Obsessed

thirteen | deal

Amirya

I had only been to Anui's house a handful of times after she left. Her mom had rearranged some things since my last visit. Her room was no longer a vibrant purple but now a dull green. "Caca green" as Anui calls it.

We chilled on her bed and watched Gossip Girl while snacking on toasted Poptarts. Our old ritual before her departure.

"I miss this so much!" She squealed. I did too, there was nothing more comforting than having my best friend by my side as we binged dramas on Netflix after school.

She turned to face me and kissed my cheek. For some reason, Anui has always been very touchy touchy with me. Another thing that June hated about her specifically.

"You're thinking about him aren't you" she signs.

I look at her with a raised eyebrow, "N-no I wasn't."

"Yes you were, there's no need to lie Mir." She rolls her eyes.

"You always have that one look on your face when something of him pops up. His name, his face, his presence, and of course, the thought of him in general." She paused to bite the pop tart in half, "Don't even try to deny it." She continued as she chewed.

From my knowledge I didn't know that my face was moving on its own whenever June Vatican was mentioned. Apparently I'm oblivious of my own actions.

"Why are you thinking of him actually?"

"Nothing , what you did just reminded me of him."

"Why is that?" Her eyebrow raised.

"I don't know, it's just...If he was here he wouldn't have approved of it."

"See this is the problem, even when he's not here, you're somehow thinking of what he would or wouldn't like and do. I don't know man, I think we need to visit a witch doctor to get his spell reversed." She pressed her palm against my forehead, pretending to check if I was hot.

"Yea I honestly don't know why the thought of him suddenly appears. Just a habit I guess. I mean, I'm always so used to him being close and like ya know, spying on me. He said he wanted to change or whatever but like he's still doing the same stalker bullshit he loves."

"Wait what?"

"Yea, you know, always creeping up unannounced, I actually think he knows where I work, my coworker told me there was a guy in the parking lot last week staring through the drive through windo-"

"No no no, you said he wanted to change. June? Change?" It's then she bursts out into laughter. I don't find it funny. Maybe it was unbelievable that June wanted to reform himself but overall it was disrespectful to imply that you're going to better yourself for someone, just to never do it.

When Anui realized I wasn't laughing alongside her she halted. "Oh so you're serious?"

I crossed my arms against my chest and nodded. "One day, maybe like three or four weeks ago, He came up to me talking about oh 'for your sake I'll show you I'm a good man' I mean I was startled. It came out of nowhere. I really don't know what his intentions are but I don't trust him."

"Wait, are you still being for real?"

I nod.

"Look, I'm not even going to beat around the bush. June likes you, there's no doubt about that. There's no other explanation for the way he acts towards you." She states.

Again, that's what I used to think, but now, I don't think it's the case.

"No, I'm just an easy target for him to attack."

" Wrong, he's actually obsessed with you Mir, literally."

"No-"

"Look, you may think he's lying, but everyone who isn't as blind as you can tell that he's crazy for you. And only you at that. Maybe it's not a lie, he does what to change, I doubt that there will be any major difference but...Take advantage ya know?"

"What advantage?" I'm not one to exploit off of others but the way she proposes things is just...It's irresistible from how her eyes light up with whatever idea she has in mind.

"Take advantage. Act like you'll give him a chance or something. And then at his lowest, break him. A revenge for everything he's done to you."

Intrigued yet conflicted, I didn't respond for a moment. Take advantage of June? I don't know if I was capable of taking advantage of anything. I'm not that kind of girl. I tried to be nice to everyone, with the exception of June, and sometimes the lady at the service desk at school. However, I don't think I could ever stoop as low as him just to hurt his feelings.

"I'll help you."

Deal