Loving my Ex

Chapter 16: Troy and Raine

POV ni Troy

Argh! Nakakainis. Naiwan sina Paris ng plane. I really wonder what happened. Nagaalala ko.kay Paris. Narinig ko kasi nung tinanong sya ni Tristan kung umiiyak ba sya e. Mukang okay naman sya kanina nung kausap ko sya.

And speaking of naiwan sila, etong si Raine na kasama ko, kanina pa nagiinarte. Naririndi na nga ako e. Mula pa kanina sa plane, na unfortunately ay katabi ko sya, hanggang ngayon dito sa mini condo na tinutuluyan namin dito sa Malaysia. Nasa living room kami ngayon at nagpapahinga.

"Ano ba Raine!? Can you please get over it?" I asked with full annoyance.

"Get over it Troy? Nagiisip ka ba? Dahil naiwan sila, tayong dalawa lang ang pupunta sa competition. Tayong dalawa lang! Oh, God! Ikaw ang kasama ko? My goodness." she rolled her eyes.

"Wow ha? Makareact ka naman jan. As if gusto kitang kasama! Ang arte arte."

Biglang bumukas ang pinto kaya di na sya sumagot.

Si Ms. Ayna pala.

"Guys, okay lang ba kayo? I already talked to Paris and Tristan. Pwede silang sumunod dito but the next flight will be next week same day pa. So, I guess, you will have to join the competition ng wala sila." She said while scanning some papers na sa tingin ko ay documents ng competition.

She handed it to us. Ah, schedules pala. So, first meeting is tomorrow. 8am. Sa Mian Hotel.

After some conversations with Ms. Ayna, nagpahinga na rin kami. Luckily, may tatlong room dito. Isa para kay Ms. Ayna at isa para sana kay Paris at Raine, tapos yung isa, samin ni Tristan. Since wala yung dalawa, solo kami sa kwarto.

Dahil alas dos pa lang naman ng hapon, nagpasya ko na umidlip muna.

Bandang quarter to five nang maalimpungatan ako sa naririnig kong ingay mula sa labas.

Sino pa nga ba? Si Raine nagiinarte na nama--wait, umiiyak ba sya? Bumangon ako sa kama at nakinig sa may pinto. Mukang nasa sala sya e. Nang sumilip ako, I saw her talking over the phone.

"But papa, we really don't want each other. .Isn't it unfair kung pipilitin nyo kaming makasal in the future kung ayaw naman talaga namin?. .yeah right, matagal pa nga, pero ngayon pa lang, alam na namin that we will never like each other. Besides, Tristan's liking another girl! Definitely not me!. .Masesave nga ang both companies, yes. Pero pano naman ang buhay ko? Namin? Do we really have to suffer just for that fucking companies? Oh God! This is so cliché and frustrating!"

Then I saw her throw her phone. Poor iPhone.

She jumped on the sofa and started crying.

If I heard it just right, it means that they are forced to marry each other in the future. Tama sya. That is so cliche. Poor them.

She was still crying when I decided to go out my room and walk towards her.

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POV ni Raine

I was still crying my whole heart out when I felt someone walking near me. Paglingon ko, si Troy pala. He was handing me the tissue box.

Kinuha ko yon at siningahan. E tumutulo na sipon ko e! Kaya di na ko nahiya. Pag tingin ko naman sa kanya, di naman sya mukang nadidiri e. Instead, he was looking at me with sympathy.

"Did you hear everything?" I asked.

"Sa lakas ng boses mo, ano sa palagay mo?" he asked back. Batuhin ko nga ng tissue.

"Eew! Yan yung may sipon mo!"

Inirapan ko na lang nga. Wala akong panahong makipagtalo. Marami pa kong iniisip.

"Alam mo, somehow pareho tayo. Ang bata bata pa pero exposed na sa marriage things." he said after a few minutes. I just looked at him with a 'huh-question', and then he continued talking.

"My lolo wants me to find a girl to marry as soon as possible. The reason? Is because he's already old and he believes he will be leaving soon. Sounds pathetic right? But he explained, I am his favorite grandson and he wanted to see the girl i'm going to marry for him to check on her." he told me as he was sitting prettily on the sofa.

"No. Hindi tayo pareho. Your lolo wants you to find a girl because he wants to see if that girl is the best for you. In my case, papa wants me to marry Tristan because of those two damn companies. He wanted to save themselves from falling without even considering my feelings!"

Again, tears started flowing. I covered my face with my hands. Then I felt something warm and comforting.

Troy hugged me.

"Sshh. Stop crying. Everything will fall into the right places in due time. You just have to wait."

Yes. I will wait. In due time, everything will be alright.

With that thought in my head, I fell to sleep.

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