Chapter 1
…I love you…
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2 years ago
“Kla?”
“hmm?”
“When will you come back?”
“Am not sure, why?”
“I miss you.”
-Smiles –
“Please come back to me.”
“Don’t worry, I’ll be back soon.”
“Kla?”
“hmm?”
“Do you love me?”
-Smiles-
“Yes”
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“Are you still in China?”
“Yes but am leaving tonight.”
“You’re lucky you get to go and see different places in the world.”
“I’ve asked you to come with me before.”
“I know but it wouldn’t be the same.”
“How so?”
“You’d be working, not paying any attention to me. Yea I would get to see amazing places but it doesn’t mean anything if am not with you. And I don’t really have to travel the world if my world is you.”
-Smiles-
“I can’t wait to see you…”
“Me too…”
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“Have you gone to bed already?”
“yea… Wanna know what am wearing?”
-Smiles-
“what?”
“it’s thin…Silky and shows my legs”
-sits on the bed-
“Oh…?”
“has a big fat cat right in the front and a matching tail in the back!”
–laughs-
“You know I still don’t know why you thought this would suit me.”
–laughs harder-
“It’s cute”
“Cute my ass! It’s embarrassing!!”
“Embarrassing? Who in this world will see you in it other than me?”
“……”
“Still…”
“Come on…”
“fine…”
“I knew you would love it.”
“I don’t love it… I just love the person who gave it to me.”
-Smiles-
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“My dad asked about you today.”
“Really?”
“Yea, he asked me when you were returning. I didn’t answer him cuz I don’t even know…”
-sighs-
“Hey… Please don’t get angry with me”
“Am not angry, I just want you to come home…”
-closes eyes-
“I know…”
“do you?”
-sighs again-
“it’s just a lot of work honey…”
“…forget it…”
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“Why haven’t you been answering my calls?”
“……”
“Why haven’t you?”
“it wouldn’t make a difference…”
“…What do you mean?”
“It doesn’t matter if I answer because when the call is over you’re still not next to me.”
-sighs-
“Please answer my calls.”
“…….”
“Please?”
“…. Okay”
-sighs with relief as he gets out of the car and stands in front of their home-
“Now come to the front door.”
“what? Why?”
“it’s a surprise”
“What surprise?”
-rolls his eyes while putting his hand in his pocket-
“Just come.”
~stands up~
“OK am in front of the door, now what?”
-takes out a small black box, bends on one knee-
“Open the door…”
~hesitates at first but then opens the door to find kla on one knee holding a small box containing a silver ring~
“OH MY GOD”
“Will you marry me?”
“OH MY GOD…”
~tears build-up while his face turns red~
“Are you serious right now??”
-stands up to whip his tears-
“Am very serious…”
~more tears fall as his heart starts beating fast~
“I can’t breathe…”
-Smiles-
“Calm down honey…”
~takes the ring to look at but it causes more tears to fall~
“So… What do you say…?”
~looks up at Kla and realizes that he didn’t give him an answer~
“Oh! Yes! YES!!! Thousand times Yes!”
-Smiles-
“Let me put it on you…”
~laughs while crying~
“Stop crying, honey…”
-pulls him in and hugs him tight-
~still crying~
“I love you so much…”
-closes his eyes and slowly a smile grows-
“I know…”
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“Morning my lovely fiance…”
-Kla walks into the kitchen and wraps his arms around Earth’s waist-
~smiles~
“Morning…”
~Earth turns away from the stove and towards Kla’s embrace, kissing him softly before moving his hands onto his shoulders~
“What you making?”
“Nothing special, just breakfast.”
~puts his hand in Kla’s hair, stroking it back~
“how long are you staying?”
“As long as you want.”
-leans in and kisses him again-
~pulls back~
“Am serious. How long are you going to be here?”
-frowns-
“Am leaving in 2 Days”
“2 Days?! What! You said you would stay longer.”
~disappointment slowly grew on his face~
“I know, but I got a call. I need to be there.”
~looks away~
“But I’ll come back as soon as possible, okay?”
~turns his head back to look at kla~
“As soon as possible?”
“As soon.”
“You promise?”
–Kla brought his hand up and extended his pinky-
“Promise”
~smiles while intertwining his pinky with Klas~
“You better come back to me…”
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“Hey hey hey, slow down. What’s the matter?”
-hears soft sobs from the other line-
“I can’t choose…”
“Choose what?”
“Which flowers to order. I don’t know between the yellow or the blue…and it’s giving me a headache”
~sighs~
“You said you would be here to do this with me but am alone. We are supposed to do this together. Instead am doing it by myself while you are halfway across the world. This is the time am supposed to feel like am on top of the world but I feel like being at the bottom…by myself.”
~cries~
“Calm down honey, am coming back tomorrow. I’ll help you with everything okay?”
“I just want…to be with you..”
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“Kla?”
~walks into the study~
“Kla? Have you…”
-On the phone-
~sits down on the sofa, waiting for Kla to finish his call~
5 minutes later
-puts the phone down-
“What’s the matter?”
~Lets out a deep breath~
“I was going to ask if you looked at the venue’s I asked you to look over?”
-Confusion painted its self on Kla’s face-
“What?”
“The venue. I gave them to you this morning. You said you would go over them?”
“Uhmm, sorry I don’t remember such a thing…”
-closes his laptop to look on the table for what ever his partner was talking about-
~frowns while helping Kla search for the papers on his desk~
-Finds them-
“oh… Sorry. I didn’t have time to go over them. I can do it now…”
-the paper is pulled out of his hands-
~angry~
“Forget it. I’ll look over them myself.”
“what’s wrong? I said I’d look over it didn’t I?”
“That’s what you said with choosing the flowers or deciding on the decorations but I ended up doing them myself.”
~stands up while shaking his head~
“You are here but you’re really not here.”
-Stands up and grabs his arm-
“What do you mean by that?”
~struggling to pull his arm out of Kla’s hold~
“It means you pay more attention to your work even when at home. You here to help me but you don’t…”
~pulls himself free and walks out.”
“It was better when you were halfway across the world…”
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-picks up his phone to answer the call-
“Hey… How are you doing?”
“Good”
~lies~
“Got any plans for the day?”
“No, not really”
~sniffing~
“That’s good…”
“What’s wrong?”
~soft sobbing escapes his mouth~
“I can’t do this anymore…”
-Frowns-
“What do you mean? You can’t do what?”
~sighs out loud~
“This, whatever this is. I can’t do it anymore. Am tired…”
-Starts to get worried-
“What are you saying?”
~cries a bit louder~
“Am tired of this life Kla. Am done…”
-Speaks in a soft voice-
“Hey hey hey… I need you to stop talking and go have a rest, we’ll talk later…”
“NO!! We not going to talk later because there is no later… Am done. This is not what I wanted.”
~takes a deep breath in then lets it out~
“I thought I would be able to handle it. I thought it would end after we got engaged but it just got worse…”
“Hey, please calm down…”
“I am calm, I just can’t keep pretending like am fine with this. We keep changing every time we are apart and when you come back I need to learn about you all over again…”
-closes his eyes-
“…. I tried…. I really did but love is stronger when we are together…. not when we are apart….”
-a tear falls from Kla’s face as he opens his eyes-
“Please…Please don’t do this….”
~soft sobbing is heard from the other side~
“When you come back… I’ll be gone.”
-starts to cry-
“Earth… Earth?”
-Kla heard nothing but the deafening sound of the phone being hung up-
“Earth?….”
-he tried calling back but it took him straight to voice mail-
“……”
–You said you love me-
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3 months ago
Art left his duty point as his shift was over. He walked into the big house and went upstairs. He greeted someone at every turn until he stood in front of the study. “Is he working?”
Art asked one of the young trainees that just started working for Kla.
The young boy shook his head while keeping his posture upright. Art went to open the door and found Kla sitting on his black leather sofa. “Sir?”
Kla looked up from the book he was holding to his personal bodyguard.
“We need to talk.”
Kla looked back to his book. “About what?”
Art frowned. He moved closer to his boss. “You know what.”
Kla slowly let his smile break free. “Is this still an issue with you?” He looked up at Art while asking.
Art let out a sigh before answering. “Sir, I care about your well-being. This is not safe for you to be doing.” Art was worried. He was afraid that his boss had taken it too far.
Kla lowered his gaze and flipped the page to begin a new chapter. “Are you suggesting something?”
Art stood up straight and gathered all his courage to talk. He had thought about it for some time but was too afraid to tell his boss but now he cared too much to let his fear get a hold of him. “You can find someone to stay with…” Kla shot his eyes straight at Art as soon as he said that. If looks could kill…you’d be dead!
Art put his hands up in front of his chest while wearing a begging expression. “Let me finish Sir…”
Kla shot his deadly gaze to his book, giving Art the opportunity to redeem himself. “It wouldn’t be a relationship…”
“And how’s that so different from what am doing now?” Kla shot his eyebrows up.
Art shook his head. “What your doing is not safe…”
He let a heavy breath out before continuing. “…these boys you find on the road or in clubs could have the disease…”
Kla flipped to the next page.
“It’s not safe…but I have an idea that is way safer.”
Kla kept quiet. Art took this as a sign to continue. “Have someone for a month, it would be like a job. You pay them to please you. No feelings because it won’t be for a long period of time…like a fake boyfriend”
Kla still kept quiet so Art continued.
“I think this is safer and because I care about you I’ll be the one to find the person. I’ll run some tests on the person to see if they are a good fit… for the job.”
Kla suddenly closed his book then looked up. “Art…?”
Art swallowed hard. “Yes sir?”
“You do understand when I say that I want no relationship right?”
“Yes sir. This wouldn’t be one… We’ll make it clear from the beginning that this is a job and that it will end…”
Kla nodded his head before standing up. “It’s not bad, beats having to go to a club every time I need a fuck…”
Art widened his eyes then shots his gaze elsewhere…
“Fine…I’ll give it a try.” Kla put his book on his table before leaving to take a shower.
Art stood in the study by himself for a few seconds thinking about his plan.
Now all I need to do is hire someone…
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Note to reader
– I hope you enjoy this story.
– There are alot of mistakes in it, I haven’t had the time to do some editing so please don’t mind them.
Your author ~ Teekay ^^