"Ash?", the way she says it makes me feel someway, someway different than anyone else. I am surprised she hasn't kicked me out yet. I start giving my explanation after I gained enough confidence to do so, "Look I'm sorry...uhm I had reasons..I-," And then she stops me. She holds me by my shoulders and looks at me straight in the eyes, "Peasant", what?? I am here giving an apology and she is remembering a farmer? I guess I'll come back later when she is done remembering a peasant. "Huh?", I furrow my eyebrows and she smiles, "Well I was planning to lash out on you sort of bash you after that out burst you had but you came to apologise which includes speaking and you don't speak a lot so I guessed how hard it must be for you so I saved all those cuss words I was going to tell you and used peasant". Wow isn't she just a radio with a full volume? I give her a fake smile, "Never uh knew peasant was a bad thing". She gasps and let goes of my shoulders, "do you even internet?" and I am not really sure of what to reply with so I say, "I do uh Internet?" and she laughs and it's one of the most beautiful laughter I have ever heard. She covers her mouth while she laughs and her cheeks become redder, her hair shine and fall on her face and her crystal like green eyes glows. God, she is beautiful. "Do you want to eat Chinese again?", I ask and she appeared shock but trust me I am more shocked than her.
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We eat what we ate last time but this time something has changed. I guess it's the atmosphere but something definitely did. "I should be the one apologising to be fair," she says as she swallows her pot sticker, "I mean I shouldn't have entered your parlour without your permission". YES! you shouldn't have! My voice is almost inaudible as I speak, "No it's my fault, I overreacted", and she obviously says, "Aww Ash! You're so nice!". Well try sneaking into my store one more time beautiful fucker.
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After the snack break we head back to work. I sit on a chair waiting for a customer to come. My thoughts drift to Chen. So attractive yet so tiring. She intrigues me. She is always so happy yet I find her alone sleeping on the floor? Yet she eats food in restaurants alone? She irritates me so much but I cannot stay away from her. I felt so low when hours had passed without her interference. I felt so low when I yelled at her, a mere stranger. She has bought me to a point where I cannot decide my own actions let aside hers. I hate that she is so complicating. I hate that she is so different from me. My eyes raise towards the door has a lanky man stands there, "I wanted a tattoo" . I guide him to the seats and prepare the requirements. I hate that I can't love her.
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It's almost 5 as I finish tattooing the 4th customer for today. I turn the tag outside to closed and start gathering things. I wonder what she's doing so I decide to do what she does, look through the hole. I almost poke my head in it when I hear her talking, "No no no you don't understand.... I am trying can't you see? .. Uh huh," It is clear that she is worried about something, which leaves me a bit surprised, "But I can't just... No Kai is unavailable at the moment.. Obviously I can't.. What about my medicines? How am I going to manage that.. Anyways.. Right...Goodbye". Medicines? What kind of medicines? Does she have a cold or something? I decide to poke my head' a few minutes later because if I do it immediately she'll guess that I eavesdropped. Which I did but she won't guess if I don't poke my head immediately. In conclusion I stand like a statue near the hole waiting for it to be long enough for it to seem a good time to poke in. Well aren't I a bit mentally disturbed now? After 30 seconds I poke my head in. The girl in question appears distressed. She has her hands on her head and looks kinda like she could burst right now. I cough to inform that I am here, and she looks up at me and says, "Ash come over here immediately" and I do what she said. I run like the wind from my store to her and almost fall on the floor. I am at lack of breath, if I would have ran faster than or more than that you would see me inside my coffin. "Wow that was fast", she warily smiles and passes me a glass of water. "Um Ash, there's this thing you need to do, like mandatory," and she looks at me with her big green eyes, "You need to come to my hometown with me"
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Flower Blossoms
RomansaThey were polar opposites, one was a florist and the other, a tattoo artist. He was the grey clouds and she was the clear blue sky. He despised her happiness because he couldn't have that much of it. She cared for him. And then its too late for them...
