Only Kamu (A MeerNa's Fanfiction)

Chapter 13 : That Storm (Part 2)

"I don't know how I feel yet. Maybe I'm not free after all, tomorrow. I have to rush. Mama is waiting for me" Eli rushes off before Qeef could stop her

Qeef stops in his tracks and just stares from afar as Eli rushes off to the immigration counters. His eyes are getting watery.

"Fuck" that's all he could say for now.

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"Sayang, please listen to me. Let me explain. Don't do this to me. Don't do this to us" pleads Qeef on the phone, after several days of Eli not picking up his calls.

"Qeef, do you know what our fans are saying? They say I stole you from her. Some even say I'm a relationship wrecker. And they call you a cheater. I don't know how to handle this." complains Eli, sad. She's been watching and rewatching the video to get used to the visual, thinking that she'll eventually be rational about it. But she just can't. The idea that Jess was seated next to Qeef alone, ignites a fire in her. Not to mention the picture she got from an anonymous direct message. A picture of Qeef and Jess's family with the bride and groom looking like one big happy family. She totally lost it. And that's the reason for her not to answer any of his calls, until now. Until she can't endure missing him anymore.

"Can I see you? I need to show you something and we do need to talk about this face to face" continues Eli, which sounds like a good enough reason to meet, but if Eli is honest with herself, she would admit to the underlying reason. She is unable to stand not seeing him anymore. She needs to see him so bad.

"You know what Eli?" asks Qeef, sounding rather unsure.

"What?" asks Eli back, getting nervous. Her dramatic self is taking over. What if Qeef is hurt by the way she's treated him? What if Qeef doesn't want to see her anymore? What if Qeef has given up on them?

"I'm right in front of your house" declares Qeef. He's not sure how Eli is gonna take the idea of him stalking her. But after a few days of not being able to get in touch with her, Qeef feels like he's going to die if he doesn't see her one more day. Actually he was about to call Eli or break into her house if she was still not picking up. But to his surprise, it was Eli who called him first. And Qeef started pleading with her right after hello.

It doesn't take her 10 minutes before Eli is already next to Qeef in the car. Qeef almost smile at the fact that Eli has never been this quick to get ready before, but looking at her somber face, Qeef reality strikes.

"Where to?" asks Eli, matter-of-factly. Using all the self control she could muster not to show how much she misses him.

"Where would you like to go?" asks Qeef back, appearing emotionless, but in actuality the turmoil inside him is threatening to destroy what little self control he has left. He so badly needs to hug and kiss her, to tell her to not be bothered by what others have to say. But he needs to take it one step at a time.

"Somewhere far from KL" suggests Eli. She yearns to go where there's no one in sight, but just the two of them, so they could work things out without any kind of distraction.

Following Eli's suggestion, Qeef drives them to Janda Baik, and parks his car near a stream with nothing in sight other than trees, rocks and a river. Eli gets out of the car before Qeef and directly heads for a spot by the river, sits on a big rock that looks like a pouf. The sound of the stream calms Eli down before Qeef approaches and sit next to her. All it takes is for Qeef to be sitting next to her to make her heart goes haywire.

"Eli sayang, I'm really sorry..." Qeef starts to explain when Eli stops him with a hand gesture. She turns to face him directly.

"No baby, I am sorry about this whole thing. You tried to make the situation right for me, but I let my jealousy gets the best of me. It is not your fault at all. You did the right thing. But I allowed what others have to say to cloud my judgement. I am sorry, sayang. I should have been there for you since day one. " apologises Eli, ending her speech by taking Qeef's hand, kiss the tip of his fingers and put the palm on her cheek. She misses this like crazy.