Net

I sat there, stricken, and completely broken down as Jes fled the room. I stood up, grabbed my bag, and left the room. I bumped into Teresa, who asked me if everything was all right. I told her to just look after Jes and left. Her dad tried to stop me, but I looked at him.

"I think.. it's best I left Uncle. Both of us need some time away from each other, and me coming here or being here wouldn't help both of us. I.. I think I will stay away for a bit. Uncle. I hope you will understand. He's a very good man, and Kyunn is very, very lucky to be with him. I hope she will learn to appreciate him. But being here near or with him is just reminding me of the fact that she has the one person I so desperately want. And we both desperately want to be with each other but can't, and this is taking a toll on us. I.. this will be the last you will be seeing of me for a while, Uncle."

With that, I left without another word. I knew Teresa was stricken, too, but she knew it was for the best. I completely threw myself into work and hanging out with my other friends.

This was my routine for a couple of months. However, one day, Teresa called me out of the blue and asked me to come home immediately. I was confused but agreed and headed right over. I went up into the house and instantly knew something was off. I went into the living room and then found his mom sobbing away in Uncle's arms. Teresa was just pacing up and down, not realizing my presence.

"What happened?" I called out softly. Teresa saw me and immediately ran into my arms, sobbing. I held onto her as I got the story out of her.

Jes had found Kyunn in bed with another man about a week ago. Apparently, she had been cheating on him for a while now again and often brought the guy over whenever Jes was at work. This absolutely crushed Jes completely as it was the 2nd time she had cheated on him and had no remorse or regret. She just blamed him for making her cheat as she could feel he didn't love her, and thus, she sought comfort in someone else.

Jes chased her out and went on a drinking spree till he got alcohol poisoning. He crashed out at home and was only discovered by his mom 3 days ago. He had spent the last 2 days in the hospital and was finally discharged and in his bedroom.

"Please go to him Net. He's suffered enough. Please please be with him. He really needs you by his side now. You know my brother deserves the best and you are that person for him. He's such a shell of his former self and its scaring us a whole load."

Teresa sobbed bitterly in my arms. I told her I will go check on him and be right back. I went up to his room and knocked on the door. I didn't hear a single sound and opened the door slowly. I saw Jes sitting quietly on his bed, looking at something.

"Jes?"

He didn't look up at me.

"Jes.."

He still didn't look up at me.

"Baby."

He finally did, looking at me, bursting into tears.

"You are here finally. For me?"

I nodded my head as my own tears came down when I realized that Jes had been holding onto a photo of mine and just looking at it.

I ran over and grabbed Jes in my arms. He just sobbed in my arms too, holding onto me equally as tightly.

"What took you so long?"

"I..I'm so so so sorry baby."

Jes just sobbed in my arms in response. I held onto him, kissing the top of his head softly. Just then, we heard an uproar from the living room. We started hearing screaming and got alarmed.

I told Jes I would go check and told him to just stay put but he insisted on following and so I held onto his hand and brought him out. I was shocked to see Kyunn standing at the door and Jes's mom oddly was the one who was this close to hitting her! Her husband was trying to pull her back!

"How dare you turn up here after what you did to my son!? Can you imagine how I felt when I found him hurt, drunk out of his mind and laying there like an orphan??!"

Kyunn tried to say something but Auntie lunged at her and Teresa had to step in too! Kyunn turned and saw Jes and me. She quickly ran towards Jes but this time I stood in front of him! She narrowed her eyes at me and told me to stop getting between a couple.

"That's what I'm saying too. Stop getting between a couple. Between Jes and me. I didn't get a chance to stand up then for us as he made the decision. Well I let him be. But now it's time for me to do it. Whether you like it or not, Jes is mine. My Man. My boyfriend. My love of my life. I had enough of you stepping all over him, crushing his spirit and soul in the name of love. If you really loved him, you wouldn't have cheated on him the first time, you wouldn't have threatened him into taking you back and you definitely wouldn't have cheated a 2nd time. If there is anyone you love, it's only yourself.  You only fucking love yourself and do the shit you do to justify your own actions. So get lost before I show you how much I love this guy."

"You wouldn't dare. You have a career to worry about."

"Over him? I don't think so. Nothing comes close to him and I can always work my way up again. And to be honest, given the crap you have done, do you think anyone will believe you again?"

"I'm a woman. People will believe anything a helpless lady would say."

"Over the cctv?"

"What..what are you..what you..what are you taking about?"

"How often do you even go to Jes's place? Did you not realize the number of cctvs his apartment building and the one in his living room for his safety? Too busy canoodling to realize it was being captured?"

Kyunn's face turned absolutely pale. She lunged at me and that's when I finally lost it, slapping her hard, not once, not twice but thrice! She looked at me, stunned.

"This barely scratches the surface for what you did to Jes but if you ever try to turn up in his life again, trust me there is more. I do not take very kindly to my loved ones being hurt and this man here, is the top of my list."

Kyunn stared hard at me but finally left when Jes's dad threatened legal action on her. I turned to look at Jes who was shocked by everything that had happened but all I did was open my arms to him again.

He ran into it and held onto me tightly.

"Net.."

"I love you baby. I love you too much to let you go or to let you make sacrifices for me again. No more, do you hear me?"

Jes nodded silently. We heard soft cheering from around us and finally pulled away, blushing softly.

It was not all rainbows as of yet but this was a good start, having Jes by my side finally. As mine.