Scripted?

19: Tae's Lies

It woke up our sleeping dog who barked loudly. It also caused my mother to run nervously from the kitchen towards me, holding a broom.

"What the heck? What is this mess?" she asked.

"Sorry. I just..." I looked at the screen again. The leads were hugging now. I placed a palm on my chest feeling the heartbeat.

"You're not watching horror, why in the world are you screaming?" she reprimanded.

"Nothing. I uh... thought I saw an insect flew over." I said as I slowly calmed down.

"Well, clean up your mess! I'm not your maid here!" Annoyed, she threw the broom at me then went back to the kitchen for the usual night cleaning of countertops.

I sighed while sweeping my midnight snack.

"What are you looking at?" Our dog has his head tilted to one side looking at me like I'm a bizarre creature. I swear he huffed at me then went back to his sleeping bed.

Damn it! This is Tee's fault!

The freaking kid kissed me.

ON THE LIPS!

We don't even kiss each other's cheeks as a fan service.

*Flashback*

"She accused you of liking me too." I said.

"You know how I replied to her? Did the costume team say?"

I shook my head.

"I didn't deny it." he said quietly.

"What?"

"That's why she hates me. I told P'Savannah that she's correct."

"You said that to annoy her, did you?" I asked.

He just shook his head.

"Huh?" I asked.

"I told her I like you."

My eyes widened at him.

"You can't really blame her you know? In a way, she has every right to be mad at me. You know what I did?"

The next thing I knew his face was close to mine and I have tasted cocoa on his lips.

It lasted for about five seconds. I wasn't blinking all through out. I was just staring at his long lashes. When he pulled away it was him who got shocked.

He freaking got shocked at his own doing?

I saw him quickly covered his lips. My eyes were still wide open, and we stared at each other for a minute.

He finally looked away, looking like a ripe tomato. "P', I think you should go. I uh... need to... rest for tomorrow's shoot. The door's over there." Then he got up quickly from the sofa and ran upstairs.

*End of Flashback*  

Me? It took me another minute to recover. I think I sat there for a while in the same confused expression before remembering how to walk. I marched from his house and back to my car like a robot. I can't even remember how I got home.

So it's true? Tee likes me?

We have not met since that day. I don't have any projects recently because of my scandal, and he is busy with his commercial shoot with Benj. There are also no SBFive activities after that Nouveau Hotel incident.