~Ours~

Music Of Fools: Chapter 2

As we walk together, side by side, like a typical friends, I noticed that he is tall and smelled great though he looked not. He smelled like summer, like a burnt honey and first bloom of rose. (Now I sounded like a freak) He was silent, mild, and I can’t explain the rest. Calm but tense...? All I could tell he's different. I tried to sort my favorite food chains in my mind. Scan...scan...scan... I found one: cheap and delicious.

"Where do you live?" I asked him like I am asking a prep-child.

"Er. I'm homeless."

Homeless relates to nomadic, vagrant...

He smiled though what he said was terrible to imagine. Kelly just followed me where I turn and stop, finding the chain that I wanted. I imagined him wearing the same garment and perhaps undie. Gah! I blushed for a moment.

Homeless, of course he looked like one of what he said. I asked him if it was real when he said he don't date. And he answered it right away.

"Yes. Er. My first time. Today."

Uh-huh? I don't believe him.

"So this is your first time."

You didn't tried to have a lover if that's what you said and if I believe in you saying you don't date.

"Yes," he said as if he answered what's going on my mind.

I nodded in amazement and confusion and with a shock. What's wrong with this guy? And what's wrong with me sticking around with him.

“Do you really want to spend time with me?” he asked again and it seems his voice was saying a normal line not a question,” you can leave me now, find your friend.s I can take care of myself.”

You surely do.

“I’m not really into this thing,” he added.

Oh dear. Oh dear.

This only means that he doesn’t like me; my beauty and my beauty. (Disregard my brain, it does not function properly.) Rolling Stones’ was right: You can’t always get what you want.

Oh dear!

If I leave him, no more Poison and Thorns and my mission will be failed? I will not surrender. No time to go back. No detour.

“No, I really want to spend time with you,” I said, and it sounded like I’m begging, “as I’ve said, you’re a talented guy and I like talented people.”

I felt like a shit after saying those repeated words. And it seemed this mission would be hard for me to accomplish. He is too weird for me. Ugh! The thing he lacked is when he’ll speak Big Bang or Genetics. Nerd alert. Weird alert.

There we entered the food chain and started to order.

He just sat, I ordered.

“What do you want to eat?”

“Anything,” he simply said.

Anything? Well, how about knife or ladle? You want to eat that?

But then, I nodded and ordered what I craved to eat. As I look at him, I felt like I’m bringing a stray dog inside this food chain. I kept thinking what he said: I’m not really into this. Then why he can’t stand and leave me now? Ugh. Still, I’ll stop him. I need the concert. I need to see the hot vocalist, Richard. Hot as hell!

We ate silently, like we are eating in the library. It seemed like someone died. If Annie did not give this offer, I would leave now. But for now, I’ll be with Kelly within two weeks. Fourteen days.