Love Game1: Destined

Chapter 5

Ian open the door and she saw him looking out in the window. She goes near him. Ian stand beside Neil, who is busy looking at the window. She look closely at Neil, he may look poker face but Ian could read the emotion on Neil’s eyes. Ian look where Neil where focus. She smirk, “She is a beauty”, Ian said in teasing tone.
Neil didn’t realize that Ian was already standing beside her. Watching him while watching his angel. He caught off guard. He look away before answering. “I’m just fascinated with the view”, his excuse.
Ian laugh at him. She speak while holding her laugh, “ Don’t try to lie. You can lie to everyone, but not to me. You know that, don’t you?”.
Neil sigh in defeat, “yes, she is beautiful”. He look outside the window with sad eyes.
Ian could see how painful his situation. She doesn’t know the story. But she know it wont be easy. She hug him and pat his back. “I want to help you,” her plead.

Noah was force by his friends to come with them. They want him to celebrate in Neil’s café. Noah let them drag him around. Not long enough they arrive in Neil’s café. And since everyone in the store know them, they were great by the manager. The manager told them that Neil is in Special Room. Noah and Darril was told to come up first by Archie, while Archie will do the pleasure ordering there food. But Noah will pay.
Noah sighing while going to the room. Darril is laughing seeing Noah. Noah shake his head before opening the door. He stop midway. Noah see Ian while she was hugging Neil. He felt needle pierce into his heart. Noah calm himself before going near to them.
Darril see emotion flash in Noah’s eyes. He didn’t speak. But his eyes tell a different story. He form a smirk in his lips.
Noah continue his way in, shielding his emotion.
Ian lift her head. She see Noah entering the room. Her heart become erratic. Ian whisper to Neil before looking in different direction as she let go Neil.
Neil feel surprise on sudden change of mood of Ian. He smirk seeing her being shy. ‘earlier you were teasing me, now the table has turn’, his thoughts. Neil greet his friends. With fist bomb.
Noah feel uncomfortable in the situation and want to go home but he don’t want to be obvious. “Sorry, for coming here. We should have called you”.
Neil can’t understand what he intend to say. Though he have a hunch and want to uncover the situation. “Its ok bro. You know that your always can come here even unnoticed.”
Darril notice Noah’s awkwardness and planning something. He showed thumbs up to Neil, while looking in his eyes with a smirk.
Neil understand what Darril want to do and his planning something. He can only sigh.
Archie come to them putting his arms around Noah neck. “ You just want to lazy around in your room.”
Noah scratch his head and whisper, to Archie. “No its not like that”.
Archie speak aloud, “then what?”.
Noah caught off guard, “ Well I think we were interrupting Neil and his girlfriend”.
Ian almost fell on her sit on what she have heard.
Neil and Darril look into each other and understand what is happening to  Noah. They were busy looking at each other when they heard Archie’s laugh.
Archie laugh and he wait until his own laugh died down. He is about to speak when Darril put his arms around him and speak.
“oh I forgot something I didn’t told you what I want to eat.” Darril dragged outside Archie and not letting him speak.
Noah look at Neil with suspicion. Neil smile at him and called Ian. Ian comes near to them. “I haven’t introduced both of you formally to each other.”
Ian cant look straight to Noah.
Noah look at her as if he want to melt her. ‘she is more beautiful up close’.
Neil smirk seeing  there emotion pass through there eyes. ‘well I’m only doing this to know if he really love you princess, sorry’, his thoughts.
Neil clear his throat to get there attention. “Ian this is Noah, he is one of my friends.” He paused and look to Noah. He look to Noah seriously and as if he is challenging him. “ This is Jillian Yu, my girlfriend”.
Ian got shock and cant utter any word.
Noah felt the pain like a thousand needle pierce to his heart. He just smile and move away.
Ian look at Neil fiercely, asking him to explain himself. Neil just pat his head and whisper, “later”. 

Archie stop walking and confront Darril. “why did you stop me earlier?”
“I was ask not to tell Noah that they were cousin, to protect Ian” Darril made an excuse.
“ But Noah is our friend.” Archie not buying his excuse.
“yeah he is our friend, and he like Ian. You know Neil”, Darril explaining to him.
Archie think processing what Darril have said. His eyes widen and look at him shockingly.
Darril nod to him. “ So keep it”. Tap his shoulder before passing through him as he go down.
Archie follow him, “I think I will need more foods.” As he encircle his arms to his shoulder. Darril just look at him. Archie wiggle his eyebrows at him. Darril shake his before speaking. “ok fine”.

Driving in there way home. Neil felt nervous, Ian is not talking to him. He clear his throat to get her attention.
Ian is busy calming herself, before he listen to his cousin excuse. She heard him clear his throat, feeling pissed. “do you want to choke  to death?”.
Neil gulp before speaking, “You are under my care, anything happen to you. Our parents and family member specially your brothers will get mad at me.”
Ian sigh, ‘perks of being families only princess’ she said in her head. “is that why you lied?” she ask.
“Yes and No” Neil answer.
Hearing his answer Ian look at him raising one of her eyebrow.
Seeing her look at him, she was asking for explanation. “ yes because if I didn’t do that your brothers will do it. And you know them.” Neil explain.
“what is ‘no’ then?” Ian ask.
Neil smirk before answering, “and the no, well because I want to test him if he is serious with you or you were just one of those, 'I'm not the one’.”
Hearing his answer Ian can only sigh. She remember his words, “so you think he like me?”.
Neil bite his tongue, before answering her, “did I say that?”.
Ian glare at Neil. “yes, I heard you saying it”. She see him look away. And if he do that she cant make him speak. But deep inside she is hoping at the same time wishing inside her head, ‘I wish he will is the one for me’ . She look outside the window.
Neil feel relieve that her cousin didn’t interrogate him. Not until they arrive in Yu’s Residence. He is about to turn off the car engine but Ian stop him. She look at him seriously before speaking, “I don’t know what intend to do or what goes in your head but I will let it slide for now. Because your my cousin and I know you have reason. Though I want to get even with you. And you know what I mean.” Neil felt cold sweat forming in his forehead. He know how wicked his cousin. He gulp while looking at her, her sweet smile spell trouble.
Ian left his cousin. She wont let him only have his way. She will interfere in his life too. She enter their house with smile in her lips. She went straight to her room.