Chapter 119 - Sneaking Around (1/2)

*Flashback Continued*

”Damn it! She hung up on me?!” Darren's mouth was agape in disbelief and as he turned, he saw Dylan leaning against the railing beside him with a mischievous smile on his face. ”What? What are you looking at?”

Dylan used the beer bottle in his hand as a mic and asked, ”Our Champion of tracks and girl's hearts, how does it feel being shunned by a girl for the first time?”

”Go to hell! What being shunned? She's just a nutjob. Otherwise... Otherwise, who dares to hang up on me? I'm Salvay. Regan Darren Salvay. People don't shun me.” Darren shoved Dylan away and went inside the room.

Dylan followed him inside with the same sly look and said, ”Bro, did we swapped bodies or something?”

Darren frowned at him, ”What nonsense are you talking about?”

”I'm confused. Since it's confirmed that we didn't swap bodies then how come the way you were talking over the phone was exactly like me? Do I have that much influence on you now?” Dylan's expression told Darren how much fun he was having all by himself with his crazy nonsensical conjectures. ”Oi! By the way, it was that aggressive girl from the cybercafe, right?”

Darren pushed him away and turned on the sports channel as he said, ”If I have that nutjob's phone then isn't it obvious that she was the one calling?”

Dylan nodded to himself as he absentmindedly stared at the tv screen. But soon, he pulled on Darren's arm again to say, ”I still don't get it though. Aren't you really good with girls? How come you weren't acting like yourself with this girl? Is she not pretty or something?”

”She...” Darren thought back to his meeting but could only recall her big black glossy eyes. However, from her lockscreen photo, he did know what she looked like. And even though he wasn't gonna accept it, but he did find her beautiful. ”She has a good voice.” Dylan gave him a dumbfounded look. ”What? I just realized it's pretty easy to get on her nerves. So, I couldn't help myself.” Seeing the look on Dylan's face, Darren added, ”Nevermind. You won't get it anyway.”

”Then make me understand,” insisted Dylan like a kid.

”Sorry, Didi. But I neither have time nor energy to communicate with you.” With that, Darren went back to his own room to sleep.

-Two Days Later-

Just as Xiu had promised, she contacted Darren but without giving him a chance to speak, she said, ”Let's meet at the airport. Terminal 2, second floor's bookstore. Be there precisely by 9:30 pm.”

Darren had just opened his mouth to say 'okay' but she had already hung up without waiting for his reply. ”She just loves hanging up on me, doesn't she? How lovely!” He was being sarcastic again. ”Crazy girl!” He mumbled to himself before he picked up his coat from the foyer closet and said to Dylan, ”Give me the car keys.”

”Where are you going?” Dylan asked as he passed his keys to him.

”Terminal 2,” replied Darren honestly.

”Huh? But your flight is from Terminal 3 and that too is tomorrow. Why are you leaving now?”

Darren knocked on his head and said, ”Don't put stress on your walnut brain. Let it rest like it always does. If you use it so often, the rust might cleanse away. It won't be good for your image.”