Chương 44: Step #05

Upon hearing her request, Sei almost agreed in a flash. However, upon remembering Davi was injured, he decided to reject her.

"You're hurt," he said.

"It's fine. I wasn't planning on going anywhere, just spend the remaining hours here with me. Let's binge watch movies. Is that acceptable?" Davi's eyes turned even more adorable as she pressed her palms together, begging like a little girl for her dad to buy her that pony she had been dreaming to get her entire life. Her way of pleading was definitely a lethal weapon that could knock anyone senseless and make one just agree to whatever she wished.

"Mm, let's do that." Sei finally replied after a while of watching her pleading face. With that, happiness and excitement instantly took over Davi's face. Well, it had been such a long time since she spent long hours just sitting down and watching movies, simply because she didn't want to watch them alone. Lately, Haru, her little brother who used to be her movie pal, started rejecting her using all the overused excuses to get away every time Davi asked him to watch with her, leaving her wondering and asking herself why.

Due to her injured feet, Davi then called the maids and asked them to set up the things she had in mind.

After a brief period of time, Sei was now carrying her towards the lounge. A huge television had been set up in front of a king sized, red bed. The gray curtains stopped the light coming in from outside and the silver chandelier emitted a soft light, making the whole lounge look simply romantic.

Sei then put Davi down and she leaned on the red headboard. Sei also sat beside her.

"The first movie I watched in cinema was, I think, a cartoon movie," she began. "What about you?"

"I never set foot in cinemas."

"Uhh… okay. Then consider this your first time. Now let's choose what to watch first. Action? Comedy? Love story? Or thriller?" she asked and Sei could only reply the words, "Up to you".

At that moment, Davi's plan of attack was to go back to basics. She realized it was not good to rush things after all, so she thought she would just relax, not think too much and just go with the flow.

Therefore, she chose what she thought was the easiest step listed in her courting plan. The only step that, in her mind, didn't require any calories to be sacrificed for brainstorming.

'Step #05; Just be yourself'

Hinari didn't say anything much about this step. She simply said; "Just show yourself to him and if he likes you the way you are, then you hit a jackpot." Davi understood what she meant and had actually been doing this step the whole time. The only difference this time was that she decided not to think about her notes, the next steps she should take and just spend the day naturally with him. After that, whatever happens, happens.

Davi then chose to watch the comedy show first.

At first, Davi was focused on the show, occasionally laughing. However, every time she laughed and looked at Sei, her laughter faded right away because Sei never reacted at all, as if he was just there looking at her, wondering why she was laughing. So Davi decided to stop looking at him and just focus on the movie.

Time went by and Davi started laughing really hard to the point that she was tearing up and gripping her stomach as she rolled around the bed. She even started ignoring Sei, telling herself that she should just think that she was watching the movie with her little brother, Haru, for the mean time.

At the climax of the movie, Davi started slapping Sei's shoulder as well as the pillow on her lap while laughing hard. Her world was completely immersed in the extremely funny show she was watching, while the man beside her sat silently and was motionless the whole time. His gaze wasn't even on the screen, rather, he was focused on the girl beside him as if she was the movie and the tv was simply nothing.

The next movie, which was a romantic comedy, started.

Davi occasionally giggled cutely and hugged her pillow tightly, making Sei feel even more curious. She even started pulling Sei's arm reflexively only to brush it away when the turn of events upset her. Then shortly after, she would clap her hands happily along with the crowd in the movie as if she was part of it, leaving Sei marvelling at these strange but adorable things she did during the movie.