8 To the Dinner (2/2)
”It's fine.” Mura appeared to have returned to normal although her face is still slightly red.
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When the hour is up, the phone that's framed on the wall by the door to the booth rang and the employee notified us. Thus, we gathered our belongings and exited the room before walking back to the counter.
”Two people for one hour and two drinks...that will be 270 Vil,” the employee notified us.
Slowly, I took out my phone from my pockets and stepped forward to the scanner in order to pay, but I'm interrupted by Mura. With her phone in hand, she looked over at me with a playful smile before hovering her phone over the scanner. After a short audible beep, she removed her phone from the scanner.
”Didn't I say I got it?” She winked at me.
”T-thanks,” I look to the side, blushing a bit.
We then proceeded to ride the elevator back down to the first floor and leave the building. We stepped foot once again on the busy streets of Berjaus, which is dyed a hue of orange as the sun started sinking in the horizon.
”Let's exchange numbers,” Mura suddenly said to me as she held up her phone.
What? It's this easy? I mean I'll take it.
”S-sure.” I nervously took out my phone from my pocket.
”That was pretty fun,” she said as she started entering in her number into my contacts. ”Wait. You have Muria's number as well?” She looked over at me with pleasant surprise.
”Y-yeah.” I looked to the side so as to avoid making eye contact.
”I'm surprised.” She handed my phone back to me. ”She's not the one to give out her phone number to people.”
”Huh?” I listened as I checked that she did in fact enter in her phone number.
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Congratulations! You've completed your assignment on time.
The reward of 15 SP has been added to your account.
Your SP balance is: 75 SP
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That's one mission done. Now the other one...That's just impossible.
I sighed and slipped my phone back into my pockets, despairing at the fact that I'll lose 30 SP and be punished.
30 SP...That's almost half of what I have in total...It hurts, but I can't help it. There's no way that I can kiss her naturally.
”Hmm.” Mura stared at her phone. ”It's still a bit early, but do you wanna go eat now? She's there already.”
”She?”
”Did I forget to tell you?” Mura looked over at me. ”Muria's going to be with us.”
You did not. You didn't tell me that. God...This will be the most awkward dinner ever.
”Let's go then.”
Mura starts walking down the street with an unknown destination in mind. With no other choice, I began following after her.
”So what exactly did you and Muria do Saturday?” Mura began chatting with me as we waited for the light to turn green at a crosswalk.
”We just met up at Nocsinis Station and then go watch a movie,” I said.
”Oh.”
An awkward silence then followed, causing me to feel uneasy as I nervously shift my legs. As the cars on the road continuously zoomed by, this wait seems to be taking forever. Each second of this inaction feels like a torture. The atmosphere between us just feels so cold that I shivered despite the fact that it is still Summer time. God...Please just make the light turn green already.
The light soon shifted from red to green. A soft music started playing and based on the music, one could tell how long until the green light turns red.
I followed closely behind Mura in the large crowd of pedestrians that're crossing the road as well. I had to be super close to her in order to not get separated from her. We finished crossing the wide road and arrived on the other side. Then, Mura began walking towards a building. Looking over at her objective, I discovered large glass windows on the first floor of the building, and inside, there were numerous separate tables and seats with people occupying them while eating food. Through the window, I could also see Muria sitting in a seat that is by the window as she waited for her sister to arrive.
For some reason, I have a bad feeling about this dinner.