Chapter 4
(Mei’s p.o.v) 121Please respect copyright.PENANA7JQrcDep59
“Hey Naomi, I was wondering…” I look over to her and she stops drawing to look up at me with a curious look in those icy blue eyes. We were on the rooftop enjoying each other’s company for lunch as always. 121Please respect copyright.PENANAda1zBjDXlX
I feel my cheeks heat up just looking at her. 121Please respect copyright.PENANADMmDN5GbtP
“W-We never see each other outside of school other than texting and the occasional phone calls so I was just wondering if you wanted to…I don’t know maybe hang out if you want to? I heard from the other students that there's a fair and was maybe hoping you’d come with me?” I nervously finished the last part not sure of how she’d respond. 121Please respect copyright.PENANAY7FElNrFVK
Why am I so nervous? I feel my cheeks heat up even more and my heart beats faster. It’s not like I’m asking her out! 121Please respect copyright.PENANABKbx96Gv1r
A huge smile appears on her face as she nods excitedly which causes me to smile widely. 121Please respect copyright.PENANAd8lxdReAOd
Alright she said yes! 121Please respect copyright.PENANApC4lhhQhXN
“How about this Saturday then? I’ll come pick you up if you want.” 121Please respect copyright.PENANA9x2cmReBC4
As quickly that smile appeared it disappeared just like that. She looks away as if fighting with herself. Her eyes closed tightly and her fists clenched tightly as well. 121Please respect copyright.PENANARBXXOqZowR
“N-Naomi?” I gently try to coax her to hopefully snap her out of it. Thankfully her eyes slowly open, glancing at me with fear but something else I couldn’t figure out. 121Please respect copyright.PENANAriJLfIzKUV
A hesitant nod is all I get to which I immediately know the answer. 121Please respect copyright.PENANAMR48L0FuH7
“O-Okay, are you sure? We can meet up somewhere if you want?” I wonder why she’s scared of me seeing where she lives. 121Please respect copyright.PENANAULp4d3Guvc
I get a no from her shaking her head. Icy blue eyes stare into my emerald ones almost like she’s telling me she trusts me. 121Please respect copyright.PENANAbuHvrvegP3
A smile quickly reappears on her face, it’s small but a smile nonetheless. 121Please respect copyright.PENANAeaKUwCtgHs
“Alright I’ll pick you up then, um text me your address later and I’ll pick you up. Oh I hope you don’t mind that I’ll be wearing a disguise for obvious reasons. Also bodyguards watching over us from a distance of course. I figured I’d let you know ahead of time so you don’t feel overwhelmed or anything later.” 121Please respect copyright.PENANAchEvaZN5Ve
My body goes stiff as her hand goes on mine. Again without saying anything, just those icy blue eyes staring into mine, she gives me her answer. 121Please respect copyright.PENANAAf4O7guZt0
I smile happy that she’s slowly opening up more to me. At least that’s what it feels like to me. 121Please respect copyright.PENANAxdvIgWa4Uq
About three days later it’s the day I’m supposed to go to the fair with Naomi. 121Please respect copyright.PENANAFF8wtfJnep
God damn it! I throw what feels like the tenth outfit I’ve tried on now. 121Please respect copyright.PENANAd984f6naz3
Sometimes I wish I had a personal stylist to choose my outfits for me but sadly I don’t. Only for concerts and other idol related events. 121Please respect copyright.PENANApcIT7pkdar
Thankfully it was still early in the morning so I had a bit of time till I had to pick up Naomi. But I still haven’t been able to pick out an outfit and I still had to shower, do my hair, makeup, and make sure I look good overall! 121Please respect copyright.PENANAPAOJk8iP8I
Wait. 121Please respect copyright.PENANA9mxZmr24Gr
Is this considered a date? I feel my face heat up and my heart race. I asked her on a date didn’t I? Wait but does she think this is a date? I mean we’re both girls so it’s normal so it fine. 121Please respect copyright.PENANAOdKYn0loEn
I wish it was a date though…121Please respect copyright.PENANAfTga3ilkqH
Shut up me! I’m already freaking out as it is! 121Please respect copyright.PENANAZL6GRKB3kz
A knock at my door snaps me out of my rambling. 121Please respect copyright.PENANADW6gzXpLZ0
“Come in!” I yell a little annoyed. 121Please respect copyright.PENANAapqOurcQru
The door opens and Ivy enters looking at me and the clothes thrown on the floor. 121Please respect copyright.PENANAhXS1vYmFL4
“Having trouble finding an outfit I see.” A sly smile forms on her face. 121Please respect copyright.PENANAO2dNDOIMyr
Leave it to Ivy to be sarcastic whenever I’m in distress. 121Please respect copyright.PENANA2PnNaH0cje
“Yes I am thank you for that observation.” I say sarcastically back. 121Please respect copyright.PENANA0KWgHrX6sC
“Well I wanted to talk to you about your little date.” I swear she just loves to poke fun at me from time to time huh. 121Please respect copyright.PENANA1CIbSgnoj8
“It’s not a date! It’s just two friends going out to have fun, that's all.” I can feel my face heat up. 121Please respect copyright.PENANAbVasTAsSd5
A small chuckle comes from her. 121Please respect copyright.PENANAV8WoNvuTE4
“Really now? Because that’s not what your face is saying. Mei I know you like the back of my hand ....” I ignore her as I go back to finding an outfit or at least try to. 121Please respect copyright.PENANA7R4X39gUhc
“She's all you talk about, you text her pretty much every day and you’ve been writing new songs all about being in love. I’d say you have it really bad. 121Please respect copyright.PENANAI9sXvlso29
“I-I don’t know what you're talking about.” I just stare at the floor flustered. “A-Anyway what did you want to talk about?” 121Please respect copyright.PENANAHkHw5dFt62
I hear Ivy sit on my bed. 121Please respect copyright.PENANAmWRMORhroI
“Firstly I talked with the company and convinced them that you won’t need any guards. Right now you just need to enjoy yourself. Secondly I’ll be taking you. I want to meet the girl who has you so infatuated.” A huge smile appears on my face. I jump on Ivy hugging her. 121Please respect copyright.PENANA0pyAU86ObS
“Thank you! That’s such a huge relief! I wouldn’t have been able to fully enjoy myself!” I feel arms wrap around me. 121Please respect copyright.PENANArMd3IOn6UJ
“You’re welcome Mei. You’ve finally made a friend. A good friend from the sound of it.” I relax in her embrace smiling. 121Please respect copyright.PENANA5SJczhMvAe
“Yeah she’s amazing. She doesn’t care about me being an idol or the attention I get. She’s really shy so it’s kind of hard to talk with her but that’s fine with me. And I feel like she’s slowly opening up to me. You’ll love her, the only thing I’m worried about is overwhelming her by introducing her to someone important to me.” 121Please respect copyright.PENANA7wFaNUNJCx
Ivy stays quiet as she listens. 121Please respect copyright.PENANAzaXbpMvEjw
“I can’t help but want to protect her. She’s fragile, really fragile and I hate to see her in pain. I want to brighten her world and be there for her.” My face heats up just by talking about her. Man I really have it bad huh?121Please respect copyright.PENANACClPiK3dKh
“She sounds really special Mei. I’m happy for you.” 121Please respect copyright.PENANAhGv0v5jwou
My smile gets bigger. 121Please respect copyright.PENANA5QhFJETb43
“Yeah, I am too.” 121Please respect copyright.PENANA21Ojko1Z2a
After about 5 more minutes I get back to finding an outfit with Ivy’s help. 121Please respect copyright.PENANAHYhR8aUOGL
This time I was able to find a cute outfit. Well Ivy chose it actually, it was a red wine colored batwing long sleeve scoop neck top with black skinny jeans with a heart shaped necklace to compliment it. For the shoes she chose black boots and put light makeup on me since I don’t really like heavy makeup on me. And for my disguise I chose a brown wig that’s about the same length as my hair along with brown contacts. 121Please respect copyright.PENANABVqI0b6LgE
About an hour later we were both in the car to pick up Naomi. I put her address into the google maps and it was about a 35 minute drive. 121Please respect copyright.PENANAhgONflXsnk
On the way I was browsing through social media and saw a bunch of photos of me at school. I decided to read some of the comments.121Please respect copyright.PENANAe8MPLUq2wr
OMG! So lucky! Wish I was at the same school as Mei! 121Please respect copyright.PENANAvdF1jnU0Cx
Some posts were funny because they claimed to be friends with me which was not true. 121Please respect copyright.PENANAK9BoAwvH0Y
I’M SO LUCKY TO BE FRIENDS WITH MEI! SHE IS SO SWEET AND DOWN TO EARTH! 121Please respect copyright.PENANApEa6GuMMk0
And the comments of that post, well you can guess how people reacted to posts like that. 121Please respect copyright.PENANAgMsEPUVgiu
Honestly my main reason for looking through these posts was to see if any had Naomi in them. 121Please respect copyright.PENANAwp8cZLx7kV
A couple had her in them but luckily none had only both of us in them. Not that I’m ashamed or embarrassed to be seen with her but I don’t want her getting bullied any more than she was before she met me or rumors to spread. 121Please respect copyright.PENANAJAHUOSste7
“Mei…Mei!” I snap out of my thoughts, turning off my phone. 121Please respect copyright.PENANAIGgovJeBwq
“Huh…What’s up Ivy?” I give her an apologetic look. 121Please respect copyright.PENANAWZcZhvcyK4
“We’re here.” She points behind me to which I turn around. 121Please respect copyright.PENANAXGxS3mOUED
My eyes widen as I see what looks like a mansion but at the gate there’s a plaque that reads Hope’s orphanage. 121Please respect copyright.PENANAQIYzoPpGUE
This is Naomi’s home? No wonder she looked worried when I said I’ll pick her up. It all makes sense now. 121Please respect copyright.PENANAS5ribkCuaK
Not knowing what to think I quickly left the car. “I’ll be right back.” 121Please respect copyright.PENANAx3LzkpsZs7
Slowly walking up to the front door just looking around it all looks well taken care of. I look back towards the entrance to look at the area outside and it’s well within city limits. The area is nice and it’s not in the middle of nowhere. 121Please respect copyright.PENANAqRjLBIE5Nr
How long has Naomi been here for? My heart aches just thinking about it. 121Please respect copyright.PENANAIl5DljwyJL
Before I know it I’m at the front doors. Nervously I knock, waiting patiently. 121Please respect copyright.PENANAbn2aIFqvhz
I hear children running around and playing behind the doors. I then hear a woman’s voice telling them to go play in the living room. 121Please respect copyright.PENANASXj18nZeuP
The door opens revealing a woman who looked like she was in her early to mid thirties. Not quite what I was expecting. 121Please respect copyright.PENANAxzbAgMb6g5
She locks eyes with me and gives me a warm smile. 121Please respect copyright.PENANAZ1sPg7iyGe
“Hello. Can I help you?” Her voice was soft to the ear and calming at the same time. 121Please respect copyright.PENANAxlktawDfpg
“Y-Yes…um I’m Mei, Naomi’s friend from school. We made plans to go to the fair and I told her I’ll pick her up.” My heart is racing, hopefully she can’t hear it. 121Please respect copyright.PENANAb1nmVLeTtA
A huge grin forms on the woman’s face. 121Please respect copyright.PENANAPAVCwiJuEP
“Oh you must be Mei. Come in please.” She steps aside letting me in then closes the door. 121Please respect copyright.PENANAxTw5Lk7aRS
I quickly text Ivy I might be a while to which she replied no worries with a thumbs up. 121Please respect copyright.PENANA29egGnbohM
I swear that….121Please respect copyright.PENANAOg33hZvEpA
“Naomi speaks about you a lot. She says you're her first friend and I want to thank you for being friends with her.” The woman snapped me out of my thoughts and I quickly listened. 121Please respect copyright.PENANAnqdUquQllk
“She talks about me?” I feel my face heat up. 121Please respect copyright.PENANAYRP31epTxi
“I’m touched honestly. She’s my first friend too so I owe her a lot. Wait, you said she talks about me a lot but she barely talks at school and it’s barely audible. Not that there’s anything wrong but just….” I'm so nervous I can’t even speak. 121Please respect copyright.PENANA0XD6tkG3fN
The lady chuckles at me. “She's right, you are very cute when flustered.” I swear I feel like steam is radiating from me. 121Please respect copyright.PENANA6XfehKk56Z
“But you are correct she barely speaks and is very quiet. She writes down what she says when I talk to her or resorts to sign language.” I'm shocked, Naomi never told me she knows sign language. 121Please respect copyright.PENANAy8F3vcJ3yq
As if she reads my mind she explains herself. “Not a lot of people know sign language so Naomi probably assumed you didn’t and just didn’t bother telling you as she felt it wasn’t necessary.” 121Please respect copyright.PENANACaLplRDC2G
That makes sense, it’s true that I don’t know sign language. But still…No it’s fine it just means she was thinking about me in a sense.121Please respect copyright.PENANAIi5mL7ZeBS
““Oh where are my manners, my name is Lucinda Lockheart. I’m the headmaster here and yes I know I’m young but this is a family orphanage so my parents want me to take over. I don’t mind since I love taking care of those in need. Plus these kids and teens need someone who genuinely cares about them.” So she’s technically Naomi’s guardian, she sort of reminds me of Ivy a little. 121Please respect copyright.PENANAS162EOWLWn
“Oh Naomi is still getting ready but she’ll be ready in a minute or two. Come why don’t we have a seat in the kitchen.” She directs me to the kitchen. 121Please respect copyright.PENANAGuGaXINWqw
“Do you prefer coffee or tea?” She asks as we’re walking. 121Please respect copyright.PENANA9tQZl2yCfV
“Oh um tea please.” 121Please respect copyright.PENANAA5LVftNx9J
She just nods. I feel the other kids staring at me wondering who I am. A couple of the younger ones run up to me and ask who I am. 121Please respect copyright.PENANARDUcb8fflm
Lucinda explains that I’m a friend of Naomi. They look excited and ask me questions all at the same time. 121Please respect copyright.PENANAAj6IleVCzN
I get a bit overwhelmed but they’re so cute I try my best to answer them. 121Please respect copyright.PENANAOLz14wg7vf
“Alright children, why don’t we continue in the kitchen so this lovely young lady can sit and get comfortable.” Lucinda saves me as all of them stop and run to the kitchen dragging me. 121Please respect copyright.PENANAcOGYriLlDg
It felt like hours when Naomi came to the kitchen. The moment I saw her I almost fainted from just how cute she looks. 121Please respect copyright.PENANAKGlABkJNWZ
She was wearing a black and white striped sweater tucked into a black skirt with matching knee high black socks and black ankle boots with a crest moon buckle on them. She also had a black bow in her hair. I could feel a nose bleed coming as I saw her creamy white thighs. I look up to see her wearing lipstick and some makeup. 121Please respect copyright.PENANAbjEMN8uL0n
Overall she really looked like a real life porcelain doll. So cute yet so cute and innocent almost like if I touched her she’d break. Her blushing wasn’t making it any better in fact it just made her go into cuteness overload.121Please respect copyright.PENANAIK2SqDBZc9
“H-H-Hey N-Naomi. Y-You l-l-look a-absolutely adorable. I l-love your o-outfit.” My face matches hers as I’m blushing like crazy. 121Please respect copyright.PENANAEcuaEH0a0M
“Okay you two don’t you have somewhere to be?” We both look over to Lucinda who’s smiling. 121Please respect copyright.PENANA7TxF1hineg
“R-Right. Um thank you Lucinda for the tea and it was nice meeting you and the children.” I get up walking over to Naomi who’s still blushing. 121Please respect copyright.PENANAbThT4mIW7B
“You’re welcome sweetheart. You’re welcome back anytime so don’t hesitate.” Smiling, I give her one last thank you and walk out with Naomi. 121Please respect copyright.PENANAI583D9nk1M
I hold my hand out still blushing like crazy and so is Naomi who takes my hand into hers. 121Please respect copyright.PENANAPdKLrkcl0H
We both reach the car and I open the door for her following behind her so I’m sitting next to her. 121Please respect copyright.PENANANHyzVBXWZY
I don’t realize we’re still holding hands until Ivy says something. 121Please respect copyright.PENANAbHclTMJAe5
“So this is the famous Naomi I hear so much about. It’s nice to finally meet you. I’m Ivy, Mei’s manager and guardian.” 121Please respect copyright.PENANAa8fEKeEJ2U
Naomi looks super nervous as she tries to speak but nothing comes out. Her grip on my hand tightens meaning she’s panicking. 121Please respect copyright.PENANAjaowSM98v9
“It’s alright Naomi, Ivy understands your situation so don’t worry.” I explain to her but her grip doesn’t loosen. 121Please respect copyright.PENANAsgvIQvZu62
“Naomi, it's okay. Like Mei said, you don’t have to worry, I understand, so you don’t have to force yourself.” With that Naomi calms down and nods giving a small smile. 121Please respect copyright.PENANAsTRLyZ9Z3b
“How about to make you feel feel better and relax I'll tell you as many embarrassing stories about Mei as I can.” My eyes widen and jaw drops. 121Please respect copyright.PENANAbyNGDXgvxq
“Don’t you dare.” I glare at her but Naomi nods with a big smile on her face. 121Please respect copyright.PENANA0X8pgCHLY2
I sigh in defeat. This is gonna be a long ride. I gently squeeze Naomi’s hands enjoying the warmth. 121Please respect copyright.PENANAEudJtOynuY
But it’s worth it. A huge smile forms and my heart soars as I see my Angel smiling and laughing. Yup, totally worth it. 121Please respect copyright.PENANAvqgBYxdoNi
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