#50 The fortune-teller 1

When I opened my eyes, I realized that it was already 8 AM. I remembered the last night and I couldn't help but touch my forehead. The last night was like a living hell for me, the headache was only getting more painful each minute passed and it didn't end until 5 AM, well that's at least what I remember before I passed out on my bed from feeling the constant pain for numerous hours.

But I felt extremely different right now...it wasn't my body that changed but it was like my head cleared up a lot. I got up and decided to freshen up myself with cold water but when I looked more distinctly into the mirror I noticed that my eyes looked much calmer than normal. Usually, it was apparent that I was thinking some schemes or was worried about something just by looking into my eyes but right now I couldn't see anything inside. Right now they looked like a surface of the calm lake without any disturbances. Well, in my case, they looked more like a pond of blood. I am not sure but maybe even the shade turned a bit darker.

"Haha, I thought that I was going to die" I laughed aloud while falling down back on my bed.

I definitely trained my body a lot but I can't believe I actually neglect the training of the mind. No...I didn't forget, I was just too arrogant and thought that I don't need it with my experience and me being practically around 25 years old.

While I was thinking about all kinds of different things, I was interrupted by the ringing sound of my phone.

I looked at the display and saw that the caller was 'Kei-chan'.

"Good morning!" I said with a happy tone since I was feeling really good with no headache.

"Don't 'good morning' me! Where were you yesterday?! I sent you numerous messages in the evening!" Once again I heard Karuizawa's angry voice.

Messages? I quickly checked my phone and saw 5 messages sent at different times but every one of them was sent when I had that headache...

"Sorry about that...I will explain it to you later, I don't want to discuss it over the phone" I said casually but I had no intention to mention the headache to her. I will just make some excuse.

"Did something bad happened to you?" She asked in a worried voice.

"Are you perhaps worried about me? That's sweet...You know, I will tell you what I did last night." I stopped for a while but it seemed that she had no intention to interrupt me.

"I had a date last night" I said with a teasing tone.

"What?! Ugh, you are the worst!" She immediately replied in an angry tone with a bit of regret in her voice, like she regretted that she was worried about me.

"I am just joking with you so calm down" I choose to calm her down before she ends the call in frustration.

"...Since you weren't even aware of my messages from yesterday then I guess it would be best just to ask you right now. You aren't part of any club right?" She took a deep breath to calm herself down and then she asked me a pretty weird question.

Hmm, now that she mentioned it I never even considered joining one. Sudo is part of the basketball club, isn't he? I couldn't help but remember one of my favorite animes 'Kuroko No Basket'. Hehe, that would be fun but I don't think I will be able to join any club right now if I won't consult it with my homeroom teacher.

"I am not, is there any specific reason why you asked?" I replied to her.

"Well, I heard that people attending the clubs are pretty busy lately but I guess it won't be a problem in your case. Have you heard of the pretty accurate fortune-teller appearing at Keyaki Mall?" She asked me in a pretty exciting voice.

"I've heard a few rumors but I don't know any details" I honestly answered.

"Nice! How about going with me?!" She sounded even more excited when I said I am not aware of any details. Or was it just my imagination?

Anyway...fortune-teller? I don't know if I want to even try if it's a scam or not. But I don't really have anything else planned so I might as well get some fresh air while going with Karuizawa to that fortune-teller.

"Sure, I don't mind, when is it?" I asked her.

"It starts at 10 AM but we should go there much earlier, like 9 AM" She explained while I was drinking my morning coffee and her sentence caught me off guard.

"*cough* *cough* What?! That's like not even 1 hour from now on. Why so early?" I asked in confusion why should we actually wait there for more than 1 hour.

"That's a secret...Let's meet there, ok?" She said and quickly ended the call.

I could just dumbfoundedly look at the display.

She didn't even give me a chance to tell my opinion...

...

When I arrived at Keyaki Mall, I noticed there were already many more people around than normal.

"Felix-kun!" I heard a distant voice calling out my name.

When I turned around I noticed Karuizawa waving to me while running up to me.

She was wearing a green t-shirt with a mini skirt, making almost her smooth milky tights fully on display.

It seems that her skirt is enhanced with some kind of magic. It's covering only important parts but it looks like it's glued to her. Not even her running makes it reveal parts that shouldn't be revealed.

And since when did she start calling me by my first name anyway? Well, it's not like I care about such small detail.

"Yo, Kei-chan. It seems like you take this fortune-teller really seriously" I greeted her and referred to the light make-up on her face, it seems that she also used lipstick...

"Hm? You seem somehow different...Are you perhaps wearing contact lenses?" She asked me with a curious expression while leaning forward to take a better look. She was practically a few centimeters away from my face but I let her take a good look even though it surprised me that she was able to tell such small detail just from the first glance. She realized what she was doing and quickly backed up with a red face.

"I used to wear them before so they made the shade of my eyes slightly different but I am not wearing them anymore." I didn't want to explain it to her, well, more like I couldn't explain it even if I wanted.

"Hmm? Really? Well, whatever your eyes look even more captivating than before so you should keep them like that." She looked at me with a thoughtful expression at first but maybe she sensed that I didn't want to talk about it so she dropped it.

She took some distance from me and said with a confident smile:

"Hehe, do I look good?" She quickly spun around, giving me full view of her. Her skirt also danced in wind but it never revealed anything important once again... How is that even possible?

I am starting to think that there is really magic involved here.

I had a thoughtful expression with a hand on my chin while looking at her for a moment but I quickly recovered when I saw Karuizawa looking at me with an inquiring gaze.

"Kei-chan always looks beautiful so there is no need to judge you by your clothes or make-up you applied and I don't think you needed to exert such effort just for the fortune-teller..." I nodded at her in appreciation but I still didn't really understand why she tried so hard... It's usual to see girls with make-up but she looked much more excited about the entire fortune-teller thing than she should be. Maybe she really likes to hang out with me even though what happened between us on that cruise ship.

"Of course it's not for the fortune-teller but we will make a few stops at the various shops before going to the main event of the day." She said excitedly.

"Wait!" I motioned with my hand for her to stop.

"What do you mean by that?" I asked her with an uneasy expression.

"Well, we still have around 30 minutes so I want to use that time to try various clothes. There are big discounts today so I have to use this chance." She earnestly smiled at me.

Wait, wait...something doesn't add up. Why wouldn't she go with her friends and why wouldn't she just use the afternoon for that? Why now?

"Is that really all you want to do?" I asked her with a suspicious look.

"Well, I also want you to be my judge for today" She said with a slightly embarrassed face but I didn't think that it was all and kept looking at her with a suspicious gaze.

"well...and to spend more time with you" She mumbled while looking downwards with a red face but I was still able to hear her. But I guess she didn't want me to hear it.

I couldn't help but smile at her behavior...she is the first person I became slightly attached to in this life, but that attachment is still rapidly growing. If she just wanted to spend some time with me, she didn't have to be so sneaky about it.

"*sigh* Then let's go, I will do my best to be a fair judge" I said with an affectionate smile and offered her my hand.

I didn't care about people being able to see us together since there were already rumors around in our class that Karuizawa broke up with Hirata.

Her eyes widened in surprise but she quickly caught my hand and tightly held it with a happy smile on her face.

I hope I will be able to use that hand by the end of the day, judging by how tightly she is holding it.

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