Chapter Thirteen: Red Jasmines:

The family headed in the aquarium. This place just opened last week. Noiz had been itching to go to it for days. She even gave her husband little kitty eyes.

“Please?” she asked. Mosh sighed and lowered his shoulders.

“Fine,” he said. His wife gave off a happy squeal.

“I love you so much!” she said aloud before kissing him on the cheek. Mosh shook his head, smiling as he patted her on the head.

“Yeah, yeah,” he said. Today, they looked at the fish swimming in the tanks. Noiz showed Ume-chan all of the fish that she wanted to eat. The mouse shook his head.

“Is food all you think about?” he asked. His wife gave him an innocent look.

“What?” she asked.

“Nothing,” he said. Noiz broke into giggling. The mouse gave her a puzzled look.

“What?” he asked.

“Oh,” she replied. “I was just remembering something.”

“What was that?” Mosh asked. Noiz turned to him with a smile on his face.

“You remember the dance we had at the academy three years ago, right?” she asked. Mosh tried to dig in his brain for such event.

“Vaguely,” he answered.

“Would you like me to tell you the story?” Noiz asked. Her husband dropped his shoulders.

“I know you’re itching to tell me,” he said with a sigh.

“Thank you,” his wife replied.

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Autumn 2069.

The academy was having its annual fall dance. By then, Noiz and Mosh hit a small crisis. He got asked out by a girl that had a crush on him and he absent-minded said yes.

“Why would you do that?!” Noiz complained.

“I’m sorry!” Mosh tried to reason with her. “She wouldn’t listen to me!” His girl sat back with her arms folded across her chest.

“You could’ve said no,” she pointed out.

“I couldn’t get a word in!” the mouse yelped. Noiz pouted as she marched back to her room.

“Noiz-sama!” Mosh shouted.

“Leave me alone!” the kitty yelled back. She slid the door shut behind her. Mosh was left standing in the living room beside himself. The mouse loved Noiz, but he felt that he couldn’t break this promise to his date.

The night of the dance kicked off easy at first. Noiz managed to get a date of her own. Everyone noticed the newly made couple coming in with other dates.

“Did they break up?”

“What happened?”

“Are they okay?”

The lovers tried to ignore them and enjoy their night. Noiz had the feeling of making her boyfriend jealous. The girl with Mosh felt like doing the same thing. To make a long story short, their dates didn’t turn as they planned. Noiz’s date turned out to be a controlling jerk and girl who had a crush on Mosh called him a useless idiot. The mouse had to go and make it up to his girlfriend. In the end, Noiz ended up spending the night with Mosh at his old house with Andrea.

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-Today-

Mosh tilted his head at her. “I don’t exactly remember it happening that way.” His wife shrugged her shoulders.

“Who knows?” she asked. The kitty walked ahead him with the crowd. Mosh blinked at her, puzzled.

“Okay then…” he mumbled to himself before following behind.