I'm Not Daria
Just a pervert not a playboy

I just stared at him, wide-eyed from being too afraid to do anything. When her lips almost touched mine, she lost her footing and we both fell. We were on the edge of one of the stairs.

I was less fortunate to fall on my back. Worse still, Devan landed on top of me. He immediately rushed down from my body.

"Are you okay?" He asked while sitting up straight and looking at me.

"I hope so." I grunt.

After I recovered from the fall, we laughed out loud for no reason.

.....

I woke up the next day with a smile on my face reminiscing about all the fun moments I had with Devan.

That's when Anna came to my room

"Where were you last night?" He asked, pointing at me.

"Why do you want to know?" I asked as I got out of bed and fixed my clothes.

"I told you, I'll tell you everything about my date with Gio. But coming back can't find you anywhere. Where did you go in the middle of the night like this? I almost thought you ran away and left me here alone" Anna blabbed.

"I'm sorry, I'm just out for a second."

Anna suddenly turned suspicious, "With whom?"

"I never said I went with anyone."

"Save us both the trouble and stop lying. Tell me the truth."

I'm pouting. "Well, I did go with someone."

"So it's a date?"

"I never said it was a date!" my protest

"So when I said I was out with Gio, it was a date and when you went out with someone, it was just going? Unfairly".

"Silent. It's just two friends having fun."

"Oohs. I like hearing it. 'Happy' like what?"

I just stared at him flat and threw a pillow at his head. "It could be a girl you know."

"Then tell me who you're hanging out with. What about Mario?"

I shook my head.

"So with Devan?."

I nodded slowly

"What do you do ... at night?"

"We went to see a movie because he wanted to experience life in the midst of a normal person. But there weren't many people around so he couldn't feel it"

"Oh"

"Well, what about you? You'd love to tell me about your date"

"Yes, about that-"

Cut it. "That's it. Let me freshen up first".

After I brushed my teeth, took a shower and had breakfast, I sat down with Anna in the bedroom. We were about to start our class about half an hour later, so we had enough time to discuss the date.

We sat on my bed in Indian style and then Anna finally started telling me about last night.

So basically they have gone ice skating because in one of the many late-night conversations, he has expressed his desire to ice skate someday with someone. Anna had never been ice skating, so Gio tried to teach her. However, what he does not know is that Gio does not know how to ice skate. When he said that to me, I couldn't help but laugh

So they spend about two hours just falling over each other and sometimes hitting each other. But they had fun. I can see in his eyes. He recalls his moments with her and she looks very happy.

Then they had a warm dinner at a quiet and nice restaurant that took almost two hours because they couldn't stop talking. I wonder what they're talking about.

"So after dinner, she drove me here and as a thank you for a beautiful night, I kissed her but- cheek"

"But?" my insistence.

"That was a mistake. She moved her head at the wrong time and in the wrong direction so I ended up kissing her on the lips"

"You kissed her? On lips?!"

He's nodding. "I swear I didn't mean it, it was an accident."

Yes, of course it was unintentional. I can't believe that. Gio harbored feelings for her and when she kissed her cheek, they ended up kissing? It was a smooth move from Gio's side. I know it was intentional.

"Anna you don't like Gio like that, do you?"

Anna shook her head. "We're just good friends and dating doesn't mean anything. Even that kiss meant nothing. Gio doesn't like girls like me."

"Girls like you?"

"Yes, did you forget that we work in cafes and are just ordinary people?"

"I didn't forget. But have you told me about us?"

"No.

I'm nodding. "good. But make sure such an accident won't happen again."

He's nodding.

I feel a little sorry for Gio. I know the guy likes it but it can't happen. She barely knows anything about Anna and who knows if she still has feelings for him after she finds out who Anna really is. We have told everyone that Anna lives in another country and came here to go to college. We also made him look like a pretty rich man.

But it was just a huge lie. Although Anna's family is well-off, she doesn't fit in well with her family. They were against what he wanted to learn. His family is a family of lawyers and they want him to carry on that legacy. But he did not want to study law and since then his family cut all ties with him. He talks to his mother once or twice a month, but it doesn't end well. It always ends with Anna yelling on the phone that her mother will never be able to convince her to study law and she will do whatever she wants

So basically he's broke now, along with me because we lost our job at the cafe for a while.

"Are you planning to go again?

"I'm not sure. If he has time, maybe we'll do it, maybe not." He shrugged but did not look me in the eye.

"You've told me there's nothing between you two and it's good, but do you think you can make fewer friends with him?"

"Why?" He asked after a moment of silence.

"You know, just to be safer and make sure no feelings are involved."

"I told you that I won't let that happen again. So trust me on this, okay?"

"I believe it, but please don't hang out with him too often."

"What didn't you tell me?"

pondering whether to tell him about Gio's intentions

"Gio seems to like you."

He looked at me in disbelief and then laughed out loud. "No, he doesn't like."

"He likes. He told me this himself." I said seriously

"I'm pretty sure he was just kidding. He does that often. He's a pretty funny guy."

"No, he's serious."

"He's a playboy, Darla. It's not my type.I like easy relationships, which are non-committal and although it seems like she likes the same thing too, I don't want to get involved with her and break my heart. She's special. A dangerous special kind"

"He's not a playboy. He just has a dirty mind. Although it is not my place to say it, I must say it. She has a lover and is in a serious relationship with him, but then things go wrong and she learns that she is with him just for the sake of money and fame. They were together for a long time. He was the type of man who had a serious relationship"

"Then, you don't have to worry because he's not my type at all

"Okay, if you say so. Just don't break his heart, because his feelings are sincere and maybe even strong now"

He swallowed but nodded. "I can't promise you that, but I'll try".

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