Chapter-7: Saving a girl. {Edited}

Chapter-7: Saving a girl.

After resting in a cafe, they continued their date, that is, a walk around the zoo.

Alice wanted to see baby pandas and other animals.

When Alice arrived at the zoo, she offered to buy a ticket for the couples, as it was cheaper.

Hiro didn't really care. He had money, but that didn't mean he would spend it, since no one knew what would happen in the future. But surely he was planning to open a few more businesses, and not work under someone else.

Alice was very excited when she entered the zoo.

- Hiro! Hiro! Let's go to that place!

Holding his hand, Alice wanted to bring him to see the peacock.

- Well, you don't have to run, because the peacock won't run anywhere! - Hiro smiled at Alice.

They continued to walk around the zoo and found a gorilla. The strangest thing about this gorilla was that it resembled a human, as it ate a banana while watching TV.

Hiro picked up his phone and took a picture of this gorilla.

Hiro followed Alice further into the zoo and said. – How about we go to the baby animal area?

- Baby animals?

Alice thought about how cute baby animals can be and agreed to go to this area.

Holding Alice's hand, Hiro said. - Well, what's going on?

Alice nodded with a smile and followed Hiro.

...

Hiro didn't think that the combination of small animals and a cute girl could be so dangerous. He picked up his phone and took a picture of Alice playing with the animal, as he would have been sorry if he hadn't.

When Alice was playing with the pandas, suddenly one of them licked her, which made Alice laugh, and she said. - Hiro, come here! They are very cute!

-…

Hiro felt his heart sink when he saw such a cute scene in front of him. He calmed down and nodded.

- I'm coming!

...

After playing with the animals, they went to the souvenir shop to buy something.

Alice looked around and found a panda hat. She put it on her head and asked. - What do you think?

- Nice.

Alice smiled and looked around before finding something perfect for him.

- Hiro, try wearing this!

- What is it? - Hiro asked.

- It's a dragon hat. It suits you, doesn't it? - Alice asked with a smile. - Come here. I'll put it on you.

Hiro sighed and let Alice put the hat on his head.

Alice picked up her phone and told him to come closer as she wanted to take a selfie. Looking at the result of the photo, she wondered if she should use it as her phone profile.

They bought souvenirs and walked around the zoo again until they felt satisfied. When it was already evening, they decided to return and bought sweets on the way. As they walked together, holding hands, they heard strange noises from the alley, which made Alice tense up, apparently the echoes of the movie were still in her head. They looked at each other, and Hiro said. - Wait for me here, and I'll go and see what's in there!

- I'm with you! - with trembling legs, Alice said.

- .... Okay, but don't come out from behind me! - In this situation, Hiro didn't want to make a fuss, so he calmly said it to the trembling Alice.

- Yeah..

When they got closer, they heard a girl and 2 men talking.

- Come on, pretty girl! We'll give you a good time if you come with us. - one of them said.

- No, thank you! - the girl refused and tried to run away, but she was cornered.

- You're coming with us whether you like it or not! - The second man said, grabbing the girl's arm.

- N-no! Help! - The girl screamed for help. Luckily, Hiro was there.

- Could you please leave her in order? - As soon as he said that, both men immediately turned around and saw a beautiful couple of a guy and a girl.

- Eh?! What the hell do you want? You'd better get out of here... - Before the bandit could finish his words, Hiro was already punching the Bandit in the stomach faster than the normal human eye can see. And while the second one was in shock, he also hit him, without slowing down his speed, he quickly kneels down.

- Y-you bastard... - that was all he had time to say before he lost consciousness.

- Sigh.. Are you all right? - Alice asked, running up to her.

- Y-yes! T-thank you very much! - She said, still looking scared and trembling. Hiro took her hand and said.

- Hey, let's get out of here first. - He took her hand, without her approval, but she didn't mind, because she felt that they were not bad people, then the three of them made their way to a random restaurant and sat down at one of the tables. Hiro then buys something from a vending machine, and gives both juices to the still-shocked girls.

- Here, take this!

- Thank you very much. And thank you so much for saving me from these people.

- Don't worry about it, but please go to more public places, okay? - Alice said, teaching her a little.

- Yeah.. I'll keep that in mind. What is your name?

- I'm Nakiri Alice, you can call me Alice, and this is Ichijo Hiroto. And you?

- My name is Yamauchi Sakura. - Sakura replied with a smile on her face.

- Nice to meet you, Yamauchi-san! You can just call me Hiro. - Hiro put my own contribution into this little dialogue.

- I-it's nice to meet you too, then you can just call me S-sakura. - Sakura said, clearly nervous.

- Then Sakura, nice to meet you! - Hiro replied, causing Sakura to blush slightly.

- Mmm, are you okay? Your face is red! - Hiro asked, and when Sakura realized what he meant, she blushed even more.

Alice was just watching them, just smiling.

- N-no! I'm perfectly fine! Thank you for asking. - Sakura quickly replied.

- Oh, good, then! - Hiro said, looking at Alice's smiling eyes.

So the trio sat and talked about various topics, Sakura no longer felt embarrassed and spoke normally.

- Hey, it's getting dark soon, isn't it time to go home? - Hiro asked.

- Oh, Hiro, are we boring you yet? - Alice asked with a smile, hugging Sakura at the same time.

- No, I don't mind sitting down for a while, but your family may be worried, so let's not worry them! - Hiro said, to which Alice chuckled and Sakura laughed.

- You don't have to worry, I already called my mom and asked her to pick me up from here, so she'll be here in a few minutes. - Sakura said, still chuckling.

- Then we'll wait until your mom picks you up. - Hiro replied. – You don't mind Alice?

- I don't mind! - Alice said.

- Huh? It's all right, you know? It's only a couple of minutes. You can go home, Hiro, Alice. - Sakura said politely, but her heart actually started beating faster. Hiro just pats her head and smiles, causing Sakura to suddenly blush.

- You're a beautiful girl. It's getting dark, and I'm just keeping you safe until your mother gets here. - Hiro said impudently, which made Sakura blush even more, and Alice pouted a little.

- Beautiful?! Me?! - she asked, shocked.

- Well, yes. You're beautiful in my eyes, don't you think so, Alice? - Hiro said with a smile.

- You're a beautiful girl! - Alice replied.

- I... - and just as Sakura wants to continue, her phone suddenly rings, which means that her mother has already arrived and is waiting for her.

- Um, my mom's here. It's time for me to go. - Sakura said.

- All right, then.. - Hiro said, but was suddenly interrupted by Sakura.

- Hiro, Alice, can we exchange numbers? - Sakura asked excitedly.

- Mmm, sure, Sakura. - Hiro said.

Hiro and Alice took out their phones, and they exchanged numbers. Sakura was very happy that she had his ... that is, their numbers.

- Then Hiro, Alice, I'll see you later! - Sakura happily said goodbye as she ran.

- Yes! See you later! - his face flushed slightly when he saw her smile.

- Yeah.. - Alice replied, thinking of something.

Sakura then meets her mother in a nearby parking lot. Her mother comes out, hugs her, and asks if she's okay.

- Mom, I'm fine, I was saved by Hiro. - Sakura said.

- Eh? You were saved by a guy?! - Her mother asked, surprised and worried. – Who is he? - Her mother also asked, but after Sakura told her everything that had happened, she was glad. Sakura's mother noticed that Sakura blushed, talking about how brave and kind he was, which was very different compared to Sakura's ex-boyfriend.

"Hmm, I have to keep a close eye on this guy. He could be my son-in-law." - Sakura's mother thought happily.

Meanwhile, Sakura is also thinking about Hiro.

...

Back to Hiro.

As he watched the car drive away, Hiro thought: "So this girl is the Yamauchi Sakura, right? So she has pancreatic cancer. I can save her at any time, because I can acquire an ability or an item that will easily heal her, but how can I talk to her about it? If she doesn't tell me, it will be problematic. Fortunately, she still has a few years to live, so I won't worry about it, but I have to stop this killer from killing her."

As soon as the car was out of sight, Alice suddenly spoke.

- Hiro!

- Huh? What is it? - Hiro asked calmly, as he had grown used to such antics from her all day.

- What are you going to do tomorrow?

- I'm busy tomorrow, so if you wanted to meet, then let's do it some other time! Ok? - Hiro said, remembering the two meetings.

- Good!

- But why did you ask, do you have no school tomorrow, especially since you skipped today? You won't have any problems? - Hiro asked, to which Alice flinched slightly.

- It'll be all right!

So they walked in silence along the street, lit by lanterns. And finally, one of them apparently got tired of walking in silence, and someone spoke.

- And it turns out that you are not only a good cook, but also a good fighter, what else can you do? - Alice asked with obvious curiosity.

- It's a secret! - Hiro said.

- Hm! - Alice replied, turning away from Hiro.

- But isn't it interesting?

- What exactly?

- To reveal the secrets of a person? If I tell you everything now, then what will be my riddle, because as they say, there should be a riddle in every man. That's it!

- Oh, who wants your secrets? - Alice said irritably.

…

While they were talking and arguing, a black car suddenly drove up to them, and a young man got out of it.

- Who are you? - Hiro was on his guard, as he hadn't seen him yet because of the darkness.

As he got closer, the light of the lantern shone on him, so that Hiro could see him. This guy is wearing a normal Totsuki uniform. He wears a T-shirt under his jacket. A red bandage is tied around his right wrist.

He had black hair and long bangs. Disheveled with a lazy expression, he walked over to them.

- Ryu! What are you doing here? - Alice asked.

- Ryu? - Hiro asked, looking at the newcomer.

- Yes, meet this Kurokiba Ryu!

- Oh, nice to meet you! My name is Ichijo Hiroto, but you can call me Hiro.

- Yeah, - Ryu said indifferently.

- Hey, don't be so indifferent. - Alice said, pounding the boy's chest with her fists.

- ...Yeah.

- So, what are you doing here? - Alice asked, calming down.

- The director sent me to find you. - Ryu said in the same indifferent tone.

- Grandfather? - Alice exclaimed, startled.

- Alice? Is something wrong? - Hiro asked.

- Huh? nothing-nothing! Okay, Hiro, I'll go! - Alice said with a startled face.

- Good! See you again! - Hiro said with a smile.

...

When the car started to drive away, it stopped abruptly and Alice ran out of it. - Hiro ... can you give me your number, too? - she asked.

- Oh? Of course, but you give your own! - Hiro said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

After exchanging phone numbers, Alice went to the car with a bright smile.

Inside the car.

- So who is he? - Ryu asked.

- Ryu, are you deaf? I introduced him to you just a moment ago! - Alice said with a smile.

- No, I'm just curious!

After a while, Alice told Ryu about Hiro.

- Oh, how! His dish was praised by your sister. Interesting! - Ryu said with an indifferent tone.

- Yes, it's true that Hiro is a very interesting guy, and a handsome one at that! - Alice said with a slight blush.