Foreign Megalos
All week Sai has went to work and came home even more depressed than before. SInce the situation with her dad, she's been on edge and moody. Each time that I've tried to talk to her she just shuts down. She's put up a wall and shoved her emotions so far down. So much progress has been made and it seems like this one incident has gotten her back into her old ways. I hate seeing her hurt and I just want to take away her pain.
I pulled up to her apartment and parked my car. Sai has been home all day and I'm pretty sure she's on her patio smoking a blunt like usual. Getting out of the car, I grab the bags from the backseat and walk to the door. Sai hasn't given me a key yet so I knock and wait for her to answer.
"Issaiah, it's me."I hear shuffling from the inside before the door swings open revealing her in my over sized t-shirt that's draped around her body like a dress. A half smoked blunt sits between her thumb and index finger. Her eyes are deeply dilated indicating that this one is passed her first blunt today.
"What's up."
"How you doing baby?"She steps to the side letting me in. I give her a hug and kiss her forehead.
"Going on my second blunt in the last hour so you tell me, what about you?"
"Came to see how you been holding up. Glad to see you washed your ass today."
"You were coming over so I wanted to make sure it was squeaky clean."She snaps back taking a pull from the blunt and rolling her eyes. They were low and it wasn't just from the marijuana. Bags sit under her eyes and her face seems to have lost it's glow.
"Good to see you're still cracking jokes."
"What's in the bag?"
"Let me see this and you take this."
"Foreign, I'm not in the mood to cook so if you brought food you better make your way to the kitchen now."
"Just take a look."I pass them to her and take the blunt from it taking a pull myself while going to take a seat on the counter to watch her open them.
"Foreign, why did you do this?"
"I like to spoil you, baby. You know how I am."Issaiah reaches into the first bag and pulls out the bouquet of sunflowers. Her eyebrows raise in suspicion.
"Sunflowers?"
"To brighten up your day put some color in your life."
"Thank you so much, I love them."
"Show me a smile so I know it's real."
"Babe."
"Come on, just a small one."
"Fine."Her head lifts displaying a slight smile that forms on her lips. Even though it's the smallest smile it still warms my heart seeing some of the sadness fade.
"Thank you."
"Welcome."
"Aight next gift."In an instant her eyes start to water before she runs and hugs me as tight as she can crying into my chest. Lynx gave me the idea to make a jar full of date ideas and favors I could do for her on popsicle sticks. No matter the time, when she pulls out a sticks and tells me that's what she wants, I'll do it for her.
"Why did you do this?"
"Like I said before, I want to take your pain away and replace it with some happiness."
"I don't deserve you, at all."My hands rub up and down her back comforting her even more.
"I'm glad you like it. Lynx helped me with it."
