Sweet Revenge's
Chapter 2: Little Break

Gaea had reached the door of his apartment, his green eyes sleepy, but he was afraid to go inside, he believes Lola and Ava were anxious after he checked the phones of so many calls from his two best friends.

'Basic, dope.' lamented Gaea in her heart.

Yesterday was truly the worst incident she had experienced after writing her last semester thesis.

Being a sexy dancer, then drugged, tomorrow threatened by his boss not to tell the incident to anyone.

Can this day get any worse... ?

Gaea exhaled; there was nothing worth thinking about, what had happened let it happen, the rice had become porridge, but one thing that was certain of the matter was that he decided to find a new job.

Gaea knew Eryk had said nothing about work just telling her to go home, but she felt Eryk's secret was deeper than she thought so she did not want to get involved any further; he will miss his boss' handsome face his green eyes are spinning; miss? Such an arrogant man he might miss.

Eryk's image of a quiet yet sweet man crumbling overnight, Eryk is nothing more than a self-loving man.

And now that Eryk did not deserve to spend his time, Gaea exhaled again, then slowly he turned the doorknob carefully, muffling the sound of the door so as not to be too loud, so as not to be too loud, wishing her two best friends were still asleep, remembering it was now nine in the morning but her hope was dashed when her eyes saw Lola and Ava standing not far away from her while folding their hands, their facial expressions were also the same: annoyed wrinkles.

It seemed that Goddess Fortuna was not on her side.

"Where have you been?" ask Ava annoyed.

"Do you know what a cell phone is, woman?" this time Lola asked.

Of course they were still angry, what was expected of him? A hug?

It's his fault not careful either.

Gaea was worried whether to be honest or lie, but he said boldly like a lion that no one could rule him, on the other hand he knew how great Eryk was, and an intimidating remark indicates that Eryk isn't messing around.

"Halo~" Lola waved in front of Gaea's face. "I'm waiting" he said. "Are you having so much fun seeing the handsome guys in the VIP room?"

Hearing the word have fun, awakening Gaea's memory completely, and irritating her; how could Lola be so innocent while the young lady was hiding a big secret from her? What kind of friend is that? Even if it was for her sake, it was still wrong.

Gaea found an excuse to switch their conversation. "Yes, I'm having so much fun" she said with a small grin on her lips. "Why don't you mean? The one who hired me was Mr. Eryk."

Lola's blue eyes are rounded. "Eryk?"

Gaea nodded in response, and when she saw Lola scratching her arm, she knew the habit, which meant that Lola was nervous, which meant that her words were correct; she tried not to feel disappointed. "Happy? I want to sleep." he said.

"Would you sleep at this hour?" ava asked in disbelief; how great was it to dance in front of Eryk? Ava was wondering if Gaea got a tip.

"I'm tired" said Gaea.

"I hate to say this, but we have to shop" Ava said.

Shopping? Gaea is not in the mood. "There's Lola."

"It seems you forgot yes" said Ava; yikes, Eryk's influence really makes Gaea forgetful, how great is it? "We're going to Shanghai this afternoon."

Silent...

"Hhhhh... !!!"

Gaea forgot.

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After being told, Gaea hastily cleaned her equipment from clothes to toiletries.

Gaea doesn't believe he's going to Shanghai, he always thinks he won't be able to travel abroad before he gets a promising job, he was so grateful for the kindness of Ava's parents who gave free tickets to Shanghai.

Gaea initially refuses because she is not feeling well, and also does not want to be considered friends with Ava because of her rich family, but Ava continues to persuade him and Lola to want to, as well as celebrating the Chinese new year there, he and Lola finally collapsed because they could not stand Ava's terrible 'puppy eyes.

Although agreed, he and Lola gave conditions if the pocket money or others they paid themselves, considering the cost of tickets are quite expensive even though they are discounted.

Of course Ava refused several times, although finally willing too.

After making sure everything was in order, nothing was left behind, they decided to go out and buy clothes for Ava and Lola while Gaea was just accompanying her.

Gaea has no reason to buy new clothes and shopping might make him take his mind off the fact that Eryk is not a 'cool'.

"Look,"

Gaea raised her head slightly, and gaped to see Lola wearing a knee-length black dress, which left her agape not because of how beautiful or gliter her dress was but Lola's obvious cleavage, it's a V shape.

"How's it?" lola asked as she turned her body cheerfully.

"Good.." said Gaea.

Ava agreed by nodding her head.

"Your face doesn't say that" said Lola.

"I'm being honest" said Gaea. "I just don't really like it because it's so open."

Lola rolled her eyeballs; typical Gaea, prefers elegant clothes, in contrast to her sexy ones. "I want to try something else" he said, then pulled back the curtain of the locker room door.

"Dear God," Lola still wants to try something else? Just looking for clothes for two hours, has Lola forgotten if they will leave in two hours? But knowing Lola who was so crazy shopping, Gaea decided not to protest but she was tired of just sitting in the dressing room, while walking around the Mall there were no clothes or anything that caught her eye. He stood up. "Then I want to buy a drink" he said. "You want to?"

"I'm fine" Ava refused.

Gaea understood and walked out, stepped in search of her favorite drink, occasionally glancing at the shop by her side; all the shops decorated with Christmas themes because of Christmas eve tonight, the song at the Mall is All I Want For Christmas Is You.

Gaea finally arrived at her favorite drink vendor, and it was fortunate for her that this time she was not in a long line. Maybe it's luck with my heartbreak last night.

It did not take long, Gaea arrived at the cashier, he ordered a new green tea after removing some sheets of money from his wallet and then gave it to the cashier.

While waiting for his order to be made, his green eyes wandered to the building, and at that very moment his eyes accidentally caught something unusual in the area of the crowd that passed by.

'My eyes are not wrong? Or is it Rainer?' Gaea wondered in her heart.

Gaea was not sure because Rainer did not greet her let alone he was sure their eyes met even if only for a second.

"This,"

"Oh," Gaea realized, it turned out that his green tea order was ready, he quickly took it and walked towards the last time he saw the figure of Rainer, and it did not take long enough, did he find the black-haired man entering the music store? Unknowingly, his footsteps also entered the store.

Different from other stores, music stores are not too crowded, there are only a few people.

Gaea easily finds Rainer, his tall body among other visitors looks so striking, Rainer is choosing the cassette in the classical songs section.

Gaea was surprised to find out, he thought Rainer would prefer the rock genre considering the young man's clothes styled like emo children just enough to get rid of the glasses that frame beautifully in Rainer's sharp nose.

Remind yourself not to judge a book by its cover alone.

Gaea sees Rainer moving again to another music rack, he wants to follow but he realizes that curiosity makes him like a stalker.

'I'm pathetic.'

Gaea finally gave up, choosing not to bother Rainer, plus the young man had not seen her, so just turned around and went—"Aduh.." his face accidentally bumped into someone's body when turned around, so just turn around, he stroked his nose which felt the most pain. "Sorry." sorry.

The person who hit Gaea let out a small laugh.

'That voice...'

Gaea recognized the heavy voice, the sound of laughter that made her stunned last night, she raised her head timidly—and was greeted with a small smile when their eyes finally met, it was Rainer.

Embarrassing.

"Searching?" ask Rainer.

Gaea was wrong to hear it. "Who's looking for you?" tanyanya jutek but her cheeks blushed a great red.

"I don't know" said Rainer, propped up, thinking. "I just saw a woman following me from the liquor store" he continued.

Gaea's cheeks were getting red; so it was true that Rainer had noticed it since at the liquor store, now he was upset. "You're playing me? You know I'm there but don't say hello, you want me to follow you?"

"I didn't say that" Rainer said.

Gaea took a breath; now that she felt guilty, she shouldn't have vented her regret for being caught following the young man. "Sorry," sorry.

"Nothing" said Rainer.

Gaea is grateful Rainer is a forgiving person; she feels enough she made a mistake so she better go back to her friends. "If you're busy—"

"Well," should he answer neither? Wasn't it obvious their conversation was that he was just following? Or.. or... Rainer doesn't want him to go—? Want to be accompanied—?

Gaea's heart degub strangely beat faster.

"I've also recently loved music" Rainer said. "Ferdinand gave me the classic tapes. I loved Beethoven's work so I looked for him."

Gaea gaped; he was indeed not a musicologist but a Beethoven class song on the music shelf now? He did not expect the old-fashioned Rainer man to remember the work of the young man as a Hacker. "There's no tape here, Rainer" he said, just as carefully as possible so as not to disappoint the poor man.

"Oh,"—Rainer's reply was brief but Gaea could feel a tinge of sadness in those words.

If only he could console Rainer, but Gaea could not take it, they would not have been close. "Then—" his words came to a halt when Rainer touched his hand, and his heartbeat curiously rose again. "W-what?" why is he stammering?

"Then can you recommend me a song?" ask Rainer.

Gaea's green eyes are wide-eyed; recommend? He also doesn't know about classical music! "Eh—!" before protesting, Rainer pulled him onto a classical music shelf. "But.." he tried to explain.

"We can search together" Rainer said.

Gaea could only laugh awkwardly.

'Don't decide on dong!'

Gaea stared at the stacked tapes nervously, her head dizzy just looking at them.

'What music should I give?'

Gaea glanced at Rainer, the young man was so serious about checking one cassette after another. He could not stop to be amazed by Rainer's serious fashion that made the young man even more handsome even he was sure Rainer was the most handsome man in this store.

Ever since Rainer walked into the store, there were several women who walked into the store, just admiring and even trying to ask for the young man's mobile number.

The way Rainer refused the women was worth a thumbs up, so gentle was completely different from Eryk.

Eryk and Rainer.. How could they be friends with such a far different nature?

Their eyes met because Gaea looked too long, Rainer reviewed the smile that made Gaea misbehave, caught staring silently.

'Focus!'

Without thinking much, Gaea began to move her fingers through cassette tape after cassette, her green eyes completely focused making sure no one missed a single one, "Oh," was too focused, too, involuntarily his left shoulder collided with Rainer's shoulder, he let out a clumsy laugh. "I'm sorry."

Rainer did not answer.

Gaea felt strange laughing to herself, so she stopped laughing—and finally realized how close their faces were, her green eyes glued to Rainer's black eyes.

Their close proximity also allowed Gaea to see more clearly Rainer's face; her small lips, pointed nose, and a small mole on Rainer's right temple, which she strangely liked...

"Aww.." groaned Gaea felt something knock slowly on her forehead, which turned out to be Rainer. "Why did you do it anyway?" his weakness.

Rainer started checking again. "I saved you from feeling shameful" he said.

Gaea puffed her cheeks.

Whatdoes thatmean? He doesn't understand.

While grumbling, Gaea also returned to search while stroking her forehead, and instantly her green eyes caught something that caught her attention.

Benjamin Grosvenor's.

What caught his attention was the title 'Chopin Piano Concertos'.

Gaea's lips covered a wide smile. "I found it!" exclaims jolly.

Rainer approaching. "Really?"

Gaea nodded, showing the album tapes in her hands full of pride. "Indeed not the original but it's picking up a song from Chopin, I'm sure it must be good."

Rainer unhesitatingly took the cassette from Gaea's hand.

Gaea breathed a sigh of relief.

'The end of this suffering is over.' Gaea said in her heart.

Gaea was so relieved, really, that he just followed Rainer from behind to pay for the tape, his eyes wide at the price of the tape, and again calmly handed over the money.

Enough money to buy food for three days.

After paying, Gaea and Rainer quit the music store.

"Thank you, Gaea" Rainer said with a small smile on his lips.

Gaea smiled back.

Rainer took something inside the plastic bag he was carrying, then stretched it out to Gaea. "It."

Gaea looked at it, it was the cassette they were looking for earlier, her eyes looking at Rainer confused.

"Take it as a sign of our friendship" Rainer said.

Buddies.

Gaea happily accepts; a sign of friendship with Rainer, her heart warms, she is happy to have a new friend. "I will take good care of him" he said, hugging the tape on his chest.

"Me too" said Rainer.

They both laughed together.

Can you see Rainer laughing like that all the frustration Gaea somehow lost or maybe because he also laughed away the feeling? I don't know.

The ringing of the cell phone stopped the laughter of the two of them.

Rainer checked his phone; an email from Eryk. He didn't read it. "I think it's enough to get here, the task of waiting."

Gaea nodded. "Bye."

"Bye,"

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Gaea took off the earphones on her ears when they reached the airport, then got out of the taxi car and started walking into the airport.

"You're so focused on giving Rainer away that you forgot your suitcase." - Lola.

"Gaea, fall in love. I'm proud to be a mother." Ava is not absent from flirting.

Since Gaea's morning bad mood, Lola and Ava tried to entertain by inviting clothes shopping but has not succeeded, only after an accidental meeting at the Mall with Rainer made a smile on Gaea's lips not lost.

Lola and Ava are certainly happy, and there are also ingredients to flirting with Gaea.

Gaea stopped walking; right the suitcase, while holding his shame, he turned to take his suitcase, then went into the airport not caring about the temptation of his best friend.

It's enough from the Mall to the apartment to be teased all out, if not for the threat he won't leave, maybe Lola and Ava haven't stopped.

Lola and Ava follow Gaea from the side, there is nothing they talk about except how excited they will be to celebrate new year's night as well as Christmas together in Shanghai.

They arrived at the examination section, and placed their luggage on the conveyor belt running beside them, then did their body checks.

Lola and Ava are done checking, Gaea's turn.

Gaea opened the light pink jacket on her body and put her jacket on the conveyor at that moment she heard a familiar voice.

"Wait!"

Gaea turned his head, and was surprised not to play knowing it was Eryk, but he remembered the incident this morning and began to be annoyed again. "What do you want?" ketus tanyanya.

Eryk exhaled, loudly saying. "I want you to stay here."

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