She slips her hair behind her ear when the wind brushes her face. She looks at the fall leaves near her as she sits at the bus stop bench waiting for the bus to come over.
She put the earphone on her ear and play her playlist on her iPod. Listening to the song, she starts remembering the blue eyes men she met before at the cafe.
He was tall with a great shape of the body. Not a bulge one, but it was the one that will imprint to each woman's eyes once they saw his figure.
His blonde hair and perfect jaw were so alluring. His eyes..is blue like sapphire and he gives an aristocratic vibe around him.
Honking sound made her jolt her body a bit. She looks at the bus which already stops in front of the bus stop, she then stands up from the bench and steps inside the bus.
After 15 minutes ride, she steps out from the bus and walks to her apartment.
"Hi Vi, just got back from your work?" a man who is her neighbor asks her before she twisted the doorknob.
"Hm?" look up at the man, she said again. "Yeah..going to work, Rick?"
That man nod. "Yup. Oh, your landlord was just here looking for you. But I told your landlord that you might be at your part-time job."
"Oh, really? Thank you for telling me. Have a nice day Rick." she smiles and opens her apartment door.
Closed the door, she strolled to her room and lay on the bed trying to take a nap for a bit.
Just after she closed her eyes, her phone ring. Looked at the caller ID, she groans a bit before she picks it up.
"What do you want?" she asked lazily.
"I need a hundred bucks. Can you transfer it to me now?" an old man's voice sounded from the end of the line.
"Gambling again?"
"No-no. This is for investment. A good one."
"Dad…don't waste your money on some scheming investment again."
"Violet, just give me the fucking money!" he started to yell.
Shut her eyes tightly she sighs and says "I'll wire it tomorrow."
She ended the call and throw her phone on the bed before she takes off her outfit. She takes her towel and walks inside the bathroom to take a shower.
Standing under the shower, she whispers.
"Why did you leave me with him, mom? Why?"
...
"May I take your order sir?" a plump woman figure approach their table.
Look up at the lady, Chase divert his eyes to the menu again.
"I'll have salmon steak and a glass of lemonade please." he closes his menu and passes back to the lady.
"I would like to order this prawn pasta and oranges juice." Joe also passes the menu back after ordering.
"Um, I would like to order this one and a glass of mineral water, please." Aaron points his finger on the menu before he passes the menu back.
"Is that all?" the lady asks.
"Err...Wait, I have a question." Joe said while keep looking at the counter.
"Yes sir?" she asks.
"Where is the girl with long and wavy hair? The one with big green eyes?" he looks at her face.
Frowned a moment, she then smiles. "Oh..you mean Violet? She just finishes her shift for today."
"I see.." Joe smile as the lady start to walk back to the counter.
"Violet huh?" he mumbles.
Chase already carried away with his own world while Aaron looks at him with a questioning look.
"Oh, don't worry. I just happen to find something interesting to tease Chase," he explains to Aaron. He knew Chase is already in reading mode. He will automatically turn deaf to his surrounding.
While waiting for their dinner to be served, Joe takes out his phone and calls Nigel.
"Yo Nigel! Where the hell are you man? You went missing the whole day."
"Erm..where else I would be." his raspy voice makes Joe snickering.
"Dude, did you just get laid?"
"Fuck off!"
"Hey, we're in the Moon cafe, wanna join us?"
"Are the girls also there?"
"Nah…just the bros."
"Okay..order for me first," he said before he ended the call.
…..
"Baby, I need to go now." Nigel sits up from the bed and covers his girlfriend's body with a wool blanket.
"Mm...Lock the door before you leave," she said and continue to sleep.
Kiss her forehead, he wears his outfit and walks out of the apartment.
After 15 minutes, Nigel parked his motorbike at the side parking in front of the cafe.
He takes off his helmet and placed it on the bike's tank before he walks into the cafe.
Searching around the corner, he saw three-figure man were enjoying their dinner. He then strides to the table.
"Hey, where's my dinner?" he asks and sits beside Chase.
Just after he sits, a plump lady brings him his dinner.
"Thank you," he said politely to the lady before he starts to dig in.
"What are you doing earlier? It's not like you too went out of the Sun House. Well, we all are too lazy to go out I supposed." Nigel's eyes were fixed at the ribs steak on his plate.
"We just bought some stuff for our new bro here. He broke. Remember? He's homeless too."
"Hey, you hurt my feelings man." Aaron glance at him.
"Ah….I forgot.. so, did you become our bro now?"
"I'll leave once I am able to pay Hazel's money."
"If you talk about Hazel's fees then I could only wish you good luck. You will never able to pay her, man, unless you are rich." Nigel said with a serious tone.
"I can lend you my money," Chase speaks after a long silence.
"Oh, no thanks, Chase. I already owed you too much." Aaron rejects his idea.
"So, how about the place to stay? Where do you want to live? Do you have any place to go?"
"Hmm… I have no idea."
"Live with us!" Nigel and Joe said simultaneously.
"No way. I don't want to live in the isolation room again."
"Then, don't." Chase looks at Aaron's face.
All the eyes fix on Chase afterward.
"I'll talk to her."
After having dinner, the four of them return back to the Sun House.Joe joins Akiko and Loula watching some drama series on the television while Nigel returns back to his room.Aaron went back to his isolation room and resting. While Chase took a bath and change his attire before he walks to Hazel's wing and knocks on her room door.After a few moments, Hazel open the door."What's the matter Chase?" she asks."Can we talk?""Sure. Come in." she pulls the door to widely open it.Walk inside her room, he takes a sit on the single chair facing her."We bros agree to let Aaron stay at this house.""Okay..so?""He needs a room.""Mhm..""And there is only one room left.""No, he can't.""Hazel..it's been years... let it go..will you?"Hazel shook her head making Chase stand up and look at her face."Move on Hazel.. you said you hate him, but you never let h
"Do you remember Asher?" Chase asked him. He knew Aaron already met this little boy last time.He nods. "Yeah.""He is… Hazel's fiance child." Said Joe."Oh, so, Asher is their child." Aaron nods again, not knowing why Joe suddenly said about their child."No. It's not Hazel's. It's his 'bastard' child. He had an affair or another girlfriend aside Hazel." Joe correcting him."What?" Aaron dumbfounds a moment."I know you wouldn't believe it either. So we run the DNA test on that child, it is a 99% match with his.""Whoa..that's too much for her.""Ever since that, people always talk bad about him. But I believe there must be a reason for him to do so. He's not the person who will hurt her. He loves her so much." Chase look at the floor blankly."What happened to him? I mean, they can still reconcile and be together right?""How do you plan to reconcile with someone who's already gone?
Chase takes his cup and sits at the table around the corner of the cafe. He put his sling bag on the seat and take out his book.Violet secretly peeking at him when she had a chance. Her action was caught by Poppy, her manager."He's handsome isn't he?" she looked at the way as Poppy's eyes do."Huh?" Violet immediately turned her eyes to her manager back."He's a regular customer. But, it's been months since last he visited here. I thought he might be already moving out to another city." she smiles and touches her shoulder signaling there is a customer at the counter.Not asking anymore, Violet continues her work as her manager, Poppy went back to the kitchen....After a whole day practicing and doing some exercise to built back his figure, Aaron walks into the bathroom to take his shower. His body is sweating so much.Standing under the shower, he closed his eyes. He keeps remembering the dream th
Chase looks at his wristwatch after almost the whole day he spends his time at the cafe. It's already 9.45 PM.'It's already this late?' he thought. He then shoves his book inside his bag and leaves the cafe.When he wants to cross the road, he suddenly remembers something. He then takes a seat at the bench near the cafe and crossing his hand around his chest. He waits...."Violet, don't forget to close the door once you finish cleaning," Poppy said as she walkout from the cafe.Violet nodded and continue her job to clean the cafe first. After she's done, she takes off her apron and wear her long cardigan and puts her beanie hat on her head.Retrieve her bag, she locks the cafe and activates the security door before she starts to walk on the sidewalk. After 5 minutes of walking, she turned her head around when she feels like someone was following her from behind.She squinted her eyes when she saw it was a man
In the middle of the night, like always, Aaron wakes up because of his dream. He tries to close his eyes again. Today, he is so tired and had no mood to get up from the bed.After a few minutes, Hazel walk inside his room."Oh no, no... I'm tired today. Go back to your room, Hazel." He said while looking toward her.'Damn! This girl seriously needs some mental therapy.' He grunts inside his heart.Without any reply, she lay down on the bed and start to cry. She clenches her finger on the comforter and grits her teeth like she was holding her tears.Seeing her broken side, Aaron's face turns soft and a weird feeling slowly emerges in his heart. He turned his body around and facing her.He then brings her body closer to him and patted on her back softly."There, there. Don't cry. Everything will be alright." He tries to calm her down, but she unconsciously snugs into his embrace. Using his arm as her pillow,
They walk inside the mall and buy a few things. When Hazel's eyes met with the Urban Decay boutique signboard, she stops her pace."I need to buy something. Stay here." she signaling both of them to wait for her outside the boutique.Aaron nods his head. He thought that Hazel will take a short time to buy her things, but he was wrong.He waits outside for more than 30 minutes. Asher also starts to show a boring look."Uncle, what did mommy buy until it takes a long time to wait?" Asher asks him.Sighing, he squatted down in front of him to level their eyes."Hmmm..let's say your mother found her favorite cave. If you grew up later, avoid this area. Especially when they have sales. Got it?" he winks his eyes to him."Huh? Which area?" Asher rubs his chin while looking around them."Makeup area. Or you will end up like this. Look, so many men waiting for their girlfriend or family outside the 'cave' just li
Hazel walk inside the cafe and the girl she saw earlier greet her with a smile."Welcome!" she look at the elegant woman in front of her.'Wow. She's beautiful!' Violet said inside her heart.Smiling, Hazel walk to the counter and order a cup of espresso. After she receive her order, she walk casually to Chase."Hey dear! What are you doing here?" her voice was quite louder and she pull the book from Chase's hand.Violet at the counter divert her eyes to the voice. She then avert his eyes to the person in front of her again.'Don't bother Vi!' she calm herself by smiling at the customer standing in line for the coffee.Upon seeing Hazel in front of him, Chase frowned a little."What are you doing here?" he asked and look around them. Like he's looking for someone."I asked you first, so you answer me first." Hazel smile and take a sit beside him.He look at Hazel's face and didn't b
Chase and Hazel look at Aaron before they look at each other."Er...Nothing.." she said.Well, of course, she hesitates to reveal everything to him. For her, he still an outsider whose background is still unclear.Shrugged his shoulder, Aaron diverts his eyes to the flat screen back. Well, if they don't want to tell him than its better to not pry about it.Hazel turned her eyes on Chase's face.Chase just give her a cold glance and went upstairs. He doesn't feel comfortable to hide a secret from Aaron, but who is he, want to tell him about the past between them?Chase sits on his swivel chair and turns on his computer. He starts searching for something on the internet and not long after he smiles.Took out his phone, he dials a number from the website.…In the next three days, Aaron does some painting together with Asher. They used Hazel studio to do their activity.While Chase