Sitting in a brightly lit Chinese restaurant at 4 o'clock in the morning... (How did we get there, that's another interesting story)
Me: *sitting next to my friend who was just observing the whole situation and feeling amused by me firing questions at his friend* 'So, my girlfriends (so named as Anne and Selina in this blog post) are talking forever in the bathroom, I'm sure they are having a girl-talk of some sort. So... we... probably have a long time to wait. You are so quiet, why don't we talk more? Tell me about yourself.'
Him: *feeling annoyed but not really showing it, looking calm* 'I don't like to talk, what do you want to talk about?'
Me: 'How about this, I will ask you questions and you answer me.' *switching into an English teacher conducting a speaking test mode*
Him: 'Ok, ask me.' *looking I-really-don't-care*
Me: 'What's your name? Where are you from?'
Him: 'I'm ___ I come from ___.' *frowning, looking slighted as it was the third or fourth time he had to answer these questions that night*
Me: 'Tell me about your hometown, your home country.'
Him: 'There's nothing.'
Me: 'There's nothing in your home country? What do you mean? It's such a huge country and it's famous for so many things.'
Him: *shrugged* 'There's nothing, nothing much.'
Me: 'Fine. Let's talk about something else. What do you do here in your free time?'
Him: *shrugged* 'I go to work and... nothing.'
Me: 'Nothing again?' *turned and looked at my friend, and stared at him incredulously, but all I got was an I-couldn't-care-less-smile from him*
Me: 'Fine, let's talk about something positive, something happy. What do you like? Tell me something that you really like!'
Him: *without hesitation, without a second-thought* 'I like Anne.'
Me: *eyes bulging out* 'What!!??'
Him: *as-a-matter-of-factly* 'I like Anne yeah. I really like her.'
Me: *broke into a smile, and suppressed an 'awwwww'* 'That's so sweet.'
Him: *shrugged and smiled a slanted smile as if it wasn't a big deal*
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