'Here,' the therapist gave me a lollipop as he smiled at me, & I took the lollipop from his hand with a simple thanks; even though I was adult that didn't mean I'd have to reject this handsome person.
It almost made my heart skip a beat, almost. I wonder if it was Akito, would it... I blushed bashfully; just thinking about it made me feel embarrassed.
But, wow. This otome game... are they full of good looking people, or what? I thought only the capture targets looked handsome, but then... thinking about it, doesn't he look kind of familiar?
'I'm sorry, but I didn't ask for your name?' I looked up briefly while struggling to take off the wrapper; 'Aw~ I'm sad you already forgot me,' he said, but he didn't particularly sound sad though. Especially since his smile still had't wavered at all.
'...'
'It's Jace, you know? You used to follow me all around, calling my Jace brother, Jace brother,' he said, & I just silently stared at his face with no reactions; 'Hah, seems like you've not completely forgotten everything about me.'
'What does that-'
'But...' he paused as he turned towards me; 'At least you seem to have more expressions than when you were younger.'
'When I was younger? Ah, what was I like?' I asked, slightly tilting my head unconsciously.
'You... you don't remember?' he asked, his smile finally wavering, & I almost screamed in shock, but somehow managed to nod.
'Ah... would you act similar to how you acted when you were young if l tell you?' he asked cautiously, & I shook my head in denial; I can't act like her anyway, I just need to know why Akito hated her. He... doesn't seem so shallow to hate her just because she loved him desperately.
I internally sighed as I waited for his response; and, here I am again. Always taking his side, even before thinking of the owner of my body, or myself.
'Hmm... you seem more like a normal kid now,' he commented, & I raised my brows, making him chuckle; 'Yeah, it's cuter this way,' he mumbled to me, smiling again.
-Cuter? Cuter?! Me?
'Well, I still think it's better not to tell you,' he sighed, & ruffled my hair; 'You're fourteen this year right?'
'Hmm? Ah, yes,' I nodded without feeling bothered by his hand on my head; somewhat, it just felt natural.
'That's... 12 years younger than me, huh? You're still young, but now you act younger than before.'
'What?'
-Is he saying I act childish for my age? Do I? But, I'm pretty mature though?
'Come tomorrow at this hour again,' he told me, & I perked up curiously; 'Again? I mean, what are we going to do tomorrow?' I asked, but he didn't respond rather kept going.
'You should practice breathing like I told you occasionally, especially when you feel nervous, or anxious-'
'Umm, what will we be doing tomorrow?' I asked again, interrupting him, & he looked up; 'That's a secret,' he winked at me.
'...O-kay, bye,' I stood up from the chair because I was too lazy to ask anything further. Besides, surprises are totally cool.
~
Surprises weren't cool when they were something like this. Surprises should be fun, & exciting, not the kind that makes you want to hit yourself so hard you'd lose your memory.
When I saw that flaming blood red hair right as I came out of the room, I tripped... and then fell right on my face.
Have you ever tripped right before your crush? Have you ever fell on your face ahead of them, just few weeks after you cried next to his friends? Probably not, & so you wouldn't know the shame I felt. That shame alone was enough to make me feel as if I should just die, even though I promised myself to survive no matter what.
It wouldn't be an understatement when I say I lied there on the floor for ten minutes until Louise pulled me up because... I seriously wanted to die. Fortunately for me, no one asked me if I was ok, but also unfortunately, that meant a tension so thick you could cut it with a knife.
'...'
No one said anything for the whole minute, until Hayato (Akito's brother, & plz correct me if I'm mistaken cuz I'm too lazy to check if it's right or not) broke the silence. To my dismay, he was also there... and I didn't notice because I was too busy fidgeting my hands;
'I was wondering why you were here, but it was because of your sister?' he asked with a smile widening on his face. That momentarily distracted me, because he looked creepy despite his warm smile, but again, my eyes wandered off to where Akito stood. Conveniently-not, it was exactly behind Hayato's, & before I could look away, his cold obsidian black eyes met mine.
Something felt a little weird. Not because my heart stopped beating for a second, not because the blush I had on my face brightened, not because he didn't look away even after a long while either. It was because, because...