Chapter 4
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“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. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Lf1f7kPoO
I feel my cheeks heat up just looking at her. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhzin4hPTT1
“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. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlWqHVntZuy
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! 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJjRVLJP42M
A huge smile appears on her face as she nods excitedly which causes me to smile widely. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS8Me0m1rac
Alright she said yes! 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ9U33C4dWW
“How about this Saturday then? I’ll come pick you up if you want.” 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHGYWBaCMt3
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. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZdAhGFWF7C
“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. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ68xykGWOlo
A hesitant nod is all I get to which I immediately know the answer. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNxOmtpN8Qp
“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. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxwja5HFEbB
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. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡesXZASDNjy
A smile quickly reappears on her face, it’s small but a smile nonetheless. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTfDzN0yNkY
“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.” 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhD6TQUP33f
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. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfJh05ysUQl
I smile happy that she’s slowly opening up more to me. At least that’s what it feels like to me. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkuB2CGgpgJ
About three days later it’s the day I’m supposed to go to the fair with Naomi. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgnFYmaJK5G
God damn it! I throw what feels like the tenth outfit I’ve tried on now. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCjAWr5F7yW
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. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYGaxeiqXwl
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! 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoGJnI2a7sa
Wait. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvjgfb39eW3
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. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm7f9N9zGAX
I wish it was a date though…330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfMVUhtLk4g
Shut up me! I’m already freaking out as it is! 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9PNqz9aTYX
A knock at my door snaps me out of my rambling. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiuuM2obUMe
“Come in!” I yell a little annoyed. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFLuvQS7joP
The door opens and Ivy enters looking at me and the clothes thrown on the floor. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBlBQk8n3JN
“Having trouble finding an outfit I see.” A sly smile forms on her face. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtmr5av9iSY
Leave it to Ivy to be sarcastic whenever I’m in distress. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMUesBuSyxG
“Yes I am thank you for that observation.” I say sarcastically back. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGx18w0DPPL
“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. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGE1CbA5zCT
“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. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfwYFom4ZRS
A small chuckle comes from her. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyLWo2nUXoS
“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. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOTqIBsUYmy
“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. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQKTLn7Y2L8
“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?” 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGBn2XPF5Oh
I hear Ivy sit on my bed. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7PEFkuDJ0Q
“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. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmGcHoP54QG
“Thank you! That’s such a huge relief! I wouldn’t have been able to fully enjoy myself!” I feel arms wrap around me. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsetFTBKWL9
“You’re welcome Mei. You’ve finally made a friend. A good friend from the sound of it.” I relax in her embrace smiling. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQBSzDHoRfA
“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.” 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS9OP5jzPmb
Ivy stays quiet as she listens. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡALv2zZeMQc
“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?330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtTR42H8LP2
“She sounds really special Mei. I’m happy for you.” 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDoVnDDpeqB
My smile gets bigger. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0l4WBFiCoc
“Yeah, I am too.” 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSP32j4ixTt
After about 5 more minutes I get back to finding an outfit with Ivy’s help. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdx2xgHofpM
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. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4JjU7G3WFj
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. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMJIE3rvC1q
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.330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxkAiH7lhdw
OMG! So lucky! Wish I was at the same school as Mei! 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡld3YUwUbgv
Some posts were funny because they claimed to be friends with me which was not true. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxm8WFMp3jK
I’M SO LUCKY TO BE FRIENDS WITH MEI! SHE IS SO SWEET AND DOWN TO EARTH! 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo8YPkCYmz7
And the comments of that post, well you can guess how people reacted to posts like that. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxxZKtqIDY9
Honestly my main reason for looking through these posts was to see if any had Naomi in them. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1o7MKEcazS
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. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKDLlgHjeTK
“Mei…Mei!” I snap out of my thoughts, turning off my phone. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSX0Vn2t3yG
“Huh…What’s up Ivy?” I give her an apologetic look. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJmd0uJwKSM
“We’re here.” She points behind me to which I turn around. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBrQGzSeUik
My eyes widen as I see what looks like a mansion but at the gate there’s a plaque that reads Hope’s orphanage. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqxc0iHc4CU
This is Naomi’s home? No wonder she looked worried when I said I’ll pick her up. It all makes sense now. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8IYfnj1BeK
Not knowing what to think I quickly left the car. “I’ll be right back.” 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvGRzLOPq5k
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. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp2Kn9hlyYI
How long has Naomi been here for? My heart aches just thinking about it. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ17OCJkoNFS
Before I know it I’m at the front doors. Nervously I knock, waiting patiently. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHBICjAjwPk
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. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ3lLzKntYn
The door opens revealing a woman who looked like she was in her early to mid thirties. Not quite what I was expecting. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgrvpEbDbHQ
She locks eyes with me and gives me a warm smile. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnxWXJbqELu
“Hello. Can I help you?” Her voice was soft to the ear and calming at the same time. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡErEn9Bn4Wd
“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. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡadHSpr0DJn
A huge grin forms on the woman’s face. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM4sp2XAnfi
“Oh you must be Mei. Come in please.” She steps aside letting me in then closes the door. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEIB7nz08wB
I quickly text Ivy I might be a while to which she replied no worries with a thumbs up. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeTmmQscZqY
I swear that….330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK3tugjRvbG
“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. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSS1nHUIcue
“She talks about me?” I feel my face heat up. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTmG7Hzv0l0
“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. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAWsWqzgeJF
The lady chuckles at me. “She's right, you are very cute when flustered.” I swear I feel like steam is radiating from me. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS1Nd7PuHjS
“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. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ZQ7l3CDm5
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.” 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXWqrx6lWL5
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.330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgoDpB9zRo6
““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. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh48xXL48J3
“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. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLhMZ1kJTpW
“Do you prefer coffee or tea?” She asks as we’re walking. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Tm9JofClx
“Oh um tea please.” 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFaVQqHKS5d
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. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡntgMx6hhB3
Lucinda explains that I’m a friend of Naomi. They look excited and ask me questions all at the same time. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLEWc19bpZt
I get a bit overwhelmed but they’re so cute I try my best to answer them. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMrCUSDIilK
“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. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSeeeMucsdn
It felt like hours when Naomi came to the kitchen. The moment I saw her I almost fainted from just how cute she looks. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXbLnfNgqf2
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. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡed9urAeIKU
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.330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8WEFtyHVDb
“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. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr9l7bewXSi
“Okay you two don’t you have somewhere to be?” We both look over to Lucinda who’s smiling. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIcjwox8x7Q
“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. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKhFparE26Q
“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. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLqLHuvCbWn
I hold my hand out still blushing like crazy and so is Naomi who takes my hand into hers. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwbjLZ1h2pw
We both reach the car and I open the door for her following behind her so I’m sitting next to her. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHoQx8yjbKb
I don’t realize we’re still holding hands until Ivy says something. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDsDDhbTzrU
“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.” 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGOreRqMSuW
Naomi looks super nervous as she tries to speak but nothing comes out. Her grip on my hand tightens meaning she’s panicking. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXNZhXXCKld
“It’s alright Naomi, Ivy understands your situation so don’t worry.” I explain to her but her grip doesn’t loosen. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdu1V0tIZ2o
“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. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPlNq2U20Sz
“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. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN1C2QRweDa
“Don’t you dare.” I glare at her but Naomi nods with a big smile on her face. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLWBiG4YH5V
I sigh in defeat. This is gonna be a long ride. I gently squeeze Naomi’s hands enjoying the warmth. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgmy7jPFcYn
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. 330Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7sqNQKIUud
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