Chapter 3

"Have you guys seen her yet?" Noelle asked as she entered the hotel. She was very exhausted from running, looking for Rina. She took a sit beside Coco.

Luchia just shook her head. They were all tired searching for Rina. They looked everywhere but they couldn't find her. The wedding was about to start in a few hours, but the bride was still missing and the groom was still unaware of what's happening.

Kaito stood and started to head up the stairs. "I think it's time to tell Masahiro the truth."

"Do you want me to go with you?" Luchia asked after taking a sip of her fresh cold strawberry juice.

"Thanks, but I think I can handle this alone. Besides, it would be easier for Masahiro to contemplate what's happening if there's no girl around," Kaito said with a grin.

When Kaito was gone, Hanon burst to tears. "Oh, Luchia! I can't bear this anymore! What's happening to Rina? Where the hell is she? She's making this very difficult for all of us! I don't want things to end this way between Rina and Masahiro. It's just too painful."

Luchia hugged Hanon and started to cry too. "I know Hanon. We've seen how those two fell in love with each other. We've seen hhh—how…" Luchia couldn't finish her sentence because tears were flooding all over her face.

"Uh…Luchia?" Kaito asked as he went down the stairs.

Luchia wiped her tears away and faced Kaito. "Did you tell him already?"

Kaito shook his head. "He was not in the room. I looked all the rooms upstairs but I couldn't find him."

"Do you think Rina's with him?" Coco asked.

"I don't know. But the moment when Rina was missing, Masahiro was with me. Maybe he found out that she was missing and he decided to look for her by himself," Nagisa said.

"Oh, great! First, the bride was missing. And now, the groom is missing too!" Caren said in disgust.

Masahiro took a walk on the shore. He wanted to feel the salty breeze from the ocean. He wanted to relax because he was very nervous about getting married. He closed his eyes and reminisced on how he'd first seen Rina. The moment his eyes met hers, he instantly fell in love with her. Those beautiful eyes, those pink lips, those lovely green hair that—," Masahiro suddenly opened his eyes at the loud splash that he heard.

What's that? It's coming from the other side of the cliff. I better check it out.

Masahiro went to check it out. Even though it's a little far, his eyes widened with what he saw. There, on a huge rock in the ocean, sat a fine-looking merman with dark green hair and he was leaning to kiss a beautiful mermaid who was in the ocean. He kissed her passionately and—

Masahiro looked closely on the mermaid. He can't see her face clearly because it's too far, but he knew who it was. Masahiro couldn't believe with what he was seeing. He also doesn't know what to do. He turned away from the ocean and started to walk back at the hotel.