317 Chapter four, 2017, revolt: 7 (1/2)

”Those are his results?”

Kuri smirked and nodded. ”Good or bad?”

'Are you for real?' 95 and 100 was on Noriko's level, and even she didn't score a perfect test all that often. At least Urufu's other results were more human.

”I was talking about his English and Japanese scores,” Kuri said.

They weren't all that exciting. Especially Urufu's poor English score had Ryu in bewilderment for a while.

”I guess he'd have scored better at English in Swedish.”

'What are you even talking about?'

”Japanese is also a foreign language for both of us.”

Ryu looked up from the phone to see if he could find out what Kuri was blabbing about.

”You're cute when you're stupid, you know that?”

'What?'

”His English score also mirrors his understanding of written Japanese.”

”But it's awful! He's barely able to read middle school texts.”

Kuri's face lit up in a thoughtful smile, not the devastating one she used whenever she wanted to catch the attention of everyone within sight, but a more honest one. She was, Ryu realised, easily the most beautiful woman he had seen in his entire life.

Her hands, both of them, stretched across the table and grabbed his. ”That was a year ago,” Kuri said. ”We're a year older now, all of us.”

Ryu's breath caught in his throat. A year, and then some. Almost a fortnight earlier he spent her birthday with her, just like Urufu had done last year. Urufu, who still was foremost in her mind.

”How much could you learn in a year?” Ryu knew he sounded whiny, but her thinking of Urufu filled him with ire.

She just met his eyes with a look filled with fondness. ”If it's that idiot, probably a lot.”

Irritation finally boiled over. ”If he's so damned fantastic, why don't you just stick to him!”

Ryu felt her hands tighten around his. ”I can't. We can't. Maybe if I caught his eyes earlier, a lot earlier, but I doubt I'd have fallen for him then.”

For a moment Ryu felt more dumbfounded than angry. ”Can't?” he asked. He didn't want to fight with her, but Urufu was still a sour topic.

”He has ghosts that need to go first. I can't be the one to free him from those.”

”So you're going to lend him to Noriko and then steal him back when he's healed?”

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Kuri's eyes shot him a sting of anger. ”Twenty years ago, maybe, but not now. Besides, I could never do that to him, or her for that matter.”

Ryu growled. He disliked how his sister had taken a fancy to Urufu. If he could prevent them from becoming a couple he'd do exactly that. Right now, however, he needed to make up with Kuri.

”About his scores. I guess they're OK. More than OK actually.”

Kuri's mouth became a thin line of dislike. ”I was afraid you'd say that. He's going to be so angry.”