It was him... Oliver
What is he doing here? Could it be that we are neighbors?
"Oh, Good afternoon Mr. Red Wright" He said but I just standing there awkwardly without even smiling.
"We're neighbors huh?" He asked again and I saw him smiled so I smile too, but a fake one.
"Yes, Sir" I was facing the ground now because of the overwhelming embarrassment.
He smiled at me again and he enters his own apartment.
I didn't expect to be like this. I just want to have a normal life even without that thing called Love, but if he's always around me that stupid emotion will bloom inside me. I don't want to have such kind of feeling, a forbidden feeling. Darn it!
Buzzzz Buzzzz
I snapped out of my thoughts when someone called at my phone. I answered it.
"Hey!!!!!!!!" the caller yelled over the phone. It's Matthew.
"What is it now?" I asked him.
"I hate being actor now!" He yelled again. What a stupid person.
"You chose to be like that, and now you hate it? You're such a brainless person" I said while shaking my head even he cannot see me.
I enter my apartment too and Matthew continues to talk. I sat at my sofa.
"I have this fan that really wants to date me and she said that if I didn't date her she'll spread my deepest secret! Oh no! I don't to remember that thing!!!!" he was like a crying child.
"Don't worry, they'll never hate you for that but they even find you more adorable because of that photo" I cheered him up. But really he's annoying.
"Still I don't like the memories I had with that photo." He said. Well, I agree a little because he was like me, he hates his past and I hate mine too.
"So what are you planning to do?" I asked him. As if he had one.
"Be my girlfriend" he said frankly. I am too shocked to what he said just now.
"ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND? I am not even a girl! And I won't go out with you!" I scream over the phone.
"Who says that you will go out with me?" He yelled back
"You've just said it just now!" I yelled again.
"You asked me about my plan! And I just told you my plan, I want you to be my fake girlfriend" He explains, barely yelling.
"Gosh, what kind of plan is that? And do you think she will believe in that kind of plan? I am a guy so..." I asked him.
"Yeah I know but—"I heard someone called Matthew's name so he stopped.
"OKAY! Sorry Jesse, I'll go now" he excuses himself and then ended the phone call.
"Yeah! And don't call again! You're making my head hurt!" I yelled even if he already ended the call.
I stand up on the sofa and I throw my phone on it. I went to my fridge and grab a bottle of water then drink it. That Matthew is still a kid. He doesn't want anyone to know his childhood, even me, his best friend that has been with him since where still in our own mother's womb, didn't know a single thing about it. I wonder why?
I stopped wondering about that guy and of course I will sleep now.
But...
I am now in my bed but I still can't fall asleep. Knowing that my neighbor is the person that I don't want to see is like a curse that cannot be cure anymore. If that lady didn't sell her land then I am not in this kind of situation! Argggggh! I am rolling side to side in my bed because of frustration.
The next day
Shit, I barely have slept last night. The eye bugs are very visible in my face and my head is aching. I leave my bed not even fixing it and I go straight at my CR and brush my teeth.
After brushing my teeth, I wash my face and I was about to go to my kitchen when I hear the doorbell rings means that someone is outside of course. So I go to my door.
I know who is it already, he is the only person who's always bugging me early is the morning.
"You know Matt—"I stopped midsentence when I saw someone standing outside my door that is not Matthew. I was shocked of course! I am not expecting that he would come here.
"S-sir Oliver?" I stuttered
"What's up with the shocked face?" he asked like he was mocking me.
"What do you want sir?" I manage to tell him with straight face. Hell I am so nervous!
"I just want to check you up because I heard you're yelling last night like you're having a fight with someone." He said.
Dug-Dug dug-dug
My Heart.
It was beating faster. Hearing those words, he is telling me that he was worried to me. I- I can't...
"Aren't you going to invite me inside your apartment?" he asked smiling.
"Uh- yeah, c-come inside" I let him enter my apartment.
I guide him to my living room and I went to my kitchen to make a coffee.
"What a clean apartment huh" he complimented.
"Thanks" I said.
I went back at the living room and I gave him the coffee. Of course I have to be polite, he is my boss anyways. I sat across him and sip at my coffee.
"How's your work?" he asked and he sip at his coffee.
I saw a shiny thing in his finger and I realize that he is wearing a ring. Is he married? But his ring, it wasn't in the left ring finger but in his right middle finger. Did he just bought it by himself or did someone give it to him? Wait- why am I curious?
"Hey? I'm asking you, Mr. Red? Are you looking at my ring?" he asked that make me snapped out of my thoughts.
"Sorry Sir, your ring is beautiful, your girlfriend has a good taste" I complemented.
I saw him smiled and he looked at his ring.
"Someone gave me this back in high school, and I don't have a girlfriend." He stated. I was relieved a little but why do I feel that way?
"Anyways as what I am asking earlier. How was your work?" he asked
"I am halfway finished" I answered and sip at my coffee. I feel like the atmosphere is getting more awkward for me.
"Good, finished it tomorrow and then send me the manuscript" he said then he sip at his coffee for the last time.
I stand up and went to his side to take his mug but he stand up too so he almost hit me, good thing I stand back a little.
Dug-Dug Dug-Dug
"Oops, I'm sorry Mr. Red" he apologizes.
"It's okay" I just looked down. I can sense that my face is getting hot.
"Well, that was the only reason I came here and thanks for the coffee" He said then he exits my apartment.
Darn it. Do not come back here again.
Shit. It's already 10 am! I am freaking dead meat again in our director! The heck is wrong with my alarm and I didn't wake up early? So I immediately get up in my bed and I almost run into my bathroom. I started to get naked. I tap the shower button and it started to rinse my body. My head is still aching because of the hard drink I drunk last night with Jesse. Uh! I almost forgot to call him. I'll call him after I finish showering. I am in the middle of soaping myself when I heard footsteps outside. Who can be is that? So I finished soaping my body and I shampoo my hair. After that I open the shower and rinse myself. After wa
"There he is!" My manager exclaimed and he pointed to a guy who was sitting alone in the sofa near at the stage. My eyes went wide when I recognized who that is. "He will be your Best friend" my manager stated again. "Zeus Sebastian?" I unconsciously said. I take back what I said earlier. I can never be friends with him. I don't know why but I am nervous and I feel like my heart beat is increasing again. I can't even act properly when I am in front of him so what should I do? "Oh, good you already know him" He said and I got confused "Of course, I know him already. Didn't you send him to inform me earlier?" I asked. "Huh? I di
I am here at the grocery store. Buying some stuff for my apartment. I didn't expect that I will run out of foods and other materials for my apartment. I think it was very long time when I bought groceries in my old apartment. Geez I hate buying alone. If Matthew is not busy he would probably the one buying this for me. I sigh heavily because now I think maybe I am a big burden to him. Wait! Matthew loves Filipino dishes maybe I can cook some. I am in the section of vegetable. I wonder if I can cook a Filipino dish likePakbetorchapsuibut at least I can make a food for myself. I am just randomly picking vegetables when I bumped into someone. "Sorry sir" It is guy maybe a college student and he is looking down at me with his furrowed eyebrowrs.
Did I give Oliver a ring before? I can't remember when wai- that means the ring I saw in his hand before was actually the ring I gave him? But I can't recall a thing. "S-sorry I can't remember that he-he-he," I said. "Hmm, too bad, I was eager to know it," He said while pouting. I just awkwardly laugh and we chat more about our personal life. I learned that he is a model so he was in that kind of disguise. I told him that I am a writer but I didn't tell him my pen name. We chat and chat until we finished drinking our coffee. "Are you going home now?" He asked because I stand in my position. "Yeah, you can come if you want" I i
"I want to bake a cake for Oliver, but I don't know how to!" I am frustrated yelling at myself now. I can't bake a simple cake for him Darn it! Wait! I'm gonna search some procedures in internet! Yeah that's right. It will be helpful for me. I found the mocha flavored cake and I try doing it. I add some egg, flour, sugar, salt and the mocha flavored powder in the bowl and mix them all because that is what written in this blog. I put them in the oven and waited for few minutes and when I take it out, it produces a bad smell. Wait a cake wasn't supposed to smell like this. I take a small part and I taste it. "What the fuck!" I cursed after tasting this cake I baked. Yeah guys I'm cursing. "This tastes so bad! I can't let Oliver eat
Flashback "This is only a thank you gift Jesse, why can't you give it to him?" I mutter to myself. I am debating to myself whether I'll give this ring to him or not. If I give it to him, he'll think me that I'm a weirdo, but I just want to thank him. Thank him for what? My subconscious is answering back. Argh! I can't just stand here outside the library all day thinking about this embarrassing shit! "Jesse what was that?" Suddenly Matthew speaks behind me. "I-It's n-nothing!" I was surprised by Matthew's suddenly appearance. "Is that a ring?" He asked a
What the heck is his problem? Why Troy is weirdly looking at me? It didn't alarm me so I shrugged it off and let him go inside. I guide him into my living room we sit across from each other. "How's your work?" Troy asked me. "I am currently the prologue, and I will write it later since I am really tired now," I answered with a bored tone "Oh, really?" He said, and I am not really comfortable with how he looks at me. "By the way, what are you doing here?" I asked him because was all too sudden. "I came here because I just want to see you" he stated. After he said that, we become so quiet. Troy is really weird today, what's with
I want to thank Oliver for the other day, but I can't just bother him to just say thank you. I want to make something to thank him. So I decided so bake a cake for him. I know that I cannot make one but maybe I can it now. "Okay! I'll go to the store now!" I went to the bakery store and buy the ingredients I need. Of course same as before everyone is mistaken me as a kid. What kind of life is this! Anyways I went back to my apartment and I head straight to my kitchen to bake. I watched a procedure how to bake a cake earlier and I do remember how to do it. . I prepare the ingredients in the kitchen "Sugar, Chocolate powder, Flour and Egg! Alright! All prepared!" I mutter to myself.