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Chapter 18

The next day...
10:07 AM...
Linh's POV...
I stretched my arms out with my head still feeling dizzy after last night's hangover. Well, at least it wasn't that bad since I've been through worse. I was more concern about Minh last night, since she literally almost trip down the stairs when she was heading to the toilet. Thankfully, Hoang and I actually had the energy to still keep an eye on her. 
I get up from my bed and grab the scrunchie on my small desk. After tying my hair, I walk up to the mirror in my room to take a good look at myself. My eyes still look exhausted from last night, but more than that, I would say that my heart feels far more uncomfortable than my head itself. After receiving Xiaoyang's message last night in which he stated that he has someone else, my heart really felt triggered everytime I remember about it. Do I feel like an idiot? Yeah, because I fell in love with someone who turned out to have someone else. But again, I do realize that he never told me in the first place about it. Well, what did I expect? I never see a man who's trying to approach a girl with a rather "flirty" manner (at least sometimes, kinda) would actually straight up tell her that he has someone else. Though he did eventually add that it's cool for us to be just friends. But well, that's a part of the past now. My main goal now is to literally move on from him and forget that last night ever happened. Who knows, maybe I could finally see him as "just a friend" eventually, and not the guy who I used to admire like crazy at the gym.
"Ughhh that jerk!"
I turn my head in a surprised manner as I see a sober Minh entering my room in a furious manner. Well, I'm glad that she is sober now. In fact, I thought it's kind of surprising to see her with this amount of energy after I swear I saw her almost losing counts on her shots. If Hoang didn't slightly scold her, she probably would have ended up lying down all helpless on the dance floor.
"Woah, what's up with the fury all of a sudden?" I ask my little sister with a confused look.
"Nar literally has a girlfriend all this time," Minh says in a slightly louder tone this time, yet not too loud so our mom didn't hear it.
"Woah, hold on, how did you know?" I ask in a surprised tone. This is definitely the most surprising thing I've heard so far after my series of getting sober.
"So I decided to text him last night asking if he has a girlfriend while I was tipsy. Of course, I was still anonymous. My phone's battery was low though so I decided to turn it off eventually," Minh states.
"Ok, and then?" I ask her.
"I decided to check my phone again this morning. Guess what? He told me that he can't really say that she has his heart," Minh states, this time her vision looks more furious than before.
Hearing that, my jaws couldn't help but drop in surprised as I continue to stare at my furious sister, though my eyes probably gives a look that I am speechless. Honestly in this situation, I am speechless. Well, Nar never said anything about having a girlfriend, and instead he just be acting like he's a single man and main character of his own TV drama.
"Jerk never said anything in the first place. I'm just gonna ignore him after this," Minh says as she takes a seat on the edge of my bed.
"I'm...I'm sorry about that," I say. Looking at my upset sister, my heart feels uncomfortable knowing that she's probably sad to know that her gym crush already has a girlfriend. Prettymuch, her disappointed heart would be similar to what I am feeling right now about Xiaoyang's confession.
"I texted Xiaoyang last night. He told me he also has someone else," I add. 
Hearing that, Minh slowly turns her head to my direction. She stares at me with a sorry look, though I chose to shift my gaze down since I'm still trying to not get emotional everytime the thought of it came across my head again.
"Man, I'm sorry, Sis," Minh says.
"Don't worry. It's fine. At least he was honest," I say, trying to sound as if it didn't matter to me, even though it still stings my heart deeply.
Minh sighs, "Men these days just can't be trust."
Hearing that, I form a small smile looking at my sister who still looks both upset yet annoyed at the same time. Sometimes I couldn't help but find her to be such a cute nature. She's so innocent that I think she gets easily affected by every little irritating thing. I wouldn't say that I have it all together, but maybe since I've been dealing with my parents' issues for way too long, I've come to not feel too frustrated when things don't go the way I hoped for. Yet, it doesn't mean that I am fine.
"Let's just forget about it for now," I say.
"Ok," Minh states.
Looking at my sister, I lean in closer to her and give her a warm bear hug. Slowly I can her arms also embracing me back. 
"Everything's going to be ok, Minh. We can get through this," I say in a comforting manner.
"Of course," Minh says with her arms still wrapped around me.
A few hours later...
4:45 PM...
At the gym...
I'm glad to say that my head eventually feels a lot more better as the hours passed by. By this, I feel like I still have some energy for a quick cardio on the treadmill. Other than that, I'm hoping that burning some calories would eventually help me forget about Xiaoyang's confession. 
I get up on the treadmill and start to set it up. I didn't want to run in full speed today, so I just decided to go for a walk on normal speed.
"It's surprising to see you at this hour."
I turn my head to the side to see Mr Tuan already standing next to the treadmill. He forms his usual cheesy smile he would usually throw at everyone.
"I thought I go for a quick cardio," I say to him, not really giving much care. I assumed he was just trying to act friendly, since he often does that to everyone.
"I see. By the way, I didn't see Hoang this morning. Where is he?" Mr Tuan asks.
"He's taking a rest today," I say. For what Mr Tuan knows, Hoang often hits the gym in the morning during weekdays, and in the afternoon during the weekends.
"I see. By the way, is it ok if I get your number?" Mr Tuan asks.
To be continue...

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