( Chapter 5 : The Betrayal )

A week has passed since the Yolika event . Now let's start .

As Pirika walked home ( Ren and Pirika's home ) , she thought about the event that happened in school today . It started out when one of her 'friends' ( remember the friends who just want to know Ren but Pirika innocently accepted them ? ) asked her whether they could go to her house today for fun .

" Yo , Pirika ! Can we go to your house today ? You know for fun ? "

" Ummm , okay . That's will be very nice ! " Pirika beamed .

" Could you ask Ren to come and join the fun too ? "

( Why do they know Ren ? Well , they probed Pirika continuously about the guy and about what happened to have them live together . So they know exactly everything . )

" Ummm , Ren is not a very agreeing person you know . I don't think he would agree . "

Pirika's 'friends' were extremely exasperated . They had been trying to get in contact with Ren for a very long time but nothing seemed to work with Pirika . They were very tired of trying already .

" WHAT DO YOU MEAN HE WON'T AGREE ? WE WANT TO SEE HIM , NOT YOU . " the leader of the 'friends' yelled at Pirika .

" Yah , who do you think you are . We are the popular girls here . And you're the dull one . We've only made friends with you because we want to know Ren ! " another one added sarcastically .

Pirika was almost in tears . She had trusted and liked them so much . She thought that they were her friends ...

" Anyway , we have your telephone number which means Ren's telephone number . So Pirika , sayonara . And good riddence too . Yech . " The leader said again and walked off with the group of 'friends' .

Pirika cried and cried . They were supposed to be her friends ...

( bACk tO Reality )

Then Pirika suddenly realised that she had already reached home . She unlocked the pine door and paced inside . Pirika was still very very sad . She had lost her usual cheerfulness . Ren noticed that but ignored it .

Pirika did not realise that Ren was there and headed upstairs to the bedroom . In there , Pirika cried and cried .

Later , Pirika stopped crying as her tear ducts were all already dry and the side of her eyes burning . ( 'cause she use tissue paper to wipe her tears so rubbing eventual pain ) . She descended down the stairs , sniffing all the way . She gave a great big sigh and proceeded to the dining table . ( Now , Ren and Pirika ate together , not that they want to , just that its custom . )

The waiters pulled out a chair for Pirika to be seated down on and went to bring on the course . Today it was the Italian course . Pirika watched as five waiters brought on course by course each . Nicely swirled pasta , hot molten cheese , rich spagetti sauce , roasted tender chicken balls , fresh lettuce in a glass bowl . It looked delicious but Pirika still did not have the apetite to eat . But she still managed to smile politely at the waiters who were delighted with that .

Ren then arrived after bath to the dining table . His hair was still gleaming wet , not yet combed ( which means that his hair is down ) and he had a short towel around his neck . He came to see a down and depressed Pirika slurping up her noodles . " She looks beautiful when she's sad ." Ren thought . ( Yah . I'm a very sadistic person , ha . But okay , Pirika had long eyelashes and when she was sad . This lashes would beautify her eyes more , right ? Works , for some kind of people that is . )

Later , Ren ate his meal slurping the spagetti silently . And so , Pirika and Ren ate their meal in silence , though normally Pirika would chat alot and Ren would end up being very annoyed , he . After the spagetti , desert was served . It was Pirika's favourite , mango pudding . But she did not eat it as happily as she normally would . Pirika ate the meal plainly , not really showing much emotions . Ren was pretty irritated by the choice of mango pudding that the cooks decided to make today . And if you want to know , the cooks , have actually cooked another desert but the waiters noticed that their dear little Pirika-sama was depressed . The cooks immediately started to cook Pirika's favourits pudding . The serving people in the house like Pirika very much .

After the meal , Pirika did the normal Japanese formalities ( such as bowing and and thanking etc. ) and went to the swings in the garden .