
"That's never gonna happen!" Raefal reached into his suit pocket, turning his attention to the call that had just come in. "I have to go!"
The man sauntered away leaving Erina.
Erina was silent looking at Raefal who was now walking away from her. Both of the woman's hands were folded in front of her chest, while her lips were raised forming a smile.
"Maybe now you say no. But let's see what happens in the future. Because we never know what's going to happen in the future."
"I'm sure, before you can evade, that feeling will appear in you."
...*...
"I'm sorry I was a while ago, the toilet was.." Joy kept silent without a word as soon as she found Raefal missing from the table where they were sitting.
Hard to believe, what is this? He left me here alone?
It sucks! Why did he leave?
Joy clenched her hands.
I'm a fool too, why could I leave him alone here? He would have escaped if I had been caught off guard.
It sucks! This is the moment I have been waiting for so long to eat with him!
"Gurgh!!" Joy groaned loudly to make the entire cafe turn to her.
...*...
"You okay?" sierra asked with a curious face.
Laica glanced at the woman who was now sitting in front of her with a radiant face. Somehow Erina's face these weeks looks more cheerful than usual.
Strange, his face looks radiant. Whereas if Erina was having a lot of work, her face was not like this. The woman usually looks serious with no expression and hardly ever even smiles. But what's with him now?
Is there anything that makes him happy?
It's been a few weeks since Erina's last meeting with Raefal. And since then, they have rarely met due to Erina's dense busyness. Even so, Erina kept thinking about her last meeting with Raefal.
"You've been acting weird lately. What was? You're okay, aren't you?" ask Sierra—ensure.
"I'm doing fine. Even more than that" answered Erina.
Laica narrowed her eyes. Staring at Erina with a difficult gaze.
"In that case, please explain to us why you look so radiant?" said.
"Did I really look radiant?" Erina did not believe the words of her best friend. The two women nodded simultaneously.
"We've told you your attitude is strange, not as usual. What exactly is it that you are?" Sierra made it clear again.
"I'm fine. It's just, lately I keep thinking about someone."
"Don't tell me that the person you're referring to is Raefal?"
"How did you know?"
"So right?"
"Geez, are you really in love with Erina?" Laica still did not expect that her best friend would like a man whose age was even very far from her.
"Looks like. Lately I kept thinking about it, and again that made me think more about her because she seemed to also start liking me."
"uh? Why do you assume that?"
"Did he tell you that in person?" ask Sierra.
"indeed not. It's just that, a few weeks ago when Marciel came back and asked me to meet, I accidentally met Raefal. And from her reaction, it was obvious that she didn't like me being close to another man."
"Really?"
...***...