Chapter 14: Moments with you

Asha POV

Azure and I are currently eating breakfast in silent.

Only the clashing of the spoons and fork on the surface of the circle ceramic plates can be heard all over the house.

I am almost done with my food, just maybe two or three more spoons and I am done, while Azure still has lot more food to eat.

I cleared my throat to clear the silence after I finally finished my food and drank my water, "What's your full name?" I asked.

Azure looked at me while his spoon was left mid air and mouth open.

His eye became uneasy and then he cleared his throat "O-Oh, Its - I mean, I am Aurelius Azure Cortez, 25 years old"

I looked at him with wide eyes, wait, did he say he is twenty-five years old? "Ehhh??? You're twenty-five?" I asked again

"Y-yes, isn't it obvious?" He replied smugly "No, it wasn't, I thought we were of same age" I commented and he looked at me as if I had two heads

He sat properly to face me "I don't want to lift my own chair but don't you see the muscles I had? How mature my features is?" he replied with arrogance on his voice

It was my time to look at him as if he had two heads and it made him uncomfortable "No, yeah you had muscles but it's an average one and you look exactly like my age"

Azure look at me with unbelieving eyes and scoffed after a second "I can't believe you" Azure raise his right arms to flex his said muscle.

"See look at my muscles Asha" he insisted and he looked at his flexed arms only to be stilled.

I disregard him and started to clean the table "I believe you are done?" I asked him but no response, so I continued.

I am in the middle of transferring the eggs with tomatoes leftovers to a food container, saving it for lunch maybe, and put it inside the refrigerator.

Azure shouted like a horrified woman in horror movies and I think I saw some birds outside flew away

"No, no. no, what's happening? this can't be happening" I heard him exclaimed incredulously but I chose to continue clean the table and put the dishes on the sink to be clean.

"Asha, can I borrow a mirror?" I heard him asked like he was asking a thing that would save his sanity

"What for?" I asked like it was nothing "Just lend me a mirror please" he replied hopelessly

I pointed the rectangular mirror that is attached beside the door of my room vertically and saw him walk to it hastily.

He even stumble while walking to where my mirror is.

I watched him examined his self on the mirror and saw how his face fell down as if its' the end of the world.

Azure holds on the sides of the big rectangular mirror and slowly slides down to the flourished red cemented floor like a drama queen.

I slightly chuckled at the 'hopeless' scene he's making and continued to wash the dishes.

When I look at him after finishing the dishes, Azure was still on the floor but now both his hands were not on the sides of the mirror.

If someone would draw him, he would be like one of those anime characters who had the gloomy vertical lines on top of him and pool of tears running away from his eyes.

His head were down and so as his shoulders. .

I heard him murmuring but I couldn't understand anything,

all I did were to bend down and tap his shoulders lightly to calm him and tell him silently that everything's gonna be okay.

But he looked at me sharply which caught me off guard for a second.

I cleared my throat while smiling and awkwardly chuckling at him and withdraw my hand.

Should I just give him his personal space? I mean how bad could it be? It's not like he's not from here or he came from another time to react like that, right?

Then just like lightning, an idea pop inside my head, maybe he's becoming delusional with all the weird things that is happening.

Maybe its the blue butterfly I saw on top of his head.

With that thought in my mind, I looked at him with worry and understanding that he maybe needs someone to comfort him right now.

"What's with the look?" he asked but I did not answer. I just nod at him and smile sincerely while hugging him.

He push me and now we are both sitting on the floor "What's wrong with you?" and he hugs his self like I am sort of like a rapist, how dare him!

I scoff angrily, rolled my eyes and looked at him with eyes like daggers.

'How ungrateful, I am just comforting him yet he doesn't appreciates it' I murmured still looking at him with my dagger eyes.

"What's wrong me? well maybe its what's wrong with you" I said while emphasizing every word and stood up.

I folded my arms in front of him "I was just comforting you for whatever you are going through and you just pushed me" I said "I am never going to comfort you again" I continued.

And my knees almost gave up on me when I saw him looking at me like a little child being scolded by her mother.

He looks so vulnerable and I wanna take back my words "Please take back what you said" he said almost pleading.

I sighed and felt guilty for I know how it felt to have no one to comfort you yet I said those words.

"I'm sorry, I really don't mean it, I - I" sighing again because I am lost of words to say.

I sat down and we were facing each other this time and I stared at him for a few seconds and smile sweetly this time.

Just a plain sweet apologetic friendly smile.

I ruffled his hair like he was a little kid and I am his big sister

"I take back what I said" and with that, he gave me his biggest sweetest smile, and I think it just made my heart beat faster.

I suddenly withdraw my hand and awkwardly raised it to have a high five to escape this weird feeling I am having.

He happily respond to it but I didn't expect what he did next.

He suddenly intertwined our hands, he looked at it like it was the best thing in the world and smiled at me with emotions in his eyes that I can't name.

I went stilled but when I recovered from it, I suddenly pinched his ear with my free hand which it made him shout in pain, released our folded hand and held my hand that's pinching his ear.

I grab it as a chance to let go of his ear, get up, and dust off my clothes to escape the scene.

Azure looked at with furrowed brow and pouted lips "Why'd you do that?!" he shouted like a kid but I just stick out my tongue at him and chuckled, serves him right.

He groaned while rubbing his now red ears, stood up, dust his clothes and ran after me.

And I swear, I never laughed like I did today.