City of Love [Zaintsee]

Chapter 23

Dedicated to AnneMalliyaJaneVilla

"Hello... Hailey?" Zee called Hailey a couple of days later after finishing all the work relating to his business as well as setting up the apartment.

"Heyyyy... Zeee" hailey spoke in a squeaky voice.

"What happened to your voice?" Zee asked sensing something weird

"Whaaat ...nooo ...nothing is wrong. .. my voice is fiiiinneee ... Just fiiiinnee"

"Er ...okay ...are you trying to hide something from me?"

"Whaaat ...nooo... where did you get that idea frommm?"

"If it is about Cedric and Saint faking everything to trip me it's fine ... I know about it?"

Hailey coughed and said "you know about it... But ..how ?"

"So you knew about it as well huh? Were you all trying to play me together?" Zee asked playfully

"Zee ... I swear I did not know about it... I mean both of them kept it from me and apparently they did it for both you and me... I got to know only recently...I~"

"Okay okay .. slow down ... I am not angry ... I think its cute that Saint planned all this for me "

"Err .. it was all Cedric's idea by the way"

"Did I say cute? ...nooo that's not what I meant... That punk made my baby Saint play along with him ... I can't imagine how uncomfortable he should have felt ..."

"Ha ha ...okay ... whatever but... Cedric and I are dating now... So watch what you say about him from now on"

"What ?? When did that happen?"

"After the movie ... When you guys didn't show up"

"Woah .. that soon huh?"

"You shouldn't be the one to talk... How much do you really know about Saint?... I have been around Cedric for years and we basically know everything about each other"

"For your information... I know more about Saint than you do"

"Wait a minute ... Did you stalk him... How are you so confident about that?"

"Because his mom told me everything ... From how they moved to Paris and about his father and how loved Saint is ...she even shared some cute stories from when he was a baby"

"Amy?? Amy told you all that? I thought she was against you"

"I thought so too ... But you were right about her... She is such a baby ... Like mother like son ... She apologized and it's a long story"

"Then the way is cleared up... Go confront Saint and tell him that you know he was lying and you know the truth and get together already"

"No no no... I don't want to confront him ... I want him to confess... when he comes clean I want to make all of this real ... And for that I need your help"

***

Zee threw a housewarming party, and Hailey helped him by inviting a few potential guests who can be helpful to him in the future business dealings here in Paris. Although the main reason for this party was Saint, Zee had no idea how he was going to make Saint confess, but he just wanted to see him again and hopefully make him stay the night.

Saint thought this was going to be another gig where he was going to play the cello and show off his talent again. Hailey had to spoil his spotlight and tell that today's party wasn't going to have live music and especially Saint playing, today he was just going to be another guest like everyone else there.

Saint wasn't so thrilled about that, he almost wanted to not go but then Cedric was insisting too, for some reason his gut said that it had something to do with Hailey. He had no other choice but to go, Saint as always never asked what the party was all about, usually he would ask Cedric on the way to the venue, but apparently today Cedric was not picking him up today because it was not a gig and it was only a normal party so he did not have to act as his manager today, which absolutely sucked.

This day was getting more annoying as it went by, the even worse part was, he did not get a custom made suit from Hailey this time and he had to go shopping, speaking about a nightmare during the day Saint was in it. He has no other friends except Hailey and Cedric to go shopping, and those guys out of all the days they decided to bail on him only today. Saint did not have a choice but to go alone, but the thing was he did not know what kind of party it was and where he should go to purchase the perfect clothes and shoes, the only one person he could think of who could help him with this situation was Zee.

"I am not gonna call Zee '' Saint paced back and forth in his room "I am not at all going to call him... I mean... I can't, right? I should have to apologise and all that, and ... And I am still not ready to see him, I mean ... At one point or the other I need to tell him everything... About me and Cedric and him and ohh gosh... I don't know how I am going to do that, it's going to be so embarrassing. Wait... What happens if he doesn't forgive me? What happens if ...if he moves on ? Am I gonna lose him forever... Oh shit ... Uffff...it's happening again where are my meds''

Saint rushed to grab his medicines placed on his night stand and that's when his phone started ringing in his pocket, he picked it up without even looking at the screen.

"Hello?" Saint said

"Hello" it was Zee

"Huh...uff... Zee... Wha... Why ... Um ...hold on ...uff" Saint was breathing heavily, he was about to reach his medicine right then

"Saint ... Saint ... Are you alright?"

"Yeah yeah ...I'm fine ...hold on" Saint clutched his phone in between his shoulders and ear and fumbled to screw the box open ... But his hands were trembling so bad and he was concentrating on other things. The box fell and rolled down the bed. "Shit" he cursed and he la, layed down on the floor to reach the box underneath in the process he dropped his phone

"Hello... Hello ... Saint... Are you okay ... what happened... Saint" Zee was yelling on the phone and even without the speaker his voice was loud enough to be heard, Saint didn't know if he had to calm himself first or if he had to calm Zee down. He huffed and picked up the phone anyway.

"Hello" Saint said

"Saint... What's going on? You're scaring me ...talk to me" Zee was genuinely freaked out, he knew something was wrong and that's when he heard the rhythm of Saint's breathing and realised that Saint was probably having a panic attack.

"I... Huh ... I'm fine Zee ... Just ...just gimme a minute .. I. ..I need to get my~"

"Saint ... Baby... Listen to me"

Saint was shocked when that sentence was said ... He thought to himself 'baby?'

"Listen, I need you to breathe alright... Inhale ... Exhale... Breathe in ... Breathe out ...are you with me"

Saint was silently taking Zee's instructions and for some reason his anxiety completely vanished in a millisecond and all he could feel was Zee's care for him, his eyes turned dreamy and he imagined Zee sitting next to him on the floor, and patting his back with concern and fear filled in his eyes while he was trying to make Saint feel better.

"Baby ... Are you alright" Saint imagined Zee looked straight in his eyes

"I ... I am fine ... Thank you" Saint said while looking at the imaginary Zee in front of him, his voice sounded more relaxed.

"Shit ... You scared me Saint... I was almost about to come to you"

"Er ... Yeah" that's when Saint realised he was actually speaking on the phone...

"Do you want me to come?"

"What ...no ... I mean ... Wait... Zee... Er what's the matter...why did you call?" Saint reached out and held the plastic box filled with his meds.

"I was just gonna ask ..." Zee said "can we go shopping?"