End of September 2013.
Luna walks down the hallway to the information counter near the clinic entrance. She just finished her shift today and wants to clock out first.
While she was heading there, Beatrice, a senior nurse comes close to her, leaning and whispering to her ear. "Hey…is it true? I've heard you already married? With a handsome hunk." She always saw a young man wait for her outside if she finishes her shift late at night.
What's weird is that the guy sometimes wearing a hoodie with a cap to cover his face, but at different times, the guy wears something like a plain t-shirt with jeans and not hiding his face at all. She feels like she used to see that man's face somewhere, but she was unsure when and where she saw him.
Luna's resume state that she already married in the middle of this year which means she is still a newlywed couple in this town. So, no wonder if the husband always waits for her every night after she's done her shift.
Luna who heard about the question smile and stop at behind the information counter. "Bea..everyone's here know that I'm already married. You probably miss out on the information, huh?" Luna chuckles and scans her thumb before she picks up her bag and coat from her locker in the locker room.
Beatrice dumbfounded. She then still following Luna from behind. "Then, the man.."
"Yes, he's my husband but he's a bit shy." Luna smile and wear her coat before she walks to the entrance automatic glass door. Turning to Beatrice, Luna waves her hand afterward.
"Bye, Bea. I'll see you tomorrow." She said and when she steps outside of the door, she almost jumped because of the surprise by the man who's standing at the front automatic door.
Raymond standing there with a medium-size bouquet of a flower in his hand to cover up his face. If she had a heart attack just now, she probably already gone to the ER right now.
"Ray! You surprising me!" Luna took the flower and hit his arm using it. A few bystanders at the walkway start looking at them and some of them smiling which makes Luna feels a bit embarrassed.
Raymond chuckles and wrapped his hand around her waist before he pulls her closer and kisses her lips, publicly, in front of everyone there. He shamelessly showing their intimacy to other people so openly.
Luna feels so ashamed and she held the flower up to cover their faces. Ever since knowing this man, she starts becoming a good kisser as he always demands a kiss from her. Well, she also only dare to do this kind of thing with 'him' anyway.
Pull her lips from the long kiss, Raymond lightly smooches his lips before he stares at her clear green eyes. "Wanna do something bad with me?"
Luna scrunches her eyebrow and breaks the hug from him. "Huh?" she tilted her head a little. Not sure with the meaning of 'bad' he said. "How bad?" She asked again.
Raymond smiles and intertwines their finger together and starts walking in the other direction. "I want to make some mark on you." He gleefully said which makes Luna more and more curious.
"Mark what?" She dumbly asked.
"Mark your skin with permanent ink." Raymond keeps walking and hopes that she will agree to it. He's been long wanting to do it but not sure whether he should do it alone or what, but then he got an idea to do it with her.
He wants to engrave his love for her using that method and she also does the same. Most of the couples do that nowadays. At least, if one day one of them dies, he still has something that would always remind him about the love they once had.
Luna still following him into the town and they stop at the shop with a neon red light inside the shop and a few people are looking at them like they were some rare animal. Luna tightly grasps Raymond's arm and cling into him a little.
"Ray…" She whispers while keep looking around her.
"Hm?" Raymond looks at the girl which already anxious at his sides, he then pulls his hand from her grasp and places it around her shoulder. "It's alright..let's go."
"Emm..what are we doing here?" Luna stammering a bit. She has never been to this area before. It's quite secluded and there's a man with a whole-body full of tattoo in front of her right now. Of course, she would feel scared just by looking at the man and she averts her eyes to the floor.
"What can I help you?" the man asked Raymond from the counter before he shifts his eyes at the girl which already turned a bit pale.
"We would like to have a pair tattoo," Raymond said and he pulls out his phone from his pocket and shows to the man. "Like this?"
Luna at her side totally dumbstruck and snapped her head to the man. Pulling his arm. "Ray….what're you doing?" She whispered.
The man looked at the phone screen and then he looks at the girl who looks scared and uncomfortable. He frowned a bit and says, "Man...I don't know..I can do it but if your girlfriend doesn't want to, I won't force her if I were you. Maybe you two should discuss it first. She looked scared, man."
Raymond turns his head to Luna and looks into her scared eyes. "You don't want to?" he asked, his tone is always gentle in her ears which always soothe her somehow.
Luna shakes her head, "No..I don't want to.."
With that being said, Raymond sighs and kisses the crown of her head. "Alright, sorry I kinda force you coming with me." He said and then leave the shop.
All the way back to the mansion, Raymond seems a bit quiet than before. It makes Luna feel guilty and she finally speaks up. "Why do you want to get a tattoo?"
She remembers he had a tattoo on his shoulder, it's quite unique and somehow it makes him look manlier and sexy to her eyes.
"I want to have the same tatt with the one I love. Is it wrong?" He smiles and continues to walk while holding her hand.
Luna bit her bottom lip, "But…I'm afraid of doing that. I heard its kinda painful."
"It's okay. I won't force you to do something that you don't want to. After all, it was just my own selfish thought that I want something you would engrave it in your skin. I want you to always remember me when you saw that tattoo. I guess, you already engrave it in your heart so I won't have to worry, right?" Raymond caresses on her cheek and looks into her eyes before he smiles.
"I'm sorry…that's sound so childish of me. I'm so immature." He shyly said and cover his face with his hand.
Luna was stunned by his confession. He really wants her to treasure him like that? Well..she loves this man. Of course, she loves the other two too. But this one…
"You know what…" Luna pulls both of his hands from covering his face, smiling at him, "Heck..let's do something bad for once in our youth." Luna pulls his hand and heads back to the shop.
Raymond chuckled and held her hand up. "Wait.." He said and pull her into his embrace. "I love you." He kisses her and after that both of them return back to the shop, getting the tattoo together before heading home that night.