When the Sun loves the Moon

CHAPTER 4

"Maybe next time, Karl." I smiled.

"Oh, sure! No pressure. Oh... Am I pressuring you?" He asked.

"No! Not at all. It's fine, Karl." I smiled and kissed his cheek.

I find him cute 'cause he blushed.

"Are you going home?" He asked.

"Yeah, I want to take a nap."

"You take care, hm?" He leaned closer and gave me one quick kiss. "Text me when you get home." He whispered.

I nodded a little and left the campus. WHOOO! SAFE!

I was walking on the sidewalk until I heard a honk. It's Apollo's car! What the hell... I looked around before I quickly got inside Apollo's car.

"Psh, why don't you just come home with me instead of walking here alone?" He asked.

"How many times do I have to tell you? I don't want rumors!"

He rolled his eyes and he maneuvered his car. I asked for fast food so we had a drive-thru. As soon as we got home, we ate the burgers and fries.

"Lyanne." He called me before I could enter my room. "Don't enter my room. I'll be sleeping. Wake me up if there's an emergency, but if you're going to annoy me-"

I laughed. "I won't, okay?! I'll sleep, too. I'm tired!" I winked and again, with his arrogant attitude, he rolled his eyes.

I took a quick shower and after that, mom called.

"Hey, mom!"

"Hello, darling... How are you there? I miss you, Ly!"

"I'm fine, mama. I miss you too. Just got home from school."

"Is Apollo there with you?"

"He's in his room, mommy."

"Call him! We'll talk to both of you."

Oh my... He just stated that I shouldn't disturb him. But... whatever.

I knocked on his door and I thanked the heavens 'cause it opened!

"What?" He asked.

His hair was damp and he was shirtless. His towel was placed on his right shoulder. Damn, okay, he is hot. He got that body built.

"Our parents want to talk to us." I smiled and showed him my phone.

"I'll go to your room. Wait for me."

He wore a white shirt and we both went inside my room now. I quickly transferred the call to my laptop so that the screen would be bigger.

"Hello, Apollo!"

"Hello, Mrs. Sauria." Apollo smiled a little.

"Son, Lyanne, How are you both doing there?"

"Fine, papa."

"Are you not bored? Lyanne?"

"I'm not bored. Are you?" Apollo asked me.

"I'm not bored."

"Well, we're both thinking, like what if you both plan a vacation every weekend so you two won't get bored. Use your card, Apollo. We actually booked you into a hotel, have a staycation."

Apollo and I looked at each other. We're waiting for each other who's gonna respond.

"You answer! He's your father!" I whispered and he rolled his eyes.

"How many days, pa?" Apollo asked.

"Well, you can go now. It's until Sunday morning. You don't have class tomorrow, right? It's Saturday. Good thing you're both home early today."

"Yeah, we're both tired."

"Oh, then perfect! We really have our child's instincts!" I heard my mom.

"Then go to this hotel, Apollo. I'll send you the details. Have a swim and such. Staycation or whatever."

"I'll use my card?" Apollo asked.

"Uh-huh. Not your savings, but your share of the company."

"Okay, pack now, Lyanne."

"You two take care!" My mom stated.

"Thank you, Mr. Gray!" I smiled.

"You're welcome, darling. Just enjoy."

The call ended and we both packed our things. I even wore my sunglasses for disguise. I can't be seen with him!

"What's with the sunglasses? It's not even sunny. It's cloudy." He pointed to the sky and I saw that it was cloudy.

"I am fully aware of that. I can't be seen with you."

"Oh, c'mon." He said with a tired tone.

"Better to be safe than sorry?" I stated, sarcastically.

He mocked my words and I just laughed at him. We went to this hotel and it's a five-star hotel!

"Just wait for me in the lobby."

"Would love that." I smirked and he just shook his head.

I wore my sunglasses and sat on one of the comfy chairs here in this hotel. I suddenly saw this hot guy. Wait, erase! You have... a boyfriend! Wait... Karl's my boyfriend now, right?

We're officially dating, right?

"What are you thinking?"

"A boyfriend." I answered and Apollo smacked my forehead lightly with the brochure he was holding.

"You naughty child." He rolled his eyes.

"I'm not a child!"

"You are to me." He smiled, teasingly.

We now went to our room to drop off our luggage. We're both surprised that it's a big room... But... we're both more surprised that it only has one bed.

"It's a king-sized bed." I pointed out to cut off the silence between us.

"Yeah, and you got that bed all to yourself," he stated sarcastically.

"What? You have another room?"

"Nope. Dad only booked this room. I'll sleep on the couch."

"You could sleep on the bed!" He looked at me with his face screaming the word "really" aish! "It's a king-sized bed! We won't even touch each other the whole night we're sleeping 'cause the bed is that big!"

"We'll probably won't notice each other's presence," I added.

"Fine. I'll sleep on the right side of the bed."

I gave him a thumbs up. I took a quick tour of the bathroom and I was happy that it had a bathtub! I opened the big curtains and saw the view. It's a city view and I could also see the pool.

"Are you gonna swim?" I asked Apollo.

"Don't know. Depends."

"I'm gonna swim. Night swim."

"I'll go with you then."

"You can't!" I stopped him immediately.

His lips parted out of shock. "I need to send pictures to your mom and to my dad."

I groaned. I'm stressed. "Then take a picture of me from afar! I saw some of our batchmates here having a vacation, too."

He just nodded and lay down on the bed. "Well, be quiet. I'm going to sleep."

"No need to worry about that. I'll go out of the room and be back by... five o'clock."

"And where do you think you're going, miss?"

"I'll find some hot guys." I winked. "Bye!"

"Wait, LYANNE!"

I was about to push the down button of the elevator, but Apollo grabbed my arm and pulled me back to our room! What the hell now?!

"I'm kidding! I'll just roam around!"

"Stay."

"Huh?"

"Just stay."

He lay down on the bed again and immediately closed his eyes.

He wants me to stay here? Damn. Well, I guess it's... fine.

I sat on the left side of the bed and I lay down there, too. I closed my eyes and, because of tiredness, I fell asleep.

I woke up 'cause Apollo hit me with a pillow! I was about to get revenge but I saw that he had also just woken up. His hair was messy and his eyes were barely opened.

"What time is it?" I yawned.

"Five."

"Damn, I hate the number five." I whispered and I heard him laugh a bit.

"Why? Does the number five give you nightmares?"

"Yeah, it reminds me of you." I sat down and rubbed my eyes for a bit.

"So, I'm your nightmare?" He asked.

"My greatest nightmare of all time." I smirked.

I stood up and went to the bathroom to have a quick shower. After I took a shower, he also took a quick shower.

"Can we have room service for dinner?" I asked him as soon as he got out of the bathroom.

"Yeah, since you don't like to be seen with me."

"Hey, it doesn't mean that I don't wanna be with you, it's just that... you're famous and a lot of girls like you."

"And so?"

"They'll attack me. They might think I'm a w***e, slut or what-"

"You think they'll do that?"

Oh, no. Why is he mad? I kept quiet 'cause it was getting awkward.

"You can have dinner at some restaurant, Apollo."

"No. I would not eat at any restaurant without you."

I just nodded at his answer.

From: Karl Williams

Where are you? I think I saw you in the hotel with Apollo?

"WHAT THE f**k?"

"Your mouth." Apollo pointed at my mouth.

I rushed to him and showed him Karl's message.

"Tsh, so what? He saw you, he saw me. He knows why we're probably together, so, relax."

What if I go to Karl so he will not... assume anything even though there's nothing to assume... like, really.

"What are you thinking?" Apollo asked.

"He's here."

"Who?"

"Karl?"

"So?"

"He's my boyfriend, right?"

"Why are you asking me that? I don't know." He shrugged.

"Well... they say that when you kiss... it's day one."

"Depends. Have you both talked about it?"

"What do you mean it depends? No. We haven't talked about it."

He looked at me with disbelief, like I'm a child asking questions about love and relationships! Well then, I'm sorry, I have had no boyfriend since birth!

"What? It's my first time, okay?! I'm asking for brotherly advice."

"Uh-huh." He just murmurred. "Okay, fine. That depends on you and Karl. We all have different perspectives and in my case, yeah, sure, it's day one, but still, I'll officially ask that girl if she can be my girlfriend. Now, why don't you talk to Karl?"

That's... actually a good explanation. I think he'll be a good boyfriend. He just has these bad boy vibes. It has been almost a week and I'm getting to know him. The rumors I know? None of them were proven.

Except for the fact that he kissed me surprisingly out of my pride.

"Thank you! You're the best." I blew him a flying kiss but he avoided it, so I laughed.

"After dinner... Oh, wait! Until what time's the pool?" I asked.

"Eleven."

"After dinner, I'll swim."

"I'll swim, too."

"But you can't be-"

"I know. I'll be far away from you, but do not go out of my sight, hm? That's our deal."

"Deal!" I smiled widely.

We both got out of our hotel rooms. We actually had a small fight because I wanted to wear sunglasses but he argued with me and he said that I'd look stupid.

I argued that it's fashion!

"Where are we gonna eat?" I asked him while we were in the elevator. Good thing it's just us.

"There's a restaurant outside the hotel. I have a private reservation. I'll go first, then after five minutes, you will go there. Are we clear?"

"Noted." I nodded and the elevator opened.

Apollo went straight while I took a detour. I followed what he said. I waited for five minutes and I got out of the hotel. I'm very cautious of my surroundings!

"I have a reservation," I told the staff.

"Name please?"

"Apollo Moon Gray."

"Oh, him. It's actually in your name. Lyanne Angel Gray?"

Lyanne what? Lyanne Angel Gray?

"Ah, yes." I chuckled nervously. "That's me..."

"Follow me, Mrs. Gray."

MRS. WHAT?

The waitress led me to a private room and as soon as I entered, I saw Apollo with his wine. Great, within five minutes he already had wine!

My brows furrowed and I hurriedly went to our table. As soon as I sat down, I watched him closely while he was enjoying his wine.

"What? I already ordered our food. Want wine?" He even asked!

"What do you mean Lyanne Angel GRAY?" I gritted my teeth and I even got more pissed when I saw his confused look. "MRS? MRS. GRAY?!"

He got even more confused. His brows furrowed out of confusion and he placed down his wine. "What are you talking about?" He raised his one brow.

I also raised my brow and smirked. "I was called Lyanne Angel Gray. I let it pass, but she even called me MRS."

I stared at him sharply when I heard him chuckle. "Okay, relax. They probably think that we're a married couple."

"Why would they think that?! What did you say?!"

"I only said that if someone mentioned me for a private reservation tell them that it's under her name. I only said Lyanne Angel. They probably assumed that I'm your husband." He shrugged like this is not a big deal but it is!!!

I took a deep breath to calm myself. Relax, Lyanne... Relax...

"What's the big deal anyway?"

"I don't wanna be involved with you."

"But you are."

"Ahh!!" I said, so frustrated.

"Relax, Ly. Here, have some wine." He poured me a glass of wine and I just accepted it.

Good thing the food came in quickly. We both took a picture to send to our parents and after eating we took a quick rest and went back to the hotel. We both went back to our room.

"I'll swim." I told him.

"Yeah, sure. I will not swim but I'll be there to take pictures of you and, yes, I will stay far away from you, but stay within my sight, remember that." He stated and I just nodded.

I went down first and I immediately saw Karl.

"Hey!" He smiled so widely and kissed my cheek as soon as he got close to me.

"Hello, Karl." I smiled.

"Looks like you're gonna swim. Let's go?"

"Sure."

We both went to the pool and, after a few minutes, I saw Apollo. Psh, he said that I'd look stupid with sunglasses at night, but look at him now, he's wearing sunglasses!

"You know how to swim?" Karl got my attention all of a sudden.

"I do." I smirked. "Wanna race? Just 'til the end of the pool."

"Oh, would love to." He smirked back.

"On 3..."

He counted and we both swam as fast as we could to reach the other edge of the pool. As soon as I reached it, it was probably only 1 second interval. He got up first.

"Dang!" I stated and we both laughed.

I didn't notice that this part of the pool was a little bit deep. Good thing I know how to swim but he quickly went closer to me and grabbed my waist.

We're so close to each other right now...

He looks... cute and handsome.

"Is it bad that I want to kiss you right now?" He whispered.

"Maybe..." I smirked.

Our faces got closer and closer to each other, slowly... and our lips touched. He wrapped both of his arms around my waist and my arms onto his nape.

I closed my eyes as I felt and tried to mimic the movement of his lips.

"Fuck..." He whispered so hotly that we both stopped.

I smirked and gave him a peck. We both chuckled and he kissed me one last.

"You're so good," he complimented.

"Really?" I chuckled.

"So good that I wanted more." He grabbed me once again and I shrieked and laughed. He also laughed before we both kissed.

"Oi! Love Birds!!! That's too much public display of affection! Dang these two." I heard one of his friends.

"Let them be!"

"Go Lyanne!"

We both chuckled between our kisses and stopped. We looked at each other and he gave me one swift kiss. "What time will you go back to your hotel room?"

"I don't know... What time is it?" I asked. I'm getting nervous.

"It's time for us to go back, Lyanne."

We both got startled when we saw Apollo standing on the side bringing my towel and other things. He's still in his sunglasses.

"Do they know?" I asked whisperedly to Karl while looking at his group of friends.

He shook his head. "Don't worry. I remember our promise." He smiled slightly and before he let go of me, he gave me one last deep kiss. "Goodnight."

"Goodnight." I smiled.

I got up and got the towel Apollo gave me and wrapped it around me. We both quickly went back to our room and I took a shower.

"Thank you!" I said to Apollo as I got out of the bathroom.

"Why?" He looked confused.

"For... Calling me to go back to our hotel room?" I also got confused. "But anyway, really thank you! I really got nervous when Karl asked me what time I'd come back to our room. I was assuming he wanted to take me to his room-"

"And he will. Trust your instincts."

"Thank you."

He didn't answer. He just lay down on the bed and turned his lamp shade off.

"You gonna sleep?"

"Yeah, I feel tired." He yawned and I see him like a cute baby boy.

"Goodnight, Apollo." I smiled even though he faces on the other side wherein he can't see me.

He didn't answer again. So arrogant! I turned off my lamp shade even though I didn't want to sleep yet. I just don't want him to be distracted by the light.

I was just using my phone and I saw Apollo's IG story.

HER.

Huh?

It was just a picture of the pool.

Then, I went to Twitter.

KWilliams: BEST. 1 down.

Huh?

I feel so confused about boys. They're posting so... mysteriously. I took a deep breath and just scrolled on my sss.

"Sleep now, Lyanne."

I was startled when Apollo spoke.

"Can't sleep?" I asked.

"I can hear your breath like you're stressed or something. Calm down and relax. Why don't you just sleep and forget what you're thinking about for the night?"

"I'm sorry if I was loud..." I whispered. "Sleep now, Apollo Moon. Goodnight..." I smiled and turned my phone off.

I lay down on the bed and closed my eyes.

"Goodnight, Lyanne."

I smiled a bit when I heard that. After a few minutes, I dozed off because of tiredness. I fell asleep so well and it felt so great. Since my body clock is used to early mornings, I still had a great sleep.

I saw Apollo hugging a pillow, still sleeping soundly.

I really find him like a baby.

I looked at the time and saw that it was six thirty. I'll wake him up at seven thirty? Seven? Carefully, I got out of bed. Good thing that he sleeps so soundly.

I went to the bathroom and washed my face. After doing my morning routine, Apollo was still sleeping. I decided to take a morning walk. I looked at my attire and saw that it was fine.

"Good morning, world!" I stated after I got out of our room.

I went down and took a morning walk on the pool side. I just felt the cold breeze and admired nature.

I didn't know how much time I took on my morning walk.

From: Apollo Moon Gray

Miss. Where are you?

Oh! He's awake.

I saw that it was already 7 o'clock. Wow, he woke up early, huh?

I didn't reply and just went back to our room. As soon as I got there, I saw Apollo sitting on the bed, with messy hair and sleepy eyes.

"Good morning!" I greeted him but he pouted. See? What a baby.

"Where did you go?" His voice was hoarse.

"Just took a morning walk."

"Why didn't you wake me up?" He sounded so sad! Now, I feel bad, huhu.

"I'm sorry. You were sleeping so soundly and I thought you did not want to be waken up early on weekends?" I smirked and sat closer to him.

"Just stay." He whispered and lay down again on the bed.

I was about to speak when I saw him hugging his pillow again with closed eyes.

I fixed the comforter on him and I also lay down and just used my phone. I was getting sleepy. I looked at the time and saw that it was almost 8. I'm sorry, Apollo, but I have to wake you up for breakfast.

"Apollo..." I stated softly.

"Hm?"

"Wake up. We have to eat breakfast." I tapped his shoulder and he stretched his whole body.

Even in a king-sized bed, I still find him tall.

He rubbed his eyes and slowly opened them.

"You awake now? Good morning, Apollo!" I greeted him once again.

"Morning..." His voice was husky.

"I'll order room service. What do you want?"

"English breakfast, please." He stated before he got out of bed and went to the bathroom.

I ordered two English breakfast because I wanted the bacon.

He got out of the bathroom looking fresh. He brushed his hair but it was still a little bit messy.

"I also ordered coffee."

He just nodded at that.

"What are your plans today?" I asked him.

"Anything. What do you wanna do?"

"I feel like staying here. You?"

"I'll stay here then."

"You can do whatever you want, Apollo." I chuckled. "I'll be fine here."

"I will not risk that. I'll go wherever you want to go and I'll do whatever you wanna do." He rolled his eyes and he was cute.

"Okay, dad." I laughed to tease him but he looked so pissed.

"Let's play billiards?" I asked him.

"Hm? Do you know how to play that?"

"Of course!" I smirked. "So, what do you think? I saw a playroom near the pool. I'll rent it-"

"I'll book it. What time?" He cut me off.

"Book it for the whole day and let's play for the whole day." I winked and he called to the receptionist. He really indeed booked it for the whole day!

Our breakfast came and after that, we both changed into decent clothes and went out of our room to go to the playroom.

"Wanna bet?" I smirked while getting my cue stick.

He smirked back. "Sure, miss."

"If I win... you'll wake up five o'clock in the morning for the whole week, next week."

His brows furrowed but he nodded.

"If I win... we'll go hiking."

HIKING?

"And... no dates with Karl for the whole week... next week." He added.

I am so confused.

Why?