LOVE CAN BE COMPLEX

l, who seemed not to have heard her as she was conversing with one o

evening's breeze hit her face, sending her hair to blow across her face. W

th. But why was she feeling so

work on too, she thought and the door behind her opened. Turning to see Dem

e?" He said, without showing any form of care, for the dr

ncomfortable around the girls as they kept talking about Jen

heir meal was ready and she hurriedly sprang t

t it." S

rry it all by yourself

he said and was headed for the co

w her date was going when she bumped into someone, spilling his dr

ondered as she groaned, raising a hand to her pounding he

r feet. The guy's white shirt was comple

f, but it was a useless attempt a

ing at my phone.

comfortable around any of the girls but Jennie was rather close to

wrote down her phone number as she waited f

ater and Sol noticed there was still traces of the stain

sorry." Sh

she handed him a paper wher

ank at number and the cost of the dry cleaning s

p in touch." He re

...." She made to

ng she had injured her head. "Your

her head. "It's okay.My head is rock hard...Aren

ay." He

e responded, now wear

Demir, looking over different flavors of ice cream.

k at her and she was forced to look down to see he wa

N

ved to a strawberry flavor.

tter pecan flavoured ice cream. "I w

the mystery person who walked be

e you'r

as he picked up a few flavors of i

." He said as they walked o

to see a girl take butter

me, back at the bar?" He asked on t

uld have been strange to say I knew

id you leav

ing cam

she followed his eyes to see he was looking a

red. "I washed it but

marker." He replied and she dropped her he

d and he gently took her han

e me again?" He asked,

but she couldn't bear to tell that to him,

ut I was pretty sta

gently pat her on the head. "I was glad...to see

her?" Jasmine asked with

he bag to them and they all reached for it, a

cream, you know." Ramiel said w

e of minutes later, after they were all done with

said and everyone tur

sn't smoke too." Herley

emir asked, a s

said, sliding her bag ove

" He said as he p

morrow." A couple of

ed and bade the group goodnight b

d?" He asked and she

text came into his phone and his exp

end?" She asked and he

..I'm taking the bus here.

dnight." She

e turned to head for home,

me out to drink, her ni

to catch a glimpse of Demir on her way to the rooftop. She had barely been

she turned to Ramiel and Herley

the pair, who didn't even throw a glance

totally busy."

d and she tried not to wear her disappoi

going?" She turned

e walked back to her table. She would probably not g

ut him so much and why did s

fore she went to the departmental group's chat

and she flinched, fumbling with her phone a bi

to eye at her piece. "I'm more startled

disappointed and she swallo

ce, with a look of major disappointm

rofessor didn't look like she wanted to end it so quickly. "Working late isn't g

sighed in relief as the professor

at her table to look at a serious April, a part

d, not taking her

oney for the drinks. Did ever

eryone d

rassed to tell the tru

es to her, like she seemed to know who she was thinkin

ied as she walked

y, will you?"

e said, although s