Parapraxis : A slip of tongue or pen or other error thought to reveal unconscious wishes or attitudes.

I was never surprised of how clumsy people could be considering the fact that my own bestfriend was the epitome of clumsiness but   that did not prepare me for the clumsiness that Zephyr displayed.

"Did you finish?" He asked as he took the last bite of his ice cream

"Yeah."

"I'll throw the cups." He said and jumped up, extending his palm towards me. "It's fine, I'll come with you." I said.

"I'm a gentle man," he puffed out his chest dramatically.

Men and their ego.

"Fine then," I said quietly. "But be careful, the floor is wet." I murmured as an after thought.

"I'm not a child." He huffed just like a child. I nodded my head wordlessly and handed him my cup, he strode towards the garbage bin and I watched him throw it in, he turned around and shot me a smug smile and a peace sign.

This man child is going to be the death of me.

And right as he reached me, he slipped. Falling flat on his face.

I snapped my head to the side, pretending I didn't know the man lying on the floor as a couple walked out of the parlour and looked weirdly at the still Zephyr, his long arms and legs spread out to resemble a human sized starfish. A sinfully sexy starfish.

Stop.

Yep. I don't know anyone.

Walking slowly towards him as they passed by, I nudged my foot against his shoulder and jumped back when he suddenly flipped over, groaning dramatically, his whole face drenched.

Well, it wasn't my idea to eat ice cream while it rained.

"I think I'm going to die!" He wailed

"Okay then." I muttered.

"Have some compassion woman! A beautiful gentle man like me is too hot to die, it's a huge, huge loss to the female population in this world." He screeched dramatically. And then he proceeded to wriggle on the wet floor.

I'm embarrassed for him.

"What are you doing?" I asked, trying to ignore the side glances.

"I think I've broken my back!" He cried, scrunching his face and sneezed so loudly that a nearby stray cat yelped and hissed at him.

"No you did not, you idiot!" I burst out laughing

He suddenly stopped wailing and stared at me as if in a daze, his green eyes that were the same shade as the hills of Scotland gazed at me intently making my heart clench and the smile slowly slipped off my face.

"What?" I mumbled, tucking a strand of hair behind my ear. Colour rose high on my cheeks but nonetheless I ignored the comment and held out my hand to him.

He stared at it for a couple of agonizing seconds, his eyes swirling with emotions I couldn't decipher and he slowly extended his warm calloused palm into my own. I grabbed him firmly and pulled him up with a grunt.

His free hand made his way to my head and I gaped as he patted me like a freaking dog, "Thank you, tiny woman." I hissed at him like the cat in response.

I'm not that short, I'm 5'4. It wasn't my fault that he was practically a giant. Suddenly my eyes fell on the hand still clasped in mine.

Brushing my thumb against his hand, I looked up at him to see him gazing at me with such softness. His fingers were so calloused maybe he had started playing violin a long time ago.

"Since when have you been playing the violin?" I asked curiously

He tensed for a moment.

"For as long as I remember, my Ma," he shook his head,"Nevermind."

Oh.

"That's awesome." I mumbled and gave him a small smile which wobbled a bit as he stared at me.

"Anyway, can we go then?" I asked, looking for any way to escaping his piercing eyes. I've never felt vulnerable when I speak to people but he looks at me as if he could see right through me, it made me feel as if I was baring my soul to him and that, that made me so scared.

"Sure, diminuta." He mumbled quietly.

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"Right here." He said and pointed towards the big, beautiful mansion like house.

"You live here?" I asked

"Yeah me, Az, Chase, Alex and Alec and Grey. We been friends since high school, well Az and me have been best friends since childhood because our parents were really close and he's honestly like my brother since I don't really have siblings but that's okay." He babbled

I like listening to him ramble.

"You talk a lot." I stated.

"Well, I'm awesome like that." He said without an ounce of shame and flipped his non exsistent long hair.

A baby smile tugged at the corner of my lips and Zephyr grinned brightly, looking so damn proud that I couldn't help it when my smile widened until I could feel it reach me eyes.

"You wanna come in? I've got your favourite ice cream." He asked excitedly

"We just had ice cream, Zeph." I said with amused eyes.

"There is never too much ice cream, princess. Never." He shook his head seriously.

"Oh really?" I teased.

"Absolutely." He gasped.

"Maybe some other time? I've got a lot of assignments." I murmured.

It was partly true, I did have assignments to complete but the reason I said that was because I was scared.

I was scared that I liked being with him, I liked hearing him talk, I liked it when he called me princess or diminuta or tiny woman but I didn't deserve it.

I didn't deserve someone as precious as him. Anyway, no one other than Willow stays so even if I get close, he'll just hurt me or I might hurt him and I'd rather jump of a cliff than hurting him.

The world needed more people like him and I didn't want to taint that.

His excited smile slipped off his beautiful face and he looked at me sadly, widening his green eyes and all.

No.

Please.

Don't look at me like that.

I found my mouth opening in it's own accord and the words slipped before I could hold it back,

"How about this, I'll stop by tomorrow and we'll eat ice cream together? I'll also bring Pizza as an apology for not coming today."

I knew the Pizza could probably bribe him.

"That's awesome! You promise ?" He asked happily.

"I promise." He grinned at me brightly and suddenly leaned in and pecked my cheek before opening the door and sauntering into the house without a backward glance.

I sat there frozen, the skin of my cheek tingling as I felt the ghost of the imprint of his soft lips against it.

What have I gotten myself into?!

Looking down at his seat, I saw something glistening.

That must have fallen out of him back pocket...

I leaned down to take the object and my jaw dropped as I saw the small paper cutter. But what surprised me most was the dirt and mud on the small, sharp blade. As if it had been used to slash tires. 

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