"Where is she?" I heard a familiar voice outside my room. I was back at in my home (I and Calyx's home) for 2 days already. Tres and Six are staying here with me. For 2 days, I never saw him nor heard from him. But now, his voice is so clear in my ears.
I stop fixing my things and went outside my room. There, I saw Calyx wearing a three-piece suit. His perfume feels so strange in my nose that made my brows and forehead crease. I never saw him since the last argument. I never heard from him since the news about his rumored wife came out. I never saw him so close to me and it feels like I am missing him so damn much.
I cleared my throat and keep my face straight.
"So how's the preparation of the Gala?" I asked sarcastically.
His face softens while looking at me. I am only wearing my a loose v-neck t-shirt and a plain short. He knows me as someone who dresses up so nicely even when I'm at home. But that's what he only knows about me. Six and Tres are here so I can't dress up so nicely. They will surely take advantage of that moment when I do that and make me their dolls.
Ugh. I can't be the Severa of Calyx when my friends from the Philippines are here. I feel like I'm having a split personality in a moment.
I flinched when I feel Calyx caress my cheek. It made me stunned while staring at his eyes. The familiar feeling that I felt when I met him came flooding back. Those moments where I only feel love and adoration to this man in front of me. I never thought I forget those moments, those feelings but here I am, feeling it again like for the first time.
I closed my eyes and savour the moment.
I wish I am not imagining things.
I wish the pain will go away.
I wish we can stay like this.
But there are still some bitches in my life that won't stop to destroy what I want to build.
Those moments that can't be avoided.
Just like this.
Our moment was halted when I hear the most annoying voice in my life right now.
"WHERE IS HE?! I NEED TO TALK TO HIM?!"
My eyes opened and I look at Calyx who is also surprised to hear Jillian's voice. I groaned inwardly and I make a step backward to get away from Calyx hug. I didn't realize that he was hugging me and our forehead touched.
Damn.
"Geez. I never thought this girl will try to destroy Nine's marriage." I heard Six commented.
I shake my head and immediately run down towards the stairs. There I saw Trex and Six crossing their arms and blocking Jillian's path. I know Calyx followed me because Jillian is here.
"What are you doing here, Jillian?" I asked. I don't what's her drama why she's here. Don't tell me, she's gonna fuck my husband again? "Are you here to fuck?" I asked again without hesitation.
Six and Tres were surprised by my choice of words and look at me in disbelief. "What?" I asked them. "She was here last time, fucking."
"Yeah, I'm gonna fuck your husband and take him back again! He's mine bitch! He's mine!" I rolled my eyes.
I'm tired of handling this kind of drama. Why antagonist still act like a madman? Acting as she can still take what I have right now. Maybe because I act like I don't care and I act like I am not fighting for real?
"Stop it, Jillian." Calyx emerges and went to Jillian to stop her. "Just leave." He said calmly.
"Leave? Do you want me to leave?" Jillian starting to cry and it hurts my eyes to see her acting like she's the victim here. Maybe she is because Calyx left her for me. But what do I know about their relationship? Yeah, I know that Calyx still loves her.
But what do I know about Calyx feelings?
Six approached me and whispered. "You're the youngest among of us but you experience this kind of drama at an early age. How can you handle this?"
I didn't answer. Because my answer will be just running and hiding away from Calyx and letting things like this to happen. I'm not even true to my words right now. I said to myself that I will let Calyx go if he asked me to but he's giving me mixed signals. So I said to myself to fight for this marriage and fight for what I feel but I only distance myself away from Calyx even more.
This is far from being Brinth that Six and Tres know. This is far from the life I had before. But maybe, marriage can change one person. And I am changing but getting lost in the process.
"You can't just throw me away like our relationship was nothing, Calyx! She's maybe your wife but you married just to save her!" My mouth gapes with what I heard. Save me from what? "You, maybe married that girl but I am still the one who owns your heart! You are still in love with me! And I know it. I can still feel it."
It feels like I was being stabbed a million times of what I just heard. I make a step backward because I feel like I am losing the battle just right in front of me.
"Hey, Nine. Are you okay?" Tres and Six asked. But I just make a step backward again.
I saw Calyx looks at me and I can see right through his eyes that what Jillian said are maybe true. And that made my heart broke into pieces. He was about to approach me but Jillian stops him.
"Save me from what?" I asked. Tears started to stream down from my eyes.
"Why don't you tell her?" Jillian asked Calyx and she looks like she's about to win the battle. I never started the real battle yet but she's winning.
What are the things that I didn't know about this marriage? Damn it.
I'm gonna kill Uncle Bryan if I found out what's the real score of this marriage. I'm gonna kill him!
"Tell her, Calyx! Tell her!" Jillian shouted.
"Jesus, Jillian! Stop it!" Calyx snapped back!
"Why? Are you afraid that she's gonna run away? No! She can't run away! Because if she can she'll d---.."
Calyx stops her by shouting that made me confuse. "Fuck Jillian! I told you to stop it!"
"Geez! What the fuck is happening?" Six exclaimed. Feeling lost of this drama. Tres look at me and shake her head.
"I don't know what's happening here but I guess, Brinth deserves to know the truth." She said and fetch her phone inside her pocket.
"What are you doing?" I asked. The thing that I don't like about Tres is that when she's gonna take her phone. She's someone who's gonna make a decision if everything is in trouble. And I am in trouble.
"I can't let you be with this kind of man, Nine. Maybe, I don't know why you need to get married this early but I can't let you be in pain just because of this. I'm gonna call Kaiser and we'll stay there for the meantime. You don't need to attend tomorrow's Gala."
"No--." But I wasn't able to stop her. She's already calling Kaiser and she asked him to fetch us.
"No, don't take her away from me." The three of us look at Calyx.
"Seriously, Mr. Lockhorst?" Six asked in disbelief. "You can't just destroy our friend's life just because you're the husband." Then she looked at Jillian. "And you, girl? We can't even let you destroy her more." Six looks at Calyx again. "If you really married her just because you need to save her, then you should also save her from heartaches! You should also save this marriage!"