THE BAD BOY'S OBSESSION - CHAPTER 15&16
❃There’s no us, Stefan!❃
“Arggh!!!” Reena winced badly, when Franco’s palm collided with her fragile cheek harshly.
She held her cheek immediately, giving him an unbelievable look.
“Franco…” She calls in utmost shock, her eyelids blinking at the sudden stinging sensation she’s currently feeling.
Franco just slapped her.
He f-__-king slapped her.
“Did you just_”
“If you dare insult Posefina like that ever again or say a trash about my brother then I promise you’re ever gonna regret knowing me Reena!” He thr_@tens menacingly, while Reena just blinks with tears welling up in her eyes.
Ever since they’ve been together from college, Franco has never raised his hands on her.
Sure, she knows he can be quite aggressive while angry but he never beats her. But now, he just…he just slapped her hard without even feeling guilty about it.
“Now listen good Reena, henceforth I’m done with you and everything that has to do with you. I don’t ever wanna see you again and don’t you dare pulled another stunt like what you did last night ever again with me or you’re really gonna have to deal with the other side of me. We. Are. Done!! Get that and get out!!!”
“Franco how could you_” He took her dress which was on the floor and threw it at her.
She was actually on one of his shirt.
“OUT!!!” He growled, pointing at the door.
“YOU’LL REGRET THIS FRANCO!” She spats with the tears running down her cheeks now but he wasn’t fazed, he only grabbed her right arm roughly, pushing her out of the room not minding if she falls or not.
She staggers but thankfully didn’t fall.
“Arrgggh!!! Franco!!! Fran_” He slammed the door to her face before she could land and march back to the bed, taking a sit on it, his head lowering.
How dare her say something like that about Posefina and his younger brother.
It’s obvious those two don’t get along. He knows well Stefan doesn’t like Posefina’s $h|t, so how can they get intimate.
He was so angry at Reena for making such accusations that he just felt like snapping her head off her neck that moment.
She’s just so stupid to think he’ll fall for her deceptive tricks.
He knows Posefina well, they’ve been together right from childhood. He’s the closest to her and he knows what she can do and can’t.
Posefina would never do such an absurd thing.
She would never!
He trusts her, she would never do that.
With heavy breathes and darken eyes, he sweeps his hair back with his palms.
He can’t just leave things like this anymore.
He just can’t hold it in anymore.
With what happened now, it made him wants her more.
He doesn’t want her to be claimed by any man.
He doesn’t want to lose her.
He loves her, and he’s sure gonna let her know about that.
Today!
No more stalling.
No more hidden feelings!
No more being a coward.
He wants Posefina, and he’s getting her.
That’s final.
He stood from the bed, and walk out of his room.
Since it’s Sunday, Posefina has nothing to do, so does she has nowhere to go.
As a matter of fact, she doesn’t feel like going anywhere.
She just wants to be alone for a while, perhaps to gather up her jumbled thoughts.
Her head is so messed up, that she doesn’t know how to start straightening everything up.
She tossed on the bed, sighing for the umpteen time.
A knock came on the door gently and she groans.
“Who could it be again?”
Why can’t they just let her be?
The knock came again, she sat up this time.
Wait. Could it be Stefan? Is he here to talk more about last night?
Her heartbeat suddenly start thumbing at the thought.
But she’s not ready to face him yet.
She doesn’t even know what to tell him.
Should she just pretend not to remember anything he said to her?
Should she jus_
“Posefina it’s me! Open up!” The familiar voice came from outside the door, interrupting her thought.
“Franco?” She mutters.
Why is he…
She stood from the bed and sauntered lazily to the door, opening it.
Her brows crooked a bit on seeing him standing before her. He was dressed casually but has his car keys in his hands. He seems to be going out.
Franco’s eyes examine Posefina’s dressing from head to toe, she was also in her casual wear, appropriate enough to go out with.
“We need to go somewhere” He finally said after scrutinizing her whole.
“Where?” She quirk a brow.
“You’ll know. Follow me” He grabbed her hand pulling her out of the room.
“Franco hold up…where are you taking me??” She questioned but he gave her no response, only pulling her out of the house.
AT A BEACH.
“What are we doing here?” Posefina looks around where he parked the car. She could see the beach ahead a few metres from them. She remembers it well, where their memories started. Where they first met, twelve years ago.
“Do you remember this place?” Franco asked .
“Yeah you don’t need to remind me I once saved your sorry @zz here” She rolled her eyes, recalling how she had once saved him from drowning. That’s how they actually met.
Franco chuckles unfastening his seatbelt.
“Come on… get down” He said opening the door, while she grumbles some words, getting down also.
“Just why are we here?” She flung her hands in the air.
“I know you’re very pissed at me right now but can you just bear it with me for some moments, I need to tell you something important” He took her hand, literally pulling her to the sea side.
“Here” He gestured to her to take a sit on the large rock there which she did carefully, but instead of sitting, he crouches in front of her.
“What are you doing?” She frowns, tucking her hair which the breeze keeps blowing behind her ear.
“Posefina, I’m gonna make this short okay?” He held her palms, locking gaze with her.
“First to clarify things, I’m no more dating Reena. What happened at the restaurant was absolutely something I was unaware of. I’m not getting back with her and I don’t plan to” He said. She scoffs.
“Yet you bring her home to f-__-k her…” She mumbles, but he hears.
“There’s something you actually don’t know. I’ve been keeping this from you for a long time now cause I’m too scared to say it. I don’t wanna ruin what we have between us, I don’t wanna lose you so I couldn’t say it. I never loved Reena. I didn’t dated her cause I loved her. She was the longest girlfriend I had because she was the only one who could bear me. Other girls I dated couldn’t tolerate me, dating them despite loving someone else” He says.
“What do you mean?”
“I was never in love with all the girls I dated. In fact I dated them to get over the one I really loved, but because they couldn’t stand that they all left me. Only Reena didn’t”
“Why didn’t you just date the one you truly love, that’s the easiest way out , isn’t it?”
“I was scared to. I didn’t know if she feels the same way, and I didn’t wanna lose her. I just want her close to me, even if it’ll be just as a friend. I thought I’d be satisfied with that. But however Fina, it hurts…it really hurts to hid my feelings for her for years, it was unbearable” He mutters, his eyes not leaving hers.
“Who…who is this girl you love?” She asked slowly, clearly confused.
“Posefina. Posefina O’pry, my childhood best friend. I’ve been in love with her for a long time and I’m still very much in love with her… right now” He drops the bombshell, getting her jaw dropped.
“What…?” She asked almost inaudible.
“Yeah, I know you must be shocked but believe me Fina, it was hard for me to finally muster my courage to tell you this, especially when I know you might not feel the same. I don’t wanna lose you but at the same time I couldn’t keep on, keeping it to myself. I love you, I’m crazily in love with you, Fina…” He professed, while she just blinks not finding the right word to say.
Her best friend loves her.
Her best friend she has been in love with for a long time now is telling her he feels the same.
This is a dream come true for her.
It’s really a happy thing for her.
She should jump up and screams for joy right now, but how could she actually do that, when she has done the abominable, by sleeping with his younger brother?
How could she…
“Fina…” He calls, snapping her out of her thoughts.
“It’s okay if you don’t like me, but my feelings for you are so deep that I don’t think I’ll be able to control it any longer…” He brought his palm to her face, cupping it.
“I…I like you too” She finds herself blurting out without thinking pushing any thoughts concerning Stefan aside.
She has always wanted this.
She has always dreamed of this, so there’s no way she’ll just let it slide like that.
“No Franco I… have actually been in love with you also, for a long time now. I feel the same way you do.” She confesses also, getting him stunned for a while. He actually didn’t expect that.
The thought she might like him back never once cross his mind.
A bright smile welcomed his face and before she could say jack! His lips collided with hers.
She gasps, her eyes widening at the kiss.
He’s kissing her.
Franco is kissing her.
What she has always longed and dreamt of, is finally happening, she closes her eyes, opening up for him and he dive his tongue inside her mouth, savaging every nook and corner of it.
She was about reciprocating the kiss in just the same pace when something crossed her mind.
His words.
His expression.
His claims.
“I want to be the only man who kisses you!”
“I want you to react to my touches only!”
“I don’t like it when any other guys touch you, be it my brother or any f-__-king man!”
“I want you to be my woman alone!”
“I don’t want to share you with any man!”
She pushes Franco off him instinctively, her breathing fast.
Franco looks at her confused for a while
“I’m sorry…I might have shocked you, right? I was too happy and I… I’ve always wanted to kiss you. So I couldn’t control it…” He said solemnly, guilt instantly washed over Fina.
“No Franco. It was just too sudden. I… just can’t believe this is really happening. I…I so much want it also” She replied, her heart palpitating hard like it’s gonna burst out and second, and without saying any other words, he reclaimed her lips.
In a slow, steamy kiss this time. Taking his time.
She reciprocate in the same tempo, shutting her eyes, trying hard to push off any thoughts that has to do with Stefan.
She shouldn’t be thinking of him now.
Not at that moment.
Franco unlocked from the kiss after some moments, their faces still close.
“I really like you Fina, a lot” He mutters, while she nods.
“Me too….”She mumbles back, hugging him. He wrapped his arms around her with a cheerful smile across his face.
BACK AT HOME.
Franco and Fina walked into the house, swinging their intertwined hands back and forth with smiles plastered on their respective faces.
They’re just coming back home ever since they left the house that morning and it’s already late in the evening.
Obviously, they went on a date.
“You suddenly disappeared, where have you been?” They heard a flat voice behind them and look back to see Stefan approaching with a bottle of water in his hands.
Fina’s smile died down immediately.
“Did you guys went out together?” He asked, his eyes tracing down their interlock fingers. He frowns and Fina immediately removes her hand from his hold.
“Yeah, we went on a date” Franco replied enthusiastically, taking Fina’s hand again.
“We’re together now” He smiles broadly looking at Fina who forced a smile also.
Stefan’s frowns broadens.
“Together?” He repeated the word, his gaze on Fina who couldn’t look at him in the eyes.
“I… I’m gonna go make dinner” She removes her hand from his again and scurry to the kitchen, avoiding Stefan’s burning gaze on her.
“You can rest up, I’m gonna join her” Franco pats Stefan’s shoulder leaving his side. Stefan’s grip on the bottle he’s holding tighten, so as his face darken.
He looks back at the both of them in the kitchen, Franco hugging and placing kisses on her neck and faces, while she wouldn’t stop chuckling.
With burning rage, he march upstairs, to his room.
LATER.
“I would love to do this with you everyday…” Franco said behind Fina, his arms snaked around her waist with his lips brushing her bare neck as she stirs the soup on the fire.
“I can’t concentrate because of you” She says trying to wiggle out of his hold but he spun her around and kisses her abruptly, his mouth sucking on her lower lip. She pushes him off slightly and he smiles after unlocking from the kiss while she smiles back.
“I’m gonna go use the restroom real quick” She says and he backed away.
“Get Stefan on your way. I’ll serve the dishes” He said and she nods walking away from him.
Franco smiles satisfactory as he watches her leaves.
*. *. *
Fina opens the door slightly, peeping her head in.
She has knocked on the door several times but he wouldn’t answer so she decided to go in instead.
She could see him playing game, his eyes fixed on the screen with his hands pressing on the controller fervently, like he’s ready to destroy the world.
“Stefan…” She calls walking in.
“Dinner is ready. Come eat” She said but got no response from him.
She turns to walk out but then he spoke up making her halt.
“Fina?” He called, his voice somewhat dry.
She looks back at him to find him staring already. She took her gaze down fiddling with her fingers.
He stood and walk up to her, stoping right in front of her.
“Why?” He asked, his gaze on hers.
She could feel a lump rise up her throat that moment, nervousness strangely dominating her system.
“Stefan…I love him” She breathes out, still not looking at him.
“f-__-k it Fina!” He suddenly raged out making her flinches.
“Did you forget what he did? He brought home his f-__-king ex! He left you for her!!”
“He explai_ah!” A sudden fright cry left her mouth when he slammed her back against the door.
“You can’t do this Fina” He held unto her shoulders firmly, shaking his head.
“He loves me too…all along he does Stefan..”She only said back, wincing at how tight his grips are, hurting her.
“Then what about me?” His voice came out helpless shocking her.
“Uh…” She finally looks up to see his helpless face full of fears. This would be the first to see him in that state.
The mighty Stefan, looking helpless.
“What about me Fina, what are you gonna do about me…?” He said to her again, almost in a pleading tone.
“Stef_” Her words however cut short by his lips, crashing on hers abruptly. His lips torturously claiming hers in one of the fastest pace ever, rough and wild that she could hardly breathe.
She fights back, pushing him away with all her might and when she finally succeeded, she dash him a resonating slap.
His head got tilted to a side and she glares at him with heavy breathes.
“Stop now Stefan… it’s time for you to stop now. You are nothing, but just a younger brother to me and you’ll continue to be. So, don’t expect anything from me or try to do anything with me. You’re my younger sibling and that fact…will never change” She finalized and turns opening the door.
“What about us…what about what we had together, what about everything!” His shaky voice stops her once more.
“There’s no us, Stefan. There can never be us…” She replied, then exit the room, leaving him in his own misery.
His fists balled besides him, with his veins popping out slowly.
His already reddened eyes becoming misty.
“How can there be no us…Fina” He mutters with nothing but hurt.
~T.B.C~