Friday, April 21, 2006

Posted by maei at 8:12 PM

what would you do?

you had a concert coming up that you'll be giving an mc at work for. the performance item is a percussion item that you had already performed at chingay... when you first practiced for it then, you asked your boyfriend to come down to listen to it, but he never had a chance to. you want him to hear it, because it's a percussion piece that you really really like, and you'd like to share it with him. moreover, he is not the kind of person who would very well appreciate traditional music, so you thought a more rousing percussion piece might be more interesting.

so when you first knew of the performance slightly more than a week before, you excitedly told him about it, and asked him if he was free. he said yes, and you booked him for that night. better still, you realise a couple of days before the concert that it's situated near his house, and informs him about it.

then, on the night before the performance, he tells you he'll be staying over at his brother's house for mahjong overnight, then pre-release the next morning. it slips his mind, like it had before, that you were performing that night. he remembers with a start that he also has an instance run scheduled that night. he says:

"oh. wah... the saturday one is more important... coz it's the beginning of the run mah, so if anyone loots any drops, you will be pushed up on the rank... but if i don't go... then, well, i'll be frozen lor, just that i won't rise on the rank."

you remind him that the item is the opening item, and he is pleasantly surprised. but you have once told him before already, just that he forgot. you tell him that you had hoped to be able to go home with him if you could give the rest of the concert a miss, but since he's rather intent on running the instance, then well, there's not much of a point going back with him. he asks:

"make up your mind what you want, then let me know tomorrow."

you tell him, it's not about what i want. what do you want? he says:

"if you ask me what i want, then i'll tell you i want to stay home the whole day, and play the whole day."

you know he would definitely be happier staying at home. he would be tired after his pre-release, and it would be good if he could have some rest before his run. you know for a fact he isn't too keen on the concert, and the only reason he would turn up is because you asked him to. but you want him to hear you perform too. and you would be happy if he were to come down. just that after this turn of events, you'd probably feel guilty too...

what would you do?

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