Chapter 19: Chapter 19

Rhino asked Calista, "What happened? Why do you look like this? Tell me? Tell me damn it."

Rhino was losing his mind after looking at Calista devastated.

Calista responded with a forced smile, "Hey, don't worry. Nothing happened? No one said anything to me. The fact is that I didn't sleep well at night, so maybe that's why I look like this. Nothing else."

Rhino furrowed his brows. He didn't believe Calista's words. There were some problems in Calista's life, Rhino understood that very well. But Rhino also understood that Calista would not say anything on her own.

How to know about Calista, that was what Rhino was thinking. Ezlyn might be able to tell him about her. But who knows what she will think if he asks her something about Calista? Some way must be found.

Rhino was so confused about what to do. He wasn't able to see Calista in this state. But also he hadn't anything to do. He was clueless, helpless. Rhino let out a sigh and looked at Calista again.

" The girl is always so cheerful. But I have never seen her smile openly. I don't know how she looks when she smiles freely."

Rhino wanted to see Calista smile when he thought about it. Rhino was surprised at his desire. He did not remember the last time he laughed. But today he wants to make someone else laugh. Rhino thought about how to make Calista smile.

"Should I crack a joke? But I can't tell any jokes. What to do? Yeah, Harold can do good comedy. I should call him and ask him some jokes."

Thinking that, Rhino took his cell phone in his hand.

But suddenly he started to think again, "Well, why do I need to call him! I will make Calista smile. It's not such a difficult task. If I can do such a big business deal, then what else is it? Go for it, Rhino. You can do it. Yes. I will do it. And I will win."

Rhino was mentally preparing himself as if he was going to win a battle.

Rhino thought of something and said to Calista, "Do you know what my sister said to me?"

Calista looked at Rhino and asked with curiosity, "What?

" She says, brother, can't you eat duck meat more and more? Then you will see that you will smile like a duck all day long."

Calista said slowly with a faint smile, "Oh."

Rhino was disappointed.

He thought to himself, "Is my sense of humor so bad? I didn't know. What to do now?"

Rhino looked at his cell phone and sighed. He sent a text to Harold without finding any other choice. Harold was talking to Edith and was drinking cold drinks. When the message came on his cell phone, he took out the phone and saw Rhino's message. Rhino asked him to forward some jokes. Seeing such a message, Harold stuck his drink in his throat and coughed. He was at the peak of surprise.

His robot brother, who never goes near these things, did he ask to forward the jokes today? His brother fell in love and finally became a comedian?

Then Harold sent some jokes.

Rhino saw the jokes and said to Calista, "Wanna hear a funny joke?"

Calista was looking down and uttered,"Say."

Rhino started to crack jokes.

" A bear walks into a bar and says, 'Give me a whiskey and … cola.' The bartender looked at the bear and asked, 'Why is there a big pause between whiskey and cola?' The bear shrugged. 'I’m not sure; I was born with them.' "

Calista smiled faintly. But her upsetness hadn't decreased even a little. Rhino was disappointed again. He told a few more jokes like this. But still Calista was not smiling. Rhino's rhythm was sweaty. It seemed to him that he was giving a big exam.

Even though Calista didn't smile and was looking down, her sadness was gone. Now she was feeling good. But Rhino didn't realize that. He sat disappointed. He was very angry with Harold.

"All this jokes are stupid. Not even a single joke worked. I'm going to kill Harold. I'm embarrassed." Rhino thought to himself.

Rhino was thinking all these. Suddenly a bird from the top of the tree pecked at Rhino's head.

Rhino uttered with distorted eyes and face, "What the hell! Yuck! Disgusting!"

Rhino could not say anything else. He wasn't sure what he would do with this bird poo. He had to clean himself now. Suddenly he heard the sound of laughter. He was stunned when he looked to that side. Calista was smiling, laughing.

What a beautiful smile! How can someone smile so beautifully? When smiling, her teeth are shining like free grains of light. By the sound of Calista's laughter, Rhino's whole body was touching his mind. Rhino now wanted to thank that bird. He was willing to do this a thousand times to see such a scene.

After a while, Calista stopped laughing and took out a tissue from her bag and gave it to Rhino.

She uttered to Rhino, "Get it cleaned up."

Rhino came out of his thoughts after hearing Calista's voice.

He said, "I can't see it. So, how can I clean it by myself!"

Calista said without thinking, "Okay, I'll clean it for you."

Then Calista went to Rhino and started cleaning Rhino's hair with a tissue. This is the first time Calista was so close to Rhino. The sweet smell of Calista's body was driving Rhino crazy. He closed his eyes and tried to control himself.

After a while Calista came back to her seat and said, "It's done."

Rhino gave a polite smile. Calista then looked at Rhino. Now, it was time for a kiss. Calista closed her eyes and sighed. Then she kissed Rhino as usual and left.

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Calista frowned and looked at Ezlyn. Ezlyn was behaving strangely today. She was smiling very shyly. Calista was just staring at her. She did not understand anything.

Calista was thinking, "What happened to her today? Has something happened?"

Today they didn't have their first class. So they were sitting under the tree in the corner of the field.

Calista could not stay quiet any longer and asked, "What happened to you? Why are you behaving so strangely? It is not you."

Ezlyn amswered shyly, "Hey, something has happened."

Calista was looking at her. Waiting for Ezlyn to finish what she was saying.

Ezlyn continued, "You know?"

Calista sighed and responded, "How will I know if you don't say anything?"

Ezlyn said, "Yesterday…"

"What happened yesterday?"

"I mean yesterday"

Calista said, now annoyed, " What did you do yesterday? Can't you just tell me what happened without making any suspense?"

Ezlyn looked at her a bit annoyed but also smiled at the same time.

Ezlyn uttered, "Yesterday, Harold proposed to me. And I said yes."

Calista felt like she fell from the sky. Her best friend was doing this under her nose and she didn't have any idea.

Calista said excitedly, "What? When? Where? How? And why didn't you tell me before?"

Ezlyn answered in detail, "I was taken to a restaurant yesterday. He proposed with flowers there. And I said yes."