Chapter 73 - Roger That (2/2)
”Since you're insisting so much. I'd love to join you.” He said with a cheeky grin.
”Who's insisting? Don't be cheeky!” Xiu took a pause before speaking on her own, ”In the silence of an empty apartment, we often can't tell whether we are eating the food or the silence is eating us.” Darren gave her a strange look. ”And in a crowd, I often find myself left out. As if I don't belong anywhere.”
”Sweets, the world can never give you the feel of belongingness. You have to find it within yourself. If you don't even think that you belong anywhere, how will you find the right place in this wild world?” Xiu looked at him and gave him two thumbs up.
”You're really a good friend to have,” said Xiu in a delighted and satisfied manner.
”We are friends now?” he questioned.
”What? Aren't we?” Xiu stopped walking to face him as she said, ”Are you telling me we are just strangers? We have met more than five times already. Even had two meals together. We are going to have our third meal just now. After three dates, people even move from holding hands to rolling under the sheets. You're telling me, we are still stuck at being strangers?”
Darren facepalmed himself and stayed quiet. He really didn't know what to say to her. Does she even think before speaking? How can she be so careless with words?
”I feel like I said something wrong,” Xiu scratched her head and as she just repeated her words in her mind, her eyes widened in shock. ”F.u.c.k! It sounded so much better in my head.” She looked at Darren guiltily while he was still fighting the urge to laugh.
”Sweets,” he called her.
”Hmm...” she hummed in reply not willing to trust her mouth.
”I was just confirming that we are friends now. There was no need for such a long explanation.”
”Roger that,” Xiu replied lowering her head to look at the ground.
”But you're right. We have met so many times. From that Men's Bathroom to hot spring and then that accident...”
”Do you have to embarrass me even more by reminding me all that?” Xiu interrupted him. ”I get it we didn't meet in the best of moments but still... As a friend, you shouldn't be talking about it.”
”Actually, as a friend, I am the only one who has the right to embarrass you like this.” Darren's reply made an appalling look to cross her face. ”I will remember our first meeting for the rest of my life. Wait, I think the second one was even better.”
Xiu covered his face with her hand and scowled, ”Stop talking already! This much embarrassment is enough for the next couple of years.”
Darren pushed her hand away and said, ”Who asked you to zone out all the time?”
Xiu couldn't even retort with that. She really had a habit of zoning out. And it always ended badly.