407 Need To Think It Over (1/2)

”99 roses?”

Dylan's eyes were glued to his desktop screen where beautiful bouquets of 99 roses were displayed. He had taken Xiu's words very seriously. Now, he was really drawing up his perfect plan to get his girl.

”It represents love forever,” he read the caption underneath the pictures and nodded his head before shaking it. ”Nah! Cali won't like this grand gesture. Besides, she isn't even very fond of roses.” He was having a very thoughtful conversation with him about his next course of action.

He ruffled in his hair in frustration and crossed everything he wrote on the notepad. Apparently, his brain really stopped working now. This was an even harder job than anything he had ever done! Why was it even more difficult than confessing to her?

*Phone Ringing*

Dylan looked at his phone screen and took the call while yawning, ”What's up, Dazi? How come you're calling me at this time of the night?”

Since Darren could hear the laziness in his voice, he replied, ”Were you sleeping?”

”Nope! I'm still at the office.”

”Office?” Darren looked at his wristwatch and frowned, ”It's quarter to 11 o'clock.” He was really surprised to hear that Dylan was at his office 'till this time. That was rare. ”When did you become so diligent?”

”When you want to control your love life, you need to have two things; diligence and confidence!”

Darren was kinda speechless as he asked, ”And which wise person said that to you?”

”Your girlfriend,” answered Dylan with a burst of laughter. Darren rolled his eyes and shook his head with a smile. Okay! He got it! He had two dumbly adorkable people in his life. Hearing Darren sighing, Dylan continued, ”By the way, bro, I have a question. May I?”

”You can spout so much nonsense but need permission now to ask a question?”

Dylan ignored his tone of voice as he continued, ”I'll take that as a yes then.” He took a deep breath and spun his rotating chair in the dark office room as he questioned, ”So, I've been wondering. When was the first time Xiu's presence stirred your heart? Like when did you realize she was gonna be dangerous for your heart?”

Darren reminisced back to every single moment he spent with Xiu and replied, ”Honestly, I found her very interesting and intriguing from the very beginning.”

”I know that. Her weird personality is hard to forget,” agreed Dylan without any hesitation. If she hadn't had such kind of a personality why would he be so close to her now? ”But I'm asking about that one moment when your heart skipped the beat for the very first time in her presence.”

”Is it some kind of a pattern with her?” wondered out Dylan. ”Why does she always sing when she's drunk?”

”Not always,” replied Darren. ”And besides, she has a beautiful voice. I don't mind her singing 24/7.”

”Are you bragging that your girlfriend is a multitalented person?” Dylan's voice came out sour because of how he was talking about his girlfriend.

”Why? Can't I?” retorted Darren but before Dylan could say anything, he went on, ”She's extraordinary. And I have all the right to brag about that!”