We were at the bookstore for almost an hour, and I didn't know what she was looking for, "Hey, it's your book!" I looked at the book, "yeah, but why it's only one left!?" She looks at me, "I want to buy it!" She grabbed the book, "excuse me," not again. "Can I get another volume?" I looked at the clerk, "I'm sorry, we ran out of the stock for that book, you..." Rose nodded. "Thank you!" I sighed in relief.
We walked to the cashier, and gladly the clerk did not recognize us because we should wear a mask. It's still COVID-19, we both haven't vaccinated yet, but maybe I wanted to go to Serbia to take a shot of the vaccine. "So, you wanted to retire from writing!?" I looked at her, "I like you because of your writing. I don't want you to quit! I want you to..." I hugged her tight.
(Sweet Night - Kim Taehyung of BTS [OST. Itaewon Class] plays in the background)
"It's public..." I kissed her through the mask. I will let the staff recording us, but screw COVID-19! I wanted to kiss her. I took off my face mask and hers. "What are..." I kissed her lips softly. "You..." I looked at her closely. I put her arms on my shoulders. "I like writing, but... someone took it from me! I wanted you to take it back. I wanted you to be my number one fan, Rose" I know we will get arrested, but screw that! The police won't take us.
If they did, the government would let me pass. "I..." I hugged her, "nal tteonajima," Rose looked at me, "you speak Korean?" I shook my head, "I do not speak Korean, but I heard one of the lines from your k-dramas." She laughs. "Jebal nal tteonaji ma," Rose hugs me. "I never leave you," I respond to her hug tightly. "You want me to sign the book?" She pushed my shoulder. "Can you sign it?" I'm smiling, "yes," I signed my book, and I gave it to her.
"Thank you for attending my private book sign event, Rose. I love you," we were kissing in front of 61 people watching us. I don't care.
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I hugged her, we did not do it because she's in her period, but she likes to wear my clothes because she was lazy to put on some pants, "you know," I'm looking at her, "you like Vicenzo," I picked my phone "Vicenzo," I show her the result. "It's him?" She nods, "when you were using your gloves," she holds my left hand.
"What do you think?" I sighed, "I was thinking about your safety and your future," Rose looked at me, "future?" I nodded, "I'm not pretending to be not scared, Rose. Honestly, I'm scared." I sighed. "I'm not scared to lose you, but your life is in danger, and that was the first time I'm out of control since... I" she kissed me, "don't say it if you don't want to say," I'm looking at her. "You want to know about me more?" She nods.
"I want to know you more," she smiles, "I'm an average girl, except I'm yours." I nodded, "not that," I looked at her eyes, "the way you look at me, I can tell you love me," she puts her hand on my shoulder.
"Your shoulder, I was... furious with Sam because he hurt you," she hugs me, "why were you not screaming?" I'm scratching my cheek. "I won't scream because the more he heard me screaming or beg, the more he hurt me," She hugs me and rubs my shoulder, "get well soon," now let us enjoyed our moment. "I wanted you to know that I love you," I hummed.
"I love you too," I hug her tight, "you want to watch a movie?" She looks at me. "No," I nodded, "I miss the peacetime," I'm smiling, "me too," I hold her hand. "About your book," I hummed. "I want you don't stop writing, okay?" I'm looking at her, "I want you to keep writing," I nodded. "Why would you saying like that!?" She looks at me, "I don't know," I'm looking at her eyes.
Dear God, I love her. I hug Rose tightly, "what's wrong with you!?" I shook my head, "don't leave me!" She responded to my hug, "did I make you scared?" I nodded, "I say it because I was your big fan, remembered. Don't be scared," I'm still hugging her. "Hey, little Jekyll. Don't be scared," she rubs my hair.
"I'm sorry," I nodded, "I promise, I will not say that again. Why were you scared? You have something traumatized?" I looked at her, "I don't know, I was scared..." she rubbing my head. "Maybe it's your PTSD triggered. I'm sorry," she still rubs my head, "you left by someone?" I nodded. "She's evil," Rose looks at me, "who was she?" I can't look her in the eye, "it's Eva, right?" I nodded. "She's not here," Rose hugs me, "let's we sleep, okay?" I relaxed my body and hugged her.
"You know, Jekyll was scared, so do I," I tried to hold my tears, "she suddenly pushed me," I saw her eyes, "I know, you both traumatized with that event, but Jekyll who was traumatized more than you, can you tell me what happened?" I nodded. "Jekyll, who was spending time more with Eva, I always fix her mess, but she... you know." She sighed.
"Same body, but different personality," I nodded, "did you already drink your meds?" I looked at her, "we should drink a med?" She shook her head, "I forgot that both of you were an addict," I chuckle. "You said you wanted to sleep?" She shook her head. "I can't," she hugs me tight and lays her head on my chest.
"When I heard your heartbeat sometimes makes me afraid to close my eyes." We looked at each other, "I know the lab said your heart will be fine, but I'm not sure!" I hug her tightly.
"You want to midnight driving?" She looks at me, "are you not sleepy!? It's almost midnight," I'm smiling, "a relaxed midnight driving, how about that?" She nods, "Porche?" I'm smiling, "yes, Rico Porche," Rose was laughing as she slapped my shoulder. "I'm not Rico!" I'm laughing.
I hugged her, "suddenly, I remembered something," I sat and opened the nightstand's drawer, "what are you doing?" I picked the red velvet box, and I gave it to her, "you..." I shook my head, "it's an old neckless from my grandmother. I don't like to wear it," she opened the box. "I wanted you to wearing this when we have a wedding party," Rose nodded, "it's a heritage from my family. You should give it to our daughter or our daughter-in-law when they get married," she nods.
"What if.." I saw her yawning. "You sleepy?" She lays her head on my chest, "yes, I am," I'm smiling, "maybe next time," I nodded. "Next time," I hugged her, and we closed our eyes. I'm sleepy too. We were busy with our wedding preparation. "Sweet dream, my Vicenzo." I nodded. 'Sweet dream too, my little angel." I kissed her forehead, and we were sleeping.
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