In Your Cage (Yu Phoenix Love Story)

Chapter 4- Movie Night

I sat on my bed and made a list of things I needed to get at the store and figured up how much money I had, how long it would take to walk there and back, and how much I could carry. I had a few other things to decide also, one of them being whether or not I was going to go to college or not. To be honest I didn’t really want to, I just wanted a simple life maybe working at a music store or and art studio. I had even considered starting my own band seeing as I could play guitar and I wasn’t the worst singer on the planet but I was too shy and I just couldn’t see myself making it anywhere big. I probably had a better chance of getting struck by lightning, and who would I start a band with? I didn’t have any friends back in the US for the simple fact that no one had wanted to become my friend or something along those lines. And the only friends I had here were Yu and Kiro so that option was clearly out of the picture.

‘Yu…’ that was another thing that I needed to solve. What exactly had happened last night when he kissed me? I had played with and even convinced myself of the idea that I had had too much to drink but me waking up this morning without a hangover or anything told me different. Then my mind decided last night would be time for karma to catch up when my dreams were haunted by his presence. Was I really falling for this guy? And if so how hard was I going to fall and how harsh was the pain going to be when I hit the ground?

I decided I would ignore those feelings if they ever came, and somewhere in the back of my mind I had a feeling that they would. I wouldn’t let fall again, only to hit the ground and bruise myself. I kicked myself as I remembered the last guy I had fallen for and the only guy I had ever liked before. He had acted like he felt the same, gained my trust and then threw me out on the ground and acted like I had never even existed. I had recovered over time but in the process I had also gained trust issues and had pushed everyone away.

I shook my head and decided on getting only the things I really needed, such as I could easily live off of sandwiches or canned foods. I then put on a plain pair of skinny jeans and a Boys Like Girls t-shirt with solid black converse on and left the apartment while grabbing my knife.

I arrived at the nearest grocery store about fifteen minutes later and grabbed one of those basic type things. I went through the aisles slowly scanning the shelves for anything I might be able to get.

Suddenly I jumped as someone poked me hard in the shoulder. My head snapped over at whoever it was to get the hell out of here only to gape. I swear sometimes I felt like life hated me. There standing in front of me was Kiro, Shin, and the one and only Yu. Why did he always have to be there? Not that I was complaining.

The thing was half of me was glad he was there and it sent my heart beating fast, but the more sensible and usual me was screaming at him and cursing ever leaving the apartment. Guess who was winning; the stupid, idiotic side that was falling for Yu no matter how hard the sensible side fought. “Um… hey guys. I wasn’t expecting to see you here, that’s for sure.” I said quickly, not wanting questions to form in the time I had paused to get my thoughts straight.

“We weren’t expecting to see you here either.” Kiro said smiling. “We decided to get some movies and some snacks and just have a movie night or whatever. You can come if you want, it would be fun.”

Shin nodded, agreeing and Yu was looking down at his feet, obviously avoiding my gaze. I couldn’t blame him; I was kind of giving mixed signals. One minute I was grabbing his hand and dancing like there was no tomorrow with him and then I was running away from him like he had just tried to poison my drink.

I looked down. “I don’t know I don’t want to ruin your night or be a burden.” I shrugged.

“Awe, come on! It would be fun, and you won’t be burden I promise. Here meet us back outside and I’ll give you the address.”