“Great! Just great!”
“Sorry, Carl but please~!”
“If sorry works, what’s the use of police, the law, the fines, the court and the judges!”
“Oh come on! This isn’t the first time. I believe you can do it!” Christine smiled.
I could only give her a blank look. Well, it’s not completely blank, with occasional twitch on my face.
“So what’s on that day? Who’s so important that I have to take your shift, AGAIN?”
“It’s his birthday. I want to do something special for him.”
Right, him again. How many times have I taken over her work shift just for that beloved him of hers.
“Fine, but with one condition.” I gave a suspicious smile.
“Wha…what is it?” Aha! It’s that look. I can have her do anything for me.
“Hmmm, I want you to tell me what happens on that special day of yours and introduce his best mate to me. I mean with the best conditions.”
“No can’t do. Because I already have the best!” Christine looked away with sparkling in her eyes. Wait! Sparkling? That must be my imagination. She always had this kind of look when she’s talking about her special someone. She’s been bubbling about now and then how her beloved care for her, how much he love her and how’s that she can’t live without him.
I can feel my facial muscles twitch into a scary angle. She must had finally noticed my unusual twitching facial expression and collected back her sparkling eyes.
“Ehem! Right! Back to where we left. Well, I can introduce you the second best. He’s in the class next door. His name’s Kish. Actually I don’t know much about him. But if you want the looks, his the second best to mine.” Christine shifted to her day dreaming look again.
Pushing down my growing urge to refuse her plead, I quickly pull her back to reality. Otherwise, I would have to wait for her to finally realize it’s already day break and she missed his birthday and I have my ear drums hurt all year.
“…Whatever. Just introduce him to me after this. And it’s better worth it.”
We reached our destination. No. My destination, our part-time work place. After we bid goodbyes and her flying grateful look, I went in to explain to the store’s manager about us changing shift.
*********************************************************9.27pm. It’s already this late? Oh, right. I took over Christine’s shift, too. I walked down the pavement which was the short cut to my house. It’s not that dark tonight. The moonlight splashed her beautiful silver white light on the Earth’s surface. I can somehow feel the warmth of the light on my face and the soft wind caressing my face and arms. This soothing feeling can only be felt at night. I stood still and let the wind blew, flowing through my hair.
THUD! CRASH!
What was that? The sudden noise made me jerk and opened my eyes.
“Oh dear! I better get going or else I might get myself into something. “
PATAK PATAKPATAK…
“Urgh! Hah hah hah…”
There’s someone! It’s from the back alley. It sounded like it’s in pain. What should I do? I took a peek at the back alley not far from where I was.
The second I saw him, my breath was taken away. No, it’s not like I’m dead. I mean it’s a breathtaking view. There was a person supporting himself on his back against the wall. He was wearing a red shirt and black tights. Under the moonlight, his face looked pale. His black hair plastered on his sweat-stained face. His face, I couldn’t see it from this distance, but I could tell it’s quite good-looking.
Suddenly, as if he just woke up from his pain, he looked at my way. I felt a jolt and he---disappeared from my sight. Eh? Still confused, I blacked out. Just before I fell into an abyss of darkness, I saw the guy’s face with dark eyes so deep it reminded me of a black hole…
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