She turned around, wondering who was it when she suddenly gasped.
"Natsumi! Fancy seeing you here!"
"Kenshin. My gosh, what are you doing here? You finished with your work already? Great, it's good that you made it in time." Natsumi gave him a bear hug and gave him a peck on the cheek.
Yukito and Eriol could just give both of them a stare. Tomoyo laughed out loud and wanted to introduce him, when Natsumi pulled him in front of the guys and started rattling off.
"Eriol. This is Kenshin-san. He is my colleague and my boyfriend. Kenshin, this is Eriol-san, Tomoyo's boyfriend, and soon fiancé." She added with a whisper. "That guy over there is actually Yukito-san, my classmate from secondary school."
"How do you do?" Kenshin good heartedly exchanged greetings with Eriol, not aware of Yukito's furious glance. Before he could say anymore, Natsumi dragged him away, with an excuse of buying tickets for the rest of them.
"Kenhin, is it alright for you to pose as my boyfriend?" Natsumi said queuing up to buy the tickets.
"Sure. Though I don't really know why."
"Well, remember there was one time, I told you about this guy who I dated since high school." When he nodded, she carried on. "Well, you saw him in flesh. That's him."
"I see, so you want to send out the message that you have already moved on is it?"
"Right on. So I guess you are willing then."
"Sure thing. I will just play along then."
"Great! Thanks a lot Kenshin, I owe you big time."
"Well, isn't that friends are for?" he replied with a good-natured grin.
"Alright! Anyway, we are watching the movie love actually if you don't mind."
"Of course not, I intended to watch the movie today too."
"5 tickets for the movie love actually please." Natsumi said when she reached the counter. After getting hold of them, she turned around and smiled. "Let's go."
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"Cool it man!" Eriol tried to calm Yukito down after the couple left.
"Since when did she have a boyfriend?"
"I don't really know either. Tomoyo?"
"I had no idea, I thought she was over Bart."
"Now hack! WHO IS BART?"
"He is mutual friend who had a crush on Natsumi for ages."
"Hack! Then does Kenshin like her too?"
"Now that one, I have no idea." Tomoyo shrugged
"WHAT THE HELL YOU MEAN NO IDEA, TOM. . ."
" Once again Yukito, cool it! I never seen you this mad before." when Yukito gave him a cold-blooded stare, he repeated himself. "Cool it alright. Don't use us as your punch bag!"
"Sorry," Yukito said when he suddenly snapped out of his rage. "Really sorry. I didn't know what gotten over me." He rubbed the back of his neck. "It must be the stress."
They stood in silence while waiting for Natsumi to come back.
* What happened to me? My behaviour is unspeakable. I never knew that Natsumi had such a big influence in my life after five years. Has she really moved on without me? No! I cannot accept that. We are soul mates. She could not be able to do it. *
"Hey! She is signaling us to go over." Tomoyo broke into his thoughts. "She gotten the tickets already."
They joined the pair and after debating over the sitting arrangement, they went into the cinema.
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"What a great movie!" Kenshin said when they went out of the cinema. Yukito couldn't help but noticed his hands around Natsumi's waist.
"For once, I have to agree with you." Natsumi replied while Tomoyo nodded in agreement.
"You mean he always talk nonsense at the workplace?" Eriol asked Tomoyo.
"Yes. When he first came in, he told the whole company that he was interested in Natsumi. It almost caused a scandal within the company."
"A very small scandal you mean Tomoyo." Kenshin quickly added in, hoping that he could still preserve his name.
"Although it was small, Natsumi almost fell for it."
"Not true Tomoyo! I almost went for his head." Natsumi blushed.
"Whatever it is. We became good friends. Didn't we Natsumi? Funny how we became a couple now."
"Right." She agreed, looking at Kenshin's direction and gave him a smile.
Yukito just stood there like a statue and watch the exchange. His gut twisted when she smiled. He couldn't recall her smile each time he thinks of her, he would only remember her wounded expression when he told her that he was breaking up with her.
He also couldn't allow himself to like Kenshin. Even though his mind told him that Natsumi actually lied about her boyfriend, his heart bled every time she refused to look at his direction.
"Dinner people! What do you all want to eat for dinner?" Yukito said, pushing the thought aside. He didn't need complication when he himself was not sure what he plans to do next.
"What do you suggest Yukito? Fast food or food court?" Kenshin replied. Looking at Natsumi and Tomoyo, "Natsumi-chan, Tomoyo-chan, what do you want to eat?"
"Sorry, forgotten to tell you darling. I have to go back now. Personal stuffs."
"So soon, Natsumi? Well, we could have a gathering dinner now you know." Yukito said before he could think.
"Sorry guys, I really have to go. See you at work!" Natsumi addressed to Eriol and Tomoyo, ignoring him altogether and went off.
"Well then, Eriol, Tomoyo. Why not you all go and eat dinner by yourself. I could spend some time talking to Yukito then." Kenshin said after a while, shocking the rest of them.
"Well, if Yukito don't mind. Why not?"
"Go ahead then Eriol. You need the time alone. I will join Kenshin then." Yukito said. He knew rejecting the offer would be rude, even if he would rather miss it.
"See you then." Both of them said and walked off the opposite direction.
"Shall we go to the pub near by?" Yukito suggested.
"Let's go! My treat."
Yukito could just shrugged and follow his lead, wondering whether is it a good idea to go out with Natsumi's boyfriend.
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"Natsumi! Fancy seeing you here!"
"Kenshin. My gosh, what are you doing here? You finished with your work already? Great, it's good that you made it in time." Natsumi gave him a bear hug and gave him a peck on the cheek.
Yukito and Eriol could just give both of them a stare. Tomoyo laughed out loud and wanted to introduce him, when Natsumi pulled him in front of the guys and started rattling off.
"Eriol. This is Kenshin-san. He is my colleague and my boyfriend. Kenshin, this is Eriol-san, Tomoyo's boyfriend, and soon fiancé." She added with a whisper. "That guy over there is actually Yukito-san, my classmate from secondary school."
"How do you do?" Kenshin good heartedly exchanged greetings with Eriol, not aware of Yukito's furious glance. Before he could say anymore, Natsumi dragged him away, with an excuse of buying tickets for the rest of them.
"Kenhin, is it alright for you to pose as my boyfriend?" Natsumi said queuing up to buy the tickets.
"Sure. Though I don't really know why."
"Well, remember there was one time, I told you about this guy who I dated since high school." When he nodded, she carried on. "Well, you saw him in flesh. That's him."
"I see, so you want to send out the message that you have already moved on is it?"
"Right on. So I guess you are willing then."
"Sure thing. I will just play along then."
"Great! Thanks a lot Kenshin, I owe you big time."
"Well, isn't that friends are for?" he replied with a good-natured grin.
"Alright! Anyway, we are watching the movie love actually if you don't mind."
"Of course not, I intended to watch the movie today too."
"5 tickets for the movie love actually please." Natsumi said when she reached the counter. After getting hold of them, she turned around and smiled. "Let's go."
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"Cool it man!" Eriol tried to calm Yukito down after the couple left.
"Since when did she have a boyfriend?"
"I don't really know either. Tomoyo?"
"I had no idea, I thought she was over Bart."
"Now hack! WHO IS BART?"
"He is mutual friend who had a crush on Natsumi for ages."
"Hack! Then does Kenshin like her too?"
"Now that one, I have no idea." Tomoyo shrugged
"WHAT THE HELL YOU MEAN NO IDEA, TOM. . ."
" Once again Yukito, cool it! I never seen you this mad before." when Yukito gave him a cold-blooded stare, he repeated himself. "Cool it alright. Don't use us as your punch bag!"
"Sorry," Yukito said when he suddenly snapped out of his rage. "Really sorry. I didn't know what gotten over me." He rubbed the back of his neck. "It must be the stress."
They stood in silence while waiting for Natsumi to come back.
* What happened to me? My behaviour is unspeakable. I never knew that Natsumi had such a big influence in my life after five years. Has she really moved on without me? No! I cannot accept that. We are soul mates. She could not be able to do it. *
"Hey! She is signaling us to go over." Tomoyo broke into his thoughts. "She gotten the tickets already."
They joined the pair and after debating over the sitting arrangement, they went into the cinema.
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"What a great movie!" Kenshin said when they went out of the cinema. Yukito couldn't help but noticed his hands around Natsumi's waist.
"For once, I have to agree with you." Natsumi replied while Tomoyo nodded in agreement.
"You mean he always talk nonsense at the workplace?" Eriol asked Tomoyo.
"Yes. When he first came in, he told the whole company that he was interested in Natsumi. It almost caused a scandal within the company."
"A very small scandal you mean Tomoyo." Kenshin quickly added in, hoping that he could still preserve his name.
"Although it was small, Natsumi almost fell for it."
"Not true Tomoyo! I almost went for his head." Natsumi blushed.
"Whatever it is. We became good friends. Didn't we Natsumi? Funny how we became a couple now."
"Right." She agreed, looking at Kenshin's direction and gave him a smile.
Yukito just stood there like a statue and watch the exchange. His gut twisted when she smiled. He couldn't recall her smile each time he thinks of her, he would only remember her wounded expression when he told her that he was breaking up with her.
He also couldn't allow himself to like Kenshin. Even though his mind told him that Natsumi actually lied about her boyfriend, his heart bled every time she refused to look at his direction.
"Dinner people! What do you all want to eat for dinner?" Yukito said, pushing the thought aside. He didn't need complication when he himself was not sure what he plans to do next.
"What do you suggest Yukito? Fast food or food court?" Kenshin replied. Looking at Natsumi and Tomoyo, "Natsumi-chan, Tomoyo-chan, what do you want to eat?"
"Sorry, forgotten to tell you darling. I have to go back now. Personal stuffs."
"So soon, Natsumi? Well, we could have a gathering dinner now you know." Yukito said before he could think.
"Sorry guys, I really have to go. See you at work!" Natsumi addressed to Eriol and Tomoyo, ignoring him altogether and went off.
"Well then, Eriol, Tomoyo. Why not you all go and eat dinner by yourself. I could spend some time talking to Yukito then." Kenshin said after a while, shocking the rest of them.
"Well, if Yukito don't mind. Why not?"
"Go ahead then Eriol. You need the time alone. I will join Kenshin then." Yukito said. He knew rejecting the offer would be rude, even if he would rather miss it.
"See you then." Both of them said and walked off the opposite direction.
"Shall we go to the pub near by?" Yukito suggested.
"Let's go! My treat."
Yukito could just shrugged and follow his lead, wondering whether is it a good idea to go out with Natsumi's boyfriend.
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