Corpsekkuno - Stars in your eyes

Stars in your eyes

Corpse ran for his life. Well, maybe not exactly for life, because he was sure the policeman who was chasing him didn't want to kill him, but he still didn't want to get caught. If he didn't escape, he will get into trouble and have to pay a fine for that graffiti, which he was drawing when the cop saw him.

He jumped over a small stone ball and then over another little bigger one. Who was putting stone orbs on this lawn? Was there some weird art gallery? Corpse decided he could think about it later. He turned around the corner of the building, briefly spotting more round stones when he finally recognized where he was. The building towards which he was running was a local planetarium, which explained why he had to jump over weird sculptures - they were planets. He decided to try his luck and ran inside to hide.

Corpse was here a few years ago with school, so he still roughly remembered what it looked like inside and went straight to the toilets, locking the door behind him. He threw a half empty paint spray can out of the window in a hurry to get rid of the evidence and washed his hands quickly. One hasty look in the mirror told him that anyone who would see him right now would still recognize something was wrong. His eyeliner was everywhere but where it was supposed to be, and his cheeks half covered by black mask were bright red. His usual look wasn't too much better, so he let it go. He took a few deep breaths and casually walked out like he was there just to pee before seeing some cosmic science stuff.

The cop was not here, which was a good sign, but he wanted to make sure it was safe to go outside. He went down the hall to spend some time here before he would eventually leave. After a few steps, he noticed a smaller man on his phone talking with someone, visibly upset but mostly sad. He was walking around nervously, one hand in his brown fluffy hair which he constantly adjusted.

"It was a bad idea, Rae, I told you. It's more than thirty minutes now, and he still hasn't arrived... Or he arrived, saw me and r-ran away instead. I feel so stupid... I am going home." He didn't want to eavesdrop, but it was impossible to not hear what he was saying to the person on the phone. He sounded so sad, heartbroken. Corpse tried to have a better look at him without making it obvious he was staring.

"No, I can't contact him, it's a blind date, I told you... No I don't know anything, Toast just told me to be there at this time and wait for his friend who is interested. He was probably joking anyway, and they are having a good laugh about it. I mean, nobody is interested in S-Sykkuno, what I was even thinking." Oh, that sounded horrible. Corpse understands how bad he was feeling, he was also rejected in the past; in his case, because of his not so typical look and voice. People could be so insensitive sometimes... but this man clearly didn't deserve such treatment. He was pretty, his voice was so soft, and the way he was fixing his hair every few seconds was just adorable. Corpse couldn't see why somebody would want to not date him. And at that moment he got a crazy idea.

"Hey... uh, sorry, Sykkuno?" Corpse only hoped he catched that name correctly; because if not, things would get very awkward very quickly. But judging from the way the face of the other man lights up when he hears the name, he was right.

"Um, I'll call you later, Rae." He ended his call immediately, not even waiting for response, staring at Corpse, a little unsure. Corpse made a few steps closer, so he didn't need to talk that loud and also to get a better look at him. He was really cute, a little smaller than him, playing with the drawstring of his light green hoodie and running his eyes over Corpse's face. He didn't look disappointed, so Corpse decided to risk it and went for it.

"I am really sorry I am late. I- uh, there was an accident on my way here, and the police needed my testimony." Half truths were always the best lies. Not that he really needed help with lying, he was good at it even if he had to make a completely new story. But since he started this with the biggest lie, he felt like he didn't want to lie more than necessary to him.