Technicolor Daze [Currently Being Edited]

fourteen.

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014

On Wednesday morning, even though Theo felt sleepy, he was in a good mood, replying to emails and answering calls with a smile on his face. His colleagues commented on it, asking him if something good had happened. Theo was never one to divulge details of his personal life, so his answers were vague yet pleasant.

After finishing Theo's beer the previous night, the two men had walked all the way back to New Yaohan, near the Nam Van Lake, where Theo hailed a taxi and headed home after giving Noah one last kiss. In the taxi while on his way home, Theo tried to type what Noah had told him in German on Google Translate. He typed the words he could recall into the text input box, something along the lines of "Varoom kreek ish nisht ausaimen kov", but when he translated it to English, it seemed like gibberish: "Varoom kreek is not from ka". He took a screenshot and sent it to Noah on Facebook messenger.

WED AT 12:06 AM

Google didn't help

Noah had told Theo that he would walk home so he didn't see the dancer's reply until the following morning when he got up. He had received a couple of messages shortly after falling asleep.

WED AT 1:12 AM

lmao that's definitely not German!

I guess it'll remain a mystery ;)

But I'll leave you with something else in German

Gestern hatte ich viel Spaß mit dir :)

Theo quickly copied the message and pasted it onto Google translate. The translation read, "Yesterday I had a lot of fun with you," making Theo smile like an idiot and that smile stayed glued to his face the rest of the day. He kept on exchanging messages with Noah after the dancer had gotten up, sharing little tidbits of their day with each other.

Theo had found out that Noah had a similar sense of humor to him, so he at times found himself chuckling at his desk at a message Noah had sent him, earning some strange glances from his work colleagues. Luckily for Theo, it wasn't a very busy day and his boss was on leave, so he didn't have to worry much about being called out for his behavior. Noah replied a bit less frequently while he was working at the book shop, but he would message Theo whenever there weren't any customers at the shop. Theo couldn't wait to see the other man again. After their date the previous night, there was no doubt in Theo's mind that he was falling for the spellbinding dancer. Whenever they were together, Theo felt like he had found exactly what he had been seeking for years. It felt right.

After work, Theo headed home, enjoying the fresh breeze at the end of another day at the office. As he approached the Taipa Municipal Garden, he had a sudden craving for Curry Monster. As he headed towards the dining establishment, he texted Alice, asking her if she wanted some for dinner as well and she replied with, "Sure, get me the chicken fillet one." Theo replied with a thumbs-up emoji. The Curry Monster wasn't too packed, so Theo didn't have to wait too long for his order. Once the two take out containers were handed to him in a plastic bag, he thanked the waiter and headed out of the restaurant. He lit up a cigarette to smoke on the way home.

Alice was already sitting on the balcony smoking when Theo arrived. "A joint this early in the evening?" Theo asked with an amused grin on his face.

"It was a long day at work. Wanna join me?"

"Sure," Theo placed the take out containers on the coffee table and stepped out onto the balcony, sitting next to Alice, "Where's Jamie?"

"She's busy tonight. Work dinner," Alice handed Theo the joint after taking a puff.