章 10: Tenth
"L-Let me go! W-Where are you even taking me?" Tamitha tried removing Pollux's tight grip unto her hand. "Get in." He just ignored the maiden's questions and forced her to get inside his car. "W-What? I can't leave my car!"
"I'll bring it back tomorrow just get the fuck in. They're coming." Pollux stated coldly, leaving Tamitha with no choice, and followed him. She got creeped out seeing a lot of men coming on their way, causing her to panic and looked at Pollux's direction as if asking what is happening.
"Vex's back up." Pollux's laconic reply while starting the car to get away from the incoming men. Everything's adding up for Tamitha, what's bothering her is that who are those men chasing them or rather chasing Pollux.
"W-What's going on, Pollux? Please let me know anything." Tamitha begged, already on the verged of crying, she's scared for her own life. Those men knew her face. What if they'll do something to her? Her thoughts were eating her alive.
A hint of concern escaped from Pollux's eyes for seconds. It shocked her for a second, giving her some hope that Pollux would finally tell her something. He released a long sigh before answering, "Vex's boss just can't accept that I won over him during our boxing match. And to eliminate the threat, he sent Vex over to scare me. Obviously, that didn't work."
Tamitha was just looking at Pollux the entire time he's talking. "That's the longest thing you said to me." Tamitha absent-mindedly stated. Pollux tried his best not to smile. Unfortunately, it didn't escape from Tamitha's sight, making her smile as well. That smile somehow eased up Tamitha's fear. "Shut up." Pollux tried to act cold, but Tamitha ignored her and laugh at his statement.
"So, you're a boxer, huh?" Tamitha tried her luck to converse more to the lad, however he just replied to her with a nod making Tamitha pout her lips as if thinking of other topics she could open up. "Aren't you curious, how did I follow you back there?"
"How?" The lad replied, not even bothering to look at Tamitha's direction. He's too focused on the road, not wanting to cause another accident.
She removed the other pair of her earrings and reveal it to Pollux. Pollux looks at it for a while before focusing his sight back to the road. He creased his forehead as if asking what does Tamitha wanted to imply with that accessory. "This is a tracking device. S-speaking of... Oh my gosh! It's still activated on my car. They might use that to track your car!" Tamitha panicked, making her feel uneasy on her seat. She tried deactivating the tracking device unto her phone. Pollux, on the other hand, secretly looks at her direction to check on her.
"Don't worry, they won't know anything about those things. Plus, Vex only noticed you following me in the mall. They would not know where your car is right now."
"This is just a safety precaution. I don't want them knowing something about our whereabouts." Pollux just shrugged his shoulder as if telling Tamitha to do whatever she wanted to.
"Try getting some rest. It will be a long ride." Tamitha suddenly got tired from all the running she did earlier just to look for Pollux and running away from those men.
***
"Tammy! We'll just have our lunch!" Heath informed Tamitha, who's currently painting a prop for their escape room. They've been arranging the escape room for a week now. Nothing much happened ever since her encounter with those men who were chasing Pollux. She has seen none of the twins for the past week too. Castor said that they're doing some projects, and she got no clue what was behind it. She's thinking it's somehow related to what she heard from Pollux before. Something about the mountain.
She's busy painting the materials they'll be using, when someone touched her shoulder from the back. It startled her at first but when she saw who was it her expression quickly changed into a surprised look. "P-Pollux?"
The guy was shocked at first, but he immediately tried to recover himself and gave Tamitha an awkward smile while scratching his head. "I'm hurt. How could you?!" The lad overreacted, holding his chest as a joke. "W-What?" Tamitha being confused as hell. She's a hundred percent sure that the guy in front of her now is Pollux, but his attitude right now is just like Castor. "How are you, Tammy?" The lad asked while looking around the place as if inspecting every material he's seeing around.
'Tammy?' She whispered, being so confused right now. "C-Can you stop the act already?" She saw the guy's body stiffened. But when he looked back at Tamitha, he's wearing a teasing smile. "I don't know what you're talking about, Tamitha. Can Pollux do this to you?" Tamitha creased her forehead, not understanding what he meant.
Before she could even ask him what he mean, a cold liquid met her skin. It shocked her to see that Castor painted her arms. "What the hell?!" Castor laughed at her reaction and immediately flee to his place before Tamitha could reach him. The lass froze for a while, processing what just happened still her mouth wide open.
The moment Tamitha got over to what the guy did to her, she immediately got herself a paintbrush and tried to catch the guy to get back at him. "It's on!" Tamitha announced. They happily chase each other in this four side room. They were like kids playing the "tag game", catching each other just to get themselves painted. The place starting to get all messy.
"I will get you!" Tamitha declared, running towards Castor's place, earning a laugh from the lad while trying to escape from Tamitha.
Tamitha had fun playing around for a while. This was the first time she freely enjoyed being careless and childish. She's happy she experienced this, and she's beyond thankful for this guy in front of her right now. He's making everything at ease for Tamitha, helping her forget what kept bothering her for the past weeks.
"I surrender! You won!" Castor submitted, making Tamitha jump for joy. "Ha! Loser!" She even teased, making him laughed at loud. They went silent for a while, catching for their breath when suddenly they heard a rumbling noise. Tamitha held her stomach shyly, making Castor laughed at him once again.
"Let's have some lunch, shall we?" Tamitha just nodded at him and followed him. But before they headed somewhere, they took a shower first to their dorms before going out.
"I'll see you later." The guy stated while ruffling Tamitha's hair. He even murmured something, "I miss you..." Too bad Tamitha's clueless because she's too busy removing the lad's hand unto her hair.
"I'll meet you in the parking lot. Let's just use your car, bring your keys, all right?"
Tamitha's unsure at first, but she still nodded as an answer. They parted ways, walking away in a different direction, when she suddenly remembered something. She immediately called the guy's attention and said, "Thanks for today, Cunningham! I enjoyed it!"
She shouted before running away. The lad got speechless with that statement, but later on shook his head while smiling sweetly. He's happy to see Tamitha smiling genuinely.
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