Light, prolonged
春分 [26] / [33]
Alexander had taken responsibility for her living. His salary was used for buying their food, eating out, sometimes buying her clothes and jewels. When she had something she wanted to get, she made a list of goods, and offered him special services in bed. It was surprising to Alexander at first, but he gradually grabbed onto her pattern. Aiming at something she wants, she would satisfy his desires so he wouldn't reject her, and so she could maintain her hold over him.
On his day off, he got up earlier than Violet. Last night they made love in various fresh positions, and by her lead. It was fantastic and far more erotic than ever before. But there was a condition for her “service”. She asked for a brand new ruby jewelry set of her favorite brand. Even though he didn’t promise to buy that, he knew that she must expect him to show himself in front of her with that very object since she wanted it so badly.
She was still in a deep sleep. He did laundry, folded her clean underwear, and opened Violet’s closet to put them away. As soon as he looked into the closet, he felt a curious skepticism. It was full with countless fancy, colorful dresses and clothes, hats, and various types of dressing options. Before he knew it, her property ballooned in abundance. He opened his own closet. His clothes were of the same style, only monotonous in color and he didn’t have nearly as much. A few belts and ties were there too.
He went to the front, and looked through his shoe cabinet. Her shoes were just like her clothes. He could see his stupid, characterless shoes here and there among her shoes. He sighed. He had thought her demands were gradually getting greater and greater, but checking the situation by his own eyes, the reality hit him fiercely. She didn’t show her willingness to earn money by herself. His salary was not sufficient to meet Violet’s demand for luxury goods. He couldn’t ignore his credit card bills, listing goods which were not his own. At first he had never cared, but now he did.
When she got up, he declared that he couldn’t offer her anything more than what necessary. Therefore, he wouldn’t buy her the ‘wish-jewelry-set’ either. As soon as she heard him, her smile disappeared, and at once she was almost shrieking, and next, crying. She was glaring at him, babbling things like “you’ve changed”, “had sucked only sweet water from me”, “poor bastard”. Alexander got angry, screamed at her, and she shut her mouth, glaring at him. She then let herself out of the house without a word.
He felt some regret. Anyway, she was still very young and needed to learn to be frugal. Maybe he treated her too harshly without being more clear about his own feelings.
Why should I have to teach her? I’m her boyfriend, not her father or professor. I want to be with someone who has some basic level of wisdom, not a child whom I must teach, he thought.
