Bitter Holidays in Jeju

Chapter 25

Chapter 25

We were driving back to Seogwipo and there's been so much silence for both of us while on the ride tonight. I'm still shocked that it happened. Parang naiwan ang kaluluwa ko sa spot na 'yon. I never thought that he would do that lalo na't nasa harap ng mga paparazzi na 'yon. I don't know how they received what they saw, but surely, that does stop them from asking and following us.

Tahimik lang ako sa biyahe and Jin-hyeong's focus himself on driving. I didn't raise the topic right after it happened. We just left the place and then we drive back to Seogwipo as if nothing happened. Obviously, it's already creating issues over social media, but we never tried to look at our phones to keep our thoughts away from it.

But deep down, we know Chini must be furious as hell as now. We're dodging her calls and messages. Just to keep us sane for the rest of the night.

Before we head home, Jin-hyeong decided to stop at a convenience store. We wore some disguises before we jumped out of the car. Ipinahiram sa akin ni BJH ang hoodie na dala niya na nakatupi sa passenger seat. He just wore a cap para kahit yumuko siya ay matatakpan ang mukha nito, though his height would tell it, but there's a lot of people naman who stood tall like him kaya no worries.

He opened the door for me and let me walked inside first. Bumalot naman sa katawan ko ang lamig ng temperatura sa loob ng convenience na 'to.

"Do you want something?" he asked. Hindi agad ako nakasagot dahil naglibot agad ang mata ko sa shelves pero mas umagaw ng atensyon ko ay ang aromang nanggagaling sa coffee station. "Do you want some coffee?"

Tumango ako. "Yup... I really felt cold."

"Then we should get yours," he insisted.

Hindi pa man ako nakasasagot sa kanya, he immediately grabbed my hand and we both went to the coffee station and he just grab the cup and let me pick what coffee I would get. While I was waiting for my cup to get filled, he excused himself na may hahanapin lang siya at magkita na lang daw kami sa counter.

When my cup is finally filled, I also grabbed some sandwiches—I thought of getting some noodles, but I feel like the sandwich is already enough. Para kasing hindi ako nabusog kanina sa kinain namin sa Mint. Nagmamadali kami so we could avoid and maybe this is the reason why we stopped here for a moment.

I decided to go to the counter. Sakto namang dumating do'n si BJH na may dalang basket at ang daming lamang foods no'n. Natawa ako nang makalapit ako sa kanya. He's chuckling when he saw my reaction.

"Why are you laughing?" he asked.

"I thought you're just gonna get something," I guessed. He squinted his eyes as if he doesn't know what I was talking about. "Akala ko kasi banana milk lang kukunin mo, e. May pa-noodles ka na riyan bigla."

He smirked. "Aren't you hungry?" he asked.

"Slight... ikaw ba?"

Tumango siya sa tanong ko. "That's why I bought this. Is that all you got?"

"Yup."

"Is that already enough for you?"

I nodded. "This is enough for me."

He pressed his lips together and nodded. "Okay. Then I'll pay for it."

Nilagay ko sa basket 'yong sandwich at isinama na niya sa babayaran niya, of course he also paid for my coffee. After paying all of it, he decided not to go back to his back and spend our time just outside of the store and eat what we bought at one of the vacant tables there. Good thing, there wasn't around to snoop on us and we comfortably got our time here.