InterruptedI RESTED my head on the front seat of his car. I was just silent the whole time, looking out the window and realizing that I just got beaten up by two unknown men without any obvious reasons why. I do not have enemies and I don't indulge myself in any trouble such as that.Nevertheless, I am still holding my breath because I couldn't believe that I'm with Leon right now, inside his sports car that is always parked beside mine. I could see on my peripheral that he's glancing at me every now and then. His car smells just like him and I couldn't think straight. He even lent me his sweater because I was really trembling hard earlier. And right now, I am just feeling uneasy by his presence. "You fine?" he asked softly. I bit my lower lip. His voice gives me gooseflesh, making me quivered. I didn't give him an answer, rather I pretended that I didn't hear him. I don't wanna look at him. I might lose control. But I can't deny that still in fact, I miss his face and I was just
Accidental Violation "Oh my goodness! Iris! What happened to your face?!" Is it a crime to say that I am--well. . . a little dismayed with her sudden appearance? I thought she's sleeping over her friend? Why is she suddenly here? Damn! I repeatedly cursed in my head, not just because she's in front of me, horribly worried and checking my face, but also, it slowly came up to me that me and Leon almost kissed each other. "I-it's nothing." "What nothing?!" She cupped my face and I surreptitiously looked over Leon whose expression is obviously blank. I swallowed, finding it hard to speak. I faked a cough. "I'm alright. Leon already treated me. I'll go now. Thanks, pal." I smiled a bit at Leon. His eyes were already fixed on me when I stood up. I wanna run away right now, someone help me, please. "Why don't you stay the night? It's late." Leon darted his attention on me, cutting me off from walking away. I don't wanna stay the night with them. And one more thing, I still ha
The List "HEY, bro! I'm sorry, okay? Please, just. . . just don't tell Dad about this. I'm going to change, I'll be a good student-- man. I promised!" He sarcastically chuckled before he fixed his eyeglasses that he's wearing. After all, between us two, he's the intelligent one, and the successor of our family, while me? Nothing, I'm just handsome. That's all. To be honest, I could really change myself, but I just don't want to, I mean— not today. I still want to live my life with freedom. I'm very different from them. I came from a very conservative family. My Dad is very strict and he doesn't know what I was doing for the past years that I've been living. He's always busy with his company though. While my Mom has always been my savior. She always gets called at the guidance office ever since high school and she never tells about it. Mom would just talk to me and preach words of wisdom but in a nice way, maybe that's why I am not altering my behavior. And right now, they still ha
Win-win HAVE someone ever thought of just disappearing from everyone? It was like my whole world turned upside down because of this mess. I wasn't expecting my brother's appeal! I just cannot believe what happened earlier at school. It's totally a mess. . . "These are all good for two months. The first one on your list is; I want you to take public transportation instead of your car when going to the university or when only necessarily leaving the house." "What?!" I lashed out. My knees are already getting weak from the first one. I looked at him to check if he was really serious, but seeing his cold face made me hopeless. My hand still trembles while typing it. "Second, no alcohols, no bars, and nightclubs alone and with friends unless you're with us, Mom and Dad," he continued All I could do was let out a long and resounding breath. I don't wanna talk. It might change his mind to let my mess pass and forgive me. "Third, I want you to look for a job where you can earn money by
Bus FeeTHIS is the first day of accomplishing my list. I was done preparing for school while Ivan already gave me a heads up about working in his café as a waiter and a barista. I deeply sighed. The more I think about it, the more my stress hormones pick up. Nevertheless, I am still waiting for Lea's call even though her brother threatened me to stay away from her. I won't do it. What is he? My father? Why should I obey him?"I'm leaving now. You could just walk to the city or grab a taxi, whatever you want to. After all, the bus and train station's not that far." Ivan's eyebrows rose as he was waiting for me to respond. Walk? I don't walk to school!"Yeah, I-I will," I unsurely said and let out a lopsided smile. He gave me a doubtful look for a few seconds that's why I avoided his gaze. It seems like he doesn't trust me that much about taking public transportation, huh? What does he think of me? I'm not going to use my car! I don't even have my key on me!"Just make sure, Iris. Y
Regular customerTHE cold breeze blew my hair, making it messy as I realized what my thoughts were earlier. I am still stuck on my feet while I stare at his back for a long time, trying to erase what my mind desires. Suddenly, my eyes widened when he turned to me, his eyes were still cold and it was as if he was going to kill me, giving me a don't-mess-with-my-sister-look. I don't know why I turned around having my chest heavily pounding.He's gonna give me a heart attack at a young age. Does he think he can control his sister? He can't just stop her from flirting with me. That's for sure. His kiss is just on my list, but it doesn't mean that I'll do everything he wanted, including about Lea. The time passes quickly after my heated conversation with Leon. The classes had started earlier and I really did my best to cope up with my professors even though it bores me as hell since it was one of my to do list as well. When it was lunch time, my friends and I stayed at our usual spot. For
LatteLOOKS can be really deceiving. My hands tightened, holding the tray with his latte coffee. My eyes were fixed on him when a girl approached her. He is now wearing eyeglasses whilst busy typing something on his laptop. He was like a programmed robot that automatically smiled at the girl. Goodness. I wanna tell the girl to be careful because he's not the way she thinks he is. And the only thing that I could describe him now is he looks so kind. . . when he's definitely nothing but a wild, mad lion inside. "Hey, Iris. Do you need a hand? You know what to do, right?" Maria then suddenly appeared in front of me. I was stunned for a moment before I answered, "I got it." She smiled. "That's nice to hear. Okay, let's get back to work." I nodded and sighed when she left. I slowly walked towards him, the girl who approached her is sitting beside him, they're both looking at his laptop. Leon was pointing out on the screen when I reached his table. He didn't even dare to look and conti
Kiss me"NO! I don't know the way to the subway! I only know how to take buses!" I exclaimed through the phone.I'm going insane. I don't have the faintest idea how to go home at this time. I am the only one here in the waiting shed. I really look like an idiot right now, there are no cabs or buses which I don't know if some are still providing late night service on specific routes such as near our neighborhood in Seattle. Most are private vehicles passing by and I cannot just block their way to ask them to bring me home. "You're being absurd. You're a lost cause, why don't you ask strangers how to get to the subway? Don't you have a phone? Why don't you search it up? You're being so difficult. Learn to be independent, Iris. Don't call your friends to save your ass right there. I'm hanging up." And without any hesitations, the line went dead after everything that Ivan said that clearly cannot be helped. I did what he suggested and searched it on the maps, but I also have a bad sense
Accidental Violation "Oh my goodness! Iris! What happened to your face?!" Is it a crime to say that I am--well. . . a little dismayed with her sudden appearance? I thought she's sleeping over her friend? Why is she suddenly here? Damn! I repeatedly cursed in my head, not just because she's in front of me, horribly worried and checking my face, but also, it slowly came up to me that me and Leon almost kissed each other. "I-it's nothing." "What nothing?!" She cupped my face and I surreptitiously looked over Leon whose expression is obviously blank. I swallowed, finding it hard to speak. I faked a cough. "I'm alright. Leon already treated me. I'll go now. Thanks, pal." I smiled a bit at Leon. His eyes were already fixed on me when I stood up. I wanna run away right now, someone help me, please. "Why don't you stay the night? It's late." Leon darted his attention on me, cutting me off from walking away. I don't wanna stay the night with them. And one more thing, I still ha
InterruptedI RESTED my head on the front seat of his car. I was just silent the whole time, looking out the window and realizing that I just got beaten up by two unknown men without any obvious reasons why. I do not have enemies and I don't indulge myself in any trouble such as that.Nevertheless, I am still holding my breath because I couldn't believe that I'm with Leon right now, inside his sports car that is always parked beside mine. I could see on my peripheral that he's glancing at me every now and then. His car smells just like him and I couldn't think straight. He even lent me his sweater because I was really trembling hard earlier. And right now, I am just feeling uneasy by his presence. "You fine?" he asked softly. I bit my lower lip. His voice gives me gooseflesh, making me quivered. I didn't give him an answer, rather I pretended that I didn't hear him. I don't wanna look at him. I might lose control. But I can't deny that still in fact, I miss his face and I was just
Beaten "Just make sure to work on your case studies of the building system and I already made it by group, so it wouldn't be so complicated and heavy at your end. Is that clear?" 'Bla bla bla'. I don't even understand what my professor was saying. It's been a hella hectic week for me as an employee and an architecture student at the same time. I don't even know what sleep is. It's so terrible, my head fucking hurts. It's been two weeks since the intramurals have ended and eventually we are back to normal. The promised trip to Hawaii thing is still on the plan and I don't have an idea when it will be. Midterm exams were also done and I just thanked God, I was exempted because if not, I am certainly going to fail. I have been pulling an all-nighter in the studio since our professors were giving us such a hard time in our projects that deadlines are close to each other. And now, a group case study for fuck's sake, I am tired.My life cycle is just work, school, studio, and sometimes
CryI DON'T KNOW what crossed into Leon's mind that he wanted to host our victory party. I know almost everyone from Carlyle university knows him for his looks and he's kinda friendly with them too, but he isn't the type of person who would invite random people to go to their house. Not only that, their wealthy neighborhood is private and strict, not a perfect place for partying, so how come it's going to be at his place? And why do I even care though? It's not like I would come, I still need to work."You are just perfectly on time. You're excused today, you can take this as your day off. You can go with your friends as long as you don't drink alcohol. Remember, I'm watching you," Ivan welcomed me with those confusing words the moment I came inside the cafe. My brows creased, completely dazed. "What are you saying?" "You won against us, so this is how I wanna congratulate you. Besides, I heard you have a victory party at Leon's place, you must come, MVP." He playfully smirked at m
Victory Party"WHERE were you? I thought you had left me."Oh, shit. I thought I had a heart attack when she popped out in front of me. I held my chest and let out a deep breath. I totally forgot that she was here with me."Of course not," I said while looking around, still bothered by the fact that her brother is here. "I already found the books--" "I think we should go."I immediately cut her off when I saw Leon. He is looking down on the books he's holding but he is walking towards our way. I grabbed Lea's hand without hesitation and dragged her outside. It will cause a commotion if he sees us together. I don't wanna fight him, I mean-- not in the library. I am still curious though, about that 'someone'. And the author of the book he borrowed sounds familiar. It came from the fiction section, so it must be something too. . ."Iris! What's wrong with you? Why are you in such a hustle? You didn't even borrow anything." "Ivan texted me, he changed his mind." I let go of her hand a
ConfusingUP UNTIL NOW, I still cannot get over it. It's been days since we bumped into each other, but his words that night were still fresh and vivid in my mind. It still fucking gives me wild tremors everytime I remember how he whispered those inconceivable words to me. I admit I was avoiding him after that incident although it shouldn't end like this. I was supposed to lead the 'game' I started, but I could not even stand eye contact with him. I guess things have become awkward as hell. Still, I don't get the whole point of what he said about forgetting everything. I don't wanna ask and I don't wanna talk to him either. For the past few days, we had practice, training, and scrimmage, but we barely talk to each other if it is not that important and if it's not about the game, I would not even look at him.Fortunately, our department will be entering the finals tomorrow and we are just waiting for the victor of game four to know who will be our opponent. Personally, I want the E
Jealous"Oh man, this is good shit! I never knew you make an excellent cup of coffee!" our coach laughed hysterically and exaggeratingly. I forced a smile. Apparently, our coach liked the coffee I made for him and my team mates, except for Leon and Blake. I just asked Leonardo to make their coffee instead of me since I don't want to mess up like before. "Sure, you made this?" Lucas, my other team mate, teased me. "We make the best coffee in town," I bragged. "Whoa, you improved a lot, Iris. This is a lot better than you know. . . the last time," Blake commented at the side.I snorted in my mind. Of course, I wasn't the one who made their coffee, but to cover it up, I smirked at him and he winked at me in response that almost made me choke. He acts like we're close now, huh? Accidentally, my eyes darted at Leon who's still not touching his cup of coffee, rather he was just staring at it and not moving at all. What is he thinking though? I'm a little bit curious. Yeah, just a litt
FlirtingI TOOK A DEEP BREATH, drenching in sweats, tired from the training, and scrimmage. And even now, I still couldn't believe what happened earlier. I tried to act like I wasn't disappointed, furious, and annoyed, but truly at the top of my head, I am damn mad and frustrated! It was a fucking draw! No one won between the two of us! And what's even making me angry is that's how he likes it! It was intentional to miss the score and I couldn't even make a fuss at him because our team mates arrived, even Blake, who went straight to him. "Good game, everyone! It was nice seeing all of you to have been honing your skills, especially you, Iris. You're a wild wolf!" The gym was covered by his laughter. But I don't need a special mention right now! I need a rematch from Leon! He's so unfair and I fucking knew it already. I'm so dumb! All of their attention shifted on me. I forced myself to curve my lips into a wide smile. "I was just feelin' it," I joked with an awkward chuckle after
Pass Or Play?"HOW have you been? You looked like you were hit by an unpredictable thunderstorm. What's up with you?""Your face says 'bullshit' bro."I showed Ricky and Johnny my middle finger and said nothing. I am not in the mood to either speak or move, I just want to sleep. I am so tired physically and mentally. It seems like my body is surrendering on its own, not listening to my brain. And I am not the reason why I am like this. These were all Leon's fault. He didn't let me sleep properly last night because of so many crumbling and crashing thoughts that I stayed up until five in the morning. Although I was confident that I'm still going to do anything according to my plan, his words still fumbled in my mind which made it stop working today. "Seriously, dude. You need to refresh yourself with some positive thoughts. The intramurals are coming, you don't wanna mess up," Johnny said in concern. "Exactly. I am having second thoughts if I still wanna join the team." "The fuck,