For a moment, Jun Liu dumbfounded when NaNa suddenly asked him to be her prince charming.
Then he remembered not to get caught in her pace. So he pointed his forefinger right onto NaNa's forehead and pushed her away to distance her face from his since NaNa was getting to close to him.
"A lady shouldn't say something careless like this" Jun Liu looked right onto her eyes; he tried to make NaNa cringed in shame.
But she didn't. She inched closer to Jun Liu; even closer than the previous one.
"I saw it" NaNa was unable to conceal her mirth."Your phone's wallpaper. You are cosplaying as Tuxedo Mask. Am I right? I know I am right. I only need your confirmation" NaNa waited for his reply patiently. She knew what she saw. That's why she had been having a suspicious smile since they had their dinner last night.
"You know that Tuxedo Mask is Prince Charming right? I am going to cosplay as a Sailor Moon in the upcoming event, and I still couldn't think of any special event for my fans. Would you be my Prince Charming? As a fan service?" NaNa was hopeful.
Meanwhile, Jun Liu was utterly defeated. He had a different thought when NaNa asked him to be his Prince Charming. Jun Liu thought that NaNa wanted him to be her boyfriend or something. For some reason, he was quite disappointed.
Upon noticing that he was quite disappointed with the turn of the event, Jun Liu began hating himself. How could he ever let a lady played with him like this? Jun Liu looked at NaNa and NaNa still had her silly smile on her face. Jun Liu felt like he wanted to wipe away that creepy smile from NaNa's face.
No wonder Jun Liu had been seeing NaNa smiled suspiciously towards him since they had dinner last night. Here's what happened:-
NaNa was forced to ride with Jun Liu because Wu Chen wanted to have a lovey-dovey time with Yi Fei. NaNa begrudgingly allowed Wu Chen to have her roommate for the whole journey because he was her brother after all.
"Hi, Ah Jun" NaNa greeted Jun Liu cheerfully, but the ice block didn't even bother replying her greeting; he didn't even nod his head. He only glanced at NaNa for a while and then continued looking forward.
NaNa was used to Jun Liu's silence by now. She continued rambling alone in the car about her disappointment towards her brother. Sometimes, she would try to dig out gossip from Jun Liu, but Jun Liu didn't pay any attention to her – up until his phone rang.
Jun Liu took a quick glance to his leather briefcase on the backseat. He panicked a bit. Seeing how panicked Jun Liu was, NaNa assumed that the call must be urgent. The ringtone stopped blaring after a few times but then it will ring again. Each ring made Jun Liu became more restless. So NaNa stepped out to help him because if she waited for Jun Liu to ask help from her, then the phone will ring forever.
"Want me to help you take out your phone from your briefcase? I think it would be important since the person keeps on calling you. It must be urgent" NaNa spoke first since she knew that Jun Liu would rather let the phone rang than to ask for help from her. Jun Liu nodded his head.
NaNa reached for the briefcase on the backseat and searched for Jun Liu's phone. When she touched the screen of his phone, the previously dark screen lighted up and NaNa could see the wallpaper of Jun Liu's phone.
It wasn't as if she did it on purpose. It was brief, but NaNa knew what she saw. The wallpaper was a picture of Jun Liu in a Tuxedo Mask costume and a girl, probably a teenager in Sailor Jupiter costume. In the picture, Jun Liu had a broad smile on his face.
NaNa handed over the phone to Jun Liu and immediately, the phone rang again. Jun Liu connected the call to his Bluetooth headset before answering the call. Jun Liu put the phone down to his thigh.
From her seat, NaNa could see the ID of the caller – Ying Yue.
NaNa was absentmindedly staring at Jun Liu's thigh, and it made Jun Liu felt very uncomfortable because it was as if NaNa was staring at his crotch. For a moment, he was too occupied with thinking on how to reprimand NaNa.
NaNa leaned over to Jun Liu's lap to see the picture of the caller and when Jun Liu saw NaNa approached his lap, he got panicked and his hand that holds the steering wheel wavered a little bit. This disturbance caused the phone slides down from Jun Liu's thigh but he was able to catch it before it fell down to the carpet but while he grabbed the phone, he accidentally pressed the loudspeaker button.
When NaNa realized she had caused Jun Liu to lose his concentration, she quickly fixed her seating position and tried to act as if nothing happened earlier.
"Ajuniu? Uncle Ajuniu? Are you there? Hello? Hello?" NaNa could hear the voice of the caller.
NaNa blurted a laugh. Ajuniu? What a weird name. NaNa laughed silently so as not to disturb Jun Liu's conversation.
"Yue Yue, uncle is driving now. I will text you the address and the other information later on okay?" Jun Liu knew that NaNa was laughing at him so he talked to the caller named Ying Yue as brief as he could to ensure that the lady beside him won't laugh anymore.
Jun Liu spoke softly and gracefully towards the person on the other side of the phone. So he could speak nicely too, NaNa thought.
"She has a beautiful name" NaNa stopped laughing, for some reason, she wanted to know who Ying Yue is for Jun Liu spoke gracefully with her. Unlike NaNa who gets ignored most of the time. "So, you do know how to have fun too."
Jun Liu took a deep breath; he didn't want to explain things to NaNa. "What are you talking about? I was forced to attend that Halloween party by Ying Yue."
"I see. You must like a young girl. No wonder you would ignore me" NaNa added an awkward chuckled at the end of her sentences so that it wouldn't be too awkward.
What NaNa said sound so weird on so many levels. When NaNa put it out like that, it sounded as if Jun Liu was a pedophile. He got quite agitated.
"Like I said, what are you talking about? Ying Yue is my niece. She is my sister's daughter. Don't just assume things you don't know about" For Jun Liu, the most complicated creature to be understood in his life would be woman.
Seeing how Jun Liu got upset, NaNa had a sudden epiphany. She looked at Jun Liu. She knew this kind of character too well. NaNa always saw this in the anime. A suspicious smile formed on her lips.
Tsundere.
Jun Liu is a tsundere type of character.
That's why NaNa wouldn't care if Jun Liu was cold to her or if he said something mean because that's how tsundere is.
Back in the present time, NaNa was still looking at Jun Liu with hopeful eyes. If Ying Yue could make him wear a Tuxedo Mask costume, then she could try her luck to convince him to help her. But to her dismay, Jun Liu rejected her over and over again.
"Chong NaNa, don't test me… And stop putting your face so close to me. It makes me uncomfortable." Jun Liu kept on pushing NaNa's face, but she won't budge.
"Why Ah Jun? Do you feel nervous when I do this?" NaNa inched even closer to Jun Liu, the distance between them was only a span away.
NaNa liked to tease a tsundere guy like Jun Liu. At first, they will show coldness towards people but gradually, they'll show warmer and friendlier side over time. She couldn't wait to see Jun Liu's warm side.
But Jun Liu did not push her this time. Instead, he looked at NaNa with eyes filled with unnamed emotions.
"I shouldn't see you in my eyes, but I can't look away." Jun Liu paused. "I guess it's no use."
Jun Liu smiled brightly; the brightest smile that NaNa had seen so far.
Slowly, NaNa distanced her face from Jun Liu's and coincidently, a young adult who sat on the benches a few feet from them started playing One Direction's song.
'Baby you light up my world like nobody else
The way that you flip your hair gets me overwhelmed….'
At that moment, just like the lyrics of One Direction's song, NaNa felt that Jun Liu did light up her world like nobody else.