A Cold Night's Sweetness

Midnight Talk

The cab halted in the Hotel's spacious parking lot and we came out feeling tired and exhausted. It was quite difficult finding the cab since the shrine was kind of isolated and no one seems to use the road near that more frequently.
As soon as the cab door flew open, whole family came rushing towards us; they had been waiting for us the whole time. They started asking so many questions to aunt carol and she apologized for worrying everyone. The questions died down after knowing she was physically alright and nothing happened to her. "Why was your phone off?" mom asked worriedly to me. I fiddled into my jeans pocket and took out my phone. I tried switching on but the blank space just stared back at me. "Sorry mom, I guess the battery was dead."
Everyone gathered to have dinner but as usual, I after walking distances just love taking a nap. So I declined the offer and went straight to my room. I took a long shower and after making my bed I crept into my warm haven. I closed my eyes to drift into my slumberland but surprisingly I can't sleep. My mind goes back to think about what happened at the shrine. First of all, the fall which is embarrassing when I recall it. I wondered if he felt embarrassing at that moment. Secondly, all the suspense of Aunt Carol and Allen circling around my head. The most nerve racking was at that entrance when he looked at me while I was whining and said, "Wait till it finally reaches you." He smiled looking at my confused face and went to Aunt Carol to halt a cab. Was he teasing me because I am bad in understanding such feelings? Or was he in l-love with m-me? No, no, no! That can't be, strike the second speculation. It can never happen but on the other hand it might be. The last few days the things that occurred between us was kind of sweet and he was even bothered by my comment about us being only friends before.
After multiple attempts to fall asleep, I got hungry and most of all I wanted to drink warm honey water to keep my throat sore down. I think my throat worsened today after staying in the cold at the shrine earlier. I wore my favorite minion slippers and straightened out my pajamas, without disturbing Jess who came half an hour before and was currently snoring, I went down to the Hotel kitchen. I asked for honey water and bought creamed bread and a fruit salad. I sat down on the sofa in the lounge and was nibbling on my bread when someone commented on me, "Don't you think midnight snacking will make you fat?" I looked up to where the voice was coming from and instantly hid the bread in case it might be my dad. A tall figure came around the corner and I could see it was only Allen. I sighed relief at the sight and scoffed at him for commenting on me. "What do you think you are doing here at midnight?" I asked sarcastically. "Taking a midnight stroll." I rolled my eyes at him and he guffawed at my reaction. He sat near me and suddenly I felt nervous around him. As if he read my mind, he said that he wanted to clear something that has been haunting him. Since it was going to help lessen the nervousness, I agreed to listen to him. He started talking about the happy moments we shared years ago and gradually his gaiety tone got reduced to low and intense voice and I knew the talk would somehow come to this and I needed to be strong. Whenever I recall those memories, I could only think about how Vi and Allen betrayed me and my first love. "Then why did you kiss her?" I heard myself talking. "You said that you didn't love her." Allen stared at me for a while and left the conversation to come directly to the point. "You are right, I didn't love her. You won't believe me but she was the one who was after me. That night after I talked with my father, I was pissed off for suddenly mentioning transferring to another town. She came to me and confessed to me, I rejected her but suddenly she was acting difficult and talking stuffs about you. My anger flared, I kissed her because this was the only way to stop myself from slapping that bitch. This helped you from getting backstabbed by her but it greatly ruined our relation." I let out a cry.

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