"It's.. it's been so long.." gige said, a silent chuckle in her tone
Arthit nodded at her words, not finding suitable words to form a proper sentence, his phone rung in his pocket, which went unnoticed by him due to how how fixed his eyes, ears and mind was on the girl in front of him
The girl who used to be his life, stood oh so casually and calmly in front of him as if they weren't just meeting after a decade or so
"So what have you been doing?" Gige asked, wanting the conversation to keep going
"Oh, yea, I have taken over the company, so yea, how about you?" Arthit asked, looking straight in her eyes
He wanted to find the uneasy feeling in her, the one he felt in him, but somehow all he found was guilt, what was it about?
"I'm doing alright I guess, I am a writer and yea, I'm living" gige replied with a faint smile
"So you live here?" Arthit asked
"Oh no, I live in Korea, I have come here for a couple of days, for some work related research" gige replied
Arthit nodded at her, finding himself at loss of words yet again
"Wanna have dinner together? Maybe catch up about each other's lives?" Gige suggested politely
"Sure" arthit replied with a tight smile which seemed to have satisfied the girl ____________________
Arthit lay on the bed in his room, his thoughts stuck on her, since the moment he saw her again
She was still the same, who could tell a decade had passed since arthit last saw her, there was no change in her, except for her eyes, they looked sincere rather than childish
Arthit sighed, caressing his temple, he wanted to get her off his mind, grabbing his phone, he switched on the screen only to find several missed calls, one of them being from kongpob
Arthit called him back, but the other seemed to have already gone to bed, seeing on how he didn't pick up, even though the phone rung the whole while
Arthit put his phone away, kicking his shoes off as he hid himself in the blanket, surrounded by his stupid thoughts, oh how he wished he hadn't bumped into her ______________________
"I didn't expect you to actually show up" gige said, standing up and waving at arthit
"It's not like me to break promises" arthit replied before he took a seat
He noticed how her smile fell in an instant and he wasnt sure what made him say that, was it the unproper goodbye?
Nonetheless, gige faked a chuckle, letting it slide as if it were a joke before she too, took her seat
The food was ordered, the two had their dinner in an awkward silence where they kept glancing at each other after every five minutes
Arthit noticed how her fashion hadn't changed either, she was still the old timid, fragile looking girl, same blond, silky hair, wearing her very favourite combination of colours, black and white
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"Wanna maybe go for a walk?" Gige asked, once the waiter had taken away the bill
Arthit glanced at her before he let out a sigh
"What are you trying to do?" Arthit asked back
"I..nothing arthit, just catch.." gige was cut by arthit
"Why did you ever leave if this is what you wanted anyways?" Arthit asked
Gige looked up at him, her eyes slowly getting watery as she blinked hard to throw the tears away
"Nevermind, I'm leaving, it was nice meeting you after so long" arthit mumbled as he began to walk away
"If you do hate me, at least listen to my part of the story before leaving, to decide if I even deserve it or not" gige replied
Arthit halted in his steps, he didn't want to look back, he didn't want to stay and listen to it, it would break his heart, but he was curious, what made her leave with no message? _____________________
"My father had cancer, you know I was from a low caste family, we had nothing, I dropped out of college just to send my brother to one, but after a while even that was not possible, your father, called me to visit him one day, he offered me money to leave you, I denied, I wasn't going to break us, but then he promised to send my brother to college, to get my father treated in the best hospital possible, I was tempted arthit, I wanted to see my brother becoming something in life unlike me, I wanted to see my father happy and healthy like earlier, I was forced, I had no other choice and so I had to leave.. not contacting you was a part of the deal, I know it doesn't make me any good in the story, but I never did not love you, I always missed you, waited for you, hoping we would meet someday and maybe have it all back, the way it was" gige whispered the last part, while tears flowed down her cheeks, but the smile on her lips remained the very same
Arthit stared at her, his own eyes brimming with tears, he never knew this part of the story, gige had always been the villain for him, but she too, was a victim, not as big as him, but was
"Take me back arthit, please.." gige mumbled
Arthit hadn't uttered a word since gige told him what it all was, he stood there, in all silence
He sucked in a sharp breath, wiped off his tears and looked at her with eyes full of emotions, different ones, all at once
"I..I have a husband, gige, someone I love more than anything" arthit replied
