Chapter 11: Second

I held on to the hem of my jacket and hugged myself as I felt the cold wind brushing against my covered skin.

It was already 9 pm and I should be sound asleep but my head was busy turning from side to side, searching Auton's built on one of the benches.

Earlier, he called me. Telling me that he needs help...or maybe an accompaniment. He sounded so vulnerable, making me rush on one of my drawers and search for a thick cloth and then find him.

He just told me that he was in the ice cream parlor that we visited last time. I even got a bit annoyed, why did he go there, anyway?

It was so far from my unit and I need to spend a lot just to be with him, but something about his shaking voice told me that I at least need to attend to his plea.

"Auton!" My lips quivered when I raised my hand.

He was leaning against the trunk of his car, his arms were placed across his chest and his eyes on the dark sky.

"Why did you go here and then ask me to be