A year had passed, a lot had changed for Yumi she started to be able to interact more with people which was great since had a big problem with socializing. She had finally met Hiroki's friends in person, only knew them through texts and rarely video calls ─ she did this to get used to if she ran into one of them in the hallways ─ it was great to meet new people who understood her and didn't force her to do anything.
They were polite not to stop her in the middle of the hallway to initiate a dialogue was a little wave and nothing more, except now that she was able to interact in person, they stopped her in the hallway. Even knowing all of them, had only been intimate with two people, the others she considered colleagues.
A girl named Kagome Kowai. Long hair in a light blue tone and honey-colored eyes. Had a piercing in his mouth and eyebrows and had pierced ears. She studied literature as wanted to work as an editor besides writing her fiction book, was very fond of supernatural things and legends. If you wanted to hear a good horror story just ask her what matched. Your last name so well that it could be read as scary or creepy. Deep down, everyone wondered how someone could have a surname with that meaning. But Kagome didn't care much since she was so fond of scary things and it felt like the last name was made for her.
A guy named Mikumo Ishii, a funny thing Ishii is also written with Japanese characters that mean ''he lives in a rocky place'' and by mere coincidence, he came from a place like that, which made his last name funny. He was the same height as Hiroki, had beautiful blue eyes, and was albino his haircut was short and spiked.
It was really fun talking to them if she thought Hiroki was weird those two were worse. Mostly Kagome, she swore she had seen the girl walk around with a voodoo doll with a brad already pierced. There was no way I could be bored around them.
These two were not friends with the other friends of Sato because they were very strange and different. But that didn't make them move away from their friend due to the choice of unusual friendships he liked to have. She wondered why Hiroki's other friends could accept her and not do the same for Mikumo and Kagome, she was just as weird as they were.
When Hiroki was with other friends, Kagome and Mikumo were with Yumi eating or going out somewhere. Seeing the interaction of the three, Hiroki had his moments of jealousy and with that, he went to the flower shop to cry and beg her not to leave him, of course, he did it in the most dramatic way possible making everyone in the store think they were boyfriends.
And speaking of a store, her little flower shop had gotten bigger and prettier. It seemed that the renovation had attracted new customers by making the profit increase which made everyone happy. Now the place had three employees working at the store. Takashi was still the site manager, he wasn't always in front of the store - in this case, the cashier - he was sometimes busy taking care of the website, taking a phone call for a big delivery, or talking to customers who wanted to make wedding arrangements.
It might seem that Takashi had more work, but when asked he said he did less than before. He was always a practical person so solving problems fast was up to him. And he loved picking on new employees whenever possible he liked to play with them making them feel embarrassed or shy.
Yumi's life couldn't be more perfect, now she was looking for a part-time job in the area in which studied, could get a little early but she already wanted to get used to it. So when was going to open own karate school maybe would open a gym together to leave the place with more customers. Had a very broad mind of what to do and was good with numbers investing in the right places would end up giving her a lot of profit.
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─ I found my soul mate, Kagome spoke calmly in front of the three. ─ He is horrible.
─ Wow... Mikumo chewed on his sandwich, not knowing how to respond.
─ But you just met him and already think he's horrible? ─ Hiroki asked confused.
─ He's a church boy and I'm a creature of darkness, you should have seen his face when he saw me dressed all in black with my voodoo doll stuck in my backpack.
─ Damn! I wish I had seen this ─ Mikumo said with a sad pout.
─ Then what happened?
─ Like any other common person he said that I needed to be exorcised.
─ FUCKING HELL HAHAHAHA! ─ Mikumo started to laugh out loud and started to sob like a seal.
─ Was anyone close when he said that to you? ─ Hiroki was holding back his laugh a lot, but it was difficult as his friend looked like a dying seal.
─ I didn't notice I was too busy thinking if I could get a strand of his hair to boot into a voodoo doll.
─ What a romantic date, I imagine you'll never want to see this guy again in your life.
─ Yumi, if one day I think about wanting to approach him romantically... you throw holy water on me because I won't be me in this body anymore.
─ I'm wondering what he must have looked like after meeting you and what he says to friends and family ─ Mikumo was wiping her tears and stopping laughing.
─ At least with that I know that my thread is just a mere ornament on my finger, whoever invents this clown that the person connected to us is perfect must have used drugs that day.
─ Look, having heard about your first date I wonder if it's going to be the same for me. For starters, a lot of people don't like albinos which I think is complete nonsense, but who am I to say anything? So nothing guarantees me that the person connected to me likes albinos.
─ I think I'm going to invent a dating app just for people who are disappointed in their soul mates and want to hook up with other people without fear of being dumped later.
─ THIS IS BRILLIANT, YUMI! ─ the three shouted.
─ Guys, I said jokingly, I have no idea how to do this kind of thing.
─ It doesn't matter, you had a brilliant idea in which I don't know how anyone ever thinks about it before! ─ Hiroki spoke shocked. ─ We can go after someone to help with this.
─ This will change the world! ─ Mikumo said seriously. ─ Just think how many people out there do not like their soul mates and are afraid to enter into relationships without knowing whether or not they will be abandoned when their partner finds their ''true love'' so how about the four of us invested in the site?
─ I don't particularly care if it makes a profit or not─ Yumi said, wiggling her fingers. ─ With this, no one will be afraid to enter a relationship, they may even find their true love and not that nonsense that you only find when you find the one connected to your wire.
─ So we just need someone to help create the app ─ Kagome commented. ─ We can already start thinking about how his designer is going.
─ Honey, I have no idea how to make an app flashy or pretty so I don't want to get involved in it ─ Hiroki made an X with his arms.
─ There is money for that. I'd rather pay someone than screw it up.
─ I take the words out of my mouth, Yumi ─ Mikumo agreed as he would end up screwing it up too.
─ Well, it doesn't matter! ─ Kagome said making a small pout.
─ Let's go guys, we have a mission! It's time for us the outcasts to be able to be happy without having that damn string holding us back from something─ Hiroki clenched a fist with his hand and placed it close to his chest.
─ Shut up, you speak as if you had been rejected by the person connected to you... I was the one who found the ''soulmate''.
─ You are very annoying Kagome, I can't even give a speech anymore.
─ Whatever, let's find someone soon to help us with this.
The four got up determined to find someone who could help them create the app, of course, if they didn't get the option would be to create a website ─ it would be even easier if you stopped to think ─ and Hiroki and Yumi knew a person who was good at creating websites. So they had a plan B. It couldn't go wrong!