Chapter3: Are you the one for me?

After few more hours of playing Mah Jong and chatting….

"Yawn I'm going to bed." Takumi yawned very hard. He left his seat then went out.

Yasu's phone rang, well, just an e-mail. He read it quickly then said "I'm going now. I got new things to do back to my office." He left following Takumi until the elevator.

Ren left his seat too. Then he pulled out Nana from her seat and went out.

Reira placed her hand in front with little distance from her pink lips. As I thought! Lovely Dovely!

"Nana-chan, let's go to my room." Reira pulled Hachi's hand and ran out from Naoki's room.

"Me too! I'm going to beddddd!!" Shin-chan ran out from the room with haste.

"Shin, wait for me!!!!" Nobu ran after Shin.

Who's left? None other than Na-o-ki!!! "Hey! Wait guys! Don't leave me! At least return the Mah Jong, guys!"

At Ren's room…

Ren and Nana were both laid in the bed. Ren placed his cigar in the ash tray on top of the side table beside him.

"That Mah Jong tournament was fun. Let's do that often." turning to face Nana and sunk his face into Nana's chest.

"No way… I don't want to see your band's vocal anymore!" Nana wrapped her left arm over Ren's head and started to play Ren's hair with her fingers.

"What did she do to you? I couldn't think anything that she could do harm on you."

"Not harm but she pisses me off." Nana grabbed Ren's short hair but soon after she said her sentence, she released it.

"Well, it's because you're not honest." Ren reached Nana's left cheek with his right hand and caressed it.

Nana placed her left hand on top of Ren's, "Why should I be honest with my rival! I shouldn't show my weak point."

"It's pointless, you know. I know all of your weak points."

Nana pushed Ren away from her, "Oh yeah! Why am I here with the guitarist of my band's rival?!" Nana moved out from the bed but Ren stopped her.

"You can't go yet. You asked me to buy you a box of cigar so you should stay with me tonight."

Nana sunk back into the bed. "I shouldn't have taken it… I feel so stupid now. I'm being toyed by Ren for the whole time."

"Don't think like that. You always see things in the negative way so you always get all those pissed off and other feelings." Ren wrapped his arms around Nana.

"Ren, I'm not you who think everything is in the right place..." Nana's voice faded, and thought "We're the same but at the same time we're different…" She remembered what Reira said.

At Reira's room…

"Reira-san, it's about the…"

"Call me Reira. And that one… You want me to continue it? Sure, I want to explain it to Nana-chan but she's not interested; I could explain it to you instead."

Hachi is calm now since it's been hours since she met the other Trapnest members; looks like she got used to be with famous people. Reira seems a bit restless; its bit odd for her to be restless like this since she already wrote her new song already.

In the room, there are a few lamp shades turned on; it emits light with pale pink from the color of the lamp shade. Reira was sitting in one side of the bed which was in the far left side of the room. Hachi's bed is half meter away to the right from Reira's. The pale pink blankets are so soft that Reira caressed it for minutes. The sofa chair beside the windows is also made from the same material. Currently, Hachi is sitting there; looked very pleased with its soft cushions.

Reira opened her mouth and started talking. "I mentioned that Ren and Nana-chan are similar, right? And at the same time, they're both different. Come to think of it, Ren and Nana has the same brand of cigar, same leather jacket style and the same reaction. Is it coincidence? It must be the Red Thread of Destiny!"

"Oh yeah, now you mentioned it I see your point." Hachi agreed Reira with lots of interest. After a moment or two, Hachi spoke again. "But you said they're different too, right? What else did you noticed?"

Reira pulled Hachi into the nearest bed and sat down. Hachi sat beside Reira; Reira neared her head to Hachi's like she's about to tell her a top secret information.

"There was a reason why I didn't notice about it when I first saw Nana-chan in the bus back in my hometown. Actually I felt that she's like Ren but there was something that made me she's not him. If you think from the attitude of the two, Ren is the type who's a care free happy person but Nana is not; she's the negative counter part of Ren."

Hachi faced right for a few seconds and turned back to Reira with a "really" expression. "So that's why they're compatible… When it comes to compatibility, the opposite personality is the best combination… I read that from the article in a magazine which interviewed you. It's really amazing! It's really the Red Thread of Destiny!"

Reira sat straight, "I feel relieved that you understood my point. It's like I want to tell it to somebody although it's none of my business."

"Reira is a 'Queen of Love' so I understand why you want to talk about it. Actually, I'm also called the 'Queen of Love' too." Hachi smiles gently which made Reira smile too.

After 4 days…

"You're fired!"

"Nana! Why is this happening to me??" Hachi sitting in a park bench called Nana through the cell phone. "What should I do now?" Hachi start to sob lightly.

"How would I know! And from the start, why are you fired!?" Nana answered Hachi. Nana now is in room 707, probably resting in her room.

Hachi gave a gulp, "Eh…" then Hachi sighed "It must be my absences and performance… recently, I couldn't concentrate well."

"Then it's all your doing. Go find a new job then and do better in it. Good luck." Nana hangs up the phone.

Beep… Beep… Beep…

A smooth breeze blew Hachi's yellowish-orange one-piece dress (which was probably bought from Junko's par-time job's store).Hachi walked through the park, depressed and thinking about her next job. Few minutes passed, Hachi noticed some high school girls running in joy towards a bench whom sits there was a long sleek black haired man.

"Ta-Takumi…" Hachi stopped and watched Takumi signed the girls' papers.

Takumi quickly noticed Hachi. After signing, he immediately waved his right hand and approached her. "Whoa! What a coincidence, Nana-chan. How about a dinner together tonight?"

Hachi simply moved her head. She couldn't believe she would meet Takumi in a public place and in addition, invited her to a dinner.

In a hotel near by…

Reira is staying the night in this hotel. It is distantly very different from the hotel from the Mah Jong tournament. Mostly, the theme of the hotel is cool breezy blue effect. It's very unusual for a hotel but it's so classy. For unknown reason, it feels like you're in a beach. Reira loved it since her hometown was beside the sea.

Reira when out of her room the have tea in the hotel's café; rumors said that this hotel serves delicious sweets. The mini-garden is full of blue and yellow flowers. The chairs and tables are made from metal welded having leafy decoration with a nice coat of green.

It was already 7:47 p.m. in the night when she entered the café. After she took few steps inside the café, searching for a nice seat, she found a very familiar person. A man with long black hair, sitting with a woman with a nice yellowish-orange one-piece dress; which she also knew this person.

He's dating… dating with Nana-chan…

Reira immediately left the café and went back to her room. Her room was in the far left side in the 9th floor. The corridors in this hotel have light prints of sea water which is only noticed when seen well. Still, Reira faced down and walked quickly back to her room.

About 8:00 p.m., Reira reached her room. She sat down into the room's dressing chair. She looked at her face.

It's not possible! Takumi… and Nana-chan… No… Why am I feeling like this? Takumi is not my boyfriend. Takumi has no feelings for me but I have; what should I do?

Reira bumped into her wallet and it fell off the table. A card fell off the wallet. Reira picked both the wallet and the card. Written in the card is Shin. Below the name was a cell phone number. Reira picked up her cell phone and dialed it.

In a place far away from the hotel…

Ring! Ring!

"Hello?"

"Ah, Hachi? I'm leaving tonight. And where are you now? I left you a meal back in the apartment."

"Nana, I already ate. A friend of mine invited me for dinner." Lying, Hachi spoke a little bit uncomfortable.

"Hee Is-that-true? Is it your new boyfriend??" Nana told Hachi with a teasing tone.

"N-no! A-a-anyway, what time are you going home?" Hachi lied to Nana to cover up.

"Nah, it's just a joke. I'll be back tomorrow night because I have part-time job and practice tomorrow. See you, Hachiko."

Beep

Hachi gave a sigh. Takumi entered the room. He was wearing a bathrobe which evidently took a bath while Hachi was talking to Nana; his long black hair is wet.

The room was as elegant as Reira's; having all those nice blue wallpaper and comfortable chairs and bed. The curtains are double layered; one is a heavy pale blue and the other is a see-through light blue. Nice blue and yellow flowers which are the same ones from the café are decorated in a cabinet.

In the 9th floor corridor…

Clank!

A few moments later, "Good evening, Reira"

"Come in." Reira want for her wallet in the dressing table and pulled out 100,000 yen. "Here, you're payment Shin-chan"

"Whoa, 100,000yen! You're the first person to give the exact amount. Other women doesn't give me that much." Surprised from the amount, Shin gladly accepted it.

"Eh? Am I cheated?!" Reira sunk her into her arms and thought I'm really stupid!

"No, actually, they're cheating me!" Shin raised Reira's head and told her with his usual childish face.

Whoa… he so cute! Reira went to the bed with Shin. She turned off the lamp shade beside her. "Shin, are you also half?"

"Half?" Shin gave Reira a 20 degree arc of his head with a big blue question mark.

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