Chapter 34: Chapter 34

Grey's POV

"Mark, I'm sorry but I need to head some place today," I spoke, my phone's speaker mode was on as I pull down my shirt while talking to my friend.

He had been calling me nonstop since earlier. Thinking it must be important, I decided to pick up the call.

"Well Alex told me to keep on calling you until you answered," he chuckled and my brows furrowed.

"Why?" I asked him before opening my closet and grabbing one of my jackets.

"He said something about giving back what you thought was his, yeah, something about that," he stated and I stopped from my tracks.

Huh?

My eyes widening in instant and I n a flash, I grab the phone and relieved it from speaker mode.

"What exactly did he say?" I asked, my heart beating rapidly.

He isn't talking about Tokyo is he?

But why did he said something about what I thought was his? Aren't they engaged? Technically, I was the one who crashed into their relationship.

"I can't really remember but he said if you want to have it back, meet him at that coffee shop near his best friend's." he stated and that was more than enough to confirm my assumptions.

"Thank, Mark," I told him, turning around in a rush to grab my cap and mask.

"No problem, though I'm confused as fuck what the hell he was talking about," he chuckled. "Bye then!"

Without a second thought, I headed out of our dorm and rushed to the coffee shop where Alex was talking about.

Thousands of thoughts running through my mind.

Why didn't he call me directly?

And then I remembered how I sometimes not answer his calls. Though I decided to still communicate with him from before, I can't help but sometimes feel bitter about everything.

And Tokyo...

Would she still accept me?

Lately, I have been having dreams of her and the girl I first fell in love me a few years ago. Every time I did, I would beat myself by working out.

Why do I always think about that sassy girl?

I am sure and still am that even after what happened with my relationship with her, I still love her like crazy.

My mind seemed messed up but I know I love Tokyo. I still do even after I found out she was engaged with Alex.

And though I had been avoiding her the entire eleven months, my eyes still follow her whenever she's unaware.

If someone takes a hold of my phone and check my search history, it was all filled of videos and articles about her. And every time I see anything that links us together, it sparks a small hope within me that it would be possible.

The first three months was the hardest. It was because I can see that she was making an effort to reach out to me. But I was so mad and scared that if I listen to her, I'd go crazy and accept her like nothing ever happened.

Or maybe she’ll finally drop me like I was nothing.

To be honest, that's what I was afraid of, that she'll tell me she never really loved me... That she only tolerated me because she doesn’t want to hurt my feelings.

Call me crazy but I don't want to have a memory of her telling me she doesn't love me, that she loves someone else.

I'd accept that I am stupid but I'm willing to play the image of her telling me she loves me a million times on my head.

Even I thinks that I was being stupid for holding on into something that wasn't even mine in the first place.

Alex, I heard him. He was in pain like I was. Between the two of us, I thought it was unfair to him the most.

If I listened to Tokyo and she tells me she loves me, I will cling into her like a Koala. I will not let go. But my conscience tells me Alex doesn't deserve that.

I mean, if they were engaged, that means they love each other right?

"I love you, Grey..." Tokyo's voice still rings to my ears.

Even after last hearing those words for God knows how long, it still makes my heart flutter the same.

The remaining months were we always travel for tours, she would always slip on my mind.

Has she eaten?

Is she doing okay?

I tried to keep my feelings to myself. I swear I did. Because I know it'll be wrong for me to be with her if she's getting married.

And to be honest, I'm not even sure how much she loves me. If she's engaged with someone else, isn't because she loves him more?

The stupid me thinks that she had kept me for that long because she's afraid to break my heart, that deep inside, she has that feeling for me.

And after finding out that Alex is dating another girl, I ended up wanting to have her back as well.

Demo supports my decision and though I know I might get hurt if Tokyo still choses Alex over me, I'd still take this chance of getting her back. Because if she did, I will do anything in my power to make her fall in love with me until he chooses me over him, until I can have her for myself.

Grey you're stupid....

Just as I was about to enter the cafe, I felt my phone vibrating in my pocket and after pulling it, I saw Alex's message.

"Meet me in their dorm instead."

Should I punch Alex once again so he'd stop playing with me?

In a swift, I turned auto pilot and headed straight to their dorm.

What is Alex doing there when I thought Tokyo should be at Seth and Zanaya's house?

I was brisk walking, almost running towards their dorm.

I'm going crazy, running over like this just so I can be with the love of my life even though she's already committed into a relationship.

Since the coffee shop is just beside the building where WHISTLE lives, I was able to reach their dorm in less than ten minutes.

Swiping the sweat on my forehead, I released a long sigh before knocking on their door.

My heart started hammering inside my chest, the thought of having her back excites and scares me at the same time.

Just as when I was about to knock on the door again, I was startled to see a beautiful looking old woman in front of me, her forehead creasing but after seeing me, her eyes widened until it breaks out into a polar opposite of how she looked earlier.

Did I knock on the wrong house?

Who is she?

"Oh my God!" and then she reached forward and pulled me for a hug. "So Alex isn't lying. My baby is really in a relationship with you Grey!" she mumbled foreign words but I wasn't dumb enough not to understand what she just said.

"Mom?" I heard someone spoke and even without seeing her, my heart can easily recognize her voice.

Soon enough, her form emerged from inside the room, her eyes widening at the sight of me.

She looked exhausted, but beautiful nonetheless.

"Tokyo...." I whispered.

I wanted to hug her, kiss her and tells her I love her...that I no longer care if she's engaged as long as I can be with her.

But the presence of the lady in front of me made me control my emotions, but not after I heard what she said to Tokyo.

As soon as she turned her attention to Tokyo who looked shock at my presence, the lady pulled me inside and excitedly guided me in front of Tokyo.

"I thought you and Alex were only messing with me when you said you two are together. Oh my God, I'm so happy," she started rambling and Tokyo looked so done with her mother.

I am still so confused as to what is happening but I'm starting to catch on the situation.

Just then, our eyes met and I see no definite emotion on it. Instead, it was as if she was sad because I was here.

Was she anticipating Alex to come instead of me?

My heart dropped at the thought.

"Grey son, I'm happy to finally meet my daughter's boyfriend," the lady stated breaking off me and Tokyo's eye contact.

And that's when her words registered on my mind,

"Huh?" I asked confused.

Tokyo's boyfriend... Is she talking about me and not Alex?