"….." Sora had a blank face as Miyu ran towards him with Emi and Kaori following behind. Emi had a face as if he wasn't supposed to be here. They ran over to him or miyu ran more excitedly than the other.
"Hello! I don't know if you remember Miyu , but I wanted to say thank you for that time!" Miyu said. She got pretty close to Sorata, and Sorata almost hit her reflexively. Kaori and Emi followed behind. Sorata wanted to leave and he didn't want anything to do with them but it seemed Miyu wasn't going to let him.
"There's nothing to be thankful for. I just decided to tell him directions. It's not a big deal." Sora said with a calm attitude. Sora thought that would be the end of it but Miyu kept sticking close to him, not touching him but being very close to him. Sora felt like throwing up. She's too talkative sora did not like people like this. Finally Sora felt like doing something but as it so happened someone decided it'd be the best time to interject making things worse for sora.
"Hey! Miyu stop sticking close to Suzuki-San." Emi ran over to Miyu and pulled her away but she left something slip. She said Sorata's last name. Nobody here should know it but she said it. Kaori and Miyu both looked at Emi. Emi had no idea why they were looking but then she quickly figured it out.
"Ah." She let out.
""How do you know his name?"" Both Miyu and Kaori said. She had no idea what to say as both kaori and Miyu closed in on her. She could only let out a squeak as they both grabbed her shoulders. They smiled at her, though Miyu's smile was far more threatening.
Sora had begun walking towards the clothing store. Though he wasn't alone. The trio had begun to follow him while they were questioning Emi.
"Wait. Your full name is Sorata Suzuki right?" Kaori had said. She looked as if she was trying to piece something together and was looking at Sorata all over. Sora felt weirded out by her gaze but answered.
"Yes, that is my full name." Sora answered in a calm manner. It was just then that Sora figured out why kaori was looking at him like that and why she asked about his full name.
"That's it!!! You're that boy there's no doubt! I've recognized your body! I've seen it many times since you're only two seats in front of me." Kaori said whilst pointing at Sorata. Miyu looked puzzled while Emi had already figured out she knew Sora.
"What do you mean?" Sora asked. He was weirded out by Kaori's phrasing of "your body" . He assumed she was staring at his body for some reason. Kaori puffed up her chest and answered with confidence.
"I've stared at all the boys in our class! I'm into muscles and you were the closest to my ideal but you're just a bit too skinny for me. I'd recognize your body anywhere." Kaori said smiling.
"Pervert." Sora said with a cold look in his eyes. His eyes were truly cold. Kaori ignored it and kept rambling on about muscles but everyone ignored her. In truth Sora wasn't that muscular. He was more lean since he didn't work out much but did so that his body was in proper shape. He usually ran 6 kilometers early in the morning.
"So Emi, how do you know Sorata-Kun and since when was he in our class?" Miyu decided to ask the question. Emi stiffened up but she decided to tell Miyu about the encounter.
"It was last Friday. He was in the girls bathroom because he didn't see the sign and he looked to be in a rush and I saw him without the wig." She gave a short story while leaving things out like sora jumping out the window.
"Hmm? So miyu wants to know why you wear a wig?" Miyu looked towards Sora after getting her answer from Emi. Sora kept walking and answered.
"It's so I don't get people constantly confessing to me or making rumors." Sora didn't mind the rumors in junior high they were more tame but in high school they spread it to even schools in a different city. The school Sorata is going to is a fairly high educational school where really smart students go and they have rules, one of them is no part time jobs. Sora would find it really inconvenient if one of his classmates found out that he had a job and spread it simply because he is handsome.
"I see. Miyu knows the prince gets lots of confessions from girls so it makes sense." Miyu thought about it and she remembered the boy who got confessions from almost if not all girls in school. She also got confessions but not from any of the popular boys since people thought she was a slut. Sorata finally arrived at a clothing store. The clothing store was a little high end, Sorata's mom used to frequent this store since the clothing materials were very nice and reliable as clothes Sorata has had since he was 11 years old still are holding up.
"Hmm? You're going to this place Suzuki-San?" Emi walked next to him and asked.
"Yeah I've been needing new clothes and this place is where my mom would go." Sora answered while walking in as Emi and Her friends followed. Emi hadn't been to many high ended stores. Her family was richer than almost the richest man in the world but her mother and father tended to like more commonplace things. Her mother shopped at any average supermarket that a middle class or even lower class worker would go to. She got her clothes from an average store excluding her dresses which were made personally at a tailor shop. Middle class workers could sell their entire house and belongings and could only buy one of the dresses Emi had made for her. Though this place was high end it had a nice environment and wasn't full of snobs which was a plus for Sorata.
"S-Suzuki-San I'm pretty sure that'll look good on you but that doesn't mean it's good." Sorata walked over to the mens section and began looking for clothes. He got one that seemed to be fine. It was just a white plain shirt.
"Hmm? What's wrong with it? It's just a shirt?" Sora tilted his head. He couldn't understand what was bad about it. It was a regular shirt anyone could find and he didn't mind it.
"It's plain. Sure it would look nice on you but there are other shirts and clothes here that would look better." Emi pointed out.
"Yes yes!!! Miyu thinks so as well." Miyu said excitedly she was already picking through some clothes on a clothing rack.
"She is right. Though you're not my type I could easily find some things that would look amazing on you." Kaori said while also looking for clothes.
"….." Sora knew he had no good sense of fashion. His mother would choose his clothes and he didn't really care what he wore. But that didn't stop him from sulking for a bit.
"Here you go." Emi handed Sorata a shirt and some pants.
"How did you figure out my size?" Sora questioned while taking the clothes.
"..? Oh kaori told us."
"She figured out my size that easily?" Sorata felt disgusted. Perhaps this was what women felt when his cousin Elias would tell them their three sizes. Nevertheless he went inside a changing room to put on the clothes. The clothes Emi had given him were from a popular brand that most boys and men wore. It was a bright purple shirt that had some logo on it. The pants were dark blue jeans. Sora put it on quickly and went out of the changing room.
"Miyu thinks Emi is right!"
"Yeah he does look very good in it."
"See. I told you." The 3 girls were waiting for Sora and as he finally came out they gave their impressions. Emi puffed out her chest in pride as though she was the one who made the clothes. Though the combination was fairly simple the high quality clothes looked really good on him and the bright purple shirt mixed well with his purple eye. Emi had thought black would look good on him but it wouldn't have the same feel as the purple shirt. The blue jeans also looked very well on him. Sora felt a little bit embarrassed but he kept it to himself and didn't touch upon it.
"Okay here you go!"
"Huh?"
"You have to try Miyu's as well! Sorata-kun." Miyu handed him 12 pairs of clothes. Each having their own set, some with jackets and some with cardigans or shorts and polo shirts. Sorata felt his eyebrow twitch. 'How did she get this much in 3 minutes? Is this the power of a woman?'
"Ahh. Don't forget about me too." Kaori came over with a larger stack of clothes. Sorata wanted to run away but Emi had come over with some as well. The next 3 hours were them dressing up Sorata in clothes that they thought would look good on him.
"Your total will be 689,567 thousand yen." The cashier had finished ringing up all of the clothes. There were 16 Pairs that he decided he would get since Emi, Miyu and Kaori had picked way too much for him. Even some of the workers had come in and treated Sorata like a dress up doll, one of the older women had a weird look in her eyes and she offered Sorata some girl clothes but Sorata had refused vehemently. Sorata gave his address to the cashier and would have his clothes shipped to his apartment since it was too much to carry.
"Ahh. Miyu is refreshed and that was really really fun!" Miyu said while stretching as they all left the store.
"Yeah I must agree that was fun." Kaori said with a satisfied smile.
"He really did look good in everything, I wish you wore that dress though." Emi said. She also tried to offer Sorata some dresses after she saw the worker do so but was also refused.
"….." Sorata thought he'd be there for 45 minutes at most but he ended up spending 3 hours there. The sun was almost beginning to set as the time was 6:03.
"Growwwwwwwlll." Just then a stomach growled. Everyone looked at the culprit and she blushed while trying to hide.
"Emi, you're still hungry." Kaori looked at Emi with a questionly look.
"Emi, you ate more than miyu and kaori." Miyu said with an astonished look.
"Uuuu." Emi felt embarrassed beyond belief but just then Sora spoke up.
"If you're hungry do you want to come to my apartment? I'm making a beef and potato stew today and I'm most likely gonna have leftovers so it'd be nice to have other people eat it." Sora said. He had bought the meat two days ago and he didn't put it in the freezer so he needed to cook it before it would go bad.
"Really would I be intruding?" Emi said. 'You intruded all you wanted yesterday, what's your problem now?' Sora thought but he kept it to himself and resumed in a calm manner.
"Well all of you helped me pick out clothes so think of it as a thanks for that." Sora said. Even though he hated that they treated as a doll he knew that their opinions on what clothes he should get were far better than his.
"I see wellI that's f
"Miyu wants to eat too! Let miyu eat your cooking!" Miyu interrupted Emi and stood right beside Sorata.
"Hmm that does sound like a nice idea. Okay I'll go." Kaori also agreed while nodding. Emi was too hungry to get angry at them interrupting her and they walked towards Sorata's apartment. Finally, Sorata said hello to the security guard there and they walked in the elevator and got to the floor where Sora's house was.
Sorata took out his keys and opened the door.
"I'm back." He said to most likely Elsie since Elias was probably out.
"Welcome back." Elsie said while walking towards them. She was in just casual clothes and she was walking around with socks on.
"Wahhh! What a cute girl!" Miyu said while looking at Elsie.
"Yes, she's very cute. I'd say she's cuter than Emi but it's close." Kaori remarked. They all went inside and they took off their shoes Sorata didn't have enough slippers so he just asked for them to walk in their socks.
"Hello! I'm Miyu Takasu. What is your relation to Sorata-kun?" Miyu ran over towards Elsie while asking her a question.
"I'm Elsie Wright. I'm Sora's cousin. Nice to meet you." Elsie said nonchalantly towards miyu.
"Ohh. You're his cousin. You two do look alike." Miyu was surprised with her mouth open. Kaori also walked over and introduced herself to Elsie.
"Sora. What are you gonna make?" Elsie separated from Miyu and Kaori and walked towards Sora.
"Beef and potato stew." He answered while getting the things he needed.
"Okay." Elsie said and walked over to the couch to watch some TV.
"I can help you Sora. It shouldn't be too hard" Kaori said towards Sora.
"It's fine. Besides this is supposed to be my gratitude for you helping me. Also may I ask why you're calling me that." Sora answered while questioning Kaori since she called him his first name and not only first name but his nickname.
"Hm? Oh your names are too long and I don't like calling people their last names. You can also call me Kaori." She answered. From what Sora could base off her attitude she was a very relaxed person. He still wanted to object to her saying his first name since they weren't that close but he decided to just go with it.
"Me too! Me too! Miyu wants you to call her Miyu as well Sora-kun." Miyu also interjected loudly. Sora felt annoyed but she kept the same attitude and started to peel and cut the potatoes.
"*jiiiii." While he was preparing the ingredients Emi had been staring at him with a face like she wanted to ask him something the entire time. He was uncomfortable so he decided to ask her what she wanted.
"What is it?" He said to Emi. She was staring at him for a full 4 minutes before he decided to say something.
"Call me Emi too.I'll also call you S-Sora." Emi said while blushing slightly.
"Fine" Sora just had his usual blank face and tone as he answered and continued to cut the potatoes. 'Well it doesn't really matter, it's nothing special, it's names.' He cut the meat and put it into the pot to sear. Once it was halfway done searing he put in the water plus the potatoes,onions and carrots he cut. He put in ¼ cup of soy sauce, 3 cups of mirin, sake and 3 tablespoons of turbinado sugar. Once it was set to a simmer he started stirring then set a timer to wait. In the meantime he decided to make rice to go with it. The sauce would taste good over it and he Personally really liked rice.
"Wahhhhhh. Miyu thinks it smells amazing." Miyu had droll coming out of her mouth while looking towards the pot.
"…Yeah I must agree it does smell amazing." Kaori said as well. She was not like Miyu but she still looked like she wanted to hurry up and eat. Emi said nothing, she already knew Sora was an amazing cook and the smell was very mesmerizing towards her but she was talking to Elsie about sweets.
"I'm backkkk!" Just as everyone was talking Elias had come in loudly. Unlike with Sora Elsie didn't welcome him back. Elias walked into the room and he saw three girls.
"Elsie." He approached Elsie with a grim look on his face. Elsie knew he was going to say something stupid and wanted to hit him but his hands were on her shoulders.
"You…. Brought.. girls…OVER AND YOU DIDNT TEXT ME!!!!" He loudly proclaimed so much that you could probably hear his floor at the other side of the building.
"Shut up. You idiot brother."
"Oguuuu." Elsie had hit him straight into the gut causing Elias to tip over and the couch.
"Oh it's you." Emi said displeasured she didn't like how he analyzed her body. She looked coldly at him while he was hunched over looking like he was gonna vomit.
"Ohh who's this?" Miyu asked Elsie.
"He's my stupid brother. Elias." Elsie said while sitting back down to watch the tv. Elias had slowly gotten up with some blood trickling down his mouth as he wiped it off he greeted them.
"Just like she said I'm the great Elias. Nice to meet you." Elias said smiling proudly.
"Ugh. Miyu doesn't like narcissistic boys." Miyu said uninterested in Elias but she still greeted him.
"Hmm. You don't have enough muscle, well not like I'm interested anyway, I'm kaori, you can just call me kaori." Kaori said. She wasn't put off by him like miyu but she had her standards.
"Hey Sora I'm assuming you know them. Since you said Emilia wasn't your girlfriend, is it one of these girls? Hmm." Elias looked at the two girls intensely like he did with Emi.
"None of them are my girlfriend. Also stop staring at them or Elsie is gonna kick your ass." Sora said while moving the pot off the stove and letting it rest. He got the plates ready with the utensils and put he also put some cups filled with melon soda that he made the day prior.
"You're lying. I mean both of these girls are nice. Miyu here has nice golden brown skin. She has big breasts, maybe a size D or even E?!! Her butt looks big as well. Kaori here looks nice though her breasts aren't as big. She's maybe a size C? Her butt is nice as well. Her brown hair and eyes look amazing and shes—-
"Die you pervert." Elsie said and kicked Elias hard in the stomach.
"I'm sorry my perverted idiot brother." Elsie said while bowing towards Kaori and Miyu.
"Ahh. Miyu doesn't mind. Miyu is always looked at with perverted gazes."
"Yeah I don't mind either." Kaori and Miyu both said they didn't mind. They didn't really care but they wanted Elsie to stop as she was digging her foot deep into Elias's stomach.
"Alright the food is done. Elsie stop doing that to Elias or else he won't be able to eat." Sora already finished playing everything and called for them and Elsie was the first one to the table as though she just teleported there. They all sat down with nobody helping Elias sit down.
""""""Itadakimasu!!!!!!"""""" All of them said and begun to start eating.
"Ahhhh. The meat is so tender."
"The sauce is so good. The potatoes are really good too."
"This is so delicious."
"Another good one Sora. I'm gonna miss your cooking when me and Elias go back home." Miyu,Kaori,Emi, and Elsie gave out their thoughts of the food and continued eating. Elias wanted to say something but he didn't stop stuffing his face with the meat and potatoes. Sora didn't say anything but he felt the same feeling he felt last time he was slightly happy yet he still had his expressionless face to not show it.
"Ahhh Miyu thinks that's the most delicious meal Miyu has ever had!" Miyu said while sitting down on a chair. Kaori and Emi had also sat down while Elias went to the bathroom and Elsie helped Sora wash the dishes.
"I'm gonna do something, can you finish the rest Elsie?" Sora asked while drying his hands with the towel. Elsie nodded her head and Sora made his way down the hallway. He grabbed a dust cleaner and other things and went into his parents room.
"Hey mom and dad." He greeted them and sat down in front of the shrine. He needed to clean it since he hadn't done it in 2 weeks so he decided to do it to make sure dust doesn't pile up. Just as was finishing footsteps.
"Hmm? Sora what are you doing?" It was Emi who came around. Sora didn't really have anything to hide but it still felt weird that she was walking around and exploring. She walked in and immediately her mood changed as she saw the shrine.
"I'm just cleaning."was Sora's answer. He answered as if not even caring about the mood Emi had set in. She could easily put it together after all Sora had been using past tense whenever he was talking about his mother in the store. Emi had no idea what to say and Sora kept cleaning. After 3 minutes of silence she spoke up.
"I'm sorry for your loss." Emi said with a sad tone. Emi didn't just feel bad for Sora but her mother as well. She knew her mother was Sora's mother's friend. She spent all night talking about her when her mother remembered her.
"Don't be. It's been 3 years since then. It's already in the past." Sora said finishing his cleaning. He put the materials in the box he had and got up and proceeded to walk.
"How did it happen?" Emi questioned following Sora to the closest of cleaning supplies.
"Car crash. A huge truck had hit them. It was a drunk driver and he was immediately arrested. So it's not a bad story where justice wasn't served." Sora said putting the cleaning supplies in their proper place.
"I see." Emi said with the same tone as before. Sora looked at her and decided to say something. He had a gloomy attitude when it happened but he wondered why she was feeling this way about a boy she met two days ago.
"Stop being gloomy like that. It happened three years ago. There's nothing to be sad about right now. I was sad but now I'm just trying to live my life." Sora said while flicking her forehead. Emi put her hands on her forehead once she felt the pain. She was about to yell at Sora for his action but was surprised. Though Sora didn't look like he knew what he was doing, Emi saw it clearly. He was smiling though slightly it was a gentle kind smile. Sora always had an expressionless face most of the time to where it was hard to tell what he was thinking so seeing him smile like this made Emi extremely surprised.
"Hmm? What's the matter Emi?" The smile disappeared just as quickly as it appeared as Sora questioned Emi as she was just staring at him with a weird expression as he assumed his expressionless nature as always.
"A-Ah n-nothing!" Emi's face grew red and she waved her hands around flusteredly.
"…..I see well I made some cookies 3 days ago since you guys still seem like you want something so you want to eat them?" Sora asked while making his way to the kitchen.
"Ah. Y-Yeah I'll take some." Emi was still flustered and spat out whatever words she could muster. Sorata took out the cookies from a cabinet and poured milk for everyone and they ate the cookies while watching a movie. After that all of them went back home and Elsie and Elias went to their respective rooms.
"Hahh. Today was a long day" Sora felt that this day was longer than most even though it was a very ordinary day. 'Hmm? I feel strangely happy for some reason. Well whatever.' Sora chalked whatever he was feeling and to the side and decided to go to sleep. He needed to study since finals were coming up soon and he needed all the rest he could get.