Chapter 7
First Time
'Shit shit shit! I can't stay calm!'
It's almost time for the girl's outing, Eve as today's guide will lead her sisters to their first outing together!.
Eits! There was actually one impostor among them! But not everyone cares though, because their appearance now is just excellent!.
Trying to keep calm by thinking the best possible outcome by following the plan, Lucius felt a bit better.
Now the siblings are ready to depart, Sophia just ordered some online taxi for them to use,
As the three dressed prettily they couldn't use 2 motorcycles to get to their destination, so it was hard to use with their current outfits.
Waiting for the car to arrive, Lucius trying to scout the neighborhood,
He was a bit tense because he can't just go outside without being spotted by one of the neighbors, Lucius especially afraid of the landlord lady.
That landlord lady is just too insufferable for him to handle, she will stop and have a chit chat with everyone she met, and most of the topic will be about gossip,
Lucius never likes chit-chat and especially not gossip!,
The worst thing is one of her main topics is his family situation, so he chooses not to get deeply involved with the neighborhood mom's.
He only remembers the name and only greets them if he met them on his way outside or way home.
With caution Lucius chose Eve as his eyes for the operation.
*Lucius : Eve! How is the situation right now? Is it green?*
After about a minute.
*Evelyn : Yes captain! The situation is looking good! It's green!*
After reading the codes Lucius without much thinking immediately sneaks around moving his way towards the gates of the neighborhood.
'Ugh.. This feeling is like being an adulterer.. Damn! It for sure will look like it from the side!, alright let's do this fast'
Moving with precision, ah but it only looks like it on Lucius mind…, because right now he.. Really did look like an adulterer!,
The way 'she' moves with tensed expressions looking out for someone's presence is anything but professional.
Suddenly Lucius phone started to vibrating, he immediately stopped, after hiding behind a minivan he check the phone.
*Evelyn : Brother! Code red! Once again code red!, i spotted the landlord walking towards the gate, she just finished her jog! What should i do!?*
Feeling panicked, Lucius wants to abort the plan, or maybe.. Just ignore everything and walk out like a normal person would do,
But Lucius chose not to risk, after all he might get entangled with that gossip monster.
With a hard decision he tell Eve.
*Lucius : Eve… I'm sorry! Please be a decoy!, while you keep her for a minute I'll go to the store in front of the gate! Please! I'll do anything for you after this*
Eve felt a bit betrayed, because she also doesn't really like the landlord lady, but to save her brother from a pinch she braved her way to the landlord lady
With a bow she said
"Fancy meeting you here ma'am"
Noticed a familiar face the landlord lady stopped, she then gave Eve quite an intense look scanning from top to bottom.
"Haha fancy meeting you here Evelyn, what nice clothes you wear, did you have a plan to go outside?
"Where's your brother? Why doesn't he escort his sister?
"He should learn to keep his sister safe, especially nowadays!
"We can't have a young girl alone without getting a catcall, so Evelyn what plan do you have? It's not a secret right?"
Getting bombed by these dialogue full of judgement Eve try to keep her cool, she can't make an expressions
"Ahaha thanks for the compliment ma'am,
"Actually my brother is already waiting for me from the taxis he's in, we plan to have an outing together, three of us,
"I just went back home taking something i forgot, so here I'm, ohh… btw ma'am where did you buy this running shoes? It looks great on you!"
Eve try to distract the landlord lady's attention from the gate areas, with clever ways.
In Lucius' POV, he sees the chance to move fast after waiting for a minute behind the gate, without much thinking he dashes to the small store.
This store is an everyday grocery store, the siblings often buy something they need from here, for specific items they will go to a better general store,
Because this neighborhood is quite far from the highway, there is not much place to go except for a daily necessity store, and only necessary things available here.
Inviting himself in, he get welcomed by the clerk, he begins to act like a normal lady, he then moves towards a refrigerator area.
The clerk was a man, so without much resistance, Lucius' appearance successfully smitten the man.
After some careful look the clerk try to steal a chance to get to know this very gorgeous young woman.
"Excuse me lady, are you a guest of one of the blocks around here?, i never seen you before, care to tell this modest looking man?"
Having heard the clerk question Lucius brainstorming trying to find a good answer, but he doesn't know anything good for the topics so he chooses to drop a bomb!
He began to speak in English!.
"I'm sorry sir, but i can't speak bahasa Indonesia, I'm here to buy some drinks to refresh, do you have any good recommendations?"
The clerk panicked, he only understands English a little bit and can't speak in English, so the clerk trying his way to understand and speak by opened a translator from his phone.
"Uhh sorry miss, eee..translator..?"
Having received the phone Lucius' expression is a bit troubled, after all he doesn't really like lying, but he has to get used to lying his way through later in the future.
Lucius typed what he said to the clerk before, giving the phone back he wait
"Ohh! Right, follow me miss"
The clerk gestured and told Lucius to follow, so he did just that.
Lucius even though he already wore the short heel shoes for a couple minutes, he still can't get used to the feeling of having to tiptoe his walk.
They arrived in front of a big transparent glass refrigerator, there's a lot of drinks to choose from.
The clerk then take a couple colored beverages, enthusiastically gave an information with a broken English,
Lucius' mind isn't right here at the moment, the information entered the right ear but immediately flowed out from the left ear.
'Did Eve successfully escape the landlord's rants after I escaped from the gate?, wait.. I haven't even told her that I'm already out of the neighborhood!'
After snapped back to his surrounding, he immediately tell the clerk that he wants a bottle of cold tea,
After paying, Lucius opened his phone and immediately called Eve, if she already escaped it's good but if she was still trapped there hearing landlord unlimited rants she should be able to use the call as an excuse.
Putting his phone close to the ear, Lucius waited for it to connect, after a couple seconds it connected to Eve, on the phone he could hear Eve's furious rants.
{Brother!! Why are you only calling me now! I get to face her for 10 whole minutes!
What she said really infuriated me… i can't even imagine if i can't control my strength…
I might just decide to slap her in the face! There will be a disaster! ….. Huft… the deal is on right? Brother?}
Lucius feeling a bit bad after hearing the rants, so he immediately apologize,
{Uhh I'm sorry Eve, the deal is still on, so you can ask me anything for once, I'll follow the instructions for you… btw did the landlord lady already gone before I called you? Where is she right now?}
{Great! Now here's my request, you have to follow every instruction I give you for today! You can't give no for an answer! Deal?}
{Deal.. I'll do the best for you, uhh this is a request please don't give strange instructions, so is it safe right before the gate?}
{Hehe..I can't promise you that brother… oh it's already green, I'll tell you when the car is arrived, ahh sister Sophia is coming, it seems the car already close}
'Damn.. What instructions will she give me later… I hope there's nothing embarrassing!'
Lucius body is shivered a bit after imagining strange request Eve will ask him do this day,
But a promise is a promise and he can't back up , especially as a 'man', for now he decided to just wait in the store while playing on his phone so the clerk or anyone else won't try to talk to him.
After waiting for several minutes his phone vibrated, checking what it's about he see that it's his sister Sophia's message about the car, it's arrived, seeing the message he immediately goes to the siblings location.
Sophia and Eve were already waiting beside the car, it parked just before the gate entrance,
Seeing the car and the sisters, Lucius raised his walking pace afraid that they're gonna catch more attention, after all there were already quite some people looking at them from the sidewalk.
Noticing Lucius' appearance Sophia opened the back door and let Eve go inside first,
She then tells the driver that the last person was the lady that was approaching the vehicle, done with that Sophia also sat on the back passenger seat beside Eve.
Several seconds later Lucius opened the back door passenger seat from the right side,
Seeing there's no space for him to sit, he closed the door and walked around the car to the left side of the driver seat,
Opened the door and closed it, after giving some look to the driver he wore the seatbelt and stayed silent.
It seems Lucius is a bit tense, actually on the way to the car he actually getting catcall from a bunch of random teenagers,
So his mood isn't that great right now, he just experienced an unpleasant experience he never thought of before,
He feels exposed because of the penetrating look of the crowd and the most infuriating thing is most of them have a lecherous expression, it becomes much worse with his new sixth sense.
Seeing everyone inside the car, the driver began to move the car to their destination, the beauty salon.
Sophia and Eve noticed Lucius' unusual expression, and Sophia immediately ask Lucius in English.
"What happened?"
After a big sigh Lucius answered, his face a bit tired.
"Just a bunch of kids with their naughty way of saying hi"
In Sophia's mind she's in the fault, because she haven't gave all the warning of things that could happen to him as a woman, so she apologized.
"I'm sorry, i forgot to tell you these things"
Lucius isn't that bothered anymore by the haps from before, so he tells his sister that it's fine.
"It's fine sister Sophia, it isn't your fault, it's just because I'm a bit dense,
"I should have noticed all of these things already, as I lived with two most beautiful ladies, so it's also my own negligence,
"Maybe you can tell me about it from now then.."
Sophia just did that, she told most of the things to be aware as a woman, from situational awareness, forbidden habits, self defense and to personal care and hygiene,
Eve chose to be a listener and she also learned something from the lecture.
The driver stayed silent, after all the siblings were talking in English, a language he can't speak.
He understood a bit about the conversation, but chose to be professional.
After around 30 minutes on the road, they finally able to see their first destination.
After noticing that they're getting close to stop, Lucius prepared his heart to face the next challenge
'I hope this will flow smoothly… yes keep calm, and keep your expression in check and don't make an awkward expression, do not make unnecessary talk, let's go! I'm ready now!'
So with determination he will try to get his haircuts done, hopefully it goes well for him.