Chapter 6

Nariza is crying.

Jace had ended things between them a couple of days ago.

And I remember that time when I defended her to Peter.




Why do you keep teasing or making Nariza mad? They're already over, right? After showing up once, the relationship is done. What else do you want brother Peter? They are just friends.


Friends... with benefits.
Like I said before, Mil, I'm just trying to help your best friend get out of her nightmare.




"Mami, please stop crying..." I consoled her, rubbing her back as she cries on my shoulders.

"It hurts so much, Mil. I was already okay that we're friends, everything was already okay. I was almost okay.. but why the need to slap my face with the fact that he already got another girlfriend?"

I bit my lip to stop myself from saying something.

According to the novel, this is the part where Jace and Nariza had already ended their relationship (part of the on-and-off moments). Then a few days later, Nariza found out that Jace has a girlfriend named Venise.

And following the time period when Nariza and Jace were still together to the time when Jace and Venise started going out, it shows that Jace is dating them at the same time.

There was a reason behind his action though that would later be revealed.

"I want to slap him.. cuss him.. despise him! But shit, I still love that jerk!"

"Just let it all out, Mi, let it all out." Well, Nariza has really nice fingernails, and a bit of scratch on Jace's face won't hurt right? It might even make him more appealing to his girlfriend, making him look like a bad boy with his black hair. The question though is how?

"It hurts, Mil, huhuhu.." I watched her cry.

How can we scratch Jace's face?

I held both of her shoulders. "Mami, look at me. Hang in there. Be strong. Yes you got hurt, that you're hurting right now, but show him that you can stay standing even when they try to crumple you. Remember, Nariza, you're the only one who can heal your heart. I can talk all day long until I ran out of saliva, but it's still your decision at the end."

"B-But I don't think I can.."

I shook her a bit. "You can. You will do it."

Nariza went back on crying on my chest now. "Huhuhu.. w-wait.. Kiddo.. why is your front seemed a bit bigger?"

"Ha? Really?" Oh, my God! Is Mielle finally getting my real chest?

She put both of her hands on my chest and squeezed them a bit. "Woah, they did grow!"

As Aice, I don't mind what she's doing as she is a girl. But I don't know about Mielle.. I guess I'll just laugh it off.

"Haha, maybe you're just tired from crying, mami." Then I offered her something to drink from my bag pack. It's actually after school, and we stayed behind to first, do our home works, and second, for her to cry her eyes out.

"What's this?" She turned the drink around to see what it was. "What the -- soy milk? Why do you have soy milk in your bag, Mil? It's even a half a gallon!"

"That's a part of my diet, mami. I'm actually saving my money so that Grandma Kimmy can buy me one."

"Oh my gosh.." She sniffed. "Do you know that it makes your boobs grow?!"

"Really? I don't think so." Trust me, Nariza, back when I was Aice, I did not need any -- wait. Hold up. "Wait, seriously?" I'm doing the diet that I used to do back when I was Aice, right? And that includes drinking soy milk. W-Was that why? "Oh. My gosh."

"Oh my gosh indeed! Hahaha! I don't know why you still need this when you already have a big chest."

Well at least she's laughing now.

"Mami, are you blind? My tummy is almost as big as my chest, what big are you talking about?"

"LOL! No it's not! Besides, I'm not blind. Back then, before you gained weight, you already had a big chest. That's why you got bullied back then as they said you were a slut just 'cause you're gifted and they're not. They said you were an attention-seeker as the boys kept looking at you."

Something like that happened to Mielle?

For some reason, my heart sank just imagining how they bullied this little Mielle just because of her natural gift.

Is that why she started to eat those junk foods and chose to gain weight? Is that why you purposely wanted to be fat, Mielle? For you to not get bullied again because they won't notice your big chest anymore, only your bigger tummy and gained of weight?

"Good thing that you're getting back your old body," she smiled.

I returned one but my mind is elsewhere.

Oh I will return Mielle's natural body alright. And she will glow as it will be better than before. I promise that to you, Mielle.

"Anyway, are you going to drink that soy milk right now or on the way?"

"On the way? On the way where?" She opened the cap and drink from the tap. "My God, kiddo! Is there's no straw?"

"Go big or go home, mami." I stood up as I put my bag on my back. "You're going to vent out that bad feeling you got, and I'll be helping you."





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"Are you serious?"

"Yup!" I pushed her forward. "Hurry! Sing!"

"Have you gone crazy? Me singing on the stage? No way!"

"Yes way! Just let it all out over there, no one will stop you. You're not the first one to do this."

"This is embarrassing Mil!"

"So you crying over someone worthless wasn't embarrassing? Is that so?" Mielle's detector is tingling, that means we're actually following the script again.

The only difference is, in the novel, the two girls didn't know who or where Jace was, but I do.

Nariza wets her lip as she nervously looked around. "They might laugh at me here."

I gave her a poker face. "You serious now? We both know you got the talent with singing, so go! Besides, the arcade games here are also noisy." And yes, we're actually in the mall right now.

She took a deep breath before stepping on the stage. "Wait, what am I going to sing first?"

I smirked. "Whatever you want to say to your stalker."

She looked surprise. "Stalker?"

My right eyebrow raised as a confirmation. "He's around. I could feel it."

She tried to fight off a smile. "The Mielle's Feeling. Bow." Nariza went on the side of the screen to punch in the number for her designated song choice in the karaoke. As soon as she entered it, my eyes caught the sight of him.

And he's not alone.

He's with another man that has a thick, anime-like, light red hair.

Who?

Our eyes met and I immediately pretended that I was thinking of something. I turned my eyes somewhere and pretended to stare at a bald head guy.

My eyes went back to Nariza then who has her eyes close, singing such an emotional song.

Out of all the songs..

Jace's face went solemn as his focus shifted entirely to her.

Nariza gripped the mic stand. I could see her hands tremble, but her voice is solid -- full of that sadness and pain she's having.

"Well, as much as I love to support this letting go and such, the author had a better plan to get you two back together."

Even the red-haired guy who was busy looking at his phone, is now looking at Nariza with a serious face.

Who is this guy? Why can't I seem to remember any character that has this hair description? Jace was supposed to be alone in this scene.

I suddenly became aware of my surroundings, and boy, almost everyone had stopped doing what they were doing and just watched Nariza sung her heart out.

You go girl!

I clapped along with the audience when she finished singing. She was shock to see the crowd she had gathered and was furiously blushing as she went to me.

"Hahaha! You're blushing," I teased her as she covers her face.

"Kiddo stop it!"

"Why? You see? There's nothing wrong with what you did. All of them got dumbfounded, jaw-dropped! They got hurt as well because what you sang is painful to the heart."

She slapped my shoulder. "The heck you saying!"

I laughed. "What? Feeling better?"

She shyly nodded. "Yes. Let's sing more." Her eyes sparked at the idea.

Uh-oh.

"Um, someone is singing on the stage already -- oh. Um. Okay, go. Drag me all the way." My eyes darted real quick to see if Jace and the red-hair are following us.

They are.

A little scratch won't kill him, right?

Nariza led us to a singing room right around the corner that needed to be open by one of the crew.

I gotta move fast.

"I'll call the crew," I volunteered as I took the number flash card of the singing room to give to the crew in exchange of the key.

"Okay, okay. Hurry up!"

I waved my hand that is holding the flash card. "Sure!" I then turned around and bumped to incoming Jace.

"Ouch! Fuck!" He hissed in pain as he touched his cheek that I knowingly cut with the flash card.

My aim was his arm, actually, but face was a big bonus.

"Oh gosh! S-Sorry!" I said as alarmed as I could possibly master.

I heard Nariza coming. "Oh, my God. Oooh my God! S-Sorry mister, it was an accident! My best friend didn't mean it!"

It wasn't an accident, actually.

"Jesus Jac --" Jace glared at the red-hair that shut him up. "Son. Jason. Your cheek is bleeding."

Pfft. Nice save.

Jace, who is way taller than me -- about 5'12" I think, looked at the hand he used to touch the scratch. "Tsk."

"Oh no, oh no, I'm so sorry mister."

"Why weren't you looking to where you were going kiddo?"

I looked down to show how regretful I am, while really, I was biting my lip to stop myself from grinning triumphantly. "I-I'm really s-sorry."

Nariza sighed. "Mister J-Jason? Jason right? Mister Jason, we're really sorry."

I peeked and saw Jace's eyes softened for a quick second before acting pissed.. well I guess he doesn't need to act on the latter. "It's fine. Can't say no harm done though."

"I'll treat you," I said. One of the things about Mielle is she is a proud Girl Scout back when she was in elementary, therefore, she's always ready. And I realized that even though my soul is in her body, her own body knows what the old owner -- Mielle -- used to do, so her habits and things she does are what my habits and things I do as well.

Anyway, since Mielle was always ready, she actually -- well, I have a first aid kit in my bag. And I can proudly say that as Aice, I studied these kind of things -- thanks to my Butler Minami.

I miss you, my butler.

"No need." Jace sighed as he turned to me.

"I insist."

"Me too," Nariza even put her hand up.

"Me as well!" The red-haired guy also put his hand up, then put it down when Jace looked at him. "I mean, if-if my vote counts."

"Shut it Pa -- ehem! Pat."

I had to hide my surprised look.

This red-hair that is almost as tall as Jace is Peter... Pan?!

Chapter end