454 Chapter four, 2018, white Valentine: 6 (1/2)

”So, lunch date with your ex. What would Kuri say?”

”She'd say I'm a decent man for not breaking off all contact because our relationship went south,” Ryu said. Once lovers but no longer they somehow still managed to grow an awkward friendship which allowed room for some friendly insults and bantering.

Around them tables quickly filled up, and Ryu noted how more than a few high school students were among the guests. By this time of the year seniors didn't make anyone raise an eyebrow since the only thing they did was wait for the outcome of their entrance exams. However, if even half of the school uniforms here were seniors Ryu was willing to eat his own cardigan.

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'I'm bad company even for those I've never seen before.' He accepted the smugness in that thought. It was all a part of being Wakayama Ryu.

”Girls coming here as well,” Ai said and rudely ripped the carpet from under his feet.

Ryu glanced around him. The tables had filled with a lot less girls than he had expected. Sure enough, three of them only had female customers throwing him looks that were anything but shy, but the glances from boys weren't directed at him.

'Ai's cute and all, but she's hardly…' Just as Ryu changed his mind and reconsidered how beautiful his former girlfriend had grown the last year Jeniferu boxed Ai on her shoulder and gave her a naughty grin. Seconds later a blast of charisma had just about everyone in the café rise from their chairs. Girls or boys mattered little.

'Ah, I forgot.'

”It's been too long,” Jeniferu said and giggled.

'You're a pain in the arse, but I'd like to see more of that side.' That he had forgotten what she did to a room filled with people if she wanted reminded him of why he was here in the first place. 'Was it because Tomasu didn't come running like a puppy whenever you pulled that stunt?' Maybe. Ryu didn't know, but he could see how someone like Jeniferu would be interested in men who didn't react to her games.

One boy, a freshman most likely, proved braver than the others and tried to join the three of them at their table.

”Do you mind?” he asked.

Ryu stared at eyes filled with experience from playing around. I could have been like you, he thought, but sis pulled in the reins. Suddenly Ryu felt a surge of gratitude for the midget sized bulldozer he grew up with. ”We're having a conversation,” he began in what he hoped was a polite enough voice.

”We finally got to have the Prince of Himekaizen for ourselves,” Ai broke in. She put her cup to the table. ”What makes you believe we'd be interested in anyone else?”

The boy fidgeted a little, but Ryu guessed he didn't get those eyes from backing away at every setback.

”He's just one guy.”

”He's just the guy Ageruman Kuritina chose. Just your average supermodel boyfriend,” Ai responded and upped the ante. There was still a glimmer of resentment in her voice, but only students at Irishima High would know the reason.

There was a sound of another cup hitting the table. Ryu noticed from the corner of his eye how Jeniferu played around with a prank probably best left alone.