Part 73-77

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Part 73: Bordeux (1) 

I put away the thought about Aoki-san 

I headed to Bordeux. 

The usual bar Ryuto and I meet. 

It is a small bar.
In a small town.

I found the bar.

When I first moved out.
To be alone. 

When I strolled around.

Aimlessly. 

In the busy city, Tokyo.
This shop feels like it is excluded. 
From the stress.
From the hustle.

From the noisiness .

That makes this shop so unique. 

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Part 74: Bordeaux (2)

When I entered the bar, 

Ryuto was sitting.
In our usual counter seats.

On the table. 
There were two glasses of wine. 
And
A plate of cheeses to accompany the wine. 

He seemed to be engrossed in the jazz music
playing in the bar. 

 When I walked towards him. 
He turned towards my direction.

He smiled 

then 

waved. 

I thought to myself. 

"The same old Ryuto." 

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Part 75: Conversation

After settling down,

We finally started out endless conversation.

Ryuto started.

He talked about work.

I would listen to it quietly. 

Sipping on the wine. 

Later, 

I complained
About the new work. 

The weird editors. 
The strange editor-in-chief. 

Before I realized. 

I was drunk. 

Drunk. 

and 

Carried away. 

"That... editor-in-chief... turns out to be... that senpai."

I should have not said that.

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Part 76: Do Not Get Close

I gasped. 

It was too late. 


Ryuto was shocked. 

He knew everything.

What happened.
To me.

From the beginning. 
to
the painful end.

He became angry instantly. 

"What? WHY IS HE YOUR EDITOR-IN-CHIEF...?"

I quickly interrupted him.

"Ryu! Don't worry. I haven't even talked to him a lot. I am going to avoid him after work."


He became silent.

Then warned me.


"Don't get too close with him, no matter what is the reason."

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Part 77: Dismiss

Things became awkward.

 I checked the time. 

It was already 1 AM. 

On the table. 
There was
one empty wine bottle
two empty glasses
one empty plate. 

We decided to head home. 

Ryuto walked me to the apartment. 

I thought the

long

tiring 

day 

was 

finally 

over. 

Until someone called my name.

The moment I entered the apartment building. 

"Takahashi-san" 

I looked back. 

It was Aoki-san. 

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Hello! 

Firstly, I will have to apologies for the long absence.

 I promised everyone that I will return right after my exams finished. But I didn't.

I always promise something but I never end up keeping it  (。•́︿•̀。)

Things haven't gone well as I thought for the past few months and I was also busy. Since I have some time to seat and write now, I am thinking the updates will be regular for a while. 

Thank you for your patience and waiting for the update! I would like to also thank everyone for 10K reads!  

I hope you enjoyed reading this 5 parts! 

Have a great day! 

-Star25623


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