Feelings Reveal
2110 Words
ABIGAIL’S POV
No… it can’t be. He should not see me or else all my plans turns to nothing! I tried to hide myself while secretly observing him.
He’s laughing and flirting with a girl, whom I think his new girl. He looks happy, great! While I am here suffering and mourning with what happened to me – with they done to me. I can’t help feeling the anger and my eyes are fascinated to him when he suddenly looks in my direction so I have to take away my stare.
F*ck! why of all places I would see him here? WHAT IS HE DOING HERE? He must not see me or else all my plan will turn to nothing!
“I should go” I whispered to Sam. She looks confused so I tell her that I saw Kent.
“Is that your ex-boyfriend that wanted to poison you?” I just nodded and tried to cover myself from her.
“Where?” she asked.
“Look straight at your right, the guy sitting at the counter flirting with a girl” I said. Sam secretly looks at her right trying not to make it obvious.
“Is it the guy wearing a cap?” she asked.
“Yes”
“Black shirt, with a masculine body?” she asked again.
“Yes”
“Is it the guy approaching us?” she asked.
Wait… WHAT?? I took a glimpse on him and she’s right! KENT IS WALKING TOWARDS US!!
“We need to go!” I told Sam in a rush. I am surprised when Rylle just grab my hand and pull me out while Sam followed. All this time, Rylle is just silent so I didn't expect that he'll grab my hand for overhearing our conversation. We are walking towards the door when Kent shouts.
“Wait!” We all stopped but I didn’t bother to look.
“What do you want?” Rylle faced Kent and seriously asked him.
“May I know the name of that girl?” Kent told Rylle.
“Sorry we are in a hurry” Rylle hold my arm and lead me outside but Kent speaks again.
“Abigail?” Kent suddenly said. My heart is beating fast and I don’t know what to do! How the hell he knew?
“Abigail who? Her name is Kiara, not Abigail, she’s my fiancée so leave her alone. BACK OFF BRO!” Rylle heavily said.
“Sorry, I just thought…” Kent said. I just hope he’s convinced about what Rylle said.
“Tsk” he then again grabs my hand and we walked out. I am relieved the moment we got out. We’re already outside but Rylle didn’t get rid of my hand. We reached the house when Rylle decided to let go of me.
“Thanks” I simply told him.
“That was close. You should stay indoor starting tomorrow not until we make sure that he left the resort” Rylle said.
“Hmm… I though we can have a sip of beer tonight” Sam suddenly spoke. Right, I thought too but I guess we will postpone that.
“We can drink here” my eyes widen and look at Rylle. Is he serious about that? I look at Sam but she looks excited.
“Great! Let’s go!” Sam said. We set-up a mini-picnic on the sand while Rylle get some drinks and foods.
“Here” Rylle bought the drinks so we set it up on the table. This is the first time I tried alcohol and honestly, it doesn’t even taste good. I felt like inside me is burning!
“Are you okay?” Rylle asked when he noticed that I am not enjoying the drink.
“Yeah… it’s just that, I haven’t drink before” I told him.
“That’s a normal reaction. It tastes good when you have problems, swear!” Sam joined the conversation.
“It’s okay if you don’t like to drink” Rylle said but I don’t want to be that killjoy when in the first place that’s the main reason why we are at the bar earlier. I am more than my legal age so it’s okay.
“No, I’m good” I simply said and swallow the drink on the glass that I’m holding. We continued drinking while talking about different stuff. The night is getting deeper and I felt a little dizzy already so we decided to go back in. Rylle didn’t drink too much and he’s still not drunk and he’s guiding us through the house.
"So that's your ex-boyfriend that your Aunt and Uncle told to fool you huh? He's actually good looking but seeing just his face, I can tell that he's the type of guy who won't do anything good" Sam said. I smiled bitterly.
"You're right" I agreed to Sam.
"But... did you really love him?" I am struck with Sam's question. I didn't expect that.
"uhm... yeah" I responded.
"Well, as you say so..." Sam said.
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Few days have past and I stayed indoor as what Rylle told me but today he said that Kent already left early this morning so I can freely walk outside.
“I’ll be going back to Manila. I have a lot of things to do and I’ll be gone quite long” Rylle said in the middle of our meal.
“When?” Sam asked while I am just listening and waiting for his answer.
“Tomorrow. You know what to do with her” Rylle answered referring to me. That means that Sam will take charge of me, then we can have enough time to talk.
Until now I felt like Rylle is too far from me. I mean, we are together but we barely talk and he seem uninterested meeting new people. He’s too mysterious and serious and… miserable. Well, I don’t really have to talk to him besides, he doesn’t have an obligation to me, I am just thankful that he extended a hand to help me but it would be great if he’s a little friendly, right?
On the next day I woke up with a loud siren and I thought it was Rylle but when I open my eyes, Sam is smiling at me, WIDELY! Another interrupted sleep and now we are at the studio of this house. I don’t what it is, it’s just an open area like a function hall and it’s very spacious.
“Your training continued right now” she said. Don’t tell me that she’s the one who will be teaching me? Gosh! For real?
She’s wearing a white kimono, the one that worn in taekwondo, yeah that’s the one. She throws me the plastic with another kimono on it so I wear it.
“There, I think we can start” she said. She teaches me first the basics just like what happened in the firing session and I think this is very proper.
“Does Rylle already left?” I asked her.
“Yes earlier” she responded.
“Oh, I see” I simply responded. I thought the conversation will end there but Sam suddenly speaks.
“Last night, I never expect that Rylle will say that you were Kiara. She never mentioned her name again ever since she’s gone neither us want him to say her name” she is looking far and that bitter sweet smile on her face is disturbing.
“Why?” I asked. That’s strange when someone doesn’t want to hear a name that he loved the most.
“Hearing her name, breaks his heart. Her name is pain in his ear. He was so in love with Kiara that until now he doesn’t move on” he was so in love and still in love with her, that’s it.
“Kiara is lucky to have a guy like Rylle” she mumbled. I know that there’s something on her bitter smiles but I just can’t figure it out.
“But he’s lucky to have a best friend like you” I told her but she just laughs, bitterly.
“I hope he sees me the way you did” she said. That’s it, I knew that there’s really something I just need to confirm it.
“Do you like him?” I straightly asked. Her smiles fade and changed with frowns.
“That is an understatement. In am in love with him…”
WHAT? Did I hear it right? That’s why she was so worried when Rylle drown himself and the way she stares and care for him is different. I should know from the start.
“Does he know?” I asked her. I don’t know if I’m asking her the right question but I wanted to know.
“Yeah” oh sh*t! if Rylle knew about her feelings towards him then why he acts like he doesn’t know it?
“I know you’re wondering so I’m going to tell you everything. Before Rylle have had liked Kiara, I was the one who like him first but he doesn’t know it and I never tell him. Later on, when I decided to confess, he confessed to me… about his feelings for Kiara, my best friend. That time I decided to keep my feeling instead so I helped him and they became together. I am happy for them, really. It hurts, yeah, it truly hurts specially when he proposes to her but I still helped him and I am happy for the both of them. When Kiara died, Rylle was devastated, I was there to comfort him and I kissed him, I couldn’t help it. I told him about my feelings but he couldn’t reciprocate those feelings, friendship is the only thing he could offer me. Starting then, he never come back here not until earlier” Sam stated. There’s pain in her eyes and sadness in her voice. She’s a martyr and she’s in love with Rylle.
“You still love him?” I asked.
“My feelings are never gone. I always love him” she responded. I don’t know what to say, I am SPEECHLESS! I adore how she stand to see the guy he loves, loving someone else and crazy over someone while you tried to him that you are happy for him where in fact, you’re slowly dying inside.
“Let’s go back to our training” she said. We continued the training but I couldn’t concentrate well because of what I discovered from Sam. If Rylle doesn’t want to hear her name, then why he even said Kiara’s name last night?
How come that they act so normal when they saw each other back after how many years? *sigh* two years is quite enough for them to both forget about that confession thingy but considering that Sam still loves Rylle really bothers me. well, I couldn’t blame her if she really loves him that much but after all these years and he doesn’t show feelings to her, she still continues loving him. I stan her for being too martyr and in love with Rylle.
My training with Sam goes on every day and so far, I am getting better each day, as what Sam said. I even asked her why do I need to do this. Do I have to fight them physically? But the only thing she said is that, “learning self-defense is a must” and that word of her hits me so hard. I haven’t thought about it and she just made me realize that I am such an i***t for not realizing it too early.
“You’re good, let’s have a fight” she said. I am struck with what she said. A one-on-one fight? Girl, you’re a pro and you’re asking me for a fight? How is it going?
“Don’t say no, come on” she positioned herself for a fight and I don’t have any choice but to do it. I did the fighting position and we had a fight. She’s good, really good and I have a hard time beating her up but I won’t let her win that easy. I did my best but at the end, she wins.
“At least I tried” I said and laugh.
“That was good. You’re learning fast and I guess I already taught you all the necessary things you need to learn” she said in response.
*clap* *clap* *clap*
Our attention is caught with the person clapping and unexpectedly, he’s back.
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