Back To You
By Mi-Yu67
Chapter 4 – Unlucky Night
"WHAT?!"
Everyone around Tazusa reacted so loudly that it almost turned her deaf.
"Didn't you hear me?" Tazusa exclaimed. "I said he's a pervert!!"
"That jerk! What did he do to you Tazusa?" Pete asked, quite concerned. "Are you hurt? When did you meet him? Where did he molest you? How coul-"
"Quit it, will ya!" Tazusa interrupted. "Stop asking me questions!"
Pete saluted quickly, "Y-yes, ma'am! No more questions!"
"Great." Tazusa nodded. "Now what am I saying again?" She looked around her but everyone was shocked at her 'monologue'.
'But we haven't said anything except 'What?!'…Is she really like this?" Keiichi whispered to Mika. Unfortunately, Tazusa heard him.
Oh damn, this is Pete's fault! Tazusa clenched her fists. He's gonna pay for this later!
Meanwhile, Mika tried to defend her friend. "Uhm…I think she's just shocked to see her date. Right, Tazusa?" she turned to her.
"Hmph!" Tazusa groaned. "I never imagined of all people to be blind date with, it has to be HIM!" she glared at the raven-haired guy.
"But why do you hate him so much?" Mika glanced at Keiichi's friend. "He seems like a really nice guy."
"Thanks." the guy smiled at Mika.
"You're welcome!" Mika smiled back. "See, Tazusa? He's not what you think he is."
Tazusa retorted, "A simple 'thanks' won't make me change my mind. He. Is. A Pervert."
"Yeah!" Pete cheered her. "Don't let that guy deceive you!"
"Come on guys…" Keiichi clapped his hands together to get everyone's attention. "Let's take our seats and talk about the problem. I think people would already be complaining if we continued arguing here."
Everyone nodded and went to their seats. Mika sat beside Tazusa, and the two guys sat in front of them. Their blind date has turned into an open forum, a discussion to reconcile Tazusa and Keiichi's friend.
Keiichi started the talk. "Okay, let's start. Since I don't really know what happened between you two, could you please explain to me the details?"
"Yeah." Mika agreed. "I would like to know about the incident too."
A moment of silence passed. It seemed like Tazusa was too irritated to speak so the guy took the initiative to explain. He cleared his throat before he started.
"Well, I was walking and bumped into Miss Clumsy-klutz who was daydreaming, she fell and blamed me for it. I told her I was sorry. Then she said "Since I was a fan of hers" so she forgave me. I got excited so I hugged her. I got a sniff of her hair so I said it smelled good but she punched me."
"WHAT!? That guy HUGGED you?!" Pete was shocked at what he heard. "I think he deserved another punch Tazusa!!"
"That's not the real story!" Tazusa scowled. "First and foremost mister, I am NOT a clumsy-klutz and second, it was really your fault! You were in the way and you're too busy "girl-watching" so YOU bumped into me!"
"Fine, if I really got into your way, I said I was sorry, right?" he rebutted. "And you punched me when I said you smelled good. What's wrong with that? Would you like it if I just said that you smell like rotten cheese and moldy socks? And mind you, you didn't even budge when I hugged you and that hug was quite long. I think you even became red!"
Pete became depressed. "Is that true, Tazusa? That you let him hug you?"
"No way!" Tazusa frowned. "Why would I like to be hugged by a pervert?!"
Unfortunately, the people in the restaurant started to talk about Tazusa and the 'pervert guy'.
An old lady said, "Oh look, isn't that Tazusa? My, she's arguing with her boyfriend." Another person added, "Aw, she is becoming a lady already." One piped, "What a cute couple. They're so sweet."
Tazusa can't believe on what she's hearing. I and that pervert, a couple? Definitely not! I would rather be paired to Pete…ah…wait, what am I thinking? This is about my reputation! I need to stop this nonsense gossip about me!
And so she screamed, "WE ARE NOT A COUPLE!!"
Everyone in the restaurant got scared at the rampaging girl so they stopped gossiping and resumed whatever they were doing previously. Because of this, Tazusa was relieved. Phew, at least they stopped talking about me and that guy.
"Well, at least you two won't have a hard time getting to know each other." Mika tried to appease the situation. "I think it's a perfect match."
"I don't want a date with him!" Tazusa yelled, as anger filled her insides. "That's it! I'm outta here!" she trotted furiously out of the restaurant.
"Wait, Tazusa!" Keiichi's friend stood up to follow her. Before he went off, he turned to Keiichi and Mika. "You two go ahead. I'm going after her." He quickly dashed outside to catch Tazusa.
Mika and Keiichi was the only pair left in their so-called "blind date".
Keiichi sighed. "What a disaster."
"Yeah..." Mika sulked. "Do you think everything will be fine?"
"Er…" Keiichi gazed at the running figure of his friend from the restaurant's window. "…I'm not so sure about that."
Tazusa is now strutting away from the restaurant. She completely forgot about taking Mika with her.
"That perverted-freak!" she growled. "I should have known! If only it is legal to kill perverts!"
Pete suddenly yelled. "Wait Tazusa!"
"What?!" she snapped.
"You left Mika at the restaurant!"
"Oh no!" Tazusa stopped in her tracks. "I promised Mika that I'll accompany her to the date! But I left her! What should I do?!"
"Let's head back to the restaurant." Pete suggested.
"Alright." Tazusa was about to step her way back when she saw…
"The Pervert!" she shouted, raising her arms in frustration. Oh please! Won't this guy ever give up?
Keiichi's friend stood in front of Tazusa, panting heavily. "Whew! You run quite fast Miss Sakurano. It took me a while to get to you…" He shot his head up to hear Tazusa's reply but she's already gone.
Huh? Where is she? He looked ahead of him and saw the girl scampering away.
"Hey wait!" he called her. "Don't run away!"
However, the girl didn't even flinch at his call and continued to move. It seemed like Tazusa didn't hear him, or rather, Tazusa did not want to hear him.
He sighed. Here I go again…
"Did we lose him, Tazusa?"
"I think so. No one's following us."
"Are you sure?" Pete asked her again. "I think I heard something."
"But I don't see anyone. The street's pretty clea-"
Tazusa was interrupted by someone.
"Look! It's Miss Sakurano!" one reporter yelled. Just then, a horde of reporters came running towards her.
"Tazusa, right here!" Pete pointed her way out.
Tazusa, clad in a beautiful gown and high heels, went again for another run. This time, she wasn't running away from the 'pervert', but from a crowd of reporters.
'Damn, more problems!' she thought. 'I am really unlucky tonight!'
She dashed off quickly as she can. However, Tazusa took a sudden stop at the street corner to take a rest. She gasped for air, "Fuuu…I-I'm too tired… cough…and the reporters are already catching up…I can't run anymore…"
"Tazusa watch out! Someone's…" Pete yelled.
Pwhip!
Pete's warning came late. A pair of hands just appeared behind her, and it covered Tazusa's mouth and grabbed her arm. Tazusa tried to break free from the intruder's grasp but his grip was too strong.
"Be quiet!" she heard the man speak.
Oh shoot! I'm done for! Tazusa closed her eyes. Please someone help me…
End of Chapter 4.
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Author's Note:
Ayu: OMG! Tazusa's in trouble! Pete, help her!
Miwa: Yeah! Go Pete! (laughs) Anyway, we're really sorry if this took us long. So to compensate for our slow update, we'll give you Chapter 5 in two weeks time!
Ayu: Yay! At last! Isn't that nice?:D
