Alienated [✔] » k.th

8.

Joey

I stopped at a gas station to refill my tank.

I didn't really understand why there was a gas station in the middle of nowhere, but whatever.

I went inside and paid for the gas then went back to fill up my new car.

I saw a person dressed in black up ahead but paid him no attention. My mind was on V.

This morning he came down from the roof and offered to pack my lunch before I left.

   "No, I'm fine" I shook my head.

   "No, I insist" he held the bag up to me.

I took it from his grasp and it immediately fell to the floor with a thud. 

   "What's in this?"

   "Rocks, oh and some of last nights dinner."

   "Um, thanks how kind of you V."

   "Be safe" he averted his gaze as his cheeks turned red.

   "Thank you" I hugged him and he just stood there.

   "Um, what are you doing?" He mumbled. "Not that I don't like it... But, could you please explain to me what this is?"

   "It's a hug" I said. "It means that I care about you very much."

   "Y- You do?"

   "Uh huh" I nodded, pulling away and looking into his eyes.

He hugged me back. But his embrace was tighter. Much tighter. I think I heard my back crack.

   "You can let go of me now"

   "But I care about you very much" he hugged me so tight that my feet were off of the ground.

   "You can hug me later when I get back from work."

   "Ok, You will be back right?" His nose tickled my ear.

   "Yes, I will now put you down."

He placed me on the ground and I straightened my shirt with a sigh.

I reached for the door and opened it.

   "Wait, one more hug" he held his arms out to me like a child begging to hug it's mother.

   "Bye V" I closed the door and left.

I finished filling up the car and continued my journey to deliver my information on the Red Gang.

I drove down the dark road and hit the brakes when someone jumped out in front of the car.

I thought I hit them. I rushed out to check.

   "Are you alright? Are you alright sir?" I tried helping him up.

He pulled his arm away and pointed a gun to my face.

There were other people that seemed to come out of nowhere and ransacked my car.

The guy pushed me down to the dusty road so that my nose was partially buried in dirt.

   "Don't think about getting up" he said. I heard the gun click and he was ready to shoot if I ever bothered trying to run.

The others continued to rummage through the car.

Suddenly, I heard someone getting punched and carefully looked up to see the guy with the gun laid out on the ground.

The car began to levitate with the other burglars in it. The car flipped upside down and shook like it was trying to get the intruders out of it.

The thieves fell back down on the road and ran, mumbling curses as they escaped.

I staggered back as the car was carefully sat back on it's wheels.

   "Who's there?!" I exclaimed in the direction where I thought the mysterious help might be. "Show yourself, is that you V? Now's not the time for hugs."

   "I don't want a hug" a male voice answered back.

I was shook. That didn't sound like V.

I heard footsteps approach me but I saw no one.

A figure began to flicker into place like a glitching hologram. He stepped closer and I stepped back. He pulled off his hood and studied me.

   "You know V?" He asked, his dark eyes like daggers.

   "Who wants to know?" I raised an eyebrow.

   "I do" he snapped and I jerked back from his sudden loss of temper.

   "Who's I do?" 

   "Me." He rolled his eyes.

   "What's your name?"

He averted his gaze out of frustration and exhaled loudly out of his nose.

   "It's Yoongi."

  "Yoon... Ji?"

   "YoonGI!" He corrected. "Where's my brother?"

  "Oh, you mean V? Oh, I don't know any person named V." I lied as I looked over at the gas station lights that I didn't get too far away from.

   "Then why did you think that I was someone named V?" He cocked his head.

   "Because, I was talking about my invisible cat. He likes to pick things up and you know... Cat things."

He furrowed his eyebrows. "There's no such thing as invisible cats, not on Earth."

   "Yes there is. Invisible cats are a trend around here you need to catch up..."

He looked at me skeptically. "I think I hear him meowing now" I cupped my ear. "Don't you hear him meowing?"

Yoongi shook his head.

   "Come here V" I knelt down like I was calling a cat towards me. "Come here my wittle wittle V. You're so cute.... Yes you are, yes you are."

   "This chick is crazy" I heard him mumble under his breath before he vanished into thin air.

I stood up and looked around, making sure he was gone.
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   I got home after delivering the information. I opened the door and there stood V, standing wide eyed with a huge gummy smile on his face.

He held his arms out to me.

"Not right now V."

I walked into the kitchen and poured some orange juice to drink. I was thinking about whether I should tell V that his mean short tempered brother was looking for him or just leave it alone.

I was afraid that if I told him, his whole demeanor would change.

   "How was your day? Did you eat your lunch?"

   "Yeah." I nodded once I sat my cup down. Truth is, I didn't even touch it. It's still in the back seat of the car.

   "Great" he smiled. "I've been waiting for you by the door all day. It sure takes you a long time to work."

   "Yeah, I know" I exited the kitchen and he followed. "I'm gonna get to bed. Good night."

   "Wait" he held his arms out again. "You promised that you'd let me hug you."

   "Ok, fine. But just one."

He nodded and pulled me into a hug.

His arms were wrapped around my waist and I pat his back.

Five minutes later he was still hugging me and it was already late at night. I had to get to bed.

   "Ok, that's enough. Good night V."

   "Ok, Good night" he beamed as he followed me to my room door. "I'll give you another hug in the morning as soon as you wake up."

I nodded before closing the door on him.