Reaching For Her
By vitydacapo
Date: June 13, 2022
Ch. 10Chapter 10


Ten o'clock in the evening. After cleaning up, Miller stretched out on his bed. He was still unmoved by the sudden interruption of Aubrey's reply to him confessing about how he feels for her. For him, it's even more frightening when you compare it to exam results or give a card.
He opened his phone and went to Facebook. He is not using this application very frequently. He only visits this app when there are notifications or when he's just severely bored. The moment he opened the app, his notifications exploded immediately.
The first notification that came is the tagged photo. He was navigated to the post. He immediately pressed the remove tag. He didn't want to be flooded with comments from his relatives there that "Miller is no longer a child", "Miller is big now, ah", or "how are you Miller, how are you and your Mommy". Relatives who don't know how to use Facebook are kind of embarrassing for him.
He returned to his news feed. As he scrolled down, he noticed Aubrey's post. Attached is a photo of the concert details of Fifth Harmony for their upcoming concert this March 2018. According to the girl, she wanted someone to take her to that concert.
Miller was a fan of Fifth Harmony. He started listening to their songs on 2016. His out of all songs is Ms. Movin 'On and Sledgehammer. It's not obvious on his face or aura but that's the genre of songs he likes listening to.
He liked Aubrey's post. He went to Google to find out the price range of tickets for the concert. According to articles online, the prices are ₱ 3,000, ₱ 4,500, ₱ 5,000, and ₱ 6,500. He immediately became interested in the Fifth Harmony concert.
He stood up and approached his piggy bank. His last calculation of his savings was ₱ 13k. His goal for his savings is to buy a laptop. He felt like he wanted to ask Aubrey if she wanted to go with him on the concert. Miller is free. He wants to pay for the two of them. It feels liked a rushed decision – something he might regret. However, he doesn’t care. He’s probably going to enjoy it anyway.
He stared at the old laptop he had been using for three years. Maybe he'll just let the repairman at the shop near them fix it.
He wants to take the first step towards his journey. He wants to attract her.
~ • ~
The water was strangely cold now when Kayden took a shower. Right after going home from the retreat, he took a shower right away. It felt so refreshing after this stressful day. His face was full of stress after witnessing that Miller and Aubrey had been married in the fake wedding booth of their section. If he only knew that this was going to happen, he would have just rejected Joanna's idea that their section would only do a wedding booth.
And what is Miller trying to do, fooling him in broad daylight?
He lost his mood. After he hung his towel on the towel radiator, he went to his personal computer. The purpose for this computer is for his gaming but he will use it now to use Facebook in order to reach Aubrey.
He typed Aubrey's name on the search box. Aubrey's account showed up at the top of the list and the young man clicked on it. He looked at its profile picture.
He felt his heart shatter into pieces trying to picture Aubrey being happy with someone else. When he had the chance, he just wasted it. While trying to fix himself, he broke their relationship.

Aubrey and Kayden are at the Hugs and Mugs Cafeteria to celebrate their fourth month of love. It’s now October 19th of 2017. They started dating on June 19, 2017.
“Babe, our team won the Mobile Legends online tournament. We won 100,000. We will share that money and I will buy— ”
He was abruptly cut off when Aubrey chased him. "Is that all you can tell me, Kayden?" Aubrey sounded so gloomy.
“You can't even say hello to me. You can't even text or chat with me, ”she cried. “You’re always in that damn stupid game. I know that's a big part of your life because you're a famous player but you forgot that you’re someone’s boyfriend too. ”
“Babe, sorry. . . Don't you want to be happy for your boyfriend? I'm getting successful now. ” Kayden reached for Aubrey's hands but Aubrey missed his hands.
"I'm happy for you, Kayden." She grinned for just a second and it faded away.
“But I am no longer happy with our relationship. You're always on you and your damn game. You don't have time for me anymore. ”
Aubrey got up from her chair. “I fought with Joanna. She spread fake news about me. Not only that, Kayden. Do you think that’s the only struggle I had trying to enter this relationship? No. I had real concerns over you. I tried to untangle your strings yet you keep messing them up repeatedly. I am just honestly over it. I’m not a rehabilitation for you.”
“I love you Kayden, but I’m breaking up with you. I can not take it anymore." Aubrey removed the bracelet Kayden had bought for her.
Kayden had done nothing at that moment. He didn't know what to do. He just watched her walk away from the cafeteria.

It was at that moment when Kayden just realized how far Aubrey drifted away from him. In the first month that she broke up with him, he didn't feel so bad about their break-up. However, these past few months have been the worst for him. He couldn’t stop himself from hurting other people just to avert his attention from the pain their breakup had caused him.
However, that strategy isn't working. No matter what else he does, his heart goes back to Aubrey. He was ready to wait for the girl no matter how long he had to wait. He wants to end up with her.
He scrolled through Aubrey's timeline. He saw the maid’s post about the Fifth Harmony concert. He knows that Aubrey is a fan of this group because Aubrey always recommends the song he sang with Kayden when they were still in a relationship.
He decided to buy tickets for him and for Aubrey. He decided to purchase the most expensive one. It cost him thirteen thousand pesos for two tickets. He hope the girl agrees because Kayden will take advantage of that situation to get back together with the girl.



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