Zodiac Signs: Thirteen

Epilogue

The rain was still pouring endlessly.

After finishing my session Yuna, I stood in front of the school contemplatively. My mother had sent a message saying that she'll pick me up in few minutes because of the rain.

I could have taken the train, but I have a feeling that she wants to find out what my decision would be about my Zodiac Sign as soon as possible.

It was a difficult decision and I needed to have an answer by tomorrow, since school was starting next week. She must have thought the rain to be a bad omen or something.

But I had already made up my mind. The experiences that built up through the different interviews made me reach the conclusion pretty easily.

"Are you going to tell me or not?"

"Hm? What?"

"I asked..." Yuna leaned closer and gazed into my eyes in the hopes that my facial expression might betray something. "Are you going to tell me or not?"

It was not working, but my heart was pumping wildly. I was nervous about standing so close to her that it felt like my heart could burst.

A very likely possibility.

Her chest was pressed against my arm so I could feel her body heat. From her expression I could tell that she was doing it on purpose.

"Tell you what exactly?" I asked.

The both of us were waiting in front the school.

Since the rain hadn't stopped its downpour and I had not brought an umbrella, we were standing together under hers.

She told me that she was waiting for her father to pick her up, but I had a feeling that she was using this opportunity to still mess with me. From our previous conversations I could tell that she enjoyed doing this.

"Isn't obvious?" Her cheeks appeared red for some reason. "I... still haven't heard your answer."

"... To what exactly?" I felt strangely nervous. I thought that we were conversing about the same thing but her tone and actions implied something else.

S-she couldn't mean...?

"Well, since you don't really knooow~" she wrapped her arms around my arm. "I guess that we can talk about something else."

"W-what are you doing?!" I yelled, my face burning up.

She was shorter than me, but because she was so close, I could feel her breathe against my neck. It sent a new sensation travelling down my spine.

"I'm cold," she complained. "And you're heating up for some reason."

As if you don't know why!!

"Anyways," she continued. "Can you tell me how you noticed? The anticipation is killing me~"

"... It doesn't sound like you really mind..." I muttered a retort to the pretentious tone she was using.

"But I am curious. You're the first one to notice. How did you notice that all of them were me?" This time she sounded serious.

Since Yuna was finally revealing how anxious she really was to find out, I decided to tell her the truth. I was purposely postponing it as a form of revenge for her doing it to me first.

Yes, I was being petty. Yes, I don't regret it.

"On the day when I went to the restaurant with Nagi Tsubame, do you remember the waitress that took our orders?" I asked.

"Ah," she remembered. "The girl that gave you her number?"

"Y-You saw that?" I asked, gazing in the opposite direction so that I can't see her expression. I felt a sense of a guilt on my chest now.