Gloom

Chapter 189

The caramel-haired girl was sitting at a small square table in the corner, looking absently at the crowd with a frown and a somewhat strict expression.

I reached his side and stood there, still, not knowing what to say to him. She looked up and narrowed his eyes at her.

-Hello. —My tone sounded so sullen that I surprised myself, but I maintained my firm stance.

"Hello," he said back, almost with the same nuance. Immediately, she made a nod, pointing to a glass with a brown liquid and ice floating in it. I asked you for an iced tea.

Something strange stirred inside me. Nat was so sure I was coming, that she went out of her way to order something she knew I liked. At that moment I realized that, perhaps, she knew me more than I thought.

Not sure what else to say, I bit my bottom lip awkwardly.

—Do you want to sit down? She offered, but there was nothing kind in her voice, so she sounded more like an order. I looked at her seat in front of her as if it were the hardest of obstacles, and,