Love Hope In Batanes

After Goodbye

" Goodbye. "

that was the last word she last heard from her. Not that she didn't made an effort to go after her, because she did. She tried her best, but Hope was beyond mad at her and she understands it. All she wanted was for them to talk but, Hope had a good job in avoiding her.

Seeing Hope doing great on her job like it doesn't bother her at all is not helping, not mentioning her overly sweet act towards her love team Ken. It was a show for Amber to see and Eliz knows she won.

Heck, jealousy was written allover Amber's face. Skin ships were bearable but exchanging I-love-yous on camera was way beyond her limit.

But what can she do? Run after her and yell 'she is mine' ?. And what? Be strangled by their fans to death? Worse, ruin both of their careers?

She cannot do anything but to walk out, or should we say, ran away, after the last blow that hit her face real good.

"Ken is such a nice GUY."

Emphasizing  the last word like its the most important thing she had ever said, Eliz eyed Amber in the corner of her eye, expecting a victory.

But have you ever experience, putting so much effort on a thing you want to have, but when you get it, you realized it wasn't what you needed? Because that was Eliz felt. If seeing the hurt on Amber's eyes is her mark of triumph, then she must be celebrating right now. But, on the contrary, the moment she witnessed that pain, and knowing it was her insult that hurt her beloved, it hit her like a boomerang, and the pain that struck Eliz doubled.

Regret was what she felt in an instant, but there's no turning back. She had to face the consequences of her actions, and that's watching Amber ran away from her, slowly disappearing before her eyes, and that she knew, it was the real goodbye.

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Soon, Amber and other artists who participated the concert, have to go back to Korea. But it wasn't the same anymore. Her broken heart took the better of her. It was way beyond repair because unlike the first time that she blamed herself for her own heartache with Krystal, this time, she felt betrayed by her own friend who she once loved more than a friend.

She didn't even tried to help her out or at least apologize. But it was the least Amber needs from her and she knows that. Little did Amber know that Krystal has her own problems to deal with, and its waiting in Korea.

The intense atmosphere between the two were obvious in the eyes of their members, but neither of them wants to give details. Their other members were still concerned to them specialy to Amber, even though, she didn't told others about what happened between her and Krystal, but it was obvious. They wanted to help her but they got scheds on their own. And again, she was all alone.

She coped up by making herself busy with work. Taking jobs after job, that she sometimes seek by herself. Those were just few of the things she did to occupy her time and forget her problems. She tried to mask all her emotions when she was in front of cameras, pretending nothing happened, but deep inside her, she was a mess.

She might did a good job to her fans, but not to the people close to her. They noticed the changes in her, just like her members, they wanted to help, but she doesn't want to talk about it anymore, she wanted to bury it down but she can't. And being the stubborn she is, she pushed them away, without her noticing.