“I must be more tired than I think. I’m talking to a doll.” He said.

“Well, I got to have my own room in this leg, otherwise the others will tease me about you.” He chuckled and then stopped abruptly.

“Jeez, James, you’re still talking to a doll. And to yourself, to boot.” He sighed, shaking his head as he went inside the bathroom.

When the door of the bathroom closed, Bangsie released a sigh of relief. She didn’t really know why she feels so unsettled whenever James is around.

“Shirt, shirt....” James suddenly returned to the room and Bangsie abruptly stopped moving.

James looked at her but only for a second. Bangsie was wishing he didn’t notice her position changing.

But then James stopped walking.

Bangsie hastily arranged her arms to their previous position.

James looked at her for a longer time and then shook his head.

“Only imagining...” He murmured as he went inside the bathroom again.

Bangsie didn’t move again until James was finally asleep.

Bangsie then remembered that he forgot to call Mira.

She didn’t know why but she felt that she would not be seeing Mira soon.

‘My God.’