[28] Date (1)Chapter 28: Date (1)
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Tsubasa was sitting on a bench, her head down as she looked at her intertwined fingers, lost in thoughts.
Things have been so hectic lately. So many things happened; magic was real; she was a human-vampire-tiger mixed race; and most importantly, her birth mother was suddenly alive, inside her no less. The last three days were very long for Tsubasa.
Amidst all of this, one might think getting asked out by a boy was a forgetful matter, yet Aqua's actions were what made ti appear longer. She was asked out for a date, by her liar of a cousin and childhood friend – her childhood crush who had apparently been ignoring all her signals until now.
"Why so suddenly?" She had wondered to herself after Aqua left her house yesterday. "Why now of all tis?"
Why did he suddenly feel attracted to her? No, did he feel attracted to her at all, or was he doing this for sothing else? Just what went through his head, she wondered. But she doubted she'd ever know, given he was such a big liar. He had so many secrets.
Sitting on a bench with her school bag by her side, she received a few passing glances from people noticing that she skipped school.
So passerby old n shook their heads and said sothing about this generation being so useless, while so others found nostalgia in the scene. This kind of attention in this situation where she was committing a small cri basically, would have gotten Tsubasa flustered just a few days ago. Now though, she didn't feel any of that.
Perhaps it was the fact that she now knew and had witnessed with her own eyes that magic was real and so was Gods and Devils. In a world where beings of limitless power existed, was there any point in attending school or minding mortals' opinions?
Tsubasa quickly shook her head, muttering, "Not a good thought, let's move on."
She knew there were stars in the distant star systems that could devour our sun, there was a black hole in the center of our galaxy that could devour everything. She never put much thought into it, she didn't feel life was worthless just because those things existed. So what changed now? In the end, these Gods were basically that.
As if amused by her internal musings, a voice blood in her head.
That voice was Hanekawa Shinra, the soul of her mother that resided inside her now. She's been like that the entire ti, telling her stuff as if to awaken so sort of greed inside her. Sadly, Tsubasa didn't share the sa kind of grand ambition as her, not when this woman was the sa one who would have basically taken over her body if not for Aqua's help.
So she ignored her words again, she didn't bother replying. But speaking of Aqua, she looked down at her wristwatch and felt an odd twist in her stomach.
"It's been two hours since I left ho… Why is he not here yet?" He couldn't have dumped the date, could he?
Tsubasa told Miyako, her mom, that she'll eat in Ai's house. She left her ho half an hour before school would begin saying that, while she ssaged Ruby saying she will be leaving early due to so school matters. She lied to both and managed to slip out, it was the first ti she had done sothing like this, all because of Aqua. Yet he was nowhere to be seen even hours later.
She was in a park, and more people were noticing her now. People were jogging in laps around this road, and this one man in particular was looking at her every ti he passed her bench. His gaze felt a little uncomfortable.
'Should I leave?' She did text Aqua earlier, but there was no response yet. She didn't want to call him because he might be doing a scene, in which case his phone might just have been silent all along. He did say it might take him a bit of ti, but two hours alone was…
"Hey, excuse ."
Tsubasa was startled out of her daze as a voice called her from the front. She'd have stood up due to the surprise, but the man who just spoke was standing too close, right in front of her, so she couldn't stand up.
"Uh, yes?"
She looked up at him, holding back an ugly frown due to the sll of his sweat. He was the creepy guy she was talking about, the one who kept glancing at her chest every ti he passed. It looked like he built up just enough courage to co to talk to her.
He had short black hair and brown eyes, and he wore a tracksuit. He didn't look bad, he was above average, but did nobody tell him his sweat slls like shit?
"I noticed you've been waiting here for a while now. Is there anything wrong? We can talk about it if you want." The man tried, and Tsubasa managed a polite smile to turn him down.
"Haha, I am waiting for a friend…"
"You've been waiting for a long ti. Did you have breakfast? Co, I'll buy you a al." The man persisted, and Tsubasa grew a little nervous.
Hanekawa's voice rang in her head.
The last line irritated her and she was about to retort in her head, but the man in front of her reached out a hand to grab her by the wrist.
"Why are you silent? If you're shy, we-"
The following action was out of pure reflex. She yanked her hand away and threw her other hand at him to push him back, as the sound of bones cracking filled the area and the man was sent flying backward. He flew and hit soone behind him, who caught him in midair.
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