Day 6 - Root of the Truth
The other travelers noticed Omar and Cinema aren't talking after what happened in their challenge earlier.
"You don't want to sleep alone the bed tonight, Omar," Emilio said. "You should go and talk to her. It's the right thing to do since it is better to settle it early than regret it later."
"He's right," Dong-Yoon said. "I saw Cinema's reaction earlier. Her reaction seems she was hurt by the fact that she was kidding about her guesses. I do, too. If I was in her position and thought that it would be a fun thing to say and hearing you admit it as a truth, it was hurtful. It's like a betrayal."
"I just don't wanna lie and see her kissed someone else."
"But he was still kissed by other guys," Carlos said.
"Yeah, I'm sorry..." Dong-Yoon said, scratching off his head. "But I don't mean to offend you, alright?"
"I know, I know," Omar said. "And I ended up kissing three beauties. I'm sorry if I kissed your couple as well It's just a game..."
"But it's no longer a game for Cinema," Connor butted in. "Of course, it became personal when that happened. Since that challenge meant us to get to know our couple. It can hurt the couple or make them closer, it's how the challenge works."
"But you could've lied still," Emilio said.
Omar just heaved out a deep sigh. "Alright, gonna do the right thing. I'm going to talk to her and gonna make it right. I hope I won't sleep alone in the bed tonight."
"You wish, so go buddy," Connor said.
The boys cheered Omar as he left their hunk lounge and went looking for her. On his way searching for her, he started composing the word in his head and whatever he would say to her.
The fact that this could ruin everything they have connected with for the past few days will be gone in one click, he has to make up for it. Though he knows that explaining it wouldn't heal the trust quickly as that, here he is now and has to deal with this situation.
He went to the beauty lounge where he knows that he would find the girls there. He knocked on the door and waited for someone to respond. A moment later, someone opened the door and it was Shannon. When she knows the intention why Omar is there, she called Cinema and she showed up.
Omar invited Cinema to go to the love lounge so they could talk alone. She agreed, but on their way there, they were both quiet. As they settled in, Omar started feeling the atmosphere around them and the fact that he has nothing to worry about, he just had to explain it to her.
"You know, when you said it first, I was thinking that I should lie about it, but I also don't wanna lie to you. And I know this stuff would come out soon and I need to do it. I admitted the truth. For the past few days, I've been thinking about how to say that to you and I'm just trying to find the right moment to say it, yet it was bad timing when that happens..."
"So, just say it straight, are you still engaged... or whatever?"
Omar shook his head. "No. Two months before I was approached to be part of this show. We started our relationship in late 2020 and in April 2021 when we ended the relationship. It was a four-month relationship... I proposed to her on our third month and she had broken up with me before we could even celebrate our fourth month. Long-distance is just a struggle for both of us and we thought we could make it work... but nope."
"Where she comes from?"
"She's from Spain. I met her there when my flight has a layover for three days. I might have to say that it was love at first sight... we fell in love and immediately fall out of love. I'm being honest with you now because you deserve to know the truth. I wish it didn't come out this way, I could've thought of a better way... but hey, I didn't mean to hurt you so I'm sorry..."
"That's why you joined this show so you could fill the hole he left in you?"
Omar took a deep breath and shook his head. "That's not my intention. I don't want my couple to feel that she's someone who can fill me up for having a failed relationship. You're not a rebound, Cinema."
"But that's just not my issue, Omar," Cinema said.
"Huh? What else I don't know?"
She sits properly. "What you said last night. It kind of bugged me. I don't like the way you said it to me... that you like kissing boys rather than mine. That makes me feel so off that am I not enough for you? Maybe because I really don't know you so I'm reacting too much, but I guess this is just too much for me..."
"But what about you?"
"What about me?" Cinema questioned.
"When will you tell me about what happened to you before? The video scandal and how it happened?"
"You don't have to know it," Cinema reasoned. "And I'm comfortable talking about it. I just put it out there on our first challenge so I can get it off of my chest, but I would never be comfortable talking about it... maybe soon... just not now."
"That's it," Omar said. "I'm just trying to find the right timing—"
"That's a different thing, Omar," Cinema said, interrupting him. She stood up from her seat. "I don't think this is gonna work out today."
Cinema left Omar at the love lounge and she went back to the beauty lounge together with the others.
When the others thought they could fix it, it was the opposite thing of what happened. At the end of the day, Omar slept alone on a different bed—away from Cinema—which she wanted to.
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