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"Right! She was such a boring person! All we do is go for a bike ride or go to the library. At first it was all quite new to me, but then this is not isn't my personality! Pretending to go out with some pure and innocent chick…" Michael walked down the street.
He looks up at this moment and sees his former girlfriend and another girl standing in the front of him.
The girl looked back and force between Michael and the red head and said "You know them?"
Michael hesitated before he shook his head "Nope. Maybe they're someone from our school. That's probably it." He ignored the shocked look on the two girl's faces.
A devastated Salima suddenly turns and runs away in the opposite direction.
Kira turned around and called after her friend. "Salima! Wait!"
Michael pulls the girl along with him as if nothing had happened.
Kira looked bother ways, wondering if she should go chase after Salima or yell at Michael.
Making up her mind she planted her hands on her hips and angrily yelled. "Hey Michael, where do your think you're going?"
Michael pretended that he didn't hear that and walked along, but the girl beside him stopped and looked back at Kira.
He sighed and said to his girlfriend "go to the bus stop, I'll meet you there in a second." He motioned towards the bus stop.
The girl nods her head and walks away.
Michael turned around and yelled "What do you want?"
"You're asking me what I want? What the hell did you mean by what you said about Salima? What do you take her for?" Kira yelled back.
Michael chuckled and turned his baseball cap. "It's shouldn't be any of your business! Didn't hear what I said before? Salima is 100 boring. She's no fun at all." Michael yawned.
Kira glared at him.
Michael waved it off and continued on. "Chill, all guy's are like that, they like to spice things up in their life."
He was about to walk away before he turned and said. "Oh, right. Your boyfriend, the rich boy...um...Tala right? Last time I was being nice and wanted to introduce some girls to him he actually got mad and punched me? He's a bit retarded don't you think? He seems like the weird type, you should stay away from him. I'm a bit better than him. If you guys break up and you are feeling bored, you could come and find me." He puts a hand on Kira's shoulder and winked at her.
That was the last straw as Kira reached up and punched him in the jaw. "YOU BASTARD!"
Michael bit his lip and he said quietly, a dangerous tone descending upon his voice "Don't think that just because you are a girl I won't hit you."
Kira didn't look faze as she raised her arm and punched him again as she yelled our "You scum! Stay away from Salima from now on!"
Before Michael could say anything Kira raced off the direction that Salima ran off to.
Meanwhile Salima finally stops, she sobbed lightly as she took a sit on the park bench.
She looks up and tried to brush the tears from her face as she watch the cars go by on the street.
Suddenly a fancy silver car stops in front of the spot where she was sitting
A baby blonde hair boy got out the car and walked up to her. "Salima? Is that you?'
Salima bit her lip as she looked up at the blonde boy in B4.
"What's wrong?" He sat beside her.
Salima bit her lip hard as a fresh batch of tears began to stream down her face.
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On the other hand, a worried Kira is running all over the place looking for her best friend.
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Salima stares down at the mahogany carved table and sniffed silently.
"Well? Can you tell me what happen now?" Enrique walked over and placed a cup of freshly made tea in front of her.
Salima wiped her tears away and look up at Enrique "Sorry. It's just that I'm really confused right now. I have no idea how to explain it."
Enrique took a seat across from her and replied "Is it because of your boyfriend? I heard that your double date didn't go smoothly."
"I saw him together with another girl. He said that I was boring person. When he saw me, he said that he didn't even know me." Salima explained as tears fell down her face.
Enrique crossed his arms "He said that? The guy's a jackass, who would say such a thing to such a cute girl like you."
Salima snorted at the compliment and lowered her head, staring in to the tea cup she said "I've never been in a real relationship before. He was my first boyfriend. I know that I'm not cute at all. The girl that was him was gorgeous, I can't compare with her. She makes me feel like dirt."
"Don't talk about things like that. There's no need for you to devalue yourself for that kind of person. You shouldn't think about what you don't have, instead think of all the things that you do have. Let me put it this way. You should think 'I will definitely not lose to her. I will definitely become more pretty. I will definitely make guys chase after me.' A girl with confidence is more attractive to people. Say it. You can do it. Just say it." Enrique smiled and.
"C'mon! Say it!" Enrique encouraged as he see Salima's frozen face.
"I will become more pretty, I will have more confidence in my self." She spoke lightly at first, but as she goes her voice got louder.
"Very good. How about some coffee?"
Salima nodded as a servant bring him cups of steaming coffee.
"Here."
"Thanks."
"Give it a try."
"Don't you add sugar to your coffee?" Salima looked at him.
"Just try it with its original taste first. Black coffee is really not bad."
Salima takes a small sip and scrunches up her face "It's so bitter."
Enrique gave a chuckle "Like a normal person I see. They would also say that, but everything bitter will have a sweet side to them."
Salima looks curiously at Enrique and took anther sip "But if you carefully observe it, there seems to be a pleasant aftertaste to it. Moreover the smell is very strong in a pleasant way."
"See, even if it is bitter you took another sip. It's just like what happened with you, don't be afraid to give it another try. Not with the same guy though but with other people. Be brave." Enrique said wisely, showing a side of him that rarely occurs. He paused. Looking down at his Rolex watch he said "Let's go."
"Oh, you don't have to give me a ride home. I can go back by myself."
"I wasn't going to send you back. I'm going to bring you to find a person."
"What? Who are you looking for?"
"The person that screwed up Tala and Kira's date, the one that made you cry." Enrique replied calmly.
Salima furiously shook her head "There's no need. I don't want to see him. Why are you looking for him for?"
"I'm not used to these kind of guys. If he thinks that he is an expert at dumping girls, and treating them with no respect the he's got another thing coming. Come with me. Let's see what this guy is capable of"
"There's no need." Salima waved her hands in front of her,
Enrique grabbed her arm and tried to pull her out of the chair. "Let's go."
"There's no need. Enrique!" Salima protested as she was dragged out the door by Enrique.
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Meanwhile Kira I still looking around the street for her friend.
'Where exactly did Salima go? She didn't go to the pastry shop. Called her at home and her family said that she still hasn't returned home yet. I'm so worried now.'
She stops walking and leans against the CD shop reminiscing on the things that Michael said before.
/ Flashback//
."Oh, right. Your boyfriend, the rich boy..um..Tala right? Last time I was being nice and wanted to introduce some girls to him he actually got mad and punched me? A bit retarded don't you agree?"
/ End of flashback. /
Hesitating for a moment before she takes out her cell and makes a call.
"Hello? Tala? It's me."
"Where are you now?" Tala's voice was heard through the phone.
"At CD Plaza, Salima's missing! I'm worried!" Kira blurted out.
"Just stay there and wait for me. Don't run around, you hear me? I'll be there immediately." Tala's orders were heard as he hung up.
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"Can I not go?" Salima whined a bit.
"Where does he usually hang out?" Enrique concentrated on the driving and ignored Salima's statement.
"VS."
At the stop sign Enrique turned around, with an amused look on his face he spoke "VS?"
Salima nodded.
A low chuckle came from his throat as he smiled.
"You know that place?"
"I own about a ¼ of it. B3 owns the rest. It opened a half a year ago, I've been there once, but haven't had the chance to go back yet."
"Are we really going to go?" Salima said in a worried voice
Enrique just smiled and kept on driving.
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"Tala!" Kira waved her hand as she saw the two familiar spikes in the crowd.
"You look like shit you know." He signed, grabbing her hands he smirked. "Anyways, my car's up front, c'mon let's go."
"But what about Salima!" Kira said following him.
"She's with Enrique. He told us not to worry."
Kira stopped suddenly "Why are they together!"
Tala grabbed her hands once again and pulled her along, in an annoyed voice he spoke "I don't know, but they're fine so don't' get so worked up."
"Eh, Tala. Actually, you knew that Michael was a player right?" Kira said with a hint of smile on her face.
"In any case, I've punched him already." Tala smirked, crossing his arms.
"Hm. I also punched him twice. That bastard! He so deserved it!" Kira said angrily.
Tala' eye widen as he stopped and yelled "Who's the one that said no matter what reasons you have, raising your hand to hit someone is wrong?"
"Ah...Well that was because.." She looked away with guilt all over her face.
"You and your excuses. Idiot!" Tala turned away and started walking again.
"You were the one that didn't explain things clearly at that time. How was I supposed to know?" Kira followed after him,
"It's your fault and you're trying to blame it on me! Stupid woman." He yelled.
Kira smiled a little and pulled Tala's arm to stop him form walking. "Hey, Tala. Why is Salima with Enrique? Enrique is such a playboy! Is he thinking about taking advantage of Salima!"
Tala rolled his eyes and let out a sign. "Trust me, Salima is not Enrique's type."
Kira shook Tala's arm "How do you know?"
Tala pulls his hands away from her grasp and puts it on his waist in irritation "The ones that go out with him are models and hot girls. How is it possible that he likes Salima's type?"
"But Enrique seems like the type of guy that only uses the lower half of his body to think!"
"Hey! Don't criticize my friends in front of me! You only care about other people's business. Then what about our business!" Tala replied feeling annoyed.
"Our business?"
"The Deadline." Using his hand making quotation marks.
"Oh." Kira looked away.
"Oh, yourself! Two months will pass by in a flash! Do you not know that!"
Kira smiled "I know. It's like pulling off the safety clip on the hand grenade!"
She starts laughing as she finds the whole thing amusing." And started the countdown! And in the end, it will 'bong' explode!" She suddenly finds this quite amusing.
Tala stares in disbelief at Kira as she laughs at something that he is treating with much seriousness. "What the hell! Something this important and you're still making these jokes?"
He turns and starts walking away from her, upset and hurt.
Kira who is still laughing, calls out "Eh! Tala, don't you think that it's very funny?"
Tala stops walking and speaks with his back faced to Kira "Do you know that I am feeling very anxious? Us dating with an expiration date… passes by day by day. It's not Normal."
Kira has stopped laughing.
"Doesn't matter if you are trying your best to coordinate with me at school or the double date, I try my best to coordinate with you – everything seems to go wrong. I would even go as far as to think, are we… are we almost finished?" Tala trailed off.
Kira frowned. "Tala."
"Forget it. It's so disgraceful talking about this things."
Kira smiled lightly and suddenly runs up and wrapping her arms around Tala's waist, hugs him tightly from behind. A stunned Tala stands there, not knowing what to do.
Kira's smiled grew bigger as she rests her head on Tala's back. "Tala… thank you."
A huge smiled creeped up on Tala's face. He had no idea why she was saying thank you but who cares. He wrapped his arm around Kira's and couldn't help but laugh.
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Enrique is slowly walking down the stairs into the VS Pub with Salima following meekly behind.
"Enrique! I think we should forget about it. Let's just go back. I'm really scared. I really don't want to see him."
"You're just going to let it go like that? This is your first relationship. You're just going to leave it dangling unclearly? This guy is not only a two-timer, he used words to slander you and go as far as to pretend that he doesn't know you. Are you satisfied with that?"
"I'm really not satisfied. I'm not satisfied that I actually put out my feelings and wasted it on someone like him."
"That's right. Let's go. If not, then you'll be dragged along with this kind of feeling for the rest of your life. Let's go and teach this guy a lesson. Forget him totally. And then you'll be able to get into your next relationship. Ok?"
Enrique grabbed Salima's hand and pulled her inside the pub.
"Do you see them?"
Salima looks around a bit and points "Over there."
Enrique smirked and walked towards them.
Over at the table…
"You want more wine?" Michael winked wrapped his arm around the girls shoulder.
The girl smiled but the pulled away and said. " Oh my god, isn't that Enrique!"
"Who's he? You know him?" Michael said with an unhappy look on his face.
The girl just stared at him and replied "You don't know him? He pretty much owns this club. He's so damn hot plus he's rich too. What girl wouldn't like him?"
Michael took a swing of his wing "Preposterous."
The girl ignored the statement and continued "Moreover, he's part of B4 in Bakuten University. Besides Enrique, there's Tala Ivanov, oh and of course Kai Hiwatari…"
Michael stopped for a moment "Wait a minute. You said that Tala Ivanov is also part of B4?"
The girl nodded "Right. But I've never seen him before. I heard he doesn't go to pubs a lot."
"Hello." Enrique walks over and puts a charming smile on his face.
The girl batted her long eyelashes "Hi, how are you?"
Enrique nodded his head and commented "You're very pretty."
"Thanks!"
Michael sits back on the sofa as through disgusted with their conversation.
"Is he your boyfriend?" Enrique pouted and motioned towards the baseball capped boy.
The girl hesitated before replying "No."
"What" Michael sat up and place a hand on her shoulder.
"I figured as much. I feel that he doesn't really match up with you."
Michael stood up and faces the blond "What's that suppose to mean?"
"So… Do you come here often?" Enrique ignored Michael and flirted.
The girl nodded and Michael doesn't look too happy at being ignored.
"If there was a chance for you to choose again, would you choose him or me to be your boyfriend?"
"Of course it's you!" The girl smiled.
"What the fuck!" Michael yelled and grabbed the girl's hand. "Let's go!"
"What are you doing! Let me go! I just accompany you to hang out. Why do I have to follow you? You could go back and find your old girlfriend." The girl yelled at the stunned boy.
Enrique feeling amused decided to continue this game of mockery "This type of person has a girlfriend? No way."
Michael grabbed the front of Enrique's polo and snarled "What exactly do you want?"
"You want to start a fight. I wouldn't do that if I were you." Enrique calmly spoke.
They continue staring at each other until Michael let go and finally breaks away from the gaze.
"Forget it. I don't want her either. If you want her, then I'll give her to you. Anyway I'm not short off. I could go back and find my old girlfriend. She's more pure and better than you." Michael spoke angrily to the girl.
He turns to walk away but stops at the girls words.
"That's good. You go back and find your love-sick girl. Enrique, look. There's nothing between him and I. Then from now on, I can be your girlfriend."
Enrique put on a confused look and laughed a little "What do you mean, you can be my girlfriend?"
"Didn't you just say…" The girl looked at Enrique with a disbelief look.
"I just said that if you could pick all over again, would you choose him or I. But I didn't say that I wanted you to be my girlfriend. Besides, I'm taken." Enrique laughed even more and felt pleased at the shocked faces of Michael and his so called girlfriend.
He turns to bring Salima out from behind him and bringing her to his side, he puts his around her shoulders in a show of possessiveness.
"Salima!" Michael managed to chock out.
"I really like this girl. But she wouldn't agree to go out with me."
Salima froze in her spot.
"What are you doing here!"
"Salima. Do you know this person?" Enrique smiled sweetly at Salima before placing a kiss on her cheek.
Salima froze for a second before shaking her head "I don't know him. He's probably from our school, but I've only seen him a few times. Don't know him."
Michael bit his lip before smiling "I understand. You guys came here on purpose to fool me, is that right!"
"Of course not. We are for real."
Michael nods his head and turning away he suddenly reaches back and makes a move to punch the blonde. Enrique sees through to his move and grabbing hold of Michael's wrist in one hand and wrapping his other hand around his neck, slams him up against the wall.
Enrique spoke in a deadly tone "You listen carefully. If you dare to make her cry again, then I'll dig your internal organs out. But with your IQ, I'm afraid that you won't remember."
Enrique smiled thoughtfully before bringing his knee up and knee Michael on the stomach. The boy grabs his stomach and doubles over in pain on the floor.
"This way you should be able to remember."
He turns and walks over to Salima who is watching the whole thing silently.
With his arm around Salima's shoulder, they both walk out to the hallway of the Pub and then stops.
"Feeling better?" Enrique chuckled.
"Much better. I really don't know why I liked him in the first place. Thank you."
Enrique smiled before raising his hand. Salima paused for a moment, wondering what he was during before realizing. She raised her hand and gave him a high five. Satisfied Enrique started to walk and said. "This is strictly between us only."
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Next day, at the pastry shop…
"Welcome" Salima came running from the back. Her mouth dropped a little as she sees who it was. "Enrique!"
"I was just passing by so I figured I'd drop by and see you. Well? With all that happened yesterday night, did you sleep well?"
"Very well. Thank you. Eh, you want a cake? My treat!"
"Really?"
"Take a look and see which kind you want. Actually I've troubled all of you this time, I'm very sorry. Because I've got a jackass as a boyfriend, it made all of you worry about me. Actually, I should go and say thank you to Tala. If he didn't find out that Michael was such an ass, then he wouldn't have punched him. And it made him and Kira have an argument too. Are they on good terms with each other now?" Salima quickly said, feeling relieved to finally let it all out.
Enrique just nodded before looking though the display of cakes again "Those two people, they're never on good terms. They are always like that. May I have this one?" He pointed to a cake.
"Ok."
She walks over and proceeds to get the cake that Enrique wants.
"Eh, do you know about their dating with an um….. expiratory date?" Enrique scrunched his face trying to find a word that described it.
"I know. Isn't it that within two months if they aren't suitable for each other, then they'll break up? That's why I offered up the double date last time. But didn't imagine that it would actually back fire." Salima pulled the cake out from behind the counter.
"Right. Us, standing by the side, seeing it like this, is so anxious for them. Two months passes by very quickly. But those two idiots don't even know the things that couples are suppose to do." He pauses thinking very hard and suddenly comes up with an idea.
"Salima. Can you do me a favor?"
"Yes, yes." Salima said happily.
"Go on a date with me. Tomorrow morning, 10 o'clock."
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Next morning, Kira runs into the living room, all flustered, to where B3 are gathered around.
Placing her hand on her knee she spoke out of breath. "Where's Enrique? Have you guys seen him?"
"Don't know. He said that he had something to do before so he's not coming over. It seems like he has a new … chick…and went on a date her." Johnny said giving a yawn, obviously uninterested in Enrique's love life.
"New chick? Shit!" Kira's eyes went wide as she runs over to Tala, who is sitting on the sofa and pulls his arm "Tala! It doesn't matter what you do this time, you have to help me." She pulled his up to a standing position.
"Did you guys get back on good terms again? How come we don't know about it? Kai, we must have missed something." Johnny turned to the blue-haired boy.
Kai just smirked and looked away.
"What kind of help were you talking about before?"
"Oh, right. It's Enrique, that player! He actually asked Salima out for a date! Salima just got out of a bad relationship. If she can't escape from Enrique's evil clutches this time, she will definitely be devastated. You have to help me!" Kira shook the lanky red head's arm and whiled in a dramatic voice.
Johnny raised an eyebrow. "Salima? Talk about a change in style." Johnny then smirked and turned to Kira " Kira. Why don't you think about it this way? Sooner or later Salima will need to grow up. So let Enrique enlighten this little bud to the growing process." Johnny spoke in a suggesting voice and winked at her.
Kira suddenly screamed "AH! Absolutely not! Tala, I'm begging you! You have to stop him!"
Kai let out a chuckle over Kira's dramaticness and replied "Don't listen to Johnny, only shit comes out of his mouth." Ignoring the dirty look the flame head gave him he continued. "Enrique would have his own sense of propriety."
Kira bellows out "NO! How can I just stand by and watch Salima stay beside Enrique, this big bad horny wolf, and not care about her safety. Tala, I beg you! You have to stop him!"
Tala looked uncomfortable as he is torn between Kira and F2's looks. "um…."
"How can that be done? Kira, even though we are B4, but we each have our own freedom. Tala, you're not going to be this ridiculous and going to stop them, right?" Johnny stared at her.
Tala is at a lost of what to do: "I… I can't do that." Seeing the look on Kira's face he quickly said "How about this then? I'll find someone to follow them. This way there shouldn't be any danger to Salima. Is that ok?"
Johnny stood up to face Tala "What do you mean, Salima's in danger? What's wrong with you now? What the hell do you take Enrique for!"
"I'm just sending someone to follow them. It's not going to hinder their date. Kai, what do you think?"'
Kai and Johnny both look at each other and then they both hold out their hands with their thumbs up and then turns it upside down.
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Enrique is flipping through a magazine before Salima showed up.
"Well? Was this place easy to find? This place is opened by one of my Italian friends. A very interesting coffee shop. The coffee here is very good too. Do you want a cup?" He put the magazine away.
"Ok."
"Then what do you want to drink?"
"Anything is fine. I don't understand anyway."
"Then I'll order for you. Sir. Espresso."
"Eh… I feel that dating like this when Kira and Tala can't even see us, is that useful?"
"I've already leaked the news to them. With Kira's personality of making a big fuss out of nothing, she will definitely think of ways to find out where we are. But in order to make her even more nervous, give her a call right now." Enrique spoke with a hint of mischievous tone in his voice, as he holds out his cell.
"Oh. But I don't know if my acting is good or not. I'm afraid I might give myself away." Salima takes the expensive cell phone from his hands.
"Just follow what I have taught you to say. With Kira's personality, as long as she gets nervous and her head gets confused, she won't be able to think about anything else."
"Oh. Hello? Kira?"
Kira's voice screaming from the other end: "AH! Salima!"
Salima grimaces and takes the phone away from her ear until Kira has finished shouting "I know. I know that you have objections against Enrique. But, can you please give me a chance, ok? Just let me have a good date with him. I've already had a blind and defeated relationship. But that doesn't mean I won't be able to meet a good guy. So please don't be so biased towards him. Um… I believe that underneath his seemingly playboy look, there must be some true feelings there. Huh? There's no need. No need. Definitely, definitely cannot come and bother us." Salima watched as Enrique takes out a notepad and wrote something on it.
"You don't have to worry. I'll be fine. Huh? Eh…" Enrique raises the book to show Salima.
Salima read Enrique's neat writing and said. "If something really happens, then it's all because I was willing for it. I will take responsibility of my body and my soul. Eh, that's it. You don't have to worry. Bye bye."
Enrique took his cell back before grinning "Do you believe that the more you tell her not to worry, the more nervous she'll be?"
"Then what are we going to do now?"
"What do you mean what to do? Just have a happy date with me. Don't think about anything else. Only then will our demonstration date be successful. We have to teach those two idiots what couples should be doing between themselves."
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Over at Ivanov mansion, Kira and Tala are sitting at a table.
Kira slowly hangs up the cell phone and Tala looks over at her silent face.
Kira turns to him with an anxious face "Tala, you are certain that you've found someone to follow him?"
"Certain. You're so annoying. Didn't I just contact them before?"
"Are you really certain?"
"Yes!" He pushes his chair back and gets up from the table.
"Eh, but do you know what Salima called me to say? She actually said that no matter what happens between her and Enrique, she's willing for it!" She yelled as she watch Tala pours himself a glass of wine. "What do you think will happen to them? Especially when she said something about taking responsibility for her soul and body to me. What do you think this phrase means?" Kira was desperate now, that she completely forgot that Tala is a complete idiot when it comes to phrases and meanings.
Tala pauses in the middle of bringing the glass to his mouth "Isn't this good? Salima seems to be able to hold out against Enrique condition. Anyway, he is an expert at this. He won't let her be disappointed." He chuckled to himself before continuing his drink.
Kira screams, making Tala jump a little while trying to sip his drink "AH! You are saying that they'll, they will think about having…having…that!"
Tala spoke as he blushed a little "Well Enrique is male, and Salima is a female I guess they most likely will think about that. Especially if they're on a date. Actually since you're female and I'm a male……"He looked up at the ceiling and smiled to himself.
Kira pushed him roughly "AHHHH! What kind of time is it now? Why are you talking about this for? You would dare? Just try it and see!"
She turns and runs away, leaving Tala standing there with his drink in his hand.
Sorry this chapter is a bit short! I'll make sure the next update comes quickly! Review please!
