"DO you have a boyfriend?"
Selene almost choke to death when Reiji, without any hesitation, asked her as she drank her Frappuccino. She coughed and coughed until she cleared her throat to speak.
"Reiji, you're such a jerk! Can't you see I'm drinking?" she looked at him unbelievably then scolded him. "Why do you ask?"
"I just wanted to know if someone will hit me for being together with you. I might as well, be prepared." She would like to erase that evil grin on his face. Selene knew it, he was teasing her.
But then, it was awkward to talk about intimate relationships with the person she was confused to what she would feel towards him.
Bestfriends don't fall for each other, idiot. Did she ever forget that?
"Well, for your information, no one will hit you. Not one, not ever…" Selene effortlessly said while she turned to take a bit of her cake.
From her peripheral vision, she could see Reiji smiled a little even though he tried to hid it. What was that reaction?
Was he happy? To what? Of her being single?
"So, you're single…" Reiji gazed at her, implausibly. "Why aren't you dating with other men?"
'Because I wanted to date the person in front of me, which is you.' That's the statement she would like to answer to Reiji. Yet she couldn't say it because of fear that he would misunderstood her as his bestfriend and the possibility that he would leave her again. Instead…
"I'm single and not ready to mingle, Reiji."
After hearing her reply, he then whispered to himself "That's good to hear." though his voice was in a low tone, still, it was enough for her to understand what he meant.
"What did you said?" she reacted as if she didn't hear his mumble.
"Nothing…" what would she expect? He's a pride man.
Silence subjugated them once again. Selene could feel the sudden tense being emitted by the two of them. Who wouldn't be affected by their conversation? They were talking about her love life, for pete's sake.
But then, after a minute, she's the one who broke their reticence.
"How about you, Reiji? I'm sure there's a lot of girls drooling around you."
He then became stilled as she questioned him.
"What do you expect, Selene? You know I, your bestfriend, am is the most handsome man in the world."
She rolled her eyes. "That's why I assume you have a lot of girlfriends."
"I can't tell you."
"You're so unfair!" Selene retorted vexingly.
Reiji stay muted for a second. And then, "Do you want to know the truth?"
"Yes!"
"I'm waiting for someone else."
That's it.
The words she didn't expect to hear from him.
-To be continued.
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