Chapter 55: Chapter 55

Chapter 55

Who is he? -that's the question I kept asking in my mind as I tried to peek from the men in line.

There are only 3 men left but I still can't see who's singing. I could also hear the faint squeaking of some so my mind was even more excited about who was singing. Not Neil. I don't know him because I know his voice. The man behind that lovely voice is not him and I know he has left. He only came for a while because I invited him. Maybe he came here because Draek or Leighden just forced him.

Going back to the topic, who is he? I saw nothing but the people in attendance. I don’t notice in them who is singing.

Ah! Maybe the new version of the song ‘Someone you loved’

"I need somebody to heal ..."

Where is he? Why can't I see him?

I looked at Leighden and Iries next to me but they couldn't understand me. I'm just trying to talk to them mentally, asking who and where is he.

I stood in curiosity as to who was singing. I noticed that people were looking at the entrance so that's where my gaze wandered. I almost stepped forward just to see who he was.

I barely saw him. He was holding a microphone and I also barely noticed that he was holding a bouquet of flowers as he walked closer.

Wait! Oh my God! Is he....

“... and now the day bleeds into nightfall and you're not here to save me through it all ...”

All the people's attention was on him. I was still standing and trying to look at his face.

He slowly approached as he continued to sing. The light is already on his face so I can see his face a bit.

My eyes almost widened at what I saw. Questions enveloped my mind and my confused heart became even more confused.

After 8 years we haven't met. He even remembered my birthday. He's here. He is here now after 8 years that we have not met and been together.

As he steps closer, my feet also spontaneously step closer to him.

He looks like an angel. His face was so gentle that it looked like a real angel.

I couldn't stop my feet from stepping closer to him as he stepped closer to me.

I noticed he smiled though he's currently singing. I didn’t notice that my lips spontaneously smiled back at him that almost drove the butterflies inside my stomach. I'm getting crazy. Am I going to be crazy?

We were only a few feet away from each other. I couldn’t help but be amazed and I could hardly believe I was seeing him now. I hear his voice again which I have waited so long to hear again and I have not heard in a long time. I thought, in my dream I will see him again. I still thought at that moment, I thought everything was real and I wasn’t dreaming. But now ... he is here. I can see him, hear him and be with him.

My eyes almost blinked as I stared at him. He looks straight at me, into my eyes. Even though he was singing, I could still notice his smile which caused me to smile.

He's really here. It's not a dream even if you slap me. Even if you hit my head on some hard object or even there with your hard weapon, I am not dreaming and even more so it is not an illusion. He is really here. This is true even if you punch me in the face.

He stopped as he stared at me. He continued to sing while standing.

I looked into his eyes and he did the same to me.

I feel my heart beating, dug-dug-dug.

"... used of being someone you loved."

I take one step closer to him. I couldn’t take my eyes off him as if I didn’t care about the people around me. I knew they were confused by what I was doing but I couldn't control myself. Spontaneously my feet stepped closer to him. My lips smile spontaneously whenever he smiles or even if he hasn’t smiled yet. I can’t control myself and I can’t do anything if I can’t control myself.

I feel, my heart detached from the roots. I feel, nasty butterflies envelop my heart. I feel, I can feel nothing but the beating of my heart.

His eyes seemed to be pounding. He seemed to be glowing and I seemed to be going crazy myself.

I didn't notice that he was handing me the bouquet of flowers he was holding. My mind was floating too much in the air and with questions. I really don't know what the heck I am doing right now. I maybe out of my mind.

"Hi," he greeted with a smile on his red lips. Although I can't look at the audience, I can hear their faint squeaks. I was also not immediately silent when he greeted me with a simple 'Hi.'

I closed my eyes tightly as he brought the flower he was holding closer to me. Only then did I wake up when he called my name.

I don’t know what it is. I was just really surprised. I didn't expect him to attend tonight.

He remembered me that is why he is here right now.

I don't know where to start. My mouth was unable to speak as if it was zippered. All I can do is to look into his eyes.

I can now say that I really missed this person in front of me. I thought that maybe he already forgot his promises to me before but I was wrong. He is now here and I'm sure that he's literally going to fulfill his promises to me.

He is my childhood bestfriend.

"A-are you okay?" he asked. I almost swallowed my own saliva. "Shey," he called softly. Shey was what he called me when we were kids. He's my childhood bestfriend, Caleb Swift. We were so close and we could hardly be separated when we were kids. We always bathed in the rain together when he was still here. He said he loved the rain and he loved the rainy season. He likes to bathe in the rain so he often gets sick. I even remember him fighting with his brother every time Fricks and I were together— wait! Fricks? Is Fricks that Iries' boyfriend is Caleb’s brother? Is he Fricks? Wait! Why did I only now find out and notice? Fricks Swift was his full name when he introduced himself to me but I don't remember that Fricks, my childhood friend, was the one I was talking to? Why didn't he tell me? Why didn't he even mention anything about Caleb? Why didn’t he remind me that he was Fricks that Caleb’s brother?

The mess! The screw of my brain will loosen.

"Are you okay, Shey?" he asked. I bent down so I didn’t know what the expression on his face was. I was confused and shocked at what I knew. I just found out. "Shey," he softly called to wake up in my mind. I lifted my face a little to look at him.

He turned out to be Caleb's bestfriend. Too big of what he changed. We were only 10 years old when they settled in Canada. His Daddy is Canadian and his Mommy is Chinese. They had already returned to Canada so I had no news of him.

He kept his promise. He fulfilled that after 8 years. He promised that we would meet again, that he would go home on my 18th birthday. He kept his promise to me. I thought before that he had forgotten me and his promises. Even though we were kids then, we both dreamed. He said, he wants to be a doctor so that when I get sick, I don't have to pay anymore because he will be my doctor. What I said before, I want to be a model and actress. I was laughing. I used to dream of becoming an actress and model.

To be honest, I missed him so much. I thought, he forgot about me. I thought maybe he would never come back but he is here now and kept his promise.

“Caleb,” I softly called to him.

"Happy birthday," he said then smiled again. I took the bouquet he was handing me. I watched that. His gentle face is even more attractive than these flowers.

I smelled it for a moment as I blinked.

“The scent,” I commented as I continued to smell the fragrant flowers. Then, I looked at him. I was staring into his eyes when I caught sight of a man from behind him. Wait! He's still here? Isn't he home yet? I'm worried he's going home.

Neil and I looked at each other. I knew it was Neil but why did I only see him now? Did I think he was home? He suddenly disappeared earlier so I thought he might go home.

I can’t explain what kind of look he made. He was just looking at me and I was looking at him. He was far away from us and he was standing on the flowerful pole (inverted U shape is the most entrance exit door as well) and half of his body was leaning there.

I can’t help but be asked what kind of look that is. I can't explain that it seems more chaotic than the most chaotic.

I broke my gaze on him when a piano cover of the song ‘Nothing’s gonna change my love for you’ played.

I looked again at Caleb who smiled exactly when I looked at him. I smiled back but I couldn't help but look at Neil again. Unfortunately, Neil had just left and even before he left, he smiled at me as if it were a needle or a sharp object in my heart. It was as if his smile was a needle that pierced my heart. I don't understand but that's it. Suddenly my chest ached as he smiled before he left.

I turned my gaze back to Caleb. I smiled spontaneously and said, "You're here," then I bowed with my smile. Before I laid my hands on his shoulders, I first gave the bouquet to Nanny Yuna, then I laid my hands on his shoulders. He held me by the waist.

“I promised to be here, Shey,” he answered which made me smile. I knew and he had already proved his promise. He has fulfilled. After 8 years, he was able to fulfill what he promised me but I also promised him. That promise I don't know if I can keep. I'm not asking but I hope he doesn't remember that yet. We were young then and we are 18 now. A lot has changed over each year and I don’t know how I will keep my promise to him.

"Yes."