Midori-chan: Any idea what is my subtitle's

I tried asking about Ren but Nana didn't give me a good answer. It's been 2 days since the third time we saw Ren. Then I thought, why not ask Yasu? He might know something. I remember Nana mentioning that she knew him long ago.

After my office work, I went to the studio to see Blast's practice. I was planning to ask Yasu after their practice. Every second passing by made me feels very uneasy. I couldn't tell if I want to end the practice sooner or I still want to see the practice because Nana sings in her full power.

Finally, the practice ended. I soon caught up Yasu. Yasu was about to buy a can of coffee.

"Umm… Yasu, can I talk to you for a while?" Yasu was about to push the button to a 120yen can coffee. Yasu agreed and thought I had a problem.

"Any problems? Anything I could help you?" said Yasu in his usual casual talk.

"Actually, it's not my problem. I want to ask about Nana. I asked her but she didn't give me a clear answer." Now I started to feel uneasy, maybe because I'm guilty not to mind other people's business. But if these questions will continue to bother me, Sakagami-san will surely scold at me again.

"About Nana? You can ask me. Did you have a fight with her? It doesn't look like. You can tell it to me. I won't laugh or get mad." Yasu encouraged me to talk.

"Umm, actually… umm… well, I just thought… umm…" I couldn't pick up my words.

Yasu patted my shoulder and said, "Nana-chan, you no need to hesitate." I cleared my throat and said,

"I want to ask about Nana and Ren from Trapnest." Yasu's eyes, behind his triangular shades, widened. His shades went off his face a centimeter from position.

"Nana-chan would you mind talking to my place? I still have work but you can talk to me." Yasu fixed his shades back to position.

At Yasu's place…

"I brought Nana along to my hometown and she came with me to the Trapnest concert. I didn't notice anything, everything was perfectly normal. Nana didn't react at all." I started to talk again. Now I feel I want to talk more and more. I wanted to know more.

I continued to talk to Yasu; Yasu steadily listened to me without a word.

Yasu finally speaks, "So you finally discovered it. You're right to talk to me because I see you really bothered if you haven't got the answer."

I froze for a while… how did Yasu know I'm really bothered? Yasu is really a person that could understand other people's feelings. That's why everybody depends on him.

"Well, Ren and Nana are schoolmates but they never met at school. Ren was Blast's former bassist so we knew him long ago. "I was shocked. I never imagined a superstar like Ren started his career from Blast. I settle down in just few seconds and asked my next question.

"Is Nana angry about Ren leaving Blast for Trapnest?" It's the first question it popped out from my mind.

Recollecting his memory, Yasu spoke again, "No, she already accepted it as the fact that Ren's dream was to become a guitarist not a bassist. Actually, Ren didn't want to leave Blast so he looks like he's guilty when he saw Nana."

"I now understand why Ren was like that but I can't understand why Nana acted like that. If she really accepted Ren went to Trapnest, why didn't Nana greeted Ren or why is she avoiding Ren from the start?" When asking this question, I stared to think the answer to the question. Nana and Ren are…

"Nana and Ren were dating before but after Ren left for Trapnest, Nana decided to stay and continue to sing. I could guess that Nana doesn't want to be attached to Ren anymore. Nana's pride is high; she doesn't want to be known as Ren's woman." Yasu gave me the same answer to what I was thinking. Ren and Nana were once lovers.

I stopped talking about Ren in front of Nana. I don't want to hurt Nana's pride anymore. It's been 4 days and it's like nothing has happened. Yesterday, we went to the cake shop but we didn't meet Ren.

Deep with in me, I thought Nana would go back to Ren. I think she still loves Ren. If she really forgot Ren, she doesn't need to avoid him anymore. I still continue to think about this for weeks. Every time I think about it during work, Sakagami-san scolds me.

The next day, Nana went to the cake shop alone to buy a whole cake for the band. I went straight home to cook. The whole Blast is having a Mah Jong tournament tonight so I made lots of good dishes.

"What's your order, miss?"

"One whole strawberry cake." Nana was staring at the Tokyo Bay while waiting for the cake to be packed. Her cigar's ashes fell just beside her boots.

It was another coincidence. Nana saw Ren again in the same place. Ren was with Takumi and this time with Reira. Nana went on but in her mid-way…

"Hey, it's the girl Ren and I saw 2 weeks ago." Reira face towards Nana. "Ren, its Nana" Takumi grabbed Ren's shoulder, forcing Ren to face Nana.

Nana stopped for a while and made a "what the hell they want from me" face. She quickly left them.

Takumi faced back to Ren, "What's wrong with her? Do you know anything, Ren?"

"If you really want to know, ask Baldie." Ren replied in a low tone. "I'm going now, see you." Ren left Takumi and Reira at the Tokyo Bay.

"What's wrong with Ren? In love? It's normal for a young man!" Reira flipped back her view from Ren to Takumi and smiled at him. "Nee Takumi, let's have tea at that cake shop!"

At Yasu's place…

Ding dong!

"Who's there?" answered Yasu.

"It's me!"

Yasu opened the door. "Ren, so you came. Is it about Nana?"

"You're sharp! How did you know?" Ren entered Yasu's room.

"I knew it because Nana's friend told it to me." Yasu walked in just behind Ren. He sat back to his laptop and said, "Why didn't you talk to Nana? You still love her, right? I know Nana will understand how you feel."

"I can't… in the third time I saw her, I can see she does not want to see me anymore. She's mad at me." Ren looked really down. He started to play his cigar between his fingers.

"Ren, I'm your best buddy. I'm sure Nana will love you back. Remember you're a play boy back then. Tell her your feelings."

"That sounds cool!"

Midori-chan: Well, another chapter passed by. By the end of chapter 4 you will have the idea of my Japanese subtitle… think so. Anyway, thank you for reading and please continue to read my story!