The Untold Romance

Chapter 5.

Nakahiga na si Bank sa bed niya and he has been staring at the ceiling for almost an hour na. Hindi siya dinadalaw ng antok kahit pagod siya kakalibot ng Bangkok today.

Hindi niya mapigilang mapangiti as memories of the day were playing back on his mind. Ni 1% chance ay hindi niya inasahang mangyayari ang mga nangyari sa araw niya. He was just supposed to grab some breakfast when he took the elevator.

The elevator stopped on the 10th floor. As it opened, a familiar figure showed up in front of him. One of the girls last night na nakasabay niya rin sa elevator. He knew they weren't obviously Thai because they spoke a different language.

The girl stood at the corner opposite of him. He noticed that she was trying to avoid looking at his side, and he remembered what he saw last night – a foreign girl drooling over Mario Maurer's pictures. He silently laughed when he remembered it. She must have remembered him that was why she was feeling embarrassed. "She's pretty cute," he told himself.

When the elevator reached the ground floor, the foreign girl quickly walked away while calling maybe one of his friends from last night. Meanwhile, he was supposed to take the main exit when he noticed that there are paparazzi outside. "Dang! How did they know that I am staying in this hotel? Just how?"

Without thinking twice, he took a detour and followed the foreign girl. He did something that was actually out of the line, he threw his arm to the girl and acted like they were couples walking out the other exit. He was trying to avoid and hide from those crazy paparazzi! Gosh.

He found himself laughing like a mad man when he remembered what happened this morning. "Gosh Bank, just how the heck did you come up with that idea?" He started talking to himself. "You're so smart!" He complimented himself.

It was never planned. Who would have thought that he would experience having a tour date with a stranger foreign girl? But he admitted that he had fun today.

"Thank you, Ev." He closed his eyes as he was trying to recall her face just before the elevator closed earlier.

When the elevator reached the 32nd floor, ay hindi siya lumabas. He was hesitating for a few seconds. But he might regret it if he would not say it. He pushed the 10th-floor button and the elevator started to go down again.

"Come on, faster, faster!" He was in a hurry because he might miss her because he forgot to ask her room number.

The elevator opened and he quickly got out and reached the 10th-floor hallway. He saw her but her friends were already walking with her going back to their rooms.

"See you again, Ev." He whispered while staring at her as they walked away from him.

He wasn't sure why he said that. But, he's pretty sure he would meet her again.

He was enjoying rewinding the events of the day when his phone rang – his manager and secretary at the same time was calling him.

Napaupo siya sa higaan niya at inayos ang sarili bago sinagot ang tawag, "Hello, Manager –", hindi na natapos ni Bank ang sasabihin ng marinig niya ang boses ng nasa kabilang linya.

"Bank! Where the hell are you? Why did you just run away like that yesterday?!!" Galit na galit ang boses sa kabilang linya.

The voice was not from his manager but from his father.

"Wait dad, I'm sorry. I'll hang up now. And please don't use P'Kob just to call me. Bye."

"Argh, he just ruined my good evening," reklamo ni Bank. He lay down again after the short call from his father and decided to play some song from Spotify when he found a song sung by a Filipino singer.