World After Worlds
Chapter 399: ◙ LIKE HIM ◙

Chapter 399: ◙ LIKE HIM ◙

Chapter 05

Yanarym let him take her bag and acted like she was thinking. Spencer peered at her, observing her intently.

"Ikay told me that there is a famous restaurant outside the campus serving some pasta." She smiled at him. Spencer was startled by the smile but immediately recovered and smiled back at her.

"You wanted to eat outside?"

"You don’t want to?"

"No, it’s just that you never recommended something before." He whispered his opinion not wanting her to hear.

"Ikay also told me that we don’t need to bring a car, it’s just two miles of walking," Yanarym said and looked at her wristwatch. "We have two hours vacant before our last subject. We don’t need to hurry."

"Yeah..." Spencer nodded his head. He held out his hand to hold her. She did not dodge and let him intertwine their fingers. The skinship made him at ease somehow.

"What are they serving anyway?" He asked, smiling, pulling her closer. She started to talk about what Ikay told her during class and the tension between them in the morning faded like it never happened. Spencer did not open the topic, rather than asking her what happened to her this morning, he just wanted to prolong this tranquility at this moment.

"Well, she said it was western’s cuisine." Yanarym said while tapping at her phone, Spencer smiled and kissed her cheek. She shifted her eyes on him and Spencer kissed her nose as well.

"You’re craving for western?" She nodded her head, "What do you want, pasta?"

"Yeah, I think I want carbonara with gingerbread..." she said excitedly and looked at her phone. "Can I eat two servings?"

"Of course," he smiled at her and let go of her hand to swerve his arm to her waist, pulling her close to his body. "Eat a lot and be good to me."

The restaurant was crowded with mostly university students. The menu had its variety too, from snacks to western cuisines that students can enjoy while doing their papers. Some were having coffee while having a meeting, some were alone on their table with notes and laptops beside them. Some were having their lunch and casually chatting. Some are couples-- having their date, just like them.

At their table, there were servings of pasta and pizza, and burgers. It was a lot for just the two of them but Yanarym insisted on eating them, Spencer had no choice but to order it all at once. Even her appetite drastically changed too, is she depressed? Going through something Spencer wasn’t aware of?

"Will you be going out tonight too?" Spencer choked his food when Yanarym asked this out of nowhere. He drank his water and looked at her, she was casually chewing her gingerbread. For starters, she doesn’t usually ask questions like this. He will just initiate to say he’s going out and she will not say anything about the matter.

"Yes..." he answered, unsure of himself. She got angry for no apparent reason because of that, every question that she asked him was like sending him to the field of eggshells that he couldn’t break.

He wondered why he felt this way though. He never felt guilty, not even when she found out about his affairs. But right now, that she was showing concern, he started to have cold sweat.

"Okay." Yanarym nodded while twirling the carbonara on her fork. Spencer watched her, she was happily indulging herself on every food on the table like a kid eating her favorite dishes.

"After the last class, I’ll drive you home and cook some dinner before I go." He said consciously not wanting to have the same tension as they had early in the morning. Yanarym looked up to him and smiled widely.

"No, I have plans too." She blurted out. Spencer paused, his expression turned from worried to distorted. The reluctance he felt had disappeared, replacing it with impending anger.

"Plans?" He asked sarcastically, sounding that he is not allowing this plan of hers but she chooses to be oblivious and ignore his protest. She took a glance at him before proceeding on taking a piece of pizza.

"Yes, remember my friend Gale---?" Spencer cut her off slamming his utensils to the table. She wasn’t taking account of his grumbling. She deliberately forsaking his opposition. Nearby students, especially girls who had been watching Spencer immediately looked away.

"You did not talk to me about this plan." With an angry tone, he glared at her. She was not flustered, her eyes did not look away, instead, she looked at him innocently with a smile on her lips.

"I am talking about it right now." She put her utensils down and spoke to him calmly. She’s not even panicking that he is mad nor trying to appease him. All she does is smile which is starting to irritate him.

He was not riled up with her rebellious manner. He would gladly play along with her sudden changes if she didn’t bring the conversation of going out tonight -without him, he wouldn’t get irked at all. However, it finally made sense to him, why she was acting all strange this morning till now because she wanted to have fun outside --- without him. Which he would never allow. Why? ... because he doesn’t like it. If she was apart from him and he was not aware of what she was doing. He doesn’t like it. Since she became part of his life, he should be in every corner of her life too.

"Yanarym." He said with a dark face and warning tone. Where did this stubbornness come from? He liked that she was acting a little different but having her out of his control was the last thing that could be pleased about. He doesn’t like this the slightest, her obstinate attitude is making him mad, very-very mad.

"I’ll just hang out with Gale, we never had time to catch up because we were both busy. My schedule is vacant tomorrow so I told her that we should spend the night over at her place tonight." She said not even minding how twisted his handsome face is. "And it’s not like you will be home for the night until morning."

"Did I agree with this? I’m sure that I. Did. Not." He lowered his voice to prevent himself from shouting at her. This is out of the question. She knew that this would make him mad, she knew him very well.

Then, why does she still insist on this? Why does she deliberately make him furious? Where did her courage to defy him come from?

"But you are having fun with your friends too." She said gently sipping the straw in her glass of mango juice. Again, with this reaction. Spencer shot her a death glare.

It’s very rare for them to have a fight. Most of it --- actually, not just most of it- but all of it. He was the one who would start the quarrel and she was the one who was always sorry. In exchange for spoiling her with material luxury and a grandiose life, she would perform to him as the perfect girlfriend, a woman that any man would ask for --- "I want to spend the night with my friend too." She said, how could his perfect girlfriend not be acting in her role anymore? It’s annoying him!

"That’s different!" Spencer growled at her but she only shrugged her shoulders and took a bite on her pizza. With her nonchalantly, Spencer wanted to throw the food on their table away. He wanted her eyes to be fixed on him right now. And wanted to get the answer he wanted.

His and her name is widely known around this university and he doesn’t want to cause a scandal in this area. He is concerned for their image, above all, he is concerned about her behavior.

"Different? Of course, it’s different. Why? Should I do what you do, when you are having fun at night with your friends, babe?" Yanarym utterer at him knowingly, she put down the food she was holding and clasped her hands together. "Don’t worry, I will not go to clubs, I will stay at Gale’s apartment." She added with a blithe expression but solemn eyes. "I will not be like you." She said in a mellow tone then sipped her mango juice. As a result, Spencer was stupefied.

"...what?" This was the only word he managed to say after a long pause. The rage that was about to burst deep within him suddenly vanished in the blink of his eyes. His hot-exploding madness was quickly drowned in cold flashes of water.

There was a long silence after that, Spencer watched Yanarym eat without a problem in the world while his head was in a shutdown, blacking out. His mind couldn’t function, he couldn’t imagine it, those things he had done while having fun at night... ? She would not be like him?