37 Rere (2/2)
They finished up a lot of the food and sat down at a comfortable reading area in the library to play games. ”Hmm... what shall we play?” Cathy thought aloud. After a moment of silent thinking, Kaiden pipped up and suggested, ”How about the king game? You guys all know how to play right?” Cathy shook her head. ”Okay, so the king game is where we have a sticks, according to the number of people playing so we have four, and each person will draw a stick. Each stick will have a number written on it except for one stick which will say 'king'. The king gets to call out a certain number to do something or for a number and another number to do something. Do you get it?” Kaiden explained. ”Ah... I see. But, how is this game fun?” Cathy asked. ”Well, if the king is cheeky then the game will be fun!” Matthew said.
With that, they found a few ice cream sticks and wrote the numbers in numerical order on each of them. Therefore, the number went from 1 to 3. ”Okay, let's each take a stick, everyone close your eyes!” Renae placed the cup with the sticks in the middle and they each took one. ”Don't let anyone see your number either,” Kaiden reminded.
”So... who's the king?” Renae asked. Everyone looked about with their shifty eyes. ”Me,” Kaiden said as he put up his hand. ”So... we got a cheeky king, huh,” Matthew said jokingly. Cathy smiled and replied, ”Yep, this'll be fun then!”
They spent a long time playing the game. After all, Kaiden was the king!
”We should head home now. We can clean this up tomorrow anyways, it's getting pretty late,” Cathy said, getting up and stretching. ”No need, I'll get people to clean this place up. You guys have worked hard enough preparing it,” Matthew said. ”Mmh... You guys... I still can't thank you guys enough. I thought that this was the worst day ever since I thought you all had forgotten and Matthew was acting like a b*stard after school. And seriously, Matthew your acti- Wait... where did he go?” They turned around for a second and Matthew had disappeared!
”Aish, who cares? He'll return eventually. If he doesn't, we'll call the cops. I don't think he's in trouble though, so it's fine. Let's head home after Matthew returns,” Cathy said. Renae nodded.
After a few minutes, Matthew returned with a big box in his arms. It was wrapped in different shades of purple and it had an easy to take off top. ”Here, my gift to you,” he said as he carefully placed it on the ground. Renae curiously bent down and took of the top of the box.
”Woof!” The puppy sitting in the box had a little bow clip on its fur. It looked so adorable! Renae immediately knew the breed of the dog. It was an Australian shepherd mixed with a golden retriever and it's fur was white, brown and black. ”MATT.....!” Renae screamed. She was so excited.... how was she supposed to contain it? ”OH MY.... OH MY OH MY....!!” She continued. In the spur of the moment, Renae leapt into Matthew's arms and hugged him so tight he almost couldn't breathe.
Matthew laughed... ”I've never... found it so hard to... to laugh before,” he added. ”Renae I can't breathe,” he finally said. Renae let go, but after Matthew saw her smile, his breath was stolen again. ”So long as you're happy...” he mumbled.
Renae carefully picked up the puppy. It's innocent eyes stared right at Renae. ”Oh... what should I name it? Since Matt gave it to me... and you could call a mat a carpet... ret? Erm, no... Re... Rere?” Renae asked. ”That's a nice name but I feel offended... did you compare me with a carpet? After I gave you a dog?” Matthew whined, pretending to sniff. ”OH hush it... How can I thank you for this though? It's a gift that... I never imagined I'd ever get. Matt, thank you, really,” Renae said as she smiled towards Matthew.
Just a smile drew Matthew in so dearly. He smiled and shyly looked towards the ground as he replied, ”I'd settle with a kiss.” He meant it as a joke, but the next thing he knew, Renae went on tip toes, tilted his head up using her fingers and gave him a cute peck on the lips. After which, they made eye contact for a while before Renae became flustered and turned the other way. She starting petting Rere as she tried to calm her fluttering heart down.
”Ah... anyways, I'll fetch you home, let's go,” Matthew said, his face was also obviously blushing. Cathy and Kaiden were at the side giggling amongst themselves as they watched the entire thing happen. ”Mmh... Bye to you guys then! See you tomorrow at school,” Renae said, waving to Cathy and Kaiden. They returned the wave and just like that, they split ways.