His Doubtful Promises

Chapter 5

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As the warmth of the sun brushed off on me, I smiled as I inhaled the fresh air in this island, enjoying the rest of my stay here. Making every minute count as I know it would be a long time before I'd get to have this peace again. I would give anything up to remain in this paradise.

The cling I have for this place grew over time, for the entire week that we've stayed here I managed to forget about my problems and my worries. It's as if stress doesn't exist in this place, everything around me is peaceful.

And over time, I have gotten used to him and I got closer to him. It's not like I was annoyed before, but now, I won't last a day without him following me around, sitting beside him while eating, strolling through the hotel with him, and having him accompany me as I drink coffee at the café.

All of those became an everyday routine as he entered my life, Rox and the girls are all busy doing their stuff and with the boys, while I... was also having fun with him. I wouldn't deny the fact that I am having fun with him.

He's actually super fun to be with, he's nice and friendly, he knows how to get along with everyone else he meets. Through the entire week, I learned more about him, and that's what I wanted in the first place. Yet at the same time... the thing that I was scared of is slowly starting to happen.

I was getting attached, not only to this place but also to Nycho. The more I hang out with him, the more I develop the feeling of wanting to always be with him. I loved his company, I love how he doesn't back down even if I try to make things hard for him.

In this last day, I sat on the sand in front of the water. Enjoying the view of the waves and loving the sun, I smiled and took my phone out of my tote bag. I took photos of the view in front of me, not until someone photobombed and started laughing.

"Nycho!" I stood up and almost fell back down when I tried to slap his arm, good thing he managed to grab me on time and prevented me from falling. "Get away from me! Can't you see I'm relaxing." I rolled my eyes.

"Do you mind if I relax with you?" He asks and I rolled my eyes as he already took a seat even if I didn't say anything. I sat back down, beside him, inhaling a breath of fresh air. "Tomorrow's your flight back, right?"

"Yes. Why? Missing me already?" I teased but he smiled at me bitterly while sorrow evident in his eyes. It made me stop smiling. "Did I say anything wrong?"

"I'll miss you." He says, I patted his shoulder and we both looked at the waters. People having fun around us, but nothing seemed to matter because all I could see was his face, his reaction. It seemed so true, it was so true. Truer than everything he has told me. "I'll miss you, a lot."

"There is always next time, Nycho." I said and played the sand with my hands. I took my phone out again and handed it to him. "If there's no next time... let's take a photo? Remembrance. For me to remember this moment."

He nodded and took my phone, we took a lot of pictures together to serve as remembrance. When he gave me my phone back, I smiled and held it for a while before promising him to send them.

After that I went back to our room and scrolled through my phone, I decided to look at our photos. I stopped scrolling when a photo of me looking away while Nycho's looking at me, smiling, it caught my attention. I kept looking at it until I noticed I was smiling for too long.

I placed my phone down and I reminisced, I scrolled through all of my other photos and my heart almost skipped a beat when a received a chat from him. I thought about it twice before reading it.