The CURSE: Deadly Games

● NINE ●

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"Ele, why don't you continue eating? Usually you always fight with me when we've eaten sushi," said Baylor who accidentally noticed Eleanor's behavior when she turned to him.

"You eat first" said Eleanor.

An agitated look on his face, he could not hide from Baylor even though he had tried his hardest.

"What's wrong? Why does your face look so agitated?" baylor said, frowning his forehead.

"Oh, nothing happened. Everything's fine. You just eat, Lor," said Eleanor with a clumsy smile, a very forced smile.

"You sure?" ask Baylor again to make sure everything's okay.

"Yes, I'm sure," he answered lying.

He did not want to ruin the dinner plan that his best friend had been waiting for a long time.

"All right then. Quickly get your hands out and continue eating" Baylor said.

"Come on," he said again.

"Yes, yes, Lor" Eleanor said forcefully.

He slowly pulled out his left hand, trying to buy time.

"Come, Ele. You're not a lefty. What happened to your right hand?" baylor asked, becoming suspicious of Eleanor's behavior.

Baylor, increasingly feeling that something should not have happened, finally decided to leave his chair and approached Eleanor, who was sitting right in front of him. Eleanor was shocked and tried hard to avoid, but all she could do was look at Baylor with a gaze pleading for Baylor to sit back in place and devour the sushi until the ludes.

Baylor, who was standing right next to Eleanor, took out Eleanor's right hand, which she still hid under the table.

"Yes, God. What the hell's going on? I just made up with him and just got happy for a while. Help me, Lord. I don't want Baylor to see this." Eleanor prayed in her heart, but the look in her eyes never left Baylor's.

"What happened to your hand? Isn't everything okay? There were no cuts, even soft as a baby's butt, hehe," Baylor said, puzzled by Eleanor's attitude, but still teased Eleanor.

He would tease Eleanor at any moment if the opportunity was open to the slightest, he would not let the opportunity go.

Eleanor, who heard Baylor's words, looked closely at her right hand. He opened his eyes, looked again, again and again.

Why is his hand back to normal? No longer lost, no longer transparent and twinkling. What exactly is going on? Did he have a duel?

"Emm, didn't I tell you my hand was fine, Lor. You're the one who doesn't believe me. What kind of friend are you," said Eleanor, ostensibly flirting, trying to hide her disturbing emotions.

"I'm sorry, Ele. Who told you to look suspicious at all" Baylor said, not accepting Eleanor's accusation.

"Alright don't think about it anymore, Lor. Let's just eat. I can't hold my breath anymore, it all looks delicious, it's tempting. If you don't sit down and eat right away, then your share will be spent too" Eleanor said, flirting with Baylor.

"Wow! You can threaten me, yes. Watch out for you" Baylor said, pinching Eleanor's nose, then quickly returned to her seat and devoured her sushi before Eleanor spent it.

They spent the rest of their dinner very happily, occasionally a small rivalry for the last sushi-sushi.

***

Like a needle in a haystack, two people can no longer be found in the green grass that the creator willingly stepped on to make happy one by one their hearts.

The light flickering in the middle of the city square was also not willing to lose. Shining the brightest of bodies immersed in their own world.

Eleanor and Baylor allowed their bodies to rest for a moment on the fresh green ground while laughing and chatting casually.

"Yes, of course I promise, Eleanor Devacio. It is precisely you who must promise me that you will never leave me again" Baylor said, turning to Eleanor, returning a warm look from her best friend.

"I will always work on it. I can't promise, I don't even know what will happen to me tomorrow" Eleanor said.

"Hmmm, are you tired?" baylor asked when he realized it was too late.

"Hmmm, I think we should go home. We have to work tomorrow. Huhuu, I cape once. I am lazy to go to work" said Eleanor.

"Then, how about we skip tomorrow" Baylor said.

"Are you out of your mind? You want us fired?" eleanor didn't believe her best friend's madness.

"Haha. Come, let's go home" Baylor said, standing up and cleaning some leaves and grass that would not part with their new friend, his pants and clothes, and extending his hand to Eleanor.

"Come on!" eleanor said, grabbing Baylor's hand and finally standing up.

***

"Hold on me. I don't want you to fly when I speed," Baylor yelled at Eleanor on the sidelines of their trip to Baylor's apartment on his motor sport.

"What if I don't want to hear you?" ask Eleanor.

"Then you're going to fly" Baylor said as he occasionally turned his tail back and accelerated the speed of the motor.

Eleanor, who did not expect that Baylor would actually increase the speed of her motorbike, hugged Baylor tightly and was silent for a moment. As for Baylor, he only smiled seeing a pair of circular hands on his waist.

"You're so ignorant" said Eleanor, hitting Baylor softly, then leaning back against her best friend's back.

"When time can stop ticking," muttered Eleanor softly.

He who was once desperate and no longer had the spirit of life suddenly found happiness in a row, he momentarily forgot all the suffering when he was beside Baylor. What a miracle. Even deep down, Eleanor was still worried. At times all this could have worsened and maybe he could no longer accompany his best friend. He couldn't imagine what his life would be like if he and Baylor separated.

***

Arriving at Baylor's apartment....

"Haha. I am so tired today, I want to sleep. Ehhh, by the way, where will I sleep? We cannot sleep in one bed. What will be the judgment of the people against me" said Eleanor.

"Hmm, how is it? Did you just sleep on the living room couch?" baylor.

"That's right, Lor. First you told me to get out of my apartment and now you're telling me to sleep on your living room couch. And the one who usually sleeps on the sofa is a man, not a woman" Eleanor grumbled.

"Hmm, do you think I'm that cruel, Ele? Just be right! Your best friend can't be that much of you, Ele," Baylor said.

"So?" ask Eleanor.

"Emmm, you close your eyes now" said Baylor, then directed Eleanor with her hands pressed against her.

"Where are you taking me, Lor?" asked Eleanor who was still in a state of closing her eyes.

"You come along, Ele," Baylor said.

After stepping a few steps, Baylor stopped his steps and pulled a key out of his pocket and opened a door for Eleanor.

"Surprise!!"