Chapter Two
Rin
I dress up in a white summer dress. I put three white hair clips in my hair; the fourth is my favorite one with a purple butterfly. I wear black flats along with the outfit.
As for Len he goes over the top. White dress shirt with ¾ sleeves, a black vest and tie, black slacks and dress shoes. He takes at least two showers and pulls his hair back in his casual pony.
"It's only Gumi." I say as I place pink lipstick carefully on my lips.
"I know." He says sniffing his underarm. "I just want to be perfect. Do I smell okay to you?"
"You smell like my brother." I say.
"Ha ha, very funny, now tell me the truth."
"That is the truth." I say taking a final glance at myself in the mirror. "Now come on we have to go meet with Gumi at the bus stop!"
We leave the bathroom a mess. We run down the street to the bus.
Gumi
I hear a pitter-patter of shoes. It must've been them. I put my marker back in my book and put it in my red bag.
Rin looked so pretty like this.
It was nothing compared to what I was wearing. I had my hair hanging loosely at my shoulders; I had braided a small piece in the front. I wore my casual white blouse and a pair of capris. As far as shoes went I decided on my brown sandals to show off my failure of a homemade pedicure.
"Wow," I hear Len say. "You look nice."
"Thanks." I say giving a head nod to Len. "Y-you overdressed." I point out.
"I told you so." Rin says. She was somewhat childish.
"You never told me anything!" But I think Len was a little more childish.
"Let's just try to enjoy this evening." I say looking up at the pink sky.
The bus arrives. We each pay our fare and ride down to the ice cream parlor. I was thinking ahead of time what I was going to get ahead of time. I could be indecisive sometimes.
Strawberry. Blueberry. Banana. Chocolate. The thoughts of flavors race. Maybe you should just go for frozen yogurt.
Our bus stops at the small white building. The three of us hope off. A blue hair boy stands outside holding two cones. One was vanilla the other chocolate. He was fast.
"Kaito!" Rin waves to him.
He walks over.
"You never said anything about a double date." He says handing her the chocolate cone.
She smiles. "Do you want to go walk on the beach?" She throws out a suggestion, almost like it was nothing.
"Sure." Kaito says. "We'll me you two back here later?"
"Yeah," I say slightly aggravated. "Like nine." I say.
"Cool," Kaito says. "Nine."
They walk off. Len and I walk in and sit down at a table. I wasn't in the mood to eat now. I wanted to spend this time with Rin.
An odd silence goes by before Len decides to break it.
"Are you okay?" He asks.
"Fine…" I say tapping my fingers on the table. "Just fine…"
He furrows his brows. "No you aren't."
"No," I smile. "I'm not."
"Why is that?" What a bad move he just made.
I let out a sigh and crack my knuckles. I set my bag down. I think of the words. He waits with anticipation. "I love your sister." I say casually. The first person I came out to was him off all people.
"Y-you?"
I nod. "I have since I first laid my eyes on her."
"N-no…"
"Yes." I say. "She's so cute and sweet. She can be childish and hard to put up with sometimes, but," I look out the window. A tear starts to form in my eye. I blink it back. "I love every single one of her flaws, even though in my eyes she is flawless. She's just, perfect."
I can tell Len is taken aback by this.
I continue to stare out the window.
"I-it can't be true."
"It is true, just stop denying it."
"No," Len says. "That isn't it."
I give him a look.
He shifts in his seat uncomfortably. "I should just, go." He gets off and I hear the bell ring behind me.