Heart of rainbows || Englot || Completed

Chapter 25: Date

Charlotte's POV

Since Fa doesn't remember what almost occurred last night, I advised her to stop playing with me and date a real person. Someone who could comfort her instead of me, love her for who she is and take care of her with all their heart. 

"But I don't want to date some random stranger..." Fa repeated what she said before she got wasted yesterday. 

"Then, what are you planning on doing if not meeting with new people?" I let her make her own decision. 

When I confronted her, she tried to persuade me, "What if I want you to continue to be my boyfriend? Temporarily?"

Hearing what she has to say, she only wants to be with me for a short term until she finds someone. However, I am not stupid enough to believe that it's not going to end rather badly if it turns out that one of us has a genuine feeling for one other. It will not only hurt us but ruin our friendship too. 

And I think it is slowly becoming a reality when I saw her hanging with the stranger from the nightclub. Knowing that I became jealous of Fa further confirmed that I might have feelings for her even slightly. Since when did my heart feel distressed just because Fa was dancing with someone? 

So, before it's too late, I couldn't let my brief desire get the best of me, especially when I almost crossed the boundary between us last night after I commanded her to take her clothes off and be intimate.  

Therefore, to not make the same mistake again, I rejected her, saying it would be a waste of time. "If you really wanted to have some fun, you could date anyone, and I will also be doing the same thing because lately, I am feeling a little more lonely than usual," I recalled, remembering my desire to make love to her last night. 

And I knew from then on our relationship would take a different route when Fa wished me that I would find someone better than her. Hearing her say that makes me feel like she's threatening me, knowing that I made a wrong verdict. 

I guess it's easier for her to offer a date with me because she's not doing this seriously, and it shows when she only wanted this temporarily. In other words, she only thinks this way because she has no feelings for me. 

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Just like that, we went our separate ways and mingled with someone. Also, since nowadays my preference is more towards women, I attempted to have a blind date with a woman, but I couldn't connect with them emotionally. It's like I couldn't be vulnerable with them and be my own person as I kept pretending to share my good side only and hide my flaws. 

"I am sorry... but I don't think we're going to work out. But, it has been nice meeting you," I declined my blind date. As I said goodbye to the girl, I heard someone calling me from behind.

"Char! Char!", My ex-girlfriend called me from a good distance while sitting alone at her table. 

I didn't expect to see her coming to this fancy restaurant, so I asked her in a well-mannered way, "Heidi! What're you doing here?" 

Instinctively, I went to her table and sat there for a while as she offered me the seat next to her. "I was actually waiting for someone, but I don't think they will come since I've been here for nearly an hour," She answered my question. 

"Danggg, I think you got rejected!" I mocked her when she explained that she was waiting for her date. 

She then slapped my hand when I teased her because I agitated her mood for the night. "Yeah, just like you, who has been unsuccessfully getting matched with her blind date a while ago," Heidi returned the mockery.  

Author's note:

Char's ex-girlfriend is Heidi, by the way... I didn't introduce the character earlier due to a change in the plot) And for this chapter, I want to share an instrumental instead of a song because this masterpiece depicts their friendship.