He is Enchanted

The Exhibition Date

Ethan and Roman enjoy the painting exhibition until three in the afternoon.

After that, Roman couldn't focus on enjoying any paintings on display because Ethan kept babbling and asking about the meaning of the paintings in front of him, especially when they came to abstract paintings.

"You have to feel it with your feelings to know what it means," said Roman, trying to explain it to Ethan.

Of course, Ethan wouldn't accept such a vague answer.

Ethan's eyebrows squished together. "What feels are you talking about? Geez, is there some kind of code hidden in the painting? So we feel the code with our feelings, then c***k it, right? I think I understand now.”

Roman just shook his head. “Feel the meaning with your feelings.”

But Ethan still grumbled that all he saw were messy lines and clashing colors. “What about chaos and disorder? Because I didn't see anything other than that.”

Roman gave up and finally went to another painting.

Until they decided to go to the second floor and sit there. More precisely, Ethan was bothering Roman, who was peacefully reading his book.

Finally, one hour letter. They decided to leave because Ethan was whining about his back being sore from sitting too long.

Ethan purposely went by taxi because he didn't want to drive himself. But Ethan's main reason was that he wanted to be in the car with Roman.

"Why don't you drive your car?"

Ethan just nodded his head as he opened Roman's car door, and sat calmly in the seat next to the driver.

Roman got into his car and smiled. "Are you lazy?" asked Roman as he turned on his car.

"If I go with you, why should I drive myself?"

Roman just smiled and shook his head. "Okay then, as long as you don't ask me to take you to the office."

Ethan rolled his eyes. "That's a great idea, Mr. Pearson! You know I still feel sleepy sometimes, and if I go with you I can continue sleeping in the car."

"The problem is, I also take Miles and Niall to school, and I don't want to leave early because I have to take you too."

Ethan frowned, tugging on his seatbelt because Roman's car kept beeping because Ethan wasn't wearing a seatbelt.

Roman sighed. "Besides, you didn't want to wake up earlier, right?"

Ethan unhesitatingly nodded his head.

Roman intended to go straight home because Ethan was whining about his back earlier. So he thought that Ethan wanted to lie down and Ethan rested on his back. But that's not what Ethan wanted. He wanted to go for a walk first. It's the weekend, after all. They can't go straight home, right?

"Where do you want to go?"

But Ethan just shrugged his shoulders. "It's up to you."

Roman looks at Ethan at a red light. “Want to eat at a restaurant?”

Ethan shook his head. “I'm tired of eating in restaurants all the time.”

"Go to the park?"

“Noisy, and there must be lots of kids running around.”

"Want to watch some movies?"

"I watched a movie yesterday because my friend wanted to cheer me up. After all, there wasn't a good movie showing."

Roman started his car again. "Then just go to the mall, okay?"

Ethan was silent for a moment before finally nodding his head.

"Alright then, we'll turn ahead."

"If you turn, where do you go?"

“Solar squares. The closest mall from here.”

"I don't want to go there. There's nothing to see."

Roman canceled the turn, he kept his card on the road. "Then where do you want to go?"

“I want something like Palm Peace, but don't go there, but don't be as boring as Solar Square. Trinity square is not bad, but I'm tired of going there.”

Roman just kept quiet, while focusing on the road, until finally a big mall was seen in front of them. Without asking Ethan's approval, he immediately got a parking ticket and went inside.

Meanwhile, Ethan glared at Roman, who hadn't said anything yet.

"Why here? This mall is too big, it will take longer to find something.”

"Never mind, we're already in."

Roman also parked the car. Ethan got down with a gloomy face, he even avoided it when Roman wanted to touch him.

"If not this mall, where do you want to go then?" asked Roman, who finally managed to grab Ethan's hand as they got into the elevator.

"It's up to you, but don't come here."

Roman laughed as he pulled Ethan closer to him, then he casually pushed his chin against Ethan's head. "If it's up to me, I want to come here."

"But I say don't come here."

Roman didn't respond to Ethan, instead, he pulled him out of the elevator. "Let's eat first, I'm hungry," said that old man.

Ethan smiled, he then wrapped his arms around that old man's arms. “I want to eat spicy food, but I'm not in the mood for eating junk food, but I want to eat something sweet afterward. and-"

Ethan is surprised because Roman instead walks towards a vegan restaurant. Ethan tugged at Roman's hand, but Roman was clearly much stronger than him, and when Ethan failed, he decided to stop in his steps, but that old man laughed instead.

"You should eat something healthier."

Roman walks away from the restaurant. Actually, he only intends to make fun of Ethan. Roman only likes vegetables, and he is not vegan.

Finally, Ethan pulled Roman into a Japanese restaurant.

"It's delicious here, my friends and I often eat at this restaurant."

Roman just followed. After all, he's not a picky eater.

He even let Ethan choose their food, even though the waiter handed him the menu.

After the waiter took their order and the menu, Ethan looked at Roman with a smile, but something was strange because Ethan's phone kept ringing.

"Why don't you see it first? Who knows it might be important."

Though Ethan intended to spend time with that old man without distractions from his phone. He took the phone out of his pocket.

As soon as the screen went open, Ethan could see a lot of messages coming from his group. Did Duke meet Mrs. Pearson? Maybe this time he met her at a restaurant or a park.

But when Ethan opened the group, how surprised he was when he saw his and Roman's photos taken from a distance. Ethan immediately looked around, while Roman was busy with his phone.

And how surprised Ethan was to find Vivian and Judith outside the restaurant. They waved at Ethan, then clenched their fists and lifted them high.

Ethan replied with a smile, looking back at his phone screen.

While yesterday, he was crying at my cafe until some customers thought I did something bad to him. But this day, suddenly he goes on a date with Mr. Pearson. 

Ethan sent lots of laughing emojis.

I guess even if they had a fight, they wouldn't be able to get mad at each other for more than fifteen minutes. 

Fifteen minutes? Are you kidding?

In my opinion, they will only last one minute.

Ethan finally sent a text that he was going to turn off his phone notifications because he wanted to focus on Mr. Pearson. Then Judith and Vivian had better not follow him and Mr. Pearson.

But who would want to listen to Ethan anyway, right? And it just so happened that Judith and Vivian didn't know what to do when they got home.

Don't worry, Ethan, if you go to the hotel, Vivian and I go home, we won't book a hotel room next to yours.

It was the last message Ethan saw sent from Judith before he finally looked back at Mr. Pearson who is now wearing his glasses, it looks like the old man will only use his glasses when he is at work.

"You look like a nice person in glasses, Mr. Pearson," Ethan mocked.

***

Roman still manages to call Ethan, as he says. 

To be more precise, when they were done walking around the mall, which made Ethan feel annoyed because he knew that Judith and Vivian were walking far behind them both. Even to the point of following Roman and Ethan to the parking lot.

Luckily, Ethan was able to steal an opportunity to send a text telling them that Ethan and Roman were heading to the parking lot and they had better stop following Ethan, as the number of people around them decreased as they got closer to Mr. Pearson's cars. 

Ethan was also grateful that neither Dante nor Isaac were following him, because surely the two of them were too busy following Ethan to even see the text Ethan sent.

Roman dropped Ethan in front of his house. He said goodbye as usual. Ethan went straight into his house while Mr. Pearson put his car in the garage.

And the call, too, starts from here. When Mr. Pearson came into the house while Ethan had changed into his pajamas and was lying on the bed.

It is a video call. Roman was using earphones and he was seen walking into his house. He turned in front of the stairs and before long he opened a door.

Roman went straight to his room.

"Where are Liana and the others?"

Roman also lay down on the bed. "Probably in their rooms, Miles and Niall seem to have fallen asleep."

"You didn't read the story to the twins?"

“They used to. Now they read their own story because, usually, they want to read a different story. So to avoid fighting, I had them read their own stories.”

Ethan pulled the blanket up to his neck, while he rested his phone on a pillow, with the screen facing him.

Meanwhile, Roman puts his phone facing the ceiling of his room. "Are you sleepy?"

Ethan yawned, his eyes only getting heavier. "Yes."

Roman laughed. "Looks like this call won't be that long."

"You are right."

Moments later, Roman had changed into his pajamas. However, Roman didn't lie down like Ethan, he put on his glasses and opened his laptop.

"Mr. Pearson," Ethan called.

"Yes?"

"You work on Sundays?"

Roman shook his head. "I made a to-do list of what I have to do tomorrow."

Ethan's eyes nearly closed. "You don't need to do that, someone will remind you later, right?"

Roman laughed. "True, I don't wanna miss anything, so I'd better write it down."

A few minutes passed, when Roman closed his laptop, he realized that Ethan was fast asleep.

"Good night, Ethan. Sweet Dreams."

But before hanging up the phone, Roman took a few screenshots.