The day ended with me still having a smile plastered in my lips. My feet are giddy as I walked out of the building.
The happiness I felt this lunch has yet to dissipate and it will probably would not until something bad happen.
Humming an unknown song I reached the parking lot, I walked around for a while till I found the familiar black sedan.
I tried to open the backseat's door to check if it's locked but its not and I was greeted by an unfriendly stare from Lea.
"...Hey."
"Close the door!"
I did what she said, I wanted to slam it but with her current mood a thirty second choke would probably welcome me once I get inside.
The clear anger that even melted her frozen expression was the clear sign that Ron really did disturbed the two of them. The bottle of joy that was nearly reaching half started to overflow again.
I could not say that this the greatest day ever, but it's not wrong to call it great. I hope after this that the two of them would cool down and Lea would finally realized what she have been doing all this time.
I went all over the other side and took a seat next to the annoyed lioness. I do not want to disturb her but when I looked at the unoccupied front seat I could not help but asked.
"Where's Joseph?"
"Bathroom."
Brief and concise she did not even raised her head out of her phone where her thumb furiously typed something in it. She's probably venting her frustration in the form of rants in one of her social media accounts.
Seeing her like that a tinge of guilt appeared at the corner of my heart.
I want her to be happy but all I did for her is make her mad everytime. It's ironic but if she's held by that shit she might feel a happiness, but that is just an illusion and what would follow next will be an unbearable pain.
What that boy promises to her is not the medicine she hopes but an addictive drug that would just ruin her life. Its better for her to suffer a little like this, I promised to make her happy and I don't want to break it.
Its selfish I know but I would not want to disappoint the one I swore to. And I am sure Lea would understand me if she knew.
"Are you okay? Why do you look like that? Did that bastard—"
"Alfred did nothing to me. He did nothing."
I shivered under her fierce gazed but I also noticed a hint of sadness in her green eyes, if before it was as vibrant as the forest that have been blessed with a rain now its like a gloomy dry moss.
It almost ruined all the justification I just made and also wavered my resolved.
Should I just let her have the freedom to choose who she love, and just be their when she felt the pain?
Or should I still control her choice to what suits the 'happiness' that I strive?
Torn between the two choice the situation inside the car suddenly turned awkward and pressuring, thankfully all the building up mood for a fight was released outside the world when the door in the front seat opened.
A man that had few wrinkled skins and a slicked back grey hair that had few white strips here and there took the seat behind the steering wheel. Dressed formally he is kind of like our butler, Joseph.
"Did I make the two of you wait long?"
""No.""
The two of us answered the same time.
When I thought that Lea would turn her attention back at her phone I hear her said to him instead.
"Joseph can we stop to a supermarket for a while?"
Joseph eyes that are filled with confusion reflected from the rear view mirror was looking at her.
"Sure, but why? Do you need something urgent?"
"No, I just want to go grocery."
"What the—are you hungry? Tsk you should have not followed that guy when you—"
I could not finish my sentence for the second time as this time it's not glare that threated me but her finger that was now holding my left knee in hostage.
"...W-We have still a lot of food in the fridge...you know?"
It seemed I was allowed to speak, she'll probably pinch me to death if I speak something bad about that trash again.
"I know, but do we have a rabbit meat in it?"
"As far as I know, there were none."
Joseph said while his limbs made the car start. It seemed that our usual routine was broken by her whim.
"Do you crave for a rabbit meat, Lea?"
"Something like that. If I could I rather go to pet shop to pick one."
I pretended not hear the second part of her word and also dismissed the dangerous smile she have as an illusion. The poor critter appeared to have angered her greatly.
Now I started to get curious on what Mr. Cuckolder did, he probably used some interesting thing again. I should meet him tomorrow to know the details of it.
The car sped up through the road while I tried to focus myself on my phone and not to the growing the bloodlust on my left.
...
The dinner was unsurprisingly a rabbit stew. It supposed to be baked in the oven whole but Lea just straight up murdered the poor carcass into pieces.
"Thankfully Mrs. Anna is good cook."
I muttered as I took a spoonful of the creamy sauce into my mouth. As always the food is perfect, I give this 9/10.
"I hate it."
Yeah, I don't care. Lea said that but she's stuffing her mouth two times my speed. She surely not meant it about the food but the rabbit instead as I saw her reluctantly put the meat aside.
Her hate is so great that she's willing to leave her stomach unsatisfied.
In the long table the two of us are the only ones taking the seat and dining. It makes me feel lonely everytime we eat here, thankfully there still Lea or webs and spiders would probably make a home of these space.
The sounds of eating from other side stopped, in these almost abandoned hall the lack of noise from my counterpart can be easily noticed, I raised my head and faced Lea who's looking intently at me.
"...What?"
"Do you have anything to do in Saturday."
It is phrased like a question yet why does she sound so sure?
"Uh...yes."
"No."
Oh, so that's why. Its not a question in the first place but an order from above.
"I don't have any money, you know that."
"You overused that reason already."
"So you'll treat me?"
"I'll write it off as a debt."
"Can I not go then?"
"Mhm, you can."
Yeah like I believe that when you are gripping your fork that hard.
"I'll cancel my plans for the Saturday just for you, you should be thankful."
She did not replied from my obvious lie and instead stood up from her seat. There's still a little stew left in her bowl.
I finally sighed once she was out of the room.
I was going to spend my weekends catching to some popular TV series, but what can I do about it when my sister offered me a date?
Let's look at the bright side, at least it's not that broken earphones she invited to or else I would most like spend a wad of cash for Ron to move.
And on Saturday I could try to convince her to stay away from that creep as far as possible.
As for their engagement contract? I lied that it's indestructible, who in this age still keeps a tradition like that seriously?
Maybe there is still a chance if everything stayed the same as before, but all things changes and everything did changed, this is coming for me who witnessed all of that whether I liked it or not.
There were no point in staying in a relationship that is based on them using each other to supplement what they wished they had.
It could not even be counted as one, it is more like a play and like it or not it will have its end.