Reckless

8. Questions

I woke up later than usual. Yesterday was such a long day and I really needed the sleep. Curled up in a blanket I didn't want to open my eyes and face the day. As I laid awake with my eyes closed, hoping to be taken by sleep again, memories of the night before flooded my mind. My eyes dart open and I slowly turn to check my bed.

Empty.

Way to leave me hanging Draken. I pat my hand around over my nightstand until I find my phone. Unlocking it, I check my messages. Nothing. Crawling out of bed I throw on a t-shirt and shorts, tieing my hair up in a bun. I walk over to Drakens room and knock on the door. No answer. Wow this is pathetic. Not a good start to my morning. Startled as I turn to leave, Remi and Sakura are smiling from ear to ear at me. "Good morning," they say cheerfully in sync. "Morning," I reply, suspicious of their behavior. "Drakens left for the day," Sakura says eyeing my very exposed neck. My cheeks turn hot as I instinctively cover my neck with my hand. "We would all love the details," Remi says crossing her arms over her chest. "And no trying to lie. We heard it allll," Sakura adds. Closing my eyes in extreme embarrassment I hold my breathe. Exhaling, accepting defeat, I proceed to share my experience that the whole brothel already seems to know about.

After my interigation I shoot Baji a text. I can't face anyone today but him. He's always been my go to for an escape from reality. He replies immediately saying he'll be right over. I change into more appropriate day clothes and brush my teeth. Sneaking out of the building in fear of another interigation, I make it out unseen. Baji pulls up on his bike a few minutes later.

We ride through the city and into a more rural area. The fresh air filling my lungs and flowing through my hair. We arrive at one of our secret spots. A quiet park that we stumbled upon one drunken night a few years back. This was about the time we became close friends. Drunkenly bonding in a park under the night sky. I hop off his bike and stretch my back out. Baji does the same grabbing his backpack off the back and we walk over to lay under a tree. "I brought a little something, something in case we need it." He says winking at me.

"So what could possibly have happened in your fantastic fucking life." He asks curious. I pick at the grass under me. "Last night was our first sober night together." I began explaining what happened to him. Not reacting at all, he just listened. "So you're complaining about getting dick? Or am I missing something?" I turn onto my side smacking him in the head. He curls up into a defensive position laughing. I can always count on him to cheer me up when I'm feeling lost. "I'm not complaining about the dick. Believe me, it's great, all 9 inches of it." Throwing out the small details knowing it'll make him uncomfortable. "You seriously don't have to share the details all the time." Sighing I continue, "It's just weird. You'd think by now it wouldn't be but I'm seeing a whole other side of him. A soft side that I never knew he had. He was always like a brother to me so we always just gave each other shit especially since we lived together so we always got on each other's nerves. I don't regret anything but I just don't understand what's happening."

Baji and I continue talking for a few more hours. Breaking out the bottle of tequila very early on. Passing it back and forth, taking shots straight from the bottle. Our conversations were all over the place. Some were deep and some were off the wall crazy. As the day grew later the busier the park became. Grabbing our stuff we headed back home. "Thanks for today Baji." I said as he dropped me off. Giving me a cheeky smile he drove off.

Upstairs I stumbled, still a little tipsy, to my room. Before I made it to my door I noticed Drakens door was cracked open. Giving it a knock I gently pushed it open. There he was, sitting on the bed with headphones on. Having a little liquid courage still left in me I knew now was the only time I'd be able to actually talk to him without being awkward. As I stood there staring into space, he noticed me. "Hey there." He said removing the headphones from his ears. Returning back to earth, I walked over and sat on the edge of his bed. "You left early this morning. Didn't even leave a note or send a text." I pursed my lips in disappointment. "I'm sorry about that. My phone was blowing up. Mikey called an emergency Toman meeting. You looked so peaceful sleeping and he was kinda freaking out so I didn't even think to let you know I was leaving." Maybe I'm over thinking everything. I've never expected him to tell me where he was at before. We aren't in a relationship so he has no obligation to do that. "It's fine, I've just gotta give you shit." Not wanting to face him anymore I got up and went to my room.

I spent the rest of the day drawing and listening to music. I even, to my own surprise, cleaned up my room and made sure I was ready for the Christmas party in two days.