123. Also! Also!!
"Hi~"
"Hello~~"
"Do you have time?"
Lex is standing at the public park entrance near the biggest mall in Valentine City. Lex stood there, waiting for someone, when three girls approached him.
The three girls had dyed hair and were wearing earrings and quite a bit of make-up. They wore their clothes a bit unmannerly, but fashionable. In Japanese terms, these girls would be what they called Gyaru.
Lex observed the girls for a few moments to consider whether they had the intention to harm him or someone close to him or not.
After making sure they are just normal girls, Lex observed their surroundings, making sure whether the one he waited for had already arrived or not. He did all that in a split second. And finally, he faced the three girls.
"Yes, of course," he replied, "how can I help you?" He smiled warmly.
The three girls gasped on the spot. With his face and smile, it was a strike in the zone for the three girls.
Lex didn't know whether the three girls were high school or college students; whichever the case, they were older than his physical age. Lex was taller than his peers, and with his mental age, it was easy for him to be seen as older than he really is. Lex waited for the hyped girls to calm down...
"Um, C, can we take a picture together?" The timidest of the three finally said something. The other two also quickly followed and agreed with her words.
"Are you sure you just want a picture?" Lex smirked devilishly toward the three girls.
"""!?"""
"Can I ask for your number too?" The other girl quickly added
Lex let out a small chuckle and said, "Let's take a photo first."
The three girls immediately positioned themselves besides him.
*Click
Right after the photo was taken...
"Did you wait long?" Another voice could be heard. Hearing that Lex slickly moved away from the three and scooped the waist of the newcomer.
"Nope, I just arrived too," he replied.
"""Liar!!""" The three girls shouted simultaneously, of course, only in their minds (it took us almost twenty minutes before we could gather our courage to approach you! ), they complained.
They were also quite shocked by Lex's sudden change, but after a bit of thinking, they realized this girl was the one he was waiting for. The three tried to measure the newcomer and thought maybe they could beat her. Yet with one glance, they instantly gave up.
The newcomer was younger than them. And it's also the only point they could win against her because they have a more mature body than her. They felt like a level 20 player fighting against a level 100 player with half-assed level 1 equipment while the opponent wore level max equipment. Even with plot armor or the game master's help, they stood no chance against her. That's why they stood in silence, watching the couple.
"Mhm, I thought you were busy. I'm thinking of going back home now." The newcomer girl spoke with a slightly irked tone; she also swung her face away from Lex. yet she didn't show any sign of moving away from his embrace.
"Bah!" Lex replied, "Busy?" There's no way I'm busy when I could spend time with my Kate, especially on a date like this."
"Huh? Date?" Kate denied it, saying, "Since when did it become a date?" "We just went shopping together for necessary things before we flew overboard to attend high school."
"And that's what society calls a date."
Kate turned her head, gazing straight into Lex's eyes, their faces only a few centimeters apart. "That's what society thought," she said. "Not mine," she replied stubbornly as she let out a small grin toward Lex.
"Ghh!" Lex was out of words for a moment. He quickly devised a counterattack strategy, yet he got ambushed.
*Chuu
Kate suddenly pushed her lips against Lex's and said, "Now that's what I call a date." She smiled brightly as Lex's thoughts were interrupted for another moment. He never thought Kate would be this bold in public.
"Let's go," Kate said as he pulled Lex. However, before they walked too far, Kate turned her head and stared for a moment at the three girls who had surrounded Lex before without Lex knowing.
On the other hand, the three girls were shocked at how bold the newcomer girl was. instantly received and understood the meaning behind her last gaze toward them (He is Mine!). Still, even with that, they didn't get upset instead...
"Bleegh, I feel like I'm poking sugar just by watching them; I'll avoid eating sugary things this week." One of the girls said, "Me too." "Me three." The others quickly followed.
***
"Um, Lady Kate, did you forget we were in public just now?" The booted-up Lex asked after they walked quite far from the park.
"Not really," Kate replied casually. "I told you a long time ago, no? I won't let others get you any further than this."
"I see." Lex understood her reasoning, but it still felt somehow uncomfortable to him. He quickly looked over their surroundings, finding there weren't many people around them. "So, you thought I would get hooked up by those girls just now. Hmm~"
"Eh?" Kate was surprised by Lex's words; she neither expected nor thought that Lex would receive her words like that. The next moment, "Kya-" she yelped as her body being pulled and pushed gently onto the nearby wall. Before she could say anything... "Mn!?" She was kissed.
Yet unlike her cute actions from before... "Na-!?" Her lips were forcefully opened before a soft thing entered and ravaged her without any space left behind.
Even though it was only a few seconds, Kate felt like it had been a few minutes before Lex had released her. She felt her legs become soft like jelly. Kate expected she would fall, but it didn't happen. Lex hugged her again. He touched her forehead and nose with his. "Can you trust me now?" Lex said.
Kate took a few seconds to regulate her breath then. "Muuu!!" She pouted cutely. "I didn't say that! That wasn't what I meant either!
"Also! Also!!" Kate cutely hit Lex with *Pom and *Pom."Lex didn't deserve to say that when Lex just went on a date with Alice last week!" *Pom *Pom *Pom
Lex scratched his cheek, as he had nothing to say at her words.
"In the first place, isn't it because Lex didn't use his magic artifacts that I have to do that in public? Why didn't Lex use it today? Lex always used it when we went out before?" Halfway through, Kate calmed down and seriously asked him the reason.
"Well, each time we had a date, many guys would look at me in jealousy." "Of course, it didn't bother me in the least, but on the other hand, it made me proud to have you," Lex explained. Lex tightened his cuddle. "That's why I thought I wanted others to be proud of you too—not mocking Kate for choosing a plain person but instead a good-looking, charismatic, gentle, and rich partner."
"..." Kate looked dumbfounded for a moment. "Um, hmm, it's not like Kate will forgive Lex like this." "It's not like Kate will become mellow or not angry anymore after hearing that kind of cheap reasoning." She released herself from Lex, and instead she embraced his arm and said, "Let's go."
Seeing Kate, this one word instantly surfaced in Lex's mind: "Tsundere!" Since when are you a tsundere!?" He said it out loud.
"Tsundere? Not really. "I'm not a tsundere," Kate replied.
"Eh?"
"Still, it makes me more attractive in your eyes, no?" Kate let out a smug grin as she softly pinched Lex's cheek.
"...."
"What did they call it again…? Oh, right. It's called Gap-Moe. Kate said, "Did your heart skip a beat?" She stared at Lex with sparkling eyes.
"....It did," Lex honestly replied.
"Ehehe, it's Kate's victory," Kate replied as she dragged Lex on their date. "By the way... a good-looking, charismatic, gentle, and rich partner. You forgot "scumbag" in that list."
****
Far from that lovey-dovey aura exuded by Lex and Kate.
In a grand, traditional building, there's a private shower room occupied by a long, black-haired girl. She was more or less Lex's age.
*Shhhh
She stood silently under the shower... Her bangs blocked her face from the light.
"Pukususu bukahahahaha!" She laughed out loud. Before she suddenly turned silent, she said, "I'm almost out of time."
"Lex... When will you come and get me...?"
"It's harder when there's a chance," she said softly.
"It's harder to stay inside the abyss with a light." Her legs slowly lost their strength as she dropped to the floor with the shower hitting her head.
"Na… Lex… Will you even come...? Do you still remember me...? Please…" Water drops slowly flow from his face to her chin and onto the floor. But is it really water...?