Basket of Keen

Chapter 4

"Tita Z, tita Z!" I heard a children's voice while my bed it frequently moving.

Are they jumping on my bed?

"What did you want? I just slept." I murmured to them while changing my position.

"Let's study in the rooftop, tita!" they excitedly said to me.

"Later, I want some sleep."

"Tita you promised, every weekend you will teach us philosophy and arithmetic." They chorally said to me.

"Did I?" I teased them while slipping my eyes to them.

"Yes tita!" they said.

I teasingly glare at them and snatch them to lie on my side. They were laughing as I tickles them in their tickling spots, I also laugh at them while we were enjoying.

I did promised them that I will teach them philosophy and arithmetic every weekend. I know it's a little advance for them but it surely guided them when they grow up. Sadie was intelligent in math while Skylar is an intelligent in critical thinking.

After we giggles with each other we directly run towards the roof top, I'm surely drain but not because of them I wouldn't be this energetic.

"What time did you sleep last night?" Dex ask when he notice my gradual yawning here in the shop.

After I tutored the twins I directly had a bath and go directly here, I felt so tired yet the twins woke me up at 5 in the morning.

"3 I guess?" I answer while yawning.

"What time did the twin woke you up?"

"5 in the morning."

"Tsk, tsk, here's a cup of coffee, get some sleep later wards." He said as he puts a cup of coffee in front of me. "Wag na kasing magbasa ng yaoi." Saad niya sa akin at pinitik ang aking noo.

I smile at him and grab the cup of coffee he offered.

"I didn't read last night." I defend.

"Then what did you do?"

"I watch yaoi, yummy." I tease him and laugh hardly.

I saw a disappointment on his face, I laugh at his face badly when.

"I'm just joking, I played last night that's why." I explain to him.

"What did you play?" he ask

"Hmmmm, Yaoi dating games, I guess." I said in my teasing voice.

And as I expected he's disappointed on what I said, I laugh at him again. He really hates yaoi though, well maybe it is in the nature of men to hate yaoi.

"Bless you Z." he said and he acts as he has a disinfectant spray.

I can't help but not to laugh at him. It seems like between us he's the one who's asexual. The way he acts, it seems like he is an asexual. This yaoi stuffs kills his system badly?

"Stop with your dirty mouth Z." he exclaim and I agree with him while laughing.

We were fooling at each other when Shane enters the shop. We stop at laughing at each other to ask her what's happening.

"Z, may naghahanap sa iyo." She said and I got curious.

Who would it be? If it was one of his men I surely getting my nerves out of this.

"Who?" I immediately ask her.

"A fan of yours." She answers.

Until now there's still can find where I am? How funny it is.

"Seems like the author has been hunt again." Dex teases me and I just punch his tummy and we laugh at each other.

I walk towards Shane to meet that fan of mine. I do really wonder how on Earth they know this area? And how on Earth they stalked me?

"How insane is this, are they really stalking me up?" I sigh while walking to her café.

I see Shane smile at me, she knew how I hate attentions and she also knows how I hate being stalked.

"Bare with it. You wrote amazing blogs and stories therefore a lot of people will track you down." She answer and I sigh.

When we enter her café she walks me to the person who wanted to meet me. I hope it wasn't a teenagers, if it's I will surely get drain in an instant.

"Ms. Here is Mizzy that you wished to talk to." Shane said and it gets the attention of the person whom I'll be talking to.

Mizzy is my penname in tumblr and in all the writing and blogging platform. I didn't reveal my identity in that platforms but when someone tracks me down, I don't have the time to hide from them. This is annoying.

"Oh hi I am Talisha, I am a big fan of your stories. At sixteen was so amazing the love story of Dalaney and Xiana." She excitedly compliment me.

I felt uncomfortable when she said the story I made about Dalaney and Xiana in front of Shane. I know she knew that I wrote their love story but I'm still uncomfortable with it. I am not used of so much attention and compliments flooding me.

"Ah if you may excuse me." Shane said as she walk away from us.

My eyes follow her, when I can't no longer see her. I look at this woman in front of me, she seems to be young though.

"How old are you?" I immediately ask her.

She awkwardly look at me as a mannerism, she scratches her cheeks. I seriously look at her, maybe I'm a little bit rude of asking that but I don't care.

"Ah isn't a little bit awkward if you directly ask that question to me?" she awkwardly ask me while her eyes can't focus on one direction.

Am I giving her to much pressure on that question? Isn't normal to ask her age? What's seem to uncomfortable with it.

I remain silent while waiting for her answer but seconds have passed and we were wrapped by silence. She shyly looks at me yet when she reach my eyes she immediately look away.

Am I a monster on her eyes to be scared of that question?

"Ah this is awkward but I am 19 years old." She shyly answers. Am I seeing blush on her cheeks?

This is uncomfortable.

"19 going to 20?" I ask

"No I just got 19 this month." She answer.

I see, this makes more awkward I guess.

"I guess it will be a little bit r-" I stop from talking when she cut my words.

Haven't she taught that she needs to listen when someone is talking and not to cut them out?

"Oh your familiar, aren't you the woman who helps my sister at the wedding?" she ask me.

I look at her properly and try to remember her face and what she's saying. In the wedding? Which wedding? I've helped her sister—wait I remember.

What an annoying world it is.

"I don't remember."

It is better to lie that to make this conversation long. I saw a disappointment on her face.

I want to sit but if I will sit this conversation will get long and I can't cut it off.

"Maybe I mistaken you to be her." she murmured while remembering it.

"Ms. Talisha I want to be honest and I want to be sorry a head of time. I know this will be rude on your side, hate me or anything after you hear this, I don't care. But to be honest I don't make conversations with teenagers. I am not comfortable having a discussion nor communication with a teenager, maybe go back when you're already 20 years old, I guess. I'm sorry and thank you for your appreciation with my works." I bluntly said to her and nod to her and I walk away.

Annoying teenagers.

I do really hate their company; it really sucks me out of the way. I walk back to my shop when someone pulls my hand. I stop from walking and look who would be, and I see the annoying teenager shyly looking at me.

What does she want?

"If your uncomfortable talking with me, I understand but can we at least have a picture, just a remembrance that I've seen my idol and knowing that it is a local in this city." She ask.

A picture wouldn't be rude I guess.

I agree with her and she ask someone to take us a picture. She was standing on my side, and I can see how small she is, she seems to be 20 inches smaller than my height. How bad it was that she will never gain height more at her age. When the person she ask taking us picture I look at my other side.

Silly me.

This girl surely post it only with the caption of my penname, it will be a chaos when they saw my face therefore in this way I can still hide my identity.

"Guess that's enough I'll be get going now." I said to her and immediately walk towards the shop and go directly inside our house.

How I wish they will stop stalking me and disturb me.