38 What is it that I Wanted (1/2)

I checked the time on my phone, praying that it was late so that I might have an excuse to possible think of staying out for the night. My phone displayed the time to be about 4:45 PM. Since it was slowly slipping into autumn, the sun should set at around 7 PM. Therefore, I need to buy some time until nightfall.

I nervously glanced over at her. We had finished our meal and were just sitting there, resting for a bit since the restaurant wasn't particularly busy and that no extra seats were needed. However, that doesn't mean we could sit here forever. We will have to leave soon, which means I will only have a few minutes to think of what I could do.

Since we had came all the way to Azavak, I might as well use it to my advantage. Since I mostly stay in Lumina and Nocsinis, I rarely pass by Azavak. As for Loriana, that should be true as well since her work place is also based in Nocsinis. Therefore, a suggestion to do some sight-seeing might pass. That's right! That will be my plan. What am I? A genius? I'm so proud of myself for thinking of this.

”Loriana,” I forced myself to speak.

She lifted her head up and looked into my eyes.

”Since we drove all the way here to Azavak, can we do some sight-seeing before we head back?” I suggested.

”...Sure,” she said after taking a second to think over the suggestion. ”It is a Saturday after all.”

”Yeah,” I hastily added in immediately so as to make sure that she does not back out of the decision. ”We can spend some more time together this way then.”

She stared at me when she heard what I had last said and frowned. I was initially worried that I might've said something wrong since on her face was a saddened expression of disappointment. However, she didn't say anything to blame me or scold me. Rather, she seemed to be mad with herself judging by that bitter look on her face.

”Let's go then,” she sighed and got up from her seat. ”We can spend the rest of the day doing whatever you want, going wherever you want to go.”

”Th-thanks.” Determined to maintain my act, I forced a happy laugh.

The two of us then exited the restaurant after Loriana had paid. Then, we walked back to her car in a quick jog so as to escape the rain.

”Since it's raining,” I said, ”I think we can first drive around and check out the different architectural styles of the skyscrapers here in Azavak. You don't really get the chance to see them from our house.”

”Sure.” Loriana agreed to my request without objection and drove onto the rainy streets of Azavak.

She intentionally drove at the lowest speed acceptable for the road so that we could take in the architectural styles of the buildings of the Azavak district. Due to this, I realized that the buildings were slightly different from the ones I see in Nocsinis and Lumina. You could really see the different take on buildings.

I wasn't able to admire them because I was worried about what to do next. This suggestion was something that I came up with off the top of my head since I really didn't know what attractions there are in Azavak that we could go to in the rain. We didn't bring an umbrella, so that restricted our areas of motion to mainly indoor places and our car. This is a problem for me because how could I stall for long enough for nighttime to befall this world?

A solution to that question is the nighttime view of Azavak. I checked on my phone and discovered that nearby exists a tall skyscraper that offers a free observation deck at one of the higher floors. Therefore, if I just say that I want to check out the nighttime view at a different angle, then that might work. I didn't know for sure, so all I could do is pray that Loriana accept my boring request.

”Can we go to this tower?” I showed the address of the place to Loriana as we stopped at a red light. ”There's an observation deck there and I want to see Azavak at night.”

”That's fine,” Loriana agreed without any objections. Then, she followed the GPS on my phone and drove to the tower.

Once we neared the tower and found a spot to park in one of the paid parking lots, we left our car and proceeded on foot. Lucky for us, we could reach the interior of the tower through the underground parking lot and that is exactly what we did. When we entered the building through the elevators, we discovered that the bottom few floors was a shopping mall. Here, numerous different stores were neatly arranged with their products on display. These were mostly brand clothing stores. However, when we head up, we found a cafe and a food court.

”It's not nighttime yet,” Loriana said as we stopped before the cafe. ”You want to wait here?”