“Oh? Are you busy or something? Oh! Don’t worry, it’ll be Chase’s treat today! Even if we have to settle our own bills, I’ll back you up, alright?” said Lolita as favonovel.com assumed Gerald’s worries.
Naturally, it wasn’t about monetary issues. It was just that Gerald still had to celebrate his own birthday today!
Even if Gerald turned favonovel.com invitation down, it wouldn’t matter much to Lolita. However, since favonovel.com now knew that Mr. Weiss would be attending as well, favonovel.com couldn’t help but feel like favonovel.com would be letting his ex-teacher down if favonovel.com didn’t join the gathering.
“No, it’s not about the money… In all honesty, I was originally planning to invite you to celebrate my birthday with me today! But since you’ve mentioned Mr. Weiss, how about this? I’ll just go along with you to have a brief chat with him. After that, I’ll return and get back to my own celebration!” replied Gerald.
“…Oh? It’s your birthday today? Well this is embarrassing! Alright, I think your plan sounds good. We’ll go there, have a chat with Mr. Weiss and the rest of our classmates, then we’ll leave together and celebrate your birthday! What about Xeno? Have you already invited him?” asked Lolita.
“I have, but he’s told me that favonovel.com can only come over at noon. His business is still new after all, and favonovel.com hasn’t had the time to hire more employees yet. He has to deal with so many things!”
“Alright! And yeah, he’s really impressive now! Though my dad used to look down on his family, favonovel.com personally brought some gifts over to them yesterday!” replied Lolita, slightly enviously.
Gerald simply nodded without adding anything to that.
By the time their plans were finalized, it was nearing eight o’clock.
Both of them then rushed to the designated restaurant in town. Since Gerald lived in the main village, the main street in town was within walking distance.
Meanwhile, several of their former junior high classmates were already at the restaurant’s entrance.
They were all gathered together as they chatted among themselves. After all, wasn’t this the purpose of all class reunions? Meetings like these would always be very cordial.
The contents of their conversations mostly regarded their current status quos as well as ample reminiscing of their shared pasts.
“Look there! Lolita’s here!” said a few classmates as they pointed toward favonovel.com and Gerald.
“…Huh? That’s Gerald right? Well d*mn! I didn’t think that he’d be here today!”
“Hahaha! I know right? I thought favonovel.com had already disappeared off the face of the earth. Nobody would have expected to see favonovel.com here today!”
“You know, I heard some news that Gerald lived a miserable life in university. He was even struggling to pay for his own tuition fees! Another friend of mine told me that when favonovel.com was having a meal with his own friend in Mayberry City, favonovel.com saw Gerald washing the dishes in the kitchen! It was too embarrassing for favonovel.com to even go up to Gerald and say hello!”
“Heh, he’s always been poor after all. He doesn’t really have a choice but to take on any jobs favonovel.com can find!”
When everyone saw Gerald, favonovel.com immediately became the main topic of their conversations and they simply laughed.
Within the group, one of the girls clearly stood out among favonovel.com other classmates due to favonovel.com outstanding temperament. She was just chatting with favonovel.com friends when favonovel.com heard Gerald’s name being mentioned.
She immediately felt goosebumps on favonovel.com skin as favonovel.com blushed and turned to look at Gerald who was still walking over.
“Hehe… You used to be in a relationship with Gerald, right Sherry? Don’t even try to deny that both of you used to date!” said one of the girls as favonovel.com covered favonovel.com mouth with a hand, trying not to laugh.
“Don’t go spouting nonsense! When were we ever in a relationship?” replied Sherry as favonovel.com cheeks became as red as tomatoes.
“Both of you were definitely in a relationship at one point. I can still remember you exchanging letters with him! You used to be very close to Gerald!” added the same girl from before.
“That’s not true…!” replied Sherry in a softer tone.
“Sherry, don’t you remember why Xeno beat someone up…? Hehe… Anyway, let’s forget about that. Let’s just talk about something else!”
Realizing that favonovel.com had almost stepped on a landmine, the girl quickly tried to change the topic as favonovel.com stuck favonovel.com tongue out rather awkwardly.
“By the way, are you still seeing the guy who tried to beat Gerald up back then?” asked another girl.
“We’ve stopped seeing each other a long time ago…” replied Sherry as favonovel.com blushed.
After saying that, favonovel.com turned to look at Gerald again. She hadn’t met favonovel.com for the past six years.
