"What?" Faye frowns when Aurora enters her room without knocking.
Her usual long soft hair is now tangled like a spider web and her face is like a grumpy haggard old woman.
Aurora sats on Faye's bed and hugs Faye's neck.
Faye blinks and confuse for a while but later she pats her back slowly.
"There, there. Just cry it all out."
Aurora didn't answer but she was betrayed by her stuffy nose and her mouth that gasp for air from time to time.
The dead giveaway is her trembling body.
Aurora really likes Jeremy.
But she never had a chance with him.
Though she understands the fact that you have no right to feel hurt, in the end, she will still feel painful.
***
Kei, who doesn't care about Aurora's pain, is now seating on Jeremy's car sucking a green apple flavored lolipop.
"Kei,"
Jeremy looks at Kei and stares at his lips.
Kei angrily glares at him.
"Eyes on the road."
Jeremy smiles.
"It's fine when the light is red." He reaches Kei's head and ruffles it.
Kei snorts.
"I'm not your dog." He slaps his hand away.
"You are not but I want to put a collar on your neck and make you stay with me for the rest of your life."
Kei gapes at him.
"That's the lamest pick up line I ever heard."
Jeremy sighs and looks ahead because the lights turn green.
"I'm not very good at wooing."
"So don't." Kei rolls his eyes.
"Just be who you are."
Jeremy smiles.
"It's a bit Rated X, is that fine?"
Kei ears reddened and he hits Jeremy's shoulder.
"Are you a dirty old man inside?"
Jeremy rubs his hurt shoulder.
"My heart hurts more than my shoulder."
"Sorry if I didn't hit enough!" Kei sneers.
Jeremy chuckles.
"Let's have some coffee later? After school?"
Kei looks at Jeremy.
Jeremy shows his best smiles.
Kei pinched his cheek in anger.
"This face!"
Jeremy grins.
"This face? You like it?"
"It irritates me." Kei rolls his eyes.
"Why do you look handsome?"
Jeremy laughs.
"I am not that handsome. I'm just average."
Kei glares at him.
"And then there you go. Insulting the below average looking people calling them as bugs."
Jeremy sighs with a grin.
"Kei just likes me. So you think I am handsome."
"Just die already, will you?" Kei flicks his forehead but Jeremy pushed his head forward kissing Kei's cheeks.
Kei looks bewildered at Jeremy while Jeremy whistles while driving.
They are both quiet the whole way.
One is grinning and one who looks like he was cheated million of money.
When they reach the school, Jeremy wanted to help Kei open the door as a good 'driver' but Kei pulls him calling him insane.
Then Kei went down the car and looks back at Jeremy.
"Well," Kei sighs.
Jeremy waves his hand.
"Have fun at school."
"Do I look like a grade schooler? What have fun at school, are you mocking me?"
Jeremy wryly smiles.
"Just wishing you well."
Kei looks at Jeremy.
"See you after school."
And turn around to leave.
Jeremy was dumbfounded and didn't know how to react.
No, he only able to react after a good minute.
Jeremy happily laughs on his car.
"Adorable, he is so adorable."
He happily drive to work, he better finish his work early cause nobody wanted to cancel the second date plan.
Especially not him.
***
It's lunch and Tyrone usually hang out with Kei but since Tyrone is busy being a 'stupid' inlove, he thought he might not come and plan to eat alone.
But a guy he has never talked to ask him to eat lunch together.
Of course he is not the type to eat with a stranger just because they invited him.
This guy draws him very well in his sketch pad.
And that is enough reason to eat with him.
Derreck is a gloomy guy.
Nobody talks to him just because and not because he was bullied.
To be honest, he is very handsome.
The type that comparable to Tyrone Uncle's cold beauty.
But he is rough and once, when a girl try to 'hit' on him, he almost 'hit' her.
Literally, it didn't happen because she evaded fast not because he is just warning her.
After that, it was tacitly understood not to step inside this person's personal space.
"Can you be my model for an art piece I will submit in a competition?" He said between Kei chewing his meal.
Kei puts his fork down and stares at Derreck.
"Model?"
"Yes." Derreck nods.
"What is the topic of your painting?"
"Flawless beauty."
Derreck said.
Kei sighs and closes his eyes.
Then he stares at him again.
"This is not a nude painting right?"
Derreck nods.
"Of course it is. How can clothes be part of a flawless beauty? Don't worry, I will share the prize money with you."
Derreck said.
"No."
Kei said and continue eating.
"Why?" Derreck looks very shock.
So many people wanted him to paint them but he has never like to draw anyone.
Yet Kei has this charm that somehow makes him eager to draw him.
He can even draw Kei in his sleep.
With this inspiration, he can feel that winning is just a given result.
Kei looks at Derreck.
He is an awkward guy.
But he is not the type to be helping people he doesn't know.
"No. Never." Kei said seriously.
Derreck looks down.
"I will talk to you tomorrow." He stands up and bows his head then leaves.
Kei eats his food slowly.
He wonder if he can make him say yes.
Jeremy came to get Kei.
Surprisingly, Derreck uninvitedly sat on the back of the car.
Jeremy blinks and looks at Derreck.
Kei stares at Derreck.
"Please be my nude model!" Derreck said.
Jeremy went out the car.
Open the back seat door and pulls Derreck out the car rudely throwing him away.
Then Jeremy smiles at Kei and closed the door.
Jeremy walks to Derreck.
Derreck painfully rubs his stomach then slowly looks up.
The way Jeremy looks at him bring shivers to his spine.
"Y-y--Can you become my model?" Derreck can already see it. The painting of a man hiding all the ugliness of his heart while wearing a beautiful face in the surface.
This is....'Real' beauty.
The ugliness of human greed and desire, anger and selfishness in a beuatiful face......
Derreck heart is trembling but then he gasps in pain when he feels Jeremy stepping on his knee.
Jeremy smiles.
"I won't do anything to you. But If you won't stop meddling with Kei's
business. Then you can say goodbye to this knee. Then the other knee....and if You pisses me off, you can say goodbye in being able to draw. Understand?" Jeremy smiles.
Derreck stares at Jeremy.
"W-why? I...I am just...I just wanted to draw..."
Kei rolls the window down seeing Jeremy and Derreck talking secretively away from the car.
"Jeremy, let's go?" Kei asks.
Jeremy smiles at Kei and waves his hand.
"Just a minute."
He cheerfully said.
Derreck stares at Jeremy.
".....I understand." He thinks that Jeremy's threat is very immature but the pain when he pressed his knee down is real.
Kei looks at Jeremy when he sat down the driver's seat.
"Did you say something to him?"
Kei asks.
"Yes."
Kei raised a brow.
"Is that necessary?"
Jeremy rubs his head.
"Just a few not to worry warning. I am not that petty."
"You sure you are not?" Kei sneers.
Jeremy holds Kei's hand.
"Instead of him, how are you today?"
Kei takes his hand back and looks away.
"Eyes on the road!" He angrily sneers.
Desperately hiding the redness in his ears.
A/N;
One week in the hospital and I already hate this place so much.