CHAPTER 10: Let's pretend like nothing happened.
MOMO's POV
"What will you do and how would you feel of you find out that your boyfriend is cheating on you?" Hitsugaya asked.
I let Ran answer the question first because I want to hear her answer before I say mine.
"I'll break up with him." I answered.
"Will it be painful for you?" he asked.
"Of course. Her boyfriend cheated on her, what do you expect?" Ran said.
"I'm not sure. What if I've also fallen for someone else? I will only know once it happens to me." I answered.
They looked shocked; Hitsugaya was able to regain his composure after a few seconds. Rangiku smiled at me and said "Well that's good. If you ask me, I'd really appreciate it if you break up with Zedrich."
"Can we go now?" I asked them.
"Yeah, sure" Hitsugaya answered.
They walked me home and when we reached the gate Hitsugaya said "Momo, may I ask for your phone number?"
"Sure." I answered. ("Where the hell did the phone come from? Is this some kind of black sorcery that magically appeared?") He handed the phone to me; I entered my number and saved it. He has Miyuki's number and the one I entered was after Miyuki's.
"Thanks." He said when I gave back the phone to him.
"Good night. Be careful on your way home." I told them.
"Good night Momo, sweet dreams." Ran said then she hugged me.
"Sleep tight Momo." He said. I just smiled at him.
They acted like nothing happened once we left the park. I waited until they reach the corner of the street before going inside. I went to my room and prepared for bed. I wanted to sleep early but my thought kept me awake. While staring at the ceiling and thinking about the things that happened recently, I realized the Hitsugaya and Zedrich are very different from each other. I feel happy when I'm with Toshiro, especially when we're with the others, it's the opposite when I'm with Zedrich. Toshiro listens to what I have to say while Zed only listens to himself. He's always making me feel like my opinion doesn't matter. The next morning I started with my chores and asked Rangiku to come over. I told her everything.
"It's up to you. Even if he is your boyfriend he can't and he doesn't have the rights to decide on everything. It'll be better if you just break up. What's the point of having a relationship of if you don't listen to what the other has to say?" she said.
"What if he gets mad?" I asked.
"Well, it's his fault for not listening to you and making you feel bad. You can give him another chance, but if he doesn't change I really suggest that you break up with him. Do what will make you happy." She said. Everything she said really helped me. Rangiku may be flirty sometimes but when it comes to these kinds of problems, she's very reliable.
"Thank you so much Ran." I hugged her then asked what she wanted to eat for lunch.
"Anything will do." She answered. "Momo…"
"Yes?"
"Can I stay here tonight?" she asked.
"Sure. Wanna have another sleepover next weekend?" I asked her.
"That's a good idea. I need your Mom's permission before I start organizing things." She replied then smiled sweetly.
"Okay, I'll call her later. I want to spend more time with you and the others. I wonder if he'll be joining us."
"If you ask him, I'm sure he will." She said then laughed.
After eating lunch, I called Mom if we can have a sleepover next weekend. She agreed with the following conditions:
*No boyfriend/girlfriend.
*Boys & girls will sleep on separate mats.
*I will be a good host to my guests and I will do all he housework.
*No spin-the-bottle and drinking.
Even when she's not at home when we're having sleepovers she's making sure to keep us from any trouble. Ran can drink a lot but she knows her limits (I think). After I ended the call Ran and I decided to sleep. It was 5 pm when we woke up because of Ran's ringing phone.
[1 message received.]
[Rangiku, where are you?] – Toshiro.
[I'm at Momo's place. Why?"]
[I made dinner. Are you going home or do you want me to bring it there?"] – Toshiro.
[I'm not going home. (:-P)] She replied.
["I'll go there and give it to you. KINDLY ask Momo if it's okay.] – Toshiro.
She looked at me. I just nodded. I've been reading their conversation because I was sitting beside her and she let me read everything
"I'll just go upstairs to get my glasses." I said
Toshiro arrived after 15 minutes. I opened the gate and let him in.
"I brought dinner for you and Rangiku." He said.
"Thanks." I replied as we walked to the kitchen.
TOSHIRO's POV
Momo prepared the plates and everything else. We just stood there and watched her move around the kitchen. I opened the containers to help her but she said "Sit down. You're not allowed to touch anything until I finish preparing everything." She took the containers from me. She poured the soup in a large bowl and placed the beef steak on a plate.
"You've brought a lot. You can eat with us if you want." Momo said.
"Is it okay?" I asked.
She just nodded but she didn't look at us. "Is something wrong?"
"Nothing." She answered. She was so serious.
"Are you sure? You look…"
"I'm okay. Let's eat." She said before I finished my question then she smiled weakly. I looked at Rangiku, she shook her head. We started eating.
After we had dinner we sat at the living room and talked about Hunger Games.
"I really want to read that book." Momo said.
"I don't like reading but, I really want to find out what will happen and I don't want to wait for the next movie. I'll buy Hunger Games, you get Catching Fire then…" said Rangiku. That surprised me a little because Rangiku is not really interested in reading a series of books.
"I'll buy Mockingjay. Or if you want we can buy the set and share." I suggested.
"Good idea." Momo said.
"I wonder if Katniss will be able to do something good for the next generation." I said. Momo smiled but her eyes look sad. I think she has a problem.
[Phone rings]
"Excuse me." I said then went outside to answer the call.
"Hello?"
["Hitsugaya Toshiro, how are you?"] The voice was familiar.
"What do you want?" I asked.
["Relax. Just wanna warn yah, so that yah won't be surprised when you come home."] He answered.
"What are you talking about?"
["See for yourself. Bye Toshiro. Watch your back"]
He hung up before I could say anything so I just went inside to tell them that I had to go home.
"Is something wrong?" Momo asked.
"Someone's just messing around with me." I answered.
"Wow! That sure is brave." Rangiku said.
"It's getting late, I have to go." I said.
"Sorry, I almost forgot." – Momo.
"It's okay. Are you coming Ran?" I asked.
"Nah. I'm stayin'" she said.
They walked me to the gate.
"Ran, wanna buy some dessert?" Momo asked.
"Sure. Let's go to Blue Bubble." Rangiku replied.
"Okay. I'll just get my wallet." She hurried back inside. After a few minutes we heard some crashes and she was out of the door again.
"What?" she asked Ran. We looked at each other then smiled.
"You fell, didn't you?" I asked, trying not to laugh.
"I didn't." she said, blushing.
"Then, why are you blushing?" asked Ran. She was giggling.
"I'm not" she faced me then asked "You coming?"
I just nodded.
"Good, let's go." She entangled her right arm with my left and the other with Rangiku then she dragged us out. Rangiku and I started laughing and she just joined in.
We bought sundaes and walked home.
"Thanks for walking us home." She said when we reached their gate.
"You're welcome. Good night." I replied.
"Take care. Good Night." They said.
I was at the front door when I noticed a red envelope lying on the door mat. I was wondering who it was from when I recalled the phone call awhile ago.
To be continued…
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Thank you KirreiR.H for beta reading this chapter.
-BIC