seducing mr. boy next door

(A/N: Well, this took ages to write. Terribly busy with my career and life tbh. But here we go. Hoping that you'll enjoy this chapter as much as I did when I wrote it).

Senju's smile remained frozen on her lips even though her right eye twitched slightly with the way the newly arrived woman hugged and draped herself over Mikey's personal space like they were longtime friends or something like that.

"Carol?" Mikey smiled pleasantly at her and returned her hug politely although there was a slight surprise coloring his voice.

"I'm so glad to see you again Manjiro!" She exclaimed out in dulcet tones and Senju hated to admit it but her voice sounded nice just like her face.

Senju observed her from head to toe.

Was this the one Emma was talking about?

The woman was taller than Mikey. Well almost anyone could easily tower over him except her given his height resembling of a dwarf. She was curvaceous and plump despite wearing a kimono because the dress itself hugged her body like a second skin accentuating her well-endowed derriere and her breasts that were obviously twice as bigger as hers because of how it would almost burst out of her clothing. Was that even real? She had a long, platinum hair that cascaded silkily on her back and a set of jade green eyes framed with thick and long eyelashes which made it more striking and expressive. Her cheekbones were high and she possessed a pair of well-shaped eyebrows which added more beauty to her face. She also got a pair of full, sexy lips which was highlighted because of the red lipstick she wore that night.

Overall, she was a one drop dead gorgeous woman.

And if this was the one that she might've compete with according to Emma, then she'll probably bail out now because she can already see herself losing in this kind of game.

Don't get her wrong. She was a naturally competitive and determined type of person. Heck, when it came to fighting and contests in school she always participated and gave it her all.

Except for this one.

How can she even win this thing and fucking seduce Mikey when her competitor looked like a full-grown woman and a bombshell who stepped out of a magazine? She knew herself that she wasn't ugly but she wasn't that too beautiful either. Although she had a body and curves like a woman and pair of well-endowed chests, she always hid it by wearing baggy clothes and put on a chest binder to hide her breasts because it got in the way during her training in the karate school and competition where she needed to be fast and agile.

But it didn't hide the fact that she somewhat understood on why Emma disliked this lady. The woman was damn clingy and didn't know the concept of personal space. She acted like she was Mikey's girlfriend already even though she's not. Yet.

Senju's thoughts and observations were cut off when she heard Emma speaking once again.

"Well, he prefers to be called Mikey than Manjiro y'know." Emma remarked casually, crossing her arms on her chest as one of her eyebrows rose at the mere sight.

"Emma." His grandfather warned her slightly before Carol laughed coyly with her hand on her lips.

"Of course, my bad. I just remembered that he doesn't mind it when I used to call him like that just like the old times."

Senju resisted the urge to scoff but her brows spoke in volumes.

Just that saccharine smile and overly sweet laughter made her irritated for some unknown reason.

And why would she feel this way when her only agenda was to help Emma to pry this woman away from Mikey and nothing else?

It's not like she's attracted to him or some shit.