S. F. - 27

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The night of the party

Tay.

I viciously glared at Lee who just ruined my chance at talking to New.

"Could you smack your head on the wall for me?" I snarled at him before following New, but unfortunately he had already sat beside Gun.

I settled on the far corner of the lawn, watching his every move. I grimaced as he effortlessly emptied several bottles of beer.

Needless to say, I was worried about him. I'd never seen him got drunk and I didn't even know if he could handle his alcohol well.

I jolted when his eyes landed on me and mouthed the words "fuck you" before giving me a side eye.

I observed his every move especially when he stood to go somewhere.

I took it as a chance to grab another opportunity to talk to him and quickly got on my feet to follow him.

But I found myself panicking the moment he suddenly fell into the pool.

I was quick to run towards him, but Lee was quicker as he was already near him.

I had to push everyone aside as they started crowding around New and Lee who was about to perform CPR on New.

"DON'T TOUCH HIM!"

I mentally panicked when I figured that Lee was about to perform mouth to mouth resuscitation on New.

"NO! I'LL DO IT!"

I could sense everyone giving me a curious eye as I slightly pushed Lee aside and knelt beside New.

Aside from Gun, Arm and Off, nobody else at the party knew about me and New. But I didn't give two fucks about what they were gonna say as I leaned closer to New.

I immediately tilted his head and pinched his nose and was about to lean in closer when he started coughing and spewing water.

"Are you okay??" I asked as he continued coughing out water and grabbed my arms for support.

"I'll just bring him inside," Gun offered and started wrapping a towel around New.

"I'll do it. I'll do it, Gun," I quickly replied and grabbed the towel from him.

Gun stared at me for a while before nodding.

"I'll lead you to the guest room."

I carefully wrapped the towel around New and carried him in my arms. He must have drunk so much as he just stared at me blankly, like he was lost in a trance.

"I miss you."

I stilled as he whispered those words before closing his eyes. It was just a whisper, but it was enough to make my mind go haywire.

***

"New. Come on. You need to change your clothes," I slightly shook his shoulders as I made him sit on the bed, but he just chortled and hit my face.

"Tsss. Go awhay. Yhou're ughly."

I didn't know whether to laugh or scowl as he sneered and pushed me away.

"Hey, where are you going??" I asked in frustration as he stood and started wobbling his way to God-knows-where.

"Phee. I wantsh to pheee," he replied in a slurred manner before facing the wall.

"Oh, shit! That's not the restroom New!" I exclaimed as he started unzipping his pants. "Goodness, I didn't know you're like this when you're drunk!"

"Hehhwe. Bhut I'm shtill cute, righht?" he grinned at me. His eyes were half closed and his hair in disarray.

"Yeah. You are," I unconsciously muttered as I stared at him but then eventually panicked when he positioned himself and aimed at the wall.

"Wait, wait! That's not the restroom, New!" I exclaimed in alarm when he pointed his member towards the bedroom wall.

I immediately grabbed his arm and lead him towards the restroom only to be frustrated again as he consistently missed the urinal, thus spilling his pee all over the floor.

"Jesus! New, can you not miss the urinal!" I exclaimed in utter frustration as I watched him struggle in shooting his pee in the urinal.

All I could do was grab my hair in frustration and did something that I hadn't done in my entire life.

Putting aside all the embarrassment I was feeling at the moment, I stood behind him and helped him hold his member in place so he could urinate properly.

"Whhy arhe yhou holding Newwhiee?" he glared at me before hitting my hand.

Wait, did he just call his dck Newwiee?

"Tsss. Just stay still okay? We don't wanna flood the floor with your pee, do we?"

"P'Tay, here's the—"

I mentally cursed when Gun suddenly entered the room and saw us in our current position.

"I-I'll just leave the clothes here, P'Tay," he said before placing a set of fresh clothes on the bed.

"Uh, close the door next time, okay?" Gun grinned before walking out of the room

"Hey, it's not what you think!" I exclaimed but I doubted if he heard me as he had already closed the door behind him.

I immediately zipped New's pants once he finished peeing. I raised an eyebrow when I noticed that he was staring at me intently.

"What?" I asked but he didn't say a word.

"Come on. We have to wash your hands," I muttered and was about to lead him to the sink but he resisted.

Instead, he suddenly cupped my face and gawked at me like I was some specimen being studied in a lab experiment.

"Yhou sheriously lhook lhike the assshhole who lheft mhe. Whhy dhon't I sheck ith," he grinned at me as he held my face tightly.

My eyes widened in utter surprise as he closed the gap between us and pressed his lips against mine.

He didn't move at first. We just both stood still with our lips locked together.

I could feel my heart beating erratically against my chest as I felt his lips against mine. And I couldn't deny the fact that it made me miss him even more.

I started moving my lips and was about to grab him closer to deepen the kiss, but he suddenly pushed me away.

"Tsss. P'Tay kisshesh bhetter than yhou. Yhou're suchh a lhame kissher. Mhove ashide," he exclaimed and wobbled his way towards the bed.

***

I wiped the beads of sweat on my forehead as I looked at New who was slightly snoring on the bed.

My muscles were sore after struggling to change his clothes as he would flail his arms around and hit my face countless times, even poking my eye with his finger at some point.

"Tsss. Is this the price I have to pay for the times you took care of me when I was drunk?" I chuckled and fixed his blanket.

He stirred in his sleep and shifted his position and I could only smile as I watched him mumble something inaudible.

"I miss you, New. I really do," I whispered and placed a kiss on his forehead before lying beside him.

***

The next day

I suppressed a smile as I felt him move under the sheets. It seemed that he had already woken up and realized where he was.

I heard him answer a call but figured it must have been a wrong number as he muttered something inaudible and eventually ended the call.

I shifted my position and scooted closer to him before snaking my arms around his waist.

"HOLY SHIT!"

I had to stop myself from laughing as he cursed and tried to get away from me, but instead of letting go, I held him tighter and even snuggled his neck.

His skin felt warm against mine and I could feel my heart racing as I held him close. Needless to say, I missed every inch of him that I'd do anything to be this close to him again.

He tried to carefully pry my hands off his waist, but failed. I could sense he was panicking based on the way he was breathing, so I pretended waking up.

"Hmmmmm. Good morning," I greeted whilst rubbing my eyes to make my act a little bit believable. "Are you okay?"

I saw him wince. I bet his head was aching after the amount of alcohol he consumed last night.

"I have to go," he uttered and tried getting up but his attempt proved to be useless as he eventually went back to bed whilst massaging his head.

"I'll get you some medicine."

I immediately got off the bed to ask Gun for some aspirin only to find the house empty.

Spend some time with New. I know you need to talk to him.

-Off

I peeled off the note from the fridge and internally thanked Off for what he did.

***

"Come on. You need to eat first so you can take medicine," I uttered tenderly as I held the spoon close to New's mouth, but he just stared at me with a blank expression on his face.

"I'm not sick," he sparingly replied and slightly pushed my hand away before covering himself with the blanket.

"You obviously have hangover, New. Your headache will just worsen if you don't eat and take medicine. Come on. I cooked this for you."

I waited for him to respond, but he didn't.

I heaved a deep sigh and placed the food on the bedside table before sitting beside him on the bed.

"New. I'm sorry about what happened, okay. I know you hated me for leaving without telling you, but you told me not to bother you. Y-you even said you don't want to be with me and you're just confused with your feelings. I didn't mean to hurt you, New."

I was expecting him to lash out at me, yell at me or punch me and I would gladly accept all of that. But instead, all I heard was his light breathing.

"Tsss. You do really like sleeping on me, don't you?" I chuckled as I peeked under the blanket and saw him soundly sleeping.

***

I hid a smile as New went out of the bedroom whilst scratching the back of his head.

His bedroom hair just made even cuter as he started scratching his stomach.

"Hi!" I beamed at him but he just went me past and got himself a glass of water.

"New, can I talk to you?" I held his arm but he just stared at me blankly, his face void of expression and I couldn't help but be sad by the fact that the eyes that once looked at me with love and adoration were looking at me apathetically.

"Unless it's about the company, I'm not talking to you," he replied flatly before removing my hand away from his arm.

I swallowed the lump in my throat as I watched him get past me and went back to the room.

I hurriedly followed him, hoping he'd get tired of me and give in to my request.

But it seemed that he was already leaving as he was gathering his things.

"New. Please, let's talk," I pleaded as I followed him outside the room.

I immediately blocked his way to stop him from leaving and reached out for his hand.

"Don't touch me. Tsss. You lost your right to talk to me the moment you left without a word. Oh! You didn't have the right in the first place since we were never officially together, right?? And what? You're like the sky? Don't ever disappear from my sight? Why don't you tell yourself that, asshole!" he raged at me and I could feel my heart clenching as he reproached me with too much animosity.

I winced as he pushed me out of his way and tramped towards the door.

"New, it's not what you think, okay? Can you just listen to me first. It's you who se—."

I was desperate, so damn desperate to let him hear what I had to say but my words were immediately cut off when his phone rang.

"Hello, hon. I just went somewhere. I-m, I'm going back to my unit."

I bit my lips as hard as I could that I already tasted blood as he uttered those words while staring at me.

"By the way, hon... I miss you."

I saw a glint of sadness in his eyes as he uttered those three words.

Or was I imagining things?

I got out of my own train of thoughts as he completely left the house, leaving me speechless and dejected.

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