There were countless ways to spend the holiday and Elanor chose to go to a cinema with Jovan. Once college started, she would barely have time to do it, so it was a perfect plan. To make it more perfect, Jovan got a day off from the restaurant he was working at. His boss, Evelyne's uncle, usually tied him with work because the restaurant was always full in time like this.
Since this morning Elanor was busy preparing herself in her room for the date. After she got dressed up, she wore her makeup. Suddenly the door opened. "You're still not ready?" Jovan showed from behind the door. His appearance that Elanor found cute and handsome at the same time made Elanor dazed.
"Elanor?" Jovan waved his hand in front of Elanor's face, trying to bring her mind back. "Are you okay?"
Elanor shook her head as her soul came back. "Oh my gosh. Seems like I lost my mind for a while." She looked back at the mirror to do her final touch. "Anyway, Jovan. How do I look?" She stood up facing Jovan.
She was standing too close, and next, she pecked his cheek making Jovan couldn't think straight. "Uhmm…" He was trying to arrange the words to answer the question. "You… you look perfect." He answered with a boiled crab face.
Elanor, who found her boyfriend was so cute, didn't let her chance slip. "You look perfect as well, Jovan." She pecked at his cheek one more time which made Jovan flinch in shock. "Let's go!" She left the room.
While Jovan, he froze in his place. He needed time to process what just happened. 'I don't know when I can be immune from her teasing,' he sighed and came out of the room as well.
"What took you so long?" Elanor chuckled as she looked at Jovan walking out of their room. "Oh, wait." She came closer to Jovan as she noticed something. "Why is your face this red?"
Elanor's question made Jovan's face blush even more. "Don't tease me too much!" Protested Jovan with his face still boiling.
"Alright alright."
Both of them left their apartment and went to the cinema together. It wasn't too long for them to arrive at the mall and the cinema was on the top floor of that mall. "Jovan, what do you want to watch?" Asked Elanor as they walked to the cinema.
"I'm not sure. How about you?"
Elanor looked at the ceiling as they kept walking. "Hmmm…. Me either."
"Then." They finally arrived at the cinema. "I'll buy the popcorn and the drink, you can choose whatever movie you want." Elanor agreed with Jovan's suggestion.
They parted their way. Elanor was waiting in line for her turn. She watched the screen while waiting and found something interesting in the movie list. 'Should we watch horror? It'll be fun!' A smile drew clearly on her face.
"Hello, which movie do you want to watch?" Asked the cashier. It was Elanor's turn to buy the ticket.
After Elanor once again looked at the screen, she chose one of the horror movies available. "Can I have two tickets for that one?" She pointed her finger at the screen and after that read the title.
"Okay. Here's your ticket." Elanor got her tickets with her giving the money.
At the same time she left the counter, she found Jovan standing alone with two cups of popcorn in his hands. "Hey!" She tapped his shoulder when she got closer.
"Elanor!" Jovan smiled at this girl as he turned his body. "So, what movie did you buy?"
Elanor smiled, showing up the ticket. "This one!"
Jovan lowered his body to read the ticket. "Isn't that a horror? Are you sure?" He asked and got an enthusiastic nod from Elanor. "Alright, let's go in. The movie will start in fifteen minutes."
Both of them walked into the theatre room and took their seats. The room wasn't full yet, and people were entering the room one by one.
Jovan and Elanor enjoyed the advertising clip while eating the popcorn until the light turned off because the movie was starting. Following with the light that turned off the room also got colder and Elanor's body shivered quite a bit.
"Are you alright? Do you want to wear my jacket?" Jovan noticed that Elanor started to curl her body up a little. He took off his jacket and put it on Elanor's shoulder.
"I'm okay," said Elanor, hugging the jacket tight and moving her body closer to Jovan. "But, are you- Aaaa!" she almost jumped when the jumpscare showed on the screen. She held Jovan's hand tighter and squeezed it. Her body was trembling harder, but Jovan's body's warmth and scent calmed her.
Jovan, who was only shocked, turned his head down to look at Elanor. He patted her head softly. "Don't worry. I'm here." He reassured her.
"Aaaa!!!" Another jump scare appeared and shocked everyone, including Elanor. She ended up hiding in Jovan's arm while peeping at the screen. While Jovan, he could only laugh a bit as he found his girlfriend cute.
After one and a half hours, the movie ended. Even though it was a scary one, but honestly, Elanor could enjoy it. The reason? She could be inside Jovan's warm arm so his scent reached her nose perfectly. She also wore his jacket!
"Anyway, I have a question," said Jovan as they were walking out from the cinema. "Why did you buy a horror movie, if you're that scared?" He asked with an innocent face, which made Elanor shocked and stopped her legs.
"Uhmmm, well…" her face was getting red as she was embarrassed. "I- I thought it was fun! So I bought it." She tried to hide her red cheek, but she failed. Jovan had noticed it.
He messed her hair up with a chuckle. "Alright. I don't hate it either. I'm just curious why you bought it when all you did was cover your face with my hand."