I winced at the throbbing headache I earned from last night's madness. Originally, the plan was for me to stay sober. Being tipsy is, okay. But I never really planned to get full-on drunk. I remembered asking Veign's permission to go to the restroom, but my feet brought me to the island instead; making me drink while he wasn't looking.
And I guess from there, things went offhand. Especially since I drank Blood Mary and shots of Gin.
"Fleeking hell." I heard someone groan. There I saw Willow's scrunched up face. Her fingers dug onto her scalps. "Where are we?"
I looked around the unfamiliar room. "No clue." I groaned.
"Shit. Please tell me last night was just a dream." Lena cussed again and again. It was so unlike her to cuss. It rarely happens, and when it does, well, expect that something shitty happened last night.
"What do you mean?" Willow asked in a hoarse voice. Lena only shooked her head as a response.
Suddenly, the door creaked open, showing Veign. "Hey, I cooked breakfast."
"Where are we?" I asked him.
"My condo," He answered right away. Oh. So this is his condo.
I nodded. Veign told us to follow downstairs. I slowly got out of the bed and tapped Willow's thigh. She groaned because of what I did. "I'm not hungry."
"Suit yourself. Lena, let's go." Tumayo naman agad si Lena. Willow then again groaned and forcefully got herself up.
"Do you have an event to cover this morning?"
Shit. I totally forgot. "What time is it?" God. This is bad.
"Nine thirty."
"Oh shit!" I have an event to cover by ten! This is bad. This is so bad.
I bit my lip. Debating if I contact Cassius again or not. Ang dami ko nang utang sakanya.
"Cass..." I trailed off.
"What's with the voice?" He asked from the other line. Same as Willow, I had a rough hoarse voice, too. "What do you need, Babe?"
"Can you—"
"Cover the event this ten o'clock? Yup. I got you," He said it all in one breath. "I can ask someone to be your sub if you want," He suggested.
"Really?" It lightened my mood. "Pwede? I can pay him."
"Psh, no need to pay. It's just my brother, Cross. I'm sure he won't mind." Cross was a year younger than Cassius, which makes us batchmates.
When everything was cleared, doon pa kami pumunta sa baba. There we saw the four boys. Veign was leaning against the wall, Zero was sitting on the kitchen counter, Orly was a looking like a complete mess while playing with his food and Prince was looked as if something was troubling his mind. The kitchen was silent. The four of them didn't dare break it.
"Veign," I called. The guys whipped their heads to our direction. Prince was the first one to look away from us and Lena was fidgeting badly.
"Kain muna kayo." Veign walked towards us. Lahat sila ay bagong ligo na, while the three of us still surely reek alcohol.
"Maliligo muna kami," I said.
"What? Wala tayong damit," Willow complained. I shooked my head.
"My unit is just across his." Lena and Willow looked surprised but managed to nod anyway. I faced Veign again. "Babalik lang kami mamaya." Veign nodded and guided us to the door.
