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Episode 4: An Evil Plan – Ototchi's scandal! Aya-ppe's Jealousy!
Whenever our world's greatest gal--Ran Kotobuki had a problem she always rested herself on the Hachikou statue. And that was what she was doing right now. She hugged the red dog statue tight while fully paying her attention to her cell phone. Apparently, she was watching a video--Rei's video to be exact.
Remember when Ran recorded the laughing Rei? If he found out that Ran had taken this secret scene into a video like that, it would be a dangerous threat for him. If she overspread that video, everyone would have laughed at him. She knew she could ask him anything with that video as the collateral. But the question is, what will she do to him? It had made her confused in a long time. That's why she leaned on the Hachikou statue now to purify her mind.
'Crap…I have no idea about this! Come to think of it, embarrassing him is too cruel. Aya is gonna be angry with me! But I can't help but keep intending to do something that will make him following anything I want!' Ran inwardly grumbled to herself.
And suddenly, she formed a wide smile as she finally got an idea. 'Ah, of course! That's the only way!'
As she giggled cynically, she swiftly got off from the red dog statue and ran in amazing speed. She headed to Rei's working place; the CD shop.
In less than ten minutes, she had arrived. She entered the CD shop and fortunately, she found the dark brown-haired Ice Prince there, who was currently cleaning up some cassettes. She fervently greeted him, "Good afternoon, Otohata!"
Rei turned his face and instead of greeting her back, he questioned, "What are you doing here, Kotobuki?"
"Oh, come on! Can't you just say 'hello' to me in more friendly way? We're friends, aren't we?" Ran joyfully teased him, still keeping her compromising smile in her lips. "But no worries, I'm not hoping your manner now. I just want you to see…this!" She exclaimed as she put her cell phone right on Rei's face.
The Meishou champion slowly took the cell phone and viscidly gazed at the phone screen. He enlarged his eyes as he noticed that he saw himself there. He instantly pressed the "ok" button and played the video.
Ran's naught smiles grew wider as she saw him freezing in shock. To be honest, he was a bit panicking but as a "real" Ice Prince, he kept calm and coolly asked, "What's this?"
"Can't you see? It's obviously you." Ran replied sarcastically. "You, the number one gal's idol…laughed madly! Can you believe that? That was a totally great surprise! Actually, I planned to show that disgrace of yours to everyone before. However, I've just got a better idea."
Rei kept interrogating. "What do you want?"
An evil chuckle. "So you will comply with any kind of my request?" The brunette asked back.
Much to Rei's dismay, he swallowed hard as he suddenly had a bad feeling about this.
Meanwhile…
Whenever our beautiful timid dark-haired girl--Aya Hoshino had a problem she always set her mind at rest in her favorite Shibuya library. And that was she was doing right now. She demurely read a history book while her eyes were actually glancing at her cell phone in every second. Apparently, she was waiting for someone to phone her--waiting for Rei's call to be exact.
Unfortunately, her complicated boyfriend still wasn't calling her yet. She had tried to stop hoping but somehow her mind always kept going back to him. Normally, as a good boyfriend Rei always phoned or sent her messages everyday since they seldom see each other. However, of course he couldn't always call her every time and this thing was the cause of her queasiness. That's because she wanted to always hear his voice somehow and hoped that he would call her now. It's like she wanted him all for herself every time.
'Uh…I have no idea about this! Come to think of it, Otohata-kun still contacted me as usual. So why do I have a very bad presentiment? Why do I feel like if he doesn't call me, it means that he doesn't care about me anymore? That's so stupid! I must believe him! How could I think so selfish? I'm not the only one who needs him, everyone needs him too! His boss, his parents, his best friends, and even Ran…' Aya stopped her inward words when she mentioned the last name.
She managed to whisper, calling her best friend in a low tone, "Ran…?"
And suddenly, she got annoyed as she remembered about Rei who had laughed because of Ran. Truth to be known, she felt uneasy that Rei had been happy because of another girl. Speaking from Aya's memory, Rei never looked really happy whenever he was with her. He never gave her a real smile of happiness. And now that she was thinking of it, she also realized that his real happy smile was only seen when Ran was there with him.
But then, she immediately shook her head and tried to think positively. No, she was sure that Rei's crush on Ran had faded away. She wanted to trust him wholeheartedly. 'Yes, perhaps he always looked happier when he was with Ran because unlike me, Ran is extremely hilarious and more spirited. She never failed to make people smile, even the calm Otohata-kun because of her dynamism. Right! That must be the reason why Otohata-kun was able to smile for her!' Aya mentally thought.
As she felt like she had succeeded to calm herself down, she got up from her seat and took three books which she wanted to borrow from the beginning.
After coming out from the library, she walked away while staring at a red book in her arms. She softly smiled at it as she thought, 'Otohata-kun will surely like this book.' Now she headed to Rei's working place.
"Yum! Yum! Yum!" The caramel-haired gal glutted her super big special beef burger while Rei sweat dropped at her. "Greedy as usual, huh?" he scoffed.
"You can say that again!" exclaimed Ran before sipping her strawberry milk shake. Then she continued gobbling voraciously.
The chocolate brown-haired guy spoke again, "So, what's next? What do you want me to do? Purchasing some accessories for you?"
"Nope! Don't worry about it!" Ran replied.
Rei was about to heave a sigh of relief when Ran said something that succeeded to took his breath of restfulness back, "I just want you to buy a pair of the latest gal boots!"
And what the Ice Prince could do was only helplessly nodded in agreement. "Fine."
At the CD shop…
Aya frowned in confusion. "He'd gone? But shouldn't he still…"
Rei's boss cut her off as he explained, "Yes, but he asked my permission to go home earlier since he got some important things to do. Oh, if there's no mistaken, he left with a girl."
Thump. She felt like her heart skipped a beat. "A girl? Who…who is she?"
"I don't know." He replied with a shrug. "She's a ko-gal. At first, I thought she was only one of Rei-kun's fan girls but it seems like they had known each other well."
"Did she get kinky caramel hair and brown eyes?" asked Aya again.
The boss gave a quick respond, "Correct. How do you know it, young lady?"
Much to Aya's dismay, she enlarged her eyes and bowed her head in a painful feeling. No way. They were together? Why? This clearly explained her uncomfortable feelings all this time.
She speedily left the CD shop after asking the boss where she could find the two of them. She wished they didn't do anything but something that wouldn't hurt her feelings for the second time. She hoped that this wasn't more than just her own inquietude.
"Well, what do you think? Do these boots suit me?"
Rei was asked by Ran who was trying out a pair of pink-purple boots.
"Lame." Rei answered nonchalantly.
A vein popped up on Ran's head as she flew into a rage because of Rei's insult. But then, she looked calm instead as she said sarcastically, "Oh really? So I guess you want me to show this video to everyone with these lame boots, don't you?"
Hearing that, Rei gasped and instantly mouthed, "I mean…kinda looks good on you."
Ran thumbed up in satisfaction. "Well said! All right, I choose these, Otohata!"
"Very well." Rei replied while giving the world's greatest gal his credit card. "Here."
"Yippee!" Ran yelled enthusiastically as she walked towards the cash register.
Ten minutes later…
They left the shoes shop and walked on the road side. Ran faced the chocolate brown-haired guy and muttered, "Thanks for today, Otohata! Sorry for using your scandal to follow my order."
"Moron." Rei coldly uttered in irritation. "You've troubled me, stupid."
Ran stuck her tongue out at him. "At this rate, you've paid what you've done to me! All things are being equal now."
Rei cocked a brow. "What do you mean?"
"You laughed because of me, didn't you?" Ran mumbled. "That was more than enough to embarrass me! I just wanted to punish you."
The Ice Prince just shrugged again. "You really are an idiot."
"What did you say?! Want me to overspread this laughing scene of yours?!" Ran furiously grumbled as she took her cell phone. Suddenly, the cell phone loose from her grip and dropped, crashing up against the ground.
Much to Ran's surprise, she loudly yelled as she saw her hibiscus-casing cell phone automatically turned off, showing that it was broken. "MY PHONE!"
The caramel-haired gal quickly took it. "Damn it! I have to bring it to the cell phone service shop! I'll see you later, Otohata!" cried Ran as she swiftly ran, leaving the Ice Prince behind.
Rei let out a sigh while watching the world's greatest gal from afar. He slowly curved his lips into a smile and murmured sarcastically, "Hope she'll lose that video."
"What's that smile?" A voice asked.
Rei turned around and said, "Aya?"
The dark-haired girl walked closer to him with a fake smile on her lips. "Ran looked so happy, didn't she?"
"What is it? Jealous again?" asked Rei with a smirk.
"O-of course not." Aya declared nervously. "Forget it. I just…want to give this to you." She said as she landed a red book on Rei's palm. "It's a music book which you've wanted to read. I borrowed it from a library."
Rei leafed through that book while saying, "I don't know that you're always thinking about me that much, Aya."
Hearing that, Aya lifted her face and protested, "No, I just—"
"But you've made me feel a lot better." Rei interrupted as he gently smiled at her. "Thanks."
Aya's eyes widened. Her cheeks slowly turned bright cherry red as she saw that warm smile. She didn't know what had gotten into her as she suddenly moved closer to Rei and embraced him tight.
Rei gasped at Aya's sudden action. "What's the matter?"
Without realizing it, tears actually had streamed down her face. She softly replied, "Nothing…it's just that…I am too excited. I admit that I was jealous of Ran but…"
Rei blinked in confusion. "Hm?"
Aya continued, "…but now…I'm glad that you finally smile for me. I'm so happy, Otohata-kun."
Rei was speechless for a while. Afterwards, he heaved a sigh and returned the hug. "Don't you trust me?"
"I do." She weakly murmured.
The chocolate brown-haired guy smirked and whispered, "...Silly girl."
A/N: It's done! Yay! Anyway, thanks to people who had reviewed the previous chapter. Hope you like this one. Sorry for the numerous mistakes.
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Next on Super Innocent Gal: Aya's here! I'm going to spend the New Year Eve with my friends and…Otohata-kun, of course. But wait! Who is this girl? And what does she mean she's the only girl who had ever spent the New Year Eve with Otohata-kun alone? No way! Please tell me that it's just a lie, Otohata-kun! Please!
Episode 5: New Year Memories – Fight for Love! Otohata-kun is mine!