Cupid's Assistant
PART 1: WHO'S CUPID?
Laurent
What's on your mind?
He didn't respond. He just looks at me as if he's trying to read me.
Laurent
Hello? Are you mute?
Laurent
Yeah Yeah I'm talking to myself.
He asks me in his monotone voice.
Laurent
Uhmm... I'm a person.
Raven
What's in your heart?
I lag for a second. What's with his question?
Raven
You're interested in me?
Laurent
Woah Woah Woah Slow down Flash
Raven
I'm not Flash, I'm Cupid.
Raven
I don't accept love, I give love.
Laurent
You give love but can't accept one.
Laurent
Maybe no one gives you
Raven
You're different from them.
Raven
Your response is different from the other people I told it to.
He looks around watching people from afar.
Laurent
What did they say?
Laurent
Like 'if you're cupid then make their crush like them back'?
In my peripheral vision, I saw how he looks back at me.
I just pretend not to care and continue to watch other people from afar.
Laurent
Others may want other couples to break up.
Laurent
Some will ask where's your arrow and bow.
Laurent
Maybe others ask for the healing of their broken hearts.
Laurent
It depends on what they think.
Laurent
It isn't just about emotions or feelings.
Raven
Isn't love made of emotions or feelings?
Laurent
I may feel in love but my mind knows that I shouldn't be because of some factors.
Laurent
Feelings tend to fool us and most of us still believe it.
Raven
Do you still believe in your feelings?
Laurent
Maybe, but there's still a need for thinking and figuring things out.
Laurent
Before I will finally tell myself that my feelings are right.
Raven
That's why your current feelings are blurry.
This time, I look back at him. He really reads people's feelings?
Laurent
Why can't you see it clearly?
Laurent
What's the use of being Cupid.
Raven
I am. Maybe you're just using your mind more than your feelings.
Laurent
So, basically you're basing your judgement through human's current feelings or emotions?
Laurent
Sadly, you will fail your job sooner or later.
Laurent
Just because it's your job, not what you want.
He looks at me suspiciously.
Raven
What do you think I want?
Laurent
Something that can fill the void in your heart.
Laurent
A giver shouldn't just give, they need to receive back too.
Laurent
Anyways, I need to go.
I stands up and walks away but he grabs my shoulder.
Raven
...you need to forget who I am.
Laurent
What do you mean...
Instantly, I'm feeling dizzy until I fall on someone's arm and fall asleep.
I guess... that's why no one can love him back.
PART 2 : CUPID'S POWER
I woke up alone laying on the bench. I look around but can't find anyone.
Laurent
He really thought he could make me forget him.
Laurent
Sorry Mr. Cupid. I can't that's why I'm trying to get to know you more.
I look down from the rooftop where I'm standing.
I saw him watching a guy proposing to his girlfriend.
Boy
Will you marry me Love?
Girl
I can't believe you're actually doing it.
Boy
I told you, I will marry you my love.
The girl looks undecided. She loves him but there's something preventing her from accepting her lover's proposal.
Raven
She doesn't need to think twice.
Raven walks past the girl and in a blink of an eye, the girl said yes.
Laurent
The girl loves the boy but...
Laurent
...sadly, not to the point that she will cheat on him with his best friend.
Laurent
She's undecided because she's pregnant and he doesn't know about it.
Laurent
That stupid Cupid really base his judgement by human's feelings not what they're thinking.
How did I know? Simply, I can read someone's thoughts but not him.
I watch him walk away but shock swallows my whole system when he looks back at me.
Raven
Why is she looking at me?
Raven
I already made her forget me.
Raven
Why can't I feel her feelings?
Laurent
What is he thinking?
Laurent
I'm sure he can't read mind because if he can, why would he let the girl accept the proposal then?
Laurent
Why can't I read his mind?
I just stare at him trying to read his mind, but I can't.
Raven
Sorry Miss, I don't need love.
I sigh when he looks away. It's the first time I am disappointed that I can't read someone's thoughts.
I was about to leave when a guy's voice called me by my name.
Charles
I look for you everywhere.
Laurent
Why would you do that?
Charles
Because I care for you.
Charles
I can't just chill why you're missing.
Charles
You're not in school that's why.
Laurent
School's not my house.
Laurent
Well, I was about to leave before you came.
Charles
I'm so glad that we're still together.
Charles
Happy 1st month of love!
Charles
You're my girlfriend and I'm your boyfriend.
Charles
We're in a relationship, Laurent.
Charles
Last month, that's why we're celebrating our first month.
Charles
You said yes when I asked you if I could court you.
Laurent
Yes, you can court me but I didn't say yes to being your girlfriend.
Charles
What's the difference?
Laurent
You can't even tell the difference.
Laurent
I'm not shocked anymore.
I left him behind and walked down the stairs but stopped when I saw someone.
Raven
You can't love someone.
Laurent
What are you doing here?
Laurent
And when did you come up here?
Laurent
I saw you leave down there.
Laurent
I'm Laurent and I can read people's thoughts.
He at looks me in the eye and my world turns upside down. I feel like I'm falling in space. I can't stand straight as if there's a big earthquake happening.
Raven
Laurent, who are you?
That's what the last words I heard from him before I lost my consciousness.
Laurent
It's worse than I thought.
PART 3 : IN HIS WORLD
Laurent
So....Are you going to lock me here?
I look around the place where he brought me.
Not bad for someone like him who is the God of Love.
Laurent
As if I can give you the answer to your own question.
Raven
No, you can't give me an answer...
Raven
... because you're the question.
Laurent
What kind of question am I?
Laurent
Did you change your job from being Cupid to kidnapper?
Laurent
I'll find my way out on my own.
Laurent
Thanks Mr. Kidnapper.
I walked away from him not waiting for his response.
I didn't expect him to lock me in his world when he found out that his powers won't work on me.
Laurent
Maybe...I will do some experiments.
Laurent
If his powers can't work on me then neither does his world?
Laurent
Let me first find the way out.
Raven
Don't waste your energy, there's no way out.
I glare at him when he pops out from nowhere. When did he follow me?
Laurent
Maybe that's the answer why you can't make me forget you.
Laurent
Because you're boring and boring is my life.
Laurent
You know... it's hard to forget your own life.
He didn't respond again. He just looks at me with no emotion.
Raven
What I'm saying is...
Raven
... there's no way out when you already step into my world.
Laurent
I just woke up here!
What I remember is I fall into space then boom I'm here alone with this Cupid.
Laurent
I didn't even remember that I would travel here willingly.
Laurent
You made me fall asleep and then—
I stop when I realise something.
Back on the rooftop, when he tried to make me forget him.
I also lost my consciousness and woke up as if nothing happened.
Raven
Did you lose your voice?
Raven
I haven't done anything.
I look back at him trying to concentrate.
Laurent
This is just a dream.
Laurent
You're just in my dream.
Laurent
Everything here is just your creation.
He was shocked by what I said.
He didn't say anything because I was right.
He made everything look real in my dream.
Laurent
What's the feeling of being read by others?
Laurent
You're just a not-so-open book.
Laurent
Even though I can't read all the content
Laurent
I warn you. Don't you ever play with me.
Laurent
I know how to play.
He was about to walk closer to me when everything around me slowly became blurry including him.
Everything turns black and when I open my eyes I'm in a room full of white curtains.
Charles
You suddenly faint and this was the first place that came to my mind.
Charles
I was worried about you Laurent!
I look around to find Cupid but he can't be seen anywhere.
I only remember that I was talking with him before I passed out and nothing more.
Laurent
Did you see a guy back there at the rooftop?
Charles
There's no one there other than us.
Laurent
I definitely remember that I was talking with him before I passed out.
Charles
Are you sure you're not sick?
I ignore Charles and start preparing myself to leave
There's no way Charles didn't see Cupid back there.
I glare at him for one last time before I leave him there.
Laurent
Is he really there before I faint?
Laurent
Why can't I remember anything?
Laurent
Maybe I'm just hungry.
I put out my phone from my pocket to look for any fast food chain.
I haven't eaten anything since yesterday.
Maybe that's the reason why I think I was talking with him before I faint.
Raven
She didn't remember anything after she fainted.
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