Chapter 73 - When Karma Strikes (1/2)

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Hora's eyes went big in an instant. Ha-ha-ha! What sweet and perfect timing to add fuel to my revenge.

”That's…”

”Uh-oh. She's having trouble thinking of an excuse to me,” I said in a sing-sang, deliberately teasing her, while handing over the phone to her. ”You can tell me about it later. For now, answer your lover boy.”

Hora's cute face grimaced. She wanted to rebut so much to me but unfortunately, she had to take the call.

Toot!

”H-hello,” she shyly answered.

I immediately sat beside her and leaned over the other side of her phone, trying to listen to their conversation. Of course, Hora shooed me away and glared at me. I laughed at her cute expression. Her face was still so red. I wasn't sure if it was because I tickled her or because she was talking with Verrill. I vote for the latter.

”Uh-huh.”

”Yes.”

”That's great!”

”Okay.”

Those were the only words she said. Stingy girl. She was probably holding out her words or else I'd find something to tease her about. I'd still tease her though, even without it. The fact that Verrill called her was enough to awaken the fangirl inside me.

'She thinks that she's the only fangirl here, huh? Nuh-uh! First and foremost, I'm the number one fan of the VeRa ship. Yes, Ve-Ra for Verrill and Hora. Sounds cool, right? He-he-he-he.'

Their call took only a few minutes and Hora already said her goodbye.

”Tsk! Tsk! This girl really doesn't know how to flirt. She could have said something nice or try to prolong the conversation,” I complained to her the moment she hung up.

”Ooooh. So you're an expert at flirting now?” Hora raised her eyebrow at me. ”Say that to me when you have a boyfriend already.”

'Urk! Oops.'

”Also,” she continued, ”just so we're clear—”

I smiled and nodded at her, excited to hear what the call was about.

”The reason why I have his number and he has mine, and we're 'calling buddies' as you called it, is all because of YOU.”

”Huh?! Me? What did I do?”

”You fought with Callan remember? And you two kept ignoring each other for days. So I got worried. And one day, I happened to bump into him so I asked for news since you don't want to talk about it saying your blood boils every time you remember him,” she said all that in a single breath and shrugged afterwards.

Now, it was my turn to blink my eyes.

”Oh. So it's because of that. He-he…” I laughed awkwardly. ”Then what's the call about?”

”He just informed me that you made up with Callan.”

”Aaahh, I see. Yes, we just made up today—this morning, actually.”

”Uh-huh. And that's that. End of story.”