ஃ✿ Chapter 15 ✿ஃ
I found myself hitting my self in the head, slamming it against the wall for what I did… I mean, if Cedrick finds out he’d be so disappointed in me… and might eventually strangle me till death. I tried to figure why was I feeling so mad at Dominique…? Am I mad because he’s in contact with Cedrick…?! … No, that can’t be it… after all, he belonged to Cedrick way before I came in the picture…
As I was trying to call my friends Serena, who I haven’t talked to in centuries… I spotted Dominique’s name in my contact list. I felt kinda scared to call him all of a sudden… I thought, what if he’s still grousing over that incident…? What if he’s still not over it…? Maybe he doesn’t wanna hear from me anymore… though I haven’t heard from him in days so I had to push the green ‘call’ button. I waited for him to answer… then I heard a tune. I looked at my mobile’s screen, a message popped out saying that the number is busy. So I jumped to conclusion… either he rejected my call, or he was on the phone with somebody else…
I called Serene and asked her if she’s free to hang out with me, but she rejected me as well. I had no other option but to phone Cedrick and ask him to join me. I called him and waited for him to pick up… but I heard that same familiar tune again. I looked at my screen to find the same message saying that the number is busy… I figured that I was indeed missing something. If Dominique’s number was busy… and Cedrick’s number’s busy… could they be chatting on the phone with each other…?
I got the same feeling I got yesterday when I saw Dominique’s name light up on Cedrick’s cellphone. Anger… jealously… unconsciously I marched to Cedrick’s house, which was a couple of blocks away from mine. I remember I see him walking out of his house almost every morning… that explains the many time he caught me going to school. I wasn’t sure what I was doing at his front door… should I knock it?!
I could hear small voices coming from the other side of the door. I pressed my ear against the door hoping I’d hear whatever’s behind it… sounded like two guys fussing about something. I was sure one of them was Cedrick, since it’s his house and all… could the other one be Dominique…?
Suddenly, a strong sorta sound came out, sounded like clout… a really loud and strong clout, it made my heart pound out of place. I saw the door’s handle move, someone was opening the door. It happened too fast that I hadn’t had the time to run, as I changed my mind about the visit. The door was wide open before me… and I came face to face with Dominique… I was surprised to see him just as much as he was surprised to see me! His expressions though was most shocking… he appeared to be crying. He had his palm rested on his left reddish cheek. I was speechless… he pushed me out of his way and rushed to flee the scene… and there I saw Cedrick at the back.
He looked seriously angry. I was speechless and confused… though I figured that the sound I’ve heard earlier… was a slap. Dominique received a slap from Cedrick… I looked at Cedrick in fear and confusion. He just gulped and calmed himself down.
“You came in a really bad timing…” he looked away, probably embarrassed that I’ve witnessed the scene.
I couldn’t say anything to him. I rushed to chase after Dominique… I wondered what happened between them… how unusual to see Cedrick looking so angry with Dominique. I was afraid I lost track of Dominique, he disappeared in that small kindergarten playground nearby the school… where I first heard his confession. My heart was still racing from the scene… from seeing Cedrick so dead angry. I heard sobbing not further away, it seemed to be coming from somewhere above me. I looked above and there he was… Dominique up on a tree… crying his heart out.
“Dominique…?” I softly called him.
“Leave me alone” he sobbed. “I don’t need you to show me how disgusting and foolish I am”
I wasn’t sure I understood the situation, so I just gulped… not knowing how to calm him down or comfort him. I looked at him… since I haven’t seen him in a while. His hair was still as beautiful as I remember…
“Um… I don’t really get what happened back there… so I’m just gonna stay here until you come down…” I said, and he continued to cry.
I laid down by the tree, waiting for him to shed his last tear… his sobs sounded so heart-breaking, and his tears were falling down on me like rain. I felt his cold icy tears on my shoulders and I could feel him looking at me in annoyance… but I didn’t care. I thought if he’s done crying, he’d come down and tell me what happened… so in the meantime, I tried putting up the pieces together…
“It was hysterical…” he giggled while sobbing, completely shocking me so I looked above to look at him. I was surprised that he decided to talk. “I always thought he knew… but he never knew” he idiotically laughed then stopped. “Cedrick never knew…”
I paused to sort my mind out. “Is that what happened…?” I asked. “You told Cedrick you were in love with him…?!”
He wiped his runny nose. “But I never thought he’d react that way ‘cause I always thought he knew… that was harsh” he sobbed… and I could see a slight smile on his face… a very sad smile. “I didn’t show up at his house to tell him, but I ended up telling him all about my stupid girly heart… he shouldn’t have slapped me”
There was a pause. The he started crying again even harder… I couldn’t climb up to comfort him, so I just waited… and waited for his tears to run out… I waited for almost eternity… his heart was really broken, and the fact that I couldn’t do anything about it really hurts me… I looked at him again…
“Dominique…” I gulped, holding my tears back. “Could this be your first heartbreak…?”
He did not answer me. I knew he wasn’t gonna give me an answer anyway… but I waited. All I could hear was his sobbing above me…
“Jadrien broke my heart the day he died too…” I muttered. “I think I understand how you feel…”
He didn’t respond… but that was OK ‘cause I wasn’t waiting for an answer.
He was like, ignoring me… probably hearing my nonsense and thinking of replying but don’t know what to say. I only had to wait for him… and all he did was cry. I didn’t want him to cry because I knew I’d cry too… I laid on my back and stretched out my legs. Silence took over and neither one of us was talking… all that was heard was Dominique’s sobbing. I closed my eyes… hoping time would pass by so quick… but I felt him looking down at me minutes later.
“Are you asleep down there?” he sniffed.
“Nope” I answered him. “I’m not sleeping and I’m not going anywhere till you come down here”
“Come on, LEAVE already” he whined in such annoyance. “I wanna go home”
I stood up. There was a pause and I was just looking at him… deeply looking at him. “How long has it been since I last saw you…?” I smiled at him. “A week…?”
“Does it matter?” he groused ashamedly. “I haven’t changed”
I sighed happily. “Well… it was great seeing you again, Dominique…” I added. “We should get together more often…”
He wiped him eyes, desperately trying to dry his tears. “I know I’m gonna stab myself to death later on for saying this but… I kinda missed you”
His words somehow made me disappear to heaven. I couldn’t believe how happy I was to have heard that from Dominique!
“It’s getting dark, so I have to go home” I said, looking at the sky. “If we’re not so lucky, it’s gonna rain as well…”
He finally decided to come down from the tree. I didn’t wanna ask him about Cedrick at all. I thought for now, let’s just be me and Dominique for a while… but he left. Looked like he wanted to avoid the conversation more than I did. I didn’t bother to run after him… knowing Dominique, he’s gonna go cry some place else… I left the other way, heading for my house.
“Leela” Dominique grabbed my shoulder as I was walking away, he pulled me into his chest. I was speechless… but mostly shocked!
“Dominique…!” I gasped so lightly in a shock. He didn’t let go of me for several minutes… and I was beginning to think he’d continue to keep me in his arms forever. He was so warm, I could have disappeared inside him… and he smelled so good.
He whispered few minutes later. “Mind telling me who’s Jadrien?”
I was still paralyzed between his arms… I didn’t know how to answer him. Should I tell him about you…? Or should I sprint away…?
“You know what?” he muttered. “I don’t wanna know”
