TEASER CHAPTER 8 PART 21
“Hey Nozomu, you're
finally here."
Irisdina, dressed in a
pure white dress and silver ornaments, greeted Nozomu with a smile.
"Well, umm...
perhaps... Did I make you wait?"
"Yeah, you made
me wait. I was just thinking that the party was going to end with me having no
one to dance with."
Irisdina said these
words, but there would be countless men who would try to ask her, a noble and
elegant young lady, to dance.
But the reason why
Irisdina said that the party would end without her having a dance partner was
because she had decided to have only one dance partner for today.
"Umm, well, I
mean... Iris seemed to be busy greeting people with Victor-san, so I thought it
would be better to wait until things had settled down..."
On the other hand, the
naive Nozomu was oblivious to Irisdina's hidden confession.
A small pang of
jealousy flared up in Irisdina's heart upon hearing Nozomu's response.
"Honestly, you're
being troublesome. If you had spoken to me, it would have been settled right
away, but you're having so much fun with Shina-kun instead..."
"Eh?..."
She became a little
annoyed.
Prompted by the little
jealousy, Irisdina recounted the time when Nozomu and Shina were chatting.
Frankly, for Irisdina,
it was true that she was feeling mushy when she saw Nozomu and Shina talking
happily.
(I wanted to chat with
you too!)
Remembering the time
when she felt excluded from them, she deliberately put on a slightly grumpy
expression.
"Isn't it unfair?
To leave me alone and have a nice chat just the two of you..."
"No, that
was..."
Looking at Irisdina's
grumpy expression, Nozomu looked troubled.
Although it was true
that he had enjoyed talking with Shina, it was also true that he had left
Irisdina out.
Besides, even though
he was not used to the party and was getting confused, he couldn't deny that he
was feeling a little self-conscious about Irisdina, who was behaving like a
perfect young lady.
"Iris, I'm
so-..."
"Fufu~, sorry.
I'm just joking."
Iriscina's grumpy
expression changed and a joyful smile appeared on her face.
Nozomu finally
realized that he was being made fun of by the look on her face, as if to say,
"I got you!"
"Iris..."
As she gazed at
Nozomu, who sighed and dropped his shoulders, Irisdina was pleased with a
satisfied feeling and a sense of accomplishment at having the gaze of the
person she loved directed at her.
"You looked like
you had a hard time. You were surrounded by quite a number of people."
"Yeah, I honestly
had no idea what to do."
"You were like a
duckling trying to swim for the first time. If I recall it again ......
fufufu~."
Even though she was so
busy greeting the guests that she could not speak to him herself, Irisdina also
saw that Nozomu was surrounded by dignitaries and was moving right and left.
If one had to sum up
the situation at that time, it could be described as a comedy of great actors.
Irisdina, perhaps
remembering the confused Nozomu surrounded by dignitaries, smiled once again.
