I Miss You (I Blank You #1)

seven

Keene's POV

I was peacefully sleeping and having a good time in dreamland when my phone decided to disrupt it with it's annoying tone, I feel Dino leaping off my side, immediately evacuating from the torturous sound.

Oh how I wish I'm a cat right now. Lucky her.

I glance at my bedside table to look at the time, '01:43 AM' is what displays from the small digital clock.

Which spawn of the devil thought it would be a good time to call at such an ungodly hour? Begrudgingly, I answered it without looking at the caller.

[ I can't catch a break from Beilin Co. I swear. ]

"This is Lee Moriarty of Beilin Co. I would be happy to help you, however, business hours are long over. If possible, can you hold your query until business hours?" bungad ko, a default answer I have stored in my mind.

To my surprise, narinig ko ang boses niya, "I'm still in awe of your accent, you know that?" she said.

[ My mind must be playing games with me... ]

"Ren— Ms. Dilamis?" I whisper-yell at my phone as if I'm gonna wake up someone in a room all by myself.

"Keene, why can't we patch things and get back together?"

That got me wide awake. It caught me off-guard, it also didn't help that my room is pitch black only the moon illuminating through my window as my source of light.

Napatigil ako sa paghinga at paggalaw na para ba kapag gumalaw ako ay may masamang mangyayari.

Recovering from the shock, I finally answered her, "This is my business number. Please refrain from asking personal questions, Ms. Dilamis. I'll see you in our second meeting if you don't have further questions."

Binababaan ko agad siya ng selpon habang inilayo ito sa akin. I take in quick breaths while looking at the phone as if it took something important from me. Inhale, exhale. I kept reminding myself, trying to calm the thumping of my heart.

With my mind still in daze, both from being woken and her sudden confession. I slid down my bed to lean back on the nightstand after hitting her number on the hotel telephone, hearing it ring a few seconds later.

She picks up right away but the silence between us is so loud that I might as well go crazy, "Hello?" her soft voice brought me back to life.

"It's me" is all I can say after realizing what I've done.

I don't even know why I called her in the first place. Why did I even go out of my way to memorize her number and call her through the landline?

"It's you..." dinig ang gulat sa boses niya, "How much did you drink?" I try my best to conceal the concern in my tone.

"Not much."

Silence once again takes over us.

[ I wish this is all a dream... ]

"Did you drink water already?"

"No."

I lean my head back at the nightstand at pinaalalahanan siya, "Sober up, Rena."

[ A dream I don't wish to wake up from ]

"Are you still mad at me?"

"I said sober up, Rena."

"Not until you answer me. I've been doing everything on my end."

I run my fingers through my hair, sighing out of frustration. "Sober up first."