#53 The old lady's advices

"Kei girl, can you stay for a minute?" The old lady asked when we were ready to leave.

"Huh? Me?" Kei pointed her finger at her own confused face and then she looked at me for advice.

She probably won't do anything bad to Kei... I thought and nodded at her before leaving the room.

The couple who were previously behind us were looking at me with confused expressions but they didn't say anything when they saw me waiting right in front of the curtain since they knew that there was still my 'partner' inside.

-----(Right behind the curtain)-----

"Do you need me for something else?" Kei asked nervously.

"Haha, don't be so nervous. I just want to discuss with you what I divined for you earlier. But you should come closer if you don't want anyone to hear us, just in case" The old lady said with an amused smile when she saw Kei behaving like that.

When Kei heard the reason she quickly came closer in fright that someone might hear their conversation.

"I thought that it would be better to talk about this without Felix boy around. I hope it was a good decision from my side." She said with a teasing smile.

"O-of course. But...how? How did you know what I wanted you to divine for me?" Kei asked with a confused expression.

"HAHAHA, Why do younglings think that we, old people know nothing about love? You know...I used to be like you, in love. Of course, I am going to recognize when someone is in love." She released hearty laugher before she had a nostalgic look on her face.

Hearing all her words, Kei couldn't help but blush even though she already knew that the old lady was aware of that fact.

But this also served to ease up Kei's nerves. She felt more comfortable around the old lady.

'Maybe this is a good chance but it's so embarrassing...BUT I can't miss this chance!' Kei thought and gritted her teeth.

"Senior, can you please give me advice?!" Kei said and sincerely bowed to the old lady with a completely red face.

"No need to do such a thing..." She waved her hand to make Kei stop bowing.

"I am also helping you because that Felix boy is a very interesting individual. He gives me a feeling of an extremely calm lake with a dangerous beast residing deep inside. It's really hard to believe that he is just a teenager."

"Does Senior mean that he is dangerous?" Kei asked with a doubtful expression.

'It seems that this girl really has absolute trust in him...' The old lady thought with a smile when she saw Kei's disbelieving expression.

"Yes, that's how I personally feel but I don't think that the beast inside him can wake up in any normal situation. It would need something in the form of a stimulant to be woken up." The old lady said while giving Kei a particular look.

"...A-are you saying that-" Kei also noticed her look so she asked just to be sure but she was immediately interrupted by her.

"When I saw his eyes when he walked in for the first time, I thought: 'What an extremely cold eyes'. He probably doesn't trust many people, however, whenever he looked at you, his eyes completely changed. I also noticed when you two first walked in, he moved a bit closer to you"

After hearing her words, Kei just placed her hand on her chest to feel her rapidly beating heart with a happy yet shy smile across her face.

"But don't become overly confident." The old lady said with a stern expression.

Hearing this, Kei immediately woke up and focused at the old lady once again.

"Before I tell you more. Tell me...how much do you love him? Do you really mean it? Would you be willing to marry him?" The old lady bombarded Kei with more and more questions.

"M-m-m-marry?!! I-I don't know...t-this is too much to answer right now." Kei was totally caught off guard when she heard such a question.

Kei calmed down a bit and started to recall all of her memories together with Felix. From their first meeting, how her mother was teasing her because of Felix, until today's scene in the changing room where they almost kissed.

She took a deep breath and started speaking with a genuine smile.

"I don't know about marriage but I can tell Senior, I think that I really love him" Kei blushed and said with her hand on her chest with closed eyes.

"You think? I guess this must be your first love... I will give you small advice. If you really mean it then he is your best choice!" The old lady said with an extremely serious expression.

Kei looked happy by her statement but she still appeared a bit confused.

"You want to know the reason why he is the best choice, don't you? I couldn't divine fortune for him but that doesn't mean I didn't see at least a bit of his true personality."

'True personality?' Kei thought.

"His mind has no tainted thoughts. He is the type of man who is extremely hard to fall in love and I won't lie to you, a lot of relationships are also built on lust, however, he is different if you understand what I meant by this. Of course, he is a normal human who feels such emotion as lust but his mind is rejecting to be controlled by it. If you can make him fall in love with you then you don't have to be afraid of him being unfaithful to you or him leaving you." The old lady explained to Kei, however when she was her nodding with a confident smile she was slightly surprised.

'It seems that she already has undeniable trust in him, that's why she wasn't surprised by all of this' The old lady thought with a warm smile while looking at Kei.

"You can go now...don't make him wait for too long" The old lady was shooing Kei away with a warm smile on her face.

"Senior wait! Don't you have any other advice on what I should do to make his heart mine? Please!" Kei once again bowed with a sincere expression.

"Stop it already! He already likes you, you can't force him to love you immediately so it will take some time but I can tell you that it will be worth the wait, just let it develop naturally don't make any forceful moves. Also, be careful of any potential rivals. These types of men tend to attract quite a lot of attention from girls." The old lady gave her last advice before saying for other people to come.

"Thank you for everything, Senior!" Kei quickly bowed and left the room.

'This girl...she bowed again *sigh*. I hope you will do better than me' The old lady thought with a nostalgic face while looking out of the window.

-----(Right behind the curtain END)-----

It took more than 5 minutes before Kei came out of the room, the other people were already looking at me with an angry expression and it was annoying me.

"What did you two talk about?" I couldn't help but ask her out of curiosity. But I had a hunch that it was about me. Why else would she wanted me to leave and talk with Kei all alone? But it could also be Kei's personal problems...who knows.

"Hehe, that's a secret! Will you walk me to the dorms?" She said with a playful smile.

Is she aware that our dorms are located in the same place? Does she actually want me to walk her to her room's door?

Whatever...

"Sure" I simply answered while slowly leaving and she quickly joined right beside me. Maybe even too close, our shoulders were practically touching each other.

When we were able to get through the crowded queue, we spotted two familiar faces.

Ayanokoji and Ibuki.

It seems that those two are also here because of the fortune-teller.

They also noticed our presence and looked at us with a slightly surprised expression.

"Hello..." I greeted them

"Good morning..." The only one who returned the greeting was Ayanokoji.

It seemed like Ibuki and Kei started their staring contest.

Maan, what an awkward situation plus it also has to be Ibuki of all the people...