catastrophe° mark

// chapter twenty one

" Remember when I asked you to come with me on a Saturday? " . She said as we were walking the pavements. " Ne. Wae? " .

" I'm taking you with me again. Somewhere that's even fun " . I was suddenly excited and scared at the same time. She might take me somewhere I won't find comfortable again. She's going to reveal herself again. She's going to make me regret why I met her. I decided to keep my mouth shut instead of replying or asking her because I know it's going to be no use since she's just going to give me vague answers, I know she will. I'm just going to hurt my head for thinking about what she means.

We were awkwardly walking somewhere I wasn't familiar again. We crossed streets that are so dead silent, you're even going to have a hard time counting cars because there were none.

" Irah. Take care of me " . I pleaded. I sensed that we're near somewhere fun for Irah but dangerous for myself. She giggled and gave me a tiny grin. " You're not going to-" . She interrupted and said " Ani. I promise, you're going to love it there " .

From a distance, I can see tall buildings and behind it was a newly assembled carnival rides. My eyes widened when I saw the roller coaster and she could tell that I was more than excited. While we were walking towards the carnival, my legs were shaking because of excitement. I even pressed my hands with my fingers so hard to hold my screams. I haven't actually been a place like this. This is my first time since my father won't allow me. He thinks it's dangerous. How can he say it's dangerous when he hasn't even tried it!

Irah suddenly hit me in my shoulder and smiled. She looked at me mischievously and said " I knew you'd like it. " . I was so ecstatic at that time that I unintentionally hugged irah. She was even shocked when I hugged her but she hugged me back insincerely. She walked towards the ticket booth and took out her wallet from her sling bag she has been carrying. She paid for about 5 rides for the both which costed her a lot. She then returned to me and grabbed my arm and hugged it. She looked up and said " Let's go? " . I nodded at her and replied with a big smile " Ne. " . She gave me a little push and added " This is the other catastrophe that everyone hasn't seen. Everyone except you " . I was a little shy at that time so I didn't speak anything at all. When we have entered the main entrance of the venue she suddenly shouted " The catastrophic adventure of Mark and Irah begins todaaaaaay " . After that, she ran towards the ferris wheel and gave our tickets to the ride master. We stepped in the mini vehicle and closed the gates. We positioned ourselves and just keep on smiling.

I was a little uncomfortable, guilty and scared at the beginning, I was even reluctant of entering but a part of me was saying that we should all sometimes break the rules, follow our intuition and take risks. I mean, what's life without lemons? It'd be boring.

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