His crazy heart (MXM)

Chapter 2: Meeting Maria

Upon getting to the police station, John sat quietly on a chair as he looked out of the window with a solemn look on his face. His gray eyes looking so concentrated on nothingness.

He couldn't stop himself from thinking about the boy that met today. He has never felt anything serious for anyone all his twenty five years of life because to him, having unnecessary feelings for someone wasn't just for him.

All he has ever wanted was just to focus on his work, and live his life without caring about anything.

However, this encounter with this strange boy has changed everything. And he wished that he could have him by his side every day just to look at his pretty face but he is....a 'boy'?

While John was thinking about all this things, he felt a continuous and disturbing tapping on the desk before him.

It was so annoying that it succeeded in disrupting his thoughts and so he looked up to see that it was Luke which angered him the more.

"What is it" He shouted angrily like someone that's being deprived of something precious. Of course, his thoughts at the moment were so precious to him and thus, he felt irritated upon hearing the tapping on the desk. Moreover, it was from the well known stupid talkative.

Luke heard the anger in John's voice and thought of ways to lighten the atmosphere.

"Hey, if you're so angry with the criminals that we caught today, what do you suggest that we do with them?" Luke asked foolishly.

The word 'criminal' ranged a bell in John's ear because his job was to catch criminals. He never imagined that he would feel something so good and deep for someone who was to be labeled a 'criminal' if he was amongst the others that was caught.

"Hey! Hey!! Hey!!!" Luke shouted as he waved his hand at John's face.

"Just do whatever you want with them and stop disturbing me" John hissed before stomping out of there; he was totally irritated by the fool.

"Yeah- captain" Luke mouthed. He wondered why John seemed to annoyed and irritated ever since they came back from the market.

"Attention guys!!!" Luke exclaimed to his other colleagues with all seriousness after John left the area.

"What is wrong with this crazy being this time? What happened?" Pete one of their colleagues from different team asked. He was aware of Luke's blabbing habit.

"Haha..... you're right Pete" Shania chuckled. "He is always equipped with so many bullshit to spill out from his wide mouth"

"No, no, no!!! Listen to me. I am very serious and it's something serious" Luke assured while waving his hands dramatically.

"So just say it and stop wasting our time, I have something more important to do". Carl hissed impatiently. On a normal basis, he doesn't pay attention to that fool at all anytime that he declared that he wanted to say something.

Luke was a clown that knows nothing but to make noise, nonetheless, hearing him use the word 'serious' made Carl to abandon what he was doing as he decided to give him a last chance.

"Our rich colleague John, gave the criminals that we caught today to me" Luke said feeling proud of himself.

"Ah!" Carl shouted in disappointment. A fool will always be a fool.

"What do you mean by he gave the criminals to you?" Pete asked curiously.

"You fool, you never cease to amuse me. What can you do with them? Can you eat them?" Shania was totally amused as she held her stomach with one hand while laughing.

"Well, I was thinking of releasing them so they could serve me at home" Luke refuted shamelessly.

"Huh?.....how will they serve you?" Shania teased

"Anyhow I want it....ahhhh" Before Luke could finish his statement, a painful kick landed on his behind.

Carl was so annoyed with the useless conversation that he couldn't handle it anymore.

"That's good for him" Pete commended. "He's got nothing to do apart from vomiting rubbish from his wide mouth everyday".

"But I think something is really bothering him considering the way he stomped out, looking so irritated and annoyed" Luke said while massaging his aching butt that got kicked.

"Maybe he has something on his mind or got a bad call from someone" Shania shrugged as she continued with what she was doing."And speaking of it, did you guys noticed how he stared at that golden haired boy that escaped today?" Shania suddenly asked.

Carl naturally didn't answer but hissed as he continued with his work.

"Yes I saw it too, one of his hand was on the boy's hair as they stared back at each other" Luke confirmed. He tried to hold Carl in other to demonstrate what he saw but got a push from him.

"Haha....." Pete laughed.

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While inside a taxi, Greg kept thinking about that officer. He just couldn't understand the reason why he allowed him to go even though he'd him under his grip. He kept thinking about it until he

dozed off inside the cab and then simple napping led him to fall into a deep sleep.

"Hey! Hey!!!!" A call from the taxi driver woke him up from the deep sleep.

"Yes?" He replied while rubbing his eyes with the back of his hand.

"You have been sleeping ever since you entered this car and asked me to keep driving. It's getting dark already and I want to go home and rest, so just get down here" The taxi driver complained.

Greg's eyes widened in shock when he looked out through to the window to see that it was already dark indeed. Just how long did he sleep?

He thought of telling the man to take him back but couldn't utter any words upon getting a glimpse of the man's angry face. He just swallowed every words he wanted to say.

After settling his bill, he got out of the car and shivered a little because not only was the whole place dark and scary with nobody to talk to, the breeze from the wind was blowing up everything in sight. He could feel the chill from the air down to his bone.

He looked up and nodded his head in realization. "Oh, it's about to rain"

However, the most annoying thing was that the stupid taxi driver drove him to a far place without caring to alert him on time.

He doesn't even know this place. He just stood there on the street wondering what to do next.....

Then suddenly. "Hey boy, are you here to see someone or you're lost?"

Greg turned around to see the owner of the voice. It turned out to be from a very beautiful lady standing not far from him. She wore a wine color plain pencil skirt and ash color chiffon blouse with a black long coat while the breeze kept messing with her long hair.

She had a grocery bag in her hand.

"Are you talking to me?" He asked while pointing to himself.

"Of course, it's you. Who else is here is standing here apart from the two of us?" She replied with a warm smile on her bright face.

"I-I think am lost because I can't seem to recognize this place" Greg stammered wearily.

"Oh...." She mouthed with a nod of her head. And then, "How then did you manage to get to to this place? Did you flew to this place or got kidnapped?" She teased.

"No. I took a taxi and found myself here by the time he woke me up from sleep" Greg laughed awkwardly.

"So where is he?" She asked but got a silence from Greg. He just fidgeted slightly with a crestfallen face.

"Whoa..... don't tell me that he abandoned you here and left?"

Greg just smiled while nodding his head, he rubbed his neck and looked away in embarrassment.

"He said that he needed to go home and rest because it's getting dark and this place is far"

"He could have at least taken you back to where he picked you" She pitted. "By the way, where do you stay?"

"Warwick" Greg replied.

"That's very far from here; the next town. That taxi man is really heartless. Do you have any place to stay for tonight?" She asked. "The rain might touch the ground any moment from now"

"No I don't have any place to stay but I will figure out something" Greg said boldly but when he looked around the dark night, he flinched slightly.

Of course the lady noticed the fear in his eyes."Don't worry about anything, you can spend the night at my house and tomorrow you can go back" She offered.

"No, it's ok. I don't want to bother you" Greg rejected politely. "I will just look for a hotel and check in"

"Where you can get a hotel is a little far and I'm sure this rain will bath you before you could make it there. So I suggest you take my kind offer, okay? She persuaded.

"And besides I'm not gonna eat you, my family came to visit me today so it's not going to be just the two of us in the house. You don't have to be scared" She assured with a laugh as she tried to shook off the nervousness in Greg's eyes.

"Ok" Greg finally accepted after hesitating for a moment. After all, it was better to go with her than to start wandering alone in the night looking for a hotel.

"Thanks" He thanked sincerely.

"Let's go before the rain start pouring" She turned towards the direction which Greg assumed was the way to her house while he tailed behind her.

"By the way, what's your name?" She asked. "Am Maria"

"Am Greg"

"Greg" She repeated with a nod. "I love your name"