grocer
It was a like a scene taken out of a movie, a gay movie he never thought that this was possible. Jz stared as cold air brushed passed Elm, sending ripples in his polo shirt while Elm leans over taking a good look over the display of cut meats, Jz just take's a good glimpse at him taking a mental picture then adding it to his growing memories of him,he tried to count how many time they had gone out but he has track if there was one thing he learned from Elm it was "living in the moment" not counting the days or weeks but its remembering moments and not regretting things, It was just an hour after the mall had opened, there were only few people in sight an employee placed price tagg's on what seemed to be hundreds of tuna can's with a yellow gun thingie, crabs lie stoic in glass water tanks you wouldnt know if they were alive or dead unless they gave you a pinch. Elm notices a tank of what seems to be catfish sleeping he approached and banged the hell out of the glass aquarium screaming " hoy gising sayang yung binabayad sa inyo dito" the cat fish were startled they went into a frenzy then returned to the slimy mass of black matter that they were before. His palms were sweaty as he pushed the shopping cart,following him oblivious to the cold air conditioned air he was feeling rather warm inside, happiness like a bullet in the brain it was like a sudden increase of endorphins more than eating chocolate could give, he couldnt stop smirking sheepishly everytime he made a funny remarks about things that he liked and not liked,Elm was diffrent for a 30 year-old, Jz thought that they were similar in some ways and habits even though they were separated by ten years of Elm's existence.
he watched elm while he handed his credit card (jz likes to observe and stared at people a lot)
he notices little things
the trickle of sweat on his forehead
specks of white hair set against a black background
pores..
a darkened nape
he could go on in this trance like state
but Elm brought him back to earth
they haul yellow grocery bags into the cart
with weeks amount of meats(Elm is a meat lover), and other processed stuff and made their way outside
the sun it radiates with heat as they wait in line for a cab he stared at him trough his worn out plastic framed glasses into his eyes then he smiled...