Right Where You Left Me ✔

Chapter 2: Into The Woods (Forgotten Date).

Stan

Where was he?

It has been a while I have waited in the parking lot waiting for Kai. In front of his dad's company building, I rolled down the window to see better if he was around. Maybe he had gone out but couldn't see where I was parked. 

My shift at the café ended thirty minutes ago and after that, I went out straight to my car and drove immediately here. It had been on my mind about what I talked with Felix at work today. There were so many outcomes that I thought of about me and Kai, and I just couldn't help but think of the negative. 

Kai was acting different day by day. Like there was something wrong happened, and he never ever told me about it. We promised each other that if we had a problem, we would solve it together regardless if it doesn't involve the other person. This month only was when he showed the wane of his young and effervescent and I just feel like I'm losing him somehow. 

The thing that I hated the most. A nightmare I couldn't feel I would ever get out of.

But I thought about it again and sure, it could just be a phase. But what phase lasted a month? And if it was, does relationship do have these kinds of phase? It just doesn't feel real and natural, to begin with.

So coming here, picking him up for work and bringing him somewhere special for the day would be something that can ease my trembling thoughts. Which could have happened if he was here now.

"Where is he? It's past six already," I muttered to myself, staring at the clock face of my watch. The beat of its ticking reminds me that time was running fast and if it does, the time we would have to go out for this date would be shorter than I planned.

I scroll through my phone and opened 'contacts'. Seeing his name with a heart emoji next to it, my finger went to push the call button but not until I received a text message from him saying: "Don't call, I'm in front of you," 

I look up from my phone to see him walking towards me with a weak smile on his face. My lips grew up into one with excitement and finally, we can have this date. When he got closer to the car door, I pressed the unlocked button to let him in. As soon as he comes in, the scent of his everlasting perfume filled the car and into my breathing. It was a sweet smell, the kind of taste he always loved and every time he ran out of the perfume, I would always have bought one early for him. 

His body slumped onto the car seat with his head facing upwards. The sweats were running down his forehead and his neck slowly. My hand went to the increase the speed of the car's AC to let him cool off.

"Thanks...," He spoke, his eyes closed for a while before looking at me thankfully. I grinned at him, my hand went up to brush his hair that covers his forehead back. I didn't care it his sweats were still there, I just want to touch him. 

"So... ready for the date?" I asked enthusiastically, glancing at him.

He ran his hands over his face, a look of distressed cast upon him but when he looked at me, he smiled. "Yeah, let's go,"