As Ishikawa poured out her emotions, Hiro's eyes snapped toward her, taken aback by the intensity of her sudden outburst.
However, when he looked closer, he saw more than just anger. Her face was twisted with conflicting emotions, and though she seed furious, her reddened eyes brimd with unshed tears, revealing a deeper sadness.
'Did I say sothing wrong? Is this my fault?'
Hiro stood frozen, his mind racing to understand the cause of her distress. But no comforting words ca to him. He remained silent, unsure of what to say.
His silence only seed to fuel her anger, as if she had been waiting for so kind of response from him.
Ishikawa's mouth opened to say sothing but she refrained from saying. Then she turned away to leave without uttering a word.
Hiro was puzzled by her gesture.
Even so, when he found her leaving, he rushed to stop her. Then he grabbed her hand and said, "Where are you going?"
"Does it matter?" Ishikawa said as she tried to break free from his clutch.
"Did I say sothing wrong?" He asked.
"No, you didn't. It's just I expected way too much." She responded sounding in a way that seed as if she was sowhat overwheld with grief.
Although she tried to hide what she said later, Hiro with his sharp senses still caught the whiff of it. So, he couldn't help but ponder if he had done sothing that infuriated her.
As he began to ponder, he recalled that earlier, he was annoyed at her. So, he couldn't rule out the possibility that she might have been pissed because of it.
He had heard that most girls were rather sensitive. But he hadn't envisioned that they would be this sensitive. Still, since it was he who had infuriated her, he owed an apology.
So, he hurriedly apologized, "I'm sorry. Earlier I got a little annoyed. I know it was who had called you for help. But I shouldn't have tried to raise my voice out of discontentnt." "It's just that I wanted to buy a gift for Mom. So, I got a little annoyed after getting shunned ti and again," he added.
Even though Hiro apologized to her, she was prepared to leave. But when she heard the real reason why Hiro had called her, she froze in her tracks.
The expression on her face changed rapidly. Her cheeks and ears started to redden and she felt extrely embarrassed.
It wasn't Hiro who had misguided her but it was she who had misunderstood him. But now that she had caused a ruckus, how was she going to explain him?
Her mind went blank and her vision turned blurry.
Slowly, panic began to set in and she felt as if the world around her was starting to wobble, 'What...? Do I... do now?'
At this point, continuing with the act seed the only plausible option. But if she did that her relationship with Hiro would turn sour for sure.
So, she couldn't even bring herself to walk away. Caught in limbo, it seed as if she had no way to retreat. Right then the staff of the shop who were alerted by the commotion arrived at the scene.
"Sir, Mam, You can't disturb others like this."
Imdiately upon hearing the voice of the staff, Hiro let go of her hand. It seed like he had garnered so unwanted attention.
"Please, don't misunderstand us. We weren't fighting. We had a small disagreent regarding our contradicting choices," Hiro hurriedly tried to clarify.
It would be troubleso if they misinterpreted the situation. So, with that in mind, he began
to clarify about their situation. But he still feared about Ishikawa's cooperation.
If she said otherwise, who knows what would happen to him?
"Yeah, sorry about the commotion. We had a little disagreent regarding our contradicting choices."
Thankfully, Sumire testified his statents.
Hearing their testant, the staff gave a deep look. Then she left with a warning, "Even so, I'd like you both to keep it quiet here. You can't disturb others with your disagreents. I hope respected sir and mam would adhere to it."
With that said, she turned to leave.
Hiro heaved a sigh of relief and turned to look at Sumire, "I'm sorry about earlier."
"No, I'm sorry about getting angry at you."
Sumire apologized as well.
Since they sorted the argunt between them, Hiro didn't ask her anything further about the matter. He felt that it'd be wise to leave it at that than talk about it.
The two then quietly shopped. The mood between the two after they sorted their short conflict was much more lighter and cheerful than before.
Plus Sumire was more cooperative. So, with her help, Hiro didn't take long to find the perfect fit for his mother. At that mont, he really felt glad that he had brought her along with him.
If he had co alone, he might have regretted his choice.
With her guidance, he bought the best possible gift for his mom. Along with the dress he bought, he also bought a necklace that didn't seem too extravagant.
Coming out of the mall, Hiro couldn't refrain from expressing his gratitude for her, "Thank you, Sumire. You really helped a lot today."
A playful smirk adorned her visage as she responded, "Save your thanks for later. I didn't help you out of courtesy. Since I've helped you this much, shouldn't you treat to a nice dinner?"
Right now, she appeared quite bold.
But he didn't dislike her boldness. So, he responded with a grin, "Then how about we get sothing to eat before we head ho?"
"Since you're a footballer who earns big bucks, it'd only be right for our dinner to be a little extravagant. Don't you think so?" she said in a playful tone.
"Then lead the way," Hiro answered.
Well, it's not like he lacked money. So, he didn't see any reason to refute her request. Also, he
didn't want to spoil the mood either.
After that short conflict inside the mall, she had changed drastically.
It was as if she had started to open up.
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