Rex the Period and Silence

#8.2 What a Fit Flat Shoes Would Do

On the next day, either in the class or in the training, I can't stop counting how many days we need if we work as hard as we did. I am imagining how the door will be like. Billy explained it already to me, yesterday. But it didn't appear in my mind. I might have nodded my head, but I just acted as I understood. I can't wait to see what two days and six hours door will be like.

 My teammates ceaselessly tease me with Billy and Li-Zhuang continuously asks me to have dinner with him. I wish we can have dinner together, too. But these assignment keeps getting in the way. I hope he can understand the reason why I repeatedly refuse to join his dinner time, "Ching-Yu, are you going on a date again?" this time Jia-Ting is the one who asks me. I leave them all with a smile. I have no idea if they like me this much before that they want to know every step I'll take. Before I step out of this place, I can't find him. Does he go home first when I was in the toilet? I thought we can see and greet or maybe have some talk before I leave. But he's not here. I walk out with a weary heart. Is he mad at me? No way, I'm not that great. When I pass the stairs that will lead us to the canteen, I hear a sound which flutter my heart, "Hey!" he is here. "Where are you going?" he stands on the stairs. "You're not doing it here?" 

"We'll do it at my studio."

"You and him?" 

"Without him, I can do nothing. What are you doing here?" I see him holding an onigiri. "Is that enough for you?"

"Is it enough for you?" he asks me back.

"Dinner? Of course not." 

He walks down and puts it into my hands, "Don't just eat this," and walks away. Are we shooting the drama right now? How can he be so romantic? Ha ha, forget it. He is too good to be mine. Winning him will be the best part of my life. 

This time it takes four hours to build the door. In spite of the fact that it takes longer than we expected, the door looked so much better than I imagined. The door stands sturdy. "Thank you very much!!!" I nearly hugged him and he hugs me for real. However, there is no reason for my heart to beat fast just like when my eyes met Max's eyes. "Let's be a friend for real," again he says the same thing. "Do you like me that much? Or is it because you like her so much?" 

"Both of it," he smiles. "When I am with you, I feel safe and when I am with her, I feel happy," he shamelessly says that he likes me as his bodyguard. "Walk me home." he brazenly let those words come out. If he didn't help me this much, I would have cursed him till his ears bleeding. Considering his hard work, I walk him home. In the dark alley, we walk happily. Without worrying about what others think of us, we walk separately. We talk about a vague topic without looking into each other. His alley is darker than mine, "Has the light always be this dim?" 

"Ah!" I hear Billy screaming abruptly. "Bil?" I can't find him beside me. I turn my flash on and find three guys are beating him. I guess they are the people who beat Billy before. "What are you doing?!" for a second I forget about my body size. The rate of me winning this fight is obviously low or maybe zero. Nevertheless, I pull the back collar of one of the guys who is beating Billy. It is careless of me, but that's how I have always been. Being thoughtless and brave in the wrong timing and scared for no reason. That guy is swung by me for a second, and now the new issue has arrived. Right now, the person who has the problem with these three guys is not only Billy but also me. Because I indirectly throw him to the ground. "WHO ARE YOU!" he stands up. His body is so tall, very tall, too tall! OMG... I can believe I dig my own grave. IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF YOU, BILLY! "HOW DARE YOU THROW ME!!!" 

"I'm not! You are the one who stumbled by your leg and fall!" I try to walk back but he stops me. "How dare you talk back!" 

"Why can't I?!" I brace myself to act fearlessly in front of him. BILLY! YOU SHOULD HAVE KICKED HIM FROM BEHIND JUST LIKE I DID EARLIER! WHAT ARE YOU DOING! I try to kick his treasure but his hands quickly grab my leg and push me to the ground. It hurts..so much. I better act dead. He kicks and punches me several times, but at least I tricked him and he falls for it. He leaves me. After waiting for a few seconds, I open my eyes, checking whether he has left or hasn't. He may not touch me anymore but I can't leave Billy and I don't know where is he. Shouldn't Billy knocked out by now? And shouldn't they leave right after they've done?