The 'Odd Shop'...a shop that contains a lot of random stuffs. The Lady owner of the shop saw the two persons who looks out from outside the shop. The two were soaking wet and so, The owner reached out to them and invited them in.
"What could you two kids be thinking out there, standing outside without an umbrella in this kind of weather?..." the lady asked worriedly
"I kind of saw a light coming from here and made me stare at it continuously..." the girl answers
The lady smiled and went to get something. She took an old looking box and brought it to us...
"Were you perhaps talking about this?" The lady smiled and opened the box. It was a pair of gold and silver rings with a little red stone placed on it...
The boy who was quiet up until now suddenly stands up from his seat and showed a frantic expression as he say:
"That's the one! I want to buy it right now!!!"
The girl then also stands up and says with a desperate face, that she also wan't to buy it too.
The lady owner then smiled and said to the both of them:
"I'll Give it to both of you for free. As long as you two value and cherish it"
"Is it really alright to give it to us for free?" The girl asked
"I think that we should really pay for it!..." The boy insisted
"The ones used in making these rings are one of the most expensive gold and silver in the world! plus...the stone in there is a very rare and one of a kind type of mineral. Can young ones like yourselves have the kind of fortune to pay for it?" Once again, The lady owner says with a smile...
The two shakes their heads to answer "No"
"Your names will be enough. You could both tell me your names and i will give this rings for free." The lady owner said as she smiled kindly...
"I am Aria Okizamu" the girl introduced herself and bowed down
"My name is Allen Rivamare" the boy also introduced himself
The lady owner looked at them and held their hand and said:
"Then...Aria and Allen, Take care of it ok?"
"Yes!" Allen and Aria answered in Unison and wore the rings into their middle finger...
"For now, Have some Hot chocolate milk and towels to keep yourselves warm and prevent catching colds..." The lady owner said as she handed two cups of hot chocolate milk and warm towels to the two of them...
The two took a sip and felt the warm spreading to their body.
"This Chocolate milk is very delicious!!!" Aria says as sparkles shine from her eyes...
"I'm glad to find out that the chocolate is into your liking." The lady owner smiled
The lady owner then, Went to the kitchen to fetch some cookies as a snack for Aria and Allen to have together with their hot chocolate drink... it was a very good combination to have as a snack in rainy days...
The two of them has already dried up and just waited for the rain to stop. After the rain has ended, The two of them thanked the kind lady owner that sheltered them from the rain. The two of them left after saying their thanks...
As Aria and Allen walks to ride a bus to go home, The two then realized that the both of them are wearing a uniform from the same school... it can't be helped for the towel that the lady owner gave them was covering their uniforms the entire time.
"Won't people would misunderstand if we wear the same pair of rings???" Aria asks frantically
For it is very common for school to start a big commotion out of a little matter that was started by just a rumor.
In fact, These things are believed to be a trouble in having a peaceful and organized high school life...
"Then...Let's just remove it when we go to school... Like this-" Allen tries to demonstrate his idea by pulling out the ring but, no matter how much force hi puts on...It won't come out! he tried to remove it again and more times but the ring won't still come off
Allen then continued to put more force and suddenly, Aria's middle finger suddenly hurts..
"Ouch!!! Ouch!!! OUCH!!! It hurts!!!" the poor girl cried out because of the pain she felt from her middle finger...
Aria then, Also tried to remove the ring from her middle finger but...it won't also come out...
"What The Hell Is Wrong With This Rings???" Allen Asks
"I Don't know either..." Aria answers
"ARGH!!! THE IMAGE THAT I'VE BEEN BUILDING FOR YEARS WILL BE RUINED BY THIS THINGS!!! 'The perfect good boy that has never been in a relationship since birth' It's going to be ruined!!!" Allen says
"I just broke up with my boyfriend... They Might Think That I'm a slut that can easily move on after breaking up with a man...//Sob//" Aria says as she tries not to cry out but couldn't stop her tears anymore
Allen then paused and looked at the poor girl's crying face and made his heart skip a beat... He then pulled out a handkerchief from his bag and walked towards Aria
"Hey Woman! your snot is coming out. Wipe it right now cuz you look super ugly right now. " Allen then hands out the handkerchief to Aria
"I don't know if i should thank you or kill..." Aria says this to Allen with a very pissed off face
"You should be thankful that a handsome and popular man like me in our school is giving my handkerchief with someone like you..." Allen says
"Pfft...Hahaha..I'm more amazed to your Narcissism than the popularity you have in the school...Hahahaha!!! Pfftt...Ahahaha!!! My stomach Hurts!..." Aria laughs and wiped her tears away
"Who Are You in the school anyway?..." Aria asks Allen
"I'm known as 'The genius brother of the student council's president' Also known as Prince Allen!...." Allen says proudly
"The kind, handsome, genius, hardworking, and polite gentleman... Prince Allen???" Aria says in surprised
"You're way too rude and narcissistic from the rumors i heard..." Aria says in disappointment
Allen then lost himself and started screaming out of nowhere...Gladly, The street was emptied and every shop in there was closed...
"Screw with everything!, I hate everyone!!! I had to make a wonderful image about myself just because of their expectations from me as the student council's president's brother!!!" Allen Shouts in the middle of a street
Aria who watches Allen be honest with himself admired him at that very moment and tried to do the same thing
"I HATE IT!!! I HATE THAT I HAVE TO BE FLASHY AND IN TRENDS JUST TO BE-FRIENDS WITH THE GIRLS IN MY CLASS!!! I HATE THEIR TOPICS SUCH AS K-POPS AND K-DRAMAS CUZ I DON'T UNDERSTAND A THING!!! I HATE MY BEST FRIEND AND MY EX BOYFRIEND WHO HOOKED UP WITH EACH OTHER BEHIND MY BACK!!! I'M TIRED OF MY PARENTS WHO WANTS ME TO BE ON THE TOP EVEN THOUGH THEY CLEARLY KNOW THAT WE ARE A FAMILY OF IDIOTS!!! I HATE IT!!!...I...Hate EVERYTHING!!! i ... just want to be myself...//sob//...//sob//" Aria let her feelings out and shout it as loud as she can...She then cried out loud...
Allen then, hugged her and patted her back...
" 'People don't cry because they are weaklings or cowards... they just cry because they have reached their limitations of being strong for a very long time'... So this is what it means..." Allen whispered to himself as he realize the meaning of a verse he once read from some books....
"You can cry as much as you want. Just don't get a snot on my shirt ok?..." Allen said
"I thought that you were just a narcissist... i didn't know that you were also sarcastic..." Aria says as she secretly smile
"No, I was being serious..." Allen then, said
Aria then frees herself from Allen's hug out of frustration to what Allen said to her...
"We both have something that we don't want other to think as a way to start bad rumors about us.... You don't want to be seen as a slut and i don't want anyone to think that i'm in a relationship... " -Allen
"We both have the same goal don't we?... Shall we try to talk with the lady owner?" Aria proposed
"Yeah right!..."
at that moment, little did they know that the rings has shine a very beautiful red light and an invisible red string was connected at both of the rings...
The two of them then, decided to went back to the shop to ask the lady owner for help, They went back to the direction to where they know the shop was and looked for it... but the shop has vanished...