The one where we make the trip
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I recovered from my slight fever in two days . Keith kept on coming and ignored my constant bickering . I just wanted him to live his best life .
"So anywhere new ?" he asked as he sat opposite to me .
I shook my head with a slight sigh .
We were currently in my office going through various plots.
"Ya' know that honey bee and dark lord line had a really good punch." he said with a wink.
I playfully swatted him . "On a more serious note , I really don't know where to go." I say and I know I sound just as disappointed as I feel .
Keith leans in on his chair some more . "Chill mi amore ."he says in his husky tone and wiggles his eyebrows to make me laugh , and it works .
My office chair all of a sudden doesn't feel as comfortable anymore as I feel the weight of my heart and the dead line coming near .
"We have a month to tell me if we have something designed . By then you can come up with a strong story line , I'm sure ." he said as he flipped through some pages of Romeo and Juliet .
We had books lying around the whole room and I still hadn't found that inspiring element . I was becoming more and more depressed . It had already been more than a month of us going through this routine . And all I have been doing is watching chick flicks and not to mention the flash backs from the past every now and then .
"Hey Keith ."I say .
"What?" he asks not looking up from his book.
"Would you be up for a trip?" I say.
This gets his attention . He looks me dead in the eyes as the familiar curve comes to rest on his lips . And even without words he successfully passes me his answer .
Fast forward three days , we find ourselves in a small hotel in Violet City . It's a small two story building . We get two rooms side by side on the second floor .
"Where did you get to know about this town? "Keith asks me as we head downstairs to the dining area to grab dinner .
"I grew up here . I studied at Violet High ." I say as I lead the way .
"You never mentioned this place ."
"It's a small place , nothing ever happened for a story to come up." I try to hide my face as I say this .
It was never that there wasn't any story , but that this place had the most stories and it felt too intimate to share , I wanted everything to be a secret . I want everything to be mine .
"Ah Mr. Adam , Ms. Brown what a pleasant sight to see again ." The manager says as we enter the lobby . "Please follow me, I was heading towards the dining myself."
Keith thanks him as I pass a smile and the three of us head forward . The dining is like the rest of the rooms . Plain brick walls covered in paint . It doesn't look modern nor does it look old fashioned , it's lost somewhere in the middle of time.
A few people are seated here and there and see a few staff eating in a corner table too.
"It's the last batch of the night . We like to close this place by nine you see. " The manager tells me as if reading my mind .
"You're early risers I presume ?" I ask though I felt like I already knew the answer .
"Not exactly but quite still." He said with a warm laugh and excused himself to some chore .
Keith's gaze followed him for awhile . "Rusty chap." he mumbled finally and I pretended not to have heard .
We dine together and feast on some bread and lamb . I didn't have much of an appetite and I usually didn't have those after a long ride .
"You're awfully quiet ." Keith says while still chewing on the meat .
"Tired . Just want to hit the hay as soon as possible ." I reply groggily .
He lets out a throaty laugh .
"It's not funny ."
"It is when you say it like that ."
"Child." I say under my breath as I nibble on the bread .
"I'm a super manly man for your information ,"he says holding his hands to his heart as if I had actually stabbed him .
I don't reply anymore only nod . He can always have a playful mood , but I can't . I can only think of getting a good night's rest at this point .
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