Chapter 700 - Fools (1/2)
Sayuri laughed with Kay, and they both put their heads together and started sniffing the opened packet of vinegar chips again.
”Well, since I can't drink, I might as well get high on this instead,” Sayuri said, giggling again.
They started munching on the chips. Sayuri was glad that Kay seemed to have calmed down and she didn't push for her to start again.
Start talking, that is. Not the crying bit.
”I think it began when we were at Country M, right after Kylie died,” Kay said, thinking back, ”He was so different from all the guys I knew. The depth of his feelings, the way he wasn't afraid of showing them. The way he cared for his sister. Him trying to be so strong.”
Kay sighed.
”I think that's about the same for me,” Sayuri admitted, ”When it began, I mean. Kyle cooking chicken porridge for me when he thought I was sick.”
Kay nodded, understanding, ”Sensitive and caring guys are so rare, right? All the guys I have met, and who were wooing me, were these … I don't know. Guys that were full of testosterone or something.”
”That could be Kyle's fault,” Sayuri mused, ”I mean, look at him. He's like the perfect example of what a guy should be and you're his sister! So these guys probably felt they needed to be better than him - or at least, try to be at par with him.”
”I suppose,” Kay said, thinking about Joseph.
”He's so sweet, you know? He does all these things for you, subconsciously, which just shows how much he is thinking about you,” Kay said, ”It's all so natural for him.”
She started chewing on the chips more aggressively, showing her frustration, ”No wonder he's so popular in school. All those bees hanging around him and he, being oh so nice to all of them.”
”So you see, it's an entirely one-sided affair on my part,” Kay lamented, ”He doesn't treat me any differently from anyone else. I'm just one of those who have fallen into his net.”
”I know that. I know,” Kay wailed, putting her head on the table and resting her cheek on it, ”Everything points to one thing: he isn't the one. He's just like that but yet, no matter how many times I tell myself … I can't help it.”
Kay started smiling stupidly, ”He has the sweetest smile, you know? And when he looks at you, it's the most beautiful thing ever.”
Sayuri patted Kay's back, ”You have it bad.”
Kay groaned.
”I know,” she agreed, ”I'm such a bad person. I've got to get him out of my mind.”
”You have to get him out of your heart first,” Sayuri pointed out.
”I'm trying!” Kay said, ”I'm even going on all those blind dates Mum sets me up with. Gah, Sayuri. Those guys are so pretentious and boring!”