05.May.2017 The day we kissed
it started as an ordinary day cos I had to work and the only things that was different was that Em, Mr Bear Hug and me are going for a drink that evening.
He was supposed to go away the next day to KL as he had something to attend to. So he had gotten me to book his ticket earlier and i thought he would back out and so i did pass him his ticket on Thur so in case he doesnt turn up.. he wont be left in a lurch. I remembered giving him a hug when i met him on Thur as he told me he was going for an interview and since he left, i have not given him a hug for all the shit that he has been going thru, so i gave him a hug.
I knew he was disappointed and hence the hug was a very tight one which i thought he definitely needed one like that. We parted ways and agreed that we will meet the next day.
So on Friday, i know i do look forward to seeing him again as i would be gone on Tuesday night for my Europe trip. He mentioned that we shouldnt be driving but you know i wont be able to cos i need to get to work. He didnt drive and hence he texted me at 430pm to tell me that he would leave his place earlier, as we were all supposed to be meeting at 630pm, he requested that I see him at 615pm instead. i agreed and told my boss that i would need to leave work 15 mins earlier so that i could get to the meeting place in timel, knowing him that he will pester me if i am late.
I reached the place and as usual, he will pester me until he sees me. We sat ourselves down before Em as she was still settling some work.
He then broke that news to me that he has found something overseas and he will be leaving soon. He will leave on 22 May 2017 for North Asia, i was definitely devastated upon the news. I am devastated as i want to have more time with him... i was devastated as the night was the last time i am going to see him. ... So anything after that that he was sharing was just a state of blur... he was showing me where he was staying and what his kids said and whatever details of what was happening were just a state of blur. I didnt want to show it so i acted like I was so happy for him.
Finally Em came and we were just chatting and Em said that she is going to Club Street to meet her friends and asked us to go along. Initially, he and I werent very keen as i was hoping to spend me lone time with him. But for some good reasons, he decided that he will go and so we adjourned to Club Street.
We reached there and went to his old place, which coincidentally opposite Victor’s place so i left them to go over to chat with Victor for a while. All these times i was trying to forget the fact that he is going to leave and i will not be seeing him again.
Finally, i got back to where we were and we had some drinks and a bowl of warm noodles. After eating, Em’s friend came and we wanted to leave. He asked me to send him back which i was ok with and we headed off. I popped into Victor’s place to bid goodbye and joined him. So I took to opportunity to do a selfie with him as i told him i have not really done a photo with him. I must say that photo was one that i cherish a lot and it was one which we were both smiling lovingly.
We headed off after that and just kept bickering in the car until we reached the downstairs of his flat. We had chosen to park the car in front of the garbage collection area while he gets off.
He knew that we will not be seeing each other again and we decided to hug.. to hug for a long time. After which, he opened the door and was about to leave but decided to turn around and hug me again. He wasnt ready to leave so am I... we parted for a while and he told me ‘I will not get to see you again after this cos you are going away and i will be leaving’ i told him that yes, apparently that is the arrangement.
He then proceed to close the door and hugged me again. He hugged me as tightly as he could, and refused to let go... i didnt want to let go too but i knew i had to so to comfort him, he gave him a peck on his cheeks and he started to kiss my neck. he just continued to kiss and finally the kiss went to my lips. There were no stopping...
We kissed for quite a while and none of us wanted to stop... finally he stopped and he told me that he like me but he is sorry.. he kept repeating ‘i’m sorry’ but i told him that it was ok.. cos he had never promised anything - which is the truth. He had never promised me anything for he cant cos he has kids and a legal partner, so what can he promised me?
In a way, we both knew that this relationship will be how it is cos there will not be a ‘happily-ever-after’ ending. He will never leave his partner and kids, he will never leave that house so nothing good will come out of it....
We knew the ending but we had to confess our love for each other cos that may be the first and last time for us. We continued kissing for a long time, we just didnt think and continued to kiss right underneath his block... on hindsight, what would have happened if she walked past or his kids walked past??
We had to part ways eventually, so he got off and waited for me to drive off. I was glad, he didnt let me see his back view leaving cos i wouldnt have been able to take that scene. While i was driving away, i could hear my phone beeping away with incoming text from him. I have a customised ring tone for him and so i knew that was from him. I drove myself hime while renaissance that kiss we just had.
I got home and read the text:
‘love you darling’
‘i’m sorry’
‘Darling good night’
‘Love you’
‘Please text me when u get home’
‘The kisses has nothing to do w alcohol. It felt good’
I replied to him and told him that i am aware that the kisses had nothing to do with the alcohol.
I know at the back of my mind that we have really fallen for each other... but becos of circumstances, there is no way we can be together. There is no way he is leaving his legal partner to be with me.. at the back of our mind, we know in this life, i will also be two separate being.
I know jolly well that i will forever be the third party. I will always be known as the family wrecker whether he stays or leave his wife. I will forever be the xiao san that everyone would hate. Nobody is ever gonna blame him or his wife for the marriage breakdown cos i will always be the one to blame.
I know this may not be the ‘truth’ but it will always be the truth that everyone would see and believe.
But this would always be the day and moment that we would remember.. the kiss will always be something we cherish... that moment will always be etched in our brain for a long long time... for we both have waited very long for this moment and this kiss to happen.