The Prince and His Pauper

Chapter 38: The Pauper in Despair

"I'm actually starting to with all your annoying questions." Antonio snaps so coldly, I actually felt a cold shiver went through me.

He regretted taking me on a date. . . He called me annoying. . . I annoyed him. . . He doesn't like me. . . I thought and others like them fill my mind as I try to hold down the tears that are forming.

I don't want to cry in front of him again. He just might think I'm a baby for taking his insult without defending myself. Antonio's earlier anger vanishes and is replaced by shock. I bet he's just faking it since he called me annoying. Why did I think Antonio would have feelings for me?

Antonio tries to take a step closer to me, but I took a step back from him. He's just going to try and tell me how he didn't mean it. Lie to my face about it when I know all he wants is to go home and meet up that friend of his. He'll probably have a lot more fun with her than me. The guy who annoyed him for asking him a few questions.

"Cassiel. . . I didn't. . . I'm so sor-" Antonio starts to apologize before I interrupted him.

"Just forget it. . ." I whisper softly and turn around so that I could run anywhere that wasn't with Antonio.

I ran and ran, squeezing past families whenever they block my way. To where? I don't even know. Antonio was the one with the map, I was the one who kept dragging him all over to see every animal that my eyes could find. I should've known that he was annoyed with me and my behavior. I practically acted like those kids who kept bugging their moms or dads to move on to the next animal.

Somehow, in my state of distress, I managed to find the bathrooms and locked myself inside it. At this point, I'm in tears on the floor with my arms hugging my legs. The only things running through my mind was Antonio's answer on repeat. But, the more I listened to his answer over and over again, the more I realized that I was the one who ruined our date.

"Well, duh. You kept acting like an annoying piece of shit. You know, the kids who always make a tantrum when Mommy or Daddy don't give them what they want? That's exactly how you were to that sex god." The all too familiar sound of my dark self's voice agrees.

I didn't bother lifting my head up to face him and reply back with, "Not now. I'm not in the mood to listen to you right now."

"Aw, it's so cute when you think you have a choice. You know you bring me here, right? Every time you blame yourself about something that's totally your fault, I appear to tell you straight up that it is all your fault. Especially when you try to deny it." My other self states in a cocky tone.

"And what am I trying to deny this time?" I ask, taking a peek at my doppelgänger. He's there, as always, sitting in front of me in a crouch position with that smirk he always wears. The one that says he's enjoying how miserable I am.

"That you still have a chance with him." My dark version announces.

I didn't expect that answer from him. I thought he was going to say that I was in denial with whose fault it was that was ruined. Though, I technically already confirmed that I was the one who ruined it. But, I never thought having a chance with Antonio would be his answer. I'm actually really confused on why that is.

"I don't. . . I don't understand what you mean by that. How am I in denial?" I question, confusion laced over my voice.

"Didn't you see how beautiful those girls were? That sex god didn't stopped smiling at them. Then, when he came to you, he was back to babysitting you. Man, you are so gullible when it comes to those hot guys you know you never would've gotten a chance." My dark self explains as he reaches over to my cheek, pinching it.

"Stop it. . ." I mumble, slapping away his hand before rubbing it. That really hurt. . . For someone who doesn't even exist. . .

"Stop what? Reminding you how much of a good for nothing you are? You sent one hot guy to the hospital and the other had to go out of his way to make sure a few kids stop picking on you. Can you be even more childish? I mean, anymore than today?" My doppelgänger answers despite the fact that it wasn't a question to begin with.