Chapter 18:
Reset?
“Seems like it will start to rain soon.” I said.
“Yeah.” Leon replied completely uninterested despite staring at the cloudy sky intensely.
The two of us were currently walking around aimlessly. He invited me to a date however, this was far from being like a date. We walked for almost 30 minutes and yet silence was dominating us most of the time. He wouldn't even look at me!
I sighed internally.
Just why am I doing this?
At the beginning, Fynn told us that we could finally have Leon at our mercy thanks to the drug. On the surface, there was no profound reason for doing all this which was untypical for Fynn. He said that we could break Leon's stupid pride and humiliate him by pretending to be close to him.
To be honest, I was slightly taken aback by his idea because it seemed rather childish. However, in the end I decided to partake in his scheme, too. I guess something inside of me also wanted to break him.
Since I knew Leon, he never paid attention to me like the most boys did and when I finally picked him as my prey, he ruthlessly rejected me in front of everyone! Naturally, I couldn't let that slide so I kept on trying to win him over but it was all in vain. At some point I thought that he was just not attracted to girls and gave up.
That's what I thought but a part of me was still stubborn and wanted to make him my plaything like every other boy.
And thanks to the drug that made him lose his memories, my wish came true. After telling him I was his girlfriend, he truly acted like a boyfriend. In other words, he behaved like I wanted him to.
At first, I enjoyed this but after some time it annoyed me. It was annoying and tiring to act like his girlfriend. Especially when someone like him was my boyfriend!
Certainly, I led multiple boys on in the past but I never crossed the line between pretending to be someone who was interested into them and pretending to be someone who was their lover.
It was my first time acting like someone's girlfriend. And I won't do this ever again in the future! Not because I felt guilty but because it disgusted me!
Why should I be all lovey-dovey with a person I couldn't stand? And Leon was even someone above that! He's someone I absolutely despised! After all, he was the first guy to treat like air!
“na... Anna! Hey, Anna!”
“Huh?”
Leon was grabbing my shoulders and shook me lightly which caused me to snap back to reality.
But what was this wet sensation? Wait, I'm completely drenched!
“What are you daydreaming for? It's raining cats and dogs! Come on, we have to run!” he stated in a hurry.
“S-sorry.” I apologized delayed.
“Follow me!” he said as he ran ahead of me.
While we ran, the rain became stronger and stronger. Initially, we held our school bags above our heads as we rushed to a shelter but we got so soaked that we didn't care anymore about protecting our hair from the rain.
“Ah! Finally we can take cover from the rain!” Leon shouted as he pointed towards a building.
My eyes widened.
“W-w-wait... I-isn't th-”
“I'll go in and ask if a room is free. We will only catch a cold if we stay this way!” he cut me off as he went in.
“No, hold on!” I said but he didn't hear me.
There I was. I, a young and soaked maiden, stood in front of a love hotel.
I took a deep breath to calm down. I was interpreted too much into it. It's raining, our clothes are wet and we just want a room to take a shower and to change our clothes. There's nothing more to it, right?
However, I read the name of this love hotel. Was it sweat or rain drops that was on my forehead?
“What the...” I murmured stunned.
The name of this hotel was the same name Leon was looking at on is phone during lunch! Could it be that from the beginning, he wanted to bring me to this hotel?!
Nah! No way! Impossible! After all, it's Leon! Since he lost his memories, he turned into a puppy! As if he had the balls to pull something like this! Right?!
“Hm?” noticing someone approaching me, I turned to my face to the person.
Beside me was a man approximately in his thirties. He wore a suit and his fingers were clad in golden rings. Despite it being cloudy, he wore expensive looking sunglasses. Was this man trying to boast his wealth?
“Oh, excuse me. I just wanted to protect myself from the rain.” he said.
“O-okay.”
Gosh, how long was Leon inside?
“!”
Suddenly, I noticed someone's gaze. I turned my face to the direction I felt it coming but there was nobody. Did I just imagine it? Well, I hope so.
Then, Leon finally appeared.
“There is a room available for us.” he announced as he pointed with his thumb to the entrance.
After I nodded my head, the two of us entered the hotel and searched for our room.
“Ah, here it is.” Leon said as he opened the door.
“Not too shabby.” I commented while I looked around in the room.
There was nothing special. Just a huge bed for two people with some kind of... microphones laying beside the bed? Why microphones?
“You can shower first.” Leon suggested.
“Okay, thanks...” I replied nervously.
Well, who wouldn't be nervous? I mean, I am in a love hotel with a boy!
I wonder... Will he try to peek?
But I worried in vain. The entire time I was showering, he did nothing.
After I put on a robe, I exited the bath.
“You sure took your sweet time in the shower, huh?”
Sitting on the bed while waiting for to finish was Leon who grinned at me eerily.
“L-Leon?”
I took a few steps back.
“I can't hold back any longer.” he said as he stood up.
“W-w-wait, L-Leon! W-we shouldn't cross the line!” I replied desperately while waving my hands wildly.
“Hm? What are you talking about?” he asked confused after he was right in front of me.
“W-well, the thing that adults do to... make a baby...” I said quietly while my face felt like it was in flames.
“...”
Leon just stared at me bewildered.
“Leon?”
“To think that she was dumber than Jack... No, I shouldn't blame her. I literally took her to a love hotel...” he whispered to himself.
There it was again. The side of him that was untypical for the current Leon.
Wait.
The way he treated me, looked at me and talked to me today... It was as if he regained his memories.
But that's impossible, right?
“Heh?”
Without any warnings, he grabbed my arm and gently led me to the bed.
“Kyaa!”
Or rather threw me on the bed.
“What-”
I wanted to complain but he cut me off.
“I won't do anything physical to you.” he said as he looked down on me with his sharp and cold eyes.
He won't do anything physical to me? Did it mean that-
“I brought you here because I wanted to announce that I'll destroy your life.”
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