The Regret
1218 Words
"stop it! stop talking!" sofia screamed furiously, "you're lying! there's no way my dominic would act like such a coward!" he continued passionately, "it's true what he said that you have ulterior motives! i hate you, arsenio!!!"
supposedly when their first kiss mistakes, she stays away from him.
"sofia wait!" arsenio held his hand from leaving, "i'm being honest with you. i'm not done talking yet."
sofia refused, trying to free herself, "i don't want to hear your bullsh*t again!"
"listen to me first." arsenio began to lose his temper, "dominic doesn't want to be responsible because of the influence of his parents, i think."
"his parents?" sofia softened a little.
"both of her parents felt that eva's pregnancy would be a barrier to learning, she was influenced and chose irresponsibility."
"tell me why do i still have to hear this?" sofia asked sharply, once again she heard negative remarks about dominic.
"i'm telling this from my point of view because during eva's pregnancy, she asked me and cindy for help regarding the dominican problem," arsenio said, "you can ask him directly, because from my eyes, he almost like b*stard."
"of course i'll ask dominic this!" sofia couldn't believe everything that came out of her.
"good." arsenio replied calmly, "if he says what i said is a lie, i can show you where eva and her daughter live."
"that won't happen." sofia was sure dominic would be honest with her.
arsenio just carved a sweet smile at him, in contrast to his heart which felt sympathy for him because he knew very well what dominic was like.
"until that happens, you sleep on the floor," sofia ordered coldly.
"what!?"
sofia hears all the bad words about dominic, how can she sleep in the same bed as if nothing happened between them? not to mention her sudden confession of love.
'i don't understand. he's always been close to cindy, how can he claim to love me?'
a lot of it doesn't make sense.
even so, sofia didn't need an explanation of her feelings, "this is final. i refuse to sleep in the same bed with you!"
"sofia..." arsenio made a pleading look not to. he needs a comfortable sleep so that tomorrow he can work fit, not with an achy body.
sofia rolled her eyes, ignoring his pleas, she chose to go to the bathroom to clean herself and then came out and lay down on her soft bed.
"give me strength..." arsenio muttered.
"next time think before you say something bad about dominic," sofia told him.
"sometimes reality is disappointing, honey," arsenio criticized coldly. she understands that she is in love, so she gives dominic's dark side so that she knows the inside and outside of the man who will be a candidate for her life partner until old age.
sofia furrowed her brows hearing him still talking about this. he decides to give another punishment because he deserves it, "i won't give you a blanket either."
"are you kidding?" arsenio have to sleep on the floor without a blanket? "you want to torture me? keep me from working, huh?"
"good idea."
with arsenio sick, he won't be able to torture dominic for a while.
arsenio sighed in exasperation, then without saying anything he plopped down on the bed.
"you!" sofia took a pillow, then beat him with it for not wanting to obey his orders, "i told you to sleep on the floor! get out of my territory, j*rk!"
"you don't feel sorry for me, why should i obey you?" arsenio asked back while protecting his head especially his injured face from his pillow which was quite hard. this made him realize that he had great power, "ow! ow! hey! stop it!"
"it hurts, doesn't it? so get out of my precious bed!" sofia said with a satisfied smile hearing his moans.
arsenio could sense this was a form of revenge. he would normally go along with his will, but the blows were mostly aimed at his face which caused more pain, so he decided to stop him.
"ah!" sofia couldn't hold her pillow, she grabbed it too fast that she couldn't react much. stricken with anger, it was his turn to hit his shoulder, "i told you to get out of bed!"
"ow! h-hey, stop it, sofia," arsenio said while dodging his punch.
sofia didn't listen, continued to smack him on the shoulder hoping he would listen. unfortunately, in the next second he found himself lying on the bed with her on top of him.
huh...?
for a while, sofia was stunned by what had happened, watching her face turn red with steam coming out of her mouth from exhaustion.
"can you just try to understand me for once?"
"why should i?" sofia has no reason to understand her after badmouthing the man she loves, "and hey! get away from me, arsenio."
they were in this position to bring up what happened to them last night.
sofia tried to forget having enjoyed his touch.
she tries to forget slowly seeing him as an attractive man she wants to touch.
"get out of the way!" sofia ordered louder before her head thought strange again. but instead of doing what he wanted, he put their foreheads together, he thought he was going to kiss her again, relieved that that wasn't what he was aiming for.
he didn't know what would happen if another kiss happened again.
but being close like this doesn't benefit sofia either.
"i haven't answered my question about your moaning," arsenio said almost in a whisper, placing a caress on his cheek, "really, when i heard that, i immediately decided to be honest with you about how i've been feeling all this time."
"from what i remember, you had a relationship with cindy, so how did you fall in love with me?" the question that had been in sofia's head for a long time just came out, and she regretted it for fear of knowing the truth.
"cindy and i have a complicated relationship, you're right," arsenio held his hand to change their position to sit down for him to be comfortable, "believe it or not, i was close to him to forget you at first."
sofia glanced doubtfully at him.
is he the reason he approached cindy?
"you know..." arsenio stroked the back of his hand tenderly and carefully, "when our friendship got more intimate, i thought maybe, maybe, sofia knows how i feel, that's why she keeps wanting me to touch her. i know i love him. that's why i didn't say it through my mouth but my actions. until i finally heard you were going out with dominic i knew i was wrong." he explained with a sad face not playing an active role in his feelings all this time.
sofia didn't know what to say. so all this time she was in love with him? he was comfortable to touch her because they were long time friends, only then did he realize that after the last s****l intercourse his touch was really different from usual.
'i guess he was trying to tell me how he felt at that time, but...'
sofia's mind was closed to forget her forbidden feelings for him without knowing that she was in love with him too.
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