“Hey, why are you still silent? You can tell me what's on your mind,” Yuan said while walking beside me.
We are going to the coffee shop. “I just can't believe that they are not going to believe in me, in fact, the proctor saw it too, but he denied it!” I exclaimed.
He scratches his nape. “Hey, calm down,” he whispers. I took a deep breath and let it out slowly.
A few minutes later, we reached the coffee shop. “Can I talk to your manager?” Yuan asked when he saw Kaye.
“Excuse me?” Kaye arched her eyebrow and looked at me. The grin on her face shows up.
“It's not what you think, Kaye,” I said with a low tone voice. She giggles and went to the staff room.
“Good day, sir! I heard that you are looking for me? What can I help you?” Our manager smiles. Yuan whispered something to him and nodded his head.
The manager looked at me with a wide smile on his face. “Miss Astrid, you can eat whatever you like, and please be informed that you don't need to work for today,” the manager said.
My eyes widen and my jaw dropped a bit.
I glanced at Yuan, he just smiled at me. In a split of a second, the manager escorted us to the private room.
When he opens the door, I saw a single round table with a pair of chairs. There's a candle in the middle of the table with some petals of flowers around it.
"Thank you, Mister!” Yuan said with a cheerful voice and jolly expression.
He started to go to the chair and gently pull it. “Hey, come here, you should sit, I know that you're tired.” I smiled at him.
After a few seconds, he sits in front of me.
My heart started to beat like a drum. I'm not overreacting, but I think, this is too much for the appreciation.
I help him and I put first aid to his wounds because I know it's the right thing to do.
Anyway, the mood suddenly changed. His genuine smiles became serious. My eyes widen when our eyes met.
“I do appreciate your efforts, but I—” I cut my words. Not only that, but I gulped many times to clear my throat.
It feels like the atmosphere is hot and there's no air inside of this room.
My heart is still pumping like there's something wrong. His eyebrow raise and the side of his lips move.
I heard his deep sigh. He holds his temple and sips on his coffee.
“I'm going to transfer to your class, is that okay? Will you allow me?” he asked. My eyebrow arched while looking at him. He chuckles when he saw my expression.
“By the way, we are going to have an event in our school, are you going to attend the event?” he asked once again.
The door suddenly opens and the waiter entered our room. He put the food on the table.
“Please be comfortable, have a nice dinner!” the waiter exclaimed. Yuan smiles at him and the waiter disappeared from our sight.
“You're not answering my questions, what's wrong?” His voice turned into a low spirit. His forehead wrinkled while looking at my face.
I shrugged my head and shows a forced smile.
“Let me know if you're not comfortable and we are going outside, okay?” I nodded as a response to his question.
He let a deep sigh while leaning his back at the chair. “At least eat your food before we go home, it's not good to take you home while you're hungry,” he murmured.
I clear my throat and gulped multiple times. I hold the spoon and fork. He was just staring at my movements without saying any words.
Speaking of the event, it's a yearly event. All the students should bring their relatives or family to enjoy the game.
However, if there's nothing or you don't have any relatives, you can still join the game by yourself.
I looked at my phone to check the time.
I need to go. “Yuan? I need to go home, I'm sorry for not staying here for too long,” I said while staring at him.
His eyes widen. “But you didn't finish your food? Does it taste bad? Tell me, I will replace it.” I shrugged my head and show him my genuine smile.
“No, it's good and I didn't eat that much,” I replied. He stood up and guide me to stand up from the chair.
When everything is good, he walks to the door and opens it for me. We finally went out.
We saw the staff cleaning the tables and washing the mugs. In my peripheral vision, Yuan gestures a square shape to the manager.
The manager nodded at him.
After a few minutes, we went out of the Cafe.
“I'm going to bring you home, it's already night and it is not safe for you to walk in the street.” My heart beats like a beating drum.
I don't know, but I feel like everything is happening again and again. Is this Deja vu? Or it's just me who was hearing the same words from the different people.
The long silence conveyed the whole place while he was focusing on the road.
It's already 7 in the evening, the time flew so fast. We arrived in the front of my house.
I walked down and gently closed the door of his car. I smiled at him and mouthed the word, "Thank you!”
After a few minutes, Yuan disappeared. I decided to turn on the lights in the backyard when I heard a loud noise.
I walked immediately to check my backyard, but when I reached the backyard, nothing was there.
I took a deep breath and let it out slowly.
Maybe, I just need to sleep and I should recover my energy for the next day and next week.
I think, next week or the second week of the month, the event will going to start.
Who was I'm going to invite when I can't still find and contact my parents?
All of a sudden, the stray dogs were barking around the house.
The last time I checked, there's nothing around my house.
I shrugged my shoulder and locked all the doors and windows. I went to the bathroom to change and clean my body.
It's a very tiring day, well, it's always exhausting.
After I had finished my night rituals, I heard that my phone beep.
I unlocked it to check my notifications. Yuan sent me a message.
“Hey, good night! I hope you are doing well and please, sleep well! I'm sorry if you feel uncomfortable with me at the café, I'm just excited and happy that someone appreciate and save my life from death. Thank you!”
After I read his message, my heart is pumping.
I felt some guilt over my body for thinking that he's overreacting or exaggerating.
I think it's just one of his personalities.
My vision searched for something. It stops on the paper that was attached to the wall.
The paper says, “You must keep on living, even though, it's hard, but keep running! Fight! Fight! Until you succeed in everything.”
The smiles show on my lips. A little motivation before sleep.
I hope that tomorrow is another day to spend good things and good events.
If I'm not mistaken, we will be going to have a meeting tomorrow for the event next week.
My eyes widen when it stops on my study table.
There was a pile of notebooks! Oh no! I have some activities to do! I forgot about it.