Adventure In The Dark
Tragedy 356 - Claretta
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Calvin and Jack turned to William who inexplicably began to shut up and noticed a girl sitting near the park listening to music through her earphones.
"Will!" Calvin shook his shoulders and made William instantly aware of his daydream.
"uh? What's up?" Be surprised. William stared at his two friends in turn.
"You noticed the girl barely blinking, did you like her?" Jack looked at William by playing both of his eyebrows up and down.
"S... like? No, I don't like him."
"really? Then why are you watching him? Besides, I see she's pretty, why do you have to dodge her?"
"I only saw him because we met him a while ago."
"Where?"
"UKS ROOM. You remember when I went to the UKS, right? At that moment, I met him. He even helped me to take care of my injuries."
"Oh, I remember. So you met at that time?"
"Yes. But I don't know what his name is" murmured William who turned his eyes back to the girl.
"I want to know her name, and I want to repay her kindness," she said with a smile.
"If you knew her name, would you ask her out to eat together after that ask her out?"
"Yes" said William unconsciously. "Wait, what?!" Surprisedly. He was not aware of what he had just said.
"Hahaha, I told you you like him!" Jack laughed crisply in response to William who claimed to be unconscious.
"Looks.you were right. Lately I've been thinking about him" said William slowly.
"Then don't be quiet. Get to know her and ask her out on a date, who knows you've ended up dating."
"Wait, if I'm not mistaken I know that girl!" Calvin, who had been silent and watching the girl they were talking about, finally spoke up.
"really? Where do you know him from?" William turned his eyes to Calvin.
"Yes. She is the daughter of a businessman who has just gone bankrupt. His parents were poor and had a lot of debt. Then to pay off their debt, he is forced to be betrothed to one of the sons of his father's colleagues. If it's not wrong, the man she was betrothed to was also in school here."
"In a matchmaker?" William repeated the word, he frowned. Recollecting about the girl's quarrel with the man that happened some time ago in the UKS room.
If not wrong, it is true. She was dating that man just because she had to, her inner self.
"Where do you know all that?" Jack asked.
"My father" said Calvin, sipping his drink.
"Do you know what his name is?" William looked at Calvin.
"his name? Wait a minute, if it's not wrong. Cla... Claretta! Yeah, her name is Claretta." Calvin finally remembered his name.
"Claretta" William muttered as he turned toward the girl they were talking about.
What a beautiful name, he thought. His essence was immediately seized by the arrival of a man he saw approaching Claretta there.
"Well, that's the guy she's been paired with!" Calvin pointed to the man who had just arrived before Claretta.
Jack looked towards the man he meant.
"Oh, I know him. Otherwise two are the children of one of those famous businessmen, right?" Jack replied.
"Yes. He's the one who's been betrothed to Claretta." Calvin.
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