Chapter 17

The trio's flight was at night and because they had the whole day they decided to tour around Zurich.

They explored the old town, walking around the alleyways. Mac walked ahead of them, Kyle and V after him and Rihito and Rina walked behind them, they held hands like it was the most natural thing to do. Looking around, they entered a small shop. Kyle was trying some sunglasses taking some selfies.

"This looks good on you." Rihito smiled at Rina as he made her wear a cute bunny cap. Rina looked at herself in the mirror, "it's too cute for me." She tried to take it off but Rihito put it back for her. "I'm buying it. It's a gift, you're not allowed to say no."

"In that case, this looks good on you." She found a cap for Rihito and placed it on his head. "Return gift." She smiled at him. "Thank you, it suits my personality doesn't it?" Rihito checks himself in the mirror.

"Totally!" Rina laughs.

There was someone stealing glances at them.

"V! Where are you looking? Look at the screen and take my picture properly!" Kyle whined.

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After the shopping, they went on for the boat tour.

Rihito got on the boat first and offered his hands, Rina placed her hands on his. "Thank you." She smiled at him. "My pleasure." He winked at her.

When V held out her hand Rihito was already gone, the smile disappeared from her face.

After the boat tour, Rihito and Rina walked hand in hand, "are you having fun?" He asked.

"yup, a lot." She answered grinning.

Veeda ran up to them and held onto Rihito's arms. "What?" Rihito asked. "You promised me to treat ice cream remember?" Veeda pouted.

"I can buy you one at dinner." He said.

"Why wait when we have one right here?" She pointed at a shop. "Come on!" She dragged him along glaring back at Rina.

Rina now stared at her empty hands, missing his warmth already. What the hell am I thinking? She shook her head and slapped her cheeks.

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After their flight being canceled due to bad weather, the three of them returned back to the hotel. Veeda called out to Rina as she saw her getting on the lift but before her voice could reach her the door closed. She tried calling her number but no one picked up, she called Rihito whose phone was busy. She sighed and went to the reception to inquire about their rooms, she learned of the most shocking thing.

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At the bar, Rina and Veeda were sitting side by side and boys were at the table away from them.

"Hey, I think you should stop V. You've drunk enough."

"Just shut up." V rolled her eyes and poured another drink.

"What's wrong?" Rina asked concerned.

"You're asking me what's wrong?" Veeda glared at her. "Stop this nice act would you? How do you do this? Miss two-faced! Don't you get tired acting goody goody?"

"I don't know what you're talking about." Rina raised her brows.

"Of course!" V rolled her eyes. "Just leave me alone k?" She got up from her seat and tried to walk away but she staggered.

"Careful." Rina held her arms.

"Leave me alone!" V pushed her away. Rina lost her balance and before V could reach out to her Rina fell, just when she was expecting to hit the floor a muscular arm grabbed her.

"You okay?" Rihito held her up and cupped her face.

"Yeah, thanks." She replied with a quick smile.

"What the hell V?" Rihito glared at her. Mac and Kyle too came running. "What's going on?"

"Oh here comes her knight in the shining armor! Or should I say her husband?" V narrowed her eyes at the couple. "Did you guys know they're married?" V then looked at her friends.

"What?" Kyle looked at her dumbfounded. "Married?" Mac blinked at Rihito.

"That--" Rina tried to speak but was cut off by Veeda. "Oh please, stop it!" She yelled.

"V!" Rihito shouted.

Tears filled V's eyes, "Did you have fun mocking my feelings?" She accused Rina pointing her index finger at her.

"You too." She then looked at Rihito. "You knew right? How did I feel? Then why?" She sobbed.

"I'm sorry, V. I...it's--" Rina tried to clarify.

"Why? There's more of your lies? Haven't you had enough mocking my feelings? You're such a bi*ch!" V threw the bottle on the ground close to Rina's feet, she jumped in surprise.

"Enough!" Rihito yelled. "Not another word." He stepped in front glaring at her.

"Calm down Rihito." Mac stopped him.

"It's her who should shut her mouth."

People gathered, whispering around them.

"Let's not create a scene here, get out of here for now." Mac sighed as he signed Kyle to take V away. "Wait! I'm not going anywhere until I settle my scores with that witch over there!" V shouted as Kyle dragged her out.

After reaching the parking lot, V pushed Kyle away and glared at Rina. "You! I considered you my friend!" She shouted. "You must've been laughing at me when I shared my feeling right?"

"I even asked you what was your relationship with him! Just friends? My foot!" She kicked the car.

"That's enough now. Don't you dare to talk to her like that! I won't tolerate another word against her. And what the hell are you going on about? Who I choose to be with is none of your concern! You're just a friend V! Don't cross your limits!" Rihito shouted.

"But...You know I like you."

"I'm not obliged to tell you about my personal life. Whom I date, whom I marry, it's for me to decide. You the hell are you to interfere? Your feelings are your problem! Don't impose it on me! You--

Before he could complete the word, he felt a stinging pain on his cheeks. "What the?!" He blinked at the source, Rina.

"Okay guys, someone just forgot his manners!" She glared at Rihito. "Kyle please take V away. Let's clear this tomorrow when we've all cleared our heads."

"And you! Come with me." She dragged Rihito.

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They were back inside their room. Rihito was sitting on the bed hanging his head down and Rina was shouting at him.

"She's your friend Rihito! How could you be that harsh? What happened to 'I'm sweet to all girls. I can't stand seeing them sad' policy?"

"I don't know and I don't care. She was badmouthing you so I just snapped."

"Oh don't give me that! Did I ask for your help? Who are you to interfere?"

"I..."

"Did you feel bad just now? Think about Veeda then! You were so cruel to her. Okay, I get that it's your life and you choose whom you date and all but you could say it the nicer way. And you're not obliged to tell her about your personal life? If you have a girlfriend and someone starts to like you, out of courtesy you tell them you have one so that at least they can move on! And it's you we're talking about who has never had a serious relationship and a bomb was dropped when she heard you were married! You were at fault! You knew all along how she felt about you but you decided to ignore it and then just trampled on her heart." "I can understand why she was angry, she poured her heart to me and I just backstabbed her. She must've been so hurt."

"But we're not married."

"She doesn't know that, idiot! She'll only think that I was making fun of her feelings."

"Still---"

"You know what? Get out and reflect on yourself and do not show me your face until you've finally realized your mistake." Saying this she stepped into the bathroom to cool her head with a shower.

After she returned from her bath, Rihito was still on the same spot.

"You were right. I'm sorry." He apologized.

"I am not the one you should be apologizing to. Make sure you apologize to V the first thing in the morning," said Rina before retiring for the night

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"I'm sorry." V apologized to Rina. "I should have confronted you rather than creating a scene and I'm sorry for whatever I said and did last night."

"It's okay V." Rina smiled at her. "Someone has something to say too, right?" Rina glared at Rihito.

Rihito walked up to V, "Can we talk in private?"

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Before leaving V pulled Rina at a corner.

"I'm really sorry." She apologized again. "But woah, you guys are just pretending married? What the?"

"Yeah, things just turned out that way." Rina smiled nervously. "So I hope you don't hate me, anymore?"

"Of course not. Actually even before I came to know about your marriage, I got a little jealous and I was a bit rude to you, I'm sorry. But now I'm done. I confessed and got rejected properly, now I'll move on from him so keep your Rihito all to yourself."

"Huh? I think you've misunderstood. Rihito and I aren't--"

"You're still saying that? Oh come on Rina, are you blind? I've never seen Rihito like that never! And that's definitely not 'just friends'. You're already very special in his eyes, lucky you you've got something that no one can ever have. The guy who has shut his heart, he himself gave you the key to his heart without you even trying. He is already stretching out his hands to you, you just need to grab it and never let go!"

"Help me have my revenge by having the cold guy hopelessly fallen for you. Okay?" V waved goodbye leaving a confused Rina behind.