Winter In Summer

CHAPTER 7

I woke up with a headache, realizing I have a different design of a ceiling. I felt something or maybe someone beside me. "What the?!", I was at the edge of the bed when I almost fell because of shock when he pull me towards his chest. I could smell his manly scent.

"Be careful, tss. So clumsy", Zimram's body was warm but his voice didn't change, it's still cold that can make my skin shiver.

"What happened? Why am I here?", I said while facing his chest. The fitted white t-shirt of his, traced his manly built body. I shrugged my head because of my thoughts, I should be ashamed.

I drag myself to sit upon his bed because of the awkward stunt of his awhile ago. He stood up, "I'll just get some food", my head is being hammered again, the worst feeling ever.

He went back at the room with a dish, it's sopas! For me Hangover is the best feeling with sopas. "Here, drink water first before eating", he said softly. I drank the water straight and excited to eat the sopas.

My first taste was heaven, ang sarap! I'm intimated with the person beside me, he was just staring at my reaction. "Uh... You want?", I asked awkwardly, malay ko bang di pa pala siya nakakain. "Does it taste good? I'm sorry, I tried", he said awfully. "Oh, you cooked this?".

"Yes", nahihiya niyang sabi.

I smiled at his reaction, it's very amusing.

"You can put up a restaurant already", I said, saying that his sopas is one of the best.

"Tss. That's just sopas", he said coldly again. I just laughed at his reaction.

Back to the topic.

"How did I end up here? Did you save me from an accident?", remebering what happened last night.

"Missy called me that I should pick you up, she also said that you really are persistent to go home. Knowing that you also have a low A.T."

"A.T.?", I'm confused.

"Alcohol Tolerance", he said coldly. Bagong word trend ba iyon? Di ako informed ah.

"Ayaw kitang kapkapan because it feels like disrespectful. I also checked your bag, the key of your condo isn't there. So no choice I let you sleep at my room.", he explained. He sat beside me, we're so close. "Thank you", I said appreciating his actions.

I'm still wearing my outfit last night so I assumed he really not touched me. Tumayo ako at lumabas sa kwarto niya, naramdaman kong sumunod si Zimram sa akin. The surrounding inside his condo was like his personality, the cold one. "Your place is so dim."

He just sighed. I sat at the living room still remembering  what happened last night. Hindi ako aalis hanngat maalala ko iyon. Huli kong natandaan noong palabas ako sa condo ni Missy. My eyes went bigger when I slowly touched my forehead. He kissed that last night! What was that?

I slowly looked at Zimram still wondering what I am doing. "What?", he asked coldly.

"Youu...", pointing at him. "Kissed me?", I said while my eyes are really big. His cold eyes turn into an amusing one. "Yeah? Don't you remember, you should clean me up, Rose", he said amusingly. It seems like he's changing the topic. Calm down, Scarlet, that's only in my forehead.

"What do you mean?"

"You puked at me", feel ko lalabas na eyeballs ko sa sobrang kahihiyan.

"Where is your clothes? Lalabhan ko. This is the second time", pagpukpuk ko sa sarili kong ulo. Lumapit siya sa akin at pinigilan niya ang aking kamay. Nahihiya akong tumingin sa kanya.

"Stop hurting yourself. Next time don't go home when you're tipsy.", he said. Naalala ko yung pag uusap nila ni Missy. "I thought you're having fun with the conversation with my bestfriend", I pouted.

He looked at me straight in the eyes. "So Missy is your bestfriend? Isn't she also the one I called in JT?", so he's interested? I can feel something strange in my heart, it's not healthy.I just nodded.

"I think I should go.", I said when I stood up. He just sighed, before I went out in his condo. "Smile, Rose"

The first thing that I checked when I was back at my condo was my phone. It's full charged mukhang chinarge rin ni Zimram ito. It's full of messages and notification from Missy and Zimram last night. I got new message at the moment from my bestfriend.

"How are you? Si Zimram?", she texted.

"I'm okay, he's in his condo.", I replied. I remembered Missy told me to check my recording.

Out of curiosity, it was her conversation with Zimram.

"I think she's jealous", Missy whispered.

"Where is she?", Zimram asked from the other line.

"Why are you so concerned for my dear friend?", Missy.

"We're not friends", he said.  What? I felt hurt but still I continued to listen.

"Then what?", Missy.

The other line was silent. "Don't let her drink too much", ignoring my bestfriend's question.

"Oh. Can we go for a date then, hihi", Missy said.

"Sure", that was fast.

My mind was clouded. What are we then? He didn't answered. We're not also friends, no I am not a friend to him when I accepted him to be my friend. I just now realized I had developed my feelings for him. This isn't a infatuation because I'm not a teen to be confused. It's more understandable right at my age because I've been through men and boy experiences.

The fact that he denied me as a friend. Nakakatampo. The feeling na nakipagclose ka kasi akala mo tatanggapin ka niya bilang kaibigan pero malalaman mo na baka napilitan lang siya. Kahit friends lang, I'm okay with that.

When I'm with Zimram, it feeld everything was different. He's like fulfilling what's missing with my whole life. Even his cold eyes, I wanted to reach for it, even once I want to comfort or warm it.

Thinking that he accepted Missy's offer right away, walang segundo. I admit I got jealous. What if si Missy nalang nag asikaso sa business proposal ko baka napapayag niya agad si Zimram. Look 2 months has passed away pero wala paring update. I hate myself for mixing business and my feelings.

I received a text from Missy, "Girl! I'll pursue Zimram, he's one of my kind. I think bagay kami HAHAHAHA".

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-WINTERIN SUMMER-