'I want to go home!' Meredith inwardly shouted. 'Why is he here?! I don't want to be a part of a love drama! I don't have any experience! I can... I can shoot them down with a stare! It always works because I'm sexy!'
Her real self poured out as she was put before something Meredith had never dealt with. Anyone who had taken fancy to her was shot down before anything could be done.
She'd also ignore those who didn't have the guts to confess to her.
She did as she thought.
Meredith arched her head back and sharply said, "What are you two doing here? Back to your team's room. The Tournament is not over yet."
"I've been waiting for you because our talk is not done yet," Jake smiled as he spoke to Meredith in a voice he didn't know he could utter. Was it a honey voice? He turned his eyes to the side, his voice growing sharp. "How about you leave us alone for a while?
Can't you understand with your peanut-sized brain that you will have a lot of room to talk with Meredith after she returns to Blue Union's room?"
Meredith squealed inside. 'Yes! Tell him off, Archer! Ah, I don't know his real name! How stupid of me! I should have asked before the tournament!
Wait! Wrong! He should have told me his real name! He's stupid, not me!'
Meanwhile, Triple M growled. "I can't have you do anything to her. You just lost to her, so who knows what's on your mind? She's not safe with a little guy like you around!"
Meredith inwardly shook her head. 'But he toppled you backward with a push! And we're not in a movie! Just give up and leave us alone! I want to give him a second chance! Ah... I guess...
I do... but I can't be easy! I can't be that easy! He made me cry, so he must struggle to get me on a date!'
Jake hollered. "Oh, you already forgot how I stood over you? What happened back then? Listen here, I don't want to waste time with an idiot like you, so I will be blunt. I've asked her out, so I need to hear her response."
Triple M's mouth widened.
This man was too blunt!
He trembled.
'But you made me cry!' Meredith protested.
Jake coughed. "And I blundered, so I need to fix that."
'Yes, good boy!' Meredith imagined herself clapping her hands. In truth, she stood still, with her expression indifferent and cold. It was as though nothing touched her.
Jake stepped forward and looked over his shoulder. "Just because you are a coward doesn't mean I will sit back and wait for a perfect chance. Or rather, I made a perfect chance myself."
'Oh god, he's speaking about us being so close while on low HP! That was smart and cool from him! If he had given me a chance to cast a mana barrier, he would have lost! Two birds with one stone! Hehe~~' Meredith squealed as she stared at Jake.
He turned his head back and looked into her eyes.
Her heart pounded.
"Your obsession. It made me realize that my own obsession is not that bad. I'm the type to give it all to whatever I do. In the current case, it's archery. I'm ready to bring it to the top and make it stand beside others. I even want to participate in the real world's archery contests and become the best.
"What do you mean now? You looked gorgeous on the scene, girl! Keep the same hairstyle. Just change the dress! Wear something more casual! And you're ready to go!"
"But... how should I act?"
"Be yourself."
"It's impossible..."
"Silly girl... then do your best to be comfortable around him! If he's him, you will naturally be yourself around him! He will be stressed, too! My sexiest bestie will be beside him! Both of you will be different! No stress!
Go at him!"
"OMG!"
"OMG!"
Meredith whispered, "Go at him?"
"Yes! You need to eat his lips! It's about time you tasted good stuff!"
"I never knew you were so dangerous, Loe!"
"If this Jake fumbles a bag, it'll be at least five years before you find someone else! Your assertiveness scares people! So don't waste this occasion and get experience! It's just a kiss anyway."
Meredith's head was now like a tomato.
She gulped down.
"Can I practice it somehow?"
"Not really."
"But I don't want to screw up!"
"It might be better if you screw up!"
"What?!"
"You'll expose your real self!"
"Noooooooo!"
"Hehe!"
"Don't bully me!"
"Ah, I wish I could cuddle you up!"