As Saturday came, I woke up earlier since I hadn't asked for permission to leave the mansion. I quickly did all my stuff and changed to a comfortable white shirt paired with jeans. I tied my hair in pigtails, and carefully creep through the hallway. Who knows what would pop out in the—

"Yumi-sama, are you spying?"

I almost screamed at the suddenness of the voice. I turned around to see Tomomi looking over at my back.

"Tomomi, what are you doing on my back?!" I whisper-yelled.

"Nothing. Just following you." She shrugs.

I looked around if somebody saw us. There was none. "Did somebody saw you on the way?"

"Nope!" She enthusiastically said.

"How can you be so sure?" I doubted.

"Cause I'm a ninja!"

I facepalm. Well, this is Tomomi we're talking about...

"Anyways, where are you going?" She asked, staring at me from head to feet.

"Promise me you won't stop me on where I'm going."

"It depends on where you're going." She explains. "If you're going to a dangerous place, then you can't!"

I sighed. "I'm not going to a dangerous place Tomomi. It's just that, I was supposed to meet with my best friend at the mall----"

"Eh? We're going?" She asked, and then her eyes sparkled. "And you called me your bestfriend."

I sweatdrop. How would I explain this without hurting her...

"U-Um..." I fiddled with my fingers. "It's another----"

"Yumi-sama!!" I got surprised when she cried anime tears. "I thought I was your first and only friend?!"

I sweatdrop. She's the girl from my flashbacks...? That's... Quite impossible... ^-^;

"But it's okay!" She wiped the tears away. "My little Yumi is growing up!"

She hugged me and nuzzled her cheeks onto mine. She seemed to be spacing out, I need to wake her up somehow.

"Tomomi?" She still keeps on nuzzling her cheeks and muttering incoherent words. "Tomomi!"

"Eh?" She snapped back to her daze. "Gomen Yumi! You can go now."

But there's still something that needs to be answered. Should I ask her for directions?

[Ask her about it]

[Don't ask her]

Well, there's nothing at stake, so why not ask her?

"A-Ano... Tomomi..." She replied with a simple 'hmm?' "W-Where's the mall located."

Thank goodness she didn't have any reaction about that question.

"Hmmm... It seems normal. You didn't even go out of the mansion when we were still kids." She mumbled. "Hmmm... It's quite of hard explaining—Ah! I know! I'll take you there myself."

I raised an eyebrow. "Don't you have a lot of things to do?"

"If it's for you, then I will do it!" She says with a grin. Why does it seemed suspicious...?

"And besides, I'll stalk you with your new best friend and take you away from her!" She said quietly to herself, but not too quiet since I've heard it. I sweatdrop.

"On the other hand, I remembered someone pointing its direction the other day." I lied. She sounds like a yandere obsessed friend; I need to get away from her! >.<

"Yumi, wai--!" I dashed away from the house and stopped running when I reached the park.

I panted. Why did I even ask her? Well, how would I go to the mall without people staring at me weirdly? Oh, maybe it would work...

I went to an isolated area and fiddled with my phone. If I did this correctly, it would...

A violet light wrapped around me and then I got transported to the mall. Of course, I made sure I got transported in an isolated corner so that I won't attract unwanted attention. I ran to the entrance and saw Yuki. Not long, she took notice of me and waved towards my direction. But...

What is Yukio doing here?!

I looked at Yuki curiously and she only replied with a smile. She grabbed my hand and went to Yukio and grabbed his also.

"Let's go now!" She exclaimed then dragged us inside.

~Timeskip~

The trip inside... was very awkward. It seemed like only Yuki and Yukio are talking. Well, Yuki still is conversing with me, but that's very rare. If Ki-chan didn't bug me about going with her here, then she should have a wonderful date with him! Why did she even invite me?! >.<

We had been following Yuki all day long. That led to the both of us (I and Yukio) having aching feet, so Yuki decided to take a little rest by sitting on a bench. On the way, Yukio and Yuki bought drinks for themselves (more likely Yukio buying them, honestly). I was offered a drink, but I declined.

We all sat down in utter silence. Only the sounds of some slurping can be heard. It was really awkward.

"So, what do you think of the day so far?" Yuki broke the silence.

"I guess it's okay..." I mumbled. "Except for the fact that you dragged me here just to be a third wheel in your date!"

Silence... Did I say something wrong?!

Then a loud laughter and someone choking quickly followed. Now what?

"HAHAHAHAHA!" Yuki laughed like a maniac. "Did you really think we are dating?! Pfft!"

"I won't even date this girl!" Yukio denied. "She's so troublesome!"

"Then why Yuki?!"

"Wait... Can I go to the comfort room?" She ignored my last question. "And wait for me!"

She went away and only I and Yukio were left. It was quite of awkward, so I broke it.

"So... How did Ki-chan manage to bring you here? I'm pretty sure you prefer to be alone." I asked.

"More liked forced." He sighed.

"Seems Yuki to me." I nodded.

"How about you? Surely you won't come here if Yuki didn't do something."

"You're right. She did bug me for an entire week just to make me come here."

He chuckled. "Well, she won't stop until she gets what she wants."

Wait, he just... chuckled! I never thought he can, I mean he always looks serious...

We kept on talking about various things. The awkwardness was gone, and we ended up both laughing at some points.

"Hey, it almost had been an hour, yet Yuki still isn't here..." I exclaimed.

"You're right..."

"Sorry sorry!!" She shouted while running towards us. "It's just that I have some things to do! What did I miss?"

"Nothing." I and Yukio simultaneously said.

"Oh..." She trailed off. "Bye then!"

I swear I saw some kind of mischievous smirk on her face before we separated ways.

~Extra~

It's already nighttime, and I've already prepared to go to bed. That was, when my phone rang.

I looked at my other phone and received a message from Yuki.

(Yumi – Bold

Yuki – Underlined)

Hello Mi-chan!

Hello, what do you need?

Oh nothing, I just want to share some pictures with you.

What does she mean by that? I thought.

She then sends me the pictures of me and Yukio talking.

Oh shoot... .////.

"I hate you Yuki!!!"

~~~

Otome'smind was really blank when she wrote this... ._. 

AND OTOME-CHAN IS VERY SORRY ABOUT NOT POSTING EARLIER!! WE DON'T HAVE ANY INTERNET CONNECTION AT HOME T~T

And well... She went to a lot of places and didn't write a lot... T~T