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Chapter 21.2: Nothing but a ghost
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Midnight Smiles Chapter 22.1: She touched the grape!
"He's not willing to open up.""Jeremy tried talking to him yesterday, but it was useless.""You should try to cheer him up. Don't let him stay alone for too long, but don't overdo it. He needs some time for himself too."Mathew sighed. "Just when things were starting to go fine..."Natalie looked at the man whose head had more white hair since the last time they met and felt bad for him. "He will overcome it. Even though he thinks otherwise, I know he's strong. He just needs some time."Mathew nodded silently."The Chicken Fajitas were delicious, by the way."The sudden change of subject took Mathew by surprise. Nevertheless, it brought a smile to his face. "Oh. Thanks. Jeremy wanted to try cooking some new dishes tonight. I'm glad you enjoyed it."Natalie simply smiled and patted his shoulder before walking to the front door."Do you want me to walk you home? It's quite late..." Mathew offered. Truth be told, he felt a bit embarrassed. Because he was extremely worried about Jake, he
Midnight Smiles Chapter 22.2: She touched the grape!
Jake raised a brow, looking at Jeremy with disbelief in his eyes. "Dad wants to buy us drinks?""Yup," Jeremy answered. His smile was so big, that the corners of his lips almost reached his ears. It was obvious that he intended to get drunk with his father's money."By us, you mean..." Jake asked again.Jeremy threw an arm around Aiden's shoulders and pulled him closer to his body, ignoring the annoyed look on Aiden's face. "All of us," Jeremy answered Jake once again."He's eighteen." Jake pointed at Aiden. Then he pointed back and forth between himself and Jeremy. "Both of us are twenty. Not counting dad, we're all underage to be drinking alcohol.""Don't be such a party pooper. Let's do something fun." Matthew's voice came from behind Jeremy. Soon his face popped out from behind his brother and friend, both or, both of his arms thrown around Aiden and Jeremy's shoulders."What?" Jake felt that his almost dead brain cells from the lack of food and sleep were struggling to comprehend
Midnight Smiles Chapter 23.1: Played by the cat
"Come here, you fucking-..." Mathew angrily grabbed Aiden by his collar and dragged him out of the club, ignoring the twenty-something-year-old woman who shoved a piece of paper on his son's jeans and blew him a kiss.This punk got himself dragged away from the group by that woman and went all "Step up 4" on the dance floor. Mathew had been unable to find him in the middle of the crowd, almost losing his sanity from anxiety. HIS UNDERAGE SON WAS LOST! IN THE CLUB!Mathew was panicking! At the disco!!!To make things worse, he was already drunk. He had started yelling his son's name when he bumped into someone. The youngster saw him crying about his lost son and pulled the phone out of his pocket to call the police. That's when Mathew turned his head and saw Aiden... with his phone in his hand... dialing 911... (҂‾ ▵¯)Both son and father were so drunk they couldn't even recognize each other.Mathew felt so ashamed he wished he could forget whatever happened inside that club and preten
Midnight Smiles Chapter 23.2: Played by the cat
Jeremy never thought that getting a girlfriend could be so hard. Especially when both parties liked each other! AND BOTH PARTIES KNEW THAT THE OTHER LIKED THEM!This is simply nerve-wracking! It's completely and utterly absurd!... I should go pick Nina up from her afternoon classes with Leah and throw the blame on my unfilial daughter. O(∩_∩)OWhile Jeremy made up his mind to use his daughter as an excuse to curry favor with this yet-to-be girlfriend of his, Jake was caught up in a dilemma called writer's block.After being forcefully fed breakfast, he went up to his room, picked up his laptop, and then locked himself in the bathroom for his writing session.The bathroom on the second floor during these two weeks had been occupied by Jake almost the whole time, giving Aiden and Mathew no choice but to use the bathroom downstairs when Mother Nature made her unexpected calls in the middle of the night, which was quite infuriating because it was far away... and it was dark. The two grow
Midnight Smiles Chapter 24.1: Oops, we met again
"I don't know what you teach others about love in those books of yours but...""You haven't read my books?" Jake interrupted Natalie.The sudden question left her speechless and all the anger and the words she prepared to say suddenly disappeared. All that was left was a blush on her face and the guilt of someone who had gotten caught red-handed."That's... that... I.... That's not what's important right now. What I'm trying to say is that whatever you think about love, no matter how grand you or anyone else make it look like in books or movies, in real life it isn't that grand. In real life, people don't have to die because of grief to show how much they love someone. People don't have to kill themselves why they can't get the girl... in real life, your life isn't just a sentence that can be used as you wish, hoping that it will make the readers remember it and make them cry or laugh because in real life there are no readers. In real life what comes first is you, your life, and your
Midnight Smiles Chapter 24.1: Oops, we met again
He had bought a lot of books in this bookstore and the topics of those said books were truly random at the extreme. It wouldn't be a surprise if this poor girl thought he was a serial killer or a psychopath.The cashier nodded when she heard Jake's explanation but didn't say anything more. After paying, Jake sighed a "Thanks" and walked out of the bookstore.He had barely taken five steps out of the bookstore when two thin arms wrapped around his waist. The sudden hug from behind took him by surprise turning his body stiff and making him unable to react. Then the grip around his waist tightened and the person behind him pressed their face against his back. Before Jake could say anything or push that person away, they spoke in a soft and broken voice."Please come back. Don't disappear again."That soft voice wiped out all thoughts from his brain, leaving behind only one name.Ryder...Jake's entire body froze as if possessed by an ice demon, but contrary to the ice statue state of his
Midnight Smiles Chapter 24.3: Oops, we met again
"Why?" Ryder pouted. She was suddenly back in the mood, swinging her legs happily for winning the fight. Haha! She had tamed a Midnight today. "Are you displeased with this Prince? I'm very charming."Jake didn't say anything but simply smiled at his silly sticky kitten.He only wished he could stop time and live in this moment forever.I missed you so much...I love you."You can't leave this Prince without his Cinderella, okay? You will come tonight, won't you?"Jake hummed a soft response. "Mhm.""Promise?""I promise.""Pinky promise?" Ryder stretched out her pinky."Pinky promise," Jake said and grabbed her pinky finger, but before he could get a good grip on it, Ryder slapped his hand away."The right hand. Use your right hand.""It's the same. It doesn't make any difference.""It does. The right hand has the mole. The left one doesn't.""What does that have to do with our pinky promise?"The cheeks that had remained pale throughout the whole ruckus she had caused, while she was
Midnight Smiles Chapter 25.1: Innocence has left the chat
From the corner of the road, not too far away from the Wooden Lord bookstore, Aiden looked at the girl who had humiliated him in front of the entire school and his brother... happily chatting and flirting together in the middle of the road!The more he looked at this sight, the more unsightly it looked. The more wronged he felt.So this was the reason why Jake relapsed?And why does Ryder brutally turn him down in front of a whole ass crowd?Unspeakable anger welled up in his chest. He felt as though he was about to explode from rage, but there was no one around for him to vent on. Ryder had already gone inside the bookstore and Jake got into the car with Jeremy, driving away. Only he was left on the other side of the road, fists clenched tight and veins popping up...And even if Jake hadn't left, he couldn't cause a scene right in the middle of the street. Aiden tried to convince himself that it wouldn't be nice to jump on his brother with the eyes of strangers passing by him.Yup...
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Midnight Smiles Extra 2.2: The future
Jake, who was with one foot in dreamland, snapped his eyes open, fully awake now.Didn't we drop this topic?Why did it come back to haunt me?"It's really nothing. Now sleep. You have to go to work tomorrow."But Ryder wouldn't let it go this time. "But he looked like he wanted to tell me something.""You know my dad. He always talks nonsense.""But you threatened him and then you blushed when I asked you about it, so it's not nothing or nonsense as you claim it to be. Even now, you're rubbing your fingertips. You do that every time you're nervous or thinking about something. So what is it?"Jake groaned. "Why do you always pull this Sherlock Holmes thing on me every time I don't want to tell you something?"Ryder smiled and turned around to face him. The dim moonlight entered the room, and she could vaguely see Jake's face in the darkness. This made her feel like she was back to four years ago when she was close to him but couldn't see his face. No matter how much she tried to reach
Midnight Smiles Extra 2.1: The future
4 years laterJake had no idea where his father took it, but Mathew was going through a baby fever lately and wouldn't stop nagging Jake about it. He would suddenly drop by Jake's apartment and follow him around asking for babies. He would suddenly pop out of nowhere when Jake was book shopping, and shove books about how to conceive a baby in his hand. One moment Jake was looking at a cover with dragons on it, and the next one the titles "It starts with the Egg", "The Fertility Diet", "The Trying Game", "Making Babies" and more, almost blinded him.Mathew wouldn't be stopped at anything.He was dead set on it. He needed grandchildren at any cost."I want grandkids, Jake!""Dad, I'm not even married.""Make me a grandfather, Jake!""Go ask Aiden.""But he's still in college. He has to study.""Ryder has to study too!""But she graduated this year."Jake took a deep breath to calm himself down before looking at his father again. Mathew looked like a child begging to go to Disneyland, bu
Midnight Smiles Extra 1: The past
2 years agoEver since Ryder changed schools, she came to find out that being alone isn't actually that bad. She could read all she wanted with nobody interrupting her, and she could concentrate more in class. She also came to find out that she didn't actually mind it. Being alone... Ryder slowly started to like it, even though sometimes it was too lonesome.Yet a certain someone who suddenly got an interest in her wouldn't let her be alone no matter what. Apparently, this crazy punk named Jasmine had set her mind on adopting her.Ryder just couldn't understand how the mind of this girl worked. Still, the more time she spent with her, the more Ryder got used to her... The more she got to like her. Even though it took quite a while for Ryder to trust Jasmine, the two of them became friends and would spend a lot of time together.Ryder still liked being alone, but she also found out that occasionally spending time with so
Midnight Smiles Epilogue: The ring with cat ears
"Where are you now?""I'm behind the house. Are you coming down, or should I come up?""You come up. I'm not done packing yet."That word again... Packing...Jake frowned when he heard it.Several months after the two of them got together, after spring and summer came and went, and when September was finally here, his Ry would leave for college. She was majoring in mechatronic engineering and would leave tomorrow. The place was only a few hours away from here, but Ryder wanted to live on the campus because it was more convenient, but that meant that he couldn't see her as often as he used to.He breathed out a heavy sigh and jumped over the fence.A lot happened during these months. Ryder introduced him to her parents, and she also met his father. She eventually found out that Jake was a writer... that writer... The cold war with Aiden gradually died out... Even though things were still a bit awkward between Jake and him, it was better than they had been before. Aiden even apologized
Midnight Smiles Chapter 31.2: Angry kitten
Jake smiled and put the phone back in his pocket. He lifted his head right in time to see Ryder running to him with a wide smile on her face. The girl he has liked and loved for so long threw herself in his arms, wrapping her arms around his neck tight. The happiness this simple thing brought was unexplainable."Did you miss me that much?" Jake chuckled when Ryder's cold nose was buried in his neck.Ryder nodded. "I have been a third wheel for half the day. I was miserable."She pulled back and saw Jake's smiling face. That smile made her unable to breathe. Her heart beat faster against her chest as if trying to leap out. That handsome face was his should never have a sad expression on. Should never be washed by tears. Her Jake was so handsome when smiling. Lethally handsome.Being stared at by those cognac eyes, Jake wanted to bow his head and kiss her, but just as he was about to do so, his plans were ruined by a roar coming from behind Ryder."RYDER QUIN! YOU EXPLAIN TO ME... now..
Midnight Smiles Chapter 31.1: Angry kitten
When Jake walked into the house, two grown-ass men jumped on him, hundreds of questions thrown at him in rapid fire. One grabbed his face looking for any wounds, looking at his eyes that had turned red from all the crying, and the other checked his wrists in fear that this time instead of scratching them to the point they bled, he had started cutting them."Do you know how scared I was?""Where did you go?""Why did you leave?""Are you okay?""Does it feel uncomfortable anywhere?""Does anything hurt?""Do you need to go to the hospital?"Jake barely had time to answer any of those questions and kept shaking his head to tell these two that he was fine, but the questions didn't come to an end.At least not until Mathew and Jeremy saw Jake smiling.The moment they noticed that he looked genuinely happy, they almost lost it, terror making their minds go blank.It's over. He has turned silly.Mathew started crying on the spot. "His brain died. Oh God, my poor precious son! It is all my f
Midnight Smiles Chapter 30.2: The honey jar
In the morning, Jake was the first to wake up. His eyes opened halfway as he stared in confusion in front of him. He still felt tired both in body and soul, which was a pretty familiar state to him. However, this was the first time, despite the tiredness, he felt rather calm and warm. He was still trying to fully wake himself up to understand why things were different this time when something on his head moved.In a daze, he realized it was a hand stroking his hair. His heart fluttered, and Jake looked up to meet the owner of the hand only to see two cognac eyes looking at him sleepily."Morning," Ryder muttered. The hand that was resting on Jake's back lifted and reached out for her phone. It was four in the morning, and it was still dark outside, but the light in the room was left on.Jake was convinced he was dreaming. How else could he be in such a situation if it wasn't a dream? He was lying down in a bed with Ry, his Ry holding him tightly, stroking his hair. The first thing he
Midnight Smiles Chapter 30.1: The honey jar
Truth be told Ryder was quite shocked when she heard Midnight's voice in Aiden's house. She was even more shocked when she saw that Midnight's voice came from Aiden's brother. EVEN MORE SHOCKING WAS THE FACT THAT SHE GOT TO SEE HER MIDNIGHT HALF NAKED!He looked so adorably hot, Ryder was lost for words.Her Midnight was so handsome >w
Midnight Smiles Chapter 29.2: The first snow
The voice was low and tender, but it broke the silence of the night and echoed in Jake's head, giving birth to a bone-shaking fear that overwhelmed his entire soul, almost making him fall apart. He finally noticed Ryder sitting on the swing seat, hugging her knees. He unconsciously tensed and took a step back, but his back hit the fence. Maybe it was because he didn't expect Ryder to be out here or maybe it was because of the thoughts and speculations that felt as if a hand was squeezing his heart, but his knees went soft, and Jake fell on the ground.His teeth bit deep in his lip, but tears welled up in his eyes and flowed down his cheeks involuntarily. For a moment it was as if they were back on the first night they met.One girl.One boy.One staring.One crying.Both frozen in time.Both looking at each other in disbelief.And just like back then, the crying young man broke the silence with the same two words."I'm sorry."Ryder felt her chest tighten. Her heart hurt with every he
