Anniversary
Aurora Silverwood
Aurora Silverwood
After working long and hard into the harsh heat of an Australia day, Jin was exhausted, and incredibly thirsty. He only had a few hours left of his shift, and his boss was away. Gale, his best friend, was also at work; only Gale was a highly paid artist.
Jin brushed a long frizzy red lock from his eyes, and checked his canister, seeking water, only to find it empty. Frowning, he stopped working, and grabbed his nap-sack, looking for his second canister.
“********!” He shouted. “I’m a bloody idiot,” he slapped his forehead, his Irish accent shining through his milky voice. He could have sworn that he had packed a second canister of water. ‘well… now I’m screwed’. He thought. Massaging his temples, he went back to work.
RUSSLE-RUSSLE. ‘A sound? What was that?’ Jin wondered, looking around. All of a sudden, he spotted a tall glass of iced-black coffee. Jin loved coffee! “A gift from the Gods!” He shouted, as he speed towards the glass. Grasping the tall glass in his left hand, he took a mighty gulp, and then drank the rest slowly. “Ahhhh, Thank-you Gods.” He sighed-out, his eyes closed.
“HAHA!” A disembodied voice chuckled with glee. “I cannot believe you just drank that!”
After a moments pause, trying to place a face to the voice, he opened his eyes, his vision gazing down to the bottom of the glass, to find a big, fat, black cockroach, just sitting there, staring-up at him. “GALE!” Jin Screamed, dropping the glass to the ground, shattering it, and then spitting on it. The voice was laughing, and the face, as it appeared, (when it came out of hiding) was unworried.
“Awww… I thought it would make you smile too, Jin!” Gale smirked.
“YOU—! You… YOU—!” He stammered, trying out the sentence in his mind. “I BET, it was YOU who stole me second canister! And Why the Bloody hell would you think this funny!?”
“Clearly, my friend, you cannot take a joke.”
“You know this.”
“Yeah… well… That’s beside the point. You forgot our anniversary! I cannot believe you Jin!” he pouted, over dramatically.
Suddenly, faint memories of the day they first confessed their love… publically came flooding back to him.
“I still don’t see how cockroaches desecrating me favorite drink is very romantic, or symbolically related to our anniversary. And—wait, aren’t you supposed to be at work?”
“You’re no fun, no fun at t`all, Jin! I took the afternoon off to celebrate our anniversary!” Gale wined, clinging to his lover.
“Why a cockroach!?”
“Remember that homophobe, who saw us kissing at the old Irish Pub, two years ago, who said that lesbians, and gays were the most disgusting creatures on Earth?”
“…Yes…” Jin admitted softly. “I’d have hoped to forget him.”
“You forgot the other half of the story, Jin! Remember the cockroach he found in his iced tea, and how he then screamed that cockroaches were the most disgusting creatures on Earth?” He paused, as if waiting for it to sink in. “Then we asked him, which was more disgusting, us, or a cockroach. He replied, ‘cockroaches!’”. Gale smiled, his story finished.
“That isn’t funny.” Jin gave a blank stare, his arms crossed over his Irish chest.
“What! Jin, you have no sense of humor!” Gale teased.
“No, Gale, your sense of Humor is just twisted.” After glaring at one another for a minute, they both laughed, and embraced each-other, and shared a kiss.
“Gale—you are so lucky me boss wasn’t here. He’d give us both a flogging. You’re so thick!”
“That doesn’t make me any less lovable.” Gale said, brushing a golden lock away from his twinkling eyes.
“Agreed.” He laughed, as they kissed again, but softer this time.
“Now, go home, and wait for me, you twit, I’m still supposed to be working."
“…fine.” Gale sighed. “See you there! I’ll make you something special!” He pecked Jin on the cheek, before returning home.
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This is me first Short-story writing assignment in Creative Writing with Mr. Lee.
We were supposed to do a character sketch, and I really got into it. XD
Jin=Hardworking, and honest [Irish]
Gale=Jokester, angst-whore, and caring (in his own lovable way) [British]
They're both Artists, but only Gale got a contract. They had to Move to Aussie.
To help pay for stuffs, Jin has a job as well. Jin is a freak, he doesn't mind inhumane Heat conditions. O.o;;
In the beginning Jin was supposed to be the joker, but then Gale became the jester. @_@ They just took on lives of their own.
EDIT: I even got confused, and wrote down the other's name, as Katie (and Ashely) noticed. ^_^ I've learned to re-read it a LOT before I turn it in. I fixed all the typos. Thank you for helping me with those, and for the comments everyone!!! I love you! heart heart heart
Hope you liked it!!! ^_^ ♥
