The gang and Wang Hu Zhong were gathered in a hotel hall, sharing stories and laughter. Tsubasa spotted an empty seat next to Gen and was about to sit down when Chao Xin approached.
"Hey, Gen, can I sit here?" Chao Xin asked, gesturing to the seat beside her.
"Yeah, sure, Chao Xin," Gen replied with a friendly smile. Tsubasa couldn't hide his jealousy as he settled beside Yu, both of them observing Gen and Chao Xin laughing together.
"Looks like someone is really jealous," Yu teased.
"What? No! I'm happy they're here, but..." Tsubasa trailed off, glancing at Gen enjoying her time with Chao Xin.
"You want to hang out with her more, big deal. Come on, just let it go. I'm sure she'll come around. We don't know if she'll spend the entire day with Chao Xin," Yu reassured Tsubasa.
"I hope so," Tsubasa muttered, keeping his eyes on Gen.
"So you guys thought of going somewhere in Paris; there's a lot to see," Dashan suggested.
"I want to go to the museum," Madoka exclaimed in excitement.
"You sure love to see boring stuff," Gen remarked with a sweatdrop.
"But you know what? You won't get bored at the Eiffel Tower. I can take you there if you want," Chao Xin offered, holding Gen's hand. Tsubasa felt a surge of jealousy as he watched them interact.
"Ugh..." Tsubasa groaned as he aimed a spoon at his mouth, blissfully unaware it lacked any food. Yu swooped in just in time to save the day.
"Tsubasa, seriously? Eating metal? That's a whole new level of 'unbalanced diet.' Get it together!" Yu scolded.
Tsubasa, looking defeated, mumbled, "I can't bear to watch this anymore."
Yu rolled his eyes. "Come on, that doesn't mean you should replace your frustration with a spoonful of metal. You're being ridiculous."
"But look at them..." Tsubasa gestured towards the couple at the next table.
"I have two functioning eyes, Tsubasa. Drop the theatrics," Yu retorted.
"You'll never understand," Tsubasa sighed.
"Understand what? Why keep it a secret? Just tell her you like her already," Yu suggested.
As they exchanged words, a voice chimed in from behind them. "So you've got a crush on Gen too, huh?" They turned to find Chao Xin, smirking, standing there, leaving Tsubasa and Yu equally stunned.
"Where did you come from? Weren't you with Gen a minute ago?" Yu questioned.
"Well, I figured I'd grab some bread since I was hungry. But the food counter had nothing left, so when I spotted this extra bread near you, I thought, why not?" Chao Xin explained, casually helping himself to the bread.
"That explains it," Yu remarked.
"Oh yeah, back to my question... How long have you been crushing on her, Tsubasa? I never thought a guy like you would have a thing for her," Chao Xin teased.
"I don't have a crush on her... that's nonsense," Tsubasa retorted, looking away and blushing.
"Dude, you're totally blushing. And, you know, guys only blush when they have a crush," Chao Xin pointed out.
"Okay, fine, he has a crush on Gen!" Yu blurted out, leaving Tsubasa stunned.
"Huh? Yu? What are you doing?" Tsubasa protested.
"So I was right after all. Well, I just want to say that for the last few years, I've been searching for the right girl, and today, I found her. So don't ruin it for me, because she's mine," Chao Xin declared, with a weird glint in his eyes. Both Yu and Tsubasa were taken aback.
"She's yours? Since when, pal?" Tsubasa challenged.
"Since she came into my heart. She's the most intelligent person, and I can't get her out of my head," Chao Xin gushed.
"Look, Chao Xin, I don't care about your plan, but there's no way Gen would like you. I'm sure of it," Tsubasa asserted.
"Jealous, aren't you? I may have the looks and the talk, but you? You don't have any of it," Chao Xin taunted.
"Say what?" Tsubasa seethed.
"Hey, watch your mouth, Chao Xin. Even though he doesn't have any of that, he's better than you," Yu defended Tsubasa.
"Thanks, Yu," Tsubasa said appreciatively.
"Oh, so the little guy is taking Tsubasa's side, huh? Well, don't care, because for your information, I'm gonna ask Gen on a date, and you know what happens on a date. I'll tell her how I feel; obviously, she'll like me too because no girl has rejected me. We'll start holding hands, and eventually," Chao Xin leaned in close to Tsubasa's ear, whispering, "we'll have our first kiss." Tsubasa and Yu were left utterly shocked.
"First kiss? That's never gonna happen...", said Tsubasa.
"Oh yes it will happen....looks like someone is being more and more jealous....well don't care again", said Chao Xin.
"Ugh....", said Tsubasa in anger.
"If you think that Gen won't like me...then tell me any moment in your life, that she likes you a lot...(Tsubasa looks down) Nothing huh?", said Chao Xin.
"Well...I...", said Tsubasa looking down.
"He was about to kiss her during Gingka's battle with Julian....and I saw it...", said Yu which shocks Tsubasa and Chao Xin.
"I thought you said you will keep it as a secret...", Tsubasa whispers to Yu.
"Well you were getting all weak by Chao Xin's words so I bought it up....", Yu whispers to Tsubasa.
"Gen was gonna kiss Tsubasa? (Tsubasa and Yu looks at Chao Xin who started to laugh) that is the funniest and weirdest thing I have ever heard...", said Chao Xin who continue to laugh.
"It's the truth!", said Tsubasa in anger.
"Not in a million years....", said Chao Xin.
"Ugh...you guys are really stupid....man, if Gen knows about this, I don't know how she will handle this", said Yu.
"Handle what?" They turned around and see Gen.
"It's nothing.....you know Yu, always says something which does not make sense", said Tsubasa as he rubs Yu's hair weirdly. Gen looks at them suspiciously.
"When did you reached here?", said Chao Xin.
"Oh yeah....you were gonna take a bread for me remember, but it turns out you were chatting with them....I was waiting for like 15 minutes", said Gen looking at suspiciously.
"So sorry, Gen....I just got carried away by Tsubasa's words (he looks at Tsubasa weirdly which makes Tsubasa shocks)....But you know what was interesting to hear.....I got a great information about Tsubasa....and it would be sad that if you didn't know....that Tsubasa really have a..."
"It's not important!......", said Tsubasa looking at Gen who was shocked.
"Okay? I am just gonna take the bread and go....See you guys later", said Gen as she takes the bread and leaves them.
"Phew! Don't do that in front of her, Chao Xin. She will find out if you did that", said Tsubasa in anger.
"Ummm....then when will you tell her that you love her? You have to express to her and the best place is here, in Paris", said Chao Xin.
"That's not your business....", said Tsubasa.
"Okay....well, just to remind you again.....I am gonna tell her how I feel....and that to in the Eiffel Tower...so see ya", said Chao Xin as he left them.
"Do you think that Gen would say yes to Chao Xin's question?", asked Yu.
"It will never happen....", said Tsubasa looking at Gen who was laughing with Dashan and Mei-Mei.
"Hey Madoka...where is Gen?", asked Tsubasa quietly.
"Oh...unfortunately she is not coming with us (The others shock) she said she was sick...", said Madoka.
"Sick? Is she okay?", asked Yu.
"She just got a cold...", said Chao Xin as he joined them. Tsubasa gets jealous.
"And how did you know?", asked Gingka.
"Well I went to see her (Tsubasa shocks)...must say she was coughing too...anyways leave her...(he comes near Tsubasa's ear) looks like you still have a chance to tell her how you feel...I back out...", said Chao Xin who was annoyed and he goes towards Madoka. Tsubasa was confused.
"Umm...a while ago, he was happy about Gen and now he is sad...what's up with that guy?", asked Yu.
"I don't know...", said Tsubasa as he looks at the lift.
"You don't need to look there...if she is sick, she is definitely never gonna come and you know it...", said Yu.
"I guess you are right...let's go", said Tsubasa as they went and started to roam around Paris.
Madoka went into shopping along with Mei-Mei, while the boys, they battled with each other. Since they were seven of them, Tsubasa backed out. He didn't have a mood because he was thinking about two thing - one about Chao Xin who changed his mind within seconds and the other thing was about Gen. But then he forget about them when Chao Xin decided to back out too and Tsubasa took his place. That went on for the whole day and soon Tsubasa got bored and he decided to go back to the hotel leaving the others in shock.
Tsubasa came back to the hotel. He reaches near his door. Suddenly he hears another door opened. He turns around and sees an unexpected face. It was Gen.
"Looks like the coast is clear....time to get moving", said Gen going out from her room by the other side.
"Where do you think you are going?", asked Tsubasa which shocked Gen as she stopped. She turned around.
"Tsubasa? What are you doing here? Are the others coming back too?", she asked weirdly.
"No they are not....I got bored so I came back....but more importantly, why are you out of your room? Were you sick the whole day?", asked Tsubasa suspiciously.
"I was...going to the medicine shop...my temperature is going high (she touches her forehead) Yikes...that's so hot... and Madoka forget to buy them....", said Gen weirdly.
"(Touches Gen's forehead and Gen shocks) Your forehead is fine to me....you are lying", said Tsubasa looking suspiciously at Gen who was shocked.
"No I am not....I am really sick..(acts like she is coughing but Tsubasa still looks at her suspicious) Okay fine, I am not sick....I acted for the whole day....", said Gen.
"What? But why? Why would you do that?", asked Tsubasa.
"Well I...(takes something from her pocket and shows it Tsubasa) because of this", said Gen showing Tsubasa the ticket.
"What's that?"
"Remember the ice cream shop at the airport where you first time you ate ice cream?"
"Yeah what about it?"
"Well Me and Yu, we kind of ate a lot of ice cream before you guys came in...."
"By a lot you mean?"
"The no of ice creams Yu ate was 10 while I ate....(starts to become embarrassed) I ate 30?"
"You what?!"
"Yeah I did....and for that, the owner said I somehow managed to defeat the record of a guy who ate 25 ice creams by 5 points....since I won, I got two tickets to the Eiffel Tower...", said Gen in embarrassment.
"You mean you got these tickets for free just for eating 30 ice creams...if it was hamburgers I can understand but for ice creams...."
"Just don't tell anyone about this....only me and Yu know about it....but he didn't want to go...so I thought of going alone...and that to tonight..."
"So that's why you pretended to be sick all day just for this?"
"If I tell you guys....there will be a fight about who wants to go with me...so I kept quiet..."
"Oh..yeah that could happen....okay...I won't tell anyone about it...go enjoy the night by yourself...", said Tsubasa as he went for the door.
"You won't tell anyone right?", asked Gen.
"Nope I won't....see you tomorrow", said Tsubasa. Gen looks at him and then realizes something.
"Hey Tsubasa...(Tsubasa turns around) do you want to go out with me?", asked Gen with a smile which shocks Tsubasa.
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