The Unread Message (Part II)

3] Do I really have to wait for the moon to turn?

"It would be better if I were in Erina's bedroom instead. I'm going to miss you Rina, Ereina, whatever the hell I'm calling you... Can someone save me from this nightmare?

-Berlin

***

"And what's your birth month again?" He asks once we are out of the coffee shop. With me catching up behind him.

"It's September." I reply quickly.

He pauses into stone in front of me as he halts from his walking. Out of nowhere he suddenly groans as he looks at the sky and hangs his head back, "Young lady, we can't have that. I'm forced having to pick you up tonight. It'll have to be when the clock strikes twelve at midnight during a full-blue moon."

I'll have to tell you, my brain is going dizzy. Picking up on these new informations is not ideal for me. "What do you mean?"

Demons, a blue moon?

What the fuck is that?

"Pack your bags. I'll come by to pick you up in your room. When the moon turns starlit and transforms into a cherry-wine color, you know it's time. I will come get you.."

And then suddenly he disappears into thin air. I'm just hopeful that all of this is real and I'm not talking to a ghost.

***

That's what happened after we left the coffee shop.

And come to think of it, I don't even know his name. After all that I gave him mine. I specifically told him the detail of my birth month, and it all seems so unfair to me. And do I really have to wait for him until the moon turns red? It's creeping me out and I'm thinking contracting myself to this hot stranger is a bad idea.

I'm not doing the work of staring out of the window waiting for it. Nuh-uh.

I dial Erina's number and ring her on the phone. Attaching it to my ear as I'm shocked by the sound of crashing metal. I think it's a remote.

"Yeah, hello?"

"Erina, you cannot believe what just happened to me today...!" I almost want to scream at her but she'll just get scared even more and die on the spot. The way I am right now...

"What? What happened today?"

"I'm getting married."

"WHAT!" She screamed so loud I can see stars wholly inside my brain as I stretch my phone the furthest away from my ears before they burst from her screech.

"Yeah, so. I met this guy-"

"You met this guy- you never even had a boyfriend before and now I'm getting left behind all alone?!" She exclaims.

"It's a contract."

I am met by silence. In my apartment. It might seem creepy but living alone isn't that bad. Alone, in an apartment--- you just buy your food at a convenient store, and.. have the whole world all to yourself. Whatever you want.

"Go on.."

"My fucking father sold me off to a man. And he's actually a demon." I whisper.

"What? I'm coming over there."

"What?!! Don't come here he could actually eat your intestines alive, do you understand?"