I stare blankly and check out the menu on the counter. “I’d like a bottle of Lust and a bottle of Joy.”
“having special plans for tonight?” He snickers.
“yeah, it’s our anniversary.” I reply.
“cool. I wish you unfathomable wealth so you can buy happiness all the time.” He carelessly boxes up 2 bottles and hands them to me. I pay the price and get home.
The lights are off and the windows are like black mirrors from outside, that makes me think maybe Liza forgot it was our anniversary. I walk to the doormat and open the door, only to find her sitting in a circle of rose petals on the ground, surrounded by candles. She's so pretty with her thin red robe and her blonde curls whimsically flung over her shoulder. When I enter she gets up and kisses me.
"I thought you forgot tonight." I whisper.
"not in a million years." she says.
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Crimson
Short StoryWe are vessels, containers of emotions. Like a jar of water we're filled and emptied of feelings, those feelings are what drive us...
