"Fay!" Someone called while trying to wake me up.
I opened my eyes only to see my boyfriend, who I'm sure was currently in country Y doing promotions for their album. I must still be dreaming. I closed my eyes and went back to sleep.
"Fay! Wake up!" He called again.
I opened my eyes and saw Skyler again. Is he really here?
"Happy birthday!!!" He greeted me and proceeded to sing me a happy birthday song while holding a cake.
"Are you real?" I asked drowsily.
"Yes. I'm real. Now make a wish and blow the candles." He said.
I rubbed my eyes to wake me up and blew the candle.
"What time is it?" I asked.
"It's 4 am." He replied.
"When did you get here?" I asked.
"Just now." He replied.
"Thank you." I said.
I feel very touched that he came here despite his very busy schedule.
"Go back to sleep. I'll put the cake on your refrigerator." He said and left the room.
I stared at the door that he had walked out of and got up from my bed. I wanted to make sure I didn't imagine all that.
I went to my kitchen and saw him closing the refrigerator's door.
"Why did you get up?" Skyler asked when he saw me in the kitchen.
"I wanted to make sure that I didn't imagine all that." I replied
Skyler smiled and hugged me.
"I've missed you." He said.
"Me too." I replied.
"Then why did you send me home so heartlessly last time?" He complained and I laughed.
Flashback:
"I don't want to go home. Fay, what should I do?" He whined.
We just arrived at the airport and this man child is already throwing a tantrum.
"You should get inside the airport." I replied.
"But I don't want to go home." He whined again.
"You can't stay here. What will you do here?" I said.
"Won't you miss me?" He asked.
"If I say yes, would you go inside?" I asked back and he looked at me pitifully.
"Look Sky, you need to go back to your country. It's not like you can stay here for a long time either. Your work would be piling up and you'll be releasing your album next week. It's not like we're breaking up if you go home now." I pacified him.
"But…" He pouted.
"Call me when you get home." I said.
He looked at me sadly before trudging inside the airport.
End of flashback.
"I don't remember being heartless." I replied.
"It was our first day of dating and you sent me back just like that. You could have asked me to stay for another day." He continued to complain.
"Would you have stayed? You were busy with your album release. I'm sure you don't have enough time to play around like that. I'm already thankful that you visited me at that time." I explained and he sighed.
"Why do you have to state the facts?" He grumbled.
"How were you able to come here? Aren't you busy promoting your album these days?" I asked.
"We are. I'm going home later after lunch." He replied and I looked at him shocked.
"Did you just waste money to come here and go back again?" I asked, shocked.
"It's not a waste of money. It's my girlfriend's birthday and it's our one month anniversary. It's a two-in-one celebration." He answered.
That's sweet but still, plane tickets are not cheap.
"Don't worry about unnecessary stuff." He said when he saw me trying to retort something.
"Thank you." I said sincerely.
He leaned in and kissed me.
"I'm sorry I couldn't spend more time with you today." He said sadly.
"I'm already very happy that you're here with me." I replied.
"Did you take a day off today?" He asked.
"Yeah. What do you want to do today?" I asked him.
"Shouldn't I be asking you that? It's your birthday." He said.
"I already have my birthday gift right here." I said and hugged him.
"There's really nothing much we can do." He said sadly.
"Then let's just do my favourite thing to do." I said.
"You mean stay in the house?" He asked and I smiled.
"There's really nothing much we can do. I'll make it up to you after the promotions are done. Let's go on a vacation again." He said.
"Sure. Let me check on my busy schedule when I am free." I joked.
"Don't you always have free time for me?" He asked poutily.
"I only have 15 days left for my vacation leave. I use 10 days for going home to my home country, country A for the Christmas holiday and New year. So I have 5 days of leave we can use for the rest of the year." I explained.
"Ah… we should plan it well." He said.
"Yes, we can go on long holidays. There's one in September. Anyway just inform me beforehand when you're free so we can match schedules." I suggested and he agreed.
"So should we watch a movie or something?" He asked and I nodded.
"Let's stay in my room and use my laptop." I said as I walked towards my room and Skyler followed behind me.
"I see that you got yourself a new bed." He commented when we entered the bedroom.
"Yeah, my boyfriend's a giant and needed a bigger bed space." I answered and he laughed.
He laid on the bed and I got my laptop from my table.
"Aren't you gonna change clothes or something?" I asked.
"But I'll be going back later." He said.
"So? You still have 8 hours here. Give or take. Change into more comfortable clothes." I said and he stood up, took some clothes in my closet and went to the bathroom.
Now that the feeling of surprise has faded, I can see how tired he looked right now. He must have not been sleeping well these past few days. I hope he can rest within the few hours he'll be here with me.
Skyler changed into a more comfortable shirt and shorts that he had left here in my closet.
"Let's watch my favorite band's performance. They just released an album." I told him when he came back and he laughed.
"Is he a better singer than me?" He asked.
"Way~ better~" I teased him and he pretended to be hurt.
He finally went to the bed, he let me use his arm as a pillow and I played one of their recent live performances.
"So good. Is this really live?" I asked.
"Yes. We were singing live." He answered.
"You sound so good." I complimented him.
I clicked on another video of their performance and continued watching while Skyler hugged me.
I noticed him falling asleep after a few minutes. He must have been tired from his flight and his busy schedule.
I feel really happy that he came here and celebrated my birthday with me. I can't explain how happy I feel right now. I feel blessed for meeting him that day.
I turned off my laptop and slept beside him.