Perfect II: The Art Of Living

Chapter 17

Chapter 17

When you love a person, you’d do anything for him or for her. Love itself is a suppressive entity that makes you submit to it entirely; your mind, your soul, your body. Find it not to be oppressive enough, love is not lust. What you feel is merely pity or hence, any forlorn misconceptions. Love never causes pain if the lovers themselves feel mutually in almost all things necessary. Thus, love is also never true if the romance remains one-sided, still.

           Sebastian pulled his body out of the steaming shower as it nearly burned from the water. The whole bathroom was large enough to accommodate two people at once. Sebastian smelled the scent of Lacey’s imported soaps and seeing him brushing his teeth just behind the shower curtains sprinkled more happiness.

           “Done already?” Lacey cajoled. “I was going to join you!” He laughed with puffed lips.

           Sebastian grinned.

           He wrapped his towel around his waist and walked out of the bathroom. His phone vibrated several times as he noticed it was displaced and got by on the other side of the dresser.

           With his body slippery from the milk bath, Sebastian did not waste time checking if the messages were from Enid or Ethan. He wasn’t wrong for the first time in the week. Ethan’s message sprawled across the screen inviting him to tag along by the Da Vinci Café. An excited grin crossed his face as Lacey emerged from the bathroom topless.

           He blushed.

           “I have something to go to. After all, I am day off from Trevor and the grocery.” Sebastian asked, “Can I?”

           Lacey laughed and landed a sweet kiss on his scalp. “Yes. You may,” he affirmed and grabbed his shampoo on the end table. “Just don’t go late. I have a surprise for you.” He winked and entered the bathroom with a careful click on the door.

The Da Vinci Café presented their lavender scented coffees again since it was Sunday. Ethan blew the steam and it played along his nostrils flirtatiously. He sipped and glanced into Damon’s book again.

           “Logical Reasoning: Healthy is a word but a word is not healthy. Better it be explained in a sentence than make others succumb understanding what a word truly means. Check ambiguity,” Ethan read.

           “Oh another one!” he exclaimed and scooted directly before book. “Logical Reasoning: A gay guy died because of bullying in school. He committed suicide. Suicide is bad. Is the gay guy bad?”

           “Maybe yes,” Ethan answered. “Why?” Ethan read. “Why?” Ethan sarcastically repeated. “Well as ‘bad’ pertains not only to the attitude but to many things. Like how you said in the first example, Check Ambiguity. The gay guy had been a bad molder of his self-esteem. He forgot how special he is. He forgot how special he can be in somebody’s eyes,” Ethan answered completely.

           “You’re right,” Ethan read. Seriously? “The gay guy is good,” I’m wrong. “because I assume you think that ‘good’ points his candid demeanor.” Ethan kept reading. “However, he became bad when he insured himself with betterment upon inflicting himself death or pain in lighter terms.”

           Ethan nodded and sipped his coffee.

           “Look,” Ethan said and pointed to the page of the book. “I plan on creating us that kind of scheme on our book and I know it will be great!” Ethan claimed and clapped enthusiastically.