[BL] THE 1,000th CRANE CHAPTER 3

Brent's POV

                   -----FLASHBACK-----

"Boss I'm going home now."

"Thanks for today."

Everything is fine. My income is fine, I don't starve, I have good clothes, everything.

As I walk away from work. I can see a very familiar person waiting for me.

"Hey, done already?"  He said before taking his cigarette.

"I wouldn't be here if I'm not done."

He went close to me and grabbed my hair.

"It's been days since we last met but you know now how to talk back like that to me?"

It hurts but I chose not to say anything, nor give a look at his eyes.

We hear people talking not from afar, he let go of my hair, and grabbed my arm.

"Let's talk elsewhere." He said in a casual tune.

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He took me to a playground. I got tired by getting dragged by him so I sat at the swing.

"Sorry about that...."

I looked at him. It is not the first time he said sorry. I felt like forgetting about his actions just now. Saying sorry with that smile he always give to me.

So I think it is not important if he doesn't show sincerety  to his words. Besides, I'm also at fault.

"It's fine, I shouldn't have talked back like that."

He placed his hand in my cheeks.

"Yeah, it's your fault in the first place, and it is being disrespectful talking like that to someone you owe right?"

I nodded.

Everything is fine. My income is fine, I don't starve, I have good clothes, everything.

But in reality, everything is fine because of him, my income can't pay all the bills needed to be paid. But I can survive because of him, I don't starve because he provides everything. If don't have him, I'm sure I only have old fashioned clothes.

In other words, everything I have now is because of him.

         -------END OF FLASHBACK------

We remained silent. Actually I wanted to say sorry too. For being rude, he just wants to be friendly but I'm giving him a hard time. And a loser like me who likes to run away from problems doesn't deserve to have friends.....

...who likes to run....

If I just remained silent than saying sorry, does it also mean running away again?

No, I'm done running away. I wanted to change... I wanted to say.....

"S-sorry..." I mumbled.

"What?" His face seems to brighten up upon hearing it.

"Y-you heard it! Stop making me repeat it!"

But what's with his face? Don't tell me he....

"Hey you! If you're going to laugh at me I better get going!" I embarrassingly said.

Then he burst out.

I felt like my face is burning because of embarrassment.

Gabriel grabbed my sleeve.

"Hahahaha, don't leave, sit here again." He said as he tries his best to calm down.

I don't know why but I obey what he said.

He moved closer to me. And he whispered.

"Then if you're really sorry, then, you'll do me a favor." 

His voice! Is so..... So......

I looked at him even though I felt like my cheeks are already blushing.

Then he just smiled again! How can a man have a genuine smile and a sexy voice at the same time?!!!

"What? Your face looks like I'm gonna make you do perverted things! Hahaha Don't worry, I thought of it but I won't let you do it!"

Wha!!!!

"How dare you?!" I shouted

"Hahaha I'm just teasing you! You should've seen your face right now! Hahahah but kidding aside, I just wanted to ask something..."

Ask? Ask what?

"You....."

Me......

"When we first met, I thought you're just making an origami because you're bored. But what I had observed from the days that I started following you, the way you fold the paper, the fact that you can make anything into origami......"

What does this mean? He wouldn't thought any of this if he only wants to know how to make origami.

"But you keep on throwing out all of your works, do you hate origami? Why would you do something that you wouldn't like? But based on how your works are so flawless it seems like you're making origami for years, I'm just confused....."

Me too.....

I chuckled, now he looks more confused...

"Me too, I'm confused too...."

To be continued.....

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