Chapter 5: Can this be love? :)
It was Sunday morning; Karen didn't go to the bar for two nights. Yesterday, she stayed in the house and studied her lessons and advanced lessons the whole day. Last Friday night, she promised to her friends that she would go to the bar and have a disco dance with them. But she stayed at home watching DVDs and having midnight snacks. "Minazuki! Minazuki!" Her friend Nozomi called her; she was folding the scarf and sprayed it with her favorite perfume. "I'm coming!" She shouted. She opened the door and her friends were in front of the gate. "Sorry I'm late!" Karen said "You're a cheater! We hate you Karen!" Rin said irritated. "Karen! You promised us that you would go to your grandfather's bar, but you didn't! It's unfair!" Nozomi argued. "Hoy! Stop it you guys! Karen must be busy you know, it's not like she's always around right?" Urara explained "That's right, we know Karen is the smartest and she has time for us right? Like today, she's around right? Aren't you happy she's here?" Komachi defend. "Well, okay, we apologize for that Karen. We're truly sorry." Nozomi and Rin pleaded "It's okay guys; it's my fault for not being there anyway. Shall we go then? The mass will start soon. You want to be blessed don't you?" Karen smiled at them.
They went to the church and afterwards they went to the mall, then an enemy appeared. "Look! Zakina monsters disturbing the people outside the mall! Urara shouted "Oh no! This looks like a job for us again!" Nozomi said. They transformed and defeated the Zakina monsters. And they were back again. They were enjoying eating inside the mall, when Rin remembered an old friend of hers "Hoy guys! Can we go to the cemetery after this?" Urara shivered "For…what?" Rin explained, "An old friend of mine passed away last year, and I want to visit her." Komachi smiled, "Oh I see! So, shall we go then guys?" They all agreed and shouted "Yes!"
On the cemetery, they brought flowers and lighted candles for Rin's friend. Karen was annoyed with the whistling and running around of a guy with a yellow suit, "Hoy! This is a cemetery! Can you stay quiet for just once?" The guy grinned at Karen and smiled at her friends, "Hi! Remember me? Minazuki-san, I'm sorry to bother you." Her friends smiled and shouted "Toshii! Good day to you!" Karen was surprised and she recalled that he was the DJ of her grandfather's bar, "What're you doing here? Toshii-san?" Rin said following with a sweet smile and beautiful blinking eyes, "Ehh? We're visiting some friends here. We missed them." Toshii said "We're?" Komachi wondered, "Yep! We're, I'm not alone, I'm with Chou!" Karen's heart began to beat fast her mouth began to open and asked "Where's Chou?" Toshii answered, "Well, he's with the grave of his friend." Her friends looked at her and then she asked another question "Can I come with you?" Toshii was a little bit surprise "Sure! No problem." Her friends giggled and they followed Toshii and Karen.
"Well, here it is! Hoy! Chou! I'm back." Toshii shouted, Chou glimpsed at Toshii and he was shocked to seeing Karen again, he felt uneasy and turn his back again. "Hi! Chou! Uhh, I just wanted to give this back to you, and… uhh…" Karen gave back the scarf but she's feeling nervous and uneasy at the same time. Toshii suddenly shouted "Hoy! Let's go somewhere! I know a nice place here!" then her friends followed Toshii, leaving the the two behind. "You don't need to bring back the scarf." Chou said warmly, "But you see, I want to thank you last Thursday night, it was a sweet act after all." Karen felt a little bit comfortable taking her time with Chou. With their time alone, they talked about many things, Chou was like an adviser, and you can tell all your worries to her. They both felt they we're close and comfortable with each other. And then they're friends were back. "We're back!" they chorused "Oh well, I need to go now, see you around Chou." Karen waved goodbye and smiled at Chou. Chou formed a little smile on his lip and whispered goodbye.
When Chou and Toshii went home and they're having dinner with the Akechi family, Akechi's wife asked "How was your day?" Toshii was cheerful so he answered "We had fun today, especially Chou, he was with his love of life for so long!" Chou blushed a little and reacted "Minazuki Karen? Huh?" Toshii laughed, Tenkai was surprised "Minazuki Karen is the granddaughter of the bar owner, so you have your eyes on her Chou?" Chou blush a little again but he gave no response. "Father, Its Chou's life after all, why would you bother? If he likes a girl, he will do anything to have her but he doesn't want to be embarrassed like this, he will come to you when he has problems regards with it okay?" Gracia seemed scolding her father. Mitsuyoshi just smirked at Gracia.
Chou thought about what he felt last Thursday night and in the cemetery. He keep asking himself those feelings he felt. "Is this? Or? Whatever." He was still confused about it and couldn't sleep. "I'm too old for that. Love thingy." He said to himself before drifting to sleep.
When Chou was asleep, he dreamed about Karen and same with Karen, he dreamed about Chou. They were saving each others' life in the dream. They woke up with a big smile and thought about it. They asked themselves "Am I? In love?" it keeps bothering them.
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Are they in love? Is it possible or Impossible? Let's find out.