Chapter 62: Unknown Number
"CONGRATULATIONS!"
My eyes widened after seeing my teammates congratulating
as soon as I entered our club room. "Congratulations, Noelle and Leslie for passing the preliminaries." Coach Samantha said as she wrapped her arms around Leslie and my shoulders. "As expected of my students." She added, making
smile even more.
That’s right, Leslie and I passed the preliminaries and our team also passed for the relay. "I can feel it; we’re going to the championships!" Ericka said, making everyone hyped up. The semifinals will be in February and after this, we’ll be having our Christmas break.
"Maybe we should go eat out or sothing." Ericka kept on staring at coach Samantha as if telling her to treat everyone to so good food.
"Fine. Let’s go."
Everyone scread happiness and we packed our belongings. ’Wait, am I allowed to go with them? I an, I can’t bring Kaoru with us since it’ll be exclusive for the team.’ I thought as I followed them from behind.
"What’s wrong?" Leslie turned to
and asked that.
What should I say? "Umm, is it okay for
to ask for my guardian’s permission first? They’re expecting
to go ho early today so—"
"Okay. I’ll tell them to wait while you call your guardian." Leslie said, without scowling at . I stood still in the hallway and that’s when I realized I didn’t have Kenji’s or Kaoru’s number with . I don’t know where Kaoru went since he said he’ll et
and that’s it.
I can only go to Night right now. Since he’s from the advanced class, he’s still at school even though tomorrow will be the last day of school, and it’s Christmas break.
I rushed to the advanced class’s building and, as expected, Night was still in his room, but he wasn’t alone. His classmates were still with him. ’Ugh, if Kaoru’s here, it’ll be easier. Where did he even go?’ I thought as I started biting my finger. I don’t want to make my teammates wait too long for . ’When are they going to leave Night alone?’
"I’ll go now. See you next month, Night." They started giving their goodbyes to Night, and I eventually got the chance to talk to him.
As Night got out of the classroom, I blocked his way. "Hey, I didn’t want to disturb you but—" I couldn’t finish what I was saying when he walked past
as if he didn’t see . "Are you ignoring
right now?" He’s been doing that after we ca back from the school trip. ’What’s his problem this ti?’
"I’m not making you do anything big for . I just need you to tell Kenji that I’ll be coming ho late." Even if I keep talking, Night continued walking away. "Hey!" I shouted at him but he still ignored . ’I can’t believe it.’ After kissing
without my permission, he’s going to ignore
as if I don’t exist.
"Suit yourself! Jerk."
I don’t care anymore. Don’t tell them then. I strutted back to where Leslie and the others are, and I didn’t expect to see Kaoru with them. "What are you doing here?" I asked him.
"He said he’ll be coming with us, and that your grandpa wanted to use his money for us to celebrate," Ericka said with excitent. Grandpa Kenta did? "Let’s go and celebrate!" Ericka pulled
into our club’s bus and Kaoru ca with us. ’Is it even fine to use the swimming club’s bus like this?’
Even with those questions inside my head, we still headed to one of the most expensive restaurants in this city. "The oyabun—" Kaoru shook his head. "Noelle’s grandpa said to make sure that she and her team will enjoy their celebration." He said. I’m just glad they ignored what Kaoru said the first ti.
"Is Kaoru your cousin?" Ericka asked.
I shook my head. "He’s the son of my father’s friend." I’m glad I can still rember the excuse I made to Ace and Andy.
"Is it really okay for us to order steak?" Leslie asked with her forehead creased. "Won’t your grandfather get mad?"
Kaoru’s the one who answered for . "Of course not. Noelle’s grandfather is benevolent." He said with a proud look on his face.
Leslie raised an eyebrow. "What are you? Her servant?"
"Yes—" I covered Kaoru’s mouth. He almost admitted that he’s indeed my servant.
"L-Let’s just eat."
"Before that." Coach Samantha stood up in the middle. We’re in a VIP room so it doesn’t matter even if she stood up anywhere. "Let’s congratulate our team again for successfully passing the preliminaries. But this is not the end."
Everyone cheered. "Let’s go to the championship and of course, win!"
We even received a huge cake to eat, it was ordered by grandpa Kenta. ’I wonder why he’s showering
with all this stuff. It makes
sohow uncomfortable, but I appreciate it.’ I thought as I watch my teammates indulge themselves in the delicious foods.
"Rember not to eat too much junk food, okay?" Coach Samantha told us as we co back to the school grounds. I think Kenji’s still waiting in the parking lot so I’m glad we went back to the school. ’I an we’re using the school bus so.’
"Thanks for the treat." Ericka ruffled my hair. "See you in January."
We all bid our goodbyes. Tomorrow will be the last school day for this year. I should spend so ti with my friends. If Ace isn’t busy, I’ll ask her to eat ice cream with . Even if Ace forgot her promise to , it doesn’t matter anymore.
All I want is to spend ti with her and Andy before I go to Japan with Night. Right, why is Night ignoring ? "Did sothing bad happen to Night?" I asked Kaoru while we were on our way to the parking lot.
Kaoru tilted his head. "Nothing that I know of. The young master’s fine." He said while holding my pink bag.
"But why does he keeps ignoring ?" I said that as soon as I got inside the car, and Kenji heard it.
Kenji looked at . "The young master’s ignoring the lady?" He asked, and I nodded. "That idiot." I heard Kenji muttering which made
tilt my head.
"Do you know sothing?"
Kenji didn’t say anything so I didn’t push him to tell . ’It’s not like I need to know. Since Night’s ignoring , then might as well ignore him back.’
"The lady’s bridal lesson will soon co to an end. You must learn how to wear the proper attire for the wedding too, and you must practice for the wedding." He said and I just nodded.
The mont I stepped foot in the Yamaguchi household. I heard my phone notifying . Soone sent
a text, so I rushed toward my room. "Who could it be?" Maybe it’s El. I opened my phone and looked at the ssages, however, my forehead creased. It was from an unknown number. ’Should I open it? I an what’s the harm?’ I thought as I opened the ssage and it said:
Give
what I want and I’ll give you back your freedom.
I raised an eyebrow as I sat on my bed. I don’t get it. Who would send such an ambiguous text like that? Maybe they sent it to the wrong number. That’s when I received another ssage and it was from Leslie. ’Right, we exchanged numbers before going ho.’ Even if Leslie is kind of uptight, she’s really kind and caring towards . She congratulated
again and she even said that she’ll be training hard to defeat .
"What’s with that?" I chuckled as I removed my clothes.
I’ll be attending the bridal lesson; I don’t even know if I’m learning anything from it. Tomoe’s really random when it cos to the lessons.
"Right, I forgot to shop for casual clothes," I said while wearing a pink-laced dress like usual. "Let’s not forget it next ti."
When I was about to put my phone on my desk, it notified
again that soone ssaged . ’What now?’ It’s from that unknown number again saying:
You have sothing I own. You must give it back to .
Reading that gave
chills. I don’t know, maybe it’s soone who wants to prank and scare . "Let’s just block it." I blocked the number and placed the phone on my desk. I’m used to people pranking
before because my phone number’s really well-known at school. ’I wonder why though.’
I heard a knock on the door before I could even open it. "Yes?"
"Young miss, it’s Rika." Rika opened the door with a weird expression on her face. "The oyabun wanted the miss to go to his office. Everyone’s waiting for you." Everyone? Who does that include? I followed Rika to grandpa’s office, and as soon as I entered, I saw Night, Kenji, and Asahi standing near grandpa’s desk, while grandpa Kenta’s sitting on his chair.
"Co in, dear."
What’s this weird vibe? It’s creeping
out.
"I don’t want to shock you, but we’ve found so clues on your pursuers," Grandpa said making my eyes go wide.
"R-Really? Who are they? And what do they want?"
Grandpa made Asahi talk instead. "We caught so of their n, and we learned that they’re from an Italian mafia group."
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