The loud gasps engulf the whole place as they saw Giovanni hold the wrist of a woman standing in front with menacing aura. She winced as a grip tightens and almost twisted it. She pleaded with him to let go, but his glare didn't change. Those other women whom with her couldn't even move on their seat because of his terrifying aura. Amidst of all chaos, Henrick and Kiela left in shock at how fast the thing happened. They saw Georgina standing behind Giovanni and drenched wet. She stands like a statue in surprise.
"A-argh! It hurts. Let go of my hand." The woman almost cry.
Georgina came back to her senses when she heard the woman groan and the whisper of other people around. Without thinking twice, she steps forward in between them, trying to remove Giovanni's hand. It didn't make him budge. All his attention fixated towards the woman, full of rage.
"V-van..." She called out his name.
"A-argh!"
"Giovanni let go of her. What are you doing?" Kiela came out running from where she stand when the atmosphere seems serious. She pushes Georgina away and tries to calm him down. "Van, let go."
Kiela couldn't calm him down, even the woman cries in pain. Her friends stand up and stop them, but Giovanni is really mad. She knows him when he's mad like this. He won't listen to anyone unless someone calms him down by force.
Henrick, who has no will to stop him, doesn't have no choice but to step up. He comes in his direction and punches him hard that surprise everyone. Giovanni falls in front of Georgina and even the side of his lip's gone bleeding.
"Dude, what's wrong with you? How can you hurt a woman?" Henrick said.
"You've never changed," Giovanni whispers to himself and is about to stand, but Georgina holds onto his arm with trembling hands.
"P-please... S-stop... I-I'm fine."
He frown, raising her chin up. "Fine? Is this a face of being fine? She talks shit about you, splashed a water and even scratches your face with her ring. Do you think you're fine?"
A silence lingers inside the ice cream store as they heard what Giovanni said. Some people near their table saw what happened and can't help but nod—whisper to each other. Henrick looks at the woman who's hugging her friends, crying and holding her wrist.
"V-van... Please..." she cried out, begging to not make a scene.
"Tsk. Since when do you plan to act like a pushover in front of other people, Gia? Do you have a habit to kneel in front of any people? You're making me even madder," he remove her hand and walk out of the store without looking to anyone.
"V-van, wait." Kiela said and run after him.
"Let's go home Gina." Henrick walk towards her direction, helping her to stand up.
***
It's 2 o'clock in the morning, two hours have passed since the incident happened inside the ice cream store. Georgina didn't explain the reason they ended up in that kind of situation. She pretended to sleep after changing into her pajama but until now she can't sleep. There's many people inside the store but didn't expect to see Giovanni defending her from the woman who talks shit about her. It happened in a flash of light. She couldn't even move for a few minutes. His voice is in rage, but his eyes are full of worry, which made her doubt herself. After all, she planned to succumb in darkness alone and didn't wish to bring him along. But in a simple act, her mind is being distorted again.
She turns around, try to sleep, but it didn't work. In the end, after some tries, she gives up. She go outside the room and head towards the kitchen to get some water to drink. But as soon as she came, she saw Henrick drinking a can of beer while playing a guitar. There's also a notebook and a pen on top of the table.
"Why are you still awake? You can't sleep?" He asked without looking at her.
"Hmm..." She heads towards the refrigerator and gets a glass of water before sitting across his direction.
She expected him to ask what happened, but he remains silent, continue playing his guitar.
"I-I'm sorry for everything," she said, holding the glass of water with both hands.
"So, you're really connected to each other? I mean the both of you, it seems like he's not a friend to you but more than what I expect, am I right?"
Henrick stops playing guitar, put it down on the other chair. He stares straight into her eyes, emitting a serious aura. It gives chills to her body.
"H-he's my ex,"
"Ex? You love him until now?" He sneered. "Then I have my reason to continue the wedding as soon as possible."
"W-what do you mean?"
"The ex you're talking about is Kiela's fiancé. I can't let her get hurt because of you, and I don't want her to shed a single tear because of that man."
Georgina's eyes widened in surprise because of the change of his tone and attitude. It's as if protecting the most precious person in his life. A feeling that she feels a lot more than anyone. She chortle because of the thought, looks back at him with disbelief.
"What kind of bullsh*t are you trying to make me do? Do you have feelings for her?" She said, almost raising her tone. "There are many people in the world. How the hell did you end up falling in love with someone who has the worst attitude as I am?"
Henrick slams the table with his hand. "Don't compare Kiela to you."
"What?"
"Kiela is a hundred times better than you,"
She clenches both fists, restraining her anger, but it's not enough. Before she knew it, her hands landed on his face. The impact of it resounded inside but she never feel guilt towards on what she'd done. "Stupid fool," she shouted on top of her lungs and storm out the room.
"Argh! It f*cking hurts. Does your hand made of iron or steel?" He shouted back, but she didn't answer.
The next morning, Henrick brought Georgina with him into their private studio. All her band mates couldn't believe they'll saw them together again after the party. Instead of asking question, or approach them, they read the atmosphere since there's something off about it. But as soon as they came inside, Georgina walk towards the table away from the stage, putting an earphone on both ears while Henrick sit on the sofa near the stage with a sour look.
They practicing the song they're going to perform in the upcoming music festival, but Henrick keeps messing up the lyrics and couldn't even go to the second verse. It keeps going on the loop for two hours and more. This is the first time he lost focus on practice. Even his members are dumbfounded and feels flabbergasted.
After another hour, Sceven suggested a break and help him focus on the song rather than thinking something else. Luna and Wesley buy some food to eat since it's passed lunch time while Marky is sitting on the sofa, close both eyes. On the far end, Georgina is playing on her phone without glancing towards them. Another minute passed, the two people who bought some food came back. They bought a Chinese cuisine from the nearest Chinese restaurant. There's a sweet and sour pork, chicken fried rice, dumplings, Chinese egg rolls and jajang noodles. All of them went to the same table to eat while Henrick glance on Georgina's direction. A sigh escaped his mouth before he get a jajang noodles and sweet and sour pork and walk towards her direction.
His member follows him through a look. They glance at each other, expecting something to happen like war since there's a tension between the two, but Henrick is the first one to talk. It startle them because they never saw him act like this. Most of the time, his exes is the one coaxing him, but now is different.
"Stop staring at them and eat," Wesley said.
"I want to take a video and teased Henrick about it," Sceven about to get his phone, but Luna stops him.
"Let's eat, dumbass."
They eat and didn't bother the two anymore. On the other side, Henrick and Georgina are both staring at the food. She never talk to him or try to eat, rather look away and ignore his presence.
"You should eat. The doctor said you need to eat a proper meal in a right time. Eat." Henrick said.
"I'm not hungry, scram stupid!"
"Fine. I'm sorry about what happened yesterday, but I'm just telling the truth. Kiela is more important to me than you, so..." He startled when she slams the earphone on the table, glare at him with madness.
"Important? Why don't you just marry her and leave Giovanni alone? He's more important to me than you, so the feelings are mutual. Go take your woman and I'll free my man." She said without hesitation. That made the others look at them.
"What did you say? Why don't you do it by yourself? Take your man away from her and solve those problems of yours on your own." Henrick slams his hand on the table and stands up.
"Sure. I don't want to stick with a rude, selfish and stubborn man like you. Don't show your f*cking annoying face in front of me anymore."
Georgina gets her phone and storms out of the studio in a hurry, while Henrick kicks the chair hard. It falls down, shuffling his hair out of frustration.
"Argh! What an annoying sh*t?!"