Serenity

Twenty Seven

Zee, Mark, Max and Net are in the balcony of Zee's hotel room. Zee rarely drinks, he actually never really do unless it's a very special occassion, something is very very wrong or if there is an important matter that needs a serious conversation and he need some liquid courage.
Tonight is one of those nights where in he needed some liquid courage.

He ordered a bottle of wine and rang up the three to go to his room. They have been sitting there for a while now, sipping on the wine that Zee ordered.

"So, you didnt call us here just to have a chitchat, what's up?" Mark said

"It doesnt look like you're depressed. It's actually the opposite. And there is no special occassion, well apart from Nu's show." Net said to him

"Is this about Saint and Perth and why they talked to you? What did they say" Max added

"Well its not that, but i guess i have to discuss that too" Zee gave them tiny smile and sipped his wine.

"They apologized to me. They asked for forgiveness and asked to mend back the friendship" Zee told them

"Well isnt that 3 years too late?" Net told him and Zee nodded his head.

"They said they tried to find me but couldnt"

"Well yeah because you basically lived under a rock" Mark chuckled at him and Zee looked at him pointedly.
"Sorry, continue. Point taken" Mark smiled

"I told them that I wouldnt be able to give them what they are asking for after what they had done. That there is no friendship to mend. Maybe in the future but definitely not now. I will be civil when i see them, but thats it. I told them about how I was at the lowest point in my life because of them and I am still healing now."

"And what did they say?" Max asked

"Well that's it. They are sorry. Saint kept on apologizing for what he did. But I told him that Im in a very good place now. And that Im finally letting myself to be happy." Zee told them

"Amen to that" Marked exclaimed
"It wasnt easy to pull you out you know"

"Unless you're Nunew" Net chuckled
"He managed to drag him out of his cocoon in a month"

Zee shakes his head and smiled at the mention of Nunew's name.

"They also asked me to come back to Alimento" Zee then blurted out.

"What?!" The three of them shouted.

"They wanted me to come back. That Alimento needed me. Saint was begging for me to go and work there"

"They have the nerve to say that?! So they apologized to you to ask you to come back?! Is that it?!" Max angrily said

"And what did you tell them?" Mark asked

Zee smiled widely as he recalls how Nunew walked in to find him

"I didnt have to say anything. Nunew told them off" Zee giggled

"Nunew? Oh wow, he didnt cause a scene did he? I mean I can totally see him ripping their throats, he's that scary" Net joked

"This is what he said when he walked towards me
Why in the world would he work here when he's the executive chef and part owner of the most popular restaurant in Rayong?
Then he grabbed my hand and held it infront of them"
Zee said as he chuckled

"Wow, Nunew claiming his man" Max teases him.

"Wait, you said this is not the reason we're drinking, if it's not then what is it?" Mark asked him again

Zee looked at them and sighed. He put his drink down and crossed his arms.

"I think Im ready to open myself again. To accept somebody again. To try and be in a relationship again. To be happy again." Zee looked at them unsurely.