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As soon as Page mad her way to Wonwoo who is still unaware of her coming presence, he suddenly stood straighter from his position a while ago and walked his way to Cheska.
Page though was fast enough to catch him before he could do something that he will regret later on.
"Wonwoo, talk to her some other time." She said tightening her hold on his free hand because the other one is holding a glass of whiskey which is by now empty as he kept on dawning it.
Wonwoo just noticed Page's existence. His eyes went from Page's hand then to her eyes. Her eyes that speaks worry and concern for him.
He harshly pulled his hand from hers which made Page stumbled and spoke,
"When is that other time then, Page? Ilang beses ko nang gusto siyang kausapin, pero kailan ba yang other time na yan?" He coldly said. The words were piercing and straight forward that it made Page's heart sank.
And the way he called her Page instead of Gayle speaks volume. This is definitely not the Wonwoo she spent time with for the past weeks.
Gone was the Wonwoo that despite the cold aura, speaks softly to her. The Wonwoo that she never heard raising his voice on someone, especially at her.
To Page, maybe all this time it was not the Wonwoo she knew.
Wonwoo is like the calm seas that is waiting for the harsh waves to pass. His stance tonight was like a bomb ticking before it explodes, and Page is the safety pin that wants to hold him before he bursts.
As they were holding each other's gazes, they didn't notice that Cheska was already out of sight. And it made Wonwoo panicked.
His eyes searched for Cheska in the room full of people dancing and drinking. He doesn't want to waste his time just by looking so he ran towards the exit, bumping people along the way.
And Page? She followed him, making sure he's still in her line of sight.
Page fished out her phone, trying to make a call to Jun to ask for his help but he doesn't answer, probably busy chatting with the guests and nursing Soonyoung who's dead drunk already.
She tried to call Rai but her phone is turned off, probably to avoid any distractions tonight.
Wonwoo, on the other hand, reached the exit with Page still tailing behind him.
"Cheska!" Wonwoo breathlessly called her name as he spotted her talking to someone on the phone at the club's exit and parking lot.
Cheska turned her head on the person who called her name and as she does, she paused from talking to the person on the phone.
"Wonwoo—" She whispered still dazed from the person in front of her, catching his breath as if he just ran a marathon.
"Please, talk to me." Wonwoo didn't let her finish.
He went closer to her and Cheska told the person on the phone that she'll call them back.
"Wonwoo? Are you drunk?" She held his shoulders, her tone laced with worry.
From the way he was walking and the droopy eyes, you can tell that the alcohol has hit his system hard.
Page watched the scene just a few meters from them enough to hear their conversation and ready to step in if something happens.
Page though felt something in her breaking from the two ex lovers in front of her. Even from where she stands, you can feel how they're perfectly match for each other kahit isa na lang sa kanila ang nagmamahal.
"Che, kailan mo ba akong balak kausapin? Kailan mo ba balak ipaunawa sakin ang nangyari?" Wonwoo started, voice shaking and eyes teary.
Cheska dropped her hands from his shoulders and reached for his face. Her expression mirroring his.
Cheska stared at her ex lover.
Tiningnan niya kung ano nga ba ang nagbago.
Her heart aches at sight of Wonwoo in this state. She wants to blame herself for putting him in this messed up situation. For the past years after their break up, iniisip ni Cheska saan at kailan nga ba nagsimulang nasira ang lahat.
And she found his eyes. His eyes that she once loved, the eyes that kept her safe from the things she wanted to run away from. The eyes of a man she found solace and warmth with.
But as she looks at him, gone were those days. The only thing she sees is the man she broke into pieces and a man figuring out life without her.
"Wonwoo, I'm sorry." Cheska who's been holding herself back, shed the tears she tried not to show him.
Nagtama ang tingin nila at parehas na silang umiiyak ngayon. Yung isa dahil nasasaktan siya, at yung isa dahil alam niyang tapos na.
"Che, please. Pwede pa naman kitang tanggapin ulit." Pagmamakaawa ni Wonwoo sa kaniya.
Page wanted to run and get him away from another heart break but she remained rooted on her place kasi alam niyang kailangan nila ito.
"Wonwoo, may mahal na akong iba." Cheska wiped the tears on her face first then caressed Wonwoo's cheek that is stained with tears.
"Yung tayo noon, hanggang doon na lang Wons. Ako yung problema, Wonwoo, hindi ikaw. "
Wonwoo remained quiet as he listens to her voice he hasn't heard for two years. The voice that once sounded music to his ears suddenly turned into a heart wrenching sound.
"I tried my best to love you still but it wasn't the same anymore, Wons."
"Ilang araw at buwan kong pinilit ang sarili ko na masaya ako, na masaya tayo. Pero hindi eh, yung pagmamahal na yun, araw-araw din na nauubos."
Another batch of tears were escaping from her eyes but before she could wipe it, Wonwoo was quick enough to do it.
He urged her to continue because he himself needed to hear this, fuck tomorrow and his even more shattered heart, he needed to hear this or else, he won't hear it anymore.
"Masaya naman ako Wonwoo eh, but I just don't see myself with you in the future anymore. Yung college student na si Cheska at sobrang mahal si Wonwoo, araw-araw nawawala siya. Paunti-unting nawawala yung taon na pagmamahal niya sa'yo."
"Iniisip ko na baka mawawala rin yung nararamdaman na iyon pero hindi eh.. As days go by, it gets more painful to the point I can't recognize myself around you anymore."
The loud sound from the club could be heard but Wonwoo's heart breaking into tiny pieces with no way of being fixed anytime soon, is louder.
"I have to be honest with you now, I fell out of love, Wonwoo. And the moment I was given the chance to walk away, I did."
Cheska sobs, the words she said was like a venom to Wonwoo, poisonous and painful.
A reality check, he's not ready to accept yet.