ONLINE NOW (MAX FANFIC)

CHAPTER 11

             4:50 pm. . . . .

            Hana was very excited. She was finally going to meet Max. She didn't know what her reaction would be once she saw him. She was very nervous on how to tell him about her feelings for him.

            But then she thought that nothing else mattered now . . . . but the fact that she had already fallen in love with Max. She didn't care whether he was good-looking or not . . . or whether he was rich or poor. All that mattered to her was that she loved him . . . and she was hoping that he also felt the same way too.

            Hana's phone suddenly rang.

            “Hello . . . .” she answered.

            “Hi . . . .” Max uttered.

            “So where are you?” Hana asked.

            “Outside the store . . . .waiting for you,” Max replied.

            Hana's heart suddenly pounded. “This is it!” she told herself. “I am going to tell him . . . . I am going to tell him I love him . . . .”

            “So . . . . maybe now I can ask what you wanted to tell me . . . .” Max said.

            Hana laughed. “Okay . . . .I guess it's only fair that I tell you now.”

            “So what do you want to tell me?” Max asked again.

            Hana quickly grabbed her bag, and bade goodbye to the owner of the convenience store.

            “Are you still there?” Hana asked Max as she hurriedly went out of the store.

            “Yes . . . .So are you going to tell me now?” Max asked again.

            Hana smiled. “Yes . . . .I am going to tell you now.” She looked around . . . .but nobody was outside the store.

            “Tell me what?” Max asked.

            “Where are you? You said that you're already outside the store . . . .” Hana said.

            “I'm here . . . . behind you,” Max answered.

            Hana smiled happily. She was finally going to see Max. She tried to bring up all her courage, and as she started to turn around to face Max . . . .she already started to tell him what she wanted to say.

            “Max . . . .I just wanted to tell you that . . . . I  . . . . I . . . .” Hana suddenly stopped talking. She suddenly froze. It was as if she was in a dream. She felt like her whole world had suddenly collapsed.

            She was already face to face with Max.

            “Max?” Hana asked while still holding the phone near her ear.

            “Yes . . . .” Max answered. He too was still holding his phone.

            Hana stared at Max. “Was she dreaming” she asked herself.

            “Why? You said . . . .you said . . . . you said . . . .you were an assistant . . . .” Hana said. Her mind was slowly being filled with so many questions. It was making her very confused.

            “Sorry . . . .Sorry . . . .I know I lied to you. But please understand . . . .at that time, I  couldn’t tell you who I really was,” Max pleaded.

            The words that Hana was about to say were suddenly replaced with questions. Suddenly she didn’t want to say them anymore. She had lost all the confidence and courage she had been saving so she could finally tell Max that she loved him.

            “Hana?” Max uttered. He slowly walked up to Hana. “I . . . .I’m sorry.”

            Hana looked straight into Max’s eyes. She could see his honesty in asking her forgiveness. She understood his situation. But everything had suddenly changed . . . .she couldn’t be with him . . . .not in this lifetime.

            “I’m sorry too . . . Max. But you lied to me,” Hana said as tears started to fall down from her eyes. “Ever since from the start I had been totally honest with you. I know and I understand why you lied . . . . and frankly I forgive you. But since you lied to me . . . . I don’t think I can ever trust you ever again. So I’m sorry Max . . . . but I think this is where our friendship should end . . . .Thank you for being such a good friend for the passed months. . . . . I should go . . . . Goodbye . . . . Max,” Hana said as she slowly started to walk away from Max.

            Max didn’t know what to do. He felt very weak. How he wished he could go back and correct his mistake.

            “Hana . . . .Please don’t go . . . . I’m sorry . . . . I love you . . . .Can you please love me back?” Max shouted.

As Hana was walking away, tears were already falling from his eyes. After hearing what Max shouted, Hana suddenly stopped walking. Her heart was slowly being crushed as she was walking away from Max. And now . . . .after hearing him say those words to her. It was as if her heart had already stopped beating. Her tears were already falling one by one. She didn't want to turn around and see him. She was afraid that she wouldn't be able to leave him once she saw how hurt he was. She had to leave him now . .  . . .

Again Hana started to walk away . . . .and as she walked away. . . . .her tears continuously flowed.

She had to leave Max now . . . .or both of them would only be hurt more in the end. She had never dreamed that the Max she had fallen in love with is the same Max that millions of girls all over the world were dreaming about. She knew having him was like holding on to a dream.

Hana knew that she didn't deserve him. And Max certainly deserved someone better than her. Someone he can be proud of . . . .not like her. She was a nobody . . . . and she had nothing.

Hana tried to smile. “I am sorry, Max. But I'm doing this for you . . . .”she slowly uttered as she walked farther and farther away from Max.

As Max silently watched Hana slowly disappear from his sight, his tears just kept on falling. The pain he was feeling right at that moment was too much. It was like his heart was going to explode any moment.

“Hana . . . . Hana. . . . Hana . . . . I love you . . . . Please love me back!” Max shouted with tears flowing from his eyes.

As Hana heard Max's words again . . . .she suddenly started running. She ran . . . . she didn't want to look back . . . . she was afraid . . . . afraid that she wouldn't be able to control herself once she saw Max crying. Her heart was telling her to go back but her mind was telling her to just move on. In the end . . . . she just ran . . . .ran away from everything . . . . including the man she loved.