Ryo and Linda

A few had passed since that event. Yuya and Yuki had begun to accept the fact that Yamapi was seriously courting Linda. Yuya was slowly trying his best to let go of his sister and allowed her more freedom. He was also glad to see his sister laugh and looking very cheerful especially when she was with Yamapi and vice versa.

One day, Linda was lazing around the living room, behaving like a potato couch when Yuki pulled her to the door. “Eh? Where are you taking me to?” she asked.

“Hmm…surprise?” she answered.

“Matte! In my clothes? Like this?” she asked, pointing to her small pink shirt and a pair of Nike shorts.

“Oh ya, I forgot. I give you 5 minutes to change,” Yuki replied.

“What on earth is she thinking of? Why is everyone dragging me off to somewhere without having the decency of telling me? First it was Yamashita, then it was Yuki, don’t tell me Yuya will be next? No! I don’t want to be dragged!” Linda mumbled to herself.

Yuki chuckled when she heard Linda’s monologue. She had something up her sleeve and she wanted to see some action. After 5 minutes, Linda came out with a pair of jeans and a white kimono-like top.

“Ikoo ne,” Yuki smiled to herself when she saw Linda’s dressing.

Linda was clueless as to where Yuki would be binging her. She just followed her blindly, unaware of the surroundings. When she was standing in front of the lift, then she realized where she was. “Chotto matte kudasai! Koko JE deshio? Doushite atachi tachi koko irundesuka?” Linda asked in surprised.

Yuki laughed. “Come on. Let’s just go up. I brought some food for them and I do not want to go alone so I brought you along. I know you will object so I just kept quiet and knowing how slow in reacting you are, it made my plan works even better!” Yuki explained, opening the door to News’s room.

“No one?” Linda asked.

“Yeah, they are having some recording. They will be back in a few minutes’ time for lunch,” Yuki replied.

A few minutes, News started to stream into the room. “Onee-chan! Yuki-chan!” Yuya exclaimed happily.

“Yu-chan,” Linda grinned.

“Linda-chan!” a voice greeted her happily.

Linda turned and saw Yamapi grinning at her. “Yamashita-kun,” she bowed.

They sat around the table and Linda and Yuki passed the lunch around. The door opened and Ryo came in. Ryo stared at Linda who was sitting beside Yamapi. "Hey,” Ryo greeted and sat down.

“Nah, chibi-chan,” Linda handed out his lunch.

Everyone was looking at Ryo and her. “Chibi-chan?” Yuya echoed.

“Ehh… umm…that. I think u must have heard wrongly. I said, nishikido-chan,” Linda corrected herself.

“Yeah, she called me ‘Nishikido’,” Ryo replied.

They seemed to let the matter rest but Yamapi felt uneasy about it. He watched as Ryo glared at Linda for the mistake earlier. “Umm…I need to go to the ladies,” Linda replied.

A few moments later, Ryo got up and said he needed to go to the gents. Yamapi eyed his close friend’s behavior. Linda and Ryo were behaving quite strangely. He decided to check it out.

Linda was walking back from the ladies when Ryo cornered her. “Linda-chan!” Ryo exclaimed and pulled her to a more private place.

Linda looked at him. “Are we going to keep our relationship a secret from everyone?” Ryo asked.

Linda looked at him. “Haven’t we kept it for so long? Besides, we are happier this way,” Linda replied.

Ryo looked shocked at her answer. “Why are you so cold?” he asked, his voice hurt.

Linda softened. “It’s not that, Ryo-chan. If we tell them, your girlfriend will get hurt, right?” she asked softly.

Yamapi hid behind the wall and heard every single thing that they said. “So, they do shared a close relationship,” Yamapi muttered to himself and walked off with a confused heart.

Ryo looked taken aback. “Ah..Leah,” he muttered.

Linda looked away. Her wounds on her heart opened once again. “You must be happy with her. You two look great with each other. Besides, Yamashita-kun has been seriously dating me so, do not worry about me, ok?” Linda put a fake smile to reassure him.

Ryo heard what she said and without thinking, he kissed her on the lips, hard. A loud gasped was heard behind.