This is a bit out of topic.... But.... When I saw a Shukan AKB special (SKE Sports Taikai) Rena had actually ranked higher than 7 other people overall
I think I have seen it as well, but I remember mechaike sports special better... Rena took the last place there
@Minami-chan & @cisda83, yes some different pairings well we will see if something comes from it or not. That's only the beginning of the week after all
'bound under the table'
that's the strongest bound that there can be
I'm in a rush so I can't comment on everything but thanks for others who also commented! hehe special thanks go to @phoenix0i, @Ne_Okotteru and @NamiRay!!!
Dating Game - Chapter 15
Matsui Rena POV
When people walked out into different directions already busy with their conversations and impressions I decided to have a little chat with Akane. After all, we will have to tidy this house for the week…without a doubt we will have some time to talk about stuff during those moments but still…I’m about curios what she thinks about the current situation and if I asked while people were around there’s not chance that she would answer me.
“Hey…would you mind a little chat?”
Akane shrugged her shoulders and seemed it was like giving up stance. “Speak your mind”.
“Well…I would like to it to be the other way around…what do you think? You rarely say your true thoughts out loud”.
Akane breathed in out trying to concentrate or maybe calm herself. “If you’re asking about Airi situation…I know exactly what she’s doing… she trying to provoke me…so I would go and speak with her”.
“That’s not unreasonable… I mean the two of you speaking… you kind of have to…unless you want this situation to continue being as awkward as it is right now. Especially when she did try to approach you few times”.
“It won’t get any better even if we did talk…I doubt she made a good choice though…I know Jurina is not her type… of course Jurina is the one who can kiss and hug her freely… maybe that’s what she’s searching for. Look out or my ex might end up with the one you had the most awkward moments since now…”
“That’s not my business”, I had to bit my tongue for getting a bit annoyed by Akane’s statement.
We stayed silent for some time. “Still… maybe you owe her a peace of mind… Rie kind of mentioned her talk with Airi…I think she’s tried not to tell anything but… Airi did mention that you left her without even giving an explanation… she doesn’t even know why you two broke up”.
Akane laugh bitterly “does it matter?”
“It matters if you care”.
Once again we shared an intense stare and I knew there are things that Akane still hasn’t told me. I had a feeling that she’s not planning to.
“The point is… we’re not getting back together… its impossible”.
I think I heard hurt and unresolved issues in that voice of hers. Once again…I just kept on guessing what the girl was actually thinking…but I couldn’t know because in most cases we don’t get assess to other people thoughts.
“Why are you saying that…it has been only four months since your break up, right? And you’re not related?” I added a bit concerned about the latter.
“Of course not…” even Akane squinted her eyes at my question. Well I had to ask. I can’t think of any other major reason that could prevent them from getting together at some point. Especially when I see how the two are looking at each other.
“There are more than one reason but it doesn’t even matter… I’m just stating a fact… we’re never getting back together. There’s no chance…no opportunity…its impossible”.
I heard hurt. I don’t think I have imagine it. I was unsure what to say in situation like that and in the meantime Akane just left the room.
Only after turning around planning to leave the room through other door I have noticed that Airi was planning to enter the room just a second ago. Most likely hearing the last part. She turn around and left without saying a world but her eyes betrayed that yeah…she definitely heard at least a little bit of our conversation.
General POV
Nothing much happened until the Monday morning where all the fun began. No one woke them up early as the last week so the girls got to chance of sleeping longer and woke up at different hours for that same reason not eating breakfast together even though they usually tried to do that in the morning.
The only difference from few days was that Takamina and Yukirin exchanged rooms. Takamina was actually the on who asked the girl if she wouldn’t mind this deal mentioning that Yukirin is getting closer to Mayu so they could spend more time together. Obviously Minami just wanted to escape Atsuko as it was truly weird spending time around the girl.
Yukirin had no trouble with this deal and agreed almost immediately. Going to tell the good news to Mayu who once again tried to hide the happy smile but didn’t manage to do it soon enough.
Oshima Yuko POV
I think I haven’t spoken with Haruna for a day and a half even though we are sharing the same room. Actually, Takamina has just joined our crew as well. Pretty much made the situation even more awkward.
Remembering Saturday evening after Rino and Minegishi Minami left I walked up to Nyan Nyan wanting to ask why she chose Takamina. Everyone seemed distracted so didn’t even notice us leaving the dinning room.
“What do you mean why? There were three girls that I could chose from… I said in my comment that I want the unexpected instead of choosing Atsuko again. Also, if you’re not telling me what happened between you two… I’m pretty sure Minami will”.
I shook my head confused “that’s a bit weird… you could have just chosen someone that you like…” I added and squinted my eyes realizing that I don’t even know if there’s anyone here that Haruna likes.
“Well… you haven’t asked me if there’s anyone here that I like… maybe that’s actually Takamina and I got hurt while seeing you two kissing?” she questioned bitterly. “Especially…when you even avoided the topic when I tried to approach you those two times… also I remember you mentioning that Takamina likes Atsuko and didn’t stop talking about it for all the time you actually spend with the girl”.
“But that’s true!”
“Fine…so?” Nyan Nyan raised her eyebrows without breaking eye contact and demanding answers.
“Well…Atsuko told her that she…doesn’t like her and there’s no chance so…”
“I know this part…I have talked with Acchan”.
“Wait you did? She told you whom she likes?” I couldn’t stop myself from questioning in the same way as I couldn’t stop myself while consulting Takamina.
“Is that the point now?” Nyan Nyan ruined my plans of getting some information with quite cold remark.
If she expected me to feel shame because of the inappropriate question at the wrong time, she reached her goal.
I bit my lip and continued the explanation realizing that is what she’s waiting for “well… Takamina asked me if I could help her forget Atsuko and…” *cough* “somehow…well… that kind of happened”.
I looked expecting some comment from Haruna while she just stared me down. At first surprised, then angry. For some reason I found her angry state even more attractive.
“You’re kidding right? Rather then telling someone that you like them… you’re helping another girl that you have no interest in to forget that person? And let me empathize something — forget that person with you. And what if Takamina develops feeling for you? What then?”
“I…am… not sure”
“Of course you’re not! How stupid is to be with someone like that when you could be with someone that likes you… baka”, Nyan Nyan shook her head judgmentally.
Before I could come up with reasonable answer she left the room stomping outside in angry manner.
I kind of hoped that maybe we will solve this problem and our argument soon enough. Nyan Nyan was without a doubt one of the closest people for me at this place and the only one who knew that I have a crush on Atsuko that I develop even before the show.
That girl sure can hold a grudge, she scowled at me whenever I looked at her direction questioning. I guess the fact that Takamina was next to me most of those times didn’t help at all.
Out of all of this situation and awkwardness…and some sadness that my Nyan Nyan was angry at me… well not she’s not ‘mine’ but… either way… I had to remember how Yui surprised me while we shared a conversation later but that same evening.
“Soo…we’re together for the week, aren’t we?” I asked jokingly while hugging Yui in a friendly way. I knew I won’t have the same effect on this girl like Jurina or Milky and I didn’t intent to play some games like those two.
“Yeah…” Yui agreed with a nod but didn’t seem disappointed. At least we can enjoy each other company for the week. “Also… I have accidentally overheard that there is already someone here that you like…” She smiled apologetically “I didn’t try to hear the conversation thought! You all were chatting in the kitchen or under the table…and I was just walking by”.
“Oh…”
“That’s actually the only part what I have heard…”
“We didn’t chose very private place for our conversations so I’m not mad…don’t look at me like I should kill you now or something…oh but you’ve heard something about me I want to get an answer to one question too!” I added just for curiosity.
Yui didn’t mind my question so I asked right away “who you would have chosen? Jurina or Milky?”
*o*
“Eh…Jurina”, Yui admitted sheepishly.
“Oh…but I heard Milky whispering what she will chose you… look at our innocent Yui plotting some stuff”.
Yui bit her lip at my joke but after a second or so asked confused “wait…you heard?”
“Yeah…she whispered loud enough for people around her to hear the words…and considering that your cousin was standing next to both of you…no doubt she overheard the conversation as well”.
“That’s why Sayanee has chosen Milky! I wondered why!”
We shared a smile but this made me wonder that maybe Milky actually wanted for Sayanee to chose her. I mean…her whisper at a moment like that was…way too ‘accidental’ to believe that it was just a slip of a tongue.
“But let’s change a subject…” Yui commented also curios while looking me straight in the eyes “and how about you…are you brave enough to confess your feelings for the one you like?”
“Eh? I don’t know… its a bit complicated…I guess I wouldn’t dare”.
“But I’m pretty sure she feels the same”, Yui smiled in a friendly manner. “That’s a bit obvious”.
“What? No…I mean…wait…who are you talking about?”
I eyed Yui with suspicion guessing that the girl misunderstood something or maybe she’s just thinking of a wrong person. For example, Mayu that I always share oshiri sign whenever we get together…so maybe that’s what she’s aiming for.
“Haruna of course. And you?”
I found myself coughing and had to explain the situation to Yui as soon as possible. “No…Nyan Nyan doesn’t like me… we’re just really close in this place…I mean from the very first day…”
“Really?” this time Yui was the one who eyed me with suspicion.
“I mean…I have to agree that she has the best body here…actually she’s like perfection when you think harder about it… but…well maybe you misunderstood because we’re playful around each other… she’s tsundere in a way so maybe that’s why”.
I don’t even know why I explained the situation so much when I could have just answered shortly. For some reason I found myself still speaking “she even knows who I like and gave me few advises about the situation…”
“I see…” for some reason Yui’s agreement with my ideas sounded unnatural. Well maybe that’s just a vibe two of us gave out when we were together… that might not be a good thing if others think that Nyan Nyan is unreachable for that reason. If I’m being honest with myself…its not like I would want to share…
General POV
Yukirin has noticed Mayu and Yuko talking in the kitchen while drinking coffee and decided to satisfy her curiosity while she had time going to the dinning room where all the magazines where.
She has heard from Mayu about her hobby of doodling on models in magazines. She knew that there are actually quite a lot of those lying about but she didn’t want to take one with Mayu around.
Finding four magazines Yukirin sat on sofa while turning pages and noticing that Mayu didn’t lie. She draw glasses, mustaches, sometimes coloring all the face, other times writing some phrases, in a way every single time disrespecting the person in that photo shoot.
Yukirin guessed that maybe that’s what most people did and Mayu mentioned more than once that she doesn’t really like models.
Looking at the fourth magazine she remembered that she has been featured in this one as well. This just intensified her curiosity while turning the pages in more fast manner than before.
She stopped on fifteen page with a little smirk on her face which after few more seconds turned into a wide smile.
Yes, she was right, she has been featured in it but even though Mayu had drawn in all the other previous pages and magazines she hasn’t touch this one.
Guessing that maybe the girl just hasn’t got the time before Yukirin decided to look forward but found her answer right away when she saw that all the other pages had been colored like the previous ones.
With of course that one exception of Yukirin. The older girl didn’t even try to hide the grin on her face even though anyone who would have walked pass her would have definitely noticed it.
At the same time, Jurina joined Yuko and Mayum hugging and kissing these girls on their cheeks. Well, Mayu tried her hardest to avoid the kiss and growled.
Jurina smiled innocently “would you be kind enough to make me coffee, Mayuyu?”
“Why the hell would I…?” Mayu started questioning and suddenly remember the prize both Jurina and Sayanee got for the Monday. “Oh… you’re using your authority?”
Jurina continued on smiling “no…I’m just asking in a friendly way” and winked realizing that Mayu can’t tell her no even though she truly wanted it.
“Oh…and have you seen Rena this lovely morning?”
“You plan on torturing that girl as well, right?”
“I’m hurt, Mayuyu… is spending time with me is torture?” Jurina covered her heart as if her friend had just broken it with her statement. Without waiting for an answer younger Matsui added “I just feel like I have slept on the wrong side of the bed… my back is aching as well as my shoulders… Rena looks the type that’s good with her hands, don’t you think?”
Jurina pull back from the table while spinning around like a little girl “I’m going to ask for a massage… but I will be back for that coffee” she added with another wink while walking away and shouting “RENA!”
“I have a feeling that Jurina is going to enjoy this day to the fullest?”, Yuko questiong kind of guessing the answer before Mayu opened her mouth.
Watanabe only sigh with defeat and accepting the reality “You have no idea”.