The Man in the Bus Stop

Georgina wake up because of the guitar strums she heard. As soon as she opens both eyes, the first thing she notice is the unfamiliar ceiling. Her eyes roam around the area, but everything is unfamiliar. Not until she remembers what happened yesterday. She sits down and removes the blanket that covers her body.

"Did I wake you up? Sorry, it just..."

"I-It's fine. A-ah..." Her face turns beet red when her stomach growls loud. Even Henrick stops on what he's doing and looks at her in disbelief. "A-ah... T-this..."

He put down the guitar and laugh. "I don't have any food left here. Do you want to grab some outside?"

"N-no... I-It's okay, I-I'm going to leave since you look busy. I'll wash and bring back the clothes to you if I'm done."

"If you don't want to go home yet, come with me. I have a gig later. If you want to watch, I'll give you a VIP ticket then,"

"H-huh? N-no."

"You didn't bring a phone or money with you," he said. "You're even crying while asleep so, if you run away from home then the problem is there. Instead of going around everywhere, come with me."

They look at each other but in the end she gives up and accepts his offer. It feels weird for her to accept everything he offers, even though they just met last night. Instead of feeling anxious or threatened, it seems like his presence gives comfort and reassures her safety. As if they already know each other for too long.

"I'll buy some food to eat." He put the guitar down and stand up. "I also wash and dry your clothes. It's on top of the side table. Fix yourself while I'm gone." she didn't say something rather watch him walk outside.

***

Around ten o'clock in the morning they came to a studio, it's bigger and wider than Henrick's studio. If you look around, you can see a lot of musical instruments, certificates and photos display on the wall and trophies inside the cabinet. Georgina jolts out of surprise when someone plays a drum. Her eyes went towards where it came and saw a man sitting in front of the drum set holding a drumstick while there's other two who were busy tuning the guitar.

There's a three people inside.

The one who holds the bass guitar has a medium length black hair, wears all black from head to toe and single cross earring on the left ear. In the opposite direction is a man with short brown hair. He has a tattoo on his arm, wears a plain black sando and white shorts and a white cap. Last one is the man in the middle who is playing the drum. He has a shoulder length semi-blonde hair, wears a loose white shirt, choker on the neck and there's an earring on both ears. He wears a sunglass too.

"Henrick, who's the lady beside you? New girlfriend? You just broke up with Lea yesterday but..." the drummer said with a playful smirk on face.

"It's rare for you to bring a woman here," the bass guitarist added.

"Very rare."

Georgina flinch on what they said. She feels not welcome in this place. The atmosphere is chilly and those stares they give made her anxious.

"What the hell are you saying? You're scaring my VIP guest. Be kind, will you?" Henrick broke the awkward atmosphere before turning his look at her. "Don't mind those idiots, they are just kidding around. Sit over there. I'll get you something to drink."

"Y-yeah, t-thanks."

She walks and sits on the sofa without looking in front; they are still staring at her. It feels awkward.

"Hey miss, are you Henrick's new girlfriend?" She startled when a drummer sits beside her, cross his legs.

"A-ah... N-no,"

"Don't deny it anymore, Henrick is ladies' man... He always accept woman who come to him so, there's no one who ends up longer than two weeks." The man with the tattoo said.

"Henrick Jung is a woma—mph," before the long-haired man finishes his words, someone from behind covers his mouth.

"Stop blabbering random stuff in front of my VIP guest. I told you we're not in that kind of relationship." Henrick scolded them before he give a glass of grapefruit juice to Georgina. "Georgina, I want you to meet my band mates. This long-haired man is Sceven Choi. The man with the tattoo is Marky Jang, and the last is Wesley Nam."

She gives them an awkward smile. "I-I'm Georgina Alvarez. It's nice to meet you all."

After some talk with each other to lessen the awkwardness, they go back on rehearsing for their performance later. She didn't do an unnecessary move and watched them perform.

Ever since child, she's not a major fan of music so, there're only few things she knows about it. But the thing surprise her is the genre of music they are performing, she thought because it's a band, it'll perform a rock song but their performance is opposite of it. It's a pop song but some of the song they perform have a touch of pop rock genre.

Henrick Jung is the lead guitarist and vocalist of the group, Sceven Choi is the rhythm guitarist and sub vocals, Marky Jang is the bassist and Wesley is the drummer but there's a keyboard on the stage so, she thinks someone is still not here.

Time passed by so fast, they'd finished their rehearsal without a problem, corrected their mistake and checked all the instruments are fine. Everything is fine not until some voices from outside linger inside the place. They are all laughing on the way. Georgina, who seems out of her senses, looks behind. Both eyes widen in surprise when she saw a two familiar figures, it's Giovanni Javier and Kiela Fuentes together with another woman. She stands up and takes a step back. Even Giovanni and Kiela gaze at her in confusion, but she looks away, gripping tight on the helm of the shirt.

"Luna, what took you so long?" Sceven asked the woman with them.

"I just bump into Kiela so I brought them here,"

"Kiela, it's been a while. I'm about to contact you but guess it's destiny to meet you again." Henrick walks towards and kisses her on the cheeks. "W-who's this man?"

Giovanni and Henrick look straight at each other, but their reaction is not the same. Henrick gives him a friendly smile while Giovanni is in shock, can't believe on what he sees in front.

"This is my fiancee, Giovanni Javier. Van, this is Henrick Jung we met in the States a few years ago."

"F-Fiancee? I didn't know about it." He gives an awkward laugh.

"Didn't I mention it before? It's my fault, sorry."

They introduce the other with them while Georgina can't move an inch on her position. She feels like there's a fierce gaze piercing her body.

"What are you doing here Gina?" Kiela asked while walking towards her.

"Do you know her?"

"Of course. She's the Student Council President of our school and many people know her. Did you bring her here?"

"Y-yo—"

"I-I'm going home, t-thank you again."

Henrick's hand move on its own to stop her from walking ahead. She stops and looks at his hand with confusion but someone separate them that startles not only the two but Kiela. They all look at the same direction and saw Giovanni with his serious look.

"V-Van w-what are you doing?" Kiela asked.

"Let's talk outside." He said in a cold but full of anger tone. It made Georgina flinch as she let him be drag outside.

"A-argh! V-van... Y-you're hurting me," she try to remove his hand but it didn't stop him.

As soon as they went outside, she pulls her hand out of his grip and look down, bites her lower lip.

"What's wrong with you?" She asked.

"I am the one who should tell those words, Gia. What are you doing here and where the hell did you runaway yesterday? Warren keeps calling me if I know where you are."

"I-It's..."

"Why are you with that man? Did you know him? Tell me Gia, do you remember somethi—"

"What are you talking about? It's not what you think, I just... I just want..." She tightened the grip on her fist as tears falls down. "I just want..."

"Did you forget what we just talk about before? What you promised to do? Tell me Gia, don't you wan—"

"I told you it's not like what you think, Van." Her voice raises and looks at him.

"Then tell me why you always cling to other man when I'm not around? Tell me."

"V-Van..."

"Go home." He said, full of authority. It made Georgina speechless.

"Don't go home yet,"

They both look behind when Henrick Jung's voice lingers in their ears. He looks at them back and forth before he notices the tears in Georgina's eyes. Without a word, he pulls her closer to him and smile towards Giovanni, who looks surprise and uneasy in his presence.

"She's my VIP guess. Let her stay until our performance finishes."

Georgina gaze on Giovanni's direction and saw his menace aura. "A-ah... I-It's fine... I-I need to do something so,"

"You're not a good liar Georgina, let's go back inside and Kiela is waiting. You must go inside, too."

They're about to walk inside but Giovanni grabs her other hand, grip tight on it. Both the man stop and look at each other with serious face. It made her gulp in nervousness. The atmosphere between them is not right.

"Do you think it's right to act like this when your fiancee is inside waiting for you? If you're like this then, I can't entrust Kiela with you." Henrick said.

"A-ah... I-I'm sorry, but I need to go home. Next time, I'll watch you next time. Promise." She said, giving an awkward smile.

Henrick sigh and lets go of her hand before he looks towards Giovanni, who let go of her hand too, looks away from them.

"If you insist, then see you next time."

"T-thank you again."