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The sun shined upon the window pane, it woke me up. I sat down, feeling the tremendous pain of a hangover and as I was holding my head with both of my hands... the flashbacks from last night came hitting me, hard. Shit, Why did I even drink?
I looked around, I suddenly laughed at the sight in front of me. Everyone was just chaotic, but asleep. Vrylle's laying on the floor, Amee's beside her, Theia and Venylie are on the other bed, yes, but they were both upside down. I was the only one looking quite better, yet I was still wearing the outfit from last night. Well, at least I didn't vomit.
Korics... he brought me back to the room when I was slowly getting drunker and drunker, I still remember what happened last night. To be in full detail, Nycho promised to only order two bottles of that strong alcoholic drink... but the boys were having a lot of fun and started ordering more. The girls tagged along too, and suddenly everyone was drinking heavily.
My alcohol tolerance is very low, I get drunk easily maybe because I'm not used to drinking at all. That's probably why I got dizzy way too early while the others were still busy talking and taking shots. I held my head, it is still hurting badly which made me regret drinking more than four shots.
For sure somebody dared me to drink more, I just can't remember who it was. I shot up, struggling to arrive at the bathroom because I couldn't walk straight, my head was just hurting too badly. I almost stepped on Amee. Vry shifted a little.
Good mornight, love. I looked at the mirror very bewildered and with my eyes wide open, all of a sudden those words popped into my head! I just knew it was Kor who said all of those, I giggled when the happenings started to replay over and over again.
He affects me so much, in a good way. Sometimes, I think it's all too good to be true. Like how he invests so much on me and making me feel as if I'm the most loved person in the world, well technically, in his world. Or as if... I'm his world. Kidding!
Walking out of the bathroom after smiling in front of the mirror for so long, I was greeted by Vrylle's "in pain" face. It looks like she's also having troubles with her own hungover, she gestured to the water bottle and I handed it to her. Vry drank all of it in just one gulp, he head was still hurting though.
"What time did you guys came in?" I asked, I sat on the bed in front of Vry, she was still on the floor trying to gather herself up. "I didn't hear anything, I was sleeping."
"Around 3:00 a.m? Yes, we came in very very late." She slowly stands up, then bellyflops to the bed, still feeling sleepy and tired. "We stopped drinking though, we were just talking for hours before going to bed."
"Even Korics?" I asked, she nodded and I was surprised. He doesn't really sleep that late unless he's busy with schoolworks or maybe playing games. "That's so... unusual?"
"I know right, but stop acting like a concerned girlfriend." She laughs, I just stared at the television that's turned off. "He's fine, surely the boys are still asleep. What time is it?"
"I think it's still early let me check.." I grabbed my phone from the mini desk beside the bed and my eyes widened. "Holy cow— It's 11:30 a.m!"
"What?! I guess we missed breakfast then..." I looked at the others and they're still asleep, looking very exhausted. "Let's go outside? I think I need coffee."
Vrylle and I walked to the café of the hotel to order pancakes and coffee, it's almost lunch time, no wonder I felt so hungry earlier. I missed breakfast and it's almost lunch. The waiter came to our table holding a tray with our orders on it, a smile grew on my face knowing I'll finally satisfy my hungry tummy!
While we were busy eating, Kyve approached us, looks like he just came from their room. He has the same "in pain" look that Vrylle had when she just woke up. He has a hungover, it's written all over his face. He sat on the other chair.
"I know I'm an employee... but sir Gaeb told me I get to have my weeklong vacation with you guys too..." He starts to talk, but with the pain present on his facial expressions. "...now look at me, waking up at 12:00 p.m, and suffering from my severe hangover! I swear, I should've done my job instead."
"Wait... did you just say, sir Gaeb?" Vrylle asked, I also looked at Kyve with the same confused reaction. Since when did he start calling him "Sir Gaeb"? "Why?"
"Oh... I'm not even used to calling him Gaeb... it's always sir Gaeb before..." He was confusing us more and more. "Wait, hold on, you guys don't know?"
"Know... what?" Vrylle and I said in sync.
"They own this beach hotel! He's, well technically their entire family including sir Nycho... are my masters!" He laughs. "Well, my boss. They are my bosses, I work for them, but we also treat each other as buddies."
It was all so clear now! It's actually obvious from the start, the hotel treats us like very important people because they abide by Gaeb and Nycho's orders. They follow their commands on treating us as if we're celebrities, and the hotel staff knows the brothers very well. It was also obvious when I noticed how well they both know the ways around Siargao even without the assistance of Kyve.
Kyve excused himself, he's going to the staff room to talk to the other staffs, just checking if anything was well and settled. We're not going to throw the rest of this day to waste, not even their hungover could stop us. Well, if it's not that worst then why treat it as a barrier?
I was looking forward to try surfing, so I'm still holding on to the hopes that everyone will be okay and physically ready for the rest of today's activities, no matter if we start late than how we did the first days.
After Vry and I finished our food and finished chatting about Gaeb and Nycho, we headed back to the room to take a shower and prepare, also to check on the girls. They were all awake by then, in pain too.
"Looks like all of you enjoyed." I said, partly teasing them. They all have the same facial expression, majority of suffering a hungover. "Drink water, feel better guys! We're going surfing later, once Kyve feels better so he could drive safely."
A few hours have gone by... everyone started to feel better so we wore our bathing suits and started packing our stuff that's needed for the beach... we're surfing. I felt excited! It's actually my first time.
We got in the van, I sat beside Korics who's still feeling a little sleepy and slightly experiencing his light hangover. I just sat there silently while listening to music, he pushed me a little to get my attention.
"What?" There's an awkward silence between us, we both exchange stares and there's that sensation again. Every time we end up like this, my heart just won't stop beating at a rapid speed. "Do you need anything?"
"Can I... rest my head on your shoulder?" He asks, I didn't say anything, because I didn't know what to say. "I just really need to sleep."
Before I could even answer, he already did... I had nothing else to do but just let him do what he wants, and in all honesty... I was going to say yes in the first place. I smiled while looking out the window, Kyve drove off.
I fell in love with the little things and with the little gestures, he does something nobody can ever do to make me feel at least a spark. He hits differently, and it's also the reason why I find him different from all of the other guys I know.
"Oh... my gosh! What's going on over here?" Vrylle teased when she saw Korics sleeping on my shoulder, I rolled my eyes at her. "Cute! I'm going to take a pic."
"Jealous?" Nycho asks, we all laughed, well except for Kor since he was sleeping. "Gaia, we can do that too you know..."
"Oh shut up. I don't want to." She says while rolling her eyes at him, it felt as if I was watching a romcom happening right in front of me, live! "You wish!"
The conversations went on in the van, until we finally arrived in Cloud 9. Kyve ran to some people, he's talking to them so we were all left inside the van at the parking lot, waiting for his go signal. I couldn't wait anymore, I got too excited.
Kor is still sleeping on my shoulder and he looks so peaceful and comfortable, I didn't want to disturb his slumber. I just stared at him, I smiled unconsciously just by the sight of him like that. I tapped him slightly, enough to wake him up but he wouldn't. I think he's too tired.
"You guys should stay here..." Theia says, Venylie also agrees since they were all ready to go out now. "...just until Korics wakes up. Wait for him."
"Okay, just chat me—" I was about to say that but then I remembered my phone's broken. "—Oh, chat Kor instead. His phone is over here."
My shoulder was feeling sore now but I can't wake him up and I don't know why! Probably because I don't want to disturb his slumber, just like what I said earlier. He looks tired and he needs sleep, so I didn't care if my shoulder was hurting anymore... just for him to rest.
"Hey Kor... wake up?" I tapped again after a few more minutes. It's getting late, almost 3:00 p.m, I didn't want to miss out on an experience of surfing! "I think you got enough rest already..."
Oomph! He woke up, rubbing his eyes, I moved my shoulder a little feeling how sore it was because I felt at least a percentage of his weight! I looked over at him, he's feeling and looking more energized now.
"Let's go?" I asked, wanting to get out of the van to tag along the others who seems to be having a great time with their surfing experience. "We don't want to miss out on the fun, Kor..."
"Wait..." He says, as he pulls a little on my shirt to stop me from opening the door. "Just please, stay for a while..."
"Still sleepy?" I asked. No response.
"No."
"Then, what?" I asked.
"Thank you." He simply says. "Thank you, so much."
"I haven't done anything, save your gratitude the next time I ever do something actually... useful." I joked.
"I could thank you for a lot of reasons." He starts off. "You've done more than you ever know... you've given me so much to thank you for."
"Like what?" I asked. The atmosphere was light but at the same time heavy, for my heart. It was heavy for my heart, with the abundance of joy inside of it. "Did I do anything... helpful?"
"You gave time." He says. "You gave me time to get to know you more, I thought I know a lot about you because we've been friends for a long time.. but since the start of this vacation, I've seen a lot that you never showed me."
"You... think there's something special?" I said. "I never showed you those... because I never knew you'd be interested in seeing that side of me. The side of me that's scared to commit."
"Scared... to commit?" He was confused. "You're afraid of commitment?"
"Yes, well... once." I said, gathering strength. "But you changed that.."
"Me?"
"Remember when you asked me if I would risk with you?" I started. "That day, I started thinking more deeply to assure myself of what I'm about to enter. You changed that side of me, you made me conquer my fear."
"Specifically?"
"I'm scared of risking, yes. But if it's with you, then yes Korics. Yes, I would risk with you... I'll choose to risk with you."
"Why would you do that?" He asks, I smiled while looking at him.
"Because, I have fallen... deeper."
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