Chapter 2 We met again!

The moment my eyes laid on this young man by the doorstep of my hotel room, I knew that something good might even happen on this miserable night.

"Come on!" I smiled before pulling him by the collar and leading him to the living area.

"Now, you sing! Entertain me!" I said, then handing over him the mic.

"Look, I am not here to entertain you. I came because I felt you needed some company. I'm not a call-boy!"

"Then why would you do this?" I frowned. "Nothing is free now! Unless you are here to kill me or rob me...or!"

"Relax! Ok! I just want to make sure you are not one of those lonely rich women who chose to end their lives because they felt so alone," he said.

I looked at him and chose to trust this coincidence!

"Whatever! So what would we do?"

"Well, we can drink?" he said, smiling again.

I stopped and stared at him to make sure before nodding. "Okay!"

I went to the bar and grabbed something to drink. Then we had a blast!

Barefoot and with just a bikini on, covered by a see-through red robe, I went out without caring about anybody.

"WEEEEEH!" I screamed as we slid down the stairs before running to the buffet area.

"I want this!" Kenzo pointed at a steak.

"You can get anything you want, but not a steak!" I whispered before secretly getting a big tray.

"Hey, we cannot do that!" Kenzo stopped me, but I just smiled.

"The more, the merrier!" I said, and Kenzo happily filled two trays of food.

"Hey! That is not allowed here!" A manager tried to stop us, but I showed them my presidential suite card, and off we ran to the elevator.

Three men from the area went after us, but we managed to catch the elevator just in time.

We went out of the elevator, ran back to the room, and enjoyed our food.

After finishing all the food, we went back to the buffet area again, and we gathered as much food as we could before running to the elevator, laughing our hearts out.

"Good thing you got a VIP card, ha!" Kenzo said between his breaths.

We ran along the corridors back to my hotel room, teasing each other like kids.

"Hey, I want ice cream!" I said after eating.

"Wouldn't that be too much for you? You know, liquor is not a friend to all! "Kenzo said.

"Ah, you know what? I don't care right now!" I grinned and grabbed his hand. "Let's go?"

And off we went down again to the ice cream parlor and got a lot of it, then we ran back to the room.

"This is life!" I screamed in joy as I raised an ice cream with my left hand and a bottle of wine with the other hand before jumping into the pool.

I heard Kenzo splash into the pool next to me.

I never felt so free after a very long time. With him, it's as if I am enough just being my worst.

We swam, drank, and played in the pool before I decided to go out. I am cold.

"Here! You might get sick!" Kenzo immediately wrapped me in a towel.

"Thank you!" I shivered before running inside.

We got dry while we sang and danced like we were the only people in the world.

"CHEERS!" I wailed.

"Cheers!" Kenzo breathed with his deepest voice.

I stopped dancing and stared at him.

He was blushing.

"You are drunk! You can leave me now and take some rest!" I whispered to him.

He then stared at me with his eyes, as if piercing through me.

"I want to stay," he said in his hoarse voice.

As the only light from the karaoke danced around the room, I felt my breathing getting deeper and heavier.

"You should go. I tried my best to convince him."

I saw him breathe slowly, his gaze fixed on me, and he smiled before wrapping his right arm around my waist and pulling me close to him.

"Yes, I'll stay!" he said.

And the only thing I knew then was that his lips were so soft as he scooched me in for a kiss.

"You are beautiful," he whispered lightly in my ear as he dropped kisses and untied my robe.

My chest feels like it's going to explode with excitement. Or fear? It was like dinosaurs were running around in my stomach.

We were both out of breath, we were breathing at the same rate as he gasped with every kiss he buried in different parts of my body.

"I have a boyfriend," I suddenly said.

"So what? It's more exciting!" he answered between kisses.

"You're still young," I said, then propped up both elbows to get up slightly.

"I'm of legal age,"

"But..." I couldn't finish what I was going to say when I threw up.

Directly to him.

"I knew it!" he said laughingly before standing up.

"Sorry," I muttered as I wiped my lips and helped myself up to sit.

"I'll clean you up, then I'll leave so you can rest. Let's take a shower?"

"Huh? Wait!"

He lifted me from the sofa and carried me to the bathroom.

"Hey! I'm heavy!" I tried to protest.

"I'm fine; just be still!" he said, then lowered me into the jacuzzi.

I saw that he took off his pants, and that's all.

He grabbed some soap and shampoo.

"You want to say something to ease your burden?" he suddenly said when he dipped into the jacuzzi next to me.

I cried immediately and couldn't stop telling him everything.

He listened to me intently, unexpectedly from his age. I lost track of time as we talked. I never thought I would experience something like this.

"Thiffey?"Dein's voice echoed throughout the bathroom.

Kenzo and I quickly turned around and I saw Dein furiously dash towards us and pull Kenzo up and out of the jacuzzi.

"Stupid! Go home, kid! Your mother might be looking for you!" Dein said in rage before throwing Kenzo's clothes at him.

Kenzo didn't move; instead, he asked me, "Are you okay? Or will you come with me?"

My heart felt like it was going to jump.

"Go away!" Dein shouted.

"Stella, what?" Kenzo insisted.

He called me Stella. It's nice to hear my name differently, with warmth I only felt from my parents.

"It's alright, Kenzo. Thank you. I have to face it!" I said calmly.

When Kenzo left, Dein forced me out of the bathroom.

"Come on, Thiff! What's that?"

"I'm sorry, I got tired of waiting," I answered, the image of Kenzo's face still lingering in my mind.

"I hurt Hina just for this? You are worse than a beer house girl!" he yelled and left. "We're done!"

"Beerhouse girl?" I breathed before slumping down on the sofa.

I stayed at the hotel for a day before checking out.

Monday came fast before I even knew it. My body wasn't really feeling well enough to go to school, but I needed to.

I am a teacher for special-disabled kids.

"NARIH! What took you so long? I've called you ten times!" I screamed when my cousin answered my call.

"Sorry! What is that?" Narih's voice sounded angry.

She must have anticipated that we would talk about Dein and what stupid things I did.

I sighed and tried to calm my nerves before speaking.

"Narih! I did something!" I said nervously, almost whispering.

"What? What? Did you kill Dein? Wait, you killed the girl?"

"What? Your crazy-?" I stopped laughing.

I wanted to laugh at her joke, but right now, I couldn't. Besides, I was too busy thinking about Kenzo. To be honest, since that night, my mind has not stopped thinking about Kenzo. With his soft and red lips. As well as the disappointment that he left his boxers on.

"What now?" My cousin interrupted my exciting thoughts.

"Dein and I are no longer okay,"

"What's new?" Narih sighed. I could hear her disappointment. "Wait, were you two okay last time about Hina?"

"Yes. We're ok. But we're not ok because of me."

"And why?"

"Didn't I tell you that Dein and I had a date?"

"Yes. What's up?"

"Well, something happened; I found out that he got Hina pregnant. I felt bad; I accidentally met a man,"

"Man? So, something happened to you and the man? What happened to Dein?"

"Dein went to Hina. I called Dani, but someone else answered. A man answered. The man's name was Kenzo. I didn't think he'd really see me, but he did. We kissed, but we did things better than kissing. We talked too. Then Dein came, and we fought." I told Narih in the shortest way possible.

"OH MY GASSSH! YOU!!!"

"Didn't I tell you that I really want to marry Dein? But even if I made a mistake, I don't feel so guilty,"

"Ahhh! Well, you finally came to your senses!"

"Yeah, right? He has no right to be angry with me after all I endured for him. Then he even got Hina pregnant. What about my daughter and I? Does he expect me to just smile and say, 'Go, I'll wait for you until you come back. Just... choose me!?" my voice broke.

I made a mistake, but then again, I didn't mean to. I know I'm wrong, but Dein's eyes are so disgusted as if I'm the dirtiest person. He is very disappointed. That's unfair.

"Are you teaching now?" Narih asked between sobs.

"Haha! Why are you crying? Hm, no. They have a test. I'm not in the mood to teach right now. I begged my fellow teacher to watch over them while I'm currently lying on the clinic bed, freaking out,"

"It's really good that you chose to teach the disabled,"

"You're right!" I took a deep breath, then turned to the left side of the room and tried to bite my tongue to stop the tears from falling.

"What did Dein say?"

"You don't need to know."

"Come on!" Narih insisted.

"He said I was worse than a beer house girl." And I let out silent sobs.

"Hypocrite!" Narih cried. "Break up! You deserve so much better."

"Crazy!" I wiped my tears.

"Why don't you try Kenzo? You know, to be fair? So that you could move on easily?" She tried to act silly to please me.

"I wish!"

"Why not?"

"Because he's young!"

"What? How young?"

"He's young! He's only twenty!"

Narih fell silent, and then she laughed. "So what?" Narih exclaimed as if she were excited. "He's not a relative anyway, right?"

I am in shock. Narih usually doesn't tolerate anything that goes against the norm.

"Really?"

"Look, I know people won't be accepting about it, but what if he's the one, right? I don't think he's a killer anyway! He's legal age!"

My heart wanted to burst with joy.

"Alright," I said finally.

I'll just stop torturing myself. Narih is right; I deserve the best. I hung up on our call. I got up from the bed and walked back to my room.

"I am taking you all out to a famous restaurant. How's that sound?" I gestured to my deaf students, and they were all excited about it.

We ate after school, and I was on my way home, feeling hopeful and all until I saw Hina and Dein at the children's boutique.

My heart sank immediately, and I had to go somewhere to wear my sorrow off. Along the way, I saw a bar and immediately went in.

I plunged myself into a seat on the corner and ordered drinks as a waiter came to cater to me. "Ten beers, please!" I said.

But the waiter chuckled. "Really? Ten? Can you handle that?"

I lifted my gaze, and I gasped as Kenzo happily sat across the table and stared at me.

"Need a companion?"