Perci.....he invited me to come to the rooftop late at night....
W-What is he going to tell me? And why in the middle of the night?
Doesn't this sound like a confession?
I stared at the letter as I nervously held on to it.
My heart began to palpitate when I left my room.
I went into the elevator and pressed the top button. Holding my chest, I tried to calm down my heart by taking deep breaths.
"Relax, Ori. It hasn't been confirmed yet...so chill out," I said to myself.
The elevator dinged, causing my heart to throb.
Perci....is waiting for me.
The doors opened...and I slowly walked out.
At the rooftop, was a big garden thriving with a myriad of plants, flowers, fruits, vegetables and vines decorated alongside some benches, couches, tables and chairs.
To be honest, I wish we went here on our date...but at least we're meeting up here now.
I looked around and saw a figure with a fedora sitting on the edge of the rooftop.
"Um....Perci?" I said subtly.
Even though my voice was faint, Perci turned around to face me..
Wait.
That's not what Perci's fedora looks like...It wasn't dark blue. Instead it was a full black.
My eyes dilated as I realized that it wasn't actually Perci.
The figure that turned towards me was the black-haired boy Damien.
"Hello, Ori. The moon looks beautiful, doesn't it?" Damien said.
I looked at the full moon and the stars in the night sky.
"H-huh? What are you doing here, Damien? Where the hell is Perci?"
"Heh. I didn't think it would actually work," Damien showed a faint smile.
"What are you talking about?"
"I'm talking about the letter."
I removed the letter from my pocket and showed it to his face.
"So it was you who wrote this letter?! You tricked me, you bastard!"
"Well, I knew you wouldn't come here if it was me, so I put Perci's name instead."
Damien angrily crushed his fedora.
"To think that you would come all the way up here late at night just to be with him, it's frustrating.. "
He threw the fedora on the ground and stepped on it.
"If Perci isn't here....then I have no reason to stay here," I turned away frustrated and proceeded to walk back to the elevator.
"Ori! Wait!"
"I have no reason to speak with you."
"If you leave me here, I'll jump!"
What?
I turned around to see Damien standing at the edge of the building with his hands extended and half his feet away from the surface.
"Hey! What are you doing, Damien?!"
"That's right. I'm going to jump. Now that the person I love is in love with someone else, I'll just die!"
"What do you mean, I'm in love?"
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Gentleman of the Apocalypse
Romance"Men are trash." This was Ori's absolute philosophy in life. Every encounter she's had with them always seems to end in disaster. It was because of them that her life had been filled with despair, to the point that she had become the most unpopular...
