dandelιonѕ • reylo {ON HOLD}

• chapter 9 •

rey decided to call in sick the next day. she couldn't face him after what happened yesterday and the words he had said formed an unsettling dread in her stomach.

he probably didn't even remember the words he had told her. from the smell of his intoxicated breath she could tell he was well under the influence.

it was probably a stupid dare from his friends anyways. they probably knew how annoying she was based on ren's ranting and thought i'd be fit to dare him to act like he cared when he didn't.

why would he even bother with her anyways? it's not like he thought that highly of her, and even then, he has a girlfriend. that bazine girl that showed up not so long ago seemed to be someone more than a friend.

"hello?"

"rey is that you?"

he sounded absolutely horrible. his voice was quiet and had cracked at 'you.'

"yeah, i-i'm calling in sick."

"sick huh? are you sure?"

"yeah..."

"or are you trying to avoid me? because i knew something happened when i woke up this morning with a pounding headache."

"ren, i..."

"to be honest i called in sick so i'd avoid seeing you as well, funny how things turned out..."

"yeah."

rey mumbled awkwardly into the phone. she curled her toes in anticipation that the call would soon come to an end. but in this case luck wasn't exactly on her side.

"can we meet up?"

"what?"

"we are both apparently 'sick' and stuff went down yesterday."

"so?"

"so, we should discuss it i guess..." ren let out a quick cough. "i'll meet you at the nearby park, the one near the flower shop."

"s-sounds good."

rey didn't wait for him to response, instead she pushed hard on the 'end call' button and throw her phone onto the chair across from the couch.

"stupid ren! why did i even agree to do this? why couldn't we agree on the fact that he was drunk and being dumb..." rey brought her hands into fists. "i don't even want to see him."

she punched at the couch under her, muttering curses under her breath out of frustration. a few moments later rey seemed to have cooled down. looking at herself in the mirror by the door once last time she sighed, it was now or never.

so she turned away from her reflection and braced herself for what was to come. on the way out the cold air hit her face like a smack and the pit formed in her stomach seemed to have gotten worse.

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"rey...you came."

"yeah i came, now let's get this over with."

"sure," ren beckoned her over to a more secluded part of the park. the area that they were now in, only had a few people walking around. and they seemed to be way too involved in their own problems either way.

"look, i'm sorry. i was drunk."

"i know that and i accept your apology."

"what now?"

"i don't know, maybe you could explain why you said those words to me?"

rey raised her brow at ren who in response ran his hands quickly through his hair. his face had become a flustered mess.

"i didn't mean to say it..."

"then why did you?"

"it was a dare, yeah a dare. i was out with the guys that night and they dared me to do that."

"oh."

"well now you know," ren started to get up from the bench. "once again i'm sorry for what i did, hopefully things won't become awkward between us because then again i'm your boss and we aren't each other's biggest fan."

he laughed nervously and rey remained silent.

"well i'm going to go back home, uh, nice seeing you i guess. bye rey."

"bye."

he waved one last goodbye and then he was gone.

it was a dare.

rey didn't know why those words had such an effect on her. deep in her mind she'd already know that was the most obvious explanation but part of her couldn't help from wondering if his words were true.

and when it was confirmed they weren't, it hurt.

just a little bit.

a/n: hopefully this update was good lol. sorry i haven't updated some of my stories as frequent, i've honestly been so caught up with school work so it's hard to find time. tomorrow is going to be a homework type day for me so i'll try to get an update for one of my other stories tomorrow but it won't be that likely. hopefully you all understand <3 ily all