“What’s with this bias?” Keith complained
“It was your fault to begin with” the lady snaps
“My fault for what?”
“For suddenly entering the room!”
“So it’s a fault to suddenly enter your own room huh?” Keith murmurs to himself
Now accepting his fate, he took a spoonful of the browned vegetables and put it in his mouth. As if he was stoned, Keith paused for a few minutes retaining his pose with a spoon idiotically inside his mouth. Althea stops eating and raises an eyebrow at Keith. Just then, tears suddenly started falling from his cheeks giving Althea a sudden shock.
“Hey! If you didn’t like it that much I could give you my share!” She said as she stood up, going near him
“Hey! Is food even a reason for an adult to cry?!” The lady added as no sound comes out from the person crying near her
“No, it’s not the food, in fact, I’m moved by its taste” Keith speaks with the spoon still in his mouth
“Then why are you crying for Pete’s sake?!” Althea irritating asks as she grabs the spoon hanging on Keith’s mouth
“It just, it just reminded me of someone special” He replied
Althea sighs, relieved as it was nothing grand, when Keith suddenly asked
“Can I hug you?”
“HUH?! WHAT ARE YOU THINKING YOU PERVERT!!” The girl said in reply
Keith made a grim face, omitting an aura that reality made him do so. His depression was interrupted by Althea saying
“If you’re that bothered by it, then 3 seconds should be fine” She said as she looked the other way around
Keith sat there for a second, astonished by what Althea had said. He then stands up and hugs Althea gently. He gradually tightens his embrace making him squeeze her with his arms and surrounding her with his warmth and smell.
While being caught up in the current situation, Althea tried hugging Keith back but, just before she could do so, her usual conscious state took control of her body.
“Hey! Hey you! It’s already past 3 seconds” She told Keith
“Hey!” She repeated as she waited for a response
Unable to breathe normally anymore,
“KEITH! IT HURTS!” she shouted in a loud voice, surprising Keith and herself for saying such a shameful thing
When Keith finally regained his senses, he let go of Althea and goes back to eating his burnt share, this time with his head bowed down to the table. Unconsciously though, he used Althea’s spoon since his was in her hand. Althea, realizing this and remembering the event a few minutes ago, continued coloring her face with a deep shade of red.
“You can have my share too, I’m already full” she said as she pushes her plate near Keith and escapes to prevent her face from being discovered
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Miss*Fortune
Short StoryAlthea Louise is left alone by her family who promised to work for her sake. Now swimming in debt, there's no one to help her but herself! She climbed the stairs of the casino and made gambling her way working but things suddenly turned way out of h...
