Scene 4

She wanted me to perform with her again. Those words sounded like gibberish in my head, and I quickly let go of her hands as I just stared at her. I could hear the two sides of me arguing over the situation.

‘This is what we have been waiting for. We need to take advantage of the situation and help her out. We might get closer to the answer we have been looking for.’

‘Are you crazy? The last time we let this girl sweep us up into whatever performance she had planned, we ended up saying the most embarrassing things. We even ended up going viral because of her.’

The anxiety of the situation had me locked and could only stare at the girl as my mind raced. She stared back at me, and she reached out and grabbed my hands again. Her hands were surprisingly cold, and the sensation jolted me back to reality. “Sorry about that. I just got so excited over the attention my video got that I didn’t even get your take on it. I also wanted to apologize for doing that to you.” How can someone express themselves and be open without feeling embarrassed like her?

She was just full of emotions and every action she did was something special in my eyes. She only apologized to me, and I could only see a scene of two characters reconciling in my head. There was music playing and the lighting was set to a warm tone to much the somber music playing in my head. This caused me to respond late to her apology, but I eventually did.

“It’s no problem. I was freaked out for sure at first, but I wanted to thank you for that. I have been having trouble writing lately and that day on the train really helped me get my creative flow back, so I really mean it when I say this, thank you.”

I did it again. I said something super embarrassing and while saying it I felt nothing, but the second I expressed my true feelings, I felt incredibly embarrassed. The girl smiled at me, and I smiled back, but the moment was interrupted by Rin clearing his throat to get our attention.

“I hate to break up this lovely moment you two are having, but didn’t you want Cairo to be in another video of yours Romani?”

I looked at Rin with wide eyes and he only winked at me as I stared at the girl named Romani. I finally had a name for the angel on the train platform. I kept saying her name in my head and I could feel my brain begin to buzz with inspiration. A story was brewing in my head. The scenes and characters were coming to life in my mind, and I needed to give them words, to give them a world to live in. I almost left all together, but I remembered the cool hands that were holding mine.

Romani got really close to me and she stared at me like the day we met. I was able to focus now, and I could see gold flecks in the sea of green that were her eyes. “You really get this intense look in your eyes when you get inspired, babe.” She said to me as I quickly noticed we were in a different location now! We were by a fountain and surrounded by people walking and shopping at different stores. How did I not notice we were changing locations and why didn’t my friends snap me out of my imagination?

I didn’t have time to worry about it and I focused back onto Romani. Judging by the fact that she called me babe, I can assume that we were making another video like the train station. She really knows how to keep me on my toes. I don’t know what I should do, but figured I should start with answering the question she asked.

“I only get like that when I’m thinking about something. Inspiration is fleeting and whenever I get it, I try to remember whatever comes out of it.”

“Hmm, so, what was getting you so inspired that you ignored me the whole time we were walking to the fountain?”

She playfully pouted while turning away from me. I genuinely began to feel bad, but I stopped myself from apologizing like I normally would and quickly began to remember the character I made from the train station. He was gruff, awkward, but he strangely had a way with words. I imagined myself having a sort of transformation into this character.

“Don’t be like that. You know I am trying to be a writer in the future, and I had got an idea for the book I am writing.”

Romani kept her back to me, and I walked up behind her and placed my chin on the top of her head. She did not say anything after that. I honestly didn’t know what else to do, but I then thought about what the character might have said if this was in a romance anime or show. I took a deep breath, and I wrapped my arms around her. I felt her jump from the sudden movement but continued with the scene.

“This is kind of embarrassing and you know I hate saying stuff like this out loud, especially out in public, but what inspired and had me in such deep focus…was you.”

It felt like the world froze in my eyes. It was like everything turned black and white, but me and Romani. The only two things in color in a world devoid of any. The scenario in my head was that the world this takes place in has slowly been losing its ability to feel emotionally. The two characters were among the few people who could feel any emotions, but the girlfriend slowly begins to think that her boyfriend is losing his emotions. Worried that he may be beginning to fall out of love with her, she brings him to a special place that holds sentimental value to both.

I hugged her a little tighter and said the last thing I knew was going to tie this scene together.

“No matter what this strange world does to make me lose my emotions I will always love you.”

We stayed like that for a solid minute and then I felt Romani beginning to quiver. I tried to get a look at her face, but my heart skipped a solid two beats when I felt something warm and wet hit my hands. ‘She was crying. Why was she crying? Was it because of what I said? I thought it matched the mood we were setting. Did I cross a line! Oh man, I must apologize!’

My brain was going a mile a minute and I was about to say something, but Romani surprised me by turning around and holding both of my hands while looking at me with tears in her eyes.

“Hey. What’s wrong? Why are you crying?” I struggled to say anything as I just took all her in. She was dressed in a white blouse that had a blue flower pattern, blue jeans, and sandals that had flowers on them. Her hair was different than the day we met. Her hair was brown that day, but now it black and it has turned white at the end.

“Do you mean it?”

“What? Mean what?”

She stepped in close and had our hands pressed between us. Her voice sounded like to was going to break and I couldn’t tell if this was part of the video or not. ‘She is really good at this.’ I thought and then she surprised me again by speaking louder.

“Do you truly mean that you will always love me! That no matter what this world’s curse does to you…that you will always love me and never forget me!”

I was stunned by this. I made up this whole scenario in my head and she somehow embodied the character I made up perfectly. I stared at her and truly began to wonder if Romani was truly an angel that was sent to help me with my writing. I smiled at her, and a single tear escaped my eye and I simply said, “Yes. With all my heart.”