My Bothersome Life Chapter 32

Shelly stood there with her hand on her face while sighing . Alex started to take small steps towards me roaring in even more anger than before, while Luke frowned and sighed .

So before Alex could try to unleash his anger on me, I grabbed Shelly's hand and started to run into a lingerie shop that caught my eye .

This was a place where Luke and Alex couldn't enter as easily . So when I entered the store, I picked up some mature looking nightgowns with Shelly and pretended I wanted to try them on . However, Alex unexpectedly entered the store with his intense blushing face and grabbed my wrist to drag me out of the store . Meanwhile, Shelly payed for the mature looking nightgown I was holding onto and ran out of the store to catch up to Alex and I .

Before Alex opened his mouth, I declared, "If you don't let me explore the second district with Shelly, then I'll change into this nightgown and go back to school with you . "

This nightgown seemed to be made out of the finest ivory silk with transparent lace right above the chest . So even though it seemed mature, it wouldn't look provocative on a young child with no curves .

AdvertisementAlex tried to snatch the nightgown away from me, as I started to take off my cardigan in the middle of the streets . When he saw that I was 'serious', his pale face turned pink as he yelled, "Fine! I give up!"

I grinned, while I was planning where to next and ignored Luke's eerie smile that strangely popped out when I started to take off my cardigan .

"Where should we go next?" I asked Shelly cheerfully .

"Maybe the nearby ferris wheel," Shelly said hesitantly .

"Then let's go!" I said while grabbing Shelly's hand to run toward the ferris wheel together .

Since lunchtime was over and there wasn't a special holiday today, there weren't any people in line to ride the ferris wheel . We quickly got inside the glass container as we soon sat down while enjoying the view .

"Ben was sooo dreamy today . I never get to be around decent guys so it was a nice change of pace . " I said to initiate the conversation .

"Yea~ . Hubert was nice too with his silky aqua hair and lively emerald eyes . " Shelly swooned .

"Maybe when you get the chance to closer to him later on, you can date him if you like him that much . " I teased Shelly .

"There's no way . I'm engaged to Alex, remember? As long I'm partnered up with him, there's no way I can 'date' someone else . It's the same for you Rika . " Shelly said while pouting .

"I thought everyone was partnered up with another person for academic purposes?" I asked in confusion .

"Well that's not it . Only people with mana are matched with another person as a future marriage partner . " Shelly replied sadly .

I thought Luke was exaggerating the fiancé part in kindergarten . His naggings suddenly started to make a lot more sense now with his strict demeanor of trying to have me act like a 'lady of the Roselia house' . "That means I have to marry Luke in the future?" I asked trying to deny reality .

Shelly looked back at me with a expression that read 'isn't that obvious?' . "That doesn't mean we can't date other people right? Because we're not actually married, we're only FUTURE marriage partners right?" I asked again .

"Well not many people actually try to date other people when they're engaged to other people themselves because it'll only make it harder for them . That's why I feel that Hubert will be a great friend to me, but I don't see him as anything other than that" Shelly smiled back awkwardly .

I guessed Shelly put a lot of thinking into this even though she was just eleven years old . Just when this conversation was coming to an end, the ride was coming to an end as well .

When I got off the ride with Shelly, I saw Luke and Alex waiting for us in silence . "Why don't we grab some ice cream?" I said to Shelly to get rid of this depressing atmosphere .

"Rika, I think this is enough . You should stop troubling Michelle and start heading back with Alex to school . " Luke said with a frown and his arms crossed .

"You guys said that we had more than six hours left!" I argued back .

"Well that's only because-" (Alex)

I quickly ran off into the distance as I felt I would be always be held captive in the cage called, 'school' .

Few minutes later, when Alex, Luke and Shelly were no longer to be seen, I stopped running to catch my breath . This was when I found Ben separating from his friend Hubert as he walked towards the opposite direction .

"Hey!" I called out to Ben .

Ben looked back in surprise by my familiar voice and responded in confusion, "What a coincidence?"

Chapter end