"Seriously.. ?" Hiroshi sighs while throwing the gossip tabloid that put a photo of Takeshi opened Miyu's gate as front cover. Instead of hitting the table, the tabloid just falls on the floor, making its sheets splattered. "Hhh..," Once again Hiroshi sighs, though this time is because of his reluctancy to pick up the mess he just did, but he does it anyways. A silhouette caught by his eye corner moves his sight to it although he already knows it is Takeshi that just came out of his room.
"Did you know it ?" Hiroshi shortly asks, thinking he no longer needs to explain the detail. Takeshi halts his move putting his belt and stares at him a while then gestures a small nod. "Then ?" Hiroshi urges, confuse to see Takeshi is calm and careless.
"What can I say ? I did went there," Takeshi answers, successfully making Hiroshi's eyes widen. Takeshi quickly shrugs and adds, "Miyu called me. She's sounded desperate and babbled about wanting to suicide. What do you think I had to do ?" Hiroshi's mouth that already opened, ready to lecture Takeshi, closes followed by a sigh. In return Hiroshi frowns then throws his back to the sofa back.
Ignoring his friend, Takeshi sits on the armchair to puts his shoes on. For a brief moment silence is thicken in the air around them. Takeshi is slowing down his movement to tie his shoelace. "You think ..." His full of considerable voice breaks the silence. "Should I explain to Xiao Ping ?" he asks to speak the thought that just slowed down his movement. Hiroshi turns to him without erasing the frown. "Do you even need to ask me about that ?" Hiroshi asks for he doesn't understand how can that clear thing still need to be asked.
"I mean.. Isn't it weird if I suddenly explaining to her while she may not receive any news about it ? Takeshi explains his thought and asking Hiroshi's opinion at the same time. "I think sooner or later she will know. This kind of news is fast spreading," Hiroshi says agreed by Takeshi, "I think you are right. She better knows it from me than from the mailing list.
Takeshi is just about to breathe in relieved when he hears a refutation sentence from Hiroshi's lips, "But..." Hiroshi is tapping his index finger to his lips, giving a time for his brain to arrange a thought that just crossed to become a sentence. "It is becoming suspicious if you suddenly tell her without any reason. You know ... my friend broke up with his girlfriend once because he was cheating. The girlfriend actually didn't know anything at first. But my friend, because afraid to be caught, trying to cover his cheating with telling lies after lies that made his girlfriend suspicious and finally found out," Hiroshi tells Takeshi a story. "I am not cheating and what I'm about to tell Xiao Ping is the truth," Takeshi refuses himself being likened with Hiroshi's friend.
"I know. But don't forget, woman is weird. Sometimes the truth we tell is considered as lie. If you suddenly explain, she may instead be suspicious, thinking you might have an affair," Hiroshi explains. "Even more.. you really did went to Miyu's house. In midnight. For hours. Though you did nothing. Still.. for hours at a woman's house in the middle of the night," Hiroshi adds more of his reasoning. "Is that so ?" Takeshi asks. Like an infectious disease, now Takeshi also frown like Hiroshi.
"The point is," Hiroshi speaks again, "I think yo better not awake a sleeping lion. If she doesn't ask, it means she doesn't care too much on the gossip, right ? If that so, you don't need to explain anything to her. If she asks, then you tell her the truth." Takeshi is nodding, thinking Hiroshi's argument is not wrong. Beside Xiao Ping and he have promised to trust each other. Takeshi is sure Xiao Ping won't believe this kind of gossip.
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Xu Qian's attention on her read is broken when Xiao Ping suddenly throws her body roughly to the seat next to her. "What's up ?" she asks to see Xiao Ping's somber face. Xiao Ping turns and stares at Xu Qian for quite some times, deciding whether she will tell her or not, until... "Nothing," Xiao Ping faintly mumbles while moving her sight on to the desk, letting Xu qian's sight strips the lie on her face. She knows Xu Qian won't pursue her to tell.
Of course there is something. Xiao Ping just doesn't want, can not to be exact, tell Xu Qian, or anyone else, right now. When she was in the toilet, she passed by Er Hua. The later like intentionally made her voice louder talking about gossip of Takeshi and Miyu. "I think they must be dating. what other purposed Takeshi had to be in her house in the middle of the night if not for making out. Isn't it the reason Miyu broke up with Ryu because she was cheating with Takeshi ?" That's what Er Hua said with mocking tone. Xiao Ping knew Er Hua was satirizing her al though she didn't understand why Er Hua did it.
Xiao Ping sighs deeply, trying to throw away her anger along with the carbondioksihde. She saw the picture of Takeshi and Miyu that was talked by Er Hua few days ago. To be honest, she was surprised to know it. But she remembered Takeshi told her that Miyu was the first person supported their relationship and Takeshi had had considered Miyu as his big sister. Xiao Ping believed that Takeshi had an important reason to go to Miyu's house, not for making out of course. At that time she even still able to smile. But now, Er Hua's words has made her heart messy. Actually the similar words were also written on the gossip news she read. Maybe because of Er Hua's voice tone that disturbed her.
Xiao Ping glances at Xu Qian that has been back to her reading. this time she wishes to be Xu Qian so she can crash Er Hua on. Imagining herself becomes Xu Qian and crashing on Er Hua makes Xiao Ping's corner lips has to curl up in to a smile.
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Unfortunately, a few days later the smile is no longer able to stay on Xiao Ping's face. Instead, wrinkles on her forehead s shown to see another Takeshi and Miyu's intimate picture is spread on internet. This time Takeshi leaned an a wall with both hands hugged Miyu's body tight while the woman pushed her breast on Takeshi's toned body. Not only that. What worse is Miyu's head was tilt to the right like kissing Takeshi. And that's the headline that follows the picture: Takeshi and Miyu are kissing in front of a ladies toile on a pub.
"How lame !" someone says from Xiao Ping's behind, making her head turns to the voice. What is lame ? Xiao Ping's sight is asking the person, Han Han, the question. "Making gossip with that kind of candid," Han Han explains as if answering Xiao Ping's sight.
"At most, the girl was tripped and involuntarily fell on the man. then someone took a picture of the accident and made a gossip out of it," Han Han deducts casually but obviously makes Xiao Ping's eyes bright. "You think so ?" Xiao Ping asks full of hope. Han Han nods. "I'm sure," He confirms, "Beside ..."
Xiao Ping doesn't listen to Han Han next sentence because she is busy managing overwhelmed relieved in her heart. That's right, her heart says. Oh, how can I so easily believe in a gossip like this, she curses her self, I should have known it is just reporters' work.
A wide smile is filling her face. A thought crosses her mind fainted the smile a bit. Why had Takeshi never talked about the gossip ? Was it because it had not bothered him at all ? Because to be honest, it has bothered Xiao Ping.since the gossip has been spread two weeks ago, her mood is often erratic . Few times she was close to ask about the gossip to Takeshi, but always failed because she remembered their promise. To trust each other. Xiao Ping doesn't want Takeshi thinks that she doesn't trust him, or worse to think that she accuse him of having an affair. Xiao Ping believes Takeshi doesn't do it. She just wonders why Takeshi didn't say anything about the gossip.