Lilting Page #4

Well, it may be good for the heart,

but it definitely ain't good

for kissing.

It tastes of rotten cheese.

Actually, it's worse

than rotten cheese.

Your whole body smells of urine.

What?

Why didn't she mention it before?

She tells you every day.

You just don't listen.

What's going on now?

She doesn't want to do this anymore.

She's gonna go wash her mouth

and you should go take a bath.

That was supposed to encourage

more hair to grow.

You'd have one hairy nipple.

That'd look very weird.

I wanna take my mum out the home.

How did it go yesterday?

I tried telling her.

But I couldn't. I bottled out.

My heart was pounding so fast.

But you were gonna tell her.

She blamed you

for making me take the bus.

It's not like she needs

another excuse, is it?

I wanna... I'm gonna

bring her back here and tell her.

If she gets mad, she can't storm off.

She'll be stuck with me.

It'll force us to deal with it.

Really?

You're really gonna do that?

I've done it already.

She's coming round tomorrow tonight.

Can... Can you go out for a walk?

I'll give you a call

when it's finished.

You want me to walk

laps around the block

while you come out to your mum?

- Is that what you're saying?

- Yeah.

It'll be romantic.

I am f***ing romantic.

What if she's not OK?

Then you stay in a hotel.

- F***ing hell.

- She has nowhere else to stay.

It'll be OK, won't it?

Of course.

You two are so alike.

Feel this.

I'm shaking.

I might self-combust.

Just do it.

- Don't think any more about it.

- Yeah, yeah, I know, absolutely.

Smell my armpit again.

I miss it when you do that.

Sorry. Hello. Come in, come in.

Hi, Junn.

Come through.

I'd completely forgotten about today.

Right, who wants tea?

Yeah, she'd love a tea.

Can you come to the kitchen with me?

Sure.

Tell her to make herself comfortable.

We'll be back in a moment.

There's some stuff

I need to clear up upstairs.

I'm gonna go and do it now.

Can you tidy the kitchen?

- You want me to clean your kitchen?

- Yeah. Can you?

- Are you serious?

- I'm deadly serious. I'm sorry.

I'll make it up to you.

Please, help me.

- You owe me so much.

- Thank you.

Ah, you have tea.

- Would you like some?

- I'd love some.

What do you think of the place?

It's nice. She's been here before.

Of course you have. I forgot.

- She'd like to see Kai's room.

- Sure.

This is Kai's room.

I just moved in here recently.

This room's bigger

and I needed a bit more space.

She said you moved in here quick.

She'd like some time alone.

Absolutely.

There's this song

that Junn really adores.

Kai said she never gets tired

of listening to it.

He was supposed to take it to her,

but he kept forgetting.

Actually, he had it on him

when he went to see her.

Anyway, I want to...

I want to find that CD.

What's the song called?

And who's the singer?

And why are you whispering?

I have no idea why I'm whispering.

It's a really famous song.

It's a cover.

OK, well, hum it. I might recognise it.

- I don't hum.

- Go on, there's no one listening.

- No.

- I'll ask Junn about it, then.

Don't ask Junn about it.

I want it to be a surprise.

We'll go to one of those music shops

in Chinatown.

I'll recognise it

when I see the cover.

We can ask

for one of her greatest hits album.

- I'm sure the song will be on there.

- I can't remember her name.

Whistle it, then.

- I told you.

- Oh, my God, can't even whistle.

Hey, Junn.

I'm just making a bacon sandwich.

Would you like one?

No, thanks.

She noticed you're frying the bacon

with chopsticks.

She thinks it's lovely.

Yeah. How else do you fry bacon?

I mean,

impossible without chopsticks.

How'd you do it before?

I can't remember.

These... These seem perfect for it.

She said you have a nice home.

Thank you.

Half, well, most of it was Kai...

Most of it was Kai's idea.

She said...

She said she can still smell Kai

in your room.

Me too.

I smell him too.

I think this is the song

that you asked Kai to bring you.

She's been waiting for this CD

for so long.

Kai kept promising that he'd

bring it and he kept on forgetting.

Thank you.

She's decided

she no longer wants to see Alan.

You're joking?

I thought

you were getting along fine.

She said

they're very different people.

Well, that's no surprise.

The differences they've encountered

are too rooted.

Rooted in what?

Ask her, please, to speak to Alan

again and give him a second chance.

He's simply who he is,

I am who I am.

What does that mean?

She can't see herself spending

the rest of her life with him.

She's doing this to punish me.

That's what this is, isn't it?

- Richard.

- Say it.

Why are you doing this?

I'm here to help you.

Do you want to live

the rest of your life here?

You don't need to feel sorry for me,

for her.

- She doesn't need your help.

- You are so damn stubborn.

I'm trying to help you. You're making

me feel like it's my fault.

- What are your true intentions?

- To help you.

- Why are you doing this?

- Stop asking that dumb question.

Doing what?

You've taken away my only,

her only...

Me, her, my? Which is it?

Come on, Vann.

You can't even separate between you

and her now. Whose side are you on?

You've taken away her only family

and now she's stuck

in this awful place.

If you hadn't been

so dependent on Kai,

he would never

have had to put you in here.

What were you doing?

You were piling on pressure.

What f***ing differences

can't you work out with Alan?

This is your guilt.

She doesn't wanna be your therapist.

I'm trying to help you. I'm trying to

help you get out of this awful place.

Alan is an old man.

You will break his heart.

If you had adapted to this culture,

then Kai wouldn't have had to

look after every facet of your life.

Honestly, your medication,

your bank details, everything.

You choked him with guilt.

And who's looking after you now? Kai?

No, it's me. I wonder why that is?

That's it, run away.

That's the solution, isn't it?

I'm sorry.

I just f***ed it up.

Her one chance of happiness

and I f***ing screwed that up.

F***.

I just f***ing

screwed everything up again.

These are all of Kai's things.

I've probably forgotten something,

but if I come across anything,

I'll send it on to you.

How are things between her and Alan?

She hasn't seen him.

It never bothered me

that she couldn't assimilate

into this culture.

It bothered Kai.

Kai was gay.

I'm his boyfriend.

We've been together for over four years.

And he was going to tell you the last time

that you saw him.

But he got so panicked,

he couldn't do it.

He was afraid that you'd love him less.

Stupid.

So he invited you over for dinner

the next day

and he told me to walk round the block

while he came out to you.

And on his way to get the bus,

he got hit

by that f***ing c*nt of a driver.

It's pathetic for a mother

to fight for her own son's attention.

I felt so jealous of you.

I can't help but wonder

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