CHAPTER SEVEN: Bossun (Day 3, Part 2)

I read the front page, my head starting to get a migraine again. The title was 'You love the girl beside you and the girl loves you, too, don't you get that'. ' Couldn't they have named it: 'You love each other', instead?' I got so tired of the front page that I skipped the whole book and read the summary, which Roman always puts. Her characters were Bosley and Himelia—which I think sound weirdly familiar—and her plot was something about the guy being too dense that he hurt the girl and...and it ends there. 'I never thought of Roman as the cliffhanger type...'

I smiled at myself, contented that I finished the book—wrong, summary—and I let myself drift to sleep on the warm, fluffy futon. Moments later, there was banging on the door. Driven by laziness, I groaned out loud and snuggled deeper in the blankets.

"Mm... Don't I ever get a break?", I mumbled to myself.

"Excuse me? Bossman, are you there?", shouted a voice. I rose from my futon and dashed to the door. As I opened the door, a frantic-looking Momoka stared to where Switch slept. She let out a gasp. "Oh my god." She knelt beside him and wiped his face with the towel I used on him earlier.

"Momoka, the guy yesterday wasn't Switch. It was an impostor."

"I know that. The look in his eyes yesterday were different, it was shockingly cold. I gotta give him an award though for fooling you and Ma'am." She laughed bitterly.

"Speaking of awards, what happened to your World tour? Weren't you going to leave today?"

"I was, but then I thought, why would I leave the person I love for a lousy tour? So I quit from being a singer and an actor."

"What if he refuses you? Won't you feel guilty about quitting?"

"Not if it's for him, I won't. I really love him... I just wish that he'd accept my love and love me back, too." 'The things you'd do for love... Isn't that a girl's line? Am I going gay or something? '"Don't you love somebody, Bossman? Because if you do, then you'll understand what I'm feeling..."

"Me? Love somebody? Nah. You'd think that if I liked somebody, I'd know first, right?" She nodded. 'To be frank, I never actually thought of it.'

Switch grabbed his laptop when Momoka wasn't looking at him and started typing. "You're just too dense to know that you even love someone."

"Switch! You're awake!" Momoka exclaimed.

"No, I'm asleep. See?" he said, closed his eyes, and then snored. Momoka hit him in the head.

"Why are you acting so cool after getting beaten up? You rest, you hard-headed person!"

"I'm sorry, my love..." He said almost teasingly.

Momoka blushed. "You-you heard?"

"Uh-huh. And if you want a reply..." He leaned in and kissed her.

"Oh, get a room." I said jokingly.

"We already are in a room."

"I see that."

"Leave or watch." He replied, causing Momoka to blush deeply and punch him playfully.

"Fine, fine." I said, walking out the room.

As I exited the room, Yabasawa-san was running towards me. She looked frustrated and worse, absolutely mad.

She trapped me against the wall like a caged animal. "How stupid can you get, you dumb animal!"

I stared in her eyes, confused. I opened my mouth to talk but she glared at me and I mentally kicked myself for not knowing that she wasn't finished with what she was saying.

"Don't say what or why or any excuse like 'I didn't do it, I swear!'. If you do, I'm going to let Captain beat you up with her baseball bat." I gulped. 'What did I do, really?' "She appeared awhile ago, with eyes red from crying! If she says that she wants to kill herself once more, I'm going to crush you... You MONGREL! I'm going to forgive you for now, but if you hurt Himeko again—"

"Himeko? She was crying? Why?"

"She's in—"

"Sorry. Yabasawa-san, didn't Himeko tell you that she'll be the one to tell him herself?", said Captain, who came from the stairs. She panted and supported herself against the wall. "Geez, how fast can you get? One second you were beside me, the next, you were air. You're like a bloodhound, judging by how fast you found this dumbass."

Yabasawa-san freed me from her grip and stood beside Captain. Both of them were glaring daggers at me.

"What's with the name calling? My name's Fujisaki Yuusuke or Bossun, so please stop calling me hurtful names and...How is she?"

"You have to see for yourself." Captain said, handing me a sheet of paper. "I'll let you go this time, Bossun. Just... you really have to think about how nice and happy things could be if you considered it." She walked away, side by side with Yabasawa-san, down the stairs.

For a split second there, I saw Captain's eyes full of hope and concern, a sight rarely seen by many... and I'm one of those small percentage that saw that emotion.

'Okay then... I'll go after her, if that's really important to you guys.'

I read the paper and I recognised the writing on the paper right away. Her handwriting was unique, messy, but yet understandable. Dried-up tears decorated the small sheet. It said:

Meet me at the abandoned area of the beach at the back of the two hotels later at 8.

-Himeko

I placed the paper in my pocket and headed to the convenience store nearby. I took crab miso and liver skewer flavoured Pelocans for Himeko and another box of Pocky.

"That will be 15 yen.", said the cashier, eyeing me like I'm a crazy maniac since I bought a weird candy. I gave her the money and walked out, taking no attention of the lewd look she was giving.

I glanced at my watch; it was 7: 45 PM already. I headed to the place she wrote, and noticed her hair glittering in the moonlight. She looked absolutely beautiful.

I remembered the way I reacted around her, the title of the migraine-bringing book, how I see her as, and that time when I kissed her. Then it all hit me.

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I love her.