Chapter 253 - The Riddle Of Her Life? (1/2)
As Darren rested his head against the seat and closed his eyes, sleep took over his senses. Soon, his dreams took him to the past...
”I think I'm in love,” he heard Chen Xiu's voice through the headset while they were playing the video game as a team online.
Darren was shocked by her sudden revelation that he forgot to attack and that gave the enemy a chance to attack him instead. Half of his HP was lost and Chen Xiu had to step in to save his game character as she said, ”Oi! Pay attention! Do you want to die? Even if you do, don't make me lose this game.”
Darren was brought back to reality because of her loud voice piercing his eardrums. He always wondered why her stupid competitiveness only came out when they were playing games? Couldn't she fight like that for herself as well? But instead of saying all that, in a soft voice, he answered, ”Sorry, I got distracted for a moment.”
”Distracted? By what? Your girlfriend?” asked Xiu as they continued to attack the enemy. When Darren didn't reply, she didn't push him for an answer either and took his silence as a yes but doing so made her heart ache for some reason. In silence, they both focused on winning the fight first. When they finally managed to steal the orb from the enemy, that's when Xiu spoke again, ”Stranger!”
”Hmm...” hummed Darren in reply.
”What's the best way to ask someone out?”
Darren's heart clenched in his chest and he closed his eyes as if he was going through great pain. But his only pain at that time was the fact that the girl he loved was asking him how to confess her feelings for another. He never thought something could hurt this much but it did at that time. He was this close to losing another thing dear to him. The only difference was, this time he was losing the person he loved with all his heart. And it was not like his dream that he could replace with a new one. Because there was only one Chen Xiu and no one knew that better than him.
Chen Xiu had no clue about what was running through his mind. She didn't know that her simple words were hurting him immensely. She was only sharing something personal with a person she trusted the most. It was weird and unbelievable to her as well that she trusted Darren even without knowing him in person. But no matter how unbelievable it was, it was the truth. She trusted him maybe more than she even trusted her own sanity.
When you love a person and they love someone else, that pain is indescribable. But they both knew how it felt to be the only one loving.
”Why aren't you saying anything again?” whined Chen Xiu as she didn't hear Darren's reply again. She found his behavior quite odd since he always paid attention to her every word, no matter how stupid her words had been. Today, however, he seemed lost.
Darren looked heavenwards and replied, ”The best way to ask someone out is... Just do it.”
”Huh?”
”Don't look for the best way or best time, there is no such thing in this world. Because with every passing moment you're losing the best moment.” Chen Xiu listened to him attentively and even nodded instinctively.
”Ohh...” she started, ”So that's how my first love failed. I got it now. While I waiting for the right moment, someone else stole that right moment from right under my nose.”
”Then you shouldn't let it happen now,” advised Darren in a heavy voice with a strange feeling in his chest. As if he was suffocated now. ”Don't let this love lose.”