During a weekend in Winter.
Christmas was drawing near so Rei decided to go into town to buy presents.
Rei "Ahhh~ I don't know what to buy, what should I do"
She moaned to herself she she glanced through the shop windows
When suddenly, someone bumped into her.
Rei "Kya!"
Rei looked up to see a young gentleman looking back at her.
??? "ah, I'm sorry about that. Are you okay?"
Rei "oh, yeah.... hehe... I'm fine"
??? "Oh, that's good."
??? "Hey, you're Rei right?"
Rei "Uhm, Yeah..."
??? ...
Rei ...
Rei *Gasps*
Rei "M-Mark-kun?!"
Mark "Yeah, We don't usually talk but we're in the same class, right?"
Rei "Y-Yeah...! hahaha..."
Mark "Are you christmas shopping?"
Rei "Yeah, but it's not going very well at the moment"
Mark "Oh, me too."
Mark "If you don't mind, would you like to do it together?"
Rei "..!?!"
Rei "O-Ofcourse..."
Mark "Thanks"
Rei looked at Mark's gentle smile for a moment, and couldn't help but blush.
They both make their way around each store, helping each other choose what present to buy.
Mark suddenly paused as he turned to Rei, who was admiring a pretty necklace from a glass case.
Rei "Uwaaaa~~ it's so pretty"
Mark "You want it?"
Rei "Yeah, but I don't have enough money to be buying things like this anyway"
Mark "oh... I see"
Mark subtly glanced at Rei's disappointed face and grinned.
After a while, they headed separately home.
Mark "Thank you for today"
Mark stopped and turned a smile at Rei.
Rei "Ah, no problem. It was fun shopping with you"
Mark "hehe, yeah me too..."
Mark "Then, I'll see you at school."
Rei "Yeah, see you later"
Rei and Mark parted, and headed home.
Rei arrived at her home, it was nearly dark by that time.
She arrived at the gate when she heard...
??? "Neko-chaaaaaaaaan~~!!"
The girl hugged Rei with force.
Rei "Ah! Gina-chan! what are you doing here?"
Gina "What do you think. I'm visiting you, silly"
Rei "Ah, I wasn't expecting you to come at this time"
Gina "haha!"
Gina "you just have to get used to it!"
Rei "hahahaha"
Gina "hhhhmmmmm~"
Gina "You seem pretty happy today, did something happened?"
Rei "Wh-what? n-no, not at all!"
Rei "you're just imagining things... hahaha..."
Gina "oh I see. You must've been on a date with Mark, huh...hehe"
Rei "GEH!"
Rei "H-How did you know...."
Gina "Is there anything Ojou-sama doesn't know?"
Rei "Gina, your mind reading powers scares me"
Gina "You mean my stalking powers"
Rei "That's even worse..."
Gina "so, how was it?"
Rei "What do you mean?"
Gina "hhmm~ Don't tell me you already kissed??"
Rei "wha-what?? we weren't even dating!////"
Gina "ahahaha"
Rei "A-Anyway... he won't date someone like me anyway..."
Gina "That's what YOU think... haha"
Rei "wha-what does that supposed to mean....."
Gina "Oh nothing...Well I better get going now"
Rei "ah, oh okay."
Gina "I'll see you in school"
Rei "Bye"
Monday have arrived.
The school bell rang.
All the students casually make their way to the class room.
Nat "aaaah, I can't believe it's Monday again!!"
Gina "geez, be patient. It's only a few days until christmas anyway"
Nat "B-but..."
Nat "I want to go hooooooooooome~~~!"
Gina "She's hopeless..."
During class...
Mark "Hey Rei"
Rei "O-Oh..."
Rei "H-Hi..."
Mark "You look kinda red, are you okay?"
Rei "uhm... Yeah...///"
Mark "Then I'm glad..."
Mark "I thought I'd talk to you more since we don't normally talk..."
Rei (W-wait... why is he talking to me all of a sudden...)
Rei "Ah...okay... hahaha"
Rei (Crap I don't know what to say)
Mark "Uhm...."
Mark seemed to have a hard time thinking about what to say as well.
Mark "A-Anyway... Thank you for the other day..."
Mark turned his face away from Rei's gaze.
Rei noticed Mark becoming slightly red.
Rei "Oh?"
Mark "S-See you later..."
Mark strangely dashes off.
Gina "Hoou~"
Rei "Geh! Gina-chan stop popping out of no where like that"
Gina "Don't mind, don't mind!"
Gina patted Rei's head.
Gina "So... when are you going to confess?"
Rei "EH?"
Gina "Don't tell me you still haven't realised?"
Rei "N-no....realise what?"
Nat "Haha! you're so cute Rei-chan!"
Rei "I-I'm not!"
Gina "Well, there's not much point in us telling her so let her find out about it herself shall we."
Nat "Tehe!"
Nat "This is going to be so cute I better get my camera ready"
Nat "ufufufufuufu"
Gina "...!!"
Gina "that's such a good idea...."
Nat "I know right, ufufufufu~"
Gina "Hey, let's film it too"
Nat "OMG, yus!"
Gina "ufufufufufufuu"
Nat "Ufufufufu"
Rei "I-I'm scared...."
School bell rang.
Everyone was heading home.
Gina "You guys can go first I have something to do after this so see you tomorrow."
Nat "Me toooo~~"
Rei "Oh, you're going to see your boyfriend aren't you?"
Gina "Ofcourse ofcourse!"
Rei (she didn't deny it)
Gina "Haha, well Na-chan is going to see her boyfriend too, so I guess I'm not alone"
Rei (well I am..)
Rei "Wait... Na-chan has a Boyfriend??"
Gina "You didn't know?"
Rei "No..."
Gina "Oh, they've been out for a while now"
Nat "A month on the 27th!!"
Rei "congratulations!!"
Nat "Thanks! ehehe"
Rei (*sigh* forever alone...)
Gina "good luck, Neko-chan! you can do it!"
Rei "Haha.. thanks..."
Gina "hahahaha"
Rei "Why are you laughing"
Gina "Ohh nothing..so see you later"
Rei "Uhn... see you later. Say hi to nii-san for me"
Gina "Uhn!"
Nat "See you Rei-chan!"
Nat glomps Rei.
Rei "Bye"
Rei made her way home alone, watching the sunset over the city.
She stopped at a nearby convenient store to buy snack and stood outside.
When...
Mark "Hey, Rei."
Rei "Mark-kun..."
Rei (Why do we keep seeing eachother nowadays...)
Rei (Don't tell me he's stalking me...)
Rei (naaah there's no way that'll happen)
For a moment Rei thought she saw Mark blushed.
Rei ...
Mark "er..."
Rei "A-Anything wrong?"
Mark "Would you mind coming to take a walk with me for a bit?"
Rei "Eh?"
Rei (this can't be happening, what is he thinking...)
Mark "I don't mind if you don't want to..."
Rei "Okay...///"
Mark "eh?..."
Rei "I-I'll come...///"
Mark "Oh, I'm glad. Thank you"
Rei "///"
Rei (His smile...is so cute...///)
Rei and Mark arrived at a park.
They both sat silently side by side on a bench, without saying a word.
There was no one around. So the silent was even more dreadful than usual.
Mark "Uhm...ah..."
Mark finally spoke up.
Rei "...!"
Mark "I...have something to tell you///"
Rei "Uhn...///"
Rei (What is it? what is he going to tell me? )
Mark "I...."
Rei ...
Rei (Hurry up and say it!)
Mark "Since, it's christmas soon...///"
Mark "I...bought you a present///"
Rei "Ehhhhh"
(It's the necklace I saw when we went shopping together!)
Rei "I'm sorry I didn't get you anything..."
Mark "N-No, it's okay..."
Rei "but... why...///"
Mark "Ah! but don't get the wrong idea!"
Mark "It's just a thank gift...for helping me///"
Rei "oh....."
Rei (I knew it... He'll never like me that way...)
Rei looked down at the ground, disappointment was clearly written on her face.
Mark "..."
Rei "Well... thank you anyway. I really appreciate it..."
Rei puts on an unconvincing smile.
Mark "Rei..."
Rei "Well then, I better get home before it gets too dark..."
Mark "..."
Rei "See...you..."
Rei walked away quietly. She kept her head down, stopping anyone from witnessing her tears.
Mark could only watch her shadow disappear in front of him.
He looked down, angered at himself for not telling the truth.
Mark "...That wasn't it..."
Mark "Rei..."
He mumbled to himself.
He began to feel his chest hurting.
Mark (What is it...)
Mark (Why am I like this...)
Mark (Rei...)
Her name kept repeating in his head. The more he thinks, the more it hurts.
Mark "I can't let her go like this..."
He tightened his fist.
Mark (Wait for me Rei!)
Rei found herself wandering around the city. Not wanting to return home, she kept wandering endlessly.
Rei "Why did I get my own hopes up like that again...I'm such an idiot"
She sobbed.
Suddenly, she could hear foot steps. As if someone was running towards her.
She turned around.
Rei "...!"
Someone grabbed her arm and pulled her into their embrace.
She didn't have enough time to check who it was.
But from the body built, it was a boy.
??? "Rei..."
Rei "Eh...?"
The boy let go.
Mark "Rei-chan"
Rei "Mark-kun?! what are you doing here?"
Rei (and why did he hugged me??)
Rei (and did he just called me....Rei-chan?/////)
Mark "I lied..."
Rei "Eh...?"
Tears started to swell up in her eyes again.
Mark "I lied... about the present..."
Mark "It wasn't only just to thank you..."
Rei "Mark...."
Mark "the truth is..."
Mark "I ..."
Mark "I liked you..."
Rei "What.."
Mark "I've always liked you..."
Mark "Sorry I always act like I don't..."
Mark "But I couldn't stop thinking about you..."
Rei "////"
Mark "I was scared..."
Mark "But since I saw you like that today. I realised it."
Rei (Is this a dream? this cant really be happening)
Mark "I realised that I want to be with you..."
Mark "I don't want to see you sad, Rei-chan"
Rei (Ahhh.... stupid heart, stop beating so fast.... it hurts///)
Mark "So..."
Rei "So...?///"
Mark "Please go out with me..."
Rei "..."
Rei (HE SAID IT///)
Rei "...///"
Mark "No...?///"
Rei "Yes!"
Mark "Really??"
Rei "Yeah...///"
Rei hung her head, attempting to hide her blushing face.
Mark "...///"
Rei "W-What's wrong?///"
Mark "You're really cute...///"
Rei "E-Ehhh???//////"
Mark's words makes her blush even more.
Mark "I'll make you happy, I promise."
Rei "I will...too....////"
Mark embraced her in his arms once again. Promising that he'll never let go.
A while had passed and a new year had already began.
Everyone returned to school from their Winter break.
Gina "tch, I really can't believe him..."
Gina "How dare he not texted me for 2 days!!"
Gina "2 Days I tell you!!"
Gina "hnff!!"
Nat "I'm sure he's busy or something...haha"
Gina "he can at least emailed me, tch...I'm so mad"
Nat "Oh I know! climb through his window and surprise attack him with a tenga!!!!"
Rei "hehe, or ... hide inside his closet and wait until he goes to sleep"
Rei "Then attack him then"
Rei "ufufu..ufufuu.."
Nat "Rei-chan! that's such a genius idea!!"
Gina "Yoshi!! Let's do i----"
Rei (GEH. She's being completely serious....)
Nat "But what about you Rei-chan..."
Nat "I keep seeing you and Mark-kun lovey dovey lately...hahaha"
Rei "haha... well it's nothing special..."
Rei "Though he doesn't talk to me sometimes when he studies..."
Nat "Heee~ But lucky you, you see him all the time"
Rei "Well...///"
Gina "Grr I'm so angry..."
Rei (She's still talking to herself)
Nat "Haha! Don't worry, she'll be back to normal when he talks to her"
Gina "Just because you talk to your bf 24/7"
Nat "true.."
Gina *karate chop Na-chan's head*
Mark "Hey, Rei-chan"
Nat "speaking of the devil!"
Rei "Mark-kun!"
Rei ran happily to Mark.
Mark "Since I don't have club activities today, let's walk home together, k?"
Rei "Okay!"
Mark gently patted her head, and stroked her hair.
Mark "Let's go"
Rei "Uhn! see you later Gina-chan, Na-chan!"
Rei smiled happily and left her friends.
Gina and Nat watched Rei leave the class room with Mark and smiled at each other.
Gina "Well... I'm hungry."
Nat "Me too..."
THE END!!
THE END!!
