Inspiration from the song sang by 2 pm. “I’ll Be Back”

Concept of story: No name for the leads because I want the feel of being the lead in the story.

          “(Name of Female lead)!” A male voice shouted from behind me. I turned to see the person who called my name. To my utmost surprised, there he stood. The person whom I had been waiting for the last couple of years. (Name of Male lead), my used to be boyfriend. We stood far apart while staring at each other like strangers meeting for the first time.

Years ago~

            “My name’s (Name of Male lead). How may I assist you?” He approached me. I looked up and saw a handsome young man standing with a black suit like how the many other staff wore in the outlet. “Um, I was wondering if there are any types of bracelets available for a Valentine’s present.” I said, adverting my eyes away from his. His gaze was too intense that I felt suffocated. His eyes looked as if he could see through my soul. As if he would know everything about me in one conversation. “Of course, this way ma’am.” He said, holding his right hand out leading the way.

            “You bought me a present?” My boyfriend asked, surprised. “Of course.” I said trying to hide my feelings of utmost disappointment. “Isn’t it Valentines’? Aren’t you supposed to express how you feel?” I thought. He ripped open the present without caring how I would feel. The present took me an entire day to find and wrapped up. It was my painstaking effort. However, he didn’t even took notice of it. “What’s this? A bracelet? I don’t need a bracelet.” He said after taking a look at it. He shoved the bracelet back into the box and gave it to me. I sat there dumbfounded. I couldn’t believe he just did something like that. My mind was numb. I felt my heart breaking into pieces the moment he said something like that. “Listen to me. I don’t need anything from you anymore. I mean, have you not realized anything from weeks back? I’ve been trying to say this but I couldn’t bring myself to say it. I was afraid of hurting your feelings. I thought by being cold towards you, you would gradually realize but I was wrong. You need someone to spit it out in your face in order for you to wake up. We’re done. I got bored of you weeks ago.” He admitted. I sat there trying to digest everything but my mind just rebelled. “Baby, what are you talking about? Didn’t you just promised me last week that you would leave me even though the world ends? Why is this happening now?” I asked, tears streaming down my cheeks. I couldn’t believe it. “I no longer love you. Just take as though I didn’t promise anything.” He said before standing up. “Oh yes.” He turned around and grabbed the bracelet. “You bought it for me right. So I assume it’s mine. Thanks.” He said before turning around and walking away.

            He just stood not far from the couple scene happening in front of him. He stood well hidden from the couple’s sight. “Isn’t that the lady who bought the bracelet?” He thought. He continued to eavesdrop on the scene and as the scene continued, fury continued to build deep inside him. He felt like murdering the man. “Oh yes.” He saw the man turning around and grabbing the bracelet. “You bought this for me right, I assume it’s mine. Thanks.” He said before turning away. His eyes just focused on the lady. “A beautiful lady like her shouldn’t be treated like this.” He thought as he saw her tear stained face. He followed him until they were quite far away before approaching him.

            “Hey!” He shouted before roughly grabbing the man’s shoulders this spinning him around to face him. His fist came into contact with the man’s jaw and he fell back. “That is not a way to treat a lady you bastard!” He shouted before grabbing him by the collar and punching him on his cheekbones. It left an immediate blue and black mark. “Who are you!? You mean her? I was just spending my time with her, toying around. Who are you to her? Her boyfriend?” The man mocked him as he stood up, wiping the blood streaming down the side of his mouth. “You have no guts man. You toyed around with a person’s feelings as though they are just a doll with none! You really are a bastard!” He shouted before punching him in the pit of his stomach, leaving him crumpling to the ground, coughing. He took the bracelet roughly from the man’s hold. “This doesn’t belong to you at all. You are shameless, do you know that? Breaking up with a lady who painstakingly bought this with her savings and wrapped it up nicely for you. Yet, you don’t appreciate it ad chose to break it up with today out of all the days. You still have the cheek to accept this. Son of a !” He said before kicking the man in his guts again. This time, leaving him unconscious. He rushed back to the bench where the lady was seated earlier but only found the box.

A week had passed.

            I was walking by the same shop where I bought the bracelet. Initially, I wanted to avoid the place but it’s too bad since the Café is located next to the shop and there are no other routes leading to the café. I tried to ignore the shop but somehow, I turned to glace inside. I stopped and walked in. I didn’t know why but I found my legs not obeying to my brain’s instructions. I walked in and browsed through the items. As usual, the shop is crowded with foreigners. Tourists. I didn’t expect to get any attention from the staff there so I continued to browse through the ladies section of the shop. “Good Afternoon ma’am. How may I help you today?” The exact same voice that greeted me last week said. I turned and answered, “Um, I was just browsing through.” “I was about to head off for lunch. Do you mind if I join you?” He asked. I was shocked but I just nodded my head. “Why don’t you wait outside for me while I attend to a few more customers?” He asked politely. Somehow, I couldn’t do anything but to nod my head. I waited outside for the next fifteen minutes and then he appeared. “Sorry to have made you wait for quite some time.” He apologized. “Not a problem. It wasn’t that long anyway. Where would you like to have lunch?” I asked. “I usually have a cup of coffee and some bread at Starbucks. Where do you usually have your lunch?” He asked. “The Café next door but I don’t feel like it. Let’s go Starbucks then.” I answered.

            After ordering the food and drinks, we sat at the furthest end of the café where there was extra privacy because of the sharp alley way which enabled only a couple to sit. “We didn’t managed to introduce ourselves. My name is (Name of Male lead).” He held his hands out. I grasp his hands and said “I’m (Name of Female lead).” He released it only after some time. He took out the same bracelet that that bastard took away the other day. “Here, I took it back for you.” He said, pushing the bracelet towards me. I was shocked and puzzled at the same time because I didn’t know how he knew the bracelet wasn’t with me. “He is a shameless man isn’t he?” (Name of Male lead) asked. I just nodded, grabbing the bracelet and fiddled with it. “Thanks. You don’t have to tell me how you retrieved it back for me though. As long as you gave a one or two punches would make me satisfied enough. You did didn’t you?” I asked. He nodded before smiling. His smile made my heart beat faster but I tried to ignore it. It was one of the very few smiles that ever made my heat beat twice the usual pace it did. “Thank you.” I said. Smiling my genuine smile I could muster.

            Since then, we met up every few days. No, in fact, we met every single day for lunch and dinner. As the time passed by, I realized that we got closer. “(Name of Male lead), it had been two months since we met. The time that we had been closed, made us even closer. I’ve never been this close to someone in my entire life before.” I admitted. We sat at the bench by the beach, enjoying the wind. “I agree with you. I have never been this close with someone of the opposite gender. (Name of Female lead), I have been in denial for the past couple of weeks. In actual fact, I got close to you because of my feelings I had since the first time I met you. When you said the present was for a Valentines’ gift, I decided to not pursue any further. However, I saw what happened that day and decided that maybe I should have you for myself. So here I am, (Name of Female lead), I love you.” He admitted. I sat there blushing. I thought I was the only one feeling that way. “I love you too. You were there for me when he dumped me. You made sure that my feelings for him go away entirely.” The moment my sentence ended, I didn’t know how it happened but his lips were on mine. His hand wrapping themselves around my waist. The other holding onto the back of my head. I wrapped my arms around his neck and held on.

A year later,

            “Happy First Year Anniversary!” (Name of Male lead) said before wrapping his arms around my waist. “Happy Anniversary baby.” I replied. I felt him kiss the top of my head. I smiled and enjoyed the sunset with by the jetty. I didn’t expect us to go strong for a year. Neither of us did. However, I was grateful that we did because he was one of the best things that ever happened to me in my life. However, I never did know that there was storm blowing my way. It was like “calm before the storm”. “Baby, we’re meant to be together.” I said.

 Few months later,

            “Baby, I don’t think we can continue being together.” I said. “What? Why?” (Name of Male lead) asked. “No particular reason. I just felt that we should end it here.” I said nonchalantly. He sat there shocked. “So, this entire time, you were toying around with my feelings?” He asked, hurt filling his voice. I just nodded, avoiding his eyes. His eyes that I knew could look through my soul. “I just wanted to feel what it was like to be dumped like that. We’re done.” I said before going off, leaving him sitting there alone.

            I walked and walked like there was no tomorrow. I walked as far as my feet would take me. However, I didn’t managed to go far; I crumpled to the ground after reading a text message. “I’ll let you go. However, I know you can never live without me. Goodbye (Name of Female lead).” It said. I cried and cried. I thought I would feel a sense of happiness after doing something like that to someone else but nope. I actually felt heartbroken. It was the same feeling I had when he dumped me. I felt that it was one of my greatest mistakes in my entire life. I really wished that I could turn back time to that moment and not have broken up with him. I knew that now, no matter how much I cried, there would be no way I could turn back the time. He would no longer be mine.

A few months,

            I sat by my bedroom window and stared at the heart shaped necklace. My mind flew back into space. The words flew into my mind, “Baby, happy six monthsary. I bought this necklace especially for you.” He said before putting it on me. As soon as those words ended, my mind flew back into place. I cried again. I couldn’t remember for how many months I had been longing to see him. Every time I remembered him, I would cry. It somehow became a habit. I didn’t know how to break it. I stopped crying and suddenly, I decided to move on. I knew that if this continues, I would never break out of it. From then, I somehow found the courage to let things go.

Present,

            A couple years had passed since I last seen (Name of Male lead). I missed it and I am not going to deny it but I knew that what had been done could never be undone. There is no denying to that fact. I had continued to live my life as how I used to before I met him but there was a different twist to it. I walked by the shop every single day, wondering if he would come out to greet me. I knew my efforts were futile. I brought this upon but then, I knew that there was no harm done by trying.

            One day, as I was walking by the shop, somewhere deep inside me, I wanted to enter the shop and by impulse, I did. I browsed through the items available. Lost in my own world. I took a look at my watch and realized that I had been in the shop for almost half an hour. I turned and decided to walk out and head for lunch.

            “(Name of Female lead)!” A male voice shouted from behind me. I turned to see the person who called my name. To my utmost surprised, there he stood. The person whom I had been waiting for the last couple of years. (Name of Male lead), my used to be boyfriend. We stood far apart while staring at each other like strangers meeting for the first time. He walked towards me and stopped directly in front of me. “Let’s go for lunch.” He said before walking ahead of me. I blinked and walked.

            “Starbucks again.” I thought. I sipped on my drink slowly, avoiding his gaze. “I knew you couldn’t live without me.” He said confidently. “I’m sorry.” I uttered softly. “I knew you walked by the shop and peered in every single day. You were looking for me weren’t you?” He asked. I just nodded. “I knew you wanted revenge when you first uttered those words. I know you like the back of my hand.” He said as he continued staring at me. “I’m sorry. I was foolish enough to think that revenge would be sweet. You didn’t deserve to be treated like that. I’m sorry.” I said as the tears filled my eyes. We were lucky to sit at our usual seats. More privacy. “Saying sorry only wouldn’t change how I felt when you did that to me right?” He asked. I just looked down; the tears were threatening to fall. He saw it the moment it rolled down my cheeks. “I’ll give you a punishment instead.” He said. I wiped my tears. I would do anything as long as he forgives me. “What?” I asked in a small voice, frightened by what he wanted to do. “Be my girlfriend again and stay by my side forever.” He said. I sat there like a doll. I didn’t expect him to say something like that. “Be my girlfriend again and I will forgive what you did.” He said. I just nodded. He leaned forward slightly and wiped my left cheek with his hand. He looked at my chest and saw the necklace he gave me years ago. “You’re still wearing it even though we broke up.” He mocked me. I swat his hand away and pouted. “I missed you too much that I could die.” He admitted. “I missed you too. I love you (Name of Male lead).” I said before feeling my face heat up. “I love you too.” He said.