Chapter 6

We left the restaurant having all eyes on us, which I hate and now people would think negative of me, in love and having friends which I didn't want.

We are now walking side by side like its has been, she starts to hum a song I'm not familiar with, shaking her head left and right.

There is no where she was taking us to if not a cafe. She had asked if we would eat in my work place but I said no because of Michael, I am not ready to pick a fight with him.

Just then, I felt her stop behind me looking right at the left direction with a frown. I wondered what she was staring and frowning at so badly so i walked back and followed her gaze.

My eyes widened to see that, a young man is shouting at an old woman who has fallen to the ground in a small market.

How someone like that be so rude to an old lady. ‘just who is his grandmother?' I didn't want to interfere like how I did when I saved her, so I turned my direction to the right asking her to follow me because i wouldn't go in there.

She slowly walked two steps behind me then hissed and ran into the market, “hey” I trued to catch her hand but it split she ran to the young man and pushed him to the ground with full force.

My jaws dropped at the act.

she hurried to the lady. "Are you okay, grandma?" She asked in sympathy.

"I'm fine my dear" the old lady said nodding weakly. The man then stood up and starts to yell at her, "you little, just who the hell are you?"

"Just shut up and stay back" she yells back as he kept shut. Whoa i didn't know she was this tough. *chuckles*

"You don't even have respect for old ladies, even if you don't have for young ladies, pity the old ones" she shouted, she sure is angry, never seen her in this mood before.

"You little b**ch." He cursed raising his hand to slap her but then she moved aside dodging.

Whoa, she saw that coming?

Just then people start to take their phones and starts to record and if they do, its so bad. We need to get the hell out of here. Just then the man beside me call on the police.

"Police!"

If the police get here, they'd take us all. we need to get out of here, i start to walk inside towards her just to sight three police man, running down, they are here so fast, they must be closed by.

I grabbed her hand, "come on, we have somewhere to go!" She looks at me then glare at the man before kicking him and dragging me as we ran away like so kind of thief.

We ran so far away and we start to lose them before we finally stopped.

Panting and gasping for air, my hands where on my knees trying to catch my breath while she was leaning on the light pool. "Why did you do that?" I asked in between my breathe

"He was being so stupid, picking on an old lady" she pouted angrily.

"Do you know what she might have done?"

"It doesn't matter" she sighed and looked straight ahead, she sighted the Japanese cafe sign board. "We are here" she grin walking in as i followed her behind.

we got a table for two close to the window and sat on it, facing each other. Just then a waiter came to us. "Welcome, what would you like the order?" He asked.

I looked over at her. She always orders. "oh well, we would like a bowl of hot ramen spicy and non spicy." She says.

The waiter nodded. "Sure be right on" then he left.

"you would be eating the spicy one right?" I asked. " cause..."

"...nah, you are the one to eat it" she placed her hand on the chin, twitching her lips to the right side as she looks around.

No one said a thing after that.

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soon the waiter returned with our hot bowls of Ramen, she inhales and sat up, prayed over it in her mind and picked up the chopsticks and starts to dig in, like always. It makes me smile.

Indeed she wants to be fat.

I stared at the food for a moment to analyze it, the soup and the noodles dancing in it and some hug circle sliced onions and some chilled pepper and meat, and egg like its raw but cooked. by the side of the bowl was written 'Ramen' I had seen it in movie before but I had never eaten it, maybe I would try today.

"Ramen is its name" I heard her say mouth full as i looked up at her. "Yeah, I have seen it?"

"So have you ever eaten it?" She asked and I shook my head. "Try it now, it very delicious". ”Sure" I picked up my chopsticks to eat when she called again.

"Hey," this time she wasn't looking at me, she seems sad, staring at her bowl. Just when i was about to ask her whats wrong she spoke.

"Don't tell anyone about my disease, and let it be our little secret, please" She says, it wasn't an order, her voice was so cold and far away.

I nodded. "If you wish" I said as she looked up smiling at me. "Eat up before your Ramen gets cold".

Sure, we continued eating not saying a word, when then a young girl with a snow white hair parked in a ponytail walked up to our table, she didn't notice me so I behaved like I didn't see her either.

"What in the world, April, what are you doing here? with a guy?" She yelled pointing at me, I didn't look at her and pretended I didn’t know she was referring to me and I'm sure it annoyed her.

"Don't tell me you are dating him?" She asked out of the blue, I almost choked.

‘What made you think so?’

"No not at all, we are just friends" she says.

"Friends? Eating Ramen in a Japanese cafe, do you know what that means?"

"It’s fine Sasha, his nice. He is Seth and Seth she's Sasha my friend" she introduced us. I was willing to reply but she was just glaring at me so I didn't say anything and continued eating.

"When you get back home, call me and explain this do you hear me?" Sasha warned storming out while she waved good bye then turned to me.

"Whoa!!! Such a tough girl! She has been my best friend since middle school."

"Oh is that so?" I asked not quite interested.

"Why didn't you reply?"

"I don't want to end up becoming friends, I told you about how they dislike me so I won't force myself, they talk behind my back and I know." I said looking at her.

"Seth, what do you think, I think of you?" She asked out of the blue, she was smiling and i couldn't think of anything. "The same... Anyway, why didn't you tell your friend about your disease?" I asked cutting our chat up. I watch her shake her head then rested on the chair, sighing from deep down.

"If I had told them, they won't let me have fun like I'm having with you, they'd always want me to stay at home and take some recovery"

"It is better"

"It’s pointless, I rather have fun now and die than to die without a single fun" she says sitting up right, then stretched? "Are you done eating?" She asked and I nodded, she asked if she could pay and she did like always I don't argue.

We strolled around as the day started to darken. We walked down the street escorting her home and I stopped where I normally did. "Are you through with the novel you were reading?" She asked but I shook my head negatively.

"Sure then, see you tomorrow, bye" she waved turning to cross the road when a speeding car came. She didn't seem to notice, so i jumped in and pushed us both out of the way as we fell down.

She turns to me in fright, she was scared, breathing so badly. "Are you okay?" I asked trying to hold my breath as we watched the car drove away. Whosoever the driver was might have the intension of killing us or he was drunk.

"I'm fine, sorry for the troubles" she apologized, standing up as she dusted her body. Then finally bidding me good bye and got into the house.

She shut the door while i still stood their like someone with no future,like i don't even have a future.

She doesn't look like someone who has a disease and will die soon. How sure was she that she is going to die? What is the world’s fate dear God?.

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