LOVER MONSTER!
24. You're Tau.

Oscar Brown is playing a dealer at one of his tables. He shuffles the cards in front of three men who are ready to bet against him.

While Oscar was immersed in his role as a dealer there, one of Oscar's subordinates approached and whispered something in his ear. The game that was about to start was immediately interrupted.

Oscar digested the information that reached his ears and nodded faintly. His mind immediately left the gambling table.

"Adam" call Oscar. Adam who had been by her at the table immediately moved forward.

"What's wrong?" ask Adam back.

"Call Demian and tell him to see me tonight." Oscar put the card he had shuffled on the table. His eyes looked back at the three bettors who challenged him.

"Something urgent is happening" continued Oscar. The grin expands thinly on its face which rarely expresses.

Something interesting.

*

Angela Lancaster smiled cheerfully as she found Demian entering Elixir. Demian-after leaving him for a long time, finally reappeared in front of his face.

Angela immediately waved her hand towards Demian, and Demian welcomed her greeting with a faint smile.

Dania who served as a guest greeter at Elixir watched Demian and Angela's interaction with a wry smile.

Dania still can't believe that Demian will end up with Angela. All this time, Dania thought she had won when Angela chose Jake Allendale. Dania even won a bet with Jessica, but in the end, Jessica's choice ended up winning.

'What's so special about a Demian Bellamy?' Dania was astonished. Besides being handsome, Dania did not feel that Demian was a suitable man to date. Why does his boss insist on saying that Demian is the coolest guy in the world?

"Welcome to Elixir" said Dania. "Have you made a reservation or not?"

"I didn't make any reservations" Demian responded. With that answer, Dania led Demian to an empty table near the glass window.

"Dania," call Angela to interrupt. "Can I get it out of here?"

"Please" said Dania. He noticed Angela's happy face and again felt uncomfortable. Dania passed from Demian's table and headed to the bar where her friends were gathered.

"Ugh.." lamented Dania. "What is this thing called when people fall in love is disgusting?"

"Why all of a sudden?" Jessica, who was there, said.

"It's nobody's fault" Dania said. "Just to see Angela blossoming, seeing Demian, I felt disgusted myself."

"What the fuck?" Jessica laughs. While hearing Dania's whimper anyway, Jessica turned to another corner of Elixir to find a figure that made Dania goosebumps panted.

Right by the glass window, Demian and Angela exchanged a conversation with a smile. Jessica looked at the two with an undefined view of their meaning. It was as if there was discomfort, combined with aggravation and sourness.

Jessica-either how, feeling a little understood Dania's feelings. Jessica too, felt a similar shyness.

"Are you jealous, Dania?" Ethan tempt.

"Huh?"

"You know, if you're upset to see a couple making out that means you've been alone too long."

Jessica turned her head back towards Ethan, her eyes widening in curiosity. "You're serious?"

"Yes. It's a syndrome of envy." taunted Ethan again. "You better find a boyfriend, Dania. You can age with hatred of the world."

"Hey, don't talk carelessly." Dania throws Ethan with a toothpick. "That doesn't make sense."

"I'm serious." Ethan stirred up a cup of coffee for Dania, "Loneliness makes you hate everything you don't have."

"Aww, wise." Elliot joined after a long stay in the kitchen. The apron is still warmly attached to the chest. He approached Jessica who was sitting on the bench, and anchored her chin on top of Jessica's crown. "What are you talking about?"

"Elli, don't you work?" Dania attacked her friend.

"I'm resting" Elliot said. "Partially, I now have an assistant chef in the back."

"Ah, I also want a barista assistant here. Normally, if I go back, my only replacement is Jessica." Ethan was complaining.

"It's your own fault for being so chatty," Jessica sprayed Ethan back. "I've given you three employees you can train, but you fired them all."

"I don't like a pretentious young man touching my desk" Ethan said.

While they shared the curses there, Demian and Angela who were on the other side of the room also exchanged news. Demian listened to each of Angela's babbles with a pair of dark irises looking at Angela with gentleness.

Angela continued to talk, but the fanfare from the direction of the bar table caught Demian's attention for a few occasions. He turned his head towards Jessica cs who was busy gossiping about something there. Noticing them anyway, Demian became curious at what they were talking about. 

Why did Jessica laugh so easily? 

How close were they until Jessica could lean comfortably against her best friend's chest? Elliot Winchester, isn't he? The man grabbed Jessica from behind and casually put his chin on Jessica's head. It was as if they were happy lovers.

Demian imagines that if she does the same, Jessica can freeze in panic and immediately push her away. So unfair!

"Demian," call Angela.

"Hmm, huh?"

"What are you noticing?" Angela turned her head and followed Demian's gaze. Not so far away from them, Angela finds Jessica cs joking at the bar table.

"Ah..., did you notice them?" Angela muttered, feeling uncomfortable. "I'm sorry, they are so noisy. You must be very uncomfortable."

"Huh, no, no." Demian shakes. "I don't have a problem."

"They are my bosses" Angela said. "Looking at the four of them, I sometimes feel envious."

"Why your sudden confession?"

Angela sniffed her shoulders, her expression soft.

"You know, before this, me, you and Jake were best friends. I was wondering, if I hadn't chosen one of you, would I have been able to go back to being as good as ever, like them?"

""Don't talk about anything that isn't," Demian said. "Different from the four of them, you know me and Jake have different intentions to approach you."

"..." - ".Angela looked down.

"Me and Jake have special feelings for you, Ange. We don't want a friendship or anything. We wanted you to choose one of us, and you made a choice. You didn't make a mistake."

"I'm sorry" said Angela. "I should have chosen you that day."

"Mmmm..."

*

"Wouldn't she be able to reach me in a message like usual?"

"If he can, then I won't call you right now."

In the smoking area available outside Elixir, Demian spoke to Adam on the phone. The man-Adam, has contacted Demian several times. He made the pocket of Demian's pants shake strangely, as if Demian was pocketing a vibrator.

Demian was upset and eventually he escaped to this smoking area, an area specifically for smokers.

"I hope you'll be back soon, this is an important topic for yourself, you know!"

"Adam, you're getting ripped off now. Do you want me to stuff your mouth with my shoes?"

"Tsk.., I'm just delivering Oscar's message."

"Notice your tone, hmmm? Don't think I'll let you go just for that stupid reason!"

Demian gives Adam a warning before ending his phone call.

Damn, what else is going on now? Demian felt his calmness constantly being disturbed from various directions.

"Shall I kill them all?" Demian wondered as he stared at the glass roof. He breathed smoke out of his throat.

A middle-aged man who happened to be there, heard Demian's words and was flabbergasted. The man hurriedly left the smoking area, leaving Demian who was emitting a terrifying aura.

Demian looked into the cafe. At that time, he did not find Jessica at the same bar table. The girl's friends had also already dispersed into their original positions.

If Jessica wasn't there, what would she mean...

Demian tilted his head, his ignorant grin spread wide on his face. Demian switched off his cigarette and immediately came out of the smoking area.

Demian.., before dealing with all the affairs that make his head buzzing stress, it takes a little entertainment.

Jessica is the entertainment now.

Let's say it's a cruel and inhumane thought, but Demian himself is not a kind man who upholds moral and dignified things. Demian is a bastard, a monster.., people who know him, who know his rottenness, do not dare to deal with him.

Demian is a monster and Demian knows it. Therefore, when he pushed Jessica back into the newly opened bathroom cubicle, Demian did not feel guilty at all.

He, rather than feeling guilty, greatly enjoyed the change in expression on Jessica's face. The girl nodded and was stunned. Her lips were slightly open, looking seductive.

"What are you doing?" jessica asked, her low voice holding back the anger. "This is a ladies' bathroom!"

"I want to say goodbye" said Demian. Make a reason out of whim.

"What?" Jessica clearly doesn't understand. "What does she mean?"

"Pamit, home? What else?"

"Are you going to be gone forever?" That's the only reason that makes sense to Jessica.

Demian had already pushed him into the bathroom forcefully, smothering his mouth, pressing him against the wall and forcing him to come face to face. There was no way he would have any reasonable reason for his madness.

So, does this mean Demian will never visit her again?

"Don't be too happy," Demian said, he threw Jessica's hopes in disappointment. "I'll be back tomorrow or the day after."

"Huh?" Then, what the fuck is with his actions now?

"As I said," Demian said. "I just want to say goodbye."

"Joking, huh?"

"I'd like to see you for a minute too."

"You can see me outside, you don't have to..., ugh, stay away a little?" Jessica felt uncomfortable under Demian's squeals. The heat of the man's body that was stuck in his body made his heart race crazy.

"It could be, but I don't want to." Demian was obviously teasing him there. He noticed how Jessica's face turned red under his gaze. Like the petals of a cherry blossom that bloomed beautifully.

"Are you wearing the parfume I gave you?" Demian brought back the prize.

"Why do you want to know?"

"Because I saw your friend cling to you like a starving lion." Demian again remembered the figure of Elliot who held Jessica. It's a sickening sight.

"Friends? Who?"

Oh, Jessica wasn't even conscious at all. Demian is getting more and more.

"You can't be so innocent to men, Jessica."

Demian gave Jessica a light warning. He pulled Jessica's chin up to look up at him. Emerald met his dark obsidian bead.

In their colliding gazes, Demian's long fingers crept down Jessica's jaw, onto her earlobes, her bushy mane, her nape and shoulders.

"You are the perfect meal" whispered Demian in danger.

"A-are you a cannibal?" Jessica made a joke there, her smile expanding forcefully.

"I know you understand what I'm saying" Demian lowered his face against Jessica's neck, inhaling the sweet smell of strawberries still stuck in her body like opium.

"You know what I mean" Demian whispered like a temptation. "All right, I'm going home now."

"..."

"Don't miss me," Demian said, bouncing on Jessica, undigested in her brain. Jessica was so stunned at the trace of Demian's touch on her skin.

Jessica was hypnotized by the way the obsidian bead looked at her with danger, like a lion inviting her to dance.

"I hope I don't know anything" Jessica complained in the end. He slumped on the bathroom wall while pressing on his stomach flapping a thousand butterflies.

"What do you want, Demian Bellamy?"

*