"I have a boyfriend" (I wish) [Cypher's Tales]

“No thanks… I have a boyfriend,” I lie.

“Why are you sitting by yourself then?” he asks with a smirk.

What a creepy weirdo. Who doesn’t get the message after the boyfriend line?

“She’s not alone, now get the fuck out of here before I kick your ass,” Owen says appearing behind me and handing a bottle of water and a box of painkillers to me. Owen steps between us and stands about a whole foot taller than this skinny guy.

“My bad bro, I was just saying sorry for earlier,” he says, sounding nervous.

“Alright…” Owen says confidently. “So why are you still here then?” he says, sounding quite threatening.

I take Owen’s hand and pull gently on it to get his attention. He turns to look at me.

“It’s fine,” I smile at him and stand up beside him cuddling close, nervous, but also weirdly confident about what I’m going to say. “Well thanks for the apology but as I said, I’ve got a boyfriend.” I say looking into Owen’s eyes.

Owen looks from me back to the guy who holds his hands up and says, “Yeah, of course, no problems. I am glad you are alright,”

The skinny guy turns and heads back into the venue.

Owen looks back to me and smiles like he is about to laugh.

“Shut up! I had to say that. He was a creep," I say embarrassed, smacking his chest but it was way too gentle and more like I was just feeling his pecs.

“No, no, of course.” he chuckles.

“Whatever,” I say, pulling away from him but he pulls me straight back in.

“I’m just messing with you,” he says, pulling me to his side and walking with me down the path.