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BRIGHT'S POV

I decided to abandon my booked AirBnB for the three days that Win will be here. I wanted to be with him, to spend as much time as I could while he is still here. The thought of cutting my month long trip is very ideal to me right now, but I have to find a way that I would make Win feel bad.

He was looking for possibilities of being assigned another flight during my stay and he'd ask for another three days of leave but he said it was highly unlikely because it was peak season for the travel industry and that they'd need all the staff to be fully functional.

"I need to arrange my stuff before we go around, I have a very early flight for tomorrow." He said, taking out his uniform.

"You'll be on-duty for your flight back?" I asked him.

"Yep, I have 2 flights, one back to Manila and another round-trip of Tokyo to Manila. I would pretty much be at the airport all day." He said.

"You can't have a break and head out of the airport?" I asked.

"It doesn't work like that. I'll just be waiting for a few minutes or an hour for the flight." He told me.

"Why do you have to work..." I nag.

"I don't want to be stuck at home either, don't you wanna work? After everything you had to go through to get your degree?" He said and sat beside me.

"I just miss you and I wish we had the luxury of time like we used to..." I told him.

"Come on, don't start with that talk, we have all day together, let's make the most of it." He said as he pulled me off the bed.

We went to the hotel lobby and Win approached the front desk which made me confused, did he had anything to do today?

"We have somewhere else to go before we push through with your agenda." He said and led me outside.

"Where are we going?" I asked him.

"I have a little surprise for you." He said with a smile.

His smile was assuring enough that I was in good hands. We drove for a while until I saw the field of Cherry Blossoms... we're gonna see cherry blossoms!

"I----" He cut me off.

"You're not going to see it alone Bright." He said and smiled.

We got off and it felt like I was in another dimension. It was surreal! We took a lot of photos and he posted a lot on his stories already. He seemed like a child that was brought in a candy store.

"Let me get you something" Win said while I was still busy taking photos and letting it sink in that I am really here.

He came back with some drinks after a little while, we sat at a bench in the middle of the cherry blossom trees.

"You know I really thought I was going here all alone..." I told him and he gave me a small smile.

"Is there anything wrong?" I asked him.

"I just... I wish..." He said as if he was trying to look for the right words.

"What is it?" I asked and waited for him patiently to speak up.

"I wish we never got separated... A part of me really blames myself for not fighting for you enough... I missed you so bad, you were my safe place and you still are, things just really feel different now, in a good way..." He said trying to stop some tears from falling.

I tried to respond but he signaled me to be quiet...

"All those time I was alone, I know I needed to be alone so that I could grow and all, but all I could think of was how I made you feel when my fear got the best of me. You fought so hard that you even put your life at risk for me. I don't want you doing that again okay?" He said as his tears finally fell...

"Why are you crying? Are you trying to say goodbye? Because I won't let you leave again..." I told him as I put down my drink and made him look to me so that I could wipe away his tears.

"No. I'm not gonna run away again... I just have to get this out. God, I'm so lucky to have you." He told me.

"I would do anything for you Win, anything. Even if you run away, even if you ignore me. I would still go running after you. I would even run away with you. You never have to blame yourself for things that happened to us, especially to me, all of those wasn't on you. Free yourself from your thoughts, it's just you who thinks that. I won't ever blame you for something you're incapable of." I assured him.

He gave me a genuine smile and started giggling. Like old days...

"You still really know the right words to say..." He said...

"I know everything you need, you don't have to say it." I told him and smiled.

"I'm sorry... This is such a perfect day..." He responded.

"Oh Win, any day with you is a perfect day." I said and sneakily kissed his cheek.

"Come on, there's a lot more to see." He said.

We spent all day going around Japan again, we took so much photobooth pictures... We kissed in corners that are far from the public eye. There's this longing and tension that we've been fighting off for a while now. For our last agenda, we decided head back and order a lot for dinner...

"What the fuck??" Win said as he was looking on his phone.

"What's wrong?" I asked him...

"You can't post like that!" He said. He's not mad but he's not that happy either.

I guess he already saw my instagram story... I smirked at him which turned his little frown into a smile.

"You have to admit that you agree with it though..." I told him still smirking.

"Stop it." He said.

"What?" I asked mocking him.

"You are so naughty." He said and rolled his eyes at me.

"But you agree with it right?" I asked him again.

"But you can't post stuff like that..." He said shyly.

"What's wrong with it?" I asked again.

"I--- It's--- You're still annoying." He said as he hid his blush when he accidentaly opened his phone and it was still open.

"Just admit it Win, you agree with it." I told him.

"Finish your food." He said.

"Avoiding it now huh?" I teased him more as we ate.

"Finish your food so we could get to it."He told me.

That shocked me which caused me to stop all of a sudden and smile. I hurriedly ate my food and he started laughing.

"Relax, I'm not going anywhere." He said. Now it's his turn to tease me.

"You are. I only like have a few hours left. We're not sleeping." I told him as I packed away everything I used.

I couldn't wait so as soon as he was done cleaning up I pinned him against the wall and started kissing him like I was so hungry for something that wasn't part of our dinner. He responded with my kisses as we stumbled our way to the bed.

*******

We were cuddling next to each other as our bare skin touch, only covered by the comforter of his bed.

"I'm gonna miss that." I told him as I hugged him tighter.

"We'll see each other after your trip. You gotta enjoy Japan at its fullest." He said as he reached for the photos by the nightstand.

"I already experienced it best with you, how fun would it be when I'm alone?" I told him.

"Oh stop it, you're still gonna enjoy it without me." He said and stared at our photos.

"I like that photo" I told him as I pointed to the one where he was kissing my cheek.

"I'll go divide them up before I leave." He said and looked at the others.

"I like the photos we took on my phone earlier..." I said and giggled.

"Oh stop it! You're so naughty." He said and started giggling as well.

We fell asleep while cuddling each other. The next day I woke up alone in bed, I thought Win already left but I heard the bathroom door opened.

"You're awake. Good Morning." He said.

"Good morning, come back to bed." I joked.

"Only if I could... I ordered room service to bring our breakfast up here so we won't have to go through all the hassle downstairs." He said as he was fixing his polo.

"You have to close that polo up..." I told him as a hickey was peeping through the opened upper buttons.

"I will. I told you not to leave marks. Anyway, go get dressed up, they'll come up any time now." He said and turned around.

"Oh you don't have to turn around. It's all for you." I said and smirked.

"Bright!" He said and laughed.

We took our time eating breakfast and I took my phone out to take another picture of him.

"Oh no, not again." He told me.

"You're dirty-minded, It's not like last night." I smirked as he blushed.

"I can't really go to the airport with you?" I asked him for the nth time.

"No. It's company shuttle, you could keep the room if you want to though..." He said.

"I'll go back to my accommodation, I don't want to miss you that much, especially everything we did here." I gave him another smirk.

It wasn't long until he got a call from the lobby that his shuttle will be arriving in a while. He in fact did split the photos equally. I also got ready and packed my stuff so that I could go back to my AirBNB.

While I made my way back to my AirBNB I received a notification from Win... He posted a story and messaged me.

Win

Maroon by Taylor Swift, listen to the entirety of it, but 1:10 mostly :)

The mark you saw on my collarbone, the rust that grew between telephones

The lips I used to call home, so scarlet, it was maroon

Win

Oh, I miss you so bad already.

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Thanks for reading! <3

Additional (sorry it was a short chapter):

Bright's Dinner and Win's Story: