CHAPTER X:THE TWIN BROTHER

Hiro's POV,

Today it's Saturday. My twin sister is not here because she's in a training camp for three days. Same as Shiloh who's in the boy's volleyball club.

I am so jealous... If only I can be as athletic as them.

Because of my asthma, I can't join any sports activities.

I have nothing to do today. Maybe I should just call Troy to play video games with me? I want to inquire him also about the new game.

My sister already has one but she hid it very well from me.

I pick up my phone then dialed Troy's number. The other side of the phone starts ringing.

"Yo bro?" Troy immediately responds from the other side.

"Bro, are you free today?" I ask him.

"Nah, bro. We have a family outing today. Why though?" He then asks me.

"Nothing bro. I just want to ask you to hang out." I only say in disappointment.

"So sorry bro. I want to if only I am free..." He explains. Feeling sorry for me.

"It's okay bro. I understand. Well, maybe I will just call Mark!" I only tell him.

"Yeah! I think he's free right now. By the way, I need to end this call now. My mom is yelling at me to help." He explains.

"Okay sure bro! Have Fun!!" Then he ended the call.

Guess Mark is the only one I can ask to hang out with me.

I dialed his number on my phone. "Hey, Hiro!! What's up?" Mark instantly answers my call.

"Marky?! Are you free today?! Let's hang out!!" I invite him right away.

"Dude. I am sorry. We have practice today. You know my tournament is coming up. Sorry." He only explains to me.

"It's okay Marky, I understand!! Good luck bro!!" My only reaction to him then I end the call.

Guess I will be just alone for the weekend.

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I decided to still go out to the mall even though I am just alone.

The mall is pretty crowded today because there's a band group who will be having a live performance later. They are not that popular in the whole country but they are quite known in our place.

I choose to go to a manga store first to check something in there and to also buy a manga for my twin sister to compensate for the mangas I've borrowed but I didn't get to bring it back to her again.

I instantly go to the horror/mystery anime section. That is her favorite genre.

"Hiro!!Thank you so much!! You are so sweet to remember everything I like!! I love you, twin!!" I imagine my twin sister saying that to me.

Regardless of how cold my twin sister treats me. I know that deep inside she loves me so much and she doesn't know to express it to me because she's being so shy about it.

I am sure this will make her heart flutters again hehe.

As I grab the only volume of the manga at the top of the shelves there is another one hand that grabs it at the same time as me.

"Ehem," I say pretending to cough. Then I try to grab the book even harder but the other person has a strong grip on it.

I look at the person who's grabbing it and I am surprised to see a very beautiful girl with long silky black hair beside me.

She looks back at me. Creasing her forehead."What? I grab this one first." She coldly tells me.

I instantly let go of the manga. "Ah! Yeah, sure you can have it!"I heartily offer it to her.

"Okay, thanks." She only says then leaves me along with the manga.

I want to ask her name but I think it's rude. She's wearing a black jacket, a white t-shirt underneath it and jeans. I noticed she has a guitar with her also.

Is she an artist? Wish I can meet her again.

After that, I only bought another manga for my twin sister and myself. Ate on a fast-food chain, went to the arcade then now I am going to go home.

Before I reach the exit of the mall I pass by again in the area where the band will be performing. There are more people in here more than it was earlier. It makes it hard for me to reach the exit because of the people in the way and pushing me to the crowd.

Slowly being pushed by the wave of people up until to the front near the stage.

Wow...Great Hiro now you can't go home till the show is over.

Suddenly I became a fan of this local band that I haven't even listen to their music before.

Just for a short while the band members finally walk to the stage one by one.

My eyes widen by the familiar girl who is holding an electric guitar on the stage.

So she's a member of this band?

"WHAT'S UP, EVERYONE!!!" The band vocalist starts greeting everyone in here.

"Thank you for coming to our live performance here!! First of all!! I would like to ask how many of you are in love in this place?!!" Then he points his mic out to the crowd to hear our answer to his question.

"I see!!! It seems like everyone is in love in here!! Well, it is normal! Everyone has their first love, at first sight, experiences butterflies in their stomachs, and your first slow-motion!!" He emotionally narrates to us.

"Now the first song we will be playing is for the people who just got fall in love or met their first love recently or even TODAY!!!"The words that he says on the stage were almost likely meant only for me.

As if he was only talking about me.

Then the band starts playing their first song.

I am only watching the pretty girl I met at the manga store while playing her electric guitar at the side corner of the stage. The spotlight wasn't on her but for me, she's the only one shining in there. Like she's the only one performing in there.

The only star of the show.

I am not a fan of this band.

But it must be fate that I became one today.