RICO SPADES

Episode 21

Episode 21

"This is your favorite stress food, right?"

"Don't you mean ours? Had it stopped being yours?"

Yumi placed the bowl of lomi on the table beside Loida's bed before telling her: "You can feed yourself, right? Just be careful, it's still very hot."

Loida took the bowl and asked: "How did you get here?"

"I was walking home from the university and I was using my phone when suddenly I felt like I was in a different place," Yumi explained.

"Makes me remember how we fell apart. It happened out of the blue."

"Are we going to finally talk about it?" Yumi asked. "It might worsen your headache."

Loida swallowed the food in her mouth before nodding her head.

"I don't expect you to believe everything, but I want to thank you for at least giving me the chance."

"This might be the only chance we have so I hope you would tell me everything," Loida told her cousin. "Would you mind if I continue eating while you speak?"

Two years ago.

"Wait for me!" Yumi shouted, breaking away from her classmates' crowd. "Excuse me!"

Loida placed her hands on her waist as she waited for her cousin.

"Bust bump?" Yumi greeted her.

"Bust bump."

The cousins jumped towards each other with their chests out. It was the greeting that they decided they would have as it seemed unique and fun.

"What took you so long?" Loida asked her as they rode inside their school tricycle service.

Yumi frowned and explained: "Our whole class barely passed the examination in Math."

"That means you all get at least half the total points. What's wrong with that?"

"Your section has set the standard at about 80%," Yumi said, laughing. "We have to take another exam on Monday to meet Mr. Adicamo's unrealistic expectations."

Loida came up with a suggestion: "You can stay over at our house this weekend so that I can help you study."

"Can I invite the whole class? I think it wouldn't be good if I ever met the score requirement while everyone else failed to do so."

"But it seems like a counter-productive idea to conduct such a large group study."

"You're right. I guess we're all doomed."

"I already know those things," Loida complained after she finished eating the lomi.

"Where should I begin my explanations, then?" Yumi clarified.

"On the day when both of us were summoned by the Disciplinary Council. Why did you misrepresent me before them?"

Zenith was utterly troubled by the events that were caught by the remaining functional spy camera in General's unit so she decided to call one of her former employers who she thought could help her and her brother.

"Zen! How are you?"

"Ms. Shana, please help us."