Chapter 24 - Eclipse

Antonio woke up to his alarm and sat up in his bed. He wasn't wearing a shirt and he had on light blue sweat pants. He rubbed his eyes and looked over at his phone. He took ot off the charger and looked at the bright screen. On the front screen there was a notification from the news station.

Antonio squinted as he read it, "Today at 9pm there will be an eclipse. It will be passing right over XXXX XXXXXX which is the best viewing point," he jumped and sprang out of bed from excitement, "Yes! Today is the day!"

He hurriedly rushed to his walk in closet to pick out what he was going to wear for the day. He walked in and looked at all his clothes for the day. He wanted to look extra dashing and charming today. He grabbed black ripped jeans, white shoes, a plain white shirt, and a light blue denim jacket. He looked in the mirror and did finger guns at himself, "Haha, this'll be perfect! I can't wait until later. I just hope he says yes, or even an okay is fine. I just have to make sure I can make it obvious and show him."

Antonio took a look at himself in the mirror again and he wanted to add some extra flare. He rushed back into his closet and grabbed a pair of rectangular black shades. He smiled, "Perfect!"

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Leo woke up and was wondering about what the crow had said to him the night before, "Spirit guardians are spiritual creatures that are basically the tree spirit's companions and comrades. For example, I am one of your spirit guardians. So, there are two more. You may know them, you may not, but they're never to far."

He sipped at his coffee, "Do I know someone who is a spirit guardian? And even if I don't, when will I know?"

His brow furrowed as he was deep in thought, though it was interrupted when he heard his phone buzz. He looked at the screen, "Oh, right. I forgot that today was the eclipse I gotta be careful."

He turned off his phone then finished getting ready. Not soon after Leo got off the elevator, the driver pulled up in front of the hotel. Leo got in the car and wondered about the crows words during the ride.

Antonio happily got into the car and was smiling brightly. He slid next to Leo, "Heyyy."

Though Leo didn't respond. He was so lost in thought that he was completely oblivious to those around him.

Antonio cocked his head to the side and snapped in front of Leo's face, "Hey, Earth to Leo. You here?"

Leo snapped out of his thoughts and stuttered, "O-Oh Antonio, s-sorry I was lost in thought."

"Hm, what was it about?"

"N-Nothing important, you don't have to worry about it."

"Alright if you say so."

The driver pulled out at began the drive. Leo cleared his throat and began to read the agenda, "So, today is a pretty short day. All there is, is five hours of filming with a fifteen minute debriefing. And that's it for the day."

"Sounds like a relaxed day today, that's nice."

Antonio looked over at Leo's serious face, though he looked very tired. There was slight circles around his eyes and his face had a tired expression. He leaned towards him, "Are you sure you're not sick or anything? You look tired."

"Don't worry about it. I just couldn't seem to fall asleep last night."

"If you say so."

The two sat in silence before Antonio decided to bring up his question, "So, you know that there is an eclipse tonight right?"

"Yeah, what of it."

"Since today is a chill and relaxed day, wanna look at the eclipse together?"

Leo turned to him, "No, I am your manger and you're the client, we don't need to associate anymore than things that are work related."

Antonio looked at him with puppy eyes, "Aww please!"

"No."

"Please!"

"No."

This went on for the rest of the drive. No matter how many times Leo said no, Antonio kept persisting and asked again and again. Soon, they finally got to the set and walked in.

The workers directed the two to a room with double doors. When they entered, other actors as well as staff members were seated along a long rectangle table. The two took their seats and the director began talking.

He mainly spoke of that they had to get a lot done today since the cameras had a malfunction and they needed to redo some scenes. Once he was finished, everyone dispersed. Antonio went to his personal room for wardrobe and make up, while Leo sat in the open area.

The filming was long and quite boring. As Leo watched from the side lines, there weren't any fight scenes, or anything special. He dozed off a couple times throughout the course of it, but snapped himself awake. He was tired from a night of restless sleep.

After a long time of watching from the sidelines, filming was finally done. The director shouted, "Alright everybody! That's it for today, we got everything necessary done and that is a great thing! Good bye!"

Everyone dispersed and Antonio went to his side room to change back into his normal clothes. When he came back out, Leo was waiting for him by the entrance, and so was the driver.

Antonio hurried over, "So, will you come with me? Please!"

"No."

"Please! If you say yes I won't bother you anymore. So please!"

Leo narrowed his eyes towards him, "Alright, fine but when and where?"

Antonio smiled brightly, 'He said alright!', "You can just stay at my place till the correct time, it won't be a problem."

As Antonio shined his big puppy eyes, he reluctantly gave in, "Ugh fine I'll do it..."

"Yay!"

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