Chapitre 25: Who Is That?
That afternoon at school, Claire was putting his books into his bag before going to the cafeteria to buy something to eat because he was hungry. That day his mom didn't bring him lunch because Claire said he could just buy it at school.
"Claire, let's go to the cafeteria!" Dior asked him. Claire nodded and followed his best friend to the cafeteria.
He was used to going to the cafeteria together with Dior and eating on the school roof or in class. However, this time would be different from usual.
Upon arriving at the cafeteria, the two ordered a bacon sandwich and ate it at an empty cafeteria table. It just so happened that the cafeteria was not as crowded as usual. So they decided to eat in the cafeteria alone.
"Oh right, are you busy this week?" Dior asked Claire.
"Hmn... I don't think so. What's up?" asked Claire as he ate his bread.
"How about we go to the movies? There's a new horror movie I want to see, but I don't want to watch it alone. Do you want to come?"
"Horror movie, huh?" Claire was silent for a moment at Dior's invitation to him.
He did like horror movies, and he thought it was a good opportunity to go see one while he had a friend to go with. "That's fine, so we're going this Sunday?"
Dior nodded and said they would watch the movie at nine in the morning at the mall downtown. He would pick Claire up later. The man with silver-gray hair agreed.
The Alpha looked happy that Claire accepted his invitation.
On Sunday, Dior arrived with his sports bike. Claire didn't expect him to bring such a big motorcycle. However, since he had come to pick him up, Claire didn't protest much and got on the bike. Dior was happy that Claire wanted to go with him because he considered it as their date.
Unlike Claire, he only thought of it as spending a normal weekend because he had often gone to various places alone with Dior, even before Dior found out that he was an Omega.
The two of them left for the mall in the city center. It was quite crowded even though it was still early in the morning, but luckily they hadn't run out of tickets for the morning hours because they planned to watch at ten in the morning and would finish at twelve in the afternoon. There was still time to wander around a bit and then have lunch.
"Here are your tickets." Dior handed one ticket to Claire.
"Oh... How much is it? Let me change your money," Claire said taking out his wallet. But Dior refused, saying that he wanted to treat Claire that day for accompanying him.
He who felt bad immediately and bought Dior popcorn instead. "My mom taught me that if someone treats you, then replace the treat with something else. I'm used to that."
"Alright then, thank you. Now let's go in, the movie will start in a minute." Dior pulled Claire's hand towards the place where they would be watching.
Inside the room, the two of them were seated strategically and the row they were sitting in was empty, just the two of them. There were other couples sitting in the rows in front of them and at the back, everyone had their own space to sit. Dior felt that this was a good opportunity for him to be alone with Claire.
He had even imagined that when there was a scary scene in the movie, Claire would lean on him and bury his face in fear.
"Uhhh it's so scary, I'm scared to see it!"
"It's okay, I'm right here. You don't have to be afraid Claire," Dior said as he rubbed Claire's head in his imagination.
'It'll be good,' he thought as he glanced at Claire.
During the movie, Claire watched quite calmly while enjoying her popcorn. Even when the other couples were screaming in terror, Claire glanced at them and muttered.
"So noisy, too annoying."
All out of Dior's expectation, he thought Claire would freak out and hug him. However, until the movie was over, Claire just quietly watched. It was Dior who got goosebumps while watching the movie.
But he tried to stay calm because he was maintaining his image in front of Claire. After the movie was over, both of them left the studio. Claire stretched his body up because he felt quite sore.
"Great movie, I love it when the masked killer carves his name on his victims' bodies and then sprinkles salt on their open wounds. It must have been very painful..." Claire explained.
"Y-yeah, that's terrible if it really happened," replied Dior who was still trying to gather his wits.
"Hmn, are you okay Dior?"
Hearing Claire who was suspicious of him, Dior immediately said that he was fine. He was just a little unfocused because of the screaming inside earlier. Claire nodded in agreement as he also felt the same way.
"Then let's go around before lunch. Maybe to the game zone?" Dior asked trying to change the subject.
"Game zone?" Claire instantly remembered the double date that day. He played there against Fein. He suddenly thought of that guy.
'What is he doing on a Sunday like this?' he thought.
"Claire, what's wrong? Are you hungry already?" asked Dior who saw that Claire was just silent.
"Huh? No, I just remembered the scene from the movie a little. Come on then, let's go there."
The two went to the third floor of the mall to play in Momo Land, where the games were located. There they enjoyed every game. Unlike that time, Claire played it because he wanted to win from Fein. But this time he played without thinking about that and just enjoyed it.
There Dior saw a stuffed squirrel in one of the toyboxes. Dior knew that Claire loved squirrels, so he tried to get the doll for him. He tried almost five times, but he still failed.
"Just give up, you don't need to force it," Claire said.
"No, one more time! Six is my lucky number!" replied Dior who was focused on the doll's claws machine.
The silver-haired man just sighed and watched Dior. Sure enough, he managed to get the squirrel doll. Although it wasn't big, it was enough to stun Claire.
"I told you, didn't I? I'll get it. Now for it you." He gave the doll to Claire.
The man accepted it happily, he smiled sweetly at Dior and said thank you. Dior's face momentarily turned red at the sight of Claire's face which instantly looked very cute.
"Oh yeah, it's lunch time. Let's find a place to eat," Claire asked Dior. To be honest, he had been feeling hungry since earlier.
"That's right, let's go. What would you like to eat?"
"Hmnn... I want to eat something spicy."
They went back down to the second floor and wandered around looking for a place to eat that wasn't too crowded. They didn't want to wait too long later.
As they were looking around, Claire's blue eyes caught a familiar figure. A tall man, with purple hair and heterochromatic eyes.
'That's... Fein, right?' he thought when he saw the man from a distance. 'What is he doing here?
While watching Fein, Claire realized that the man was not alone, but was with a beautiful-looking woman with long brown hair.
The two of them were walking next to each other, even the woman's hand was holding on to Fein's arm. Claire's eyes squinted at the two who looked so familiar.
"Who is she?"
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