10. Emma's powerful secret weapon
A/N: A little bit of drama to spice up the story. Don't worry, there won't be much drama. But I'll have to bring out Yibo's strength slowly. Haha.
Right now Suri and I are sitting under the stars right by the water and talking. Actually Zhan and I had wanted to do that, but things turned out differently than we thought.
As soon as lunch was ready, we all gathered around the table. I was able to enjoy Zhan's home-cooked food for the first time. And it was super delicious. And, there was even meat. He said, as he and I prepared the food, "There's even meat today especially for you. We don't want our lion to be hungry." We laughed about it. But I lost my appetite quite quickly.
Because Zhan said to the two girls: "Yibo and I will be out for a few hours later. You guys will have to keep yourselves busy in the meantime." Suri nodded immediately and explained that this was no problem for her. Only Emma looked anything but happy.
It was time for Emma's powerful secret weapon. At first only a few tiny tears rolled and finally a whole flood. She howled loudly and complained that we had only been here one day and she already felt uncomfortable and left out. She whined that she wants to go back home and not be with people who don't want her here.
Zhan immediately softened and left the living room with her to talk "briefly". After more than an hour, the two were still not back. And when they finally did come back, Zhan said to me, "Yibo, I'm afraid we'll have to postpone our plans until later or tomorrow. I want to take Emma for a little ride to help her calm down."
When Suri and I went outside earlier, their "little ride" had been going on for three hours. Half an hour ago, they returned. They went out for ice cream somewhere, as Emma told us happily. I was so angry at that moment. I wanted to smack that stupid grin of hers right off her face.
"Good for you." I said angrily, and then came the next firecracker from Emma.
She clung to Zhan's arm, put her head on his shoulder and said, "Zhan and I are pretty tired from the long drive and are about to go to sleep, so it would be nice if you could keep it quiet so we can sleep." And Zhan said nothing to that!
I grabbed Suri by the hand and said, "Come on, we don't want to disturb our couple while they are sleeping. They are so exhausted from the car ride."
Suri replied, "Car ride? You probably mean they've been doing it with each other. That's why they've been gone so long and are so exhausted."
Suddenly Zhan grumbled, "I sure didn't sleep with Emma, just to be clear. Yes I'm tired, the night was short, the day was long, just like the car ride, and that's why I want to go to sleep. And Emma is tired too."
Suri turned to him and gave him the middle finger, then pulled me outside behind her. Zhan still called out, "Yibo wait a minute." But I just shook my head. This was really too stupid for me.
And when you think it can't get any worse, something happens to prove you wrong.
Suri was slightly cold, because the wind here at the sea is a bit cooler. We sneaked back into the house, we had long since calmed down again, when I saw my suitcase in front of Zhan's and my room door. I was more than confused. Suri then pulled me into her room along with my suitcase and said, "That stupid bitch is sleeping in Zhan's room!"
We crept up to Zhan's room door and listened. We heard the two of them talking, only we couldn't understand what they were talking about. Suri was so angry that she pushed the door open and yelled into the room, "Are you kidding me? Tired and wanting to sleep, my ass! You secretly moved Yibo out without asking him and have your fun while we sit outside on the beach, freezing, to let you sleep in peace. You guys are the very worst! I hate you Zhan!!!"
Even though the two beds are separate, all kinds of things were going through my mind about what they could possibly be doing in that room when we are not present. And I didn't like those thoughts at all.
Zhan jumped up from his bed and came after Suri and me in the room. "Listen this was not planned OK? Emma is not feeling well and she wants to stay in my room this one night. We were going to sleep but then we talked some more."
"Why don't you stop lying Zhan. One night! Yeah right! That's why Yibo's packed suitcase was outside the door! Don't talk to us for the rest of the vacation. You're forever out of favor with me. I would never have expected that from you as my big brother. And another thing, first you made such a fuss, because you didn't want Yibo and me to sleep in the same room. And now you suddenly don't have a problem with it anymore? Haha. Best friend my ass you asshole and now get out of our room!" Shouted Suri.
"You know what Suri? I'm really too tired for this now and I don't feel like arguing with you. We'll talk about it in the morning. Good night." Zhan replied and disappeared back into his room.
And I stood there thinking, what the hell is going on here? I was totally beside myself. What was this? I mean, Ok I hate the thought of Emma sleeping in Zhan's room and that he and I weren't at the bay together because of her, but the way Suri just freaked out was really intense. I don't know her like that at all.
Now we're sitting outside talking. Now it's me who has to calm down his best friend. Because as soon as we were outside, Suri started crying bitterly. I have known her for 4 years. But never before have I seen her cry. Not even once! She is always cheerful and optimistic. With her a glass is always half full. And even when she was not feeling well, she still smiled.
And right now she was crying bitterly in my arms and could hardly calm down. If this continues in the coming days as it did today, then I will certainly leave early.
We are now back in the house, Suri immediately went into the room and I sat down on the armchair in the living room, when I saw Zhan sitting on the sofa and he asked me if we could talk for a moment. I didn't want to at first, even though I'm not really mad but rather disappointed. But I ended up sitting down with him.
"Yibo, I want to apologize about tonight. Because we didn't go to the bay anymore. Because we went out for ice cream without you, and because of the fight, and because I didn't ask you if Emma could sleep in your bed tonight. And I swear, I definitely did not have sex with her."
"Can I ask you something Zhan?"
"Yes, of course."
"I want to know from you, did you realize that we were sitting here waiting for you? And did you also realize that we might have been worried because you were gone so long?"
"Yes."
"If you were aware of that, why didn't you call Suri or me, or at least write to us to let us know?"
"I hadn't really thought about it in all this."
"Well Zhan, then I would just guess that you didn't care enough to let us know what was going on. Because if it had been important to you, you definitely would have thought of it. And one more thing. To simply move me out without at least informing me and to simply leave my suitcase at the door was beneath everything and shows me that you are a person of weak character and bad manners. And therefore I tell you, I will share the room with Suri for the rest of the week. Because I don't want to share a room with a man of weak character who also displays such bad manners. And I'm telling you this calmly and without yelling, but you behaved like an asshole. Suri almost cried her eyes out because of you. And seriously, I've known her for 4 years and I've never seen her cry before. Think about it. For me, that's the end of the subject. But I really hope you can talk to Suri tomorrow morning and you can reconcile. However, you don't need to talk to me anymore."
"Yibo wait a minute. I have the right to defend myself OK? Just like Suri is to you, Emma is my best friend and she too has been crying bitterly, because she feels left out and unaccepted by both of you. You ignore her incessantly and make fun of her too. And I am neither weak in character nor do I have bad manners. Unfortunately, I didn't notice that Emma put your suitcase in front of the door. Anyway, it wasn't me. And I still want to share a room with you. Yes, you're right, I've been an asshole. And I'm sorry for that too. But I'm only human and I'm allowed to feel overwhelmed. I forgot to contact you. But not because I don't care about Suri or you. I simply forgot my cell phone here ok? And I hope you can forgive me and give me another chance. And I promise I'll talk to Suri later when she's awake. I will also apologize to her. And again, I am not weak in character or have bad manners. I'm just completely overwhelmed right now."
When Zhan said this to me, he had tears in his eyes and even started to cry. What the hell is going on? I sat down next to Zhan and took him in my arms. Now he was also crying bitterly and kept saying, "I'm really sorry. I didn't mean to upset you two."
Suri who must have overheard this, joined us in the living room and sat on Zhan's lap and hugged him while Zhan was still in my arms. They apologized to each other for their behavior and reconciled.
"I think we should all just go to sleep now and forget about this stupid evening. And then I hope tomorrow will be better for all of us." I said.
"Are you sleeping at Zhan's room again from tomorrow night then?" Suri wanted to know, still sitting on her brother's lap.
"No, I don't think so. I think we'll leave it as it is for now. Because I honestly don't feel like finding my suitcase at the door again in the coming days. And one more thing, this goes for both of you. One more fight like tonight and I'm going back home." I stood up and wanted to go to my room. But Zhan held my hand tightly, pulling me back onto the sofa, clutching and clinging to me.
"I promise you, something like tonight won't happen again. And please stay in my room again starting tomorrow." He said.
"If you're worried about Suri and me, don't be. Nothing will happen between us and I think you can guess why. That's all I'm going to say about it now. I'm tired and I want to go to sleep. So please let me go now." I replied.
But Zhan wouldn't let go of me and Suri also told me to give in and spend the night at Zhan's room again starting tomorrow. They are crazy, both of them! "We will see how the day goes tomorrow and then I will decide again. But now Zhan, let go of me. If you hadn't been gone for hours, you could have clung to me as much as you wanted. But now I'm just tired and exhausted and want to go to bed."
For the first time, Zhan looked at me with a different look. I just can't really place it. Admiration maybe? Mhhh, who knows. I'm tired and need to sleep.
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