Rivalry (Ishigami Senku x Reader)

Chapter 8

(Senku's point of view)

After some hours of staying at Y/n's place, since she didn't let me leave I finally headed home by bus when it got dark. On my way, I thought about how she treated that guy today. She was cold and distant and as she continued to prepare our experiment she got comfortable again. Also with Yuzuriha, she was all friendly in comparison to that guy.

As I heard my station being announced I came back to reality and got out of the bus, walking home. Of course, as I opened the door, my annoying dad was giving me a cat-like smile, eyes sparkling. "Out with your girlfriend again, I see~" he teased and I sighed, trying to escape into my room. "I already told you she's not my girlfriend. We had some things to discuss, that's why I visited her place." I explained and he hit me with his elbow and an excited face. "Did something happen~?" He continued to tease and I rolled my eyes.

"No. How's your application for Nasa going?" I changed the topic and he gave me a wide grin. "Thank you for asking! Senku, you won't believe it. Next year, 2019, I will go to space with a group of other people!" He told me and he caught my interest, causing me to look at him. "Really? I already prepared myself to cheer you up again if you would have failed." I told him and he wiped away a little tear. "You're too cold with your dad, Senkuuuuu~" he complained and I went to the living room, sitting down on the couch. He followed me and of course didn't lose his good mood.

"Anyway, one person on that group seems to be a prominent too, Senku! She's a famous singer!" He told me and I nodded. "I dare you if you do embarrassing stuff there, I'll kill you. You seem to be into something big, meaning that a celebrity joins you." I noted and he nodded. "Of course, don't worry!! Lilian Weinberg seems like a kind person according to her interviews. She also knows a little Japanese." He cheered and my eyes widened slightly. Lilian Weinberg was that singer Y/n admired.

"Bring an autograph from her after your space tour. Y/n is a fan of her. She would rip my head off if she knew that my old man met her and that I didn't take that opportunity to get an autograph." I explained and he chuckled. "I will I will don't worry. You really care for Y/n, don't you?" He assumed and gave me a happy grin. I cringed and got up. "We are rivals, stupid. She's annoying but also scary so I don't dare to let that opportunity slip." I clarified and he wiggled with his eyebrows, causing me to throw a pillow at his face. "You'll meet her for sure in the future since we both work on the same project. You'll see how annoying she is and that she isn't my girlfriend, ten billion percent."

I walked over to my room, locking it so I could escape him. "I'm just kidding, Senku. I'll prepare dinner, ok?" He told me from the other side of the door and I gave him an "ok" as a confirmation. As he left for the kitchen, I took the letter of Y/n's mother. I thought about if I should read it already or not. This stuff still seemed odd to me.

I decided to put it aside and leave it for now. That stuff is mainly directed to Y/n so why was I even involved in that? It confused me. I glanced over to the letter on my desk and shook my head, sitting down on the ground, near my little prototype robot I was building. "I shouldn't get involved in that. Y/n should just read the rest, this letter including." I mumbled to myself and continued to work on it.

(Your point of view)

"I'm sure you're still confused about that stuff, Y/n. I don't know if you read what was dedicated to your soulmate but please don't read the other things dedicated to them. Maybe you didn't find a "soulmate" yet and I completely understand that. If you didn't, then leave the things dedicated to your soulmate unread. I trust you."

You again skimmed through what your mother's letter said last and sighed. You were confused about why your mother did that. She was into stuff like that but why talking about soulmate stuff etc? You tried to look for clues, for hidden messages and riddles inside of those letters but nothing fit.