Chapter 7: Why Me?

Rios POV: Okay, Yurei looks way better than expected in my clothes.

(Yurei) "Thank you!~"

"Just tell me what you like to buy." So far we've been window shopping for 3 hours, and I'm pretty much... Hungry. And I think Yurei is too. Her stomach growled.

"Eh hehe... Let's go eat something first." Not quite a challenge, there's a cafe nearby. I could get myself a pie.

"How about here?" I didn't receive a response, Yurei is already walking ahead of me. "Hey, wait up!" I ran up beside her and held her hand. She giggled at the feeling of our closeness.

Inside the cafe... Wow this place is exquisite.

"I don't think I can afford anything here."

"The prices are in the display, dummy." Oh it is... One emerald for a cup of coffee? Six for a cake?

"Damn, this is cheap!"

(Girl behind the counter) "Have a nice day!" She was helping a patron. "How may I help you two?"

(Both of us) "Is there a special today?" We noticed that we said the same thing simultaneously.

(Girl) "Aw you two are cute! Our special today is a baked steak sandwich."

(Both of us again) "I'll have one with some tea please, how about you honey?" Oh notch... Why me? The girl is just about to die from the cuteness we emit.

"Oh my Notch! *starts to fangirl for a while* Okay the sandwich will be done in a few. So go ahead and have a seat." She left to the back room. I lead Yurei to one of the tables of the café.

(Me) "We really need to stop doing that. I already had enough of that from Ria when we were little."

(Yurei) "Aw but I think it's cute..."

"F-fine... Just saying, I'm liking this date compared to the double date."

"hehe... Yeah... Axle and Ria cannot make any date stay sane."

(Girl) "You mean Numbah Sixteen?"

(Both of us) "Number Sixteen?"

(Girl) "Yeah, Axle De-fura Niedos."

(Yurei) "How do you know him?" She places our sandwiches and tea on the table.

(Girl) "Well... We go to the same camp back at our Village. And I sort of like him..."

(Me) "Well a girl can have her own tastes..." Yurei kicked me from under the table. "*Whispering* Ow what was that for?"

(Yurei) "*Whispering back* Don't say things about your friends!" She faced the girl again. "So... I'm Yurei! What's your name?"

(Alice) "I'm Alice! So who's your boyfriend?"

(Both of us again) "Rios." Man, I think I'm blushing. Damn it. Gotta hide it... the tea... that would be a good idea.

(Alice) "Well he's trying to look bad-ass."

(Yurei) "Honey... we can see you blushing..." Damnit! I think I choked on it.

(Alice) "Aw you called him 'honey." Just don't look. I heard shuffling coming from the direction of Yurei. DAMNIT DON'T LO-

(Yurei) "Mwah!~" Hugged and kissed in the cheek... Alice was squeaking from the cuteness. Why me?

(Me) "Y-Yurei... You're embarrassing me..."

(Yurei) "Says you, look at the mess you made." I seemed to have spelt a large portion of my drink on my shirt. "Here you go!" She hands me the jacket.

(Alice) "Oh... my... Notch! You two have the same shirt! You guys are so cute together!"

(Me) "I guess we don't have to go shopping then..." I placed my hand on Yurei's head, which was next to mines. "So um... let's eat?"

(Alice) "Ha ha! Sure! Dig in!" She walked back into a room while me and Yurei enjoyed our meal.

After we finished and paid for our meal, we left only to find that Alice placed a closed sign on the door.

(Alice) "*stretching* Wow... I've been working way too hard today. So where you guys heading?" Me and Yurei looked at each other for a moment and responded back to Alice.

(Both of us again) "Home." Though I hate it, I think I already got used to the jinxed talking.

(Alice) "Let me guess, South west from here?" We both cautiously nodded.

(Yurei) "Stalker much?"

(Alice) "No, Axle visited days ago. He told me to come visit one day. And surprisingly enough- *Points out the opening time of the café" I have the rest of the day off."

(Me) "Huh... sure... let's go huh?" Alice stopped in front of us.

(Alice) "Oh no you don't, you guys are on a date right?" We nodded again. "Then kiss already! The end of a date always ends with a kiss!" I walked up to her.

(Me) "That's based on your own opinion, dates don't always have to-" She grabbed me by the arms, spun me around, and pushed me to Yurei. Due to this, once I ran into Yurei, I accidentally had my hands on her waist. When I tried to retract and apologize, Alice placed my hands back on Yurei's waist and Yurei's hands on my shoulders. Then she deliberately pushed us together.

(Alice) "Well?" We just stared at each other. "Oh for peat-" Yurei pecked me on the lips.

(Yurei) "There, let's go!" She took a step back and started skipping towards home.

(Alice) "Not what I had in mind..." Ah who cares? I caught up with Yurei and held her hand. Once again she giggled. The sound of that... made me smile...

Yurei POV: Now that, was a date. Even though we unintentionally got a third wheel...

(Alice) "We there yet?"

(Rios) "Almost..."

(Me) "Axle's house is the biggest one."

(Alice) "You mean that one?" We... were a bit off. This is what happens when you don't go out often, you forget where you live when you leave.

(Me) "Dummy!" A slapped Rios on the shoulder.

(Axle's voice) "Who's there?!"

(Alice) "Numbah Sixteen?" She ran into a random direction.

(Axle's voice) "Huh? What the- oof!" When we managed to get to Axle's location, we found Alice hugging Axle.

(Rios) "Hey quit messing around! Go back to work!" Oh my Notch this is funny.

(Axle) "Why don't you help me then?"

(Rios) "Fine then! Looks like the big man can't handle himself." Axle flipped the bird. "What are you laughing at?"

(Me) "You're funny Rios."

(Alice) "Those two are so cute, right Axle?"

(Axle) "Please let go of me..."

We went right home. I helped Rios take off his jacket and his shirt. He was blushing throughout all of it.

(Me) "Woah... abs..." I took off my shirt, be glad I had my clothes under. "Here ya go!"

(Rios) "T-thanks..." I helped him put it on. Then I fixed the hem of his shirt. And once I looked up at him, our faces... were inches away... We stared at each other for a while.

"Y-you want to try it again?" He gulped and nodded. I placed my hands where they were last time, and Rios did the same.

"Why do I have the feeling... that we should of done this long ago?"

"I dunno..." [Kissing scene... I'M NOT GOING INTO DETAIL. It... just feels wrong...]

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