Saturday, March 24, 2012

Chapter 6 - Every Little Thing


MYMP - Every Little Thing He Does is Magic

"Every little thing he does is magic...
Every thing he does just turns me on...
Even though my love before was tragic...
Now I know my love for him goes on..."


ALTHEA RYZ FAJARDO


I.am.dead.


Totally dead.


My greatest dream has come true but it turned into my worst nightmare. I wanted to meet Donghae badly but I never wanted to be embarrassed in front of him! He was right there in front of me, laughing so hard at my stupidity. 


I felt my face burn as I tried so hard to not to show how red my face was. He kept laughing for like 5 minutes until he finally got back to his senses.


"Oh, I'm so sorry," he said, still catching his breath. "I've never really met someone who literally thought of me as a fish. I am so amazed."


I was speechless. I couldn't look at him. I couldn't talk to him.


"Hey.." he said trying to look at my face. His face was already too close and my heart just stopped beating. I just closed my eyes and tried so hard to breathe. "Are you angry?" He kept on asking if I was angry. 


"No, I'm not!" I said while still hiding my face. "I'm sorry but I need to go to the restroom." 


I rushed towards the restroom of Cafe Promenade. There was no one inside. I washed my face to get back to reality. After wiping my face, I kept looking at my reflection at the mirror.


"What the hell is this?!" I thought. "I've never seen this coming! I've been wanting to meet him but not this way. No, not this way! But what can I do now?" I took a deep breath and decided to go back. I saw him still sitting there drinking his cold coffee. When he saw me, he smiled at me. Now that killed me again.


"I'm sorry for leaving just like that," I apologized, now trying so hard to look at him in the eye. "I'm not mad at you. It's just that -"


"I understand. I think I do."


I went back to my seat and consumed my coffee. There was silence for a couple of minutes then he spoke up.


"Thank you," he said. I wondered why he said that. "Just... Thank you. Since you've been honest with me, I'll give you a chance to ask me anything. I will answer your questions."


I was amazed by that statement. I never knew he could be this unpredictable. 


"Okay, thanks for that. I'm just curious. What happened between you and Eunseo?" 


He smiled. I think he was expecting my question. "Well, you know how we started, right?" I nodded. 


It was through the reality show We Got Married. They became an official couple. I've always prayed that he would not fall for her since I didn't like her. They were on the show for almost six months and at the end of their so-called "married life", Donghae announced in public that they have been dating for 4 months already. 


"When I announced that we were dating, I knew that decision would not make everyone happy. But I believed that ELF would understand me because it was my happiness. I really loved her. During our eighth monthsary, I proposed to her. I wanted to marry her. But on that same night, she said that she can't marry me because of her career. She valued it so much and marriage could hinder her success. I tried to smile and told her that I understood. I told her that I could wait until she is ready but she broke up with me."


"I knew it!" I exclaimed. Donghae looked shocked. I bit my lip when I realized what I just did. "I mean, it has been two months already. How are you now?"


"I'm fine now. I am happy to be here," he said. I wondered what made him happy here.


"Thank you for telling me this. I mean, I'm just a fan but you shared this secret with me. Thank you for your trust."


"So we're friends now?" he said and held out his hand. Does he really want a handshake this badly? I took it for a handshake.


I felt comfortable with him after he told me about his relationship with Eunseo. It seemed that I've known him for a long time. We talked about many things. I told him how I became an ELF and about the first Super Show that I witnessed. I even told him about the crazy things that I've done during the concert. He was laughing so hard at me and was amazed at what I was able to do during the concert.


"Did you have pictures of me during the concert?" he asked.


I sighed. "Sadly, none. I only had one close encounter with you. And at that time I was so stunned that I forgot to take your picture. But still I was grateful to see you."


"How about let's take a picture now?" He took out his iPad and moved beside me. He placed his arm around my shoulder. "Say kimchi!" He then took our picture. We looked at our picture and I felt shy. "It's nice. Do you have a camera? Let's take our picture!"


I took our my digital camera and at almost the same pose, we took our picture. I felt so overwhelmed by his gesture and I believed I was the luckiest ELFish in the world. I was so happy that I couldn't hide my smile.


When it was already about six in the evening, Donghae thought of something, "Hey, I wanna do something. Is it okay with you?" 


My heart raced fast. I wondered what it could be. "What is it?" 


He just grinned and took my hand. He pulled me to stand up and we headed somewhere. I was not sure where he was taking me. I wanted to ask but I remained silent. I realized then that we were at the Sports Court of the ship at deck 13. He borrowed a basketball from the in-charge.


"Let's played basketball. Do you know how to do it?" he said.


"But I don't play basketball," I confessed.


"Let's make the rules fair for you. I would let you shoot the ball and if you do, then you win. As for me, you can block me whichever way you want. If I'm able to shoot the ball, then I win."


Sounds fair to me. "But what would be the price?"


"Anything. You can ask me any favor," he said.


"But why are we doing this?" I asked him again, still confused.


"Just for fun. According to our itinerary, we will be stuck here in the next six days so we should do things to enjoy while at the ship. And this is one of those."


Ah, he is really a kid. I never knew I could witness this side of him. 


After his simple explanation, I finally agreed to his plan. He let me try first. I'm not really into sports although I watch some basketball games with friends. My competitive ego wanted me to win this game but I haven't thought of a favor to ask. I dribbled the ball twice and locked my eyes on the ring. I was pretty confident of myself. I threw the ball. It hit the ring but it bounced! I failed. I looked at him and he grinned. How can he look so happy at my failure?


He went to get the ball and walked to the other side of the court, dribbling. "What should I call you? Do you have a nickname?" he asked suddenly,


"Ryz! You can call me Ryz!" I answered. 


"Okay, then. Ryz, try to stop me." He said then started to run towards me while dribbling the ball. I never thought he was this serious to win this simple game. I tried to block him and I felt his body close to mine. I wanted to hold him but I knew it was not allowed in a basketball game and also I was scared of "touching" him. 


He kept on dribbling and tried to escape my block but then he suddenly put his face close to mine. Our faces were almost only an inch apart. I was shocked and stood frozen. He smiled and shoot the ball successfully. He then pat me at the back.


"I won," he said smiling at me. I then realized that he tricked me. Such a bad guy!


"I know what you did there," I told him. "Fine, you win. So what's your favor?"


He didn't say anything. He just kept looking at me while smiling. I felt awkward. Why was he acting like that?


He moved closer to me and whispered something in my ear.


"I want you to stay with me."


My heart explode...




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