Chapter 4
(Mei’s p.o.v) 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ937ojiPNYL
“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. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXVUw4Yxado
I feel my cheeks heat up just looking at her. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOaaHxWkEjy
“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. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBUWirDuEdr
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! 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡauS7lbiNCK
A huge smile appears on her face as she nods excitedly which causes me to smile widely. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlG3c1MbaiV
Alright she said yes! 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB0EzelkY6l
“How about this Saturday then? I’ll come pick you up if you want.” 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4iLM5KK5FC
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. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcrViTJpEH5
“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. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSPUG52PyHO
A hesitant nod is all I get to which I immediately know the answer. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZlCdOZEwTy
“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. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiHO8G1A23g
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. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkD4OO39nll
A smile quickly reappears on her face, it’s small but a smile nonetheless. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq0AgqAtzBV
“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.” 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4zKimtKTlF
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. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgVcoK3tqIG
I smile happy that she’s slowly opening up more to me. At least that’s what it feels like to me. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrNFZhVNXXj
About three days later it’s the day I’m supposed to go to the fair with Naomi. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV8sJcb2ifu
God damn it! I throw what feels like the tenth outfit I’ve tried on now. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6n3qlnAbDC
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. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJOdAg47yhH
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! 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU22m71AdfJ
Wait. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCx2q7jiPAO
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. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyYCWEQZE1K
I wish it was a date though…374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdPPsrqBHHG
Shut up me! I’m already freaking out as it is! 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8kOTqjiFNU
A knock at my door snaps me out of my rambling. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoMog7Z7lNM
“Come in!” I yell a little annoyed. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTCxiejKcTA
The door opens and Ivy enters looking at me and the clothes thrown on the floor. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVQq3rfeKed
“Having trouble finding an outfit I see.” A sly smile forms on her face. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSUza3xwc3L
Leave it to Ivy to be sarcastic whenever I’m in distress. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDDRNMndOPU
“Yes I am thank you for that observation.” I say sarcastically back. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡquAlY1Kbs4
“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. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqdomC16g4Q
“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. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3wZ0FePGXm
A small chuckle comes from her. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUmRMdSz7ny
“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. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMUymju1pAS
“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. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSXcWfYG3bd
“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?” 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmToZVTOqgE
I hear Ivy sit on my bed. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY1yyJbXshS
“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. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgIPTqExjcJ
“Thank you! That’s such a huge relief! I wouldn’t have been able to fully enjoy myself!” I feel arms wrap around me. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZb9YZ3GITC
“You’re welcome Mei. You’ve finally made a friend. A good friend from the sound of it.” I relax in her embrace smiling. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ1NRFooDjl
“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.” 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡScAH6ivaCy
Ivy stays quiet as she listens. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnjDLhB2R4M
“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?374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV1cFcwSh9J
“She sounds really special Mei. I’m happy for you.” 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIcVFf8Tofk
My smile gets bigger. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxpLlEdiT4V
“Yeah, I am too.” 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZXKaRGkNcC
After about 5 more minutes I get back to finding an outfit with Ivy’s help. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTA8D3lqBkh
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. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkpkmwdBBq0
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. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡozOgy600gk
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.374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo8LPzgb05Y
OMG! So lucky! Wish I was at the same school as Mei! 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwDn2uvlgpY
Some posts were funny because they claimed to be friends with me which was not true. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ03wwXvEVZm
I’M SO LUCKY TO BE FRIENDS WITH MEI! SHE IS SO SWEET AND DOWN TO EARTH! 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6xnp07528R
And the comments of that post, well you can guess how people reacted to posts like that. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm3T5xiwvoZ
Honestly my main reason for looking through these posts was to see if any had Naomi in them. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfW0wPCElCG
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. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmturoIJrIJ
“Mei…Mei!” I snap out of my thoughts, turning off my phone. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRmbQDkf8He
“Huh…What’s up Ivy?” I give her an apologetic look. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpahABbrilj
“We’re here.” She points behind me to which I turn around. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqdf9vMHO5y
My eyes widen as I see what looks like a mansion but at the gate there’s a plaque that reads Hope’s orphanage. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7aekQJ5CdE
This is Naomi’s home? No wonder she looked worried when I said I’ll pick her up. It all makes sense now. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqGyc6nGlil
Not knowing what to think I quickly left the car. “I’ll be right back.” 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCX37u6mhPJ
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. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡef2Vm6RKog
How long has Naomi been here for? My heart aches just thinking about it. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKPI99GHigt
Before I know it I’m at the front doors. Nervously I knock, waiting patiently. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfUvqF3xa16
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. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgzW0xyto34
The door opens revealing a woman who looked like she was in her early to mid thirties. Not quite what I was expecting. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8FJASdzu99
She locks eyes with me and gives me a warm smile. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLJ2lD65J0C
“Hello. Can I help you?” Her voice was soft to the ear and calming at the same time. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZCZRvcauuE
“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. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDsHFzq1Yqs
A huge grin forms on the woman’s face. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoArxAVWMuf
“Oh you must be Mei. Come in please.” She steps aside letting me in then closes the door. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡozCo30UNFq
I quickly text Ivy I might be a while to which she replied no worries with a thumbs up. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBrUy0FtEKU
I swear that….374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBwCf0WkTwF
“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. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcAXYAScDtl
“She talks about me?” I feel my face heat up. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPEqN7mvsyT
“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. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPFdju6sBfM
The lady chuckles at me. “She's right, you are very cute when flustered.” I swear I feel like steam is radiating from me. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ308GakkUu3
“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. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTm5r13pUmm
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.” 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWk0xCqWxxA
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.374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkBAwddUzMa
““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. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZrHNWGpLin
“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. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMXRp9Zk4Yl
“Do you prefer coffee or tea?” She asks as we’re walking. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHskF9tbrTA
“Oh um tea please.” 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡovy7Indwsk
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. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyWQPfy4lX8
Lucinda explains that I’m a friend of Naomi. They look excited and ask me questions all at the same time. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhieppRjOrD
I get a bit overwhelmed but they’re so cute I try my best to answer them. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNIGtHwpZ74
“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. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLEAWnZkMWf
It felt like hours when Naomi came to the kitchen. The moment I saw her I almost fainted from just how cute she looks. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡneQ30S2rZK
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. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhm8qbatari
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.374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6DvIFzWmAp
“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. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEIY1sr3hse
“Okay you two don’t you have somewhere to be?” We both look over to Lucinda who’s smiling. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE3h9TpAhL3
“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. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmunoYjxUrg
“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. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsc4pJVgyM5
I hold my hand out still blushing like crazy and so is Naomi who takes my hand into hers. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn5l0xcyyKn
We both reach the car and I open the door for her following behind her so I’m sitting next to her. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQL3oI9iioD
I don’t realize we’re still holding hands until Ivy says something. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIMMA7K7wyZ
“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.” 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWq4H8tOyR2
Naomi looks super nervous as she tries to speak but nothing comes out. Her grip on my hand tightens meaning she’s panicking. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEEZLvze6hA
“It’s alright Naomi, Ivy understands your situation so don’t worry.” I explain to her but her grip doesn’t loosen. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8J7Beg9XtP
“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. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAY0jEOlbXY
“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. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR8GxZeHnsU
“Don’t you dare.” I glare at her but Naomi nods with a big smile on her face. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrdv4JGNHMN
I sigh in defeat. This is gonna be a long ride. I gently squeeze Naomi’s hands enjoying the warmth. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzfNGErmyT8
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. 374Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPciOgSmFO2
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