The Matchmakers Choice

Fragile Bonds

A lone tear escaped Rain's eye, he didn't want to cry, he is not that weak to cry in front of someone, he stopped crying long ago but those words hurt him a lot, specially because they came from phayu's mouth , no matter how phayu is, rain has never thought he would say something like that.

"You are just like them," Rain mumbled under his breath, his voice trembling as he was feeling so hurt. He was so hurt by Phayu's words, so deeply wounded that it felt like his heart was shattering.

Something flickered in Phayu's eyes when he heard those words. "You are like them?" Rain's words echoed in his ears, and by the time he realized the weight behind them, it was too late. He knew he had done wrong, that he shouldn't have said those hurtful words to Rain. After all, whatever was happening wasn't entirely Rain's fault. But still, Phayu had let his anger get the best of him and said all those nasty things.

Even though he was too angry to apologize, the sight of Rain’s tear-streaked face made Phayu feel anxious. He didn’t want to see Rain cry, even if he was angry. Instinctively he reached out his hand to wipe the tears away, but before he could touch Rain’s cheek, Rain yanked Phayu's hand away.

"Don't touch me," Rain said, his voice cracking as he pushed Phayu's hand aside.

Phayu didn’t like it. He didn’t like the way Rain yanked his hand away, something he never did with Winnie. Phayu's teeth gritted in anger, remembering how Rain and Winnie were hugging last night, he  never rejected winnie's touch but now he was rejecting his touch. Phayu was about to say something, but his phone rang. He took his phone out, looked at the screen and saw Ziva’s name flashing. Rain noticed it too.

Under any other circumstances, Phayu wouldn’t have answered Ziva’s call, but this time he did, intentionally, to hurt Rain, to make him feel the way Phayu was feeling. When Phayu picked up, he was met with Ziva's crying voice on the other end.

"Phayu, where are you?" Ziva asked, sobbing.

"What happened? Why are you crying?" Phayu asked, his voice still cold as his eyes stayed fixed on Rain, whose eyes were still glistening with tears.

Rain pushed Phayu away, not wanting to hear more, and went to the bathroom, locking the door from the inside. Phayu stood there, staring at the closed door, feeling a strange mix of emotions.

"Phayu! Phayu!! Are you listening to me?" Ziva’s voice brought him back to reality.

"Yes," Phayu replied, distracted.

"Phayu, my parents... They’re... I... I left my house... Where are you, Phayu? Can you please come to pick me?" Ziva cried.

"Left my house? "Phayu was a little shocked by her words. What did she mean by leaving her house?

"Where are you? Send me your location. I'm sending Yim to take you," Phayu said, concerned. Despite keeping his distance from Ziva over the past few days, he couldn't leave her alone like this. Before they were in a relationship, they had been friends. Phayu sighed as he hung up the call. He looked at the closed bathroom door, sighed again, and dialed Yim’s number.

"I’m sending you Ziva's location. Go and pick her up and take her to the penthouse," Phayu instructed before hanging up. He looked one last time at the locked bathroom door before leaving the room.

Meanwhile, Rain was standing close to the door, listening to Phayu's conversation. Phayu talking about taking ziva to some penthouse.

"Jerk, what the hell he thinks of himself, he talks about having rights on me and reminds me that we’re married, I’m not allowed to have a boyfriend, but what is he doing now? Going to meet his girlfriend? Did he forget he has a wife at home?" Rain mumbled under his breath, feeling a strange sensation in his heart. But he shouldn’t feel it, right? He already knew Ziva was Phayu's true love, so it's fair that he would go and meet her.