Love Beyond Boundaries

Chapter 4

Staku's POV

In the morning, I saw Sheena still sleeping by my side, and she was snoring so loudly, which annoyed me. But I was still happy she was there, especially right now. However, my day got even more annoying when my phone notified me of Direk Lauren's announcement:

"Everyone, you need to come to the BINI house at exactly 9:30. I'll explain everything later."

This made my day worse because I was too hurt to see Jhoanna today. I immediately woke Sheena and told her to get ready because it was almost 8 in the morning, and we needed to be there extra early. The clock was ticking, and by the time it struck 9, we left the house at 9:20, leaving us with only 10 minutes to drive. Unfortunately, we encountered traffic.

"Gosh, Sheena, you're taking so long to get moving. Now we're running late,"

I blamed her, but she just rolled her eyes. We were chatting and laughing throughout the ride, unaware that it was already 10 o'clock when we finally arrived. We were so late. We rushed and immediately called Direk Lauren to explain, and he understood. As I saw the other members curious about why Sheena was with me, we sat down, and Gwen asked,

"Bebe, why are you with Staku?" Curiosity was evident in her voice.

"I stayed at Staku's place last night," Sheena replied. "She has a love problem. Not going to lie, she cried all night because of that person."

Before Sheena could say anything more, I pinched her shoulder and whispered,

"You're slipping too much, Shee."

Then I saw Jhoanna, and our eyes met, but I looked away because I was too hurt to look at her. I could see concern in her eyes, and I didn't know why, but I brushed it off.

Maloi's POV

After our meeting with our manager Direk Lauren, I was about to go home since the meeting was already over and it's our day off today. When I stepped out of the BINI house, there was a person waiting outside with their back turned. I was puzzled why she was here, thinking if she was a Bloom. But when she faced me, she seemed familiar, so I asked,

"uhm who are you?"

"Hi I'm Ysobel."

That's why she seemed familiar, she must be a friend of Jho. "uhm hi nice to meet you, how did you know this place? and why are you here?"

"I'm here to see Jhoanna. I'm her friend, and she texted this address to me."

"Ysoo!!! Hii," Jhoanna shouted. As she rushed to her friend, they hugged each other as if they hadn't seen each other in years.

Jho let Yso inside the BINI house, even though I thought we weren't allowed to let anyone in. I decided to stay since I had nothing else to do and I also wanted to bond with Ysobel.

"Direk, she's the friend I mentioned," Jho said.

Jho also asked for permission from Direk.

"Hi Yso," Direk said, and Yso seemed shy, just waving at Direk without speaking.

"She's shy, Direk," Jho said.

"Alright, Jho, I have something to attend to," Direk replied.

"Bye Direk," Jho and I waved goodbye.

Meanwhile, the other girls were confused about Yso's presence.

"Oh, you have a visitor, Jho," Colet said.

"Ate Jho, please introduce us," Sheena spoke.

"But Jho, I thought?" Ate Aiah asked, but before she could finish, Jho cut her off and explained everything to the other girls.

"Ah, by the way, girls, this is Yso. She is a Bloom and a friend of mine. Yso, you know them, right? my 7 sisters who always bully me," Yso laughed.

"Wow, we bully you?" Stacey complained.

Jhoanna's POV

"Wow, we bully you?" Stacey complained. Finally, she's talking to me again. I was hoping that the Jhocey live bardagulan would return.

"Yes, especially Stacey," she stuck her tongue out like a child and then rolled her eyes at me.

Ate Maloi and the other members started hugging Yso, and I could see that Yso felt comfortable being hugged by her idols.

"Welcome to the Chaotic family," Ate Maloi said.

"It feels good to be hugged by the BINI members HAHAHA," she said, and everyone laughed.

"Why aren't Jho hugging you?" Stacey asked.

"Hey, don't—" before I could finish, Ate Colet scolded us.

"There they go again, save your arguments for later when we're not here."

"Okay, calm down," Ate Maloi teased Ate Colet while covering her mouth.

"By the way, guys, I invited Yso over for us to bond."

"Let's have a movie marathon," Sheena requested.

"Sure, you're really smart, bebe," Gwen replied.

The other girls entered the room with Yso, who already seemed comfortable around them quickly. Stacey and I were about to follow, but I held her hand. I wanted to ask her why she avoided me, but she spoke first.

"Oh, what Jho? Are you just going to stare at me?"

I thought it best not to ask and just leave it be as long as we're okay now. It might become a bigger deal if I ask, and she doesn't seem to show when she's upset. So, I just playfully pulled her hair.

"You're so noisy."

"Wow, the mastermind of everything is speaking," she replied.

Staku's POV:

While watching a horror movie, I noticed that Jhoanna was holding my hand, and it sent butterflies into my stomach. My legs were shaking, and my heart raced. Our seating arrangement was:

Ate Aiah - Mikha - Ate Maloi - Ate Colet
Gwen - Sheena - Me - Jhoanna - Ysobel