25 Mio's Version

I don't know why he talked to me, but it doesn't matter anymore. I only wanted to live like an ordinary girl, but it was impossible now. In the past, I always dreamed of marrying Claude as my husband, but now I felt nothing.

Is my love for him faded? But my heart is still beating when Claude is beside me. Even my eyes kept stealing glances at how handsome he is today. My mind and my body are not in sync at all.

The words that left my mouth were harsh, but my heart kept calling his name many times. My body is still asking him to embrace me. My body and my mind have a different opinion.

Luke kept talking with me even though I only gave him harsh remarks. But my heart was happy when it heard Luke kept trying to have some conversation with me. It made me exhausted and didn't have energy left to open my mouth.

Not long after I ignored the handsome man beside me, we arrived at our destination. It will be my first time in all of my life getting married to the man I love. When we walked towards the place we registered our marriage, I suddenly heard something from behind me.

"Hey, little girl."

I turned my body to look who it was, but I saw no one. I was sure that someone called me a little girl, but why couldn't I find anyone behind us? Luke escorted me, and he also looked at me with a confused expression.

I was sure that it wouldn't be Claude at all, but I didn't want to play a guessing game like this, so I asked the handsome man beside me who still circled his arms around my waist.

"Did you call me?" Even though I knew that I wouldn't get the answer I wanted, I still asked him.

Claude asked me instead of answering my question.

"What do you mean?"

I looked back once more, but I still didn't see anyone behind us, and the only one who registered their marriage this early was only us, so who was it? I didn't want to think negatively, and maybe it was just my imagination, even though it was too real to be only my imagination.

We continued our way without talking about the incident earlier because I didn't even know how I could explain it to Claude. Could I say that some ghosts were playing a prank on me when I didn't even know if it were a ghost or not?

I don't believe in something like that, but Lia ever said to me that there is another entity in these worlds other than humans, animals, and plants. It made me goosebumps while remembering her words.

I hugged Claude's arm tightly in fear. We finished our marriage certificate, and it was sooner than I thought. Then Claude asked to have lunch together.

"How about we have lunch in a restaurant because I already reserved the place for us? It is also to celebrate our new journey," Claude looked at me with hope in his eyes.

I tried my best to manage my expression because right now, my lips didn't stop curving up a bright smile. It made me exhausted so much, and I almost lost my body reaction. Fighting against your body is more difficult than fighting a boss in the most popular role-playing game nowadays, Web Legend game. A smile almost escaped from my lips but took a deep breath to make the smile vanish from my face.

I turned my gaze at Claude and said, "Alright, we will have lunch in the place you choose, but never have an illusion that I accept you as my husband because there is no love between enemies. So don't forget to act as one," I didn't want Claude to find out my red cheeks, so I came in the car without his help.

No, Claude couldn't find out my heart because it would become my weakness in front of him. I don't know the reason why he accepted our marriage, so then I couldn't let my guard down around him.

I didn't want to talk anymore on the way to the restaurant because I was busy calming down my happy heart. Claude's shoulder dropped, and I could even see his invisible dejected tail. Why did he look so sad? I don't understand at all, but I don't want to ask him even though it made me curious a little.

I kept silent on the way, and not long after that, we arrived at the restaurant that Claude chose.

'No.'

'No.'

'It is impossible. Claude brought me to a place that he hated the most in the past life. Claude is always disgusted by this place that has the odor of love around the restaurant like we can see pink bubbles surround the place.'

'Claude even never brought Lily around this place in their life. It was proof of how much he hated this place to that extent. Was Claude not on his right mind? Is he insane? Why would Claude bring me to a place that Claude never liked in the past?

Claude never likes romantic things even when he was with Lily, and he never once gave her a single flower. Claude was against a romantic thing, so much as he could even end up vomiting his lunch.'

I looked at him with disbelief eyes. My heart couldn't stop pounded because it is a place I wanted to come in my past life, but I didn't have any boyfriend to accompany me. My heart was too happy when I couldn't know how to express myself at this unscientific moment. It feels like a dream while it is a reality instead of a hallucination.

My lips couldn't stop curving up a smile, but I tried hard to look expressionless. Claude even chose the most romantic table for us, and I couldn't stop glaring at him to hide my happy expression that almost expressed sincere happiness.

I don't want to back down because it is a war instead of lunch. My happy emotion almost escaped from my face. I don't want to be the one who loses when Claude will be the one who wins.

Claude asked me about the food, "How is it?" Claude even looked at me with a nervous expression like he was the one who made all of this food and waited for me to judge his creation.

I only nodded my head without answering him directly because it was already hard to maintain my cold appearance while the deep inside was blooming.

We ate silently without talking even though Claude wanted to speak to me, but he chose to close his mouth because he didn't want to bother me, enjoying my quiet meal.

"What do you think about restaurants? Do you like it? If you adore the atmosphere here, then we can have lunch here every day."

Claude happily gave me the recommendation to have lunch here every day. Why was Claude so energetic in asking me out even when I already said that I didn't want to spend any more time with him? He was too persistent.

I don't hate an unwavering man, but I don't like it when Claude is the one who is so stubborn. Claude looked at me with teary eyes and hoped that I wouldn't refuse his offer. But I wouldn't let him fly too high because it would be hurt when he fell.

"You want us to eat here all the time? It is far away from your company and our house." I glared at him to make him stop saying nonsense, but Claude turned out to be a shameless man.

"It is not far at all, and we use my car, then it will be a short journey. But If you don't want to come here, then we can go somewhere else," Claude didn't stop his unwavering determination to ask Mio out.

I took a deep sigh and answered, "Why are you so persistent like this? I already said that I don't want to spend any more time with you so please stop being stubborn like this because it will bring you to nowhere."

"It is not me being persistent, but you keep refusing my offer. Why? Do you hate me now?" Claude asked me with moist eyes, but it didn't make me feel sorry for him.

"I don't need to answer that oblivious question, right. Hate or love doesn't have anything to do with you. Because where were you when you trampled on my feelings and never turned back even when I was crying so desperately? So please stop playing pitiful cards on me because it won't work."

Claude looked at me with his mouth widened.

Small Teather:

Author: You are a tsundere, Mio. Hehehe.

Mio: I am not a tsundere.

Author: Then, do you love Claude in your heart?

Mio: NO.

Author: Then, do you hate Claude?

Mio: N...O *Hesitated.

Author: Then, it means you love Claude, right?

Mio: "..." *Where did that conclusion come from?