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CHAPTER 9

XENON KATHRINE ANDERSON

"W-WHY HIM? WHY do I n-need to like him?" I asked him

"There is this something that Cross did that makes his majesty liked him" he answered casually

"And what is it?"

"Dunno" he just said then shrugged his shoulder

"I-I can't digest everything," I said like my head is already full

"How does he look, Sis?" he asked me suddenly

"W-who?" I asked innocently

"Cross Vin Collins"

"H-he is the one I-I am with a minute ago" I said carefully

I saw him look at me in shock, but I didn't bother to look at him

"Y-you mean, the one that has his arm hooked on your nape?!" he asked

"Yes, it's him"

"Y-you traitor!" He shouted

"What?! I didn't do anything bad!" I defended

"H-how could you... H-how could you h-hide this from me?!" he asked me

"I didn't! I just need to act that I don't know who he is!" I shouted

"You still kept a sec---"

"Hep hep hep, stop it, you two. So many eyes were now staring at us. Not only because of your beautiful faces, but because you two were shouting at each other" Catherine said while pointing at the crowd that is watching us

"Don't forget that we are here inside of this mall" Asha added

"Tss" I just said then sipped on my drinks,

"Let me go to your pinsan, your highness" Ash said (Pinsan=cousin)

"Where is she?" Kuya Kathrione asked her

"Around here lang" she answered I glared at her "your highness" she added when she noticed my glares at her

"Who among the two?" Catherine asked

"Avygail, my bebe" she said

"And where is Av?" kuya asked

"I asked her before, she said Avrielle is with her fiancée" Ash said

"Fiancée? Who?" Kuya asked again

"Hm... The Brosette's heir?" Asha asked herself

"Are you already an old woman, Ashyianti Anderson?" Catherine asked her twin

"Hey! You already know that I easily forgot someone's name if they are not close with me!"

"Oh, reason!" Catherine buffed

"Nyenyenye" she just replied (Nyenyenye is the same as blah blah blah. We often say this if we are making face)

"The two of you can't stay in one place at the same time without arguing with each other, huh?!" kuya butted in

"Siya lagi nauuna, your highness" Ashyianti said (She always started it first, your highness)

'Siya lagi nauuna, your highness'?! What an ugly choice of word!

"Whatever" Catherine said before rolling her eyes

"Let's join her, sis"

"You can go with them, kuya" I simply said

"And how about you?" he asked me

"I will sleep in my condo. I am already tired"

I started walking, going to the nearest exit when they bid their goodbyes

"Ouch!" I shouted

"Sorry, Miss. I'm really sorry" the man whom I bumped into said

"I-it's fine!" I said trying to recover my sprained ankle, I guess

"S-sorry again, miss" he just said

I looked unto him, but he wears suspicious clothes. Facemask, black jacket, black shirt, black cap, black pants, and even his running shoes and belt were black! What is wrong with his clothing?! I looked back to his face again. Wait, this is---

"Mico?!" I whisper in a shouting tone

"X-Xen, I didn't know that it was you!" he said while looking around in a panicking mode

"Hey! If you're hiding from someone make sure to wear black contact lenses or other colors! You will always stand out with that color of your eyes! Tanga mo" I just said (You idiot)

"O-okay, okay. But, let's just meet at the starbucks outside, I need to run away from those ugly goons!" He just said then run again

"Ouch!" I shouted again "It fvckin hurts! And it is sprained!" I talked to myself again

"SO WHO ARE you hiding from?" I asked him

"J-just someone" He answered

"Okay" I just shrugged it off

"By the way, what are you doing in the mall?" he asked me

"Oh, that. I am in there with my cousins before"

"But, why are you alone when I saw you?" he asked me again

"They went to Avy" I just answered

We stayed silent for I don't know how long. But I'm 100 percent sure that it wasn't awkward

"Is there still a business you need to do? Or do you need to go somewhere?" I asked him

"None...?" he asked his self "None. I am done for today, Xen. Why?"

"Let's bonding, Mr. Amber-eyed" I said while wiggling my brows

"What kind of bond?"

"How 'bout... Hmm... Let's go date?" I asked him with a pretty smile plastered in my face while looking at him

"D-date? W-what are you talkin' a-about?"

"Let's date! You know? Like the couples" I suggested

"U-uh... I-is that what you want?"

"Hmm... This is what I love to do! I didn't even know how to date, so I want you to be my first date, is that fine with you?"

"O-oh. Alright. L-let's go on a date" He answered while blushing

"You are so cute when you are blushing. And you are also my type"

"FIRST STOP? LET'S go to that arcade!" I yelled

"O-okay, then. Arcade it is."

"Twenty pieces of token, please" I said to the cashier girl

"One-hundred pesos, maam"

I handed her one hundred peso bill before facing Cross

"Let's have a deal" I started

"Like what deal?" he asked me curiously

"I will grant you what you will wish if you will win, and you will grant me what I will wish if I win"

"And how to win?"

"By having a ticket. If you have a ticket more than mine you are the winner, and vice-versa for me"

"Okay, deal"

I started to play everything that has a ticket so that I will win against him, I even tried basketball! But, of course that sport is my weakness. Although I know how to shoot, I only got a little amount of ticket. I checked what he is up to, but i can't see him.

"Where is he?" I talked to myself "Oh, whatever I need to win because I want him to be mine"

"I GOT EIGHT HUNDRED twenty-three pieces, how about you?" I asked him

"One thousand four"

"WHAT?!?!?! Is that possible for ten tokens?!" I yelled at him

"Hm-mm" he just hummed while nodding

"Ugh!"

"Better luck next time, Xen"

"Let's just say you cheated so it would make me calm down" I heard him chuckled with what I say

"You will grant me a wish, right?"

"Yeah, I thought I will win" I said like a child "but, of course a deal is a deal"

"I will think of it carefully"

"Yeah, Yeah. Whatever you want" I answered before rolling my eyes

"Maybe soon I'll tell you"

"Why soon?" I asked

"Just because"

"Yah! I need a clear answer!"

"Oh, you want?" he asked looking amused

"Yes!"

"Okay...." he paused to smile then continued "Well, I might use it in the futere, who knows?"