'What are you looking at?'

It was the second day of our stay in CC and I was lying on a grass basking the calmness and warmth of the sunset. Sunrays were playing hide and seek with fluffy clouds and the brilliant evening star was giving its glimpse time to time. Birds were chirping and the breeze was letting my hair play with my face.

Brayden came and sat near me and took an apricot from my basket. My eyes were wandering around and got fixed on one unfolding scene.

'Do you look at those tiny little children playing around with no care in the world?'

Brayden's eyes went in that direction and a small smile adorned his face.

'I was just looking at them. They don't care about race or colour, they don't understand each other's language and only converse in Yes or No.' I chuckled. 'But nothing stops them from conveying their emotions, they fight, they laugh and come together like a flock to take care of each other and that little one in Pram.' I took a pause. 'Those cute little boys are plucking flowers and singing some rhyme. I am assuming the little baby in the pram would be a girl.'

I looked at Brayden and said softly, 'I can't even convey my emotions to you what I truly feel, it feels like my heart is peeling from raw emotions but I am so happy that these children will be the future of this place. I am happy that humanity still prevails. All is not lost.'

Brayden took a deep breath.

'I never knew that you were this observant or I think you just have covered yourself in these layers of emotions.'

I snorted.

'I didn't want you to stop today. I felt like listening today. Hell, even I am surprised because most of the times which are like 99.9% of the times, I am always wondering different ways to shut your mouth.' He said it in a serious tone but looking straight into my eyes.

'For that, I can solve your problem.'

I got up and crossed my legs and inched little closer to him and took his cheek between my palms. He was surprised nonetheless.

'People across the world have found a solution to this problem. So, its world's solution not mine's. Don't blame me after that.'

He blinked.

'Whenever you feel like to stop me from talking....' I made duck lips pose and mustered all my hideous innocent strength and said it in a seductive tone, 'Just kiss me.'

'I would rather kiss walrus than you.' I brought my eyebrows together and more hard-pressed his cheeks. 'Are you doing this to irritate me?'

'Yeah. Why? Is it working?'

'Hell yeah.'

'Mission accomplished.'

We decided to wrap things up from here and head to mud house for our stay because apparently we were leaving early morning but then I found something strange.

'Hey, Rabbit.' He looked at me while dusting his blue ripped jeans. 'Why your cheeks became so warm suddenly? Do you have a fever?'

I picked up the basket and looked around to check that I wasn't leaving anything behind.

'Uh...uh. Its weather. My body temperature rises here whenever I come to this place.' He was looking anywhere but me.

'Strange body you have.'

We were taking a nice long walk under the starry night sky when Brayden stopped me. 'Your converse laces seemed to come untied.'

I looked down and groaned. I had the basket in one hand and other hand had half bitten apricot whose juice was dripping down from my chin.

Why this always happen?

Brayden bent his knee and patted on it. 'Lift your leg, I will tie them.' I did it and told him he didn't have to that for which he replied that no way on earth he would have held my sticky apricot.

'I can't bend properly because I am afraid that my Mickey Mouse boxers could peek from my jeans. That would be embarrassing.'

'You have MICKEY MOUSE on your boxers?'

Turn around and let me check was on the tip of my tongue but I refrained myself from saying it.

'Yeah, one day my five-year-old niece and I went for a walk and she saw a mannequin wearing one. She got stuck on mickey mouse and threatened me that she will lay down on the road so, I had to buy them.'

He slowly tied my laces and then got up and showed me his bright yellow tweety socks which were also a gift from her niece.

I wiped my non-existent tears. 'I can't tell you how much happy I am to know such intimate details of your life after all you tell me nothing about yourself. Boxers are a great start.'

'Oh Please! Don't flatter yourself.' And then he frowned and took one end of my scarf in his hands. 'And look at you, so dirty you are.' And then he started wiping down the trail of juice from my chin.

'I know. I am such a dirty girl.' I rolled my tongue on r and then playfully winked at him but his deep green eyes just became statue so, I started blinking at him.

'Uff, uff. Just someone please kill me.' and with the pretence of an angry stride, he started walking away from me.

'You know how much pleasure it gives me to hell irritate you.' I jogged to him.

He looked back and made the vomit face. Poor soul. We were in our own world and time to time he kept on showing me the wonders of this place. I saw a group of ladies sitting in the garden, chatting and laughing and making something out of clay when we heard a loud voice coming from a little far away.

'Brayden? Brayden? Oh my god! Brayden is that you?'

I turned first and saw a beautiful gorgeous young black lady walking towards us. She screamed elegance. She was dressed formally that was radiating her charisma and was coming towards us at a fast pace.

'Oooooolaaalaaa, someone's long lost lover.' I started playfully nudging the shoulders of Rabbit who looked like he wanted to be anywhere but here.

'Oh my! I need to hide.'

'Come, I will hide you in my arms.' I started stretching my arms.

'Uff, Carrot. Be serious for a minute.' He started fidgeting and she was coming closer. 'Make up some stuff but....' He said it in a short breath and composed himself since she reached an arm's distance.

'I just can't believe that it's you!'

And then she crossed the distance and wrapped him in her maroon velvet jacket arms. I noticed her and thought that God paid special attention while carving her face. Perfection looked like her sibling.

I was pretty sure that their names and their hugging moment will be entered in Guinness Book of World Record and after acing a long hug, they broke apart.

I don't know why? Time is not running anywhere.

'You make me so happy that you are here.' She said while looking at Brayden and for once I thought that he got mute for life but then he reciprocated the feelings.

'Oh my! I am sorry. I completely ignored your friend.'

Finally, I am in the picture. Hallelujah.

'Hey, I am Miranda. Pleased to meet you.' She extended her hand.

'Hi. I am Scarlett. Pleasure's all mine.' I replied warmly.

'So, you went somewhere Miranda? Dressed formally and all.' Brayden chuckled.

'Oh yeah! I went to the representative council meeting. We were discussing installing solar panels in all of the houses here in CC. Project plan, budget etc. etc. But, you asshole, didn't even inform me about your arrival?'

Ooooo their relationship is also at the asshole level.

'Sorry about that'. Brayden ruffled his hair at the back. 'But we are leaving tomorrow early morning. So, sorry Miranda.'

'Oh! Is it? Where are you guys going?'

I was about to tell her when Brayden beat me into it. 'Oh, we haven't decided about that but it's urgent to leave.'

'Brayyydeee. Pretty pwlezee. Can't you stay for one more day? Nothing can be that urgent for you that you can't grant me my wish. Scarlett can leave on her own? Right?'

She started pouting and whining and it started irritating me.

Who the hell says pwlezee?

Brayden looked at me with helping eyes. He needed to hide, then he told me to make up stuff and he stopped at but. I was pondering on various possibilities to complete his sentence.

1. But if she kisses me, turn your face away.

2. But don't get involved in a catfight.

3. But don't tell her where we are going.

My detective senses were telling me to go for option third because my perverted senses were giving me the signal that Rabbit looked too awkward in front of her to get involved in a kiss and my fighters senses were telling me that it must be I who must be scaring this angel face who got weird for some reason.

I decided to jump for Brayden's rescue.

'Actually Miranda, this Fanta boy...I mean Rabbit....' Brayden was digging holes in my head. 'Brayden has decided to celibate. He is leaving this materialistic life behind.' And the moment he heard this, he started coughing. I patted on his back.

'WHAT??? Where is he going? Is he going to Himalayas?'

I knew that this moment would become her worst nightmare from now on.

'He sees his situation more sinful. Unstoppable sex, so much porn has destroyed him and his heart.'

I was all on my pity mode and thumped his chest. He couldn't do anything but growl and glaring with his wild green eyes.

'Oh! What about me? We didn't even do it.' Her voice was laced with sadness.

Is Brayden her only option for doing it?

'Sorry, Miranda but he is leaving tomorrow to take a holy dip in the cold freezing water of Antarctic Ocean. Nothing could satiate his thirst but that holy dip and from now on his companions will be the penguins, seals and albatross. No girl. That's what he thinks he deserves.'

I looked at him who was already looking at me with murderous eyes. 'Right Brayden?'

'Uhhh..haa' He just nodded to Miranda with the pity smile who asked for a goodbye kiss and he desperately stepped back and I again jumped in the middle.

'Nooo, not possible. He has taken the oath of 'Dhongi Baba' while standing all night on one leg. He....'

'That's okay Scarlett. That's enough. She must have understood. Thank you for your help.'

Idiot stopped me in the middle. I would have made more good stuff.

'Okay. Fine.' I shrugged.

After listening to my heavy loaded Oscar-winning explanation she gave a despairing sigh, 'nothing can be done now but I invite you both on the behalf of the council to attend the Triple C. You know right, Colour's Community Celebration. This time we are doing it on a more grand scale. People from different walks of life will come. Please, Brayden and you can't say NO to this.'

I asked her on which date the celebration will happen.

'Well, it might happen at the end of the next month. We haven't confirmed the date yet but I will ping you and I expect both of you will be there.' She looked at Brayden hopefully. 'You will be there right?'

He looked at me and I wondered was he also thinking the same thing?

We have no clue where we will be after our month's togetherness period will get over. 

POMAAC did kill us.

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*Quick Questions*

1. Do you guys remember the cruel law of Tight Screw Ville?

2. What better story could Scarlett have come up to save Brayden? And why Brayden needs to be saved? *Any Sherlock theory guys🕵️‍♂️🕵️‍♂️*

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