CHAPTER 5

Vladimir’s POV

"Can you at least pretend just for a while," Cassandra started, as she sat across from the telescope.

She was already done naming all the constellations, stars, and galaxies she’d seen through the telescope. She got tired of blabbering while I just watched her.

Though, okay that’s a lie.

I didn’t just watch her, I talked to her and for the first time we actually found something that we could talk to. I always loved the universe and never found someone who loves it just as much as I do.

Earlier, we talked with sense, not that she’s been talking nonsense since the first time I met her but this is the only time we had a topic that we both like. Weird, I’ve felt like I’ve seen through her soul.

She even told me all the stories of the constellations, each of them though I already know them. Hearing it from other people, from her, made me still listen. She even listed Andromeda and Cassiopeia as her favorite. I’ve got the chance to ask her about her family, to which she replied they are already in heaven. She must be lonely living alone then.

It was a long night, but it seemed like a second when she stopped talking. I saw the tiredness in her eyes. That's why I just let him close his eyes and rest. It took her minutes to speak those words again.

"Please!" She looked at me, with sincerity. “Just for a while. Just until you finish doing my bucket list. ” She placed in front of me the bottle with seven folded papers.

“Please, just do this for me. The ones on my bucket list are easy, actually it’s eight but you already did the first one which is to watch the universe with me, ” she explained. "Please, please?" she pouted, which I found cute.

"Why me?" I asked. "Why of all people is it me?"

"Because I can blackmail you?" she asked to which she also answered with a laugh. “So, I can’t find someone I like better than you. You are so handsome, sadly you just don’t see yourself,” She smiled. “Please, just finish it to be done. Besides, you’re not busy trying to get a life so at least help me get a life,” she said.

“Don't you want me to be your girlfriend? I'm so beautiful,” she smiled cutely. Beautiful is even an understatement if I were to describe her. She’s like an angel, her face is so serene that when you look at her every negative thing you’ve got will fade away.

"Please," she repeated when I didn't speak. "I promise that when you are done doing it, I will disappear in your life." She averted her eyes from me as she stood up before she let out the words, “… forever.”

She got that magic that would make me say yes since the first time I saw her.