That day has arrived.
We agreed to execute the plan on Friday. I have to talk to Inna for the first time since the household incident, not as a friend but as a wingwoman.
I needed to prepare myself very well for this plan to work, since Nadeer had to think about every boring detail he could possibly cover.
So when school time ended, i changed to the outfit that he gave me, which was a uniform that middle schoolers wear and some ugly glasses.
I had to wear the glasses after i was fighting off and declining from wearing a choker he tried to put on me.
The first i had to do was to be at the middle school i used to attend, i had to blend in with the middle schoolers so i can target and go after a certain person.
The small uniform i was wearing that made me look like a deliquent next to the middle schoolers, which got me standing out too much.
The person i was following was Inna's cousin, Isa, who's the person she most hangout with as Inna claimed to me before.
Isa had a gothic look on her, she had piercing on her lips, rings on most of her fingers, she even had puffed eyes make-up on, she looked very outstanding.
I followed her for a while until she parted away from her friend, we were almost by Inna's house.
At that moment Nadeer texted me:
>> Are you still on her ass?
>> Yes. Stop texting me
>> Alright just checking in. In the meantime I'm going to drink order coffee from this store... I like this position. It's like a romance novel about a dispatcher and an enforcer *wink emoji*
>> Die
I kept following her, going through the narrow allies and climbing the stairs of Spring Hill.
Isa suddenly changed lanes, instead of the expected Inna's house, she took the upper hill. Which would lead back to downtown.
>> Update. She changed the route!
>> You sure? It's not like a short cut or something?
>> Yes. Positive. She's going to a whole different neighborhood
The plan was relaying on the fact that Inna will hang out with Isa as she'll pick her up from her house, since she had a strict family laws on her outings.
>> Alright Ruby. Time for plan B...
>> Plan B? Which is?
>> Go talk to Isa. Find out what happened
>> That your plan?!. I can't believe this
Likely i was planning on introducing myself to Isa from the start. From past conversations with Inna, I've grasped a good amount of knowledge on her.
"Excuse me. Hey. You're Jueji right?"
"Uhhh, Yes?"
"Oh, you have no idea how much i wanted to talk to you, i think you look very cool, i always see you at school and i find myself lost admiring you."
"... Oh? Really?! I'm flattered!"
"Really, i didn't know you live around here, Um... Can you do me a favor and go with me right now? i wanted someone to go hangout with now, please!"
"... Uhh, I'd love to, but i think I should be busy, y'know."
"Oh, what a bummer. Well at least i finally got to talk to you, hehe."
"Yeah, I'm surprised, like, i- i never saw you actually before at my school. Can you tell me your name?"
"Abby. Please call me Abby."
"Abby, cool name, very cool..."
I was making the conversation on the spot, so was the choice of the name. But that choice is gonna cost me later.
We walked a couple of meters before arriving at a main street where we tried to exchange contacts.
As she was fetching for her phone, my eyes were wide with shock from what she pulled out from her bag.
"Wha-wait, what is that?"
"Huh?"
"The cat doll you just pulled up!"
"This doll? It's just som-"
"Did someone gave you that?!"
I was coming at her hard which probably put her off and scared which, after seeing that cat doll again.
I was struck by a flashback from the good times me and Inna had, when we were enjoying our company.
"Actually... Yes?, it was a gift i received from a friend of mine."
That revelation shocked me, i was showing all kinds of uneasiness, discomfort, and irritation, so i had to ignore it for now and focus back on the plan.
"Why? What got you so interested in it?"
"Oh nothing, i just thought that it was a cute doll that's all..."
I simply dismissed my reaction, i had to catch my breath a little, i was feeling widely intense, while i was in that state, Isa asked.
"What were you portraying at the dance play?"
I had to recall my last play from when i was a middle schooler to answer that question.
"I was Snow White... I played the witch!"
"Is that so! That's wonderful... It would've if we actually had a Snow White play this year..."
"... Oh."
They stopped doing Snow White plays?! Probably because they couldn't find someone as good as me to perform the witch...
She faced me with a serious expression on her face, trying to get me intimidated.
"Tell me now, you big tall perv, what's is it that you're after?"
"Huugh! How dare you!! I mean... It's not like that!"
"Speak now or I'm going to take a picture of you with those ugly glasses and blackmail you with them."
I should've taken them off and not listened to him, that freak.
After i was caught, i still thought i could maintain my objectives from this. I just need to be a tough person, and stick to Nadeer's plan.
"Let's be calm. I'm not trying to acheive anything of malice... Just one thing i need to know, about you said earlier that you were busy now..."
"Why did you change paths if you're going to Inna's place?"
"Inna? No way, I'm not talking to you anymore..."
"Alright look, if you answer me, I'm going to give you this limited edition Amu Hinamori figure."
I could see that she put out a glimpse of a glare at the figurine like she wanted to have it so bad.
"... Let me see that"
She started inspecting it and feeling it for a while.
"... Ahhhhh!!! THIS HAS THE CHARATER EGGS TOO!"
"Ehm... Alright fine, I'm actually about to meet her right now."
"Oh yeah? Where that might be?"
"A small apartment her family bought, she wanted to stay there for now."
"... Doesn't she already have the strict environment at her house?"
I wondered i thought she just wanted a good environment to study.
"..."
After couple of seconds she responded:
"They are keeping me in the dark about it, but i think something has happened to her, as strict as her mom is, she might have been mixed up with bad stuff."
"So as punishment, she went to that small apartment..."
Hearing that made me concerned, all kinds of scenarios went through my head, the worst was she was punished because of me.
Something bad must have happened that day of the household visit. That was my best guess.
"Anyways, i think it best if you stay away from her, she's in a very bad mood, i know when gets like this. For your own sake."
I'm very concerned now about her, there's no way i could just be calm about this, plus she's basically all on her own, I'm not letting her stay like that. I care about her.
"... Got it, glad she doing good."
As i was planning on my next move, i made a decision.
It wasn't any kind of decision, a really old treaties I was characterized by that i thought i banished them and tried to get through them, just possessed me again.
>> Hey, I think I've found Inna's whereabouts and how i can get to her
>> Great! Good job Ruby, you deserve to be fanned
>> All we have to do is talk to her, that's why i think it's better to leave it for another time
>> What?... Are you sure?
>> 100%
>> Because she's been isolated, i feel like these circumstances are not of introducing new people
>> Is that so, what are thinking then
I don't know why i was acting like this, but i felt guilty, not the kind of guilt that i feel bad for people, but the guilt that you bypass for your own sake.
>> It's time for the reunion trope
.....