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CHAPTER 18CAELUM“What the! What is it?” I couldn’t help but raise my voice as I turn around, looking for danger.Something from behind the curtain is moving.Carefully, I let go of Rubin and settled her on her feet, my neck tingling of the tension. I take one of my arrows from my cloak and crouched, silently stalking towards it. I swinged the curtain and huffed as a black and white thing bounded towards me.It’s a cat.I directed my glare to Rubin as she nervously stood. Only then did I realize how stupid this cupid is, as the cat prowls on the carpet, giving me a wide yawn. The cat stretched its legs, dragging himself across before giving me another yawn and a lazy stare. It took me a while to notice that Aeon was dying of laughter as he collapsed on the carpet, his hands over his stomach as he curls up. I can’t believe that I have acted like that. “Com’ere you,” Pulling her by the hood of the jacket I lend her, I headed to the kitchen and started preparing a meal. “Hey!” Rubin
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Chapter 19CAELUMRubin pushed Aeon’s hand away, glaring at him. I looked at Aeon to see him staring at me, purple eyes worried–I shake my head, dry my hands on the towel by the sink before proceeding out the kitchen and back to the living room. Aeon followed close, whispering, “What happened mate? Why are you looking at her like that? Have some control on yourself or that cupid will lure you in!” “I can hear you, you know?” Rubin says as she walks on my other side. “And I am not luring him in!” She rolled her eyes before directing a nasty look at Aeon. He returned it with the same intensity, making them glare at each other. “Quit it you two!” I push their heads off and ran up the stairs, wishing that they will stay away from me yet they weren’t. They were both hot on my heels, stomping like children being chastised by their parents.“You stay away from him. I am warning you, cupid. Don’t you dare lure him in!” Aeon stalks off, leaving me with Rubin as she followed me up on the sta
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Chapter 20CAELUM The vinyl recording played a melancholy song, a wine glass stood on the table, half full as the fire merrily crackled on the fireplace. I paced next to it, a bit twitchy and anxious. I am waiting for her to call, to ask for me and beg for me to take her back. Yet she didn’t.I know that I have refused her a couple of times but I couldn’t help but hope. I can’t believe that she was as stubborn as Aeon and that’s the trait I hated the most. I chose not to be bothered as I raise the wine glass to my lips and take a sip. I swirled the wine round my mouth and watched the fire. I wonder how she is doing outside in the real world. Will she be able to adapt?It’s a good thing that she has taken my advice and not call me when it is not necessary. Though, I wonder if she’s not using it because she has no purpose of calling me, or because she doesn’t know how to use the phone. Oh well, it doesn’t matter now. She is not a responsibility to me. We just brushed at each other’s
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Chapter 20CAELUM The vinyl recording played a melancholy song, a wine glass stood on the table, half full as the fire merrily crackled on the fireplace. I paced next to it, a bit twitchy and anxious. I am waiting for her to call, to ask for me and beg for me to take her back. Yet she didn’t.I know that I have refused her a couple of times but I couldn’t help but hope. I can’t believe that she was as stubborn as Aeon and that’s the trait I hated the most. I chose not to be bothered as I raise the wine glass to my lips and take a sip. I swirled the wine round my mouth and watched the fire. I wonder how she is doing outside in the real world. Will she be able to adapt?It’s a good thing that she has taken my advice and not call me when it is not necessary. Though, I wonder if she’s not using it because she has no purpose of calling me, or because she doesn’t know how to use the phone. Oh well, it doesn’t matter now. She is not a responsibility to me. We just brushed at each other’s
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Chapter 22RUBINThe bell rings as I pushed open the door, the smell of flowers overwhelming me instantly. Vivian looks up to me and smiled “There you are–I thought I would never see you again.” I shrugged my shoulder and leaned across the counter, staring at her, “Seems like life on earth is never easy, Vi. This past two days happened so fast and in the most unfortunate way–I have suffered, greatly.” she holds a rose on her hand and pointed it at me, “I beg to disagree with what you say,” she smiled before she puts the rose on the basket, “I have the most magical weekend–I mean, I met Viktor and he is so hot and handsome, too. I’ve been so lucky ever since I met you.” I gave her a tiny smile and ran my hand on the papers on the counter. “Really? Well, I’m happy for you,” she looks up from the flower and directed her eyes at me, “ Why? Did you not enjoy Paris for the last two days?”“It’s not that I didn’t enjoy it, it’s just,” I sighed and gave her a lopsided smile, “I want to ask y
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Chapter 23RUBINWe spent the rest of the day, arranging flowers and sorting out the roses and the other flowers for a wedding. Vivian offered me meal after meal and I couldn’t refuse her offer for I am famish–having to suffer no lunch and dinner yesterday. Twice I volunteered to deliver flowers at The Chateau, hoping to catch a glimpse of Caelum but he is nowhere. I wondered the streets , walked down the park and even asked Vivian to let me buy food at Tres Bien Pastry shop but he isn’t there either. The week was done and before I knew it, only a couple of arrows remains inside my quiver. Thoughts of him occasionally slips in my mind and it’s the reason why I’m having trouble focusing on my job. I just like to drift off and imagine how the days would go if I spent everyday with him. Will he take me to the plaza and eat some pasta again? Maybe we will go places too…My thoughts drifted back to the incident and unwillingly, I touched my lips – his lips are so soft and gentle when h
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Chapter 24CAELUM“I don’t understand!” I rolled my eyes at Aeon as he throws the book down on the table, lying down on the earth–his platinum blond hair in contrast with the dark soil, his purple eyes squinted as he looks up at the cloudless sky. Birds squawked as they fly up the clouds, startled of Aeon’s loud voice as he disturbed the silence only the field can provide for me. I continued harvesting the roses I will place next to the lilies, choosing a light blue porcelain vase to put it in. “There ought to be something–anything! I mean, there should be a connection, a clue as to why this is all happening, I can’t–”“Aeon, don’t you have anything in mind that you should do rather than pestering me? I am pretty sure there is more things that could entertain you rather than- ”“I am not pestering you, I am merely pointing out certain things that I consider–dodgy...”“Aeon, you are delving into things that are ought to not be thought so much about, get on with it already and have yo
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Chapter 25CAELUMBut I didn’t hear what he has to say as I stepped back, bumping into someone. Blinking, I turn around, noticing my front door at The Chateau as it remain wide open while someone is crouched next to it, screaming, “No please, don’t!”The red hair is noticeable anywhere she opted to appear. I take a tentative step and ask, “Rubin?”Rubin looks up from her crouched form and pushed her bushy red hair back, making it even more wilder than before. She stands up, “Oh, Caelum!” she rushes at me, hands outstretched. Before I notice what she is doing, her hands were around my neck and she is holding to me tightly, shaking like a leaf. I let her cling unto me, her feet high up as she straddled my waist. “Rubin–”“Oh! Sorry...” She lets go of my neck and stand on her feet. Staring down on my hands, her eyes zeroed at the flowers I am still holding. “Is that for me?” I glared at her, my lips forming into a frown as I listened to her next words, “It doesn’t suit you, give it to m
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