Paradise Kiss Fan Fiction ❯ The Left Hand Dreams of Him ❯ Betting on First Loves ( Chapter 13 )

Betting on First Loves

 

A week had passed and Wataru had still not decided who he wanted to be with. So finally, Karin and Kawamura took the reigns and invited Wataru, Kazuki, and Asaka out to dinner to straighten things out.

“So here's the plan that Karin and I have come up with: Wataru, you should date both of them at the same time and then once you've got your feelings figured out, you pick one of them.”

Both Kazuki and Asaka looked at Kawamura incredulously and exclaimed, “Are you nuts?! What makes you think we'd be okay with this?!”

“Because if you're not okay with it, it'll only take Wataru longer to choose one of you. Both of you are special to him and he can't just sit in his room trying to remember who he felt better with, so… if he dates you both, he can just go with the flow.”

By this point, Wataru was almost completely deflated in his seat, slouching so low that he was almost under the table. After Kawamura finished his little stroke of brilliancy, Wataru sat up and said, “I just want to say to you both, Asaka and Kazuki, that none of this is my idea.”

The two still-appalled boys just looked at him and nodded. Then they turned back to Kawamura and looked at him questioningly.

“This may not be his idea, but it's one that is probably going to work. Can you all agree to at least try this? If it doesn't work out we can try something new.”

Kazuki was the first to agree. If anyone had anything to gain by this ridiculous plan it was him. Now he would actually have a chance at winning Wataru over again; he could show Wataru that he wasn't the jealous type anymore who would be insecure over stupid things. Then Asaka, because he knew that Kazuki actually would have an advantage over him: being Wataru's first love. You can never get over a first love… he thought.

Finally they both looked expectantly over at Wataru. He buried his head in his hands and mumbled, “Okay fine. I'll do it.”

Kazuki worked really hard to conceal his smile and asked, “Wataru, would you like to go out with me tomorrow?”

He mumbled, still with his head in his hands: “Okay. What are we going to do?”

“Hmm…perhaps we could spend the day together. I have a couple of ideas…”

Wataru nodded.

Asaka, meanwhile, was livid. How dare Kazuki be the first to go on a date with him! I'm the one who's actually been dating him! Bastard. Asaka calmed himself down to a gentle simmer while Kazuki was inwardly laughing at Asaka.

Kawamura and Karin were relaxed, and enjoying seeing the very dynamic expressions on the faces of Wataru's suitors. They exchanged knowing grins and signaled to each other that they would talk afterwards.

“Well. Now that we've gotten the ball rolling, we'll leave you three alone. See you later!” Kawamura exclaimed in an I'm-way-too-happy-for-this-situation voice.

Once out of earshot, Kawamura said, “I'm putting my money on Asaka for this one. He's suave and Wataru's going to be wary of Kazuki because of the way he treated him.”

“Pssh, yeah right. I'll put ¥6,000(1) on Wataru and Kazuki.”

“I'll take that bet. By the way, this is really fucked up.”

“Yeah…but we've got nothing better to do…”

“Okay. I'm definitely getting Miho in this. You can talk to Nano.”

Karin at least had the decency to look ashamed for a moment then nodded yes. No matter how wrong it was, she couldn't resist taking advantage of Kawamura. What a fool, thinking that an older boy could win over first loves. Ha!