lovers on the sun

Toy store. The words had been stuck in Maya’s mind for the past hour, since Cornelius decided to put on yet another blindfold on her and surprise her -- as if the trip to New York hadn’t been enough of a surprise already. She was slowly but surely getting used to Cornelius taking her places without as much of a moment’s notice, though New York had almost been the last drop for her seeing as he had practically taken her there against her will. The boy had a tendency to try and turn her entire world upside down whenever he felt like it and Maya had a hard time saying no, despite her better judgement and morals. And because of her inability to say no to Cornelius, she was now blindfolded in a car towards destination unknown with the only hint being ‘toy store’. With Cornelius being as immature as he was, it could’ve easily been something as simple as Toys’R’Us or even FAO Schwarz, except she had a hard time convincing herself that it was.

As the car came to a stop, Maya blindly reached to open the door and slowly but carefully got out to stand on her feet. Without really waiting for Cornelius telling her to take it off, Maya moved a hand up to remove the blindfold. The first thing she noticed was the slightly sketchy neighborhood they were in, her nose scrunching up ever so slightly as she took a step closer to Cornelius, almost scared someone would show up out of nowhere to snatch her purse. But as she took in the sights around her, she realized this was no place for a toy store, at least not the one she’d had in mind. Fixing her eyes on a shop window right in front of them, she frowned as the word ‘sex’ glowed in red neon lights.