chapter 27: the boyfriend stealer
Once again- Nino stare at her sleeping face. Mia looks she is worried about something- it is obvious, even when she is sleeping. Her eyes are swollen. She cried again? He bent down slowly- and kisses her forehead.
Mia opens her eyes. “Heyy, sweetie pie..” Nino greets her.
She smiles. “I miss you..” again, Mia smiles when she listen to that. She takes his hand, kiss the palm of it. “I miss you more..” she reply it. “I’m feeling like dying when I didn’t see you yesterday..”
“Sunako-chan needs my support right now. She really worried about her mother. You have to understand why I couldn’t go back home yesterday, right?”
Nino nods. “But I miss you..”
“Come..” Mia taps the space beside her on the bed. Nino lay down, takes her in his arm. Hugging her tightly and Mia just close her eyes.
“Nakahara Mia-san desu ka?” I lifted my head and I saw a model-like lady, wearing huge and trendy shade. As if she wants to hide herself. “Hai..” I nodded. “Can I see you for a while? I have something to talk with you..” I don’t know why but she looks familiar. “I’m sorry, but I don’t know you..” then, she takes off her shade. I startled. She bows. “Nagasawa Masami desu”. I know her.. she is…the girl in the picture.
“Why so quite?”
Mia looks at Nino. “Nothing... how was your day?” Mia caresses his face. “I’ve finished my drama shooting already.. so tomorrow, I have a day off”
“Really?”
“But it just one day.. means, I still have to work on my birthday..”
No response from her. “Mia?”
“Umm??”
“You didn’t look well. You okay?”
“Yeah.. I’m okay.. just thinking about something..”
“What is it?”
“Nothing important.. you have to work on your birthday?”
“Umm.. maybe I have to go to Taipei. For three days..”
“Ha?”
“I have to go, Mia.. Johnny-san asked me to take this opportunity. A big game company had offer me to be their ambassador.. you understand, right?”
Slowly, Mia nods. “I thought I can celebrate your birthday together with you..”Nino hugs her tighter. “This is my job, Mia.. I really hope you can understand.. please..” Mia takes a deep breath. “ummm.. sir-chan?”
“Hmm?”
“Can I have a date with you? We go somewhere? Tomorrow?”
Nino looks at her eyes. “please?”
He kisses her forehead. “Okay.. where do you want to go?”
“To the beach..”
“Oh, no! iya, iya.. we can go anywhere but not there. I have a sea sick, you know. You actually giving me a solid prove me that you are not an arashi’s fan..”
“Owh.. please.. It has been a long time since I go there. Beach is beautiful.. please~”
“We can go to private onsen, shopping in shibuya etc. anywhere but not beach..”
“Please.. I don’t want do something that you usually do.. it’s a special day…”
For our first… and last date..
From far, I can saw her sit on the bench. Alone. Not many people at the park, only one or two couples dating. I just ignored them. When I was nearing her, I noticed that she was crying. Tears falling and she is sobbing. “Nagasawa-san?”
Immediately she wiped her tears, and lifted her head. “Ah. Gomen. Have a sit..” slowly I take a place beside her. “I’m sorry for make you wait this long..” my shift just ended. “Its okay. I have waited for someone longer than this..” she smiles. There is meaning in it, I know, but I just don’t understand.
For a moment we just stay silent. I don’t know what to say. Memory about the picture is torturing me. Suddenly she giggled. Ehh??
“I thought I will slap you when we meet. I was planning to stab you actually..”
Woah!
“..but this morning, I saw you helping an oba-chan at the street..”
She followed me?
“.. so, I think you are not that bad.. no wonder he fall for you..”
I just stay silent. “Nakahara-san, do you love him? That Ninomiya Kazunari, do you love him?” I looked at her. Even I know what the answer is, but I don’t know how to say it. Not even to nods. “I love him, you know.. I love him so much.. we have being together for a year then suddenly, last night he want to break off..”
Wait! Last night? So he is still in relationship all this while?
“Nino told me that you don’t know about us… is it true?”
I nodded.
“So you don’t know why I want to meet you?”
Silent. I really don’t know what to say. I couldn’t think. The fact that he said he loves me while he is still in relationship disturbing me. Oh, my God~
She smirked.
“Everything was just fine before this.. we rarely quarrel.. he is just a sweet and romantic person. I love him and I know, he love me too. I can feel it. Slowly, we build our relationship with love and trust..but three weeks change everything..”
Three weeks? That is when we starts living together.. God, am I ruin a relationship?
“Nakahara-san?”
I looked at her.
“Is this what we called a fate?”
Silent.
“What kind of fate that makes me lost my love, my sunshine, my baby, my sweetheart? I couldn’t accept this if this is just because a fate.. I couldn’t accept that I lost him because of something called fate.. “
Me. Doing nothing. Just. Listen.
“If I have to, what will happen to the moment we had spent together? What happen to the promise we had made? What will happen to the one month period that we shared?”
Slowly, my tears started falling and I know she is crying too. About five minutes, we did nothing but crying. “Nagasawa-san.. I’m sorry.. I didn’t know.. for God sake..”
“And now, you know.. so.."
i looked at her.
"can I have my baby back?”
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