Chapter 7
Release me, embrace me
“Aish, I didn’t bring any partywear”, I sighed because I just bought daily wear and clothes for school to Leah’s house.“Girl, I gotta go to my house to get a dress, so I’ll be leaving from my house and will be only back after the party”, I said to Leah. “It’s okay, you can go, bye-bye baby, have fun with Rhysan, haha”, “Bitch shut it”, I said as I left for my house.
Time skip
As I was getting ready, I heard the doorbell ring. I opened it, and it was the delivery person. “Excuse me, are you Ms Viella?” she asked. “Yes”, I replied. “There is a package for you.” She replied. She asked me to sign and then handed the parcel over to me. I smiled at her, and she smiled back; then she left. I then closed the door and opened my package. It was my YVES SAINT LAURENT Tatouage Couture Matte Stain Liquid Lipstick N° 12 Red Tribe. Agh, I waited my entire life for this one to arrive. It was the last one in stock.
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Note: AI
The dress I’m wearing for the party is a breathtaking vision in burgundy, radiating elegance and drama with every detail. The rich, deep hue adds a regal touch, while the fitted bodice gracefully contours your silhouette before cascading into a voluminous skirt that commands attention. Its luxurious fabric—possibly satin or layered tulle—shimmers subtly, catching the light with every movement. Whether you're stepping into prom night or a formal gala, this dress speaks of confidence, sophistication, and timeless beauty. It's not just an outfit—it’s a statement.
I did my makeup and wore my lipstick, topped it off with a clear gloss.
The earrings I wear are a striking blend of elegance and romance. It features a delicate rose design at the top, which adds a soft, feminine touch. From the rose, long faux pearl tassels cascade gracefully, creating movement and a sense of drama. The pearls lend a timeless charm, while the tassel style keeps it modern and eye-catching. Altogether, it's an exquisite accessory that pairs beautifully with formal wear, adding sophistication and a hint of whimsy to my look.
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I paired it with Louboutins, of course, not the boots. And for my hairstyle, I did an open hairstyle.
I checked our groupchat and Cyan had already shared the location to Midnight&Mirrors. I took my handbag. I carried a small perfume bottle, my new liquid lipstick, my phone, and a mirror. My cab arrived, so I left for the bar.
I arrive at the bar. It looked so romantic. They did well with all the dim lighting. It was an a/c bar. As I entered the bar, I saw Mira and Summer waving at me. They both looked so gorgeous in their bodycons. “OMG, we all look like baddies,” I said. We complimented each other, and they took me to the others. “Viella, you are on time, slay.” “Haha, thanks, Summer. Cyan’s eyes are going to be blessed when he sees Mira.” I replied as we laughed on our way to the table. When I reached the table, I saw Rhysan and the others on the other side of the table.
“You are late,” said Rhysan, on seeing me. “Late? Isn’t the time 8:00pm? Well, you are just too early,” I replied to Rhysan. He is just too rude.
We all sat down, and Cyan stood up and raised his drink, “I appreciate everyone being here tonight. Let’s raise our drinks and enjoy the party thrown by Rhysan and me to the fullest.” We all stood up and raised our drinks, and cheered.
I drank white wine; I always wanted to try it. Cade got drunk too fast, his cheeks all red, and he looked like he was about to vomit. August said, “Cade, my boy, you look like a fucking tomato.” “A-A tornado”, Cade replied. “No, punk, a tomato”, “tornado?” Cade replied. “Never mind, there is no use in telling you,”. Summer and I laughed at their conversation. Out of nowhere, I felt someone sitting beside me. I gasped. It was Asael. “Asael, why are you here?” “Why can’t I be here?”, Asael replied. “Bro, you just said you ain’t coming.” “And why can’t I change my decision, duh!” “Whatever, move away,” I said as I moved my eat away from him. Rhysan looked so annoyed seeing Asael. Suddenly, Cyan switched seats and sat beside Mira. “Ooo Mira”, said Summer as she smirked.
Cyan and Mira got up together. “So, guys, we all gathered here for another announcement,” Cyan said. As soon as Cyan and Mira got up, Rigel started cheering. Others looked at them in surprise. “I hereby announce that we are officially together.” We all got up and cheered for them. Summer and I hugged Mira. “Mira, you won,” I said. “I wish y’all happiness together,” said Summer.
We then drank and played games to the fullest for an hour. Rhysan’s face looked down from the start. When I arrived, he looked so sorrowful. I did wanna ask him about it, but I didn’t cause I thought he’s mad at me.
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Time skip to an hour.
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Asael’s drunk, he passed out. And about me, I really don’t feel like myself. Rhysan went somewhere in the bar half an hour ago, and he still isn’t back. I’m starting to get concerned. I don’t feel very good. Dizzy. Mostly dizzy. I bet my cheeks turned red. “OMG, Viella, how many shots did you have?” asked Summer. “I-I-I really don’t remember. I-I-I feel like going to the washroom,” I replied. “Okay, okay, go, let me come with you,” Summer suggested. “No, Summer. It’s okay, I wanna go by, by myself.” “Do you know the way?” Summer asked. “Y-Yes”, I replied. “Okay, go, I’ll keep an eye on you,” Summer said. I got up, took my bag. Somehow I managed to walk, and Summer kept an eye on me until Rigel called Summer for a drink. I really don’t know where the washroom is, and I didn’t actually wanna go to the washroom. I just wanted to look for Rhysan. I wasn’t really feeling myself, and I accidentally hit the door, and the door opened.
Inside, I saw someone; it was Rhysan.
Note: The above image(chapter image) is fully hand drawn by the author herself.
Rhysan POV:
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Why is she here? Isn’t she supposed to be with the others? Did she find out about it? She looks drunk. Maybe she’s just trying to find the washroom. Wait, why is she coming towards me? Viella came towards me and sat on my lap, and kept her purse on my bed. “Viella, what the fuck are you doing?” I asked her. “Rhysan, why are you always so rude to me?” she replied. Yes, she’s indeed drunk. “Agh, were you trying to find the washroom? I’ll call someone to help you get there.” I asked. “No, I was not searching for the washroom, I was searching for you.” She replied. Me? She was searching for me? But why me? Thank god, she did not hit on someone else’s door or somebody might have hurted her. “Viella, you are really troublesome, aren’t you? You would have gotten me into trouble. What if someone tried to hurt you, if you had gone to someone else’s room, huh?” “Don’t nag at me like that, Rhysan”, she said. She’s so childish. Wait, why is she sitting on my lap again?
“V-Viella, y-you are sitting on my l-lap,” I said, but why the heck was I so nervous? “Rhysan, why are you drinking so much wine? Good boys don’t drink.” She said as she took the glass and drank the whole wine herself. “Ah, sour.” She said. I looked at her with astonishment in my eyes. “Says the one who emptied an entire bottle of white wine. And you have the guts to drink mine now? First of all, get off my LAP.” I said. I think I shouted a bit out of all that frustration, and she started tearing up. Her tears, t-tears. S-She just teared up. T-That too cause of m-me. I suddenly felt my heart so weak. L-Like that day. Even my own eyes started tearing up. B-But, but why? “Rhysan, why are you so rude to me?” She weeped. “I’ll just call Summer to pick you up,” I said. “No. I wanna stay with you here. Or I’ll tell them you bullied me.” She said. Huh? She’s blackmailing me now? Gosh. “Agh. Fine, but behave or I’ll send you back home.” “Okies,” she said like a toddler who just promised to behave. Aish, she’s cute. I smiled at her.
I took the bottle to fill my glass, and she took the glass. “What now?” I asked her. “Rhysan, why are you drinking?” She asked me. “That’s none of your business, Viella.-” Before I could finish my sentence, she grabbed my glass and drank the wine, again. “Let me drink with you then.” She replied. “No, you already had many shots.” Just when I took the glass and was about to drink, she tried to snatch the glass again, but this time, I caught her both hands, while casually holding my wine glass in the other. “Rhysan, what are you-” she said. “You won’t let me drink, huh?” I asked her. “R-Rhysan, your g-grip, it’s t-too tight.” I suddenly left her hand and kept my glass on the table. “Are you okay? I’m sorry.” I said while I caressed her hands and kissed them. Wait, I just did not kiss her. Why did I kiss her hands? That kiss. It reminded me of those memories. Those memories that had a special place in my heart. I looked at her. She was looking at me with doe eyes, blushing. Even I blushed when she looked at me like that. Wait, I have feelings for Viella now? “Ahh, he kissed me, he kissed me, he KISSED ME.” She started murmuring, and her cheeks turned red. I looked at her in surprise. “I’m s-s-sorry-”, “No, why sorry?” she replied to me while blushing. It made me chuckle at her. She then lay on my chest, rested her face on it, while blushing. I got butterflies. At this point, I feel like I’m in heaven. Is she this comfortable with me? Butterflies. I got butterflies in my stomach. My heart’s beating a bit too fast. I gently grabbed her by her hair, in such a way that she wouldn’t feel hurt, and pulled her away from my chest. She then stared at my shirt. I checked it. She got lipstick stains on it. “Gosh, Viella, you stained my white shirt again,” I said. When I looked at her, she was reapplying her lipstick as if she had just not stained my white shirt. She then came closer and kissed my shirt, again. “It’s pretty now”, she replied. Aish, she’s such a naughty girl, like I can’t even be mad at her right now. I’m, I’m not gonna lose her this time, I’m not gonna let the prophecy repeat this time. “Rhysan, is it pretty?” she asked me, with puppy eyes. “Make it prettier”, I replied. “As you wish”, she chuckled. She then started kissing my shirt. My heart is getting out of control. Gosh, she’s so gorgeous, I feel like I’m the luckiest person on earth.
After a while, she said, “Done.” The collar and upper part of my shirt were covered with her kisses. “Kiss the entire shirt”, I replied. “Entire? B-But my lipstick will finish, it’s a new one, YSL one.”, “I’ll buy you as many lipsticks as you want”, I replied to her. She smiled and continued kissing my shirt. I took my phone and messaged the group chat; she was with me, so that they won’t disturb us. She then moved to my waist and started kissing it. I grabbed the bedsheets, firmly, and I tried not to look at her, but she’s just too attarctive, which made me keep on admiring her.
She was just finishing, and suddenly, someone barged into my room. It was Ivy. “RHYSAN WTF”, she screamed. Viella got frightened, she looked like she got shivers. I looked at Ivy with a stare and said, “Give us some privacy, will you?” She was about to come to me, but I suddenly grabbed Viella by her chin and kissed her on the lips. Ivy immediately left the room, angrily. Viella did not kiss me back at first, but did not break the kiss. She then kissed me back. I went for her upper lip, and she went for my lower lip.
It lasted about five whole minutes, and I then broke the kiss.
Viella looked so happy, like she really wanted that. I smiled. “I-Ivy...” she said. “Yeah, what’s about her?” I asked. “A-Are you guys together?” she asked. “Nooooo!”, I exclaimed. “If we were together, I wouldn’t let you be here? Is that why you didn’t kiss me back at first?” I asked her. “Y-Yes, I-I don’t like cheating.” She replied. “I did not cheat on anyone.” I laughed. “T-Then why did Ivy get mad?” “She’s just jealous, cause she got a crush on me,” I replied to her. “D-Did you get scared when Ivy screamed at you, sweetheart?” I asked her. “N-no.” She replied. “Really?” I asked her. “Kinda.” She said. “It’s okay. I’m here for you.” I said as I hugged her. She then lay her head on my chest. Yes, she passed out due to all that wine. It’s almost late, I should take her home now. Wait, do I even know where she lives? Should I wake her up? Nah, that’s a bad idea. She’s sleeping so peacefully; let me just get her a new lipstick now. I carried her, in bridal style, took her things, and walked outside the bar, towards where my car is parked. I opened the door, laid her on the passenger seat, and put seatbelts on her. I went back to the driver’s seat after closing the door. Her bag’s with me. I started the car and I switched the maps on in my phone, searched for the nearest YSL store. I messaged the group chat I left with her. In thirty minutes, I arrived. I took the lipstick from her bag and rushed inside the store. All the staff were giggling. I was like what the fuck and suddenly I looked at myself in the mirror. “Oh gosh.” “Sir, may I get you something?” a salesgirl asked me. “Oh yes. Do you have this lipstick in the same shade?” I asked. “Sorry, sir, this one is out of stock. We have other shades if you want-” “I want the exact same shade”, I interrupted her. “Oh, sir, is it for your girlfriend? Well, there’s another store, a bit far away, might take an hour to reach there, if you want, I’ll call them and ask if they have the same shade you are looking for.” She replied. “Okay, call them,” I said. After a few minutes, the girl came. She said, “Sir, only one’s left so-” “Can you share with me the location?” I interrupted her. “Yeah, sure,” I quickly took the location from her, thanked her and left in a hurry. I sped my car up a little to 120kpm since there where no other vehicles on the road. I reached the shop in forty-five minutes and rushed inside. They had already packed up the lipstick for me. I payed for it and just soon as I was about to leave, the cashier said, “Sir, your girlfriend is really lucky to have you.” “Oh, thank you”, I replied. Everyone in the store was giggling. I went back inside my car and sighed. Cause I have to figure out where she lives now. Cause by the time I reach the bar, everyone else must have already left.
I’ve heard Summer say both of them are from Coral Gables. I’ll just drive there and then walk her up. Wait, I should make the lipstick look used. So I hid the cover and opened it, and put it on her lips. That’s better, cause she shouldn’t find out about this night.
An hour later, I arrived at Coral Gables. I heard her phone ringing several times, but I did not look. Okay, time to wake her up. “Viella, Viella, wake up.” She did not wake up, so I tried dripping water on her face. At first I hesitated, did not wanna be rude, but I should drop her home. So she woke up, “R-Rhysan, where are we?” “We are at Coral Gables. If you tell me where your house is, I can drop you there,” I suggested. “Um, turn right,” I nodded. And for five minutes, I followed her directions. “Y-Yeah, that’s my house.” She said. “Alright, I’ll take you there”, I got out of the car and opened the door for her, and then I picked her up in bridal style and took her things too. I walked inside, and it was a numbered house. “280911,” she said. I was astonished. Does she give it out like that? And t-the date, how does she know about it? Well, maybe she just put random numbers.“Viella, next time don’t drink, you may give it out to someone else, it’s too dangerous-” “I only give it cause it’s you.” She interrupted me. I smiled, opened the door, laid her on the sofa, and took her heels off. “Where’s the bedroom, Viella?” “U-Upstairs”, she said. I carried her upstairs and laid her on the bed. “Good Night,” I said. Just when I was about to leave, she pulled my sleeve, causing me to hover over her. “What now?” I asked. “R-Rhysan, I-I like you. You looked so hot during our performance-” “I like you too,” I interrupted her. I was sincere, unlike her, who just confessed cause she’s drunk. She doesn’t know all the extent I went for her, but, in the end, the prophecy won. I lost. But this time, I’m not gonna let that happen, but currently, I can’t be in a relationship, I’m not ready to fight yet. So I’m gonna make sure none of these happened tonight. I kissed her forehead, put her to sleep, and left. Without leaving any clues that I came here. I then made a call to Summer and asked her to make up a story, just for a while, till I’m ready to tell her the truth.
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I reached home, my shirt still had her scent on it, and the lipstick marks all over it. I smiled. I’m not gonna wash it all off. I’m gonna keep it. I’m gonna wear it whenever I miss her.
That night, I didn’t shower. I just went to bed and had a sleepless night. She was on my mind all night......................................................................
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