Homeless Vain

25

I was considering Sangyeon's idea or was it actually an offer? - Inviting Kevin to the party.

I must say that he planned it really really well because the date falls right on the day before the reunion which simply means, Kevin most probably will be available to come.

I promised I won't be taking it to heart if he can't come but a small part of my heart was screaming for his availability on that day. 

Maybe because, this little event is to celebrating my hard work where I'd poured all my blood and sweats into the piece of work of mine. And I wanted him to be there as a part of the important people - maybe VVIP

I'd been staring onto my phone screen, the conversation I had with him last night which started with 'will you be available on the day before?' and he replied with a simple 'not sure yet. I'll check and get back to you tomorrow'.

"It's today", I said, scrolling my screen upwards from our conversation for the nth times, hoping that a new message box would be miraculously appeared. But up until now, none.

"For everyone's sake Ivy, stop!", Faye snatched my phone away, killing it by clicking on the side button, the screen went dark. "Didn't he say he will inform you? So he will. Just wait patiently".

She emphasized the last word with an eye roll but it never effected me.

Instead, I leaned against the chair of Evelyn's cafe comfortably, staring onto the high ceiling ever so attentively as if it was transparent and I could've seen birds flying through the fluffy clouds on the sky.

"Want me to call him?", Jacob suddenly arrived, placing a glass of iced cappuccino on the table. My eyes trailed back to him, blinking furiously, questioning the valid reason behind the idea he'd given. "To..... remind him? That he has to get back to you?"

I chuckled, almost tugging a handful of hair off my scalp.

I wondered how I could've survived from befriending all these people with different colours and behaviors.

Faye is too straight while Jacob is too pure and don't get me started with the rest of them. It would be a chaotic disaster everytime we get together.

"Let's wait without doing anything", I surrendered, sipping on the drink Jacob brought. The cold sensation went down my dry throat, freshened me up almost instantly. "I should've known that this drink is a distraction".

A familiar smile spread across Jacob's face, the one that also was quite addictive. Anyone who was seeing it would automatically have their mood brightening, vanishing all their fatigues and pain.

"But Ivy", now he was worrying me. The smile had slightly faded, being replaced by a little puckered lips. "Chanhee said, he couldn't come to your party but he promised to go to the reunion".

Once again, I chuckled.

As days passed by, I seemingly had noticed something about my relationship with Chanhee. It most likely that we're having a love-hate relationship.

His nagging most probably was his charm, his loud voice always made us laughed but all the time, I found myself lost against him. Everything I said would be retaliated by him without fail.

And the only thing that would make us sitting in the same boat was when it came to a feeling. Where he would talk about his crush and I would talk about Kevin.

"Actually...", Faye started, looking uneasy as we looked at her. "I'm sorry guys, I couldn't be at both".

"Why?", surprisingly, me and Jacob said it together as the first question anyone could've thought everytime a shocking news was delivered.