Chapter 9: Oda Family Dinner 3
"Of course not. This is a great opportunity to get close to Hideki, the Crazy Emperor. But it's a convention that at the Huanghua College Night, a large sum of money will be donated in the name of his fan club, and then there will be a so-called group date for everyone for a few minutes. Hideki didn't mind playing with them like this before! But... it seems that he has other plans this year!"
"Uh...don't...any other plans?"
The eldest lady looked at my expectant expression and couldn't help but sigh and tapped my head with her fingers.
"Ouch!" I covered my forehead and leaned against the edge of the bathtub.
"Please, Xiaoliu, don't be so pure, okay? Being too pure is stupid, okay?" said the eldest lady, "Hideki will most likely show something at that time! If nothing unexpected happens, according to that guy's explosive nature, he might just say in front of everyone that he likes you!"
"No...no way..." I couldn't even speak straight and kept denying it.
"Of course not, didn't Yang explain it to you clearly? That guy has never been so serious before..."
"But then Hideki will be disliked by girls..."
"Please! He has already rejected them during this school trip! Do you think he cares that others don't like him? That guy's true nature is not likable at all!"
"Oh... is that so? Why do I feel like it's okay..." I spoke softly and softly, feeling so embarrassed. Why did I feel like I was speaking for Hideki?
"You guys, I don't know what you're still making such a fuss about. You obviously like each other..." The eldest lady looked impatient, and suddenly looked at me with a sinister look.
I wonder if he is going to pinch my face again! I thought and quickly changed the subject.
"Ah! Why don't we talk about Hasumi-senpai? He seems to like you, Atsuhime, very much..."
“Will you shut up? That guy is so stupid that he can’t even speak clearly when he sees me, or he just nods his head when I say something. He’s not a decorative nodding doll…” The eldest lady slapped the water in the bathtub unhappily.
"Pfft...Is Senior Hasumi like this in front of you?" The senior obviously looks smart, why is he so stupid?
"Yeah, it's so annoying! Don't you know, seeing his stupid and foolish look makes me want to beat him up?"
…
While chatting about trivial things with the eldest lady, we looked up and looked at the deep blue night sky through the transparent windows installed on the roof. The stars in the sky were twinkling, like many blinking eyes.
The starlight was gentle, and I thought of my mother. My kind mother, who was reluctant to let me feel sad, once said that people who leave this world will become stars, watching the people they care about in their hearts from the distant universe.
Among these stars, one of them should be my mother! Will my mother watch over me? Watch me grow up, watch me enter this school, watch me meet so many people and have these friends.
I felt warm all over, my body became soft, but my heartbeat became louder and louder.
Mom, I have a boy I like, his name is Oda Hideki. Whenever I think of him, I feel warm all over, just like when I think of mom. Although I used to be very afraid of him, and I used to think that this kind of love would never work out, but mom, he said he would prove it to me!
Now I feel so happy, so happy! It seems that every part of my body has become soft, and I am trapped in a feeling called love.
Mother……
I can definitely tell him that I like him...
You definitely can, right, mom!
"Zi Mu...are you sure it's okay for Xiu Shu to do this?"
When I entered the place where Hasunuma Shimu first met me again and faced a dress that was so beautiful that it was shocking, for some reason, this was what senior Shimizu who was present at the scene said.
"...Hey, Hideki?" I knew that today was the night of Huanghua College. The return trip was much more normal . All the people in the house were in the car. The eldest lady sat next to me, and Hideki was also next to me.
Senior Shimizu didn't express any displeasure, but was discussing the pet shop with Senior Hasumi, which made me feel greatly relieved - after all, his participation was just out of curiosity!
So when Hasunuma Shimur called me and told me to come over because Hideki had something for me, I didn’t expect Shimizu-senpai to be there. I thought everything was over…
"Didn't he...didn't he lend me clothes?" The young lady had mentioned this topic on the way back. To attend the Huanghua College Night, one needs to wear formal attire and a dress, and Hideki volunteered to make the guarantee.
"Leave everything to me." I still remember clearly the domineering look on Hideki's face. Later, the eldest lady smiled and said that you were not planning to dress me up as the female ninja who served the Oda family back then!
Why does Senior Qingshui say this? It seems like he has other plans. Could it be...
"That guy ordered the latest Chanel dress. My sister liked it very much and she also told me that she wanted it. It was just released three days ago..."
What? How could it be such an expensive brand-name product? I took a step back in shock, and Senior Shimizu continued, "You probably spend your time with Atsuhime after class! So you probably didn't hear about those gossips."
"Gossip?" I was sweating. I really didn't hear anything. Especially after the eldest lady speculated what Hideki would do today, I was so excited just thinking about it. How could I be in the mood to listen to other people's gossip!
"Hideki has already spread the word that tonight, no matter if he is elected King of the Night or not, he will not accept any invitations from anyone, not even group dates. Because all his time from now on will only be reserved for one special girl, and she will show up wearing this year's latest Chanel. I say, this is more than just a set of clothes!"
Senior Shimizu noticed my abnormality and stopped.
"What should we do, Shimizu-senpai?"
"There's nothing to do! If I had chosen Yang at the beginning, this wouldn't have happened, right?" Hasunuma walked up to me and clapped his hands. Two maids came over and brought a tall screen.
Before I could say anything, they grabbed me and started changing my clothes skillfully. I screamed all the way and was put into the little dress without knowing what was going on.
After I was dressed freshly, I was pulled out again and pressed on a chair. Someone gave me shiny white leather shoes with lace trims and a set of sparkling accessories.
The maids began to comb my hair as if they were going to put it up.
"It turns out that Xiao Liu, you really don't know what Hideki is planning!" Senior Shimizu just sighed like this in response to my pleading look.
"I, I don't know, oops..." Someone pressed my head down, and I felt another braid on my head.
Hasunuma, however, said as if he was making a sarcastic remark: "We have already warned you! If you get involved with Hideki, you will definitely become the center of attention. That guy is planning to announce what happened between you to the whole school..."
"What? He...really plans to..." What the eldest lady said was actually true.
"That's right, maybe even the reputation of the Night King will be given up! Once you have a stable partner, you can no longer exist as a public idol! In this sense... that guy has to make a very important decision." Hasunuma looked at me without a smile, "It may be difficult for you in the future, and for Hideki... it will probably be completely different from his past life!"
After the maids combed my hair and tied a white fluffy bow on it, they stepped aside, but pushed over a huge European classical-style makeup mirror. Before I could take a good look at myself, Hasunuma grabbed my chin.
Pfft...that guy actually started applying something fragrant on my face with great proficiency. Only then did I notice that there were various cosmetics next to him.
"You actually asked me to do your makeup myself. Seriously? I'm the exclusive ace makeup artist of the L brand. How dare I reveal my secret identity to you... Tsk!"
Hasunuma said this unhappily, but maybe it was my illusion, I saw a slight smile in the depths of his eyes.
"Yang obviously doesn't like 'humans', and he volunteered to take you to the scene later, fearing that those girls would do something bad to you... It takes a lot of courage to choose Xiushu. If you don't want to accept it, it's not too late."
Hasunuma's tone was the gentlest I had ever heard, and what he said was a fact that I knew in my heart. If Shimizu-senpai went to the scene for me, if Hideki rejected them in person...if they found out that I was the person he mentioned, I can imagine that the emotions of those girls would probably become as terrible as a storm!
But...even so, I want to hear Hideki say that, I want to see him do that, just like he said, to prove his feelings to me.
"I... I want to go..." I mustered up the courage and said to Hasunuma, and then I saw the boy's smile.
"Then go ahead! I will let you appear in front of others in the most beautiful posture. It would be best if no one of them could question why Xiu Shu chose you."
Hasunuma deftly used a makeup brush to touch up my face, and then I heard him whisper to me, "That guy Hideki... is still my friend after all..."
