As Sylvia was sitting on the floor brooding over the embarrassing display that took place just now, Cara's hurried footsteps could be heard coming towards the living room, as she barged in and took in her sisters messy state and bleeding leg, her hand automatically flew to her mouth and she gasped, "sis are you okay!? Oh my God what happened, you're BLEEDING!!!", she quickly went to her sister to examine her leg. "Don't worry, it's just a small scratch, it'll heal in no time", Sylvia took her sisters hand to reassure her. But Cara drew her hand back and got up to get the first aid kit from Sylvia's bag. She cleaned her wound and saw that it really was just a small scratch as her sister had mentioned earlier, "well for a small scratch that's a lot of blood, you scared me". As she was wrapping her sisters leg, she sneaked a peek at her sisters face, "mind telling me about what happened, your face is all red."
Sylvia quickly recounted the events that took place to her younger sister. When she finished, she looked at her sister with a bewildered expression, "when the landlady said that our neighbour was a single mother with 'boys', I assumed she was talking about kids! Children!!! Not full blown hunks!". Remembering their piercing almond shaped eyes, she blushed. Her sister stared at her in disbelief. Usually nothing affected her sister, well...other than food, she's always calm and collected, especially In front of men. So why was her sister blushing? "Were they that good looking that my nun of a sister was affected like this...huh?" , Cara thought out loud. "And here we thought that you were an Asexual hahaha!", she laughed and patted her sisters back. Sylvia stood up, pulling the towel higher to cover her exposed cleavage as much as possible, "they saw me in a towel!", pointing at herself in a dramatic manner, "me...in this state!". Suddenly, a thought came to Cara's mind and she couldn't stop herself from bursting out, laughing she said, "oooh boy! Imagine seeing them at the party this evening!!! That's going to be EPIC! I want to see them too!". Seeing her sisters darkened expression, she ceased her teasing and tried muffling her laugh.
Ruffling her hair in exasperation, Sylvia grabbed her panda hair cap from the floor, and stormed off to her room. Cara cracked up upon seeing her sisters cute reaction and yelled after her, "make sure to dress up nicely!!!".
Sylvia:"..."
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Later that evening, the two girls were getting ready for the party. Kara went for a casual look. She wore a mustard yellow oversized hoodie, with jeans, paired with black skechers trainers. She put on a black cap and threw her hood over it. Her make-up was also very simple as she was still feeling jetlagged.
Sylvia on the other hand, wore the black silky dress she had worn to her graduation, with a pair of black ankle wrap espadrille wedges. She hadn't bothered with the look, she had grabbed the first dress and shoes in her suitcase. As for her make-up, a simple eye liner and mascara did the job. To keep her lips moist, she simply applied her favourite peach flavoured Nivea lip balm. She wore her long beige trench coat then headed to the kitchen. Sylvia had earlier made some chocolate chip cookies and fried minced meat rice patties, known as yellow 'kubba'. They were her favourite, and were deliciously crunchy.
Grabbing the plate of kubba, she asked her sister to get the cookies and follow her to the rooftop. As they were walking up the stairs, Cara threw in some encouraging words, "just act natural, as if nothing happened. Or if you come face to face with them... well, there's always a plan B. Just find a corner and hide!". Sylvia glowered at her little sister, her mood darkened even more. It seems that her little sister enjoys poking fun at her. Deciding to ignore her sister, she pushed the small iron gate open and entered. The place looked breathtaking. As the sun was setting down in the horizon and the sky got darker, the candles and the golden Christmas lights that were draped all over the walls and tables, started to shine beautifully. Everything was sparkling, as if the stars had especially landed on this rooftop just to join the celebration. The sisters were mesmerised, looking around at the decorations and at the people who were happily chatting away, it felt like they had entered a fairy tale book.
Suddenly everyone turned to look at them. As the sisters were placing the plates of food down on the table, people started to flood in towards them to say hi and to welcome them. The atmosphere became so warm and fuzzy, their neighbours were unbelievably welcoming, it left them speechless!
"So tell us a little about yourselves ladies!" a middle-aged lady cheerfully asked, "Where are you girls from? And how old are you girls?". People were curious to know about the two gorgeous girls. Cara was 5ft7 and taller than her older sister who was 5ft5, so they automatically assumed that Cara was the older sibling and therefore directed their questions at her. In truth Cara was turning 17 in October and she had just turned 20 a few days ago.
Sylvia briefly introduced herself and her sister. She also apologized for her sick mother for not being able to attend. People were pleasantly surprised to find out that she's the older one and was here to study medicine and were quick to praise her and call her 'our doctor'.
The middle-aged lady from before suddenly clapped her hands together and brightly said, "oh my, now we have two doctors in our building!" she suddenly turned her head and appeared to be looking for someone in the crowd, "that reminds me, where is our handsome doctor?".
A cool voice cam from behind the crowd, "he most likely won't be making in on time, he's covering for someone in surgery". Sylvia's back stiffened upon hearing the voice. Everyone turned to look at the speaker, only Sylvia's neck had betrayed her. Her neck was so stiff, she could practically hear it creaking like and old rusty door. As her eyes widened in panic, she thought out loud, "oh no... I can still go with plan B... right?". Her sister was near her so she heard what her sister was mumbling, curiously she turned around to get a better look at the guy who had made her sister feel extremely uncomfortable.
Cara's eyes widened and her jaw dropped, as shock took over her, she had unconsciously let out a long gasp. She tried to reach out to her sister, but her hand missed every time, although she was standing right next to her. Finally she regained some of her senses and was only able to utter a few words, "h...he's...?"
As the realization was dawning in Cara's mind, Sylvia saw that her sister was about to say something, she gulped hard and she quickly turned towards her sister to hush her. But before she could, she heard her sister say, "Oh My God... He's the panda guy from next door!". Beaming she turned to her sister and grabbed her shoulders, "he's the guy who saw you naked right!?". Although her voice was hushed, her statement had somehow drawn some unwanted attention. The guy in question, with his perfect hearing, had picked up on their conversation. To not make it too obvious, his curious eyes lazily skimmed through the crowd, before coming to a rest on Sylvia's back. As she turned slowly to grab her sisters arm to coax her to keep her thoughts in her head, her striking side profile came to view, he could clearly see her attractive blushing face, and her lusciously plump red lips. One could clearly tell her lips were swollen from all the biting. It seemed to be her habit to bite her lips when nervous. Unknowingly his lips had ever so slightly curved up in an ambiguous grin. He could hear her whispering to her sister through gritted teeth, "Since when has anyone, ever, seen me NAKED you ding dong!!!".
Hearing this, the young man's gaze on the girl intensified. His smile slightly widening as he walked through the crowd towards the nervous girl.
She could feel him walking towards her. His steady gaze fixed onto her. She knew she couldn't hide or run. All she was hoping for at that moment was that he had not heard her previous conversation with her younger sister.
As he came to a stop a few inches from her, he placed his hand into his trouser pocket and cleared his throat. Sylvia decided to act like she had not heard anything and proceeded to pat down Cara's perfectly clean hoodie from any imaginary dust or dirt.
Cara looked up at him and pursed her lips tightly to prevent herself from saying anything unnecessary. She then looked at her sister and then at him again, this repeated for a few times. He was pretty tall, she guessed his height to be around 6ft2, maybe more? So her neck was starting to ache. After a few seconds had passed she decided to excuse herself, but before doing so, she felt like she had to do something to lighten up the mood a little. Adjusting her black cap, she laughed nervously and said, "I'll just give you guys some space to talk haha...ha...uh let me see if there's a ladder that my dear midget of a sister can use". As she said her last sentence she bolted from her place. She quickly busied herself with talking to the neighbours and eating the delicious food.
Sylvia felt so betrayed at that moment. She sighed to her self in resignation and at her bad luck, she had no other option now but to face him. As she fully turned her body to face him, her eyes were caught in his captivating almond shaped, caramel coloured eyes. Once again she fell into a daze, like how bees were attracted to honey, one could easily be lost in its rich sweetness... or "trapped", she had said that last word out loud subconsciously.
Although it was barely an audible whispher,
he had caught it, and was able to guess her thoughts.
He let out a small but sweet chuckle, he then slighly bent forward, closing in the distance between them. While still holding her in his gaze, he teasingly said, "little panda feeling trapped?".
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