Heart with You

Chapter 21

Just doing this for fun :

U/n : Your desired university name
Y/t/n : Your town name

"Guurrlll, what's taking you so long?" F/n asked as you take your seat, giving her a slight smile, not feeling like explaining what had happened. "Hey, everyone's allowed to have an upset tummy, including Y/n, okay?" Mikey defended you in a playful yet sassy tone. "Excuse me? I thought your brother is the sass queen." "Oh, it runs in the family, my dear." Mikey ended with a wink. F/n rolls her eyes and stick her tongue out at Mikey, while you and Patrick laugh at the two. Them acting silly eases you a bit from that tense encounter with Dallon.

So the day end, and so is the mini celebration. You go back home feeling restless, so you decide to take a nap, telling your Mom that you would wake up another few minutes. But minutes turn to hours, you even miss your dinner, but your mother just let you be. She never knows why you're so tired but still doesn't bother you and let you rest as much as you want. The next day, you wake up with this heavy headache, yet satisfied with the long sleep. You stretch your arms and wonder what time of the day it is.

'11:56'. You read the clock on your bedside table. Shit, has it been that long? Whatever, like you got anything better to do that day. You let out another loud yawn, then get out of the bed. You notice the offer letter from U/n on your dressing table and smile to yourself. You take it with you as you walk out of your room and into the kitchen while rereading the letter, because why not? It's your desired place to be after finishing school afterall.

Your eyes then focus on a note left by your mother on the fridge. Apparently, she already left for work, and left you some breakfast. You open the fridge and decide for the orange juice first. Taking a gulp from the juice, you make your way towards the living room. But the sight before you make you spurt out the content in your mouth. Dallon sits casually on the sofa, playing with his phone, before making eye contact with you.

"Sleepyhead finally awakes from her beauty sleep?" He gives you a smile. Oh, you know so well that the smile was fake. "The fuck you're doing here??!" You're still a coughing mess as you said that. "Hey, no need to be grouchy and all. Your Mom let me in." Your face completely tells 'Are you fucking serious?!' Ugh, you're really mad at your Mom now. She can't simply let anyone in, just because the person told her "Hi I'm a friend of Y/n."

Giving up, you just want to end all these. "What else do you want, Dallon?" "I told you yesterday, I want to talk." You look at him with squinty eyes. "Fine, as long as you stop bugging me." Your mind brings you back to those moments where you feel like being stalked, and knowing that it's been Dallon all these times kinda irritate you. Dallon's eyes move towards the letter in your hand. The happy face from before turns a bit serious.

"You really are going?" He asked. "Yeah, so what's it to ya?" You fold your hands in front of your chest while sitting on another sofa opposite him. Dallon is quiet for a moment, eyes casting down, leaving you in an uncomfortable silence. Then he lifts his face up and look at you. "I know that I have no right to judge whatever happened between you two, but I know that he messed up big time, he admits it himself. I feel bad for him, coz...he's been far worse than I've ever seen him in before." Now it's your turn to be quiet, almost holding your breath as you're keen to hear more from Dallon.

"What do you mean?" You slightly lean forward to hear him better. Dallon looks at you for a bit too long, seems like he's contemplating on something. Then he let out a breath. "He never told you about it? Man, he's going to kill me." "Tell me, Dallon. What is it??" Now that it slips his mouth, you demand to know more. "He used to have this issue with this guy named Ryan. Mostly guys issues which is hard for you to understand." Your roll your eyes at that, then he continues. "You didn't get to know this Ryan. He was only at our school for a few months. And what he had between him and Brendon was too much that he moved from Y/t/n."

You slightly nod, but still a bit puzzled. "So, what does it has to do with...all these??" Dallon knows that you're referring to your current state with Brendon. "Man, he fucked up real bad! After Ryan left, I was the person he relied on. He told me everything, his feelings, and almost lost to excessive alcohol! I mean, he's barely a teenager at that time, and no one as young as his age deserve to go through all that." You've been quiet the whole time listening to Dallon. Sympathy takes over you.

Dallon notices your sudden quietness and change of emotions, but say nothing except gives you time to digest it all. Then you finally speak, "Thank you for saving him back then." Dallon's eyes go wide a bit, maybe he didn't expect for you to say that. "W-well, of course...sure. I love him, as a person, and I know you do too." You nod, agreeing with Dallon. "But Brendon's been much worse lately. He isn't only doing alcohol this time. Few days ago, I saw these weird shits he's been taking when I visited him at home. I'm scared Y/n. I don't think I'm able to save him this time."

Hearing that, you can feel your eyes brimming with tears. "But I think you can." Dallon reassures you. He's confident that only you can save Brendon. You can also see his eyes glistening with tears. This man before you really cares for his good friend. You're very thankful that Dallon is always there for him. "So what are we going to do now?" "I'm only asking you to give him one chance, talk to him. At least before you go." Dallon's eyes go towards the letter.

He does have a point. Plus you really2 miss Brendon. It won't hurt to just see and talk to him, right? You put aside all the bad memories from the night at the party. You just want Brendon to get better. It hurts you even more to know that he becomes like this because of you, despite the fact that he started all these. "Okay, I'll go talk to him." Dallon smiles upon hearing that. "Thank you, I'll let Brendon know. We'll set up the meeting place later. Text me?" You both exchange numbers before Dallon left your house.

You watch Dallon walk off, silently letting a out a breath you didn't realize you've been holding on. What does the future holds for you?

A/N : aaannnddd that's all for this chapter folks. You think Y/n will still go to U/n in the next chapter? Or she'll stay for Brendon? Do they eventually end up being back together? Or finally decide to go separate ways? Oh, perhaps Mikey's long crush on Y/n will win her heart?? 😏😏

This book is almost reaching the end..probably another one or two chapters more. But How about a lil bit fun, you guys can vote whether to have some plot twist? Or prefer a common happy ending? Hehee..

So see ya guys soon (hopefully)