Waking up these past few days have been one of my favorite things to do as of late. Every time I wake up, I can just feel all of the hard work I did yesterday pay off, and waking up also means I get to work harder even more. Today was cardio day, so me and Kyu were going to take a nice jog outside in the beautiful weather.
"Morning Kyu."
"Morning dude." It almost became routine. Wake up, say good morning, one of us cooks breakfast, then the days was ours.
"So Kyu, what's the overall plan for today?"
"Well, besides the jogging, I figured we would work on charm."
"Got'cha, but what exactly is 'charm'"?
"Basically, your appeal at first glance. So today, we are gonna see how well you can approach a girl with no valid reason at all."
"Okay, like I say 'hey', they say 'hey' kind of scenario?"
"Nah, more like you say 'hey' and then their panties flood like the mo'fucking Nile." I will admit, it does take some time to get used to Kyu's brash sense of humor. But once you are used to it, you find yourself laughing a lot more than wincing.
"So when do we start?"
"Well, are you ready?"
"Ready for what?" She stood up, and put herself in a stance like she was preparing to block a football tackler.
"Approach me Axel! Approach me!"
"Here I come!" I snuggled the imaginary football in my arm, and started (slowly) running towards Kyu. With my arm out extended, no other male could possibly block me from the end goal fairy. As soon as I got within arm's distance, I slowed down and stopped. Followed by a sexy lean on the wall.
"Hey baby, how you doin'?" Neither of us could help but laugh.
"Alright, for real this time."
"Okay, what's the scenario?"
"Hmm. Let's try….you see me by myself sitting on a park bench. The weather is gorgeous, but my arms are crossed over my chest, and all I am doing is looking at my feet."
"Will do." And so, Kyu went over to the couch and assumed the position. I quickly thought of something I could say, and proceeded forward.
"Beautiful day out, eh?" Kyu looked up at me, almost like she didn't know I was there.
"Huh? Oh..uh...yeah." She looked back down, giving me the sign she didn't want an ounce of interaction. But that won't stop Axel.
"A pretty girl like you shouldn't be sitting out here by herself." I took a seat next to her, but she shuffled over to the other end of the couch.
"Look, I….I just want to be alone, okay?" Normally, my manners would have caused me to leave right on the spot, but this was a girl in a time of need. Axel was here to save the day.
"No one should be alone like this on a gorgeous day. It's a day for smiling and having fun. So why aren't you smiling?" While giving me the cold hard shoulder, I could hear her say
"Well, a guy I was supposed to meet here hasn't shown up. It's been two hours already…" That was my sign to shuffle ever so closer to her.
"Two hours? You've been by yourself for two hours?"
"Yeah…that fucking asshole." I shuffled even more.
"Hey, listen. Waiting for this guy is wasting your day away." She turned around, a little shocked I was so close.
"You need to enjoy your day. Let's start with a smile. Come on." She bent her head down, trying to hide her giddiness.
"Come oooooooon." Then she giggled, followed by looking up at me with a little smile.
"There it is, there's that smile I have been looking for." Kyu then adjusted her position on the couch, sitting in an actual comfortable way. I stood up, offering my hand to her.
"Now come on, let's go have a good day." She took my hand, and I stood her up. Almost like I was about to have a nice slow dance.
"Axel, baby, you fucking killed it. You are one smooth bowl of chili I tell you."
"Smooth Chili?"
"Yeah, you may be smooth, but you are still spicy." With a playful punch of the shoulder, she offered me another high five. I gave it a good smack, and already the day was off on a high note.
"Axel, you got the posture, the looks, the vocabulary, and obviously you got the charm. As nice as being cool is, always remember. Sometimes being warm is cooler than cool." Whenever she produced something quotable like that, I always pretended to write it down in my imaginary notebook.
"Now let's go, we got some jogging to do."
We made our way to a popular park. It was about an hour away, but it was worth it. This was one of the very few places I have gone to in the past, because of how beautiful it is. It was right on the water, and there were so many beautiful trees planted around the grassy field. Every time I see it in my head, all I can think about is the smell of the breeze and the palette of colors. I could almost call it paradise.
But on the way there, we saw a few dastardly grey clouds forming in the direction of the park. The weather called for clear skies and warm temperatures, so these clouds were definitely unwelcome.
"If those fuckers ruin my jog, I'll kick their ass." I said.
"How you gonna kick a cloud's ass?"
"Badly."
We were more than half way there, so we decided to at least risk it. A few grey clouds on a nice day can doesn't always mean rain. When we got to the park, we were surprised to see the park was vacant.
"I guess those clouds scared everyone away." Kyu said.
"Well it's not raining yet, and we just drove an hour. So I'm ready to go." We parked on the far end of the park, and we started on the coast. We walked a little bit at first, just taking in time to adore the scenery.
"Wow Axel, it is beautiful." All of those different memories of the breeze and the trees came right back to me, and everything felt even more tranquil. I talked to Kyu about all the different trees they had, and all the different plaques and statues they had scattered around. This park has been here for a long time, and each and every addition meant something different. All of the statues were dedicated to war heroes, and each tree planted signified some local hero. Some trees were planted for fireman, mayors, and even a few celebrities. As a kid, I was always told something I should strive for is to get a tree dedicated to me, because then that means I made it. I don't know if I will win an Oscar or something one day, but the way my life has been improving, I feel like I could get a hundred trees.
We didn't even bother jogging, we were so taken in by the beauty of the park. But then I heard a loud crash of a wave, the loudest one of the day. I payed no attention to it, but then it happened again. And again.
"Hold on, something ain't right." I looked over the railing out into the ocean, and the ocean was going nuts. Waves were huge, and were pounding the coast hard. I looked into the sky, and it was grey.
"Why, what's up?"
"Fuck, it is gonna rain. Hard." The signs were undeniable. I looked at the trees, and the leaves were weighted down.
"We gotta go. Now."
"God damn it. I was having fun." She started going back the way we came, but I stopped her. I could already feel the drizzle, and it was getting harder by the second.
"Dude, it's gonna pour. What are you doing?" Then the thunder hit.
"Kyu, go this way. The trees will help block the rain." In the smack dab middle of the park, was almost like a forest path. The park was scattered with trees, but this path was made with nothing but two huge lines of trees on each side. If we followed the path we already took, we would get drenched in seconds. So we started down the middle path, hearing the thunder get stronger over our heads. Kyu I had in front of me, while I trailed behind. The rain was coming down at this point, but the trees did help soften the flow. We were almost there, but then Kyu reached out her arms and stopped dead on the path. I almost came to a skid to not plow into her.
"Kyu, go! What are you doing?!" But underneath her breath, I could hear her mumble.
"No….way…." I started getting extremely worried. Kyu seemed tense, and I've only seen her like that once.
"What? Is it more boys?" I could just see Kyu shake her head side to side.
"Then what is it!?" Without facing towards me, she reached for me with her arms and pulled me in front of her. In front of us, down a little ways, was a bench. The bench was glowing in the light of the lamppost right next to it. And on the bench, was a girl. A girl with her arms crossed, looking at her feet. A girl with crimson hair.
"Mega-bitch….."
"What?" Again, I could hear her under her breath.
"What the flying fuck is she doing all the way over here?!"
"Kyu, what the fuck is going on? It's pouring out, and you're freaking out over some girl! That was supposed to be my job!"
"Axel, you don't understand. We have to go back the other way, crossing her will be the death of you!" I usually trusted every word Kyu said without hesitation, but this seemed way over the top.
"Kyu, the fastest way to the car is this way. I highly doubt this girl will stop us." I looked at Kyu, and her hair. Kyu always kept her hair down now, so now her head was completely draped. She kept having to push it out of her eyes. When I saw Kyu getting soaked, I thought about the other girl.
"Damn, she is getting soaked herself. I'm gonna so see if I can help her." I could feel Kyu grasp my arm.
"Axel, no! She isn't worth it!"
"How do you know Kyu?"
"One of my past clients was with her. He was banging chicks left and right, and she was one of them. But he had to fight for her virginity like she was a pissed off lion! But if she is here by herself, then I know damn well she literally is now a pissed off lion! You can't fight back a lion Axel!" I looked back over to the girl. As much as Kyu tried to convince me, I didn't see a hostile bitch. Looking at her, she reminded me of someone. Sitting there all alone, drenching in the rain.
She reminded me of me.
"I'm not gonna let someone soak in the rain without at least trying to help them Kyu, that's the kind of guy I am."
"If you won't listen to me, you are on your own. No way in hell am I gonna let this broad see me. Hurry up!" I started walking over, and I wasn't sure if she knew I was there or not. But while I was walking, I noticed I wasn't walking normally. I was doing my 'charm' walk. And I could tell Kyu knew I was doing it. I could feel her grab my arm yet again.
"Why!? Why the charm walk!?" I thought I had to come up with some bullshit excuse, but I didn't need to. I think I already knew why I was doing the charm walk.
"Because she's cute."