Sleep is something private. You say that you're going to sleep and no one's going to bother you, right? Not for Felix at least. Poor guy looks like he haven't gotten a single wink of sleep. Today too, he showed up at the cafe at usual time, just before the shop opens. He walked into the shop, and sat down at the table in the corner. It's normal for him to show up at this hour so I always have coffee and mocha cake prepared for him.
I brought out a little tray with food and drink on it to his table and glanced at his face, with worried expression. "It looks worse than yesterday, Lix..." I pulled out a seat next to him and sat down. He quickly took a sip of his coffee and grumbled, "It's been weeks since I've had a goodnight's sleep, Blue..." he pointed at his dark eyebags. "Yikes, you've been up all night writing again or something? You're more dead than my grandma." as I poured myself a cup of coffee. "If that was the case, Blue, I wouldn't be even suffering like this. Think, Blue , think!" he said with tired expression. What he said really makes sense since he was used to pulling all nighter to finish a script and he wouldn't be like this if it was writing. This just added fuel to my curiosity of what of the reason for Felix's lack of sleep...
Felix snapped me out of my pondering state by saying, " I have been noticing some strange things in my house. Like, some of my stuff have gone missing lately. My socks , my gloves, my pens, ahem...even some of my shirts too. In fact , I always wake up with some strange sensation on my fingers..." as he took a bite out of the cake. "Also sometimes, I would feel as if I was being watched and I could feel someone lightly breathing against my chest." as he shuddered in cold sweat.
"Felix, maybe...just maybe...it's the vengeful ghost of your unfinished/abandoned script ideas. OoOOooOOOoH~" I laughed out loud as Felix gave me this 'are you fcking serious look'. This is probably one of those parts where Felix questions my mentality and why is he even friends with me in the first place.
"Very funny, Blue. I am laughing so hard right now. Ha ha ha." he dryly laughed.
"I know, right. My humor has improved since last time we met. I'm such a clown." I chuckled at his expression. "No, you're a whole circus of your existence, 'Cerelium'" as he gritted his teeth and forced a smile. Oh no, he called me by my last name. he's pissed.
"Okay ,okay, Jokes aside, how's that girlfriend of yours? Everything's going swell ?" I asked while resting my chin on my palm. "You mean, name ? She's a lovely girl, alright. Overthinker and a bit clingy but I find it cute." as he smiled just the thought of her. I can really see he cares for her a lot. "What does she looks like? Tell me, Lix." I quickly asked him for a photo of her. He pulled out his phone and showed me her photo. I took a quick glance at the screen and looked at the window. "You mean like that awfully similar looking girl that I just saw from your phone and has been standing there under that lamp post for who knows how long , and also looking at our direction?" I said as Felix looked behind him to see.
His eyes immediately went wide as if he was awake, not believing what he was seeing right now. "Name?!" he quickly got out of his seat and ran out to fetch her. A moment later ,they both joined me at the table. "(name), what were you doing out there, standing outside alone for?" Felix asked as he brushed off the snow off her hoodie. "OH,I was ..um.. just stopping by to buy something around here? Ahahahaha..." as she nervously laughed. "At this hour? I thought none of the stores around here opens till 9 am and it's only 7 am right now. Plus I saw you standing there since Felix's arrival." just when I finished my sentence, I saw a glint of murderous intent from her eyes. Then it quickly disappeared and she smiled at me, "Oh, you must have saw someone else! It's kinda foggy today." as she quickly shot down my question.
"Is that so? Oh well, must have seen someone else then. Anyways, Lixy, aren't you gonna do the introduction thing to your girlfriend, hm?" I threw a quick glance at Felix who was eating his second slice of cake. He quickly swallowed his bite and cleared his throat.
"(name), this is my friend and the owner of this cafe, Blue. Blue, this is my girlfriend, (name). " as he introduced , "It's lovely to meet you. Hope we become friends~" I extended my hand for a handshake but her grip seems to be a bit tight before she released. Well, isn't this a lovely way to meet someone... "Nice grip, you got there, darling. You lift?" I laughed and she looked at me confused. "Oh, can I go to the bathroom for a bit? " she asked with a smile on her face. "Sure, it's down there ,take a left turn then lo and behold, the toilet." I pointed at the direction. " You need me to come with you?" I asked since she might get lost. "Oh! No need to! I'm fine, really!" she said then she scurried off to the toilet.
"Quite a strange one, isn't she?" I said, looking at Felix. "She's just shy around people and you probably scared her", Felix furrowed his eyebrows.
A rushing of water can be heard and she was intensely scrubbing off her hands with soap and water. "Filth..filthy woman..." as she stared at the mirror. "She probably touched him with those filthy hands of hers. Unforgiveable...disgusting...He is mine, only mine. I won't let anyone, especially her to even breathe the same air as him." In that moment, the mirror slightly cracked. "Oh I should stay calm...what if someone notices?" she quietly muttered to herself and then came out of the bathroom.
-Pt.1 ends-
(hi,Chris. I yeeted the name part bc I based this fic on ppl i was friends with )
