7 Her Name - 4

"The next time we talked, I suggested for her to go with me. To a map called Tsu. At the time it was my favorite place because it had samurai and ninja stuffs and it was the place I always stop by to get materials whenever I'm planning to grind for hours."

"Okay, then?"

"We went inside the dungeon on a secret part of the map, and went through it as I ferried her. There were two levels there, and the third level was a bit hard to reach but it was worth it. There were floating islands in the skies, and the enemies were a bit tanky and hurt more, but it was easy to go by once you know how to deal with them.

She almost died once so I became a bit more protective after that, and we finally reached the end of the map.

I'm sure I've sent you screenshots of what that place looked like."

"Yep. That's quite the date you had there!" He hit me on the side as he commented.

"Nah. I just wanted to give her a poem I made. Here's that poem."

I brought out my math notebook and opened it from the back side. After flipping two pages, my familiar handwriting finally popped up so I turned and moved the notebook towards him.

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I wonder if you feel the same feelings as mine

I wonder if what we see in the skies are alike

I wonder if we were looking at the same starry night sky

I wonder if you wanna hold my hands at that very night.....

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I wonder if you think of me all the time

If you did I've been probably thinking about you too at the same time

Whenever I reach out my hand to reach nothing,

I always think that I could reach you...

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Even though there are gates,

Even though there are walls, fences,

Even though there are locks and chains...

My heart is always calling out to you...

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I wonder if you feel the same feelings as mine

I wonder if you wanna give me your heart just as I

I wonder whenever you say fine...

You keep secrets, but I decode it in no time...

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I don't know how or when or why

How I fell and felt like this for you

Sometimes, I think my heart does lie

Then so, why should I sacrifice just for you?

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Even so we can't make it in time

I always believe... that you believe me like I do

I sometimes even have little doubts from time to time

Because I worry too much, I know that, very true...

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I can't even believe myself sometimes

That I still believe in you

Even though we haven't been talking too much.....

There's always some place in my heart

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That's only for you.....

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His eyes were serious at first, they his brows furrowed. A while later he chuckled, then at the end he facepalmed.

"What, is something wrong?"

"Dude. You're in love."

"No shit man, I really put up an effort for that."

"Some parts here are just a bit overly dramatic. So? What did she say?"

"She also typed in a poem but it's not that long. Too bad I forgot that the chatlog existed at the time, so I regret not being able to save it. Tch." I took a spoonful of food as Aiden replied.

"Then? That's it?"

"Not just that. I asked her to be my girlfriend that night.....and she agreed..."

I could only look down on my desk and quickly eat my food after I said that. My chest feels so fuzzy right now as I remember that moment when we exchanged poems for each other, and at the same time I also got a girlfriend.

"Dude, your ears are red."

"Khkhh..."

I kept eating until my lunch box was fully empty.

"So, what happened after that?"

"Well... she said that she'll take me to her favorite place next time."

"Spring has come for you, my friend."

"Meh. Do you want me to continue? Break is almost over."

"Tomorrow is fine. At least this time there's no flag ceremony and you'll be able to go out quickly."

We talked about our lessons after that instead before the bell rung and classes resumed.

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After making sure that I already have enough food and drinks by my side, I started to grind at my usual spot.

As always, I arrive early and she's still not online. Her brother's there but I don't really want to PM him right now as he might just bring up some difficult quest that's without benefit to me.

This time I logged in my merchant account which I usually use to buy and sell things, and also because it's where I put all my money. This class never leaves the town so as insurance.

I also put a lock code on my inventory so that I'll be able to see the log and would have an additional security.

For three hours worth of grind, I got around a hundred million gold which wasn't bad. It was enough to buy a rare item on the players market, but not enough to buy the more rather OP ones.

I kept my friend list open just in case she logs in, but it's been a long time and I can't help but be curious so I messaged her brother instead.

Me [bro]

StarQuincy09 [yea]

StarQuincy09 [she has exams today so]

StarQuincy09 [it'll be a little late]

Me [at school at this time of night?]

StarQuincy09 [no i mean]

StarQuincy09 [she reviewing her tests tomorrow]

StarQuincy09 [I'll tell her you're here]

Me [wait, ]

Message failed to send.

"Ugh. Don't disturb her if she's studying, my goodness."

My heart was starting to beat faster though even when I said those words.

Anticipation.

Just a single word, and my chest starts to feel that fuzzy and warm feeling again, as if I'm floating.

"Is it why they call it on cloud nine?"

I clenched my fist towards my chest and heard a message. Seeing the familiar character name, I feel vigorous as if countless bolts of voltage entered my brain.

LittleHunter [sorry]

LittleHunter [I didn't tell I had exams]

Me [no, sorry]

LittleHunter [earlier I keep thinking of you]

Me [I disturbed ur study]

LittleHunter [don't appear on my papers]

LittleHunter [>__<]

Me [hmm...]

LittleHunter [it's okay]

Me [actually...]

Me [I also have a problem]

LittleHunter [you have exams too?]

Me [I wanna know ur real name]

With that, time felt like it paused, and the wait felt like a mill slowly grinding grains.