stained with the imprint of love... me and you

Sally's birthday party was very lively, the house was full of young boys and girls in their early 20s.

"Happy birthday." Matthew handed Sally a beautifully wrapped box.

"I don't know if you like that gift Jesse they gave you..." Matthew leaned into Sally's ear and said. "But I really like it..."

"I knew you'd say that when I opened that present," Sally said to Matthew, smiling.

Then, he slowly unwrapped the birthday present Matthew gave him.

They are beautiful shoes, the latest high heels from Prada.

"Nice," Sally said when she saw the shoes, then looked at Matthew. "You chose?"

"Basically..." Matthew scratched his hair, not explicitly telling Sally that he had asked Will's girlfriend in the store to pick him out. "do you like it?"

"Of course I like it." Sally looked at Matthew with a smile, and said. "Because I like it, I already bought a pair."

"Then..." Matthew responded to Sally's words with a cute expression on his face. "Now you have a double-double."

"That's right." Sally was amused by Matthew's statement, and nodded slightly. "There is still a backup."

"Happy birthday," Matthew said, kissing Sally on the cheek.

"Hey! Come here, Sally!"

Someone in the crowd urged Sally's voice, "Everyone is waiting for you to have a drink together!"

"Okay." Sally took Matthew's hand and walked towards the crowd.

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Erica, who was already sleeping curled up in bed, suddenly heard the ringing phone on the first floor.

"At this moment, who else is playing endlessly..." Erica got off the bed angrily.Go towards the direction of the first floor.

During this time, the phone calls never stopped.

"It's not going to be Jesse and they're calling me to go to some bloody birthday party..." Erica sighed and picked up the phone.

"I said, can you get a phone... It's really inconvenient to find you."

It was Jesse's voice.

"What's the matter?" Erica asked.

"I thought you'd have to come over," Jesse explained. "Candice insists on going back, and doesn't want me to send her off."

"Don't tell me you guys are fighting again." Erica complained.

"It's not that I want to argue with her!" Jesse's voice also became louder. "It's not my problem!"

"Here it goes again..." Erica was really annoyed now hearing Jesse's 'it's not my problem'.

"Come and pick her up anyway," Jesse concluded. "She doesn't want to talk to me at all."

Then the phone was hung up by Jesse.

"Really... I haven't said that I will definitely go..." Erica put the phone back in her hand and said helplessly. 'It seems that we still have to go...'

'I hope I don't run into that guy...' Erica thought of Matthew. 'Especially when he and Sally are making out...'

"In that case, I'd probably be very jealous too..." Erica thought it was ridiculous and smiled.

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Sally's home is actually not far from the store, but Erica, who has only been here twice with Jesse, still took some effort to find it.

When approaching Sally's house, Erica also saw Jesse's car driving over.

Before getting out of the car, Erica heard loud music and loud laughter from the house. Erica got out of the car and walked to the door of Sally's house.The outside door wasn't locked, so Erica opened it and walked right in.

'Damn it... so many people where do I start to find that guy...' Erica's presence didn't catch anyone's attention.

"Hey! Why are you here now, Erica?"

Erica, who had her name called out, turned around and looked back.

It's Tony.

"Hey." Erica greeted Tony briefly.

"Come here and let's have a drink!" Tony had already had a little too much to drink, and pulled Erica's shoulder to have a drink with her.

"That's not necessary..." Erica said to Tony with a forced smile. "By the way, did you see Jesse or Candice?"

"Both of them?" Tony seemed to be thinking seriously. , "It seems that they were arguing on the stairs on the second floor just now."

"Leave them both alone." Tony continued to tug on Erica's shoulders. "Come on! Let's have a drink."

"I'll go to the bathroom..." Erica made an excuse, and broke away from Tony's hand on her shoulder. "be right back."

"Then hurry up!" Tony said confidently. "I'm waiting for you!"

"No problem." Erica nodded.

Then Erica walked up the stairs.There seemed to be several rooms on both sides of the second floor, and three of them had their doors closed. Erica knew that at a party like this, someone would be excited to find a room and have a blast.Therefore, Erica didn't know whether to knock on the door or not.And, exactly which door to knock on.

After walking a little further inside, Erica vaguely heard Candice's voice.To be precise...it is the groaning sound when calling_bed...

"That idiot...he's probably messing with some bastard idiot again..." Erica walked in the direction of the voice.

Erica hesitated at the door for a few seconds until she was sure which room Candice's voice was coming from.

Still knocked on the door.

"Candi." Erica tried to make it as loud as possible for everyone in the room to hear.

At this time, Candice's voice in the room suddenly stopped.

"Candi." Erica repeated, in the same tone.

"Erica?"

It was Jesse's voice.

Erica was somewhat relieved to hear this voice.

"Are you reconciled?" Erica simply wanted to make sure, and then left quickly.

"We'll be out right away." Jesse replied in a slightly excited voice. "You wait outside."

"Understood." Before Erica finished her last sentence, Candice's groaning sounded again...

Just as Erica turned around and was about to leave, the door of the opposite room was suddenly opened.

Matthew, with his white shirt open on his chest, looked at Erica opposite him in surprise.

"Are you late?" Matthew spoke first.

Before Erica could respond to Matthew's words, she saw Sally walking out of the room.

Sally fastened her pajamas as she walked out the door.And under the pajamas is the birthday gift Jesse and Candice gave Sally, the women's sexy lingerie.

However, from the traces of the underwear being pulled, Erica guessed that the underwear should have played its role well just now.

"Hey, Erica." Sally came up to greet Erica. "I thought you wouldn't come."

"Happy birthday." Erica said politely.

"Come down and have a drink with me." Sally took Erica's hand and dragged Erica down the stairs involuntarily.

Matthew, who stood aside and didn't say much, just watched Erica's back as she walked down the stairs in silence.

Erica, who was forced to go downstairs by Sally, saw Tony who was still waiting for her.In fact, it wasn't really waiting, Tony had already drank the tequila on his own.

"Hey! You're back!" Tony called out to Erica. "Come over and have a drink!"

"I'll have a drink and let me go," Erica said, looking at Tony.

"How is that possible with just one cup?!" Tony said in a strange tone on purpose.

"I have a proposal," Sally interrupted suddenly. "You and Erica each drink a bottle until you can't drink anymore."

"Let's see who has the most wine left, and whoever has to listen to the other party." Sally finished adding the rules of the game she had just come up with.

"It's not fair," Erica said. "He obviously drank a lot."

It turned out that Erica felt unfair because of Tony.

"He's a man. What's not fair." Sally asked, patting Tony on the shoulder casually. "What do you think, Tony?"

"No problem." Tony picked up the bottle.

"Then this bottle is for you." Erica was suddenly handed a bottle of tequila.

"Let's get started then." Sally made a 'start' gesture.

Tony drank from the bottle first.

Erica found a disposable paper cup slowly and filled the bottle with tequila.

Then he drank the wine in the paper cup in one breath.

When Erica drank the third cup, Tony, who was beside him, had already vomited out of it.Fortunately, all he spit out was the tequila in his mouth.

"Don't force yourself, Tony." Sally looked at the wine in Tony's bottle. "Admit the bet and admit defeat."

"It's not over yet..." Tony continued to pour wine into his mouth unwillingly, but more than half of the wine spilled out.

"Hey! You can't cheat..." the onlookers said.

"Then I win." Erica put the wine and paper cups on the table.

There was less than a quarter of the wine left in the bottle.

"Drink the rest of this too." Sally handed the bottle to Erica again. "Just celebrate my birthday."

"Happy birthday." After Erica finished speaking, she picked up the bottle and drank it down.

"Are you amazing?" Sally said after watching Erica finish her drink.

"Then I'll go out first." Erica said to Sally. "Tell Jesse I'm waiting for them outside."

"Fine." Sally patted Erica. "Good night."

"Good night."

After Erica finished speaking, she turned around and saw Matthew who had been standing there for an unknown amount of time.

Erica didn't say anything to Matthew, and didn't even say hello. After passing Matthew, she walked towards the car she was driving alone.

"How long will the two of Jesse have to work in it..." Erica felt a little dizzy from drinking too fast and too hard, and leaned her body against the front of the car. "I was asked to come because of a quarrel, but it turned out that they were in high spirits..."

Erica scratched her short hair, which was a little disheveled from sleep, and the alcohol made her sleepier.

"It seems that I can't bet with you on tequila in the future."

Matthew walked over with a beer and another cola-like drink in his hand.

"Still, you can drink like this with all alcohol." Matthew handed Erica the Coke-like drink in his hand.

Erica looked at Matthew, then took the drink from Matthew.

"Rum and Coke," Matthew said to Erica. "Looks like you like drinking it."

"I added a slice of lemon to you, though." Matthew continued with a smile. "Give you some vitamin C."

Erica, who didn't respond to Matthew, just picked up the cup and drank without saying a word.

"When will I have a birthday party like this for you..." Matthew looked at Erica drinking. "However, a guy like you probably doesn't want to find a room full of people to celebrate..."

"If I can find it, I don't care." Erica finally responded to Matthew.

"Then, leave it to me." Matthew said while lighting his own roll-your-own cigarette.

Erica looked at Matthew, her gaze resting on the lit cigarette.

"There is another important question." Matthew looked at Erica and asked with a smile. "You haven't told me your birthday yet."

"February 2." Erica smiled and replied.

"I'm lying again...I said...you guys are quite immersed in the atmosphere of acting..." Matthew said with a smile. "No wonder I'm so adept at telling lies for Candice in front of Jesse..."

"Don't talk about it." Erica looked back alertly, making sure no one else heard what Matthew had just said.

"Then tell me your birthday." Matthew said with a smile. "You don't look like someone born in February..."

"Oh? Can you still see it?" Erica was intrigued by what Matthew said. "Then you tell me that I look more like a person born in what month."

"Um...nine..." Matthew was actually just saying it casually. "April?"

"Is it September or April?" Erica asked with a smile.

"Is it one of those two months?" Matthew asked while smoking his pistol.

"November," Erica replied without further squabbling with Matthew.

"What date is November?" Matthew continued.

"Stop guessing." Erica looked at Matthew. "November 11th."

"That's really a coincidence..." Matthew was a little surprised when he heard Erica's answer.

"Don't tell me it's your birthday too." Erica felt enthralled by the extent to which Matthew lied.

"Two-thirds are the same..." Matthew replied, looking at Erica. "November 11."

"My birthday," Matthew added.

"So." Erica asked back. "Would you like to suggest that we spend our birthdays together, right?"

"I don't want to have a fucking birthday with you." Matthew continued with his usual smirk. "Unless it's in bed with you...but, if that's the case...it's better to have a separate birthday."

"In this way... at least I can spend two times in bed with you...and within ten days." Matthew seemed to be imagining that scene.

Erica found it amused to see Matthew's seductive and slightly smug expression.

"Want to smoke some?" Matthew pointed the butt-like part of the roll-your-own cigarette held between the index and middle fingers of his right hand towards Erica.

Erica looked up at Matthew after she finished her glass.Another look at the roll-your-own cigarettes he turned toward himself.Then he brought his lips together and took a deep breath.

With Erica's movement, Matthew's fingers lightly touched Erica's face, which was a little hot from the alcohol. Matthew flexed his fingers, trying to get them to touch more of Erica's skin.

"At this moment, I am very envious of this roll-your-own cigarette..." Matthew looked at Erica who was slowly exhaling the tobacco with a smirk. "To be held by your beautiful lips like this."

"You know I've always liked your lips," Matthew said, leaning closer to Erica.

"There's something about me that you don't like." Erica responded to Matthew calmly. "Is there?"

"It's true..." Matthew brought his face closer and said to Erica seriously. "I like it so much that I can get it by any means."

"Good luck then." Erica avoided Matthew's approaching face and turned to open the car door.

At the same time, Jesse and Candice who were rushing towards here also waved at Erica.

"You have desires for me..." Matthew walked to Erica and said relentlessly. "Why dodge it?"

"I'll find a chance to save them..." Matthew finally said, looking into Erica's eyes.

Then, Matthew turned and walked in the direction of Jesse and Candice, saying goodbye to them casually.Erica, who was already sitting in the car, just looked at Matthew's good-looking figure in a white shirt.

When Jesse and Candice said goodbye to Matthew and walked in their direction, Erica saw Matthew turn around and look at her for a few seconds not far away.

Then left.