CHAPTER 3“Tell me what it is!” Reina yelled at her girlfriend.
“It’s nothing…” Maki replied at her for the hundredth time, in a bored tone.
“Oh, come on!” The shorter cried. “Tell me what it is!”
“It’s nothing…”
“Come on! What has been wrong with you lately?” Reina asked another time.
“Nothing has been wrong with me lately…” The soloist replied even more bored, as she opened her apartment’s door.
“And why do you keep spacing out then?”
“I told you!” Maki replied smirking. “Too much stress at work! It’s just that I’m tired…”
“That’s the worst excuse that I’ve ever heard from you!” Reina exclaimed dramatically, as she flopped down on Maki’s couch.
“The worst? Oh, please, I’ve said a lot much worse than this one.” Maki laughed, while the shorter looked at her.
“Very funny, indeed…” Reina pouted.
“Oh, come on… Do you really have to look at me with your puppy eyes?” She asked sceptically, and she sat down next to Reina.
“Yeah…” She replied, giggling. “But, hey, it’s just that I’m worried about you…”
“I know you’re worried, but you don’t have to be…” She cut her off, poking the younger on the cheek. “And, besides, I’m older… So I should be the one that worries the most.”
“Whatever…” Reina said reluctantly, as Maki hugged her and started to smooch her cheek and her neck…
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“Come on, Ai, you can do this!” Ai yelled to herself as she practised her dance.
It was obvious that she was upset with something, maybe even angry. Her voice tone was way too aggravated…
“This isn’t going to disturb me!”
But as Ai continued with her monologue, someone entered in the room… And the leader of Morning Musume didn’t notice this person…
Risa observed Ai as the older yelled furiously while dancing…
“She isn’t going to interfere in my way!” She screamed in such a loud tone, that Risa thought she would end up deaf… But soon her thoughts about her hearing sense disappeared, as she noticed something weird in Ai’s words…
“She?!” Risa asked dumbfounded.
Ai turned around, and looked at her friend wide eyed.
“How long have you been here?” The older asked.
“Long enough to hear that…” Risa whispered, looking at Ai, who was trying to find an explanation.
“I was screaming to de-stress myself.” She said simply.
“I know…” Risa replied slowly. “But what do you mean by “she”?”
“…” Ai didn’t reply, she just looked at her friend with a sad face.
“Ai… I…” Risa muttered. “You… This means that the thing that has been bothering you… is…?”
“What?”
“Erm… Maybe a love problem…?” Risa asked, almost with fear in her voice.
“…” Ai stopped looking at her, and just started to avoid her friends gaze. “I’m not going to lie at you, Gaki-san. So, yes, maybe…”
“What do you mean…?” Risa asked softly, half worried, and half broken-hearted, because of Ai’s words.
“Well, I guess we’re old enough to know what I meant…” Ai said coldly.
“Oh, yeah? So… Who is this person?” The younger asked, trying to hold back her tears.
“It’s none of your business.” Takahashi replied even more coldly.
“But… we’re friends…” Risa muttered.
“Of course we are. But one thing is friendship, and another one is the privacy…” Ai replied simply. “So, I’m not going to tell you anything.”
“…” Risa looked at her lost in her own pain, but Ai didn’t notice this.
“So, don’t ask me anything more about this never again.” She concluded leading towards the door. “See you later.”
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Evil Ai!!
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