Nightmare Magic

Chapter 15: Monday it is

"I had to cry myself to sleep that night".

"You've started talking rubbish"

"My fans are no longer supportive and I'm loosing fame".

"You i***t. It's only been a few hours since you dropped the new video, You don't expect them to see it now. Their apparently still asleep".

"oh yh, right".

(Many might not understand her conversation, but she was discussing with herself)

I looked outside the window and it was raining. Raining really hard.

It was a damned night.

Ever since I had Ryo in my class, It had been hell. I no longer concentrated. I hate the fact that he was my seat mate.

It is awful.

I can't stay another day near that kid.

"I'm faking sickness tomorrow.

He gives me shivers and I don't understand what the teacher says anymore. He smells nice and has no bad habits. He's cool and handsome. It's easy to know that he comes from money, but I can't take it anymore. Since last week, staying around him became suffocating and I couldn't bear it".

" I have some advice for you"

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What if I just asked him to tune his charm down a lot. I might pass out sick from the next contact. And here was Emily, A.K.A. my best friend and she knows him?

When I told her he exuded a lot of pressure that even people around him feel it, she said I should tell him that 'Emily said tune it down'

I am so going to do that.

(The next day)

(ring ring)

"I'm coming to your mum's store today".

"OH. That would be awesome..."

" I invited Ryo to come with me. We're on our way, and I'm with his sister ".

From the way she was talking.

She didn't want them to know.

"Ryo has a sister?"

"Yh. Don't you know her. She's in your class".

"Silly you. He doesn't..."

Wait...

"Does his sister by any chance have red pupils ".

Losa can't be his sister.

"Nevermind, you'll see her yourself cos we're here!"

She said the last part of the sentence for them to also hear. Then they opened the door and in came. Losa and her brother and Emily.

"No way! You two can't be siblings"

Then to myself - Now that I think about it, they have somehow similar features.

Opposite pupils.

She has a longer hair.

There's no way Ryo wouldn't look good in longer hair.

Tapping my head for the expulsion of my stray thought. I welcomed them in.

"Would you all love something to drink. The sun outside is hot and I happen to know where the cold soda is".

" I'll have one" Ryo said looking away at the shop nonchalantly, but for the first time, I saw that he was looking at something with interest.

I tried following his gaze. I couldn't trace it in particular, but either he was looking at books, or he was just trying to focus on something else.

"Hey Emily, come help me grab the Soda cans".

I turned around and started walking of, I heard the foot falls of Emily. I reached the soda stand.

I knew she wanted to say something...

so I diverted the topic before she said anything. "Help me get the bag so I could put the drinks".

"Ah, I see what you're doing" She said lifting things up from the bags.

She brought them.

"You're nervous. Why?" she asked

" I'm not..." I was about to lie, but she looked at me deadpan, like she always did when she knew I was lying.

"Oh for God's sake. You didn't even tell me earlier. You just brought them. I can't even do anything good for them. Hell, I'm wearing working clothes". I said all the words in a rush leaving me breathless.

She didn't even look remorseful, only giving me a gaze of contempt.

"So that's why you're worked up, I thought it was something really serious like...

Let's see you crushing on your new seatmate".

I had expected her to say this.

" Haha, very funny. I don't think I could ever like him on a crushing level" I said this looking deadpan serious, staring right into her face.

Then she squeezed her face. " You really don't like him".

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She actually bought it. after she turned, my flushed red. I can't handle an atmosphere with that guy in it.

His good looks could kill.

How could he possibly tune that down.

It doesn't help that he's been trying to talk to me since we left the shop.

Losa and Emily left to get our take out. food, so it was just the both of us sitting on a bench at midday at the side of the road. What am I saying? A girl like me sitting with a hot guy like this... why wouldn't I love it. "You've never talked this much to me before". I said interrupting him. I think right now he was talking about how nice it was for me to go out with them.

He looked flustered, blushed embarrassed for a second then he was normal. "I've never had the chance to talk to you, have I ?". Yh he was right. I was always avoiding talking to him. "You have a charming personality and your voice". I was being honest. Really.

"Oh, my bad. I didn't know my would hurt your ears".

Yoooooo he suddenly changed.

I looked up a his face.

Maybe I anticipated it. He's to good too be true. He's too... I turned to look at his face. He had a sarcastic smile on his face. I smiled. I'm overthinking things.

"No, C'mon, don't get me wrong".

I pleaded, trying to redeem myself from the funny situation my words had placed me.

"I mean, why haven't you talked this much to me before, you now seems really friendly. At school, you seem unapproachable, so I don't talk to you. So it really shocked me now that you're talking to me".

"Damn it's that bad", he muttered silently to himself while scratching his grey-silver looking hair. The slight reflection of the roof of the sidewalk bench gave it a blueish hue.

He looked sooooo good.

" Here they come". I turned around to see them coming back. "So we're going shopping right". Losa said.

Emily looked worried at her.

Then Ryo's eyes widened in realization.

Losa was with his credit card.

" Yay. It's on you Ryo" she chimed childishly.

To cut the story short, we went also went the cinema to see a movie.

'Worm breakout 1'.

It was horror. I had to cover my eyes multiple number of times.

Such a good day.

"It's coming to an end now".

I directed at the group. "The beautiful memories will live on in our minds"

Ryo said.

He just made an interesting comment I noted.

We left the theater.

Yh I had fun today, I feel like letting you on some secret...

Getting home. I began writing a song, and I put my back into it.

I took his number. Ok we exchanged numbers.

So I was giddy with excitement when I saw a text from 'Super handsome class seatmate named Ryo'.

It read ' Hey there seatmate. I don't know your name... but I had a fun day today. The first since we relocated here. See you on Monday"

"It's Amire... My name's Amire... Monday it is"