Chapter 9: The Promise
Guys, please read again the chapter 8 because I accidentally put the incomplete chapter, thanks
Rei and Tezuka became close friends through cell phone and after a month, it revealed to her that Tezuka had feelings for her too.
" I saw you smiling at me was it real or just my fantasy… " She paused. " did you ever know that I had mine on you " Rei sang lapsing the theme song of Final Fantasy VIII.
Tezuka walked faster so that he would not hear her teased on him. They're crossing the bridge over the river.
"Hey noth ing boy!" She shouted while she ran towards him.
He stopped.
Don't call me like that," he said emotionless.
She leaned on the wall of the bridge and gave a smile to Tezuka.
"I'm just happy that… that you're saying the truth,' she opened.
"The truth?" He was puzzled.
"That we feel the same,' She got serious. "I thought you didn't like me…"
"You're lovable and sweet, anyone will like you,' he said truthfully searching for her brown eyes.
Rei faced the river, she leaned her elbows at the bridge wall and leaned her chin on her hands.
"I know… but you couldn't erase the fact that a lot of people hated me…" She said in a vanishing tone.
Tezuka got closer to her.
"You couldn't please everybody, "he commented.
Usually, when they're having a conversation, Rei had a counter attack on what he said but this time was different. She chose to remain silent than to react.
Tezuka felt that there was something wrong however he couldn't identify what it was.
"Did you remember, our path crossed here," Rei asked but didn't look at him instead she stared at the sunset.
"Yes."
"I was really mad at you at that time because your racket hit me," she reminisced and laughs a little.
"Sorr-"He wanted to apologize but cut-off when she talked.
"It's done, and you couldn't do anything to change it," she said then faced him.
Tezuka got her right arm and touch it as he remembered the mark where the racket landed.
"I know… it really hurts but I will promise that I will not let it happen again," he said sincerely.
"I know you would…" she hoped while looking at her arm touching by Tezuka.
Tezuka stopped on what he doing and got her other hand.
"Did you know that before our path crossed her, I saw you in train station?" He asked.
"Really?" She couldn't believe.
"You're in the other side of the platform, sitting on a bench and sending message on me," He told.
"Wow! You have an observer eyes. I didn't see you," she commented.
"'Co'z you're blind," he teased.
"Oh wait! I remembered something. We've met before we became text mate," Rei confessed.
"You now remember?" Tezuka asked excitedly.
"Yeah! In front of internet café, I'd hit you, remember?" She asked sweetly.
Tezuka 's excitement began to diminish. He slowly let go her hands.
"Internet café?" He asked disappointed but Rei didn't notice because she was too excited to tell the story.
"It is true that I've sent you a wrong message but before that, when we've met in the internet café, I've searched your name in web and got your number, that's why your cell number was in my phonebook…"
Tezuka look at the other side.
"What's wrong?" She asked then followed his face.
She saw him smiling.
"You really like me, don't you?" Tezuka asked and it's obvious that he was eager at the topic.
"Yes, at the first time I saw you," she confessed.
ERRRRGGGGGSSSSSSSHHHHH!!!!!!
There conversation was cut when a van stopped on their front and kidnapped them.
… To be continued….
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