Chapter 525 - The hen party (4) (1/2)

Ryn coaxed her best friend patiently. Finally, after fifteen minutes, Mika grudgingly agreed to leave the park. They, holding hands together, walked to the exit. Ryn went to get the car while Mika went to retrieve the toys they won earlier.

Mika was sulking beside Ryn. Ryn, glancing at her best friend a few times while driving, just shook her head in bemused. They had spent almost one whole day together but Mika still felt it was not enough.

Sigh...

They reached the restaurant without Ryn even once coaxing Mika. She just let her best friend pout and sulk..

”Come on, stop pouting. We're here,” Ryn said as she unbuckled her seat belt. She grabbed her bag from the back and looked at her sulking best friend, chuckled. ”Mika, let's go.”

Mika gave her a sad look but Ryn just grabbed Mika's love-shaped bag and gave it to Mika.

”I'll leave you here if you still refuse to move.”

Mika watched as Ryn got out of the car after shutting off the engine. Her pair of eyes followed Ryn as she walked to the building.  Pouting, Mika quickly unbuckled the seat belt and rushed toward Ryn. She did not want to be alone in the car.

Ryn just stood at the entrance, hiding a grin when she felt a presence. She did not even look over her shoulder to check whether it was Mika or someone else. Instead, she simply went into the restaurant and smiled at the manager who was welcoming the customers into the restaurant.

”Hello. A private book under the name Catherine?” Ryn told the manager. She smiled when she felt the familiar perfume of Mika from behind her.

”You're so bad,” Mika whɨnėd after they were shown their private room and the manager left them. She did not even look at the decoration. That was how sulky she was almost being left alone by her own best friend.

”If I didn't do that, would you stay in the car the whole night?” Ryn squeezed Mika's cheeks playfully.

Mika pouted.

”Stop making that face. See, what do you think of the decoration?” Ryn asked as she turned Mika around to look at the room.

”They look good,” Mika said half-heartedly. She was still sulking and wanted more coaxing from her best friend.

Ryn chuckled. She wrapped her arms around Mika and stroked her best friend's back gently, soothingly.

”Okay, I'm sorry,” Ryn apologized. She did not want this to trigger Mika and she started to think toward the negative side.

”Hmph...”

”I am your best friend. Even when you're married, we can still spend time together alone,” Ryn pinched Mika's nose playfully. ”We do share a brand together so we won't be separated.”

”But today is special,” Mika whɨnėd.

”You...”

The manager did not notice anything amiss because both Mika and Ryn managed to gather themselves and sat on their chair calmly. Mika even sipped her glass of water while checking her phone.

The manager and the waiter quickly arrange the entree on the table. And then, the manager introduced the food while the waiter refilled the water. Once they were done, both the manager and the waiter left the room politely and quietly. They could be called for the next menu or for a refill by pressing a buŧŧon on the wall.

Maybe it was hunger but Mika no longer threw tantrums at Ryn. Both women focussed on their food. Of course, Mika took a photo of it first for memory.

The next time the same manager and waiter came into the room, both bowls were empty of food. The waiter quickly collected the empty dishes before he arranged the next meal on the table. The manager asked if they wanted the alcohol now, which they refused earlier.

Both agreed to have the drink now.

”Can you take our picture?” Mika asked the manager.

The manager accepted the phone from Mika and stepped back so he could get the decoration into the frame as well.