Studio Chizu's BELLE by Mamoru Hosoda

Author:Mamoru Hosoda
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: Yen On

LOVE

“Suzu’s in love. And with a bad boy, too,” Ms. Nakai abruptly announced one day during a break in choir practice.

“…Wh-whaaaat?!”

I’d been thinking back on what happened at the Dragon’s castle, my hand resting on the upright piano and my head in a daze. I blushed and protested incoherently.

“No—no way. Why do you think that…?!”

“It’s written all over your face,” Ms. Nakai said, like a detective pointing to a smoking gun. I covered my bright red face with my hands.

All five of the choir members were seated on a bench, grinning.

“Teen girls just love bad boys,” Ms. Kita said, flapping her fan.

“‘He’s so sweet and lonely deep down,’” Ms. Okumoto teased, grasping the back of the bench with both hands.

“‘I’m the only one who understands him!’” Ms. Nakai added, lowering her teacup momentarily. They all exchanged glances and laughed.

“I said you’re wrong!!”

I knew they were teasing me, but I couldn’t help protesting. Of course, my denials probably just further convinced them they were right.

“How about giving him a present?” Ms. Hatanaka suggested helpfully.

“Huh?”

“I studied abroad in Ohio in my last year of high school. There was this one boy with these penetrating eyes, always by himself. He seemed lonely.”

“The lone-wolf type?” Ms. Kita asked, covering her mouth with her fan and widening her eyes like a doe-eyed maiden.

Ms. Hatanaka shrugged. “I was kind of interested in him, so I decided to give him a birthday present.”

“What did you give him?”

“A song.”

“A song?” the other ladies echoed in unison.

Ms. Hatanaka looked at me. “A birthday song. I wrote it and sang it to him.”

“That’s so beautiful,” Ms. Yoshitani said, pressing her hands to her chest.

“A love song!”

“That was the first time I saw him smile. He said he was happy.”

“Did you two date?”

“Goodness, no!”

“Why not?”

“He was only in eighth grade!”

“No way!” they cried.

“He cried at the airport when I went home. It was sweet.”

I gazed at Ms. Hatanaka’s beautiful profile. I’m sure she was gorgeous in high school. I wondered what ever happened to the junior high boy. Did he still remember the present she gave him?

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