The night was chilly, probably because I was sitting by the seaside. The surfing sound of the waves was my solace and the peace that came with it overwhelmed my whole. I tucked the strand of stray hairs that kept hitting my face behind my ears and smiled to myself.
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The thoughts of my time with my ex-boyfriend hit me so hard. It was a sweet and bitter experience. The memories we shared, and the time we spent together made me smile while I felt a tinge of sadness within me.
We had separated because he suddenly felt we weren’t meant to be together. It was a crazy excuse, one I was forced to accept. I lived two years after the breakup in anguish and misery. My whole life was embodied by what he claimed to have to offer. He made me see my life as a captive in his world, causing me to believe I couldn’t live without him.
I was gradually growing out of that and everything made me smile now.
I moved to a small town in the countryside where my privacy was my forte and my peace was my priority.
I thought hard for a while, about how much I missed my family and how much they must have missed me too. I neglected them all without minding their feelings. It was bad to have done that but I couldn’t think of other ways to find myself.
“I have no idea if you’re still here,” I suddenly heard a masculine voice.
I turned around, startled, and almost jumped to my feet. The moon lit his face a bit but it wasn’t bright enough to see who it was.
“You don’t walk on people like that!” I said sternly as I finally got up from the sandy ground.
Oh dear, Lord. He was the height of Zeus, and fit like Thanos but none of those bodily features caught my attention as I walked away from him.
“Hey, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to walk on you like that. I didn't mean to scare you,” he pleaded, walking behind me but I increased my pace with the breeze blowing my face heavily in the process.
“Well, you did and guess what, you didn't just startle me, you ruined my peace!”
“Hey. Hold on!” He called after me as I increased my pace and he did the same.
“Stop following me!” I was getting upset and could feel my blood boil in my veins.
“Hey!” he called again as he finally caught up to me.
He held my wrist and pulled my shoulders to stand in front of me. Oddly, I conceded to his action as I stared up at his face.
“Have we ever met aside from today? Have I ever done anything to wrong you before now?”
I sighed as I shrugged his hands off my shoulders.
“You think you’re right to just disturb people’s silent moment or something? You seem like a pervert right now and I’m starting to get scared!”
“Aren’t you a little rude to refer to a person who has done nothing to you as a pervert?!”
“Then you should have stayed away from me!”
“This is a harmless encounter,”
“You don’t have to be with a gun. Your presence threatens my safety!” I blurted out before walking towards the motel that was well-lit.
I walked briskly but didn't hear any footsteps behind me which made me happy.
I had no idea why I was hyper but I sincerely just wanted to be alone. It had been like a mirage since I had been here and had no one bug me. I just enjoyed the privacy I got after I sought it in this town but having someone walk up to me made me so furious.
Just as I was about to turn the doorknob to the motel lobby, I felt a hand on mine. The electric feeling was familiar and the hand was veiny. I turned my head around to look up at the owner’s face only to see Bobby.
Bobby was my ex-boyfriend.
“I should have known it was you under the moonlight but it took me seconds to see you well under the proper lighting,”
Bobby was the pervert I just met.
How could I have not known he was the one? What changed so much about him to not have given me the idea that he was the man under the moonlight? Did time change everything?
“Bobby?” was the only word that escaped my stunned lips.
I stared into his blue eyes, drowning in the ocean of his eyes. As I had tons of emotions rushing through me. My well-planned life slowly seeped into the part of me that yearned for him.
I dropped my hand from the doorknob and so did his and before I could stop myself, I wrapped my hands around his neck and kissed him.
This is my submission to the Inleo prompt suggestion for May. The prompt is "Privacy.....". You can join here. This is the calendar
