on the road // n.s.

vi

harry

   "So, where are we off to sir?" I playfully asked. Niall and I decided to go back inside and drive. It's already 00:34 so I just thought that maybe he's exhausted and would want some rest. But me being a vampire, I'm awake at night.

   A sound of what seems like a stomach grumbles, gave me answers. I chuckled at the blushing Niall, sitting beside me "I still don't know"

   "Oh now I know where to go" I winked.

   The car drive was silent, windows down and a 3rd night roadtrip mix tape is now on. 15 minutes later and we finally saw a gas station.

   There's a little convenient store beside it. As a driver, I live for 24hours drive-thru convenient stores, so I know every store here in London.

   "Oh I, I didn't mean to worry you of me being hungry. It was just my stomach pla-"

   "No worries. Besides, what's a long road trip when you have no snacks in the car right?"

   So we went inside of the store and get as much as crisps and drinks we wanted. Pringles, Lay's, Cheerios (reminds me of Ed Sheeran), Doritos, tacos, smoothies and a lot more. Oh and gummy bears. What

   Once we are satisfied with everything we pay in the counter and went back to my car.

   "You know, you did a great job" i said quietly while driving out of the parking lot.

   "What job?"

   "About not agreeing to marry him"

   He didn't reply to me but he gave me another genuine smile (like he appreciates that I understood him) which I sent him back.

   "So Harry, what do you wanna do?" Niall asked as he was sipping on his blue bubblegum slurpee, looking at me.

   "Uh, I don't know. I mean, you're my customer. It's your choice." I shrugged, opening the green sour and onion pringles.

   "We've spent almost 3 hours together, stop addressing me as a customer" he punches me in my arm playfully. I gave him a look "How about you drive to a place where we can see the city lights and then we can talk?"

   So we drove to the top of a hill. It's not really that high and unknown. It's just an ordinary hill with the cliff at the end where you can see the whole city; the life we were running away from.

   Running away, we're not running away right? I guess, I have to ask Niall what's his plans after this night.

   We went out of the car with the 4 plastic bags of different types of foods. We sat again in the car hood but now with the same level unlike earlier we were cuddling but now, just, sitting.

   "How old are you" he asked. His voice is so thick at this very time. I guess it changes whatever the time is.

   "Oh I'm 22, how 'bout you?"

   "Same. Do you have a girlfriend?" I looked at him slightly shock at his bluntness. He was opening the Doritos.

   "Uh, no" because no one ever paid attention to me.

   "Why?"

   "What why?"

   "I mean, when I first saw you, I can tell that you were pretty."

   I huffed, as if "I'm not. And it's not like there are people who pays attention to me to see my prettiness" I air-qouted the last word

   "People must be blind. It's like "I am a museum of art, but you had your eyes shut"" he shakes his head with a smile and takes a sip on his slurpee.