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Chapter 4 is here

NINO POV

“jaa ne, Masaki-kun. I hope we’ll meet again,”

“Sure we will, if Nino-chan invite me here again, ne?” I give him a bitter smile.

“Well, I’ll bring along the other member,”

“Don’t you dare! Enough Aiba-san alone,” both me and Aiba-san laughs to her answer.

It didn’t take so long for her to be a friendly one with Aiba. Both of them have the same character. Cheerful and friendly once they know each other. Once I introduce her to Aiba, it takes her a while before she starts talking and goes with the flow of Aiba-san stupid jokes.

That night, after Aiba went home, both of us stay at the living room. I didn’t talk a word as my head was so on focusing on my DS, while she’s reading the novel. All of sudden, she ask me something.

“You fought with Ohno-san today?” I give her a stare at first. I’m not into my mood to talk about the matter. I know, Riida won’t be mad for long. But, as she’s asking, I guess I’ll just go with the flow of our conversation, but not for long.

“um.. I ask him again to go out, but, he rejecting it again,” I don’t really have words to explain to her about today exactly so I just reply her short. Somehow I feel like being a child by replying to her that way.

“owh, I see. I don’t think that I should give an opinion about it. I told you before my thoughts right? But if you want to talk about them, I’m willingly listen to it,” she gives me a smile before continue with her reading.

Both of us just stay quiet for a long time before she said something again to me.

“Did Ohno-san jealous of me?” I look at her.

“Aiba-san said Sho-kun said to him that maybe Ohno-san is jealous to me,”

At that moment, I didn’t know what I should say. But two things on my mind now. First, why the hell does this girl believe that baka’s words? Second, is it really Riida is jealous with her? But why? And that makes the third question in my mind now.

I decided to tell her the whole story happened today as I believed she needs to know why Sho-kun thought that way about Riida. To be honest, I don’t really think he needs to feel that way. I’m his friend, not his lover. And Riisa is my cousin, not my special.

She gives a heavy breath once I finish my story. While marking the last page she read on her novel, she smiles before looking at me.

“I guess they are right,” those simple words from her mouth cause me to puzzle for a while.

“eh, why? You don’t think those Ohmiya moments are real, don’t you?” I look at her for an explanation. If she thinks that both I and riida is a lover couple, I’ll sure kick her this time.

She looks at me, still smiling.

“You both are bestfriend right? I guess he is jealous of me because of those thought,” I just listen to whatever she said. I didn’t respond to it. I didn’t know if I really understand what she said.

“Besides, you didn’t really talk to him these past few months don’t you? And then suddenly, he knows I’m here with you. I guest he must be feeling left out,” this time I look at her.

“So, what am I supposed to do?”

“Don’t tell him about me. Not even a slightest idea about me or what so ever I’ve told to you. Talk to him normally. And the most important thing is, don’t ignore him,”

“Even if he ignores me?” she smiles hearing my question.

“He won’t ignore you. Trust me,”

Having her last words, her attention was now back on the book she read earlier. I stare the blank screen of my DS. What on my mind now is not about Riida as I know what I should do tomorrow. But something concerning me so much is about the girl sitting in front me. Yes, her, Riisa-chan.

I stare at her, knowing the fact that she’s too focusing on the novel that she didn’t notice my stare at all. I hate the fact that she’s sacrificing something for me. That is one of the matters. I know she’s been hiding something from me. The same thing I do to the other member too. But I did it for Arashi good sake. I didn’t want them to get worried. But this girl in front of me is hiding something that I didn’t know if it is good or bad for her.

Still staring at her, I blurted out the question.

“Why?” with a serious look on my face, I look at her who seems to startle with my sudden question.

“Why are you agree to do it?” I still didn’t take away that seriously look from my face. For a while, there is a silent moment between us. All we did just staring each other. She let out a sighs.

“Because I want too,”

“Just why?” I hate asking the same question again and again, but I didn’t satisfy with her answer. Maybe for her, it is the answer to the question I utter, but it’s not something I’m looking for.

“You can’t just ask me the same question Kazu-kun. You’ve been asking me that since forever,” she outraged. I know she’s annoyed. Yes, it’s been a month she’s here and since that I keep asking her the same question.

“You didn’t give me the right answer, Riisa-chan,”

“What are you expecting me to tell you? I’m dying? Is that what you want to hear?”

I stopped. Dying? Am I wrongly heard it? She didn’t look at me after all. All she’s doing is just staring at the floor. No crying.

“you’re dying?” I ask her.

She didn’t reply. I just can’t wait anymore. I straightly went to her, hugging her. Even though she didn’t hug me back, I just did it. All of sudden, she pulls me away.

“did you just believe that?” she ask with a smirk on her face.

“it’s a lie?”

“WTH? You believe that?” she said calmly.

I was seriously mad at that time. I pushed her away. The next thing I did is all yelling at her.

“IT’S NOT SOMETHING YOU SHOULD JOKE AROUND, RIISA-CHAN! DAMN IT!” I took my DS and went straight to my room, living her alone in the living room.

I lie on my bed. I’m seriously mad with that thing just now. I know she intend to joke with me. But still, I can’t accept it. Saying something about dying, it’s not a word you should play with.

It’s been an hour and I still can’t sleep. I keep staring the blank ceiling. A sense of guilt of what I did just now hit me. I shouldn’t yell at her. Quickly, I went out the room, heading to hers. It’s dark, I assume that as I didn’t see any light through the door. I knocked the door twice, no answer. Maybe she already sleeps.

I decided to have some drink so I went to the kitchen. As I passed the living room, I saw her, still there.

“Riisa-chan,” she turned her face at me.

I went to sit infront of her.

“gomen ne,” she smiles.

“daijoubu, hontou ni,” she just look at me.

She was about to go to her room when I call her back.

“ne, want to go out?”

“now?”

“yes, now”

“eh, demo, don’t you have works tomorrow?”

“mou, daijoubu.. I can make it. Let’s go?” I pull her hand, asking her to follow me.

“wait, wait, you want me to go out with this?” she show her pajamas. I laugh with the way she acts.

“it’s ok, you look cute in it,”

“I’m not! Wait a minute, I’ll change,” she ran upstairs. A few minutes later, she had done her changing. And the last thing I could remember is she taking me home, and her rambling about she’ll be yell by my mom about going out with me at the very late night.

Riisa-chan, aren’t you mad at me??

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It may be the alcohol I take that has caused me to headache this morning. Last night is sure a trouble for her to drag me home. I hold my head, trying to reduce the pain and dizziness. Just as I about to enter the bathroom, I received a mail from my manager asking him where I am. I just reply I’m in my parent house and I’ll go to work by train. The next message I received from him saying he’ll fetch me up at the Tokyo station.

I let go a sigh. It sure will be a tiring day. So far that I know, we have a shooting for VS Arashi today and another program which involves all of us. Means that, my life will be totally in the studio for the whole day.

I heard a knock on the door.

“kazu, have you wake up?”it’s kaa-chan.

“ah, I have. Give me some times. I’ll be there later,” I heard the footstep sound faded. Kaa-chan has went down I guess. I grab my towel, heading to the bathroom.

As I went down to the kitchen, there’s no sight of Riisa-chan there.

“kaa-chan, Riisa-chan wa doko?”

“Ah, she said she want to go to the town today. Right after breakfast just now, she leaves,”

I didn’t ask a lot from my mum. Glad that my headache gone, I just have my breakfast before I heading to the door.

“jaa, ittekimasu!,” I said waving at my mum causing her to laugh

“since Riisa-chan is here, you act so much like a child. Jaa,itterashai,” I look at my mum once again, smiling at her before went out.

ps://this is originally post in Aibakaland .... i've quite update there :))