Chapter-254


Who knows


Jay-jay's POV


"AaaaaAaaaAaalllLllaaaAaaayyyyyyy!!!" I screamed while Kuya Angelo pulled
my ear.
What's more painful, from the Fer Corp building to the parking lot he was holding my little ear. I felt like he
was about to burst. Let go please!! "Your head is so stubborn! When your final exam was almost here, you
were already hunched over!" He preached. "It hurts, Kuya!" I complained crying. We stopped in front of his car.
He let go of me right there. I quickly grabbed my ear, as if numb from the pain. He opened the door of his car.
"Get in!" He ordered. "Wait a minute!" I complained. My ear hurts so much. I haven't even listened to his
sermon yet. Maybe it would hurt even more if I heard what he had to say. Kuya seemed to notice that I was
about to burst into tears. He took a deep breath and crossed his arms before leaning against his car. "Who
told you..." He said calmly. "...that Keifer was coming ?" I shook my head while wiping my eyes. "No. I didn't
know he was coming either." "So what are you doing here?" "Honey, I was brought here. Then I only found out
here that he was the Investor Keneme from the UK." I looked at him as if sulking. "...And you? Why didn't you
tell me that Keifer was the investor?" "He's not the investor. He's just a representative. He's not even 21 and
hasn't graduated yet to be able to run a company." "Even so! You still didn't tell me he was coming!" He
suddenly leaned against my neck. I immediately grabbed my arms and dodged his hand. "It's a business
matter! You don't work at the company for me to tell you!" I pouted. It's hard to talk to this big brother. Since he
doesn't know anything about what's happened in my life, he can't get what I want to say. "Get in." He ordered,
pointing at the open car door. "...I'll take you to your school." I rushed into his car. My eyebrows met and the
gap almost disappeared. Big brother is also funny. I don't have anything to go to and I'll take you to school.
What should I do? Go back in to go home? One step into the gate and then out again.
No one has spoken to us since the car started. He was just focused
on the road while I was focused on the Animal King.
He's so cute! I'm really going to kick him next time. I can't believe
that animal. He really put up with me. It's okay with him not to
see us.
That space is gone. He's going to live in outer space. He's flirting with
the aliens there. It's annoying! He's been with ET
for a month, a decade, I think. I'm crying from being so
annoyed. You're so stupid! You're stupid!
You're stupid, Keifer! You're really stupid!
He didn't even check if I was okay. He didn't even check
if I was eating properly. He didn't even check what
was going on in our Section. He didn't even check if
I was involved in trouble again.
The animal didn't even checkâ€"!
"He asked how you were." Kuya said, causing me to look at him.
"...Keifer asked how you were."
"That's it!" I didn't have my own answer.
Kuya immediately glared at me. "Are you cursing me?"
I shook my head quickly. "N-no, not you. Keifer."
He looked back at the road and continued driving.
I adjusted my seat and coughed slightly to clear my throat.
If I heard correctly, the talipandas greeted me.
"W-what did he say?"
"How are you. That's all."
I blinked. That's all? That's all?! THAT'S ALL?!
I was still excited. Really stupid! I couldn't say anything about being the Idiot of the King
of Cobras.
"W-no more?"
Kuya looked at me for a moment before returning his gaze to the road.
"No more. Why? Should there be?"
I wanted to bang my head against the car window.
That traitor was really making me angry. Pisti! Pisti!
Before long, we arrived in front of the school. The car stopped
but before I could get out, Kuya said something that made me stop.
"Do you really love Keifer?"
I bit my lower lip. I wanted to answer Yes, but
I knew he would get angry when he heard my answer.
It seemed like he realized I didn't want to answer.
"I'm not forbidding you to love. But maybe, not
Keifer."
I looked at him with a look of surprise. I understood when
he forbade us before because I was engaged to Yuri. But now, why?
"It's hard to love a Watson, the price is high."
How much? I'll save up.
"Are you scaring me?"
"No, I'm telling you the truth."
I just nodded in acceptance of what he was saying. I opened
the car door and got out. He waited for me to enter the gate
before he left.
And that was the signal for my eyes to shed the
tears that had been excitedly flowing earlier.
It's a lie! Why do I feel like I'm the only one having a hard time not
seeing each other? Why do I feel like I'm the only one sharing the pain? And why am
I still so attached to that traitor?
"Jay-jay?" Someone called.
When I looked at it, I saw Yuri coming closer to me. I wiped
my tears and smiled at him. But before I
could even speak, his arms were already welcoming me.
His hug became tight. I couldn't help but hug
him and then my tears started to flow again. He was
falling more than I could bear.
"Keep crying. I'll be your handkerchief to wipe your tears." He said, making
me cry even harder.
"I-I saw s-s-s." I said and felt
his hug tighten. "...b-why are you like that, it's like I'm the only one who's h-h-hassling us
?"
"It's like you don't know him." He said and laughed bitterly. "...
he only has a stone face but he's a sweetheart."
I laughed a little but it wasn't enough to stop my tears.
I pressed myself against his chest.
"Jay..." He called me. "...I'll just wipe your tears, okay? Not
with the cold."
Oh, mud!!
I immediately moved away and let go of his embrace. As
I expected, his white polo shirt was already wet because of me.
I took a deep breath while wiping my tears. "Sorry."
He smiled. "It's okay. It's just clothes."
He came closer to me and held my hand. His eyes were sad
even though he was smiling.
"Did you talk?"
I shook my head. "I was afraid to show him."
Did you curse at him?
"Why?"
"Maybe because I couldn't control myself. I punched him.
He's still in good shape."
I heard his soft laughter. He pulled me and locked me in
his tight hug again.
But there was something different about his hug. It seemed full of fear and apprehension.
I knew I was the reason. I wasn't numb. I could feel every time
he took care of me, I could feel that he was giving everything he could.
I just chose not to speak. I just didn't want to lose what was left of
Yuri and me. I'm happy with what we have. He doesn't ask for
anything in return for all the effort he puts in.
There's no pressure, unlike before. There's no pressure that it has to be this way or
that way. I'm more comfortable with us like this.
Yuri is my comfort zone.
"Do you know that PDA is not allowed here?" Aries' voice.
Yuri and I walked away together and looked at him. Our eyebrows met
while we crossed our arms.
"Where are you from?" He asked.
"S-from Fer Corp."
His expression changed quickly but he changed it immediately.
"Did you meet?" He asked calmly.
I quickly got what he meant. He also knew that
it was coming. This was my strange feeling again. The
feeling that I was agreed with again.
I just gave him a curt nod in response.
"What did he say to you?"
I decided not to answer his question.
"Aries... Maybe we can talk later. We're going back to
class."
I didn't wait for him to say anything. I started walking
towards the auditorium. It didn't take long for me to feel Yuri following
.
We were close to the Ulopongs when he grabbed my arm and made
me stop.
"Jay... What's the problem?"
I faced him and looked him in the eyes. "Did you know too?"
He was surprised at first but seemed to get it right away. He let go of
my arm.
"Did you know too?" I repeated. "...did you know he was coming?"
He quickly looked away. I already knew the answer to
my question.
He knew. He knew it!
I didn't want to get angry with him, but I couldn't help but think that
what they did was not out of emotion. I walked closer to the Ulopongs again.
I didn't see any teachers. It seemed like they didn't show up
to teach again today.
Ci saw me and immediately greeted me.
"Jay... What happened? Where did Honey take you?"
Instead of answering him. I looked at him seriously in the eyes.
"Did you know too?"
I looked at him in surprise. "Which one?"
"That he was coming?"
His forehead furrowed in surprise. He didn't get what I
meant.
"Who's coming?"
He didn't seem to know. I sighed.
"Keifer has arrived." I said almost in a whisper.
The surprise was evident on his face. He quickly took his cellphone out of his pocket
and opened the message.
"Why is that? He hasn't messaged me since yesterday."
He said and showed me the messages in his Inbox.
It was as if he was deliberately not telling Ci-N.
"Let it be. We haven't talked either."
I said reluctantly and walked closer to Kit.
They were still separated but Eren and Josh were with them. I sat
next to Kit with my shoulders slumped.
My deep sigh caught the attention of the four of them.
"Hey. What happened? Where did Honey take you?" Eren asked.
I saw the other Ulopongs approaching us to hear what
I had to say. Except for Drew and Yuri who chose to watch us from a short
distance.
"K-K-Ki Felix. We were looking for Percy."
Felix looked at us in surprise. "What's wrong with Kuya? Why
did you look for him?"
I looked at him, full of surprise. Didn't he have anything to do
with the two of them?
"Your question is wrong. What should be the matter with you and Honey?."
"With you?" He asked while pointing to himself. "...w-nothing. I was just teasing him
before, Manang. Then when he came back from the US, he started scolding me.
His appearance has changed like that too."
I raised one eyebrow. "That's not what he told me."
The Ulopongs looked at him at the same time.
They also shouted Ayyiieeeehhhh at the same time!!
"Haha... Is there something wrong!"
"What strange thing happened to you?"
"What? What? Tell me!"
Felix immediately got lost and tried to get away from those who were teasing him.
He looked like he was about to get angry.
"Nothing! What!" He said annoyed.
He was going to be teased by the idiots if he just went away and stayed away from us.
He also turned his back so we couldn't see his reaction.
His ears were clearly red.
"Jay..." Ci-N called me worriedly. "...are you okay?"
I nodded at him. "I'm just upset because I didn't get to
talk to him."
"Who?" Denzel asked. "...Who didn't you get to talk to?"
Ci looked at me as if asking for permission.
I gave him a curt nod. I don't know if they were just acting like they didn't
know or if they really didn't know.
"Keifer. He's back." Ci-N said.
Their reactions were mixed.
"Why isn't he showing us?"
"Where is he?"
"Does he know what's going on here?"
"No! Keifer left us in the lurch!" Blaster said angrily,
causing us to look at him.
"What are you talking about?" Eman.
"Don't you realize? He left on purpose when
we were just having a good time!" He said and the other
Ulopong looked at each other. "...after all, it's all his fault! He's the reason
Jay-jay is mad at us and then what did he do? He left!"
"Blaster is right!" Drew snapped. "...We're the ones who are struggling to
apologize to Jay-jay! While he's the one who started
it all!"
"Stop it!" Rory protested.
"What they said is true!" Mayo joined in.
Kit immediately stopped her. "Don't get involved with them!"
She just looked at him and went back to talking. "Most of us
just followed what he said! Then we paid for everything! And
Keifer? Where is he?! He's in a foreign country and is behavingâ€"!"
"STOP!" Yuri shouted, stopping her. "...Don't you dare say a
thing against him!"
Her eyebrows met. She seemed very angry at what Mayo,
Drew and Denzel said.
"Let's not be so plastic here! You're mad at him, right?
He's your rival!" Drew scolded him for being a jerk.
We thought they were going to fight so we were alarmed. Yuri looked
Drew in the eyes.
"Yes! We are rivals, but don't forget that he's also my friend! You don't
know what he's facing right now so don't talk
like he's the bad guy!" He said angrily before letting go of
Drew.
He looked at me for a moment and tried to calm down. He turned his back on us and
walked away. We were left just looking at him.
Of all of us, Yuri is the only one who knows what
Keifer is really facing right now. Even though there is a misunderstanding,
he still sees us as friends.
I hope I can do what you're doing.
I want to think that despite what happened, they are still my friends. But
I'm afraid that maybe they don't see me that way.
I watched them all. We were together in many things,
I cried in front of them and they did the same to me. We shared problems
and joys.
That was just ruined when they lied to me. Blaster and Drew have a point
. I don't want to think they're right because we all have faults.
I'm wrong because I tolerate them even though I shouldn't. It's been a few months since
the truth came out. Maybe
they've suffered enough for me.
Maybe I can forgive them.