I was the first to get out of the car. While waiting for him, I'm just scanning through my phone.
"Let's go, Yannie."
"Okay." I smiled at him and walked beside him.
"So, where do you want to eat? I'm starving so I could eat almost anything." He said while looking around the mall.
"Let's eat at Benny's. I'm kinda craving for some burger and fries"
"It's like you've read my mind." He said jokingly.
I laughed.
We went to Benny's and after we ordered, we sat down and waited for the food to arrive. Since I'm not used to someone sitting in front of me while eating except for my family, I asked him to sit beside me. He was shocked at first but transferred beside me.
We started talking about why we both were in Ringer.
"Well I have a little secret.." He said. He looked serious.
"What is it?" I asked.
"The true reason why I'm on Ringer is because I'm finding someone to murder because I eat human flesh." He whispered to me.
I was taken aback. What the hell did he say? I don't know what to say.
"I mean, I know, uhm can I use the restr—"
I stopped speaking when I saw him laughing his heart out. Even the table beside us have confused faces as to why Gelo is laughing really hard. I just looked at him while he's laughing. Waiting for him to fully compose himself. Well, partly registering his facial features.
Gelo is a Spanish looking guy. I guess he has Spanish-American ancestors. He has black hair, perfectly sculpted set of teeth, he has a light complexion and he's also chubby just like me. I'm beginning to believe he also loves eating. He has that effect, what do you call that? Charisma? Yeah, whatever is that he has that. His face, him as a whole is a whole lot different from Kit. Well, Kit is a college drop out. When we were together, I was the one to go to him all the time after school or even during weekends because he has no money. By the way, he lives in Jersey. And when he needs something, I'm the one to buy him those things because he made me feel guilty when I can't buy the things he want.
"Yannie? Hello? Earth to Yannie?"
Did I zoned out? Oh my. I kept thinking about that piece of shit.
"I'm sorry. A thought crossed my mind. I actually thought you're a real life murderer!"
He laughed again and then said sorry. We talked about our families, how many siblings does each have, where does our parents work and many more. That's where I knew that he was an only child, his dad died when he was just a baby which left him with his mom who worked her ass off so he could go to an amazing university. I felt like I've known him for ages. I've seen pain in his eyes when he talked about his dad.
After a few hours. We decided to go home. He insisted on dropping me in front of my house but I refused and told him to drop me just near my house and I'll walk. He eventually surrendered and promised me that next time we meet again, he's going to drop me right in front of my house.
I laughed.
When he dropped me off and said that he take care. He just smiled and drove off.
I received a text from him later that night.
"I really enjoyed today. I hope to see you soon. Good night, Yannie."
I smiled and put my phone in my pocket and continued washing the dishes.