Chapter 128: You And I
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Scarlet sung one more song, twinkle little star before the children were ushered away by their parents and sent off to bed. The teenagers too were sent off at around ten o'clock, most of the adults too went to bed because tomorrow was a working day. It was not just the children that needed to wake up early, the adults did too.
When Scarlet reluctantly stepped foot inside the space ship, she found Esong in the control center, he was sitting in a chair with his arms folded and his eyes closed. Lately, she felt more at ease when he was sleeping than when he was awake. Since she could not tell what he was thinking, she was beginning to think that it would be better for her to move back to her family's house for a while. Until he sorted through his many complex thoughts anyway.
"Hey," she tapped him slowly, and he suddenly grabbed her wrist. Rather than react like a frightened little rabbit, she looked at him questioningly, a little bit bored even. "What's this now? If you are thinking that I was intending to do something to you, you are mistaken. I was simply trying to wake you up."
He did not reply, not even a peep of a word came out of his mouth. Instead, he stared at her with his dark eyes intensely until she started feeling the inevitable wave of discomfort.
"I am tired, and I have another busy day tomorrow" she said, "If you can wrap up whatever this is right now, I would love to get to bed. And by the way, I am not a glutton for punishment, sleeping next to a man that acts as cold as a fish every night is no longer working for me. It might be in both of our interests if I move back to parents house."
The grip he had on her wrist tightened and she winced slightly, not that it was painful but because she was angry with him. If he had something to say to her, why couldn't he just come out with it.
"You are different." he said suddenly.
She was slightly stunned but quickly she covered up her shock by replying, "And so are you, you don't see me making a big deal out of it."You can trace the roots of this content at n0v@lbin
"You are not her." he stated.
In her mind, she panicked a lot, wondering what had given her away? The story of her illness was iron clad, was it the songs and movies? But she would not give herself away easily, he could suspect all he wanted but he would never be able to prove it.
"I know." she spared him the agony of explaining. "But you can't treat me this way again, it doesn't matter if we are simply lovers in this marriage, if you have something bothering you about me, say it. If you act like this again I will simply leave without a warning."
"Is that why you sung that song, goodbye my lover? Were you planning to leave me?"
She tilted her head back and she laughed, "No way, it's just a song I love, there was no special meaning attached to it. "Sweetie if you begin to see personal meanings in every song then you will never get to enjoy music."
"It just sounded so personal." he mumbled and shrugged.
"Well it was not, if I ever sing a song about you I will be sure to let you know." she assured him. "Now I am going to bed, and just so you know, if your mother ever shows up here and pokes holes into our relationship causing you to act like an asshole I will be the one to stab you. And I mean a physical stabbing, so don't get on my nerves."
He laughed and followed after her, "Scarlet," the tone of his voice changed, "I.."
"No." she slapped his hand that was snaking it's way around her waist stealthily. "I am punishing you for being an ass, you don't get to have me until I change my mind."
"Don't be hasty, let's discuss this first." he attempted to dissuade her, it was not as if he had enjoyed their last few nights either. He was just thinking about things, how was he supposed to know that she would be open to discussing them? The thing which had been bothering him for days had been easily handled by her, if he had known, he would have come to her sooner.
"No." she slapped stubborn hand away again.
"But it was not my fault." he whined.
"Hmph." she sneered, "Don't try to squirm your way out of this. Prepare yourself for a drought tonight buddy."
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Scarlet sung one more song, twinkle little star before the children were ushered away by their parents and sent off to bed. The teenagers too were sent off at around ten o'clock, most of the adults too went to bed because tomorrow was a working day. It was not just the children that needed to wake up early, the adults did too.
When Scarlet reluctantly stepped foot inside the space ship, she found Esong in the control center, he was sitting in a chair with his arms folded and his eyes closed. Lately, she felt more at ease when he was sleeping than when he was awake. Since she could not tell what he was thinking, she was beginning to think that it would be better for her to move back to her family's house for a while. Until he sorted through his many complex thoughts anyway.
"Hey," she tapped him slowly, and he suddenly grabbed her wrist. Rather than react like a frightened little rabbit, she looked at him questioningly, a little bit bored even. "What's this now? If you are thinking that I was intending to do something to you, you are mistaken. I was simply trying to wake you up."
He did not reply, not even a peep of a word came out of his mouth. Instead, he stared at her with his dark eyes intensely until she started feeling the inevitable wave of discomfort.
"I am tired, and I have another busy day tomorrow" she said, "If you can wrap up whatever this is right now, I would love to get to bed. And by the way, I am not a glutton for punishment, sleeping next to a man that acts as cold as a fish every night is no longer working for me. It might be in both of our interests if I move back to parents house."
The grip he had on her wrist tightened and she winced slightly, not that it was painful but because she was angry with him. If he had something to say to her, why couldn't he just come out with it.
"You are different." he said suddenly.
She was slightly stunned but quickly she covered up her shock by replying, "And so are you, you don't see me making a big deal out of it."You can trace the roots of this content at n0v@lbin
"You are not her." he stated.
In her mind, she panicked a lot, wondering what had given her away? The story of her illness was iron clad, was it the songs and movies? But she would not give herself away easily, he could suspect all he wanted but he would never be able to prove it.
"I know." she spared him the agony of explaining. "But you can't treat me this way again, it doesn't matter if we are simply lovers in this marriage, if you have something bothering you about me, say it. If you act like this again I will simply leave without a warning."
"Is that why you sung that song, goodbye my lover? Were you planning to leave me?"
She tilted her head back and she laughed, "No way, it's just a song I love, there was no special meaning attached to it. "Sweetie if you begin to see personal meanings in every song then you will never get to enjoy music."
"It just sounded so personal." he mumbled and shrugged.
"Well it was not, if I ever sing a song about you I will be sure to let you know." she assured him. "Now I am going to bed, and just so you know, if your mother ever shows up here and pokes holes into our relationship causing you to act like an asshole I will be the one to stab you. And I mean a physical stabbing, so don't get on my nerves."
He laughed and followed after her, "Scarlet," the tone of his voice changed, "I.."
"No." she slapped his hand that was snaking it's way around her waist stealthily. "I am punishing you for being an ass, you don't get to have me until I change my mind."
"Don't be hasty, let's discuss this first." he attempted to dissuade her, it was not as if he had enjoyed their last few nights either. He was just thinking about things, how was he supposed to know that she would be open to discussing them? The thing which had been bothering him for days had been easily handled by her, if he had known, he would have come to her sooner.
"No." she slapped stubborn hand away again.
"But it was not my fault." he whined.
"Hmph." she sneered, "Don't try to squirm your way out of this. Prepare yourself for a drought tonight buddy."
Scarlet sung one more song, twinkle little star before the children were ushered away by their parents and sent off to bed. The teenagers too were sent off at around ten o'clock, most of the adults too went to bed because tomorrow was a working day. It was not just the children that needed to wake up early, the adults did too. When Scarlet reluctantly stepped foot inside the space ship, she found Esong in the control center, he was sitting in a chair with his arms folded and his eyes closed. Lately, she felt more at ease when he was sleeping than when he was awake. Since she could not tell what he was thinking, she was beginning to think that it would be better for her to move back to her family's house for a while. Until he sorted through his many complex thoughts anyway. "Hey," she tapped him slowly, and he suddenly grabbed her wrist. Rather than react like a frightened little rabbit, she looked at him questioningly, a little bit bored even. "What's this now? If you are thinking that I was intending to do something to you, you are mistaken. I was simply trying to wake you up." He did not reply, not even a peep of a word came out of his mouth. Instead, he stared at her with his dark eyes intensely until she started feeling the inevitable wave of discomfort. "I am tired, and I have another busy day tomorrow" she said, "If you can wrap up whatever this is right now, I would love to get to bed. And by the way, I am not a glutton for punishment, sleeping next to a man that acts as cold as a fish every night is no longer working for me. It might be in both of our interests if I move back to parents house." The grip he had on her wrist tightened and she winced slightly, not that it was painful but because she was angry with him. If he had something to say to her, why couldn't he just come out with it. "You are different." he said suddenly. She was slightly stunned but quickly she covered up her shock by replying, "And so are you, you don't see me making a big deal out of it."You can trace the roots of this content at n0v@lbin"You are not her." he stated. In her mind, she panicked a lot, wondering what had given her away? The story of her illness was iron clad, was it the songs and movies? But she would not give herself away easily, he could suspect all he wanted but he would never be able to prove it. "I know." she spared him the agony of explaining. "But you can't treat me this way again, it doesn't matter if we are simply lovers in this marriage, if you have something bothering you about me, say it. If you act like this again I will simply leave without a warning." "Is that why you sung that song, goodbye my lover? Were you planning to leave me?" She tilted her head back and she laughed, "No way, it's just a song I love, there was no special meaning attached to it. "Sweetie if you begin to see personal meanings in every song then you will never get to enjoy music." "It just sounded so personal." he mumbled and shrugged. "Well it was not, if I ever sing a song about you I will be sure to let you know." she assured him. "Now I am going to bed, and just so you know, if your mother ever shows up here and pokes holes into our relationship causing you to act like an asshole I will be the one to stab you. And I mean a physical stabbing, so don't get on my nerves." He laughed and followed after her, "Scarlet," the tone of his voice changed, "I.." "No." she slapped his hand that was snaking it's way around her waist stealthily. "I am punishing you for being an ass, you don't get to have me until I change my mind." "Don't be hasty, let's discuss this first." he attempted to dissuade her, it was not as if he had enjoyed their last few nights either. He was just thinking about things, how was he supposed to know that she would be open to discussing them? The thing which had been bothering him for days had been easily handled by her, if he had known, he would have come to her sooner."No." she slapped stubborn hand away again. "But it was not my fault." he whined. "Hmph." she sneered, "Don't try to squirm your way out of this. Prepare yourself for a drought tonight buddy."
