Open Up My Eager Eyes

Chapter 12

A.N: Sorry for the errors and whatnot. I'll edit them eventually. Alright, carry on.

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It's 8:28pm of a Friday night, I've been back to our apartment for about an hour and a half. That entire time, I've had this goofy smile plastered on my face. My entire mentoring session with Vic consisted of well, just us making out with a little bit of tutoring, still. I couldn't help it. Every time that I would try to beg him to focus to the things that I was saying, he would throw random flirtatious remarks here and there. And to be honest, it felt kind of weird at first. I wasn't used of constant complements or flirting. I am used of me complementing and trying to coo Sam, not the other way around. Vic is just so.. sweet and affectionate. It felt so new and nice. For once, someone actually points out the good in me. I mean, don't get me wrong. Sam has always been good and sweet but with Vic, it's just different. We're not a thing, that's for sure. We could never be a thing. The idea of us being together is beyond wrong. It's wrong in the eyes of everybody and of course, God.

I was so stuck in my little fairytale that I didn't even noticed Sam enter our apartment. You know what else feels so wrong? The feelings that I got inside my guts. It's like a little switch inside of me clicked since the night that Vic and I kissed. And another switch that operates my feelings for Sam are having some weird glitches. I know that I still love her. I really do. It's just that a percentage of my full-on attention for her was transferred to Vic. This is wrong. I am living with my girlfriend for five years and I am here, in our apartment, with a particular man lingering in my mind.

"Hey, babe." Sam greeted me as she snaked her arms around my waist. I kissed the side of her head and smiled lightly at her.

"Hey, how was your day?" I asked, trying to make small talk in the hopes of pushing my thoughts of Vic aside.

"Pretty normal, I guess." She tiredly said. "Yours?"

'I made out with my boss half of the time that we were in our office, no big deal.' I wasn't stupid enough to say that out loud but it's as if my brain was playing tricks on me and was making me spit out those words. "I had a lot of, uh, papers to finish, is all." I said with a cough.

"Have you eaten already?" She asked as she stood and was heading to the kitchen, probably to grab something to eat.

"Yeah, actually." I lied. "Hey, do you mind if I go to bed early? I've been feeling kind of tired." I said as a yawn escaped my lips. I rubbed my eyelids and stretched as I too stood up from the comfortable sofa. She nodded in response and gave me a smile.

I was heavily dragging my feet up stairs, feeling so tired about today's.. activities. I turned the cold knob and entered the pitch black room.

"Hey you." I heard a voice whispered closely to my ear, making me jump from where I was standing.

"Vic? What are you doing in here?" I asked in panic but kept my voice hushed so that I wouldn't grab Sam's attention from downstairs.

"Came here to see you." He whispered once again and I felt him kiss my cheek. Although he cannot see my face, I am sure that my cheeks are blushing like crazy. I felt his arms snake to my waist as he held me close, my back against his chest.

"Well, you can't really see me so.."

"Oh, is that a suggestion?" He cheekily said as another kiss yet again was placed on my burning cheek.

"No! I don't want to get caught by Sam!" I whisper-yelled. I am panicking now but I couldn't help it. Just an hour away from Vic made me miss him in a way. Wow, what happened to me, right?

"Alright, alright. Calm down." He said as he laced his fingers with mine. "I wouldn't want to risk my chance of spending the night with you, anyways." He whispered and kissed my neck, making me shiver at the sudden contact. We've kiss and.. made out in the office a while ago but that one, that one was new. He haven't done that before.

"W-What do you mean? You can't stay here." I said. Just when I thought that I was distracted enough from the kiss that he placed on my neck, I felt his fingers playing with mine. It was so dark in the room but I could still see the outline of our fingers. This feels nice. He's so warm and comforting. I smiled to myself, knowing that he couldn't even see me clearly.

"Ouch." He said and pushed me lightly. "I guess I have to go now, huh?"

"No! I mean, you obviously can't stay the night. Sam would be here in a couple of minutes or so." I explained as I faced him.

"It's sad knowing that you would be sleeping with someone who isn't me." He said and once again pulled me close to him, leaving a small gap separating our faces.

"Yeah well, she's my girlfriend and she lives here so.." I said and smiled lightly. He stared straight to my eyes. There couldn't have been an even more perfect time for the moon to be peaking to the thin material of our curtains because in the most accurate way possible, it was directly hitting Vic's face, showing off his perfect features. I immediately melted on his glistening eyes. I have never appreciated them this much before.

"I wish we could stay in the office forever, without anyone interfering us." He spoke in a monotone and gave me a weak smile.

"We can't because the guard would kick us out." I said with a chuckle. He kissed the tip of my nose and smiled at me. I couldn't help but to smile back, of course. His smile is so lovely, anyone who sees it could easily melt in it. It sends me a feeling of sincerity and comfort.

"Then come to my place. Stay the night."

"What? Are you crazy? I can't do that." I said with a light laugh. I pushed him away from me and turned to approach my bed. I sat on it and waited for him to do something. Few seconds later, he kneeled in front of me, still staring at me with those pretty eyes of his. He grabbed my hands and soothingly rubbed the back of my palms with his thumbs.

"Just for tonight." He paused and smiled. "Ditch her just for tonight."

"Vic, you are insane." I said and shook my head. "I can't do that."

"Why not?"

"What do you mean 'why not'?" I asked as if the answer to his question was too obvious. And quite frankly, it is. Why is he even questioning me? He raised his eyebrows and waited for me to explain further.

"Just for tonight. Just one night." He pleaded.

"No. I can't do that. She's my girlfriend. Why are you even imposing this?" I said in a rather more frustrated tone. I took my hands away from him and scooted away from the edge of the bed to sit in a cross-legged position. Vic however, just stared back at me as if he was still waiting for a more detailed explanation. What does he want? Why is he pushing this conversation through?

"We could hang out during office hours and that's it. I can't sneak out and leave my girlfriend here all alone." I said and once again shook my head, seriousness was too evident in my voice. "I'm not going to your place and leave her here all alone. She's my girlfriend and I'm her boyfriend and this is our apartment. Do I have to spell that out for you?" I added the last part rather harshly. You couldn't blame me though. I was getting mad at him now and he's just being so stubborn. If he thinks that he could just easily get what he wants at the snap of his fingers, that's where he's wrong.

"Okay." He muttered and got up. "I was just thinking that we could hang out and watch a movie or something at my place. I thought it's okay if you leave her just for tonight."

"For the thousandth time, I am not going to leave her. Awful things might happen while I'm gone and I'm not going to risk her safety because I love her, okay?"

"Oh. Yeah, okay. Sorry." His eyes were filled with regret, disappointment and hurt. What? Does he think that we could casually hang out every minute of the day just because I fell under his spell? He's wrong. He might have allured me with his sweetness and affection but I still love my girlfriend. I would just have to contain my feelings towards Vic. That shouldn't be that hard, right?