Can You Keep a Secret?

Chapter 5 "Immoral"

Chapter 5 "Immoral"

I gulped.

"Well?" Natsume pressed.

Okay, tell me, what was I supposed to do now? Pretend I didn't hear or something? WHAT THE HECK - what should I do?

"It's not like you care, do you?" I mumbled, half turning, when I saw one of his eyebrows twitch up.

"What the heck are you talking about?" he asked, getting even more serious.

I bit my lower lip hard, I could almost taste the rust-flavored blood in my mouth. "Don't act dumb, you dumb idiot!" I yelled, feeling stupid at the flow of words that came out of my lips. I should be the one being called 'dumb'. If Natsume was dumb, why would he be chosen as the president, DUH! "I heard you talking to Ruka yesterday," I continued.

When Natsume didn't say anything, I thought I had already hit the jackpot…and in a way, that wasn't good. I slowly turned around, feeling a little sting in my chest, when I saw his one side of his lips lift up, forming a smirk.

From his seat, Natsume slowly stood up and walked towards my direction.

"Did you really think," he asked, whispering to my ear, "you mean nothing to me?"

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"OH, MY LORD!" Misaki-senpai's eyes almost bulged out after I told her what happened inside Natsume's office. "He asked you if you meant nothing to him?"

"That's unbelievable…" Yakako mumbled.

Senpai banged her hand on the table, making all the people in the café turn to our table to see what just happened. I took a sly sip from my glass, hiding my embarrassment.

"I KNOW! I mean, shouldn't he, himself, know if you meant anything to him or not? Why the heck should he be asking you? You don't read minds!" she boomed.

I almost spit out my lemon ice tea.

Yakako and I looked at each other and she gave me that 'no-I-don't-think-she-got-the-story' look.

"What did you do?" Misaki-senpai asked as her face neared mine.

"I…ran," I mumbled.

Senpai's mouth hung wide open. "That's it? No slap? No 'I never wanna see you again!' or 'I thought you loved me?' What you did was just…" she paused in dismay, "…run?"

I nodded, taking another sip. "So what do you suggest I should've done?" I asked silently.

Yakako and Misaki-sepai said nothing for a while. It was some time after when Misaki-senpai finally spoke up.

"No," she said. "I got nothing.

I sighed. "We'd better go back," I said flatly, grabbing my dark-blue bag beside me. Misaki-senpai and Yakako followed after me. Why do I have this strong feeling I shouldn't go back to Flame?

As we stood across the street, I noticed a crowd of people around a long, black and shiny limousine driving to the parking lot of Flame. My eyebrows raised.

"A celebrity is visiting?" I asked myself aloud.

"My…" Yakako mumbled, her fingers touching her lips. "I forgot the new vice president of Flame was coming today!"

"You…" Misaki-senpai paused. "…forget?"

I rolled my eyes at Misaki. "Vice president? Why don't I know about this?" I mean, I'm the president's secretary so I should know! I added mentally.