Bad Timing - Jiara (JJ Maybank & Kiara Carrera)

Chapter 14

"it's not- it's not what it seems like" Kiara broke the silence to say in a hoarse voice, unsurely, followed by him shaking his head in disbelief. What Kiara thought happened was JJ being upset with her way of coping with his absence, she didn't know what was going through his mind had nothing to do with that.  The sonorous thunder continuously clapping, perfectly describing the topography playing on in the car as JJ finally describes the chaos going on in his head.

"no it is exactly what it seems like" He said with incense, never once looking at her even though her eyes were studying him precisely, trying his best to shake the image of Kiara and Ryan from his head.

"i just couldn't control myself, I'm sorry-" Kiara added sympathetically, only to make the situation more horrid. 

"W-why are you telling me this right now, i don't want to what excuse you made to get over your guilt" JJ scolded, voice louder than the thunder, as Kie tried to interject, but all the raise of his hurt voice ever did was deepen the whole she felt in her throat. 

"I'm sorry," Sobs were next in line, he hated it, making her cry, she hated it too, being weak, it made them venerable and pathetic, two things they would never want to be, "i know you were already hurting and now you're saying I've hurt you even more, but all I've ever wanted to do was try and help-" She muttered regretfully, eventually winning against the blockage in her throat. 

"Of course you've hurt me! How is sleeping with another guy helping me?" JJ yelled, fighting the tears that were dwelling in the corner of his eyes, making Kiara flutter her eyelashes at his harsh tone, but as soon as he did, confusion took over her features, for it was then she knew all this was is a simple misunderstandment 

"w-what? I-i wasn't having sex with a-anyone!" She yelled back defensively, only making him scoff incredulously as the thunder claps again, getting louder and louder as the storm kept on getting closer to the sheltered car.   

"oh so you're lying too now, great" He stammered under his breath, unsure if the defensive look on her face was fooling him into believing he was wrong or it was actually true, either way, he was too arrogant to admit it. 

"I am not lying!" Her voice was loud and nasal, in shock that it is taking him this long for it to click in his head. 

"i heard you!" JJ jeered enragedly, before she cut him off to finally reveal the hidden truth she would've wanted to keep a secret. 

"i was alone!" She shouted remorsefully, voice loudest than any they've both used against each other "i was alone, alright!?" Kie repeated her words clearly yet still in a muffle as she looked down avoiding the condemnation and shame she feared to receive. 

His blue irises finally faced her, yet this time she didn't bother glaring back at him, for her eyes were closed as the creases on her forehead show how shameful she truly was. Yet his hand wanders its way to her chin, caressing it delicately before shifting it upwards gently, forcing her gaze on him.  

"I am sorry" Three words, he said, three simple words, but, those words shot her eyes open as soon as they escaped his soft lips, for it was enough to make her grateful that he put his stubbornness aside and chose to apologize.  

"i shouldn't have overreacted" JJ speaks softly, as if patiently awaiting any sort of reaction to come out of her, but her face only showed hesitance as she decided whether what she planned to say next was the right thing. 

"Why did you?" She pondered dubiously, "overreact?" Kie clarified as she noticed his perplexity, "it's not like we're official or anything" Stammers were how the words spat out of her mouth, yet he, unfortunately, heard her muffles.