Haru to Aiden: Chapter 13

Haru

I did my best to find a suitable opportunity to talk to Aiden, but it was just impossible. He was too busy preparing food for the party with Reo and Noah, and by five that afternoon, almost everyone turned up, filling the house with loud noise.

Mason and Isaac brought along their friends—Lucas, Carter, Matt, Ryan, and Jason—when they returned from whatever they had been out doing. After that, Evan and David, Reo’s friends, as well as Connor, Noah’s best buddy, turned up. And soon, Jess appeared at the door as well, along with a bag of party food, even though we already had heaps.

“Hello, Haru,” she said, wrapping her arms around me as she came into the apartment.

Eyeing the reusable bag in one of her hands, I said, “You didn’t have to bring food. We have plenty. Just been shopping this morning.”

“Well, I didn’t want to come empty-handed,” she said, chuckling.

When we entered the kitchen-dining room, almost every pair of eyes came our way. Well, more specifically, they came to res