Ten years ago.
There was a downpour, both Rhea and Denver ran through the rain, Denver clutching her hand with his tightly so that she won't slip, while he used his bag to shield them from the rain,they had both been walking to the bus stop when out of nowhere it started raining.
They both slid under the shed of a closed shop,Rhea was out of breath because of how they had ran while Denver didn't seem that much affected, their uniforms and hair clung to to their bodies and faces , Denver peeked th4ough sidedly as he sighed helplessly, " ha....it doesn't look like it would stop raining anytime soon", Rhea looked up at him., her brows furrowed , she was clearly annoyed, " I told you to go earlier..., if you had left earlier , you wouldn't be in this situation", she said as she squeezed the tip of her hair . Denver scoffed as he turned fully to her , he was going to say something , it even looked like he wanted to tease her but his eyes widened as he quickly averted his gaze, his cheeks flushed red as he cleared his throat, Rhea tilted her head clearly confused but at the same time curious at his sudden reaction, " why?..., why weren't you going to...., her mouth clasped shut in shock as she saw Denver begin to unbutton his shirt not bothering to spare her a glance , Rhea backed away looking alarmed, what was he doing?, this was weird, what was he..., before she could think anymore, Denver shoved his shirt into her hand, Rhea looked confused , his cheeks were still flushed red eventhough he was not looking at her, he seemed nervous , " yo...your shirt", he stammered, it was almost in a whisper, and he sounded timid, Rhea tilted her head as she looked down at her shirt , her eyes widened in surprise, she quickly used Denvers shirt to cover herself, she looked flustered and she backed away clearly embarrassed.
Underneath Denvers shirt he had luckily worn a plain loose top but it still clung to him, clinging to every frame of his body showing his exceptional physique, he curved his hands unto his waist , looking away as Rhea wore his shirt on top of hers , eventhough it was wet there was less visibility. Rhea looked down , she wanted the ground to open up and swallow her right now, this was so humiliating, " s..., sorry you had to see that ", she muttered under her breath, Denver glanced at her , her head was bowed and some strands of her hair clung to the side of her face, while others in their dampness clung to her back., despite her looking down, she still looked so pretty, she had such a cute small nose, sometimes he forgets how pretty she is, he looked away as he tousled his hair, the downpour was still heavy but the silence between them was calm, comfortable, eventhough they didnt speak to each other , it was still refreshing to just be close to each other, Denver cleared his throat awkwardly disrupting that short moment of peace, " don't worry.....I....I didn't see anything", he said as he waved his hand as if to assure her but this made Rgea feel more embarrassed, " sure you didn't...", you could hear a pitch of sarcasm in her tone , her simple and logical reaction made it difficult not to find this amusing.
Denver bit down on his lower lip trying to stifle a smile, this quiet amusing atmosphere was.....lovely.
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PRESENT DAY
Denver groaned as his eyes slowly flickered open, his hed was aching, he knew he was a lightweight but he didnt know it was this bad , he should never drink again, " hah.....", he sighed heavily as he leaned his head back and that he when he noticed a slight heaviness on his shoukder, he abruptly looked over alarmed, it was Rhea, she was sleeping on his shoulder , she looked so peaceful, as much as his heart was about to leap out of his chest in excitement, he could not do that right now because his mind was in chaos , questions kept flooding in, what happened?, why was she here?.
His thoughts were cut short when Rgea snuggled closer, as she rubbed her face on his arm and for a moment, he could hardly breathe right now, he was moving roo much that he had almost woken her up, he slowly and cautiously turned his head a little tovthe side to see her face clearly, and there she was , his mind seemed to calm down while he just stared at her, was he dreaming?, with her head on hs shoulder and her gentle breathing, this was definently real.
Why was she here?, what did he do last night?, his memory was vague, he could recall his outing and then he drank some cups of wine and before he knew it , he was at his home, as he tried to piece things together it felt like his head was going to split open and then he heard it...., " Denver..., can I lean on you tonight?.....", his eyes quickly darted to the sleeping Rhea who just snuggled closer to him, her arm linked with his and for a moment he forgot everything, though his head was still aching, he didn't mind it, if by any chance this was a dream, he sure as hell didnt want to wake up.
He tilted his head a little , careful not to wake her up as he took a close look at her face , she was so beautiful, some of her hair was getting in the way of her face and she twitched her nose , she was clearly in discomfort. He gently grazed his hand through those strands as he softly and carefully tucked it behind her ear, she looked relaxed now , Denver couldn't help but smile , these little moments , though it may be small , it was something he knew he would cherish for a lifetime , he didn't know how she had come to him but he didnt care, he rested unto the couch, it was already dawn, he should be heading to work right now, but he just wanted this moment to last forever.
************************************************DIAHS RESIDENCE
" Breathe in, breathe out,", a calm voice rang through , that voice in which Diah obediently followed, to her it was soothing, she was dressed in a black sports bra and loose gray joggers , her hair was packed in a bun and she looked relaxed, after the morning yoga , she laid on her mat, as she srilled through social media ,as she watched her interview once again, she immediately went to the comment section as she smiled broadly at the comments,they were idolising her, " she's beautiful, her book is amazing, I love her", and then her smuke abruptly fell when she saw some comments that were not in her favour, " don't you think her writing style is a little too similar to that author she accused of plagiarism , I've read some of her books and they weren't that good , how is it possible for her to suddenly write a bestseller overnight, what if we have been defending the wrong person all along".
" Defending the wrong person?", it rang like a welland Diah abruptly stood up and suddenly everywhere felt loud, like the comments were being read out loud, her eyes twitched , her eyes throbbed , as the voices got louder , Diah threw her phone to the floor as it smoothly slid across, only then did those voices stop, she panted slightly, her hand clutched fist , why were they still talking about her, who were they to say that?, why was it always Rhea?.
All she needed was for her to be more broken , she wanted her life to be more shitty and at the end of it all..., she wanted Rhea to come crawling back, " ha....", he scoffed
as she tilted her head backwards in satisfaction at her devious thought, " so Rhea.....what can I do...to completely ruin you", she whispered as an evil smile formed on her lips.
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Rhea eyes twitched a little before it slowly opened, right now sh3 wasn't in a panic like the last time she was here when she was drunk because this time she knew exactly where she was , she looked around , the large window panel had been closed with the blinds and only one light illuminated the house thereby setting a cool tone, a small smile etched at the corner of her lips as she sat up, Denver was gone and he had covered her up with a soft blanket which smelled exactly like him.
She had slept at his place and...., she had been selfish, she stood up and neatly folded the blanket as she placed it on his couch. She was preparing to leave when she sighted the table. It was full of food which had been covered, Rhea scoffed, he was careless, how could he trust someone to be alone in his home , he was too nice. She slowly trotted to the table , she shouldn't be here, she had given into her selfishness once , if she continued like this, he would be hopeful , she didn't want that, she gave a brief smuke , she had given in to her selfishness and she was content, it did feel like she was leading him on , if she led him on like this he would finally realize it and leave her alone, this was her final resolve.