Big Everywhere

"Don't stay awake for too long. It's already very late." Theodore uttered those words softly as he closed the distance between them with his big steps.

All of a sudden Anna started to blush. What was that? He… he really knows he has a godly charm in him and just misuses those upon her whenever he wants. He did these to other girls too, right? How can he not be a playboy when he is this handsome? All the boys of the world are like him. It won't sound reasonable that he isn't a playboy when he knows all the techniques very well to make a girl's heart flutter.

Fortunately, Kiera already walked out of the room, so she didn't get to see this PDA. Thank God, she didn't; Anna thought. Or else she would have started her nagging lessons again by then.

… … …

The moment Theodore was going to press the elevator button, a thought came to his mind. He took out his mobile phone from his pocket and messaged Anna something. Then he messaged Kiera who was already waiting inside her car for him to go home typing he has some important work to do and so he can't go with her.

Theodore went back to Anna's apartment door but before pressing the doorbell, the door was automatically opened by Anna. She was looking at him with a troubled expression while holding her phone in her hand. Theodore kinda liked this troubled look on her face as he was the reason she was feeling troubled.

Though Annabelle said she was going to compose tonight, she actually didn't intend to do that. As she was getting annoyed by Kiera and Theodore's bickering, she chased them out making this excuse. But she forgot it can only fool Kiera as she was always conscious enough not to disturb Anna when she was working. She couldn't fool Theodore though.

To be honest, she didn't even decide what to write, let alone composing them.

Then again, after chasing them out just a few minutes passed and here he is, standing in front of her again.

Anna was going to sleep early today when she received a message from him saying, "Can you make me anything spicy? I am hungry."

Theodore couldn't get any other idea to make her call him again. She becomes extremely weak whenever he mentions being hungry.

Anna was going to call him back home but before she could call him, her doorbell rang. She already knew who it was. When she opened the door, her eyes met his.

This guy…. he never fails to interrupt her peaceful times. But for some reason, she can't just ignore his demands. Also, it was quite predictable that he couldn't eat Kiera's hellish 'Kimchi Rice' for sure.

"I have something in my fridge I made today. Wait here, let me heat up that for you." Anna defeatedly said as she saw Theodore already having his way towards her apartment.

Anna's kitchen was adjacent to her living room. So, she could see what he was doing there. There were some pictures of her with her parents and sister kept on a large shelf attached to the wall. Thank God, she hid all her trophies which were displayed here. In case he saw those, he would start to make assumptions. And like this, her past identity will be found out.

At this point, she would hate it the most if he discovers her former identity. After all, it is something she feels ashamed of, it is something that increases her inferiority. Then again, today wasn't her day to be exact.

Theodore was getting more curious when he found nothing in her apartment that could display something about her. He was thinking of getting to know her more, but who can know anything about someone whose house has no traces of her life?

"What do you do?" Theodore finally asked her.

Anna was quite good at hiding things. But she didn't calculate this possibility. He has a mouth, so he can ask about that too, right?

What will she do now? Should she say that she is some kind of smuggler? No, no… drug dealers are much better than that. But if she says either of them, he will drag her to the police station. Nah, nah… these are all flop ideas.

*Think about something you fool, THINK, THINK*

"Me? I do nothing!" Anna blurted out all of a sudden which was more foolish.

Theodore looked around her lavish apartment and then returned his gaze to her. Urghh… she messed up again. He was definitely not convinced by it.

"Uh… the apartment was actually bought by my parents. I decided to do nothing for the rest of my life. Hehe..." she made it worse.

Gosh… why the heck she can't make a good reason for it? There are so many people being unemployed in this world and here she can't find a mere reason for her being neet.

Theodore looked at her eyes with his sharp black one as if he was trying to read her whole soul through her eyes. By taking a few steps, he was already standing in front of her.

This guy, his legs are so big. How can he close this whole distance with such few steps?

"You are big," Anna subconsciously blurted out her inner thoughts.

Though Anna was purely thinking about his big legs, her words sounded like something else.

The moment her mouth left those words, she was out of the world making Theodore also halt.

Wha… what the f**k was that? Why does she have to blabber out her thoughts right in front of his face? Shit… this was more embarrassing.

Theodore thought he heard wrong but after seeing her flustered expression, he was quite sure she was talking about something which was 'big' enough for her to notice.

"No! I wanted to say that your legs are big…." She was trying her best to make it normal.

"Uh-huh?" Theodore smirked mischievously.

Oh, no! He is so close to her right now that their bodies almost started to touch each other. Anna's ears started to get red which was not unnoticed by him.

"I am big everywhere, Anna." This time, he sensually replied as he left no room for Anna to survive.

*BOOM*

Her head almost exploded hearing those words. She thought of him as a gentleman before. Never in her wildest dream, she imagined that he would be this shameless. What can she do to change this whole topic? Gahh… this is so frustrating. Why is her face getting redder with each passing second?

Suddenly Anna cleared her throat as she took some steps back to make some room between them.

"Ermm… how is your research going? Did you do some tours here alone?" Anna tried to change this topic again. And she was actually kind of successful. Theodore didn't want to continue this shameless act in front of her out of nowhere, making her scared like this.

"Hmm… it is going quite well. But…"

"But?"

"I lack some points."

"How?" Anna wondered.

"Researching on human psychology is something you have to do slowly and giving months and years' worth of time. But I can't stay in one place for several months."

When Anna heard he can't stay at a place for a long time, it made her sad. So, after his report work is over, he is not going to stay here anymore? And she is not gonna see him like she is now? Her mood was already dampened thinking about these. She doesn't know about other things, but she did know that Theodore had a little place inside her heart.

Somehow, he became someone important in her life in these few days. Maybe he was her friend or something else, but right now, she didn't mind that much about defining their relationship. She was happy enough to have him by her side. She just wants to hide all her dark sides and face him with her brightest smile. Sometimes, you don't need to decide the intensity of feelings by naming them, feelings just enter forcefully and tag themselves with a name with their own color.

Though Annabelle didn't voice out these facts, her heart was already screaming with sorrow. Theodore wasn't a fool not to notice it as she forgot to hide her feelings this time. Finally, he spoke.

"But there's a shortcut."

In an instant, her mood lightened up hearing the next words from him.

Shortcut? What is it? Is it good enough to make him stay a little longer? She really wants to know more about him. Whether as a friend or just an acquaintance, she is not gonna complain. She doesn't know why she is acting like this. But she just felt like she needed to act like this. It was a weird unknown feeling that she never encountered before.

"Can you guess which part I am lacking?" Suddenly Theodore asked.

"Emm… I don't know. Maybe family bonds?"

Anna was quite confused but still threw a guess as she heard a little about his relationships with his family was not that great.

Theodore was a bit surprised by the answer. Does this girl think he is some kind of rebellious guy separating himself from family bonds? It wasn't totally false though. He often avoids family gatherings when it is not that necessary for him to be there. It was not that his relationships are that bad with family. He just doesn't feel comfortable around them as all of them are always busy looking for their partner rather than spending quality time with him.

"Wrong," Theodore answered slowly.

Eh? Then what could it be? A guy like him, what kind of relations he lacks huh? Urghhh…. This is so confusing. Though saying 'love' would be the most foolish answer, this was the only thing that came to her mind in the next second.

"Nahhh…. It can be anything but love." Anna didn't realize that she was spouting her own mind thinking.

"It is," Theodore said calmly as he heard her mumbling clearly.

"Eh?" Anna was dumbfounded.

"Yes, involving oneself in a romantic relationship will be a shorter way than observing people involved in them."

*Eh? Ehh? Ehhhhh?*