R-18.
I threw myself on my bed. Gosh that was so impulsive! Why did I invite him over?!
Shit! Shit! Shit!
Okay Rukia, kalma. That's just Cyther, he's a good guy, I'm sure he won't get any wrong idea out of the invitation. Calm down! That's freaking okay!
I almost jumped out of my bed when I heard the door bell ring.
Shoot!
I checked myself on the mirror, I'm wearing a short and an off shoulder blouse, I freed my hair from the pony tail and messed it up a little until it looks fine enough. I also put some lip tint on so I won't look so pale.
Okay, why the hell am I fixing myself?
Well duh, mamaya laitin nya pa ako saying I don't look fresh na naman.
I walked to my door quickly and peeked through the hole and saw him standing outside. I opened the door and smiled plainly at him.
"Hi." I greeted. He smiled back at me and my eyes caught the chicken and pizza he was holding on his left hand.
"Oh, bumili ako ng pagkain, baka nangangain ka na naman ng dahon eh!" I glared at him pero nginitian nya lang ako so I just opened my door wide enough to let him in.
"Come in." He casually walked inside my unit without looking around, maybe he's trying to not be rude. "Take a seat." I commented and he did, he's wearing a white polo shirt and a maong pair of jeans, paired with black sneakers. He looks so casual today, like his chill look and his hair is a bit messy because it's not fixed by wax or anything.
Handsome.
I shook my head. What the hell am I thinking?
"Oy, okay ka lang? Bakit mo inaalog ulo mo?"
"Nothing." I replied and sat beside him.
"Weh?" He opened the box of pizza and took a slice.
"Yeah, I'm fine. How was your flight from Palawan?" He took a bite from the pizza slice and rest his side on my couch to face me.
"Chill lang." He replied and ate. "Ikaw? Kumusta sa Vielle?"
"Same old, we have more bookings this month." I said and was about to get a piece of chicken from the bucket when my phone lit up and showed my IG feed.
It was a photo of Vince and Shiela kissing in a garden.
I felt the lump formed in my throat.
"U-uhm, I suddenly craved for carbonara. I think the chicken will go well with that noh?" I said and stood up, trying so hard to not show Cyther that I'm already in tears. He was silent. "I'll be on the kitchen lang, I'll cook carbonara tapos let's watch Netflix, look for a show nga that we could watch."
I walked out of the living room and went to the kitchen. I got some onion and chopped in on the chopping board while crying silently.
Fuck why does it hurt so bad?
I was chopping the chopped onion when I felt someone hugged me from behind.
"Rukia..." Cyther whispered. His voice was gentle and his embrace was warm. I then started to sob so hard that I can feel the hard thomping on my chest. "Plant..." He turned me to face him and held my face. He was taller than me so he bent his back a little so his face coud level mine as he wipe my tears.
