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She could imagine every eyes on them, hear all their silent snide comments, imagine them yelling at the both of them to get a room. What was worse was the fact that Richard and Louis were both standing just beside them. Leo didn't care. It was one attitude she didn't know whether she liked or hated. He seemed to not care at all about people's opinion. He simply did whatever he felt like doing.
Mia decided to let all the thoughts go. This was the last time she would he seeing him in a long time so she had to enjoy the moment. But she couldn't. She was crying.
Leo felt her tears on his face and stopped. He drew back and looked at her face with a sad look.
"I really do not want to part with you." He whispered with one hand still around her waist and the other one trying to wipe her tears.
Her eyes were still closed. She couldn't bear to look at him.
"Look at me, Mia."
She shook her head. More tears left her eyes.
"Please?"
"I don't want to." She shook her head stubbornly.
"Please don't do this to me." He begged, his tone dry and husky.
He did feel sad about leaving, but seeing Mia crying like this made him want to cry too.
She had always looked like she was fine with the whole idea and treated his trip with a bit of indifference that someone who didn't know would think she was happy to have him gone.
When he was about leaving the house earlier, he noticed Mia had cried when she returned to the living room. Through the drive to the airport, they both sat at the backseat of Richard's car while Louis who decided to follow them, sat on the front seat.
He had held her hand firmly and allowed her rest her head on his shoulder without either of them saying a word.
When it was time to depart from them, he hugged Mia one more time and left. But he couldn't just leave like that so he ran back and called for her. That was when he noticed she was sitting down in one of the waiting chairs, crying her eyes out while Louis and Richard looked at her helplessly.
The first thing he did was to pull her up and kiss her. He didn't want to stop until her felt her tears on his face.
"You need to study hard. And once you graduate, you promised to pay me a visit right?"
She slowly opened her eyes and nodded once.
"Richard will help you with the preparation for getting your passport."
She nodded. He had mentioned it before.
"Eat well, sleep well, study hard and most importantly, do not look at any other man."
She managed to smile and nodded again.
When the announcement that involved Leo's flight was made again, he looked frustrated as he let go of her and sighed.
He forced out a smile before turning to walk away.
"I LOVE YOU!"
He stopped and turned to look at Mia who was looking very nervous. He would have doubted she had been the one to say those three words to him.
"What... did you say?" He asked with eagerness in his voice. Mia wasn't the type to always express her feelings so whenever she did it, it made him feel butterflies in his stomach.
"I..." He noticed her lips were trembling and her hands were slightly shaking.
"Do not get involved with any woman." She said instead.
"That wasn't it." He pouted. "You said something else. Come on, tell me." Leo pleaded desperately.
"Can you just get going already? Don't you think it's going to be embarrassing if your flight takes off and you are stuck here?"
Louis interjected with a frown. It wasn't just him who looked tired with their entire display. Richard also had the same expression on his face.
Leo glared at him. Such a spoilsport!
"Most importantly," Leo began to tell Mia, "Stay away from him." He pointed at his brother, not bothering to hide the fact that he was referring to him. Louis snorted. He didn't seem to mind at all.
Leo looked at Mia one last time and turned to leave but stopped again when she repeated what she had said earlier,
"I said I love you!"
"Seriously now?" Louis asked, a bit frustrated. He had been sad about his brother leaving earlier, but at this moment, he wanted nothing more than for him to leave so they could stop displaying this in front of all of them.
Leo was about to turn again when Richard hurried towards him and pushed him ahead so he would continue moving.
"Wait! Stop it. Just hold on a minute.. huh? I said wait!" Leo snapped angrily and also pleaded with Richard who wasn't having any of it and kept pushing him forward.
"I love you too! I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!" Leo shouted back at Mia who began to laugh despite the tears in her eyes.
She continued to wave at him even when he wasn't looking. By the time Richard stopped pushing him forward, he knew there was no point returning to the love of his life. He saw her waving and waved back at her with a smile.
So much has changed from the moment he met her. They hadn't known each other for a very long time, but they had a lot of wonderful memories.
One thing that made him happy was the fact that he hadn't taken advantage of her at any point, knowing the kind of person he was. There had been a lot of times when Mia got tensed and hyper and he knew something would definitely happen if he made a move. Sometimes, she had even initiated the first move. But he cared about her.
At first, he wanted to be sure about his feelings for her before doing anything with her but when he was certain he loved her, he wanted to be sure about her feelings for him. After getting his answer, he still held back because he loved her. He wanted her to focus on herself and her education, plus he knew what came with having sex with someone without experience. They always worried about getting pregnant no matter how much you try to assure them that they wouldn't get pregnant even after taking the required pills or using a protection.
He didn't want her to have that scare and not focus on her education.
He wasn't even out of the country yet he was missing her so much. He remembered her words to not get involved with any woman. Of course, he won't do such. There was no place in his heart for any other woman who wasn't Mia Lucas.