イタズラな KISS ~3 ✔

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Epilogue Twenty-Two: Grandfather (Part Two)

It was evening as I was staring at the window. The coffee that I made for myself was getting cold. I knew I should do something. I felt like I have a responsibility for what happened between Yuki and Konomi. But... Yuki made it clear right? He said he would marry Konomi but why did he say that? Why did he deny it? I can't understand him. Well, Irie-kun felt the same way too but later on, after a few years, he acted on his own accord and proposed to me... Ahh, I can't forget our wedding! Hihihi! Now, it must be time to let Yuki and Konomi have their wedding too. I can't wait! But what should I do to fix this up? I know Yuki will be like Irie-kun in assessing these kinds of foreign human emotions that's why I decided to take part. I will be their bridge.

Hihihi. I should think of a better plan right now.

"Kotoko," Irie-kun called me when he came into the room, wiping his hair with a clean cloth. He had just taken his bath. "Aren't you packing right now? We'll be going tomorrow. Haven't you so excited about it?" he asked and sat down on the bed.

I removed the pen on my mouth and the small notes on the table as I turned to him and called his name, "Irie-kun. I have a plan." I said with a smirk on my face.

"What?" he curiously asked and put the towel on the top of the drawer and grabbed his book. He scanned it first. "What are you thinking right now? I hope you won't ruin the entire vacation. My grandpa is not—"

"Shigaiyo," I said, wriggling my head and stood up to sit beside him with the kind of smile. "I feel so guilty. I feel that it is my responsibility to fix the things up between Yuki and Konomi."

"Huh?" his brows were crooked. "I told you to stop bothering them. They have their own lives, Kotoko. Let them handle things on their own. It's their own decision. You have no right to interfere. Look what happened between them now because of your unnecessary disturbance." he said.

"But... but..." I feel so sad. I feel so sad that I won't do anything for them. I think it is not right to leave them like that. Konomi loved Yuki since they were in middle school. And I know how it feels. It hurts so much that my heart would burst out of pain. "But look at them. It's just a little push. A little effort to make them be together. And I can do it. I can do it, Irie-kun! And for your information, I have a plan!" I smiled to make him understand but he flipped the pages instead to look at me.

"I told you, interfering in their lives will not help anything. Look what happened early in the morning, because you said those things out of proportion, you confused Yuki that he yelled out of anger and you made Konomi cry. Kotoko, you really like to mess things up. And because of that, I'd like you to step aside. I know they will handle this on their own. You don't need to help them, okay?" and then he put his hands on both of my shoulders. "Do you understand, Kotoko?" his eyes looked at me with the hope that I would do what he says but I am not.

"Wakarimashita. But... can't you see it Irie-kun? If we let them fix it by themselves, it will take a long time. A long time of realizations. You clearly know that Yuki is so much like you. Both of you were gifted with oozing intelligence but also you both lacked understanding human emotions. Look at you, it took so much time for you to confess to me... Ah... how good to remember the kissing under the rain scene." and I ended up recalling those memories right away. I could feel like I could lay down the bed and let my imagination do the rest. But I am not going to sleep tonight unless I sorted things out of what can I do to fix the matter between Yuki and Konomi.