Blooming red | s.jy

22. I guess we are official

Jake's pov

I wake up with a pounding headache making me groan loudly. "Ahh f***" my eyes still shut tightly while sitting up grabbing my head. I lean my back with the headboard sighing.

Events of yesterday still roaming in my head as if it just happened a few minutes ago. I lazily get out of bed with my head throbbing and i walk towards the bathroom to freshen up since i passed out last night and didnt change.

I come downstairs drying my hair with the towel and see that the mess i created yesterday was all cleaned up , the living room looked as clean as ever. I bite my inner cheek feeling guilt for what i did to chris yesterday.

I walk to the kitchen and see him cooking breakfast more like hangover soup for breakfast. He notices me and smiles at me greeting me "good morning"

"Morning" i greet back with more like a remorse full tone and sit on the table when he serves the soup. Both of eat in silence when i finally gather the courage to speak to him.

"Hey chris , about last night......" i put down my spoon and he looks at me as well. "Im sorry" i avoid eye contact with him but i hear him putting down his spoon as well and he says something leaving me in utter shock.

"I dont need your apology jake , i'm not forgiving you this easily" his voice stern making me gulp and his cold gaze making me shudder.

'Well i did deserve the hate'

"Im not mad at you at all but i am not forgiving either" i arch my eyebrows together questioning him with my gaze. "What are you trying to say?"

He claps his hands together leaning on the table and staring at me intently "what i wanna say is that stop being dubious that aera hates you now and wont accept you after knowing the whole truth" he pauses and is about to speak again when i retort back "how are you so sure about that?"

"As much as i know aera , by the looks of what you have told me and maybe because i met her a few times as well , she may despise you but deep down in her heart im sure she still loves you but she hesitates to let her feelings take control of her and she will find ways to let go of them"

"So before it's too late , confess the truth jake , tell her that you love her. Make her understand and im sure she will , she would come back to you everytime but there will be a time when you wouldn't see her the same as before ..... and that the day she will decide to let you go'

My heart sinks hearing his last words......

To some extent he is right, it might take time for her to get used to the truth but i know her better than herself ... she will accept the truth and move on and this time even if i have to risk it all , im ready to do it.

"I will , thanks for comfort chris , if not for you maybe i would have taken longer to make up my mind" i smile at him and he smiles back , widely . "I still have to keep her away from dad until i drag him out of our lives completely"

"Well for that don't worry everything will be fine" he reassures me and is about to eat again but pauses hearing my next words. "What if she still doesnt accept me?" I fidget with the spoon but his answer makes me smile "you trust her right? And ... you know her more than me too , so stop overthinking cause you know in the end she will choose you" my smile grows wider with his words causing him to chuckle.

"Eat it before it gets cold" i nod but halt again when he hisses. I notice the cut on his lip and mentally slap myself but he notices my nervous expression and bursts out laughing . "You owe me for this since i went easy on you , idiot" i roll my eyes.