If You Only Knew

Chapter 12

Devon's POV

Kiko and I looked up in unison as we heard the door to the meeting room open. I was greeted by a familiar face that I haven't seen in a while. 

"Sam," I whispered, surprised to see him in front of me after so many years. I gave him a quick look over. He looked good, actually he looked great; especially since I heard he just broke up with his girlfriend Kia. He definitely matured. His good-boy look was replaced with a slightly more bad-boy persona. But, after the initial shock wore off, I finally gave him a large smile and stood up to hug him. Kiko followed suit and stood behind me. 

"Hey Jejevon, long time no see," he chuckled lightly, tightly reciprocating my hug. I laughed at the old nickname that he gave me, surprised that he still remembered it. However, as I laughed, I felt Kiko stiffen behind me but I was unsure why. But I simply shrugged it off.

After a few more seconds I finally released myself from Sam's arms. It felt weird to be hugging him again, it's been three years since I've said anything to him and 6 years since we've had a proper conversation. I remember meeting him for the first time on ASAP Chillout. Robi, knew I had a crush on him from a previous episode and decided to embarrass in front of thousands of people. 

When I first met Sam it was like a dream come true, I had finally met my celebrity crush. Then we were paired on a show together and we got to know each other. Spending hours with him on set, we became close and I considered him a close friend. We kept in touch for a while after the show ended, but unfortunately it was hard to maintain a friendship when we were both so busy.

Seeing him again brought on a familiar sense of comfort and I was excited to work with him. Kiko on the other hand still seemed to be caught off guard. It wasn't until Sam greeted him that he finally snapped out of his trance-like state. 

"Hey dude, it's good to see you again," Sam smiled as he held out his hand. 

Kiko curled his own lips in response and took Sam's hand in his own. "Yeah man, I haven't seen you in ages," he responded as they did that common handshake thing that guys do. 

"So I know you guys all know each other, so hindi na kailangan ng introductions and we can just continue on with the meetings," interrupted Mr Gonzaga. 

On cue, we all made our way back to our seats and the meeting continued. The rest of the meeting was spent discussing logistics and other production aspects relating to the movie. This went on for another hour before Mr Gonzaga decided to release us back into the wild. One by one, the production team began to evaporate out of the room until it was just Kiko, Sam and I left. 

"So," Sam drawled out, "did you guys want to go and grab dinner? There's a really nice cafe just nearby. Pwede lang tayo mag lakad. It'll also be a nice way to catch up."

At the mention of food, I felt my tummy rumble which both of the boys heard. They responded with a low chuckle whilst I, turned into a beetroot. "Uh, sige. Clearly gutom na ako," I replied sheepishly. 

Kiko was about to respond when suddenly his phone rang. "Um excuse me," he said as he walked to the other side of the room. 

Sam and I slowly turned to each other and began making small talk. "So, how have you been Devs? I mean you must've been busy with all the movies you had coming out. Congratulations by the way with that Korean film, you were really good in it!" he smiled. 

"Pinanood mo?" I asked, slightly shocked.

"Of course! I watched it with Kia. We both cried while watching," he said with a sad laugh. 

"Kamusta ka nga pala? I watched your interview with Tito Boy."

"I'm doing well, you know, considering the situation,"

"Well you look good," I replied shyly. 

"You look good too Jejevon," he winked. And with that I felt my teeny bopper heart skip a beat.

Bad Devon, don't think like that.

Before I could respond, Kiko interrupted our conversation with a cough. 

"Ah Kiks, tapos ka na sa telepono? Alis na tayo?" I asked.

"Uh, you guys go ahead. My manager wants to talk to me first, I'll just meet you guys there," he responded. 

"Ah, oh sige. Just text me kung tapos ka na. Gusto mo mag order ako para sa yo?" I offered. 

He gave me a small smile. "Wag na. I'll just do it myself when I get there."

I nodded my head in confirmation and then waved goodbye as Sam and I made our way out of the room.

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The cafe was around a ten minute walk from the Regal building. Sam and I walked in sync, enjoying the comfortable silence. Once we arrived, we only had to wait for a few minutes before being seated. 

We barely had time to look at the menu when we heard multiple high pitched screams coming towards our direction. 

"OMG! Si Sam at Devon! Magkasama sila!" screamed a young girl. 

"Samvon! Sa wakas bumalik na din ang SamVon!" yelled her friend beside her. 

They reached our table and immediately started asking us a flurry of questions which I struggled to make out as they were speaking on top of each other. Sam on the other hand had no problems at all. 

"No, Devon and I aren't dating we just got out of a business meeting together so we decided to grab a bite to eat after. Kiko's joining us soon as well," replied Sam to a question I assumed one of the girls asked. 

"Alam mo, big SamVon Bubble ako noon! As in, lahat ng videos nyo pinanood ko. At every episode ng Angelito, sinubaybayan ko!" exclaimed the first girl. 

"Pwede ba kami mag pa-picture sa inyo?" asked the second girl.

Sam and I happily obliged to the two adorable fans and after posing for multiple pictures and talking to them for a little while longer, they finally left to go back to their families. 

"Well that was nice," laughed Sam. "It feels just like old times."

He was right, it did feel like old times. I was excited to work with him again and to rekindle our friendship. Sam was the type of guy that I could just be myself around, like Kiko. 

Speaking of Kiko, I felt my phone vibrate on the table and it was a text from him.

From: Kiko

Meeting is taking too long. Can't make it, sorry.

As I read his message, a part of me felt disappointed. I was really looking forward to spending some time with him as well. But I knew there would be plenty of other opportunities to do so.

To: Kiko

Ok lang dude! Basta bawi ka sa akin ha?

Not even a second later, I received a reply.

From: Kiko

Of course <3

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Author's Note:

Helllooooo!!! Here is another chapter! Did you guys guess who the guy was going to be???? Sorry my SamVon heart has been reawakened and I knew he was the missing piece to this story. Now that I know where this story is going and my uni is finished for the year, expect more regular updates.

If you guys enjoyed this chapter, please vote and leave a comment; it really means the world to me! When you guys vote and comment it gives me more motivation to keep writing and update more frequently because it means people like my story.

Anyways that's all for now.

Till we meet again.

-SecretLove xoxox