"Remind me once again why you are here?" I asked G very irritatingly.

You see tomorrow is my birthday and it is a weekend so thought I could spend my birthday peacefully lazing in my apartment. I never told anyone about my birthday. So why not? I am never really a party person. In fact I hate partying except when someone feeds me in the name of party. I don't want to give party on my birthday especially to my friends since they are superb rich. If I have to give them a party I bet I would have to spend all my savings and sell everything I have which is close to nothing. But that hope shattered a little this afternoon because of what happened. This is what happened-

We all sat in to have our lunch and I have was hoping that something like yesterday doesn't happen. You know I can't create a story every day. I can't say some boring story alright! It has to be creative and funny.

  "What happened?" I whispered at the strange gloomy silence.

Kidou just shrugged pointing at G.

"Umm..G! What happened?"

She replied with a long sigh! I wonder what happened to make her sigh that long.

"I ran out of ideas."

"Ideas for what?"

"My dress."

"Dress?"

"Yeah, I am designer you know. I have a fashion line too."

"You are not getting any ideas for a dress now?"

"Uh! Not really. I am struck. The dress is half completed."

"How about you talk with me. I might help you if not you might get ideas yourself when voicing your ideas."

"Hmm. That is a good idea." She unlocked her phone and scrolled opening a dress and showing me.

"This is the dress I designed." She said handing me her phone.

It was a short pure white dress looking clean and good. Its very beautiful.

"Its nice." I said beaming at her.

"But something is missing."

"What is?"

"I don't know."

"Then try telling me what are you trying to design."

"Hmm. recently saw movies and was fascinated by the Greek goddess type dresses. They are pure white dresses. They express beauty and innocence. You know pure beauty. I was so inspired and want to design that kind of dress but as per today's trends. It needs to be fashionable, trendy and yet bring out the pure beauty in a person."

"Hmm! Okay." I know that kind of feeling and honestly I too like this greek god model dresses. I think this like is started from an anime 'The world is still beautiful' where she wears this kind of dress making her look gorgeous. What is it missing?

"I think this dress is too short to give off pure beauty feel."

"Hmm, but this he best and it matches the trendy feeling. Also for the first I decided shoes that go along with it too. I am not going to compromise on them. The shoes need to be shown."

"What shoes?"

"Wait a minute. I will show you." She scrolled her phone again and showed me gorgeous slippers.

"You designed this too?"

"No it's a collaboration. The other person designed this shoes and I love it. This should definitely be the ones. I can't change the shoes. Conventional with modern." She said sighing again.

"I got it!" I said since what I think a superb idea came across my mind.

"What is it?"

"You see the waist belt, here add cloth, I mean long strips of pure whit cloth such that when stood at one place it gives off the vibe of a long dress, a pure white Greek Goddess dress but when walking or sitting the strip part showing off your legs and slippers! There we get it! Conventional plus modern! How about it?" I said proud of my idea.

"Destiny! You are my goddess! You are awesome! You saved me, that is an awesome idea! I will give you part of the profit."

"That is not needed. I just helped a friend. Moreover, it's your design. I just added some details based on what you said and what you needed."

"Fine then. I too don't want to give you part of the profit. It seems so materialistic. From now on I will design various clothes for you. Hmm! Better, i think you will be my model."

"Sorry but I am not a model material."

"Say, what kind of dresses do you prefer?"

"You need not give me clothes too."

"Just tell me. It will help me in my design work too."

"I just like plain clothes mostly. Not too gaudy, just some simple designs with an elegant and classic vibe."

"Hmm, okay. You have a good taste. Any more ideas for this dress."

"Actually yes. Since it becomes a seemingly long dress, I don't think sleeveless suits it anymore."

"You have a good eye."

"Why, thank you! So what I think is add sleeves, you know greek godess type where the sleeves hang with some gap."

"Gap?"

"Wait, I will try to show you!" I said unlocking my phone and tried to get a sample example. 

"You see how the hands are? I talking about this but make the gap small, you know at about 5cm and let it hang."

"That is a good idea. I will see if it suits better." She said going back to her world.

"Oh wait Destiny! I almost forgot!This is for you!" G said pushing a colorful package in front of me.

"What is this?"

"Open and see." She exclaimed giddily.

"And why are you giving me a gift?"

"A pre-birthday gift."

"What?"

"A gift for your birthday tomorrow. Since it is weekend I am giving you a gift beforehand."

"How do you know that tomorrow is my birthday?"

"I have my ways." She said pointing at Gouenji. What? May be it is in the report he got on me. But why did he tell G that? Is he planning to throw me a party? That's highly unlikely and not like him at all. May be G asked him sometime for information and he told her. But he doesn't talk to G. May be it came in a roundabout way. She asked Kidou and Kidou said he doesn't know may be Gouenjii knows and that is how the information is revealed.

"Come on, open it."

"Okay, okay I will. Thanks for the gift but you shouldn't have got one." I said smiling at her.

"Say that after you see the gift." Kidou mumbled smirking and just like that I dreaded to open the gift. Something smells fishy. Is this a prank?

I opened the gift carefully expecting it to explode or something popping out of it to scare. I opened the box and nothing popped out. My hands felt something silky. Is it snakes or frogs? But then it has a silky cloth like texture. I lifted it up to reveal a pink, lacy barely there bra and as soon as I lifted I chucked it back inside at lightning speed cringing. I would prefer snakes and frogs to this.

"G!" I shrieked. "What is that!"

"A good one right? I designed myself imagining you. I will look the best on you."

I blanched at that. Somehow listening from her imagining me in such piece of cloth doesn't sound enticing at all. "What makes you think that is a good gift. Who the hell gives that kind of gift?" I said gritting my teeth trying to calm myself.

"Your best friend gives such gifts. All you wear is some boring plain bras. You need spicy one. Even today you wore mff..." I placed my hands on her mouth before she could sputter some more nonsense. "They need not know what I am wearing inside and how did you know what I wear inside? I am not wearing anything like this. No one sees so no harm done!" I said hissing. "Wait! Harm is really done if someone sees me in that outrageous thing."

I sat back to see Gouenji smirking. Why do you always have fun a t my expense. What I observed is that he always has a poker face and doesn't respond to anything, a joke, a horror scene, a perverted scene try anything, no reaction from. Just that usual poker face with a stern expression. But then put me in a troubling situation he will have all the fun in the world. He even smirks. I am like his personal entertainer. May be I should be happy to extract an expression from his ever stoic face.

"What harm will be done if you wear it? I say definitely good things. It turns on guys if you wear it."

I cringed at what she said. "Thank you but I am not trying to turn on any one remember?"

"Hey! But it will help you with.." I know what she is going to say. She will say it will help me with Gouenji. Remember for some weird reason she is rooting for both of us? So, before she could embarrass me further I shut her up.

"No save it." I said chucking her gift to the bottom of my bag. It is not going to see the sunlight for many more years to come.

"Thank you for accepting." She said gleefully and I glared at her in return which she either did not notice or ignored it even if she did notice.

So, that is what happened today afternoon. So after that incident you would expect a little peace in your life at least until tomorrow to be disturbed by your friends. So then why am I being disturbed at 11:30 p.m.? Yes she came at 11:30 in the night when I was in deep sleep, ringing my door bell incessantly making me almost deaf on my coming birthday. How did she even know my address? My guess is that Gouenji. Damn you Gouenji! Everyone knows my address without telling. Sucks to be friends with rich people.

Then she barges in and babbles something which I can't understand at all in my sleepy state. She babbled for about 20 minutes which I did not hear at least a word after which she says "Okay?" and throws in the bathroom with her pre-birthday gift which I forgot to chuck in my closet where it can't come out again and left it in my bag not expecting her to barge in and throw in the bathroom with that. And here comes the line with which I started.

"Remind me once again why you are here?" I asked G very irritatingly.

"I want to see you in that?"

"And why is that?'

"Nothing! I just want to see in you in my birthday gift. Come on! Can't you do that for your friend. I bet you would look sexy in that and any guy would be turned on by that especially your sweet heart."

"What is sexy in this?" I said holding it in my hands and looking at it disgustingly. I am not going to wear it! Ever. "And I don't have any sweetheart."

"I am not letting out unless you wear that. Be thankful for choosing that. I chose a very modest one for you since I know you don't wear things like that." She said stubbornly. That annoyingly cute princess can be very stubborn. Nothing can budge her. So I sighed and started wearing that disgusting thing to model for her and then I will burn this thing. I cringed seeing myself in the mirror. I look like an 'A' class slut. Okay that could be exaggeration but still, it is the smallest set I ever dared to wear. Ha! I never wore anything close to it.

But I have to thank her for choosing this because as she said though it is the most indecent thing I ever wore there are a lot more worse than this. It can be described as decent in most girls' version. But damn it! It is not decent in my version. Okay why are you freaking out to wear it in front of a girl? There is nothing wrong with it. You have nothing that she doesn't have. In fact she is much more pretty than you will ever be. So just go out and get it over with. It's not like she is going to take a photo of you and post it somewhere.

Why is it silent outside? It is not like her to sit quiet. She will keep on babbling forever. I clutched a towel in one hand just for safety. My nerves built up to open the door and anger replaced my nerves towards G for keeping in this predicament.

"I am coming out! What is this piece and where did you get it? It is disgusting. I will die if someone sees me in this! And you say it is a turn on for guys, if I am a guy I will be turned off rather than being turned on by such things." I said stomping outside stubbornly.

"As a matter of fact it is a turn on for guys." A voice said and I shrieked recognizing that voice.

"Gouenji!" I shouted bewildered trying to cover myself with the towel I brought just in case. Thank god for my insight! "What are you doing here? Who let you in? Wait where is G?"

"G let me in and she is outside. I am here to pick you up."

"And why are you here to pick me up?"

"For the trip we planned together .Did you forget?" He teased me. Damn you! He is too clever! I thought he forgot about it. But no he didn't. "How can you forget about the trip we planned together?"

"Are you saying that the trip is at midnight?" I asked since it is close to 12'o clock.

"We start at midnight and we enjoy all over the weekend."

"And I am coming?"

"How can you not? We planned it together so how can my partner not come?" He will not let me out of it.

"So if you give some time I will pack and come out."

"No, G said she will pack your bags while she keeps you busy. Oh! There it is!" He said pointing to a bag placed on my bag. He took it and pulled my hands. "Since we have the bag let us go. I bet she packed everything for you."

"Hey!" I shrieked pulling my hand back. "How can I come out like this? I am not in proper clothes. Give me five minutes to change." I said blushing a little at my unclothed state.

"I don't mind you coming like this."

"But I do mind." I hissed. 

 "Ah! Yes. I don't want other guys to look at you like this. So go and change." He said pushing me towards the bathroom. I was a little bewildered at his comment but nonetheless turned to go to the bathroom and change. But I was halted in my steps since Gouenji caught my hand.

"Wait!" He said.

"What now?" I asked confused.

"Happy Birthday." He smiled at me handing a bouquet of roses when the clock stroked 12 exactly. I am shocked.

"You...you..smiled?" I asked very very shocked.

"Yes, I am human being and humans do smile." He said with a poker face again. But oh my god! He smiled. He really smiled! That must be a first in his life. For a second there I thought an angel was wishing me on my birthday. He wore a white button down shirt with white pants and add a breathe taking smile to that. He looked like a Greek god. I was blinded momentarily by the brightness of his smile. He looks really good smiling. I hope he smiles every day.

"Is it really that shocking to see me smile that you dropped you towel." He asked with a mischievous glint in his eyes. I shrieked and ran off the bathroom realizing I dropped the towel. I could hear him chuckle and my heart skipped a beat. His deep chuckle, his voice is like music to my ears. He smiled and chuckled today. I have to look out sand storms and tornados today! I wore my causal T-shirt and pants that I wear to sleep and came out.

"You forgot this." He said handing me the bouquet. I forgot about it in the daze of his smile.

A smile formed automatically on my lips looking at the bouquet. Usually people give red roses or may be white or pink ones but he gave me a bouquet of black roses. Hmm! 21 black roses to be exact, same number of flowers as my age. Is he trying to say 'I hate you all the years you lived'? That's possible. I shook my head in amusement. He never changes. "Thank you for the flowers." I said smiling at him.

***************************************************************************************I updated quickly this time. Not a week but three days and another favor guys. In the previous chapter I added IMAGES which I thought would be suitable for the situation but unfortunately I can only get anime images. I don't know whether that would make the book CHILDISH and take away its charm. So I am asking seriously whether it is okay or not. 

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