chapter 5: Coincidence by fate?
A few days later. . .
"Hm..which manga should i buy?" Ayumi wondered.
It was Friday. Ayumi had the weekend off after that so she went to the bookstore and buy some mangas.
"I guess, Ill buy this one." Ayumi said as she took a book out. As she turned around, she nearly dropped the book out of amazement. Rui Hanazawa was right next to her reading a magazine. Ayumi stared at him.
Rui didn't notice anything. He kept on reading and reading.
"Wow, I never knew a richie boy could be so interested in books!" Ayumi thought and said to herself, then giggled. "His face shows that he is not interested in anything. Such a simple human." Then Ayumi laughed.
Rui heard her laughter. He looked around. Ayumi was standing there, simply smiled and said: "KONNICHIWA, MR. RUI GUY!"
Rui looked annoyed. And of course, he was annoyed, to have met a girl – who he didn't want to see ever again – he always saw her.
"I guess God doesn't like me," Rui thought.
"You came to read books?" Ayumi wanted to know.
"What do you think I came here for?" Obviously, Rui was very annoyed.
"Look for female humans," Ayumi giggly answered right away.
Rui stared at Ayumi. "Wow, this girl sure has awesome confidence when she said that," he thought. He sighed, then replied with a serious tone: "No. To tell the truth, I didn't want to come here. But I was bored so I came anyway."
"Really….??" Ayumi was still curious.
"Believe it or not, your choice," Rui told her. "And why did you say female humans instead of girls?"
"Oh, because I don't know if you came looking for young girls, or married women," Ayumi said with a grin.
"I don't do that."
"Oh, really? I don't think so…"
"What are you looking at?" Rui asked, after noticing Ayumi was giving him the creeps by her deep stare.
"Staring at you, duh!"
"Then, stop staring at me!"
"Oh, I wouldn't just stared at you for nothing. I'm observing," she said with a sigh. "Anyway, I'll go away to make you happy!" Ayumi said as she turned back and smiled at Rui. Ayumi paid for the book and left.
"What makes me happy is that I would never see you again," Rui thought and sighed. Then, he put back the magazine and left. "I should go to the food court. I'm hungry."
Food court area…"Argh. It's stacked with people. Why do so many people come here anyway? Don't they have anywhere else to go or anything else to do?" Rui gave a deep sigh and then walked to a store and ordered some food. He sat down at the table near the candy story by the window. He was about to eat, then heard his name around somewhere.
"Oh my gosh, it's that Rui dude again!"
Rui noticed it was from the candy store corner, and it was Noburi who was yelling and pointing at him.
"Where?" Michiyo was behind her, peeking out and trying to look for Rui.
"I see him." Aimi pointed at Rui to show her older sis.
" Is he stalking us?!" Noburi wondered.
"What are you talking about? You're the one who found him," Michiyo told Noburi.
"So, that means we stalk him now?"
"You idiot!" Aimi quacked Noburi for her stupidity.
"Only you and Ayu would do that, me and Michi-san would never do that kind of thing!" Aimi argued back.
"Hey, I don't stalk richies all right?" Ayumi said as she came out, holding a candy bag in her hand which she was eating.
"So what do you stalk, huh Yu?" Michiyo teased.
"Hotties," Ayumi said with a confident smile.
Rui heard. He closed his eyes and thought, "Those girls are really weird, specially that Ayumi girl. How can she said that in public? I guess they don't afraid to be themselves anywhere, huh?" He smiled a little.
"Haha, I would do that too if the guy is really hot and rich," Michiyo laughed.
"You guys are so weird," Noburi said with a mature tone.
"Look at yourself, moron!" Aimi said. She sure loved to tease Noburi.
"WHO'S THE MORON?!"
"All right. Enough already. I want to eat." Ayumi said as she walked toward to one of the food stores and waited in line.
"I'm in." Michiyo stood behind her friend.
"So am I," Aimi did the same also.
"Can I share with you guys somehow?" Noburi asked her friends. She was running out of money since she spent most of them on buying books. She only had a little money left to buy half a hamburger, which they refused to take order from her.
"NO!" Her friends answered quickly.
"How mean…" Noburi walked toward Rui. Rui knew her intention.
"You want money or food?" Rui asked.
"Either is fine. But money works better." Noburi said with a smile. She surely got that from Ayumi, a trick that Ayumi used on guys.
"BU!!! Don't go to guys asking for money!!!" Ayumi yelled.
"What am I supposed to do then? I'm hungry and I have no money to buy anything to eat."
"Alright. I'll share with you. Go find a table for us," Ayumi said, then she turned around and began to order her food.
"Yay. I'll sit here with Rui," Noburi said excitedly. But it seemed like Ayumi didn't hear her.
About 5 minutes later, the three friends finished ordering. They came to Rui's table with food in their hands.
"Bu, Yu told you to find a table. Where is it?" Michiyo asked.
"Here," Bu answered.
"What? We're sitting with Rui again?" Aimi wasn't that friendly to boys. She was just shy around strangers.
"If you don't like it, you can leave!" Bu said.
"Is Rui okay with it?" Ayumi asked politely.
"It's fine, I was about to leave anyway," Rui finished up his drink. Then he stood up.
"Wait, we have something to ask you," Michiyo said.
Noburi stared wonderfully at Michiyo and waited for Rui's answer.
Rui sat back down. "So, what is it?"