Catalina Flores, or Cat, is your average university student. Among school, work and family life, she barely has time for a boyfriend, specially not after her last train wreck of a relationship. Her friends find it amusing to give her a dare. Fairly...
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Catalina laid on her bed, looking up at her ceiling, where there were glow in the dark stars just like those in Jae's room. Her lips curled into a small smile as she thought about how similar they were with something so meaningless. Her thoughts were interrupted when her mind wandered to the issue at hand. She didn't want to lie to Jae's parents as she hated dishonesty but she also didn't want them controlling his life.
She shuffled about, laying in the dark while she pulled the stuffed bunny towards herself, cuddling into it. The thought that she had to fake a relationship with Jae for a longer time also caused her stress to the point that she was restless. Two weeks was nothing, but four months? How was she supposed to hide that from her parents? How was she supposed to hide that from her friends? She hated having to lie to people, she hated the fact that one lie usually led to a billion others, and she absolutely loathed how lying made her feel.
She huffed and sat up, sitting cross legged on her bed while she ran a hand through her hair. Why did she agree to this? She stepped out of the bed and turned on her bedside lamp, taking her laptop from her desk and turning it on. Now that she couldn't fall asleep, she figured she would watch something, take her mind off the situation, you know? She did that often, she avoided her responsibilities.
Nothing much had happened while he drove her back home. He'd asked her what his mother had said to her and she replied nonchalantly.
"You do know that made her hate you more, right?" He'd said, frowning at her.
She didn't reply with much, other than a shrug of her shoulders. She did defend herself, albeit, she wanted to make it clear his life wasn't theirs to manipulate.
"Well, now you know why I'm doing this." She recalled him saying.
It was one in the morning, but she was tempted to contact him, to see what his parents had said after he arrived. She reached for the outdated smartphone and clicked on his name.
Hey, you up? She couldn't hold herself back and sent the text without a second thought.
He didn't reply, in fact, she had watched half an episode before she decided to shoot him another text. Just wanted to know what your parents said.
You know, if it's my business. She didn't know why she was spamming him, but she just wanted him to reply.
Her phone began buzzing and she nearly dropped it out of surprise and slight fear. She stared at the name on the screen and slowly answered the phone. "Um, hey!" She paused the show.
"What?" Jae's voice was groggy and laced with sleep.
"I, uh, are you sleeping?"
She heard him grumble and she also heard a bit of shuffling before he spoke. "I was."
