A Lover of Rain

CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN

CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN:

I felt like my entire body just got hit by a truck and my brain got removed from my skull because of the hangover from the combination of the alcohol and the events that happened last night. Every turn and hour of the party there's something going on that has now taken a toll on my body. I couldn't even remember how I got home last night. As I tried to walk down the stairs, the world started spinning around at an abnormal pace that I couldn't keep up with. I almost fell down the stairs but I was able to stop myself from doing a roll on the steps by holding onto the railings until I reached the first floor safely. My eyes were still half-opened while I was walking towards the kitchen where I didn't notice my surroundings at first until I stared and it made my brow raise automatically.

"What the fuck... why is there naked people in the house?" I mumbled the question to myself when I noticed Clyde wearing a robe in the kitchen cooking something while Sebastian, who's half-naked and wearing transparent glasses, was using our blender to make some homemade juice.

I was frozen on the spot while my mind was still spinning from the hangover and confusion when someone grabbed me from my shoulders to push me gently over the seats on the countertop table. My head slightly turned around to see who was guiding me to the chair and noticed Jacob wearing his pajamas. "Oh wow, you're really drunk last night, huh." He said after making me take a seat on the revolving chair, grabbing the coffee beans on Shay's special drawer.

"What is going on?" I asked myself while watching these three men in my friends' life take over our kitchen to make us breakfast. When I heard Sebastian greet me good morning with a smile on his face, it made my eyes slightly squint from how awkward it made me feel. I'm not used to him being nice to me since I still remember the time when I bumped into him in Cebu where I thought he's about to ask me in a fight.

"Good morning?" I tried to greet him back but my tone ended up making it a question.

"I'm Sebastian, Markie's... boyfriend." He introduced himself but there's a hint of hesitation when he said the b-word. My head tilted from the word he used since I haven't gotten any news that they've reached that level yet.

"You are..." When he asked my name, there was an urge inside of me to tell him that we have met a hundred times already but not once did he even look back into my eyes to acknowledge my existence. But instead of whining about it, I accepted the handshake he was offering and introduced myself so we could finally have an official introduction with each other. "Aryn, Markie's bitchy friend." I added a little adjective to describe myself like a subtle warning if he'd ever hurt one of my close friends that I treat like a sister.

"Haven't gotten my approval yet, so calm yourself down." Clyde joined in on the conversation while putting some omelet on a plate that Jacob just put down on the table. He didn't even throw a glance over at Sebastian's direction even though the guy had his usual smirk already plastered on his face.

"Noted, brother-in-law." Sebastian replied that slightly provoked Clyde, he almost hit him with a spatula until he got interrupted by the voices of the other owners of the house that was gracing down the stairs.

"Here you go, Aryll." My eyes blinked a few times while wondering if I heard Sebastian right before shrugging my shoulders and started sipping on the orange juice with pulp he handed me.

"And I'm telling you it was him in the other room!" Markie was arguing with Shay about something, making my headache even more worse from the loud voices early in the morning. I rested my elbow on the table to support my head as I put my fist against my temple, unconsciously listening in on their argument even if it was against my will. "Ssh! Marinig ka pa ni Maya, namamaga na nga yung mata eh!" Shay answered while gesturing for her to be quiet.