Catching Dreams, Chasing You

CHAPTER 24 - Seb's POV

"That's how to make her coffee. Don't ever forget that, okay?"

"Yeah." I simply said. She taught me how to make coffee for a girl named Aster. Her coffee isn't on the menu. What's so special about her?

When I saw her talking to Sir Wen, I realised why she deserves to be treated special. Her eyes were shining and her smile looked bright.

Everynight, she walks inside with her school bag which I find cute. She will order the same coffee but never the same menu. She says thank you with a smile painted on her face every time she orders.

She will spend a night focusing on her laptop while drinking a cup of coffee and I'm spending my night working while glancing at her.

I am about to close the cafe but she's still there. I found out that she's living alone- when she said that I look at her eyes then I realised she's quite fragile inside.

A heavy rain suddenly poured. Still, she's full of courage and she sounded nice. She said it's okay for her to get stranded because she will be stranded with me. That caught my attention and from then onwards, It's like a star fell in front of me to light my way.

My apartment was too far from the cafe and she's living in the opposite direction. I still insisted on driving her home even if it cost me a lot of effort. I watched how she tiredly got up the stairs and I waited until the lights of her room turned off. I had to walk in the middle of the night until I reached the place where transportation vehicles were still passing by. Though I'm shriving in coldness- there's a smile on my face.

Heaven knows how happy I was when there's a vacant room in the same building and even happier when it's just next to hers. I don't know what goes into my mind- it costs more than what I already found before but I still rented it. The cost is nothing when it sounded like "I'm moving to her." I know I am crazy. Luckily, she didn't know.

I suddenly regret renting the place when I remember that she was shining bright while I'm drowning in the dark. I don't ever want to drag her in my world so when she asked me to drive her home everyday- I didn't say anything, I was ignoring her but her annoyingness, carelessness, and optimistic attitude towards me make me smile genuinely. When she stopped pestering me, I suddenly felt sad. Now, I can't help but to stay with her every single day.

We became close but it never felt right. I was afraid of being her nightmare when she's a star shining bright. I was still cold towards her, sabotaging myself to stop liking her.

But everytime that I see her beautiful smile, I can't help but to tell myself- "Sebastien, do everything to deserve that girl."

I am driving her home every night after my shift. She's waiting for me until she starts working in Safe Place Cafe. We have been working and getting home together since then. She and her sudden life decisions make me admire her more.

I always gave her cold shoulders- restricting but later on we got used to our presence. She also gets used to hitting my arms. Since then, I started waking up earlier to work my biceps out.

I used to tease her using the nickname "shorty" but I actually think that her height was perfect for mine.

She comforted me in different ways. She makes me feel better without trying hard. I resemble my father a lot who ruined our family so I somehow hate myself but she said we didn't. In her eyes- I was different.

In the daytime, she brings peace to other people but her mind was also troubled inside. In the middle of the night, she will look up in the sky- trying not to cry. Since then, I promised to myself that I will absorb all her stress. She looks cute when she cries but hearing her sobs makes me feel vulnerable. I don't want her to be in pain.