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Episode 32

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Fernando's POV cont'd

I watched as Micaela turnaround and ran back upstairs.

"Micaela I'm sorry!" Sabrina yells after her feeling guilty for hurting her friend but Micaela was already gone. Sabrina twirls and glares at me. "Are you happy now? You just caused a fight between my friend and me just because I have a big mouth and don't know when to shut it!"

"I'm glad you've finally admitted that you're so nosy" I scoffed hiding my smiles and she scowled at me.

"You'll never stop being a jerk! I should have never told you anything, you didn't worth it!" she hissed with venom in her voice and stormed out of my sight to go after her friend.

"No need to go after her, she wouldn't listen to you. Let me talk to her first" I called after her and she halted halfway upstairs.

"And you think she'll listen to you?" She asks and I nodded.

"If she ever loved me as you said then she has no other choice than to give me a chance to tell her-" I paused and she raised a brow at me.

"Tell her what?"

"She needs to hear it first before you do, nosy" I replied and she rolled her eyes at me.

"Whatever! Just make sure you fixed up the mess you've made" she mumbled and left to her room.

"Don't forget to thank me later, nosy!" I yelled after her and I heard her slam the door in response. I couldn't help but smile at her attitude toward me. Although she might be annoying sometimes, she just won a ticket of being my friend. She told me something that is going to change my life if it happens to be true after I verify that from Micaela.

Am I ready to validate Micaela's love for me? What would I say to her to get her to say it to my face? What if she is too angry to even talk to me? What if it isn't true after all? Anticipation painted the world in a rose as I took a deep breath and let it out. I rubbed my sweaty palms together and my feet carried me to the staircase.

"If you don't find her in her room you should check the rooftop!" Sabrina's voice startled me from behind and I glanced back to see her standing a distance away from me. "You can thank me later!" she added and smirks at me then she disappeared back to where she had emerged from.

I chuckled in amusement at how troublesome and cool she could be at the same time. I made my way upstairs to Micaela's room, it was the only room situated upstairs. I knocked on the door twice and got no response and then I knocked for the last time. I didn't hear a sound come from the room and I took that to be she wasn't in there. It wasn't hard for me to find the stairs that led to the rooftop because the structure of this house was similar to mine.

When I got to the rooftop, I saw her standing there dressed in her black sweatshirt and blue bum-short. The view from the rooftop was a sight to behold, it reveals the beauty of the city of Seoul at night. An effusive air of welcome hits my skin and it rises my nervousness as I walked up to her. A gusty breeze blew her hair about, sending warmth to me as I stared admiringly.

"What a perfect view!" I commended and she jolted holding her chest.

"Jeez! You scared me to death!" she half-yells and I smiled.

"Sorry about that. I see you were carried away with the view, perhaps I should buy this house from you so I can have a view like this, or we could live here together instead" I teased.

She grins and shook her head. "Sorry, this house is not for sale, try the next building or contact your real estate agent" she teased back and we both laughed.

I'm glad she still finds some sense of humor despite what she must have heard in there. "But seriously, Seoul is beautiful, especially at night. You choose to live in the right place".

"Thank you" she gleamed and I nodded.

We both stood there in awkward silence waiting for who to speak first and that made my nervousness get the best of me. I squint at her and she also squints at me. I think is time for me to say what's on my mind, enough with the silence.

"I...." We both said in unison and we raised a brow at each other and laugh it off. "You should go first" I gestured to her and she shook her head.

"No, you should go first, please" she replied and I nod without arguing about who should start the conversation first.

"I know you are angry at your friend because of what she told me. On her behalf, I'm pleading for you not to pick offense from whatever she must have said, she's not to blame but myself. She was only answering what I was asking her-" I paused and studied her body language if I should proceed or not.  Not to push it further I ask "Would you pardon her?"

She stared at me for a moment without a response. I guess she was trying to believe that I'm to blame for it and not her friend. "Just because you are to blame for her blabbing is the only reason I'll forgive her. But I'll still have to teach her how to stop being a busybody," she replied and I snorted.

"Please do teach her, she needs to learn how to stop being a busybody" I answered grinning widely and she smiled. "Now that we're done with that part, let's get to another-" I paused and took her hands and she gazes down at our entwined hands.

Calm and premeditated prudence took control of me for a moment. "Your hands are cold," I spoke up and caressed her hands gently.

"Ha! I guess it's the cold breeze out here" she defended glancing around. She was feeling shy to look me in the eyes again. This wasn't the first time she's been shy around me, all the times I've been with her last month I noticed the shyness in her.

It still surprises me how she got the courage to kiss me that day.

"I'm here to keep them warm," I announced in almost a whisper, and that got her to snap her head up to gaze at me. Those beautiful brown eyes of hers that I'm beginning to love were staring at me with awe.

I chuckled and went on, "I like when I catch you by surprise, there's this look you give me that gets me feeling something unusual. I don't know how to prolong things, so I'm going to tell you the reason I came back. It's all because of you-" I paused and darted my gaze on the city's busy road.

I needed to gather my nerves and thoughts before I proceed with what I had to say. I have a question for her, her reply is either going to affect me in a good or bad way which I don't know which it'll be.

I could feel her trembling hands that are entwined with mine, she was as nervous as I am. "You're getting me freaked out already," her voice fluttered and I returned my gaze to her.

"Don't be, it's not something to be freaked out about. I just want to know the truth about something. Although Sabrina must have said something about it, I want to hear it from you. That day you kissed me in my hotel room, did you kiss me because you are in love with me, or were you just trying to flirt with me?"

She opens her mouth to answer me but the words weren't coming out.  An air of inimitable, scrutinizing, and superb impertinence dwells around us. Her silence to my question was causing a restraint of airflow in my lungs.

As I peered into her eyes, I became suddenly scared. I don't know what I was scared of but I was scared, I couldn't tell if it was getting an answer to my question that I'm scared of or the fact that it wasn't loved that made her kiss me that day.

Or...was I scared to find out she no longer loves me if she did love me then? Confusion hits me as I wait impatiently for an answer.