Bloody Paintbrush

Chapter 9

As Eri walked to her bus station, she pulled out her phone and noticed the time.

"Damn! I missed the bus." Eri thought out loud. Eri glanced at the flyer to check the next time the bus will come.

Eri let out a disappointing sigh when she found out the next bus to her destination comes at 5:15pm and it's currently 3:35pm.

"This is all your stupid fault, Blackberry!" Eri yelled while she stomped one foot on the ground.

"You might want to stop. People are giving you looks." Eri heard a voice behind her say.

"I know that stupid voice..." Eri said turning around.

"Surprise." The voice said with a seductive grin.

"Silas." Eri said sliding her teeth. "Because of you I missed my ride!" Eri snapped.

"That is my fault how?" Silas asked playing dumb.

"Don't play dumb. You dragged me in that room!" Eri yelled.

"Oh, right! I remember now. Silly me. It was fun though wasn't it?" Silas said approaching Eri with a grin.

"I will slap that grin off your stupid face." Eri said. "Scary... I happen to find out that attractive." Silas smirked at Eri.

"Ugh, I hate you." Eri said.

"That's not what you said that night." Silas said smiling.

I've been wondering... what did that night even mean to you, Silas? Eri thought to herself.

"I'm sorry. I'll drive you home to make up for it." Silas offered. "If that's cool with you?"

"...Okay." Eri said.

On the road Silas turned up the radio.

"Yeah! This my shit!" Silas yelled. "Woo!" He exclaimed.

Eri chuckled silently while he was jamming out.
Cute. She thought.

"I see you're a huge Rosette Noir fan." Eri said. "Hell yeah! She's amazing!" Silas let out. "I'm happy you feel that way because I love her too!" Eri exclaimed.

"Good because if you didn't I would have had no choice but to throw you out of the car." He said with a murderous expression on his face.

"In the middle of the road?" Eri asked with a sarcastic frightened look on her face.

"Yep." Silas answered.

Eri laughed.

"I'm not joking." Silas said. Eri silenced herself.

Silas laughed. "I'm joking." He said. "Right." Eri replied. "What can I say? I'm a serious Rosette fan." Silas said.

"Come on. Sing with me." Silas said. "Don't be shy." He said.

"Ugh, okay." Eri submitted. "Do you know annoying lover?" Silas asked. "Yeah. That's one of my favorite songs!" Eri said. "Same!" Silas said.

( If you haven't already noticed Rosette Noir is me and "annoying lover" is actually one of my songs that i've wrote. My dream is to become a singer and hopefully I'll get there someday. Hope you guys enjoy the lyrics and hopefully some day I'll be able to sing it to the world. Carry on with the story now!)

"Hey, Siri, play Annoying Lover by Rosette Noir on apple music, please." Silas demanded Siri.

Siri - "Now playing Annoying Lover by Rosette Noir on apple music."

They sang their our hearts out projecting their voices louder than the music. Soon only hearing their voices harmonizing with the faded soundtrack in the background.

"I love that song! It's so relatable. Sometimes I feel like i'm an annoying lover." Silas said. "Yeah, me too." Eri agreed with a faded frown.

"Welp, we're here." Silas said as he was parking the car in front of the house.

"Thank you." Eri said. "Of course." Silas replied.

Eri leaned in closer near Silas face and gave him a gentle kiss on his cheek. She smiled as she placed her hand on the door handle and got out of the car.

"See you tomorrow, Blackberry." Eri winked.

That girl. Silas thought titling his head back as he watched her enter her house.