Chapter 110 - 107
His blood started to boil upon seeing how Tristan smiled at the man who casually sat on the same table as him.
Justin clenched his jaw. He went to the bar counter and ordered the cheapest drink there was because everything on their menu was so expensive.
"Are you, perhaps, Mr. Justin Alvarez?" the bartender asked as he looked at Justin. "Yes...? How do you know me?" Justin asked, confused as to how a stranger knows his name. "Oh, Sir Daryl said a friend of his would be coming. He left your name with me and said that everything you'd order tonight would be free of charge. Please order to your heart's content, sir," the bartender smiled at him.
"Oh... Alright, then. Please give me something you'd recommend," Justin said as he threw a glance in Tristan's direction.
"Certainly, sir," the bartender said and prepared his drink.
Before Justin knew it, he has already taken a lot of shots of the drink that the bartender served him. He's already drunk, and of course, nobody ever left him alone even back when he was sober.
The bartender told them off and made them leave, as per Daryl's order. He was told that the only person who could sit next to Justin was Tristan.
Finally, after the long-awaited moment of the bartender, he could finally stop asking people to leave because a man with a very charismatic aura was walking in their direction.
"Justin, what are you doing here?" Tristan asked as he sat on the high chair next to Justin and looked at him with a worried expression on his face. "Why are you here? Weren't you flirting with someone?" Justin said as he lifted the shot gloss and attempted to drink it again, but before he could do that, Tristan took the glass from his hand and put it back on the counter bar.
"Hey, you're drunk. What are you even talking about? I wasn't flirting with anyone," Tristan said as he chuckled, finding Justin cute.
"Who was that man, then? He looked really pretty. I wish I looked like that, too," Justin said and lowered his head.
An annoying fsce suddenly popped into Tristan's head and he immediately knew who Justin was talking about.
It was Gabriel Yu, pestering him again. He hasn't gotten over about Tristan's treatment towards him a few days back because it really hurt his pride.
He walked over to Tristan in hopes to either seduce him or piss him off, but only succeeded in doing the latter. The alpha said some words that were quite harsh, and that made Gab finally leave him alone.
While he was drinking, his eyes spotted a very familiar silhoutte. Justin had a different get-up from his usual clothes, but he still recognized him even from their distance.
Justin was wearing a midnight blue long sleeve polo shirt, black pants, and black boots, that highlighted his fair skin and icy-blue eyes. He also wore a simple silver necklace with no design that seemed more like a choker. His hair was a hit messy, very different from his usual hair down look that makes him look so innocent.
The Justin that Tristan saw tonight seemed like a different person. However, when he spoke to him, those thoughts disappeared from his head because he was still the Justin he knew.
"Oh? I wonder who he is," Tristan teasingly said as he tried his best not to grin widely.
Justin looked at him and pouted. His eyes were trembling as they were getting dewy as if he's about to cry.
Even though Tristan should feel a bit concerned that Justin is already on the verge of tears, he couldn't help but giggle because of his cuteness.
"Why are you like this?" Justin said as he looked at Tristan with sadness evident in his eyes. "What do you mean?" Tristan asked. "Like this. Why were you clinging to me last time? And after acting like that, you're suddenly keeping distance from me. Why are you like this?" Justin said as he frowned, still looking sad.
Tristan's eyes sparkled when he saw Justin's expression.
He didn't expect that putting a bit of distance between them for a few days would make Justin like this.
This is what Daryl's plan was.
He told Tristan to distance himself for a while because Justin was slowly getting used to him being there. He was used to him following him around wherever he went. He was so used to Tristan being at his mercy that he probably wouldn't expect something like this.
It was also hard for Tristan's part because he wants to be with Justin for as long as possible, yet he's told to distance himself from him.
It wasn't a very nice plan.
It was all psychological and manipulative, but Daryl couldn't think of anything else to make Justin admit to himself that he loves Tristan.
If he didn't have any sort of feelimgs for Tristan, there's no way he'd be acting like this in front of the alpha. Meaning to say, the way Justin is acting right now made Tristan think that he still has feelings for him.
"I was a bit busy with work," Tristan said as he stared at Justin's face.
The omega didn't listen to what he said and thought that Tristan probably got sick of him. All sorts of negative thoughts were running inside his head at that point.
"If..." Justin said as he swallowed hard with droopy eyes, getting a bit drowsy from the alcohol. "Hmm?" said Tristan as he raised his brows.
"If it's okay with you, will you please love me again?" Justin said as he grabbed Tristan's hand and held onto it tightly. "I promise I'll be good to you from now on. Please don't disappear on me like that again, the same as that time at the cafe..." Justin said as a tear finally fell from his eye.
Tristan flinched as he saw Justin cry. It was then when he realized that Justin didn't know anything about what happened five years ago. He expected that Daryl might have said something to him, but that wasn't the case at all.
The alpha wanted to explain to him in detail about what happened before, but he knew that even if he did, Justin probably wouldn't remember anything the next day.
He can still remember the first time Justin told him that he likes him so vividly. It was the same as tonight, Justin was also drunk that day that he just said whatever he wanted to.
However, the difference from then and now is that Justin wasn't in pain before, but now he is.
It was painful for Tristan to watch him like that. The alpha stood up from the high chair and stood on the stance between his chair and Justin's. He put his free hand behind Justin's head and pulled it closer to his body to embrace him.
Justin felt Tristan's warmth as he rested his head on his shoulder. Tears were still flowing form his eyes nonstop, making the alpha's clothes a bit damp.
"I'm sorry I couldn't get to you that day. I got into an accident while I was on my way to the café. I wasn't really in a position where I could move freely," Tristan said in a very gentle manner, the loud music of the club overlapping with his voice a bit.
"When I woke up a few days after, I was so devastated when I didn't see you in my hospital room. I realized that it was because I didn't show up at the café and that since then, we already broke up," Tristan said and clenched his jaw.
"I regret every single mistake that I did until now. I wasn't exactly good to you. I kept secrets from you, I kept going home late, and I barely spent time with you," he continued and sighed.
"This time, I really wanted to make it up to you and be better to you... But I couldn't really do that because you kept pushing me away. I've hurt you a lot before, I know. But this time... I promise I won't hurt you the second time around," Tristan said as his hand that was holding Justin's tightened, holding it tighter.
Tristan didn't know.
He didn't know that ever since Justin started crying, he was slowly sobering up. Justin heard and comprehended everything the alpha said.
He didn't say anything that might interrupt Tristan's explanation that was five years late. He was in so much pain that he started sobbing in his arms as he listened to what he had to say.
"That's why you don't have to worry about that guy I was talking to earlier nor do you have to overthink things and ask me to love you," the alpha said and placed a soft kiss on Justin's hair.
"You don't have to ask me to love you because my heart has always been yours.. It will always and forever be yours, darling."
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