Chapter 4
(Mei’s p.o.v) 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz7qYQIV3rs
“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. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIUt6qBFm43
I feel my cheeks heat up just looking at her. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9E6XhRa3Tj
“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. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb05gLSPygM
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! 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFMMcxB0tuM
A huge smile appears on her face as she nods excitedly which causes me to smile widely. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHbHGxeBtrC
Alright she said yes! 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ssQz58ONb
“How about this Saturday then? I’ll come pick you up if you want.” 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqYmOmJ22MT
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. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbypDkM19D9
“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. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPOTlE1D3Lb
A hesitant nod is all I get to which I immediately know the answer. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZXoFWNiCnj
“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. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk9QZDNcGT1
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. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ43Jv4gsX2P
A smile quickly reappears on her face, it’s small but a smile nonetheless. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn6hRVxq3zz
“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.” 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn1avwjoycL
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. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7g19czk8IN
I smile happy that she’s slowly opening up more to me. At least that’s what it feels like to me. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtjxtnzynDe
About three days later it’s the day I’m supposed to go to the fair with Naomi. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCPjMEx3K0H
God damn it! I throw what feels like the tenth outfit I’ve tried on now. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzIsEuDIEzs
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. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNjJwucIZJr
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! 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd4Mf54rB2Z
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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. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Km78aUe13
I wish it was a date though…365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMlBnzxcf0B
Shut up me! I’m already freaking out as it is! 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXKmgEkrRfg
A knock at my door snaps me out of my rambling. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVdV0z4Mymv
“Come in!” I yell a little annoyed. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7HnKURSmGk
The door opens and Ivy enters looking at me and the clothes thrown on the floor. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIFKEJARevU
“Having trouble finding an outfit I see.” A sly smile forms on her face. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHmlQXDRme0
Leave it to Ivy to be sarcastic whenever I’m in distress. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMgN5YI6ubM
“Yes I am thank you for that observation.” I say sarcastically back. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSFmudBGtHk
“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. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡumPH72PYdC
“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. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPJ3M4tEhn8
A small chuckle comes from her. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB0ljp2kiWm
“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. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHrFzfNbTUY
“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. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaOHb3t4TI4
“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?” 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLxCoRM2vL1
I hear Ivy sit on my bed. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4NUpcUcd5t
“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. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnXQJ1HofY1
“Thank you! That’s such a huge relief! I wouldn’t have been able to fully enjoy myself!” I feel arms wrap around me. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ9nvpUZnE1
“You’re welcome Mei. You’ve finally made a friend. A good friend from the sound of it.” I relax in her embrace smiling. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwN7AM6tvcG
“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.” 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU9S6CkoNe1
Ivy stays quiet as she listens. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQBXCY8RC57
“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?365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl2Oj91nZqR
“She sounds really special Mei. I’m happy for you.” 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ21Sh2fWPEm
My smile gets bigger. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL1PWHIEuA4
“Yeah, I am too.” 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzoMZSd29Sx
After about 5 more minutes I get back to finding an outfit with Ivy’s help. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcJc7hujipd
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. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOKgGyC99Yc
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. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTwbcJkuQLD
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.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX0r3bZ6eiW
OMG! So lucky! Wish I was at the same school as Mei! 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlxcabjW9QD
Some posts were funny because they claimed to be friends with me which was not true. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ44o6ntKILb
I’M SO LUCKY TO BE FRIENDS WITH MEI! SHE IS SO SWEET AND DOWN TO EARTH! 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2c1qsi3Cv6
And the comments of that post, well you can guess how people reacted to posts like that. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1kq88pBTWN
Honestly my main reason for looking through these posts was to see if any had Naomi in them. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz7AzBFhUCp
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. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoV8jrJm3dh
“Mei…Mei!” I snap out of my thoughts, turning off my phone. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWkX1psWObP
“Huh…What’s up Ivy?” I give her an apologetic look. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8iCDhsqeb5
“We’re here.” She points behind me to which I turn around. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs52wBJkeJw
My eyes widen as I see what looks like a mansion but at the gate there’s a plaque that reads Hope’s orphanage. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFuWf56HPBi
This is Naomi’s home? No wonder she looked worried when I said I’ll pick her up. It all makes sense now. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzXvIEUSENQ
Not knowing what to think I quickly left the car. “I’ll be right back.” 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8WEIKJZZTK
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. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ9fnwe9Tgy
How long has Naomi been here for? My heart aches just thinking about it. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaRHxMCnGXh
Before I know it I’m at the front doors. Nervously I knock, waiting patiently. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy69JJbZGS1
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. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo8pUUPYdrB
The door opens revealing a woman who looked like she was in her early to mid thirties. Not quite what I was expecting. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuWkAojsj4P
She locks eyes with me and gives me a warm smile. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxJTWjql45t
“Hello. Can I help you?” Her voice was soft to the ear and calming at the same time. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJU7jtdjg8z
“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. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjsKakBXYyc
A huge grin forms on the woman’s face. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjsEaKW0ClQ
“Oh you must be Mei. Come in please.” She steps aside letting me in then closes the door. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlWHB5AryzN
I quickly text Ivy I might be a while to which she replied no worries with a thumbs up. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqzB6IpMZAR
I swear that….365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOsGjSXzACV
“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. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaAmQAOHjSV
“She talks about me?” I feel my face heat up. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf4UFV4pBIe
“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. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR2TU0rSLj6
The lady chuckles at me. “She's right, you are very cute when flustered.” I swear I feel like steam is radiating from me. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ85CWTDInnP
“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. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzMDZ3kvvdM
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.” 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPDAfh0y9jb
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.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUoGk8fxThV
““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. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5FevsIvPnS
“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. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcdb3tdaF33
“Do you prefer coffee or tea?” She asks as we’re walking. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoCKEPusMH8
“Oh um tea please.” 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5stXCLyOdv
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. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzAK6Rmg5uB
Lucinda explains that I’m a friend of Naomi. They look excited and ask me questions all at the same time. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCUEwdisL9m
I get a bit overwhelmed but they’re so cute I try my best to answer them. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJhajd7taEj
“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. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmWaGHc0OaY
It felt like hours when Naomi came to the kitchen. The moment I saw her I almost fainted from just how cute she looks. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjHXOUHvYfV
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. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8F4mxenohZ
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.365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvRoLKHA5gf
“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. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQjjZoKjRuS
“Okay you two don’t you have somewhere to be?” We both look over to Lucinda who’s smiling. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwMznKZ390W
“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. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8b5xHSbl5n
“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. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJTCmXLXxlo
I hold my hand out still blushing like crazy and so is Naomi who takes my hand into hers. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqjUfmgasaO
We both reach the car and I open the door for her following behind her so I’m sitting next to her. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNDRueaa6gD
I don’t realize we’re still holding hands until Ivy says something. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSbMgbAi5bQ
“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.” 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnrKHiQQKtu
Naomi looks super nervous as she tries to speak but nothing comes out. Her grip on my hand tightens meaning she’s panicking. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3f5QUyEpvY
“It’s alright Naomi, Ivy understands your situation so don’t worry.” I explain to her but her grip doesn’t loosen. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnfq1voEC0q
“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. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRx9IUG8chG
“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. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTlcBieDbmI
“Don’t you dare.” I glare at her but Naomi nods with a big smile on her face. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Yv3A7aamD
I sigh in defeat. This is gonna be a long ride. I gently squeeze Naomi’s hands enjoying the warmth. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL8BWTOcotp
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. 365Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8URrN3rZWJ
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