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
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
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
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