My Queen, My Terror

CHAPTER 5

"Now, lover boy, how about a late night story?" Zeph said and pulled me down to sit on the couch

"I actually want to sleep, today was sort of hectic" I said and faked a yawn

"Bleh, not taking any of that. So tell me, you have a thing with people in the medical field?"

"Not really, just found her interesting. She defended me from Ghost some time back"

"Wait. Ghost wanted to bully you and she held her ground against him? Super hero cutie she is then" Zeph said and smiled.

"Seems they know themselves dating back but anyways, I'm glad she had my back"

"And I believe she will again and again. Now if she has your back, how about you have her heart and take care of it?" Zeph asked expectantly

"Gosh Zeph, I don't even know if she's in a relationship or not"

"And you have her contact? What the hell are you waiting for, boy? Go on and get the talk started" she said with a motherly tone and urge which made us both to laugh really hard.

"Gosh Zeph, no rush. I think I'll save this moment for when you get your own mister that just stares at you longer than usual. It'll be worse than this persuasions" I said and scattered her hair, wanting to pull the hair pin out but remembered what happened in the shop earlier and stopped.

"Back to what happened in the ice cream shop, can you explain further now?" I asked and settled down to listen

"Oh, it's just some stuff I piece together in my room, the way y'all piece words and colors together to make poetry and artworks" she said and removed the hair pin from her hair.

"This is just my first self defense weapon and the drone is just a magnet that identifies where the needle is in the victims body and brings it back to me. Gotta clear all evidence of attack" she said and removed the designed part of the pin, making it look like a pipe, made some adjustment and blew into it. A needle flew out and stood in one of the throw pillows.

"Wow, but you threw it yourself earlier and the look in your eyes, you wouldn't miss no matter how tough and tricky the target is" I said with admiration

"Just some time of practice. Ever wondered why I wanted a dart board and arrows in my room?" she said and it suddenly dawned on me that she once said I should get it for her, that she needed it as decoration and also for fun

"Woah. How about we go get some bulls eye bleeding?" I asked and we both went upstairs.

Her target lock is just so clean and all the arrows she threw at the board always landed in the bull's eye. I can skip my own share of the experience for later.

"Amazing stuff you got there sis. No wonder you always say you're not the helpless little girl I think you are" I said and held her cheek

"Sure yeah. Well, enough with me.Go and get your own love life arranged. Don't get too nerdy with it though" she said as I carried her into her bed.

"I'll see about that. We'll continue the ice cream another day, hopefully"

"Yeah. Thanks for today though, I really loved it" she said sleepily.

"Lazy bones, see you tomorrow" I said and turned off the lights.

I went to my room and picked up my phone as I laid on my bed and chatted up Roxanne.

"Hi Rox, it's Sylvester"

"Hey. How's your evening?"

"Good mostly. What's the update on the mean blondie?" I asked eager to know what happened to her

"She's fine. Seems like something stung her which she couldn't identify. But she's stable now, discharged her about an hour ago"

"That's good to hear"

"Yeah, how's your sister? She really is one cute girl. How old is she and did she get the chair along the way or she was born... you know. I'm really sorry if it's offensive"

"It's fine. She's sixteen and has been in the chair since she was 10" I said and sighed

"I'm really sorry. But she has confident looks,like her situation is not killing her mind in any way, which I love so much. Most patients where I work lack self confidence and just want to shy away from the outside world,for fear of being bullied"

"I think that she has her sad side to her condition but I'm glad she gets to be optimistic mostly"

"Let's leave her life for her though and face ours. Are you a student?"

"No I'm not. Geez that's a past tense for me" I said and laughed to myself

"Wow, sorry for underestimating you. I thought you were a student that paints for a living"

"Minus the being a student, the rest are correct"

"You're friendlier online. I can say that" she said and I smiled

"Arigatou gozaimasu. Interesting compliment that I barely hear"

"Speak multiple languages also. You are more interesting than I thought you would be"

"Lol, just a young boy with a simple life. Your shift over yet?"

"Just ended. Getting my stuff to head home"

"Oh, sounds relieving. Have a safe ride home"

"Thanks a lot. Just wanna get home and crash, even if its at the front door. This can be really tiring"

"A good sauna would get your pretty and positive taint back into you"

"Oh my goodness! What a great idea. I think I'll do just that. Nice recommendation"

"It pleases me that my humble opinion is a decision you made, mi lady. I believe I'll leave you for the evening. Do have a good evening, Miss"

"Ugh, even at home,we in the medical field have a thing or two to do, but I can't miss the sauna. Spirit, soul and body needs it right now. Have an amazing night yourself, good sir"

I acknowledged the message with an emoji and dropped my phone to drift into dream world.