[COMPLETE]Romeo And Cinderella (Contestshipping)

Chapter Eighteen: Brendan's Revelation Part II

May's POV

"Your flight?" I asked, trying not to sound as incredulous as I really was. "But, I, I don't understand..."

"Why would you leave? Where would you go?"

"My dad asked if I could continue my schooling outside this country. Well, again. His work required him to go abroad constantly, though I haven't asked yet where to this time." He answered. "He asked me this a few months ago."

A few months ago? Does that mean that he would have been gone even before the start of the final term? But why did he just decide it now when his father asked him that long? He just even started this final term. It doesn't make any sense if he was asked months ago but he'd still start the final term here and quit halfway.

Am I missing something here?

"So you are saying that your father asked you this a couple of months ago and you just agreed to him now despite reaching halfway this semester? We just finished midterms." I laid down my hands from the table and on to my lap as it seemed to help me compose from the confusing situation. "Am I right?"

"Yes."

"But why?" I followed immediately. "If you would eventually agree to him then why did you even bother starting the final term here?"

"Because I lost my one and only reason." He answered with a dejected smile.

"One and only reason?" His sad smile was so depressing that it made my heart heavy. I decided to take a drink from my tea hoping that it would help raise my feelings somehow. I took a little sip.

"I don't know if I should say this." He started and looked away from me and took a drink from his tea as well. "Would you find me weird if I say that you were the reason?"

"Would you hate me?" He added.

I was astonished. "I was the reason?" I answered and placed the glass I held back on the table.

"How come?"

"The truth is." He continued and placed his glass back on the table as well. He rubbed the nape of his neck. "Before the start of the first semester this year, I came back from abroad. So you could say that I originally studied outside. To be honest, I have no permanent school. I keep on moving from school to school. But it doesn't bother me to be honest."

"Anyway, I originally planned to stay here for a short vacation with my father but then one late afternoon I saw you with your friends walk down this convenient store." He carved a cheerful smile at me. "I was so happy. I thought it was really my fate to see you again after all this time. I could never forget that cute puppy-ear hair style of yours."

I still found myself dumbfounded. I marveled at how he still remembered me after just that one fateful meeting we had when we were young.

"I was about to call out to you but I became scared." He chuckled. "I'm not really the most social person. So instead I took note of your uniform and asked my father if I could continue my schooling here."

"And the thing is, I tried approaching you last semester, but I would always end up running away scared." He heaved himself a sigh. "It really does take a large amount of courage to talk to someone."

"I'm not even sure if you'd remember me." He added. "I guess that is what scared me the most. That I would make myself look like a fool. It's been a lot of years since we last saw each other and it would make sense if you had forgotten about me."

I would have known and remembered him if he just approached me, I may have completely forgotten everything about him until that weird flashback-dream I just had weeks ago.