Sean's Secret (I)

** 12 Hours before Sean Gonzales's Accident **

The sun shone through the lacy curtains of the bedroom inside the house while two people were still snoring in the mattress. The rays of the sunlight tumbled upon the bedroom as Friya turned to her side while her body was waking her up. She opened her eyes towards the side of her bed and the sun was shining brightly outside. She glanced drowsily towards the clock on the bedside table that was propped up on the lampshade and it was already seven in the morning. The bedroom was still quiet as she closed her eyes once again and turned to the other side.

She heard the snoring beside her and opened her eyes happily as she saw Sean's tousled hair on his pillows. She smiled lovely as she propped up her head over her arm while staring at Sean's chiseled jaw, long and curly eyelashes, the crater on his cheeks, and his eyes were closed tightly. He snored loudly as Friya beamed through the mattress.

"He is sleeping so peacefully," Friya muttered on her fluffy pillow as she raised her hand and brushed the loose strands of his hair out of his forehead. Friya grabbed the cloth of the blanket that was draped over her when she finally touched him. She felt the electricity running up her veins as she swept those strands away, and she smiled cheekily. Friya felt the butterflies in her stomach after a second until Sean slowly opened his eyes from the bed. She was still brushing his forehead lightly and Sean stared at her with a glint in his eyes. Friya showed her teeth right away, and Sean also did the same thing.

Sean lay back down on his back as he grinned and muttered, "Good morning, love."

Friya chuckled at her pillow and retorted back, "Don't even call me that. It's cringe, you know."

She stood up from the bed and gladly folded the blanket on her lap while smiling. Friya felt the hotness on her cheeks as she tipped the corner one by one while Sean brushed his hand over his hair. He suddenly stood up from the bed and inched his face closer to her neck. Sean planted a soft kiss on the side of her neck as Friya avoided his head and mumbled jokingly, "What are you doing?"

Sean quivered his lip as he barricades his arm through her back and muttered, "I miss you, my soon-to-be wife."

Friya couldn't help but smile at her place as she tilted her head on one side and furrowed her eyebrows more while still holding the blanket. Sean grabbed a hold of the blanket and thrown it at the side as Friya opened her mouth widely. Sean smiled, his dimples were showing through the sides of his cheeks, and his eyes were full of the blaze. He grabbed Friya's waist and uncovered his legs by the blanket as he suddenly inched his face closer. Friya widened her eyes when he felt his breath on her lips once more. Friya smiled teasingly as she put her arms over his shoulders while knuckling her fists through his hair. They both stared at each other seriously.

The ring from a call was so loud that it bombarded throughout the confines of the entire living room. Sean stopped moving his face closer and Friya opened her eyes in an instant. They both swallowed as Sean sighed and mumbled, "Here we go again. Another work for the office."

"We need to go to work now. Just answer the call in the living room first," Friya reminded as she held onto his cheeks and pinched it slightly. She removed her arms from his shoulders while Sean nodded as he smiled sadly and stood up from the mattress. Friya sighed as she closed her eyes and shake her head repetitively. It was the only time they would kiss again for so long because exhaustion always tried to come in their way from their work on the TSV Studios. Friya pinched the bridge of her nose as she heard a ringing underneath Sean's pillows.

She averted her eyes from there and she breathed out as she reached for the cell phone while still sitting down at the bed. Friya relentlessly glimpsed through the screen and saw who was calling at him. She widened her eyes when she saw the name on the caller ID. She gripped the phone tightly in her hand as she read, "My... baby?"

She swallowed constantly as she fixated her gaze through it while the door opened and Sean, bubbly, entered inside, happy to hear the call that was about their work canceled. Sean still not wearing a shirt through the top part of his body. He glanced at his girlfriend and his smile vanished when he saw she was now holding his phone. He knuckled his fists as he jumped through the bed, but before he could grab a hold of it, Friya stood up from the bed and glared at him. Friya put the phone on the backside of her shorts.

Friya let her hair on the back of her shoulders while she retrieved the cell phone. She swiped the answer button as Sean froze in his place while swallowing constantly. He licked his bottom lips out of nervousness and he didn't know what he would do. He straightened his chest as he gritted his teeth while Friya heard a woman's voice on the other end of the line. She was so surprised to hear it she didn't even bother to utter any word. Sean stood in front of her as Friya looked up at him slowly.

She swallowed constantly as she heard, "Hi, my baby. How are you? I miss you so much, Sean."

Friya's tears welled up in her eyes as she heard it, and little did she know. She threw the cell phone in the room's corner. Sean was so astonished by what she did, he didn't know if he would pick it up or not. He gazed through the cell phone in the corner and at how it smashed through the wall. Friya knuckled his fists while glaring at him. Sean stood stunned at his place as Sean raised his hand to console his girlfriend.

"Friya, I can---"

"What is that I heard?! Is what I saw was real?!" Friya yelled as soon as Sean said something.

"Friya, that was just----"

He couldn't even continue what he will have to say because he knew she was going to be in pain. He did not meet her eyes as she knuckled her fists right on time while Sean darted his eyes everywhere and couldn't even say a thing towards his girlfriend. Friya closed her eyes tightly as she drooped her head down while the tears trickled down her face in no time. The whole place ensued in silence as she realized what just happened.

Sean huff some air as he raised his hands to touch her, but Friya quickly took a step back while she was looking up slowly. She grimaced as she let those eyes felt the pain while looking through him. She shook her head repetitively as Sean stared at how she looked right now. Friya's eyes pictured betrayal. She threw it upon him so easily that made him exhaled an enormous amount of air while the tears were welling up in his eyes.

Sean opened his mouth to say something, but Friya quickly asked, "Since when?"

Friya's question made Sean looked at her with worried eyes and pursed his lips as he shook his head. He didn't know what to say anymore as Friya shouted, "Since when?! I asked you, why can't you answer me?!"

Friya knuckled her fists by her sides as Sean inhaled and said, "I don't know. It was really... a long time ago..."

She gritted her teeth as the tears continuously poured down from her eyes as she said, "Long time ago, so you were... cheating behind my back a long time ago? How long?"

Sean just shook his head while the sun was continuously rising from the outside of the window. He tried to hold her hand as she avoided him for the second time. Sean looked up at her as the words he wanted to say were on the tips of his tongue. He doesn't know if he could say it directly to her. He couldn't afford to see any more pain through her eyes. Friya sobbed uncontrollably as her shoulders were shaking and her hands trembled out of anger. Betrayed, she couldn't say anything while the tears keep on escaping her eyes.

"I can't believe... you were hiding all of this to me this whole time... for 10 freaking years, Sean...," Friya sobbed in between of the lines as Sean just stood there, stunned and unable to move, as she put her right hand on her mouth while she cried loudly on the corner of their bedroom.

Sean clenched his jaw as the tears fell down and whispered, "I'm sorry."

Friya raised her eyebrows towards him and scoffed while mumbling, "You had the guts to say sorry to me now? How..."