"Tring! Tring!" alarm clock rings loud. Michel never wanted it, but its not like his choice would matter much if MOM WANTS IT!

It continued to rang pissing his ears off, and so he got up finally to end the noisy torture.

His eyes still irritated, saw the calendar next to the clock which displayed with hovering pages and bright sunlight... '14th Feb' the date he always hated, day of the love birds, the DAY, of the Valentine. But there was something else just beside it, about which he hadn't had a clue, a paper with something written on it. He began to move towards that with his eyes constantly closing n opening. Suddenly some giggle sounds of girl started coming down from the road, and to NOT his surprise, as he turned around the window, sawing with uninteresting eyes, (but excited from within) a couple going for the kiss in a corner, almost having it.. till she notices the kid above.

"Aaahh!!!" She shouted alerting her boyfriend, more like frightening him, and he tried to console her as people started to look for the strange sound source.

Michel suddenly ran inward the room again, nervously blushing out. He knew he looked horrible. The face full of pimples, dark spots covering the eyes, and a tummy worth 96kilos in mere age of 14, dead confidence. His first ever crush, yeah, the most popular girl in the class, never looked at her. He used to imagine her coming to him smiling.. but it always ends with "Get lost! You hippo!" owing to his chubby look and this further complicates the matter, as he used to gulp down cakes to satisfy his anger, then realising he had taken one more wrong step in his never existing weight loss journey, guilt comes by which comes the anger again, continuing the whole cycle which benefits only that "Nick's Cafe".

He knew this Valentine can also be hard to pass.. looking around him his classmates getting cozy and all, it burns him HARD!

So, for this time his plan was simple: To make this a happy, fun and SAFE day, he just need to do one thing: Nothing. Just stick to his lovely room and enjoy the pleasant time with his laptop at hand and GTA!!! And whats more good than a Mug of lava Cake too that he had left yesterday night, especially to celebrate these lovely, lonely moments!!! That one letter on the table, RUINED EVERYTHING.

"Honey, I am going to the doc urgently! John suddenly got a stomachache! I told him not to ate the cake but he gulped it all! I could be late, so if you felt hungry which you obviously do please have the breakfast in Nick's Cafe! And there ONLY! I will inform him too going by, so you don't have to worry about money, that I will handle! AND yeah that's it. Okay honey, Take care till then."

He was stunned, with empty face. His lovely plans, destroyed so easily with a pen and a paper, and OF COURSE THANKS to his lovely little brother.

After some depressed looks in that silent room and blows of cool air, he looks with head down, to the paper.. slowly gasping fastens and the paper got torn up hard! into more fine and finer pieces.

"F*ck!" he left the room.

"Babyyy we got our room in OYO OH YEAHHH!!!!! Let's goo!!!" A fellow whisper excitedly to his love, as it seems, a whisper loud enough to be heard. Both ran fast passing by Michel who didn't knew how to react, nor does he cared much.

Continuing on the muddy road, he came across several examples like this, hyper active couples loosing their control as if teasing all the singles out there, his heart got roasted as well! But he still being or to be precise acting as a 'tough guy!', walked unaffectedly, with both of his hands in the pockets of that tight jacket with a cap behind, walking with a constipated face.

Market looks lively! With both exciting buyers as well as super excited sellers, and of course the sales of women ornaments rose high, causing several arguments taking place over the price. Crowd was sure tense, women giving no heep to his bf's wallet, some of the couples chit chating in heavy groups gossiping laughingly, kids were mostly ignored, though they were loving it! To be free in this weather living in their own fancy worlds running here and there.. who then obviously got bitten up afterwards but who cares? Valentine songs was played in the radio, as one of the shopkeepers kept it out in the open street.. It was like an unofficial unplanned fair going on, everyone enjoying! (okay I take it back for the men part), most of them enjoying! Restaurants, Hotels all were filled with loud giggles and aromas of cuisines, so were the Chemists shops.. ( yeah🌝)

It was crystal clear to him his mom and the little devil won't be returning early, and so with no more intentions to involve him into the busy business of this marketplace, he hurried to his love, the cream cake obviously.

There. He reached to the gate finally. Nick's face was glowing as ever, truly happy as he

was, being a popular café owner, but somehow when Michel entered into the abode, a known fragrance filled his mood.. It wasn't of the cafe he was sure of that. He couldn't help but wonder where he had smelled that? He continued the walk inside anyway.

..

....

'Ah!!!!' he mumbled loud in the brain! suddenly being completely stunned for some moments as he realised that.. intensely BLUSHING there in the busy crowd! as people continued to pass by, some smooching at a side, some just enjoying the drinks, the shakes, while he felt as if his large *** got torn up hard from between!

He began to gasp badly! began to move back! Increasing the speed, HE FREAKING RAN BACK TOWARDS THE EXIT!!! Everyone witnessing the child couldn't help but felt confused, so was Nick. While she didn't notice the face.. he surely had! His brain got hijacked, constantly echoing..

"Get LOST YOU HIPPO!!!"

He banged the gate hard getting out! leaving all confused and shocked.. Including some of his classmates, and Monika, his first and last ever crush.

"...*gasp*..S-she... W-What the HELL she is doing in??!!!... WHY T-THIS CAFE ONLY??!!" He mumbled in mind.

"She hadn't saw me r-right..?! No! NoNONOO!! NO WAY!.. Yeah, she hadn't.. I ran out just at the time.. Thank god" he continued to curse within himself! feeling utterly unsecured.

May he could be the person with a bit more confidence and stability, but his past and the newly started plays of hormones didn't let him even think about it.

Being born in a family where mother and father were forced in a game, a play which neither of them wants to be a part of, just pressures of families backed up by poverty, dowry and keenness to bring the next generation anyhow, caring not their own lives, having no idea why and where these toxic relations WILL GO!

They started it somehow, you had to continue it anyhow. "WOW!" he always felt cursing the practice.

As time started to sink, father became aggressive than ever, with consecutive losses one after another, and in no mood to share any talks with wife but instead chose to buckle up himself under the chains of rum, breaking contacts with everyone, as for him women were just some bitches on bed.

But his mother won't let him even touch her skin through his demonic, dead hands.

Soon fights of abuses and threats of lives followed not much after some wedding years, unknowingly or maybe helplessly leaving a deep impact in his heart, who couldn't do anything at the moment... living in this hell when his classmates were busy enjoying the picnics.

Lucky was his brother he thought being born after the divorce. He loved his mother for the bold step, despite the families concerns and never wants to live the gone days again.

A guy in need of love, with a heart delicate as Silk... He tried suppressing down the urge for a girl mate owing to the looks.. but the rising hormones won't let it vanish, nor did he fully putted a full real effort.. for he knows he will be lying to himself.

Its not that he didn't had any male mates as well, but more like he didn't exactly knew how to be with them, due to the spoiled childhood, not able to attend the school often those days, thus having confused relations at school.

...

..*grhhhh!!*

A sound came from the tummy, a roar of hunger. He looked down at it, slowly uplifting the head confused..

Suddenly he noticed, a girl younger than him, sitting crossed leg on the next footpath, looking poor with ripped up shoulders, keenly watching inside the café, witnessing everybody's smile as if its irritating her, looking with jealous eyes.

She suddenly rose up! with still an angry face turned right and started walking fast!

He watched him constantly, they both shared a glance with each other, justtt a brief one, then both being a bit nervous (shying) ended the eye contact.

He itches his head hard! messing up the hairs Really Good. He looked right, looked left, and after a brief silence..

"*WOOF!*... Okhay, L-lets do it."

He zips up the jacket fully, wears the back cap tight covering the whole face, and exhaled a breathe at last heading in again, fast! kicking the stone hard.