Chapter 9
That night I went over to Mephisto's for our game night, I was happy about it though. Being so busy with classes we hadn't had time lately, as soon as I arrived I was surrounded by an otaku heaven. 'Hello princess, what shall we start with?' Mephy grinned as I plopped down on the couch. 'Hmm I say anime then games,' I replied as Mephy joined me on the couch. 'Will do princess, shall we carry on from where we left off?' Mephy asked, 'sounds good!' I smiled back; I was looking forward to our downtime. After putting at least another few hours into our recent addiction Mephisto decided it was game time. Of course this time I was determined to beat him, 'so what game this time?' I asked a little nervous. 'How about something simple like cards?' Mephy replied with a smirk, 'alright then I will choose the game.' I responded as he shuffled the deck, 'want to make things a little more interesting?' Mephy asked with a look that screamed trouble, 'what did you have in mind?' I questioned hoping that he wasn't going to go too far. 'If you win overall I will take you and the rest of the Exwires to my beach house in Okinawa, if I win you have to wear my new designer outfit for the next 24 hours.' Mephy smiled as he placed the deck of cards in front of me. 'Even though there is school tomorrow? I don't want to get in trouble for not wearing my school uniform…' I sighed; the offer was tempting and sounded like a lot of fun. 'Don't worry if any teachers give you a hard time have them contact me and I will clear things up with them.' Mephy replied with a look of superiority, 'alright deal!' I grinned back as I dealt the cards. 'Hearts!' I stated as Mephisto placed his cards in order. 'First person to 5 wins then?' He asked, 'works for me.' I replied with confidence being I had a good hand.
'Damn it…' I cried out in defeat as Mephisto had won 5 games in a row, 'I will go get the dress!' Mephy smiled as he darted out of the room, 'goodbye my summer…' I continued to sigh as Mephisto walked back in with a really flashy outfit. 'Awe come on people are going to have to see me in that…' I cried as Mephy pushed me into the change room. I came out wearing a pink fluffy Lolita dress with matching stockings and high heals. Of course with a lace bows for my hair which were now in pigtails. 'I look ridiculous,' I stated as I looked in the mirror. 'You look adorable, the boys are going to go nuts for you dear.' Mephy stated while admiring his own handy work. 'Not the ones I want…' I sighed once again. 'Oh what is this does my princess have a crush or two?' Mephy pried, 'oh don't give me that, you are fully aware by now aren't you?' I blushed as Mephisto took a seat. 'So Okumura and Suguro then?' He grinned as my blush deepened, 'you know that yet you still make me where this?' I yelled back, 'I am curious to see how this will turn out.' Mephy continued to smile, 'bastard, don't make me your test subject! My love life isn't a game ya know!' I sighed into my seat. 'Oh don't worry so much, next time I will make it a revealing bikini!' 'Go to hell…' I arrived back at my dorm quite late; Rin and Yukio were already asleep… Thank goodness. I was dreading tomorrow, Rin prefers sexy things to cute and I have no idea about Ryuji's interests…
'Morning Rin,' I spoke as he entered the kitchen for breakfast. 'Morning Mira, wait what are you wearing?' Rin's eyes widened, 'lost a bet to Mephisto…' I sighed as I slammed my head against the table. 'Do you have to wear it all day?' Rin asked as he started to eat, 'until 9:00 pm tonight unfortunately.' I groaned as I attempted to eat through my sighing. 'I think you look cute,' Rin smiled giving me the thumbs up. I quickly turned my head to the side to cover my blush, 'even so I still have to wear something this frilly at school… I am going to stick out like crazy.' I argued back, 'oh and don't forget we are having lunch with Suguro and the others today.' Rin grinned as my heart stopped, 'awe man I can't let them see me like this!' I yelled as I stood up, pacing back and forth. 'Well I bet Shima will like it,' Rin replied trying to be reassuring. 'It's not him I am worried about…' I replied as I stopped in my tracks. 'Suguro right?' Rin replied as I turned to face him blushing. He had a serious look to his face. 'I uh…' I stuttered which only made my situation much more obvious. 'It's not hard to tell with you, Suguro may not have noticed it but the rest of us have…' Rin stated as the knot in my stomach tightened. 'Wha what do you mean?' I questioned acting as though I had no idea what Rin was talking about. 'Don't play dumb, Mira I know that you like,' 'oh it looks like we will be late for school, let's go Rin!' I quickly interrupted him as I dragged him to school. It was quiet the whole way, though I got a lot of stares…
It was finally lunch and Rin was hanging over my desk. 'Sorry about this morning, it was none of my business… let's get going.' Rin smiled, as I couldn't help myself smile back. 'No, I am sorry… I guess right now I am a little confused.' I replied as Rin took my hand and helped me up. 'Doesn't seem like it to me, but we better get going or we will be late for meeting them.' Rin continued to smile as he held my hand, pulling me the rest of the way. I had gotten a lot of stares and comments today but nothing made me more embarrassed then the way Ryuji looked at me when we arrived. 'Hey guys how was class?' Rin asked as he took a seat next to Koneko. 'Who cares, Mira what are you wearing?' Ryuji asked as his eyes continued to fix on me as I hid behind Rin. 'She lost a bet to Mephisto so she has to wear this outfit till the end of the day.' Rin explained as I peered over his shoulder. 'You look adorable Mira, so cute!' Renzou blushed as his stare was now making me more uncomfortable then anything. 'Shima… she's embarrassed as it is…' Koneko stated as Renzou pouted. 'Yeah but she does look cute, doesn't she Bon?' Renzou asked as he then looked at me and grinned. It seems as though Rin wasn't lying… the others really have figured it out. My blush deepened as I looked at Ryuji's face, which was almost as red as mine. '…Yeah…' Ryuji mumbled as I felt my heart race faster. 'Awe come now Bon tell it to her face.' Renzou continued to have a wide grin on his face. 'Aaarg fine she looks cute, there happy I said it!' Ryuji barked back as the others just laughed. I could only hide my face more, my blush had hit its max but it was because I was happy…
I was thrilled to finally take off that dress and ribbons. I had a quick bath and then headed for bed when my phone rang. I looked down at the caller ID to see that it was Mephisto. 'Hi there Mephy…' I sighed, 'awe come now don't sound so depressed there princess.' Mephy replied, 'well today was too much for me, people were even too scared to come talk to me… but something good did happen so I will forgive you this time.' I smiled to myself, 'well I am glad to hear that, anyway I called to say I would like for you and Rin to stop by after cram school tomorrow night, I have something to discuss with the two of you.' Mephy replied, 'okay I will tell him.' I replied, 'alright see you tomorrow, night dear.' Mephisto replied as the line went dead. I was curious what he wanted to talk to us about, something we have in common though. I closed my eyes and the image of Ryuji appeared in my mind, the look on his face when he said I looked cute. Maybe I should wear things like that more often.