Infrared || Travi$ Scott

002.

The woman nodded and buckled her seatbelt. She decided not to speak yet to see if this stranger Travis would actually take her for a hot drink or if he had something else in mind.

Once at the diner she looked outside to check her surroundings before getting out of the strangers car. She sat at the booth of the diner and checked her surroundings once more.

Travis noticed this odd behavior and assured her that she was safe.

"It's okay. Your safe." He said causing her to sigh

"I'm Cyn." She said rubbing her elbow giving a shy smile

"Why were you crying Ms. Cyn?"

He could tell her uneasiness so he switched the subject.

"We don't have to talk about it if you'd like. Have you ate? You hungry?"

"Just a soup please."

He nodded and waved the waiter over.

"Hi I'm Tyler. I'll be your server today. Can I start you off with anything to drink or are you ready to order?"

"We're ready. Can we have a..?"

"Chicken."

"Chicken soup make that two. A coffee and a..."

"Coco."

"Hot chocolate."

"So that's two chicken soups, a coco, and a coffee?"

The man nodded and faces Cyn once more.

"I take it you go to UHT?"

She nodded.

"How old are you?"

"19. You?"

"22. I was gonna go there too till I realized turning papers in wont get me paid."

"Then what do you do?"

"I rap. "

"Your a rapper?"

He nodded.

"Your the first girl I've meet never to turn your nose up at me or ask me for money." The man laughed

"Even if your situation is terrible mine isn't any better. So I'm not one to judge."

Instead of asking what she meant by that comment they continued on with there previous conversation that avoided her personal life. After completing her meal she became anxious once more and asked to go home.

"Can you take me home?" She asked shyly

The man looked up at her from his soup and have a nod. He slipped a fifty on the table and slid out of the booth. She followed suit and stayed hot on his trail until they reached his car.

The drive back to UHT wasn't bad for the duo, they say in silence the whole ride but this silence wasn't awkward how it was for Cyn with Taison, it was warm. Cyn almost felt safe with this stranger, the person she's only known for a little over an hour. Once the car came to stop the woman cautiously opened her door and turned to thank the man only to be violently pulled from his car.

The man sat in shock as she was harshly pushed into the building. He waited for a few minutes hoping she'd return but once she didn't he reached over and shut the passenger door before escaping the parking lot.

The night for Cyn consisted of constant accusations of cheating. He threatened her saying "your lucky you have school tomorrow or I'll beat your ass." She dealt with this torment for hours on end.

"Taison nothing happened it was just cold and he gave me a ride." She whispered innocently

"Who the fuck told you to leave?! I said I'll be back no one told your ass to leave."

"I'm sorry."

"No your not. You wasn't sorry when you was fucking that nigga. Now was you?"

"We didn't do anything."

"Stop fucking lying." He struck Cyn

She fell against the bed almost completely blacking out. It had never went this far before. She was never this close to unconsciousness. It scared her.

"Cyn get up." Taison softened his voice scared that he'd finally killed her, this scared him

She liked this part. Taison took care of her cooing sorry and I love you's every few seconds. Tonight wasn't any different.

He picked her up and laid her in bed pulling the covers over her securely. He cradled her body in his arms and laid soft kisses on her cheek slurring sorry until they both fell asleep.

Cyn crawled from bed around 7 and gathered herself for her first class. Throughout all that Taison did he was sure never to leave scars on her face, so there was no need for makeup. She ate breakfast quickly and grabbed her book bag on the way out the door.

Once Cyn knew she was out of sight from her dorms window she took a deep breath. School was the best part of her week she was away from Taison and for a while felt safe.

"Cyn?!" Someone called across campus

She looked around to see Travis jogging her way. She seemed shocked and stared at him in disbelief as he caught her breath. She looked around for a second before speaking.

"What you doing here?"

He held up a finger for her to wait as he rested his hands on his knees to catch his breath. She laughed and walked ahead of him hoping he'd hurry up.

"I came to make sure you were okay."

Her smile slowly dropped.

"You saw that?"

He nodded.

"You okay? Who is that guy?"

"Yes I'm fine." She avoided his second question completely

"Can we hang out?"

She looked away as they passed a group of Taison's friends before she spoke.

"Umm I'll let you know."

She handed him a piece of paper and a pen where he scribbled his number down before waving bye and jogging back to his car.