Sunny
"But where are you guys living now, if you are not staying here anymore?" I suddenly asked. "I thought you went back to the place where you really live. I do not know the way there or how I will get there." I added.
"Would you mind telling me the address to your house?" I asked him again.
He laughed and tapped my head. "There is no need to ask for the address." He replied.
I pouted. "Why? You can just tell me, so if this happens again, I will know where to go and what to do. " I defended myself.
"Like I said, you do not have to know our address. If everything is good already, I will bring you to our house next time. For now, we can't go there because of what's happening here." He replied.
"You know what? I am stressed these days. After what happened that day, I could not shake the memory of your face. You were confused and scared at the same time. A lot of things came into my mind. I was so scared. My mind went blank for a few minutes. I have been thinking about the what ifs." He shared, looking at the space.
"What if you decide to avoid me? What if you hated me because of it? What if you do not want to see me anymore?"
"That is why, after sending you home, I asked my father and Mavin to move out. I wanted to run away and avoid hearing your thoughts about me." He added.
"And you are still here." I commented.
He stopped and turned to me. He smiled, and that made my heart beat crazy. "Because I can't do that at all." He replied. "I tried my best to stay at home, but I was not able to do that. I ended up being one of your monitors too. I am watching you from afar. Come with you wherever you are going outside. "
"I missed being with you too. It was so hard. I did not know that this so-called love could make people be like this."
"At first, I thought I would be able to overcome this. I grew up alone, without you. Maybe I will be able to continue living without you too, but I keep on missing you. Memories kept on running in my head. I can't explain why, but it's like I was in the cinema, sitting and watching those memories with you."
"I've never felt that before. The kind of feeling that I want to see you? I have been refraining from opening my social media to see what you posted, because I might accidentally put a heart reaction. I am doing my best to decline your calls, because I am scared I might run to you."
"I told myself... ahh, this is what they called love. I get it now and I do not think I can get out of this for now. " He said and keep on squeezing my hand.
"I love you." I admit it in front of him.
His calm expression turned into a shocked one. His lips are slightly apart. His ears turned red, too.
He bowed before turning his body away from me.
"Why aren't you saying anything. You are making me feel bad." I commented.
He gestured with his hand, showing his palm to me.
"You want me to stop?" I asked, confused.
After saying those words, does he want me to stop?
He immediately faced me. "I am not saying that." He said.
His face was reddish.
"As you can see, my face is no longer the normal color. It's making me shy. You... you really know how to attack me. You were just saying you missed being with me a while ago, and now you dropped a bomb like that. Can you take full responsibility for my heart?" He asked with a genuine smile.
I smiled too, nodding my head. "I will take full responsibility, Sir." I answered.
"Thank you, Sunny. I am happy," He said. "And I love you too." He added. "You are not going to take it back, right?" He suddenly asked.
I acted like I was thinking about what he had said.
"Hey, don't be like that. You already told me, don't take it back anymore." He commented.
I laughed at him. "I am just joking. I won't take it back when I am the one who confessed already?" I asked back.
"So... are we together or not yet?" He answered. "Whether we are or not, I am planning to court you." He added. "Ahh, no. I am taking the second sentence that I have said."
"Don't answer me for now." He said. "Have you eaten your dinner already?"
I shook my head. "Not yet." I answered. "I was planning to make dinner, but when I saw the kitchen, I suddenly lost my appetite." I added.
"Ahh, yeah. The kitchen is empty, unlike this sala and our rooms." He responded. "We made sure to bring everything, because those are the things you and Grandma were using. We would like to keep it since we thought we would not be able to eat your dishes anymore."
"We have been eating outside for weeks already, eating delivered foods at night or asking Raff to cook for us." He shared. "Let's go out and eat. I have something important to tell you too."
We went to the nearest fast-food restaurant and ordered foods that we could eat. We also concluded that this was our first date.
While he was waiting for our order to come, I took a photo of him facing his back to me standing in front of the counter.
"I will just let them know that it was a success." I said it and decided to share it on my Imstagram stories.
After posting it, I turned off my data. I will just read their comments later.
"Here's our order. Let's eat." He said as he put our food on the table.
After putting our food on the table, he put the tray on the next empty table before sitting in front of me.
"Can we take a picture before we eat?" I asked.
He nodded and answered, "Okay. I know what to do already. You love taking photos for memories, right?" he asked.
"Yes, and lastly, can I post it online? I also posted a photo of you a while ago, but if you are not comfortable with it, I can delete it." I told him.
"Post it. I don't mind." He replied. "Have you been keeping those pictures we had before and do not post them online because you do not want me to be uncomfortable?" He asked.
I nodded. "I know you are a private person, and I do not want to make you uncomfortable. I respect your point; not everyone can be open on social media. So I asked permission first before posting it." I explained.
Steven is not that into social media. If you look into his accounts, he does not post anything. He is just using it for communication, so I needed to understand and respect that. There are still those who want to keep themselves private.
"Can you tag me too? Like what you are doing with Shiela and the others? So that, I do not have to post it on my own." He said. "Then I will post different things next time. I just want to have those photos you will post on my timeline too." He added.
Why is he so handsome tonight?
Hearing him say he wants me to tag his account too, is so cool! Why is he like this?!
I nodded excitedly. "Okay, I will do that. I am very happy tonight!" I said, and we took a few photos before starting to eat.
"Uhm, how's Grandma, Auntie, and Fei? Do they know about us already?" He asked, in a lower voice.
I glanced at him and slowly nodded. "I shared the story about what happened that day. I thought they would think that I was crazy, but it was the opposite. " I answered. "My grandmother and mother, it turns out, were aware of it." I added.
Thinking about it makes me want to open my mouth wide. I can't help but think that the world is too small for everything.
"Are you saying that they know about us or that they know about the werewolves?" he asked, almost whispering. "Do you perhaps go to Old Taffir Town before?" he asked.
I tried to search in my mind if I had gone there before, but I had never heard of that word.
"I don't think I've been there already. I am not familiar with that town." I answered.
"That is our town," he shared. "When I was young, I told you that I met the person who was meant for me, right? I knew her smell, but I was not able to see her face clearly. But that day, after you yelled to stop them, your smell was the same as hers. We have been investigating if you have any bloodline of being one, because of your aura that day, and I think you were the girl I met before."
The information he dropped was too much and was surprising.
"Really? Why does it sound so cool?!" I told him excitedly. "I will ask Mom later." I added.
"If you did not yell, I don't think we would be able to hold them all. I was not in the right mind at that time, and Mavin couldn't concentrate since he needed to look out for both of us." He said. "I am very happy that you accepted me as who I am." He added before sipping his drink.
"Right, you have something to say too. You said it is important." I told him.
He stopped drinking and looked at me.
He is thinking about whether he can tell me or not.
"You can tell me. I will try to understand it as long as I can." I assured him.
"Really?" He asked back. "Actually, that is why I told you that you should not answer me right now. Because I will be leaving this city for a while." He added.
"Why?" I asked him.
"We are making a move. Dad said we need to seize the other organization since they have been killing many innocent people. We had our plan already. I need to be there too, and I do not think I will be able to get back that fast." He started sharing.
"I know this would be too much for you, but can you wait for me? I will make sure to come back here alive and run towards you. We just need to end things to ensure the safety of the people. Don't worry, we have a lot of back-ups and our team made good weapons to use. We will win the battle in no time. Can you wait for me? Just give me months. If I did not go back for months and ended up having to wait a year, then find a new one. I do not want you to wait for nothing."
"Why are you saying that you might not be able to come back?" I asked. "I can wait. I will wait. You waited for me, and I can do the same for you too. As long as you come back to me, then there is no problem." I answered.
I waited for the wrong person before, and I did. Waiting for the right one was not that big of a deal anymore. I can do it.
"Thank you. Keep your lines open. I will make sure to contact you." he replied. "Before, I came here just to get the diploma. Now, I will go back here because there is someone waiting for me." he added, smiling.
After we had our late dinner, Steven sent me off to our house. We walked to our house with our hands intertwined. We kept on taking photos on the way home. He said, he wanted to take a lot of photos with me since he would be gone for a while.
"C-can I talk to your family?" he suddenly asked.
"You can. Why are you stuttering?" I asked him.
"Who would not be? They know about us and I am scared that they might not like me now." He added.
I squeezed his hands. "You will be fine. Trust me. They like you guys more than you know." I told him.
How I wish we could extend the night for a few more hours. I won't be able to see him tomorrow and we won't be able to see each other for a while.
I will surely miss him.