Girl Next Door

Chapter Fifty-Two

Risa saw Kyosuke sitting at a bench beside a cyan-haired girl, who happened to look a lot like the girl she saw in Takeru's magazine.

"I-Is that her?" she asked.

"Looks like it," said Takeru, as his smile turned into a devious grin. "Kyosuke's a lucky guy. First day of school, a celebrity befriends the dude."

Risa could only watch as the two conversed on the bench. They seemed to be having fun.

"Damn," said Takeru, scratching his head. "He ditched us for an idol?" He then tried to walk towards the bench where Kyosuke and Hikari sat, but was stopped by Risa.

"Risa-chan?" wondered Takeru as Risa tugged on his sleeve.

"We shouldn't disturb them," said Risa with a small smile. "It's seems they're having a conversation."

"You kidding me, Risa-chan?" said Takeru. "That's Hikari Manabe right there. I wouldn't miss talking to her for the world."

"You can just go chase after her later with the other fanboys," replied Risa. "Besides, I barely know about her, having spent three years in America."

"Oh, yeah," said Takeru, smirking. "The only popstars you know are the likes of Justin Timberlake and Michael Jackson."

"Shut up," said Risa with a chuckle, poking Takeru with her elbow.

"Hehe," chuckled Takeru. "Well, anyways, I gotta go. See ya, Risa-chan."

"See you later, Takeru-kun," said Risa, waving as Takeru walked away. Then her gaze once again turned to Kyosuke and Hikari. She couldn't help but see the two of them laughing and having fun while talking.

"Jeez, what am I doing?" she muttered to herself, chuckling. "I'm not gonna wait for those two to get done with their conversation." She then turned and walked towards the direction of the library.

Meanwhile, Kyosuke and Hikari continued their conversation without taking any notice.

"Ahahaha," laughed Hikari, wiping a tear from her eye. "So he always got you into trouble, eh?"

"Yeah, that's Takeru," replied Kyosuke. "He got you to sign his magazine, right?"

"I can't recall," said Hikari with a smile. "What did he look like?"

"Little shorter than me, orange spiky hair," said Kyosuke.

"Oh, yeah, him," replied Hikari, giggling. "He's funny."

"You have no idea," said Kyosuke with a snort.

"You got any other cool friends, Matsumaru-kun?" asked Hikari.

"Well, there's this really smart guy... name's Ichiro Toyama," said Kyosuke.

"Oh, him? The student council president?" said Hikari curiously. "He's your classmate?"

"Yeah," replied Kyosuke. "He's a good friend. A real gentleman, even though he's been at a boy's school most of his life."

"I see," said Hikari with a smile.

"Oh, and there's this girl..." continued Kyosuke.

"Oh," said Hikari, suddenly disheartened. "You're seeing someone."

"N-No, it's not that," said Kyosuke, smiling sheepishly. "We're... just close."

"Oh, I see," said Hikari. "What's she like?"

"Um, she's... nice," replied Kyosuke. "Quite polite. And smart."

"Is she pretty?" asked Hikari.