I SEE YOU

LOAINE'S P.O.V

Eve stayed at mine today. It's still afternoon but I already felt so dizzy so I decided to take a nap. Eve said it would help too. So yeah, I did it. I woke up an hour later with the sleepy Eve beside me. She had the phone in her hands but barely awake. I took a look all over my room. Oh, there's my laptop on the desk. OH, TOBY.

I know this wasn't the right idea for Eve but I thought I need to do this. So I walked slowly to my desk and turned the laptop on.

There was...uh...sleeping Toby. Yeah he fell asleep in front of his laptop, still appeared online, and faced his top of head to the webcam. I was sobbing already. He left me chat which was appeared on my screen.

Baby,

I'm sorry I've made you waiting. I wish I could be there. This was all wrong since the beginning. I should've been there with you, for you. Today I had House Party, as you know, and an interview. We made it home on time, but I got a problem so I need to go outside and fixed it. Sounds cliche and suck but I'm sorry I made you waiting. I wouldn't move from this table before I can talk to you. So please, talk to me. I miss you.

Happy 4 months. I love you, Lei.

I cried harder after reading his chat, which more likely a letter to me. I glanced over Eve, she's peacefully sleeping. So I took my laptop outside, sitting in the living room, and called Toby.

"Hey... I'm sorry I woke you up." I put the headset on and smiled.

"Oh my goodness Lei, you're there!"

"You think where am I suppose to be?"

"Uh...here, with me?" He gave me that puppy eyes look and whispered. "I miss you. Happy 4 months, babe."

"Ouch cheesy." I rolled my eyes. "Hey happy 4 months too."

"Sorry for everything."

"Nah, I'm okay. I always have time for you. So how was it, have you fixed...what's that problem again?"

He bowed his head a while and replied. "Oh yeah, sure, nothing to worry about."

"Good to know it."

"Me too. How's your day been? What did you do today? Was there a photoshoot babe?"

"Nope, I did something more important than a photoshoot." I stick my tongue and asked him to wait, because I need to ran upstairs and took the collage photos. "This."

"Aw!!! That's really beautiful! Thank you love, I appreciate it!" He shouted excitedly.

"Sorry, this all I got. But happy you like it."

"How can I not! Promise you, we'll take million selfies next year!" He blowed me a kiss.

"Haha...yeah, next year, uh?"

"Hey...I'm sorry. Promise you it'll be worth it."

"A year of waiting for 4 days of meeting? Yes, worth it." I smiled the bittersweet one.

"You never know. I'm planning for something bigger, Lei. Trust me."

"I do."

"Thank you for having such a biggest heart and accept all the things we have here, even though you know you have better options to be chosen."

"Define options." I raised an eyebrow. He knew I didn't like this topic but he kept saying this to me.

"I think you deserve more than an Orlando-Manila relationship, baby. That's all."

"And after 4 months, we're still talking about this? It's me who need to say thank you after all, for choosing me, out of 100 thousand girls."

"Whoa, why do I have that much?"

"I don't know. I saw your number of followers, so..."

"Ah. Silly. I love you."

"I love you too."

We spent hours talking about everything. Monthly celebration was kind of our 'report day', when we could freely talk about things we had in a month. Nothing could stop us. Because you know, there'd be always something which stop us from talking everyday. Either it's the band's schedule, or my school, or my photoshoot, or after all, am-pm thing. That's why we've spent longer time than we usually had.

"Loaine?" I heard Eve was calling me from upstairs. I stopped laughing for a second and I asked Toby to hold his words, so I could speak to Eve.

"Down here, darling!"

"Wha...what? Is that Toby?" She mouthed.

"Yes." I happily answered. "My theory was right, Eve."

"Well..." She came closer to my couch and took off my headset so we could talk through the laptop speaker. "You, young man, I thought you were hurting my best friend. I'm glad you didn't. I'm glad I was wrong. But I've reminded you thousand times of what would you get if you ever hurt her." She narrowed her eyes, talked straightly to Toby.

"Heard it crystal clear, Ma'am." He giggled...nervously. Wait.

"Good." I only heard that word because a second later, I've lost myself already.

"Hey Loaine, he speaks to you!" Eve shook my hand, asked me to concentrate on the Skype.

"Oh, uh...sorry, where were we again?" I snapped myself back to Toby.

"Girl, are you alright?" Eve chuckled from the kitchen behind me.

"Yeah!" I shouted.

"Babe, is there something wrong?"

"No no no, not at all."

I'm a horrible liar.