Larry
Ahkmenrah.
Why did Ahk run off once I parked the car? Who is the person that Ahk has his eyes on? Why did hearing that people want to take Ahk to bed make me jealous?
Most of the questions floating around in my head can be answered by looking on my left hip. 'Ahkmenrah' is there and has been there for years. It caused a lot of problems in my marriage to Nick's mother and is still causing me problems. Ahk and I are pretty good friends. He'd probably freak out if he knew that his name was on me. I won't ever dare try to find out.
For some reason though, Nick seems to be making Ahk bring up things that he knows would make me jealous. Nick found out about my soulmate name when he overheard an argument between his mother and me. When he started working at the Roman restaurant, he met Ahk. He instantly brought his new friend home and introduced him to me. Nick is only 14, but he seems to have a plan for something big. It worries me a little bit.
"Hey Larry!" Lancelot said when I made my way to the counter. "Amelia was here looking for Arc earlier. Was she at that Rome place?"
"She was. Her and her twin were doing that odd twin speaking thing." I responded as I looked for where Ahk ran off to.
"That's good. I was worried that she ran off." Lancelot had an interest in Arcadia. He would talk about her nonstop if he wasn't busy. It was a little weird and creepy.
As I got orders ready, I noticed that there was a woman staring at Ahk. I only noticed because I was staring at Ahk too. He seemed uncomfortable every time the woman called him over to her. After the fifth time, Ahk came over to me.
"Can you take over serving the blonde over there?" Ahk questioned me.
"Sure, why though?" I asked, even though I already knew.
"The woman is trying to make sexual advances. She won't listen when I tell her that I'm gay. It seems as if it makes her want me more." Ahk shook his head and walked off. He had never once come out and told me he's gay before. Maybe that means I do have a shot with him.
"Did Ahkmenrah just admit he is gay?" Lancelot asked from behind me.
"I believe so."
"How fascinating…" Lancelot crept away, making the situation a little awkward and creepy. He had odd people skills, if you could call them that.
After hours of dealing with customers and watching Ahk avoid me, closing time finally began approaching. We only had a few hours left. The coffeehouse closed at 9pm and it was just about to be 7pm. So everything seemed to be calming down when Serena and Nova came in, without Arcadia.
"Can we get our usual?" Serena asked me as Nova went and sat down. I nodded my head and went behind the counter. Ahk was making Nova's usual and I was making Serena's.
"I wonder what's going on with them." Ahk mumbled to me. All of our friends have heard about the drama between Serena, Arcadia and Nova. Amelia got into detail about it a few weeks ago.
"I thought Nova and Arcadia were still going to be together." I responded to Ahk. He just shrugged and handed me the coffee he made. I brought the two coffees over to the two girls, and then went to get ready to leave. Lancelot was always here two hours before everyone else and always had everyone leave two hours before closing. It was weird.
"Dad, I'm going to hang out with a friend." Nick told me as he left the coffeehouse. He left with a few people without even asking. This was becoming a usual thing. I didn't have time to worry though, Ahk was at my side.
"We ready to go?" Ahk asked me.
"Yeah." I responded, but didn't move. "Do you have any plans?" Ahk looked confused, but smiled and shook his head. "Do you want to go to my place and hang out?"
"I'd love to." Ahk replied, smiling. I smiled back and we walked out of the coffeehouse. I wasn't sure what my reason for asking Ahk over is, but I feel like it's the right thing to do in this moment. Anything can happen now. I just hope nothing ruins my friendship with Ahk.