Ménage à Trois (A Feverish Series)

Twin Soul

Mid December, Winter in Paris.

Jeff's POV

"Get ready in 10, Jeff!"

"He is ready! Just call in again when it's his turn!"

In a room full of people going about their tasks, running around like they are chasing time, here I am looking at the screen on my phone...waiting. When will it come? Will it ever? I've been waiting since this morning after reading the text message from Phi' Mile:

"He was seen having dinner at the hotel's restaurant for several days now. I could check with the hostess when he makes a reservation if you want to?"

"Is he with someone?" I asked curious and nervous at the same time.

"Yes, a woman" came a reply. I don't know if it's just the cold of the winter but my whole being felt numb. "Are you sure you want to see him?" Mile texted again.

"Please do, thank you Phi." was the reply I sent without hesitation or much thought.

But now my stomach feels like it will flip. I am no longer sure if my determination is still intact if I can face him in case he sees me. I just wanted a glimpse of him, after a long time, that is all I am asking for.

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Yibo's POV

How many times I've seen this show, two-three-four times? Honestly, I can watch it over again just to hear him sing. I wanted to approach him, I tried several times, but whenever I saw him with that beautiful smile on his face but with the saddest eyes...I back down.

It was my fault.

That sadness and endless longing that reflected in his eyes, after all these years, was my fault.

I promised to take care of him. To always make him laugh, protect him and make sure he is safe, to love him. In the end, I left him. I left them. Do I still have the right to be in front of him and make new promises that maybe I am not able to keep?

I just want to hear his voice and indulge in the melody of his songs. That is all I can ask for, is all I can afford to have.

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Bible's POV

I am walking along the park again this time of the night...wandering and wondering. Will my feet bring me to where you are? Should I hurry my steps so I can get to you fast or slow down so I can think more about what I'll do if ever I see you? Is fate kind enough tonight to let me find you?

Thoughts that I have every minute since I arrived here. Longing that my heart bears since the day you left. Hope that my soul hang on to it.

When will I find you?

What then once I see you?

Do you still love me the way you do then or have your hearts found another?

Regardless, I am sure to find out. Then we can all move on.

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Jeff strode across the road to the place his Phi' Mile told him.

"He will be there at 7 pm" Mile texted Jeff. It was already past 8 pm when he read it so he rushed out of the theatre forgetting everything else.

A few steps behind him, a man follows, wondering why Jeff is in a rush. "Did something happen?" "Is he okay?" "Should I approach him since he looks worried and he is all by himself?"

The restaurant is lit with warm and cozy lighting, almost romantic. Two people were sitting beside the glass window, facing each other.

Jeff froze the moment his eyes landed on the man's face. His heart skipped for how many beats, he wasn't sure anymore. He felt like crying seeing the man smiling sweetly. But his heart shattered when he realized that the smile was directed to another person, a woman.

Yibo was looking at Jeff full of longing and with a pained expression. He saw too and his heart broke as well. The two people he loves the most, Bible who is happily dining with a woman, and Jeff who is on the verge of crying looking at the couple.

Bible just finished his food and trying to listen to what the woman was saying but his mind was somewhere else. He can't stop thinking about where to go next to continue his search. For some reason, there is a cry at the back of his mind to look outside the restaurant.

There he saw him. That beautiful face he dreams of every night, singing to him with the most angelic voice he has ever heard looking back at him. But he looked sad...heartbroken. And a few steps away on the side, that brat that he missed so much that it hurt because he thought he would never see him again.

Bible stood up and ran out of the restaurant in panic as he noticed that Jeff was about to walk away.

"Jiji!!!" both Bible and Yibo screamed as they ran after Jeff.

They all halted as if the time stopped.

One heartbeat. Jeff knew he heard two familiar voices.

Two heartbeats. Yibo caught on to Bible and hugged him from behind.

Three heartbeats. Bible choked from the sob that tried to escape his lips.

Finally, their search for the love they have lost is over.

"Why are you running away again, Jiji?" Bible

"Bibi I'm back" Yibo whispered to Bible as he held him tight. "Jiji don't leave us" he pleaded to Jeff.

Jeff released his breath that he wasn't even aware he'd been holding and broke down crying.

Bible and Yibo approached him and held him in their arms.

"I found you, Yiyi," he said as he embraced him. "Bibi...the woman?" he asked the other.

"My half-sister. She helped me with my search for both of you. She told me that when you find the half of your heart, your soul will lead you to where they are"

Jeff smiled, "then I should thank her."

A few people walking past them were looking but they didn't care a bit. They kept hugging and kissing each other like there was no tomorrow. Whispering sweet nothings, some of the words they long to tell each other during the time they weren't together. The love they thought they'd lost but now had found again.

"Let's go home," Jiji said

"To where?" Yiyi asked

"To our unit or wherever you want us to be, anywhere with you is a home for me," Bibi said

"Good. I don't have a house here, been living in hotels and I might run out of money already" Yiyi replied jokingly.

Bible wanted to smack the brat's head but instead, he held both his cheeks and kissed him on the lips.

Hand in hand they walked towards their future, together this time.

They are blessed they were given their twin souls. No matter how unconventional the way they met and started, how they were separated by a situation beyond their control, their souls made sure to find their way to one another again.

That is the difference between the love of your life and your soulmate, the first is a choice and the other is a gift.

*end*

If you reached this point, thank you! Took me a long time to put an end to this story because I didn't want it to end. They deserve their happiness, though, so here we are. I hope you enjoyed reading as much as I loved writing this. I will surely miss our serious Bibi, the must-protect Jiji and our bratty but too-lovable Yiyi. I hope you all find your happiness too :) till next.