"It was... It was just because of a small incident. I just had a fight with Dad. It was actually nothing to worry about. But sohow... my chest felt really heavy that I wanted to cry. Maybe I kept bottling up my feelings and it ended that way?" He said and chuckled.
I sighed and smiled at him. "Co here." I wrapped my arms around him and said, "It's okay. You don't have to keep your feelings to yourself. You can express them. It's normal to feel all sorts of emotions. If you're having a hard ti, don't forget that I'm always here to listen to you."
We were like that for a while, and after that, Daryl said he had to go sowhere so I'm alone right now.
I'm thankful that that was the reason for his tears last night. He has always been like that—always bottling up his feelings. He does get mad when it cos to his friends, but when it cos to himself, he prefers to hide it and suffer silently. I don't know why he does that, but I hope he starts to show his feelings more.
Instead of doing nothing, I continued doing my delayed works until lunchti. "I guess I have to cook my own al right now," I said as I closed the laptop.
I stood up and headed to the kitchen. When I opened the fridge, there was almost nothing there. Only a few cans of beer from last night, two eggs, and a bottle of milk.
I looked at the clock and saw that there was still a bit of ti, so I can still go to the grocery store to buy so food.
I'm still not hungry yet, so I guess I should go now.
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"Hmm..." I looked at the at that was on sale. How many kilograms should I buy? Is 2 kilos too much?
"Whatever. I can just buy so more next ti," I said as I grabbed two packages of 500-gram-pork. It's just the two of us anyway. It's not like we always eat at too.
"Fancy running into you here."
I turned to him and stared at him for a while. "Are you just gonna stare at like that?" He said and chuckled. "Lucas, what are you doing here?" His narrow dark gray eyes smiled. "I'm here because of my baby brother, of course."
I grunted as I rolled my eyes. "How did you even know I'm here?" I asked while giving him an annoyed look. Knowing him, he's just gonna pester about dating an alpha. God, how I hate hearing him blabber about that, when he doesn't even have a partner himself. "I saw you walking in so I followed you," he said and winked at .
Since the day that he knew I had my first heat, he never stopped talking about having a partner. I kept getting random calls from him, only to hear that he wants to have a partner. Ugh.
I decided to ignore him and pushed the cart. I picked so vegetables while he kept following as if he's my tail. "Co on, Jus, I just want you to have a partner. That way, you won't have a hard ti during your heat cycles, especially now that you've already experienced your first heat recently. Think about it. If you had a partner, then you wouldn't have to buy suppressants. It would also be very convenient since no one would dare to touch you once you get marked." He kept blabbering about nonsense as he followed .
I stopped pushing the cart and faced him. "Co on, Lucas. I would rather buy suppressants than start dating again. My past relationships may not have ended on a bad note, but I still don't want to get tangled up with soone again. I don't want to be tied down. I want to live a few years without a partner, so please stop calling and showing up randomly just to say that." He just smiled after what I said.
What does that smile even an? I thought he'd be stubborn about it, yet he's smiling?
"Okay, okay, I get it. I'm just a call away if you want to introduce you to an alpha or if you need any help." The smile he had on his face earlier was still there. His eyes have always been so transparent about his feelings, so I can tell that what he said was his true feelings about it. His reaction is quite odd when I think about his usual self. Well, people are capable of changing.
"Yes, yes. I'll tell you if I want you to set up on a blind date," I said and smiled. At least he's not as hard-headed as he used to be.
"Anyway, I'm gonna go grocery shopping too. You don't have to wait for if you finish before . Your frozen goods might go bad if they're out of the fridge for too long," he said and waved goodbye at .
I watched his back slowly disappear from my sight and continued grocery shopping. When I already finished, I paid for them right away and left. He did say not to wait for him, so I won't then. I'm quite easy to talk to.
I looked at the bags I'm carrying with both of my hands. "These aren't a lot, so I can carry them by myself," I mouthed to myself and started walking to the condo. The grocery store isn't far from the condo and I can just walk from here to there, so I'm just gonna walk instead of riding a cab.
That guy earlier was Lucas Ty, an old neighbor of mine. He's been like a brother to since we've been together since we were kids. Unlike the people I've been recently acquainted with, he's neither an alpha nor an oga. He's a beta.
When I got ho, I quickly put the food I bought earlier inside the fridge and took a quick shower. I then prepared a simple al and after I ate, I went out for a bit to head to the mall since I rembered that I had to buy a gift for my Mom's birthday next week.
As I was walking around, sothing suddenly caught my attention. No, not sothing—soone.
"It's.... him."
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