"I like gentleman, tall, has a sense of responsibility, funny, smart, respectful, good listener, hmmm…" I stopped.
I looked at Marvin and saw that he was also staring at me. I averted my gaze and tried to think of an ideal type.
"What else?" Ivan asked.
"Hmmm…" I was still thinking.
"We know you have many ideal types. Hey girl! You have an intergalactic standard. Hello?" Haye said.
"Even we have an ideal type, we will end up with the person that God wants for us." I have a short answer but it has something that I wanted to say.
"Louise had a crush when we were in grade 10." Laura suddenly said.
I immediately looked at her. Does she have to tell that story? Because I'm okay and I've been okay for a long time.
"She liked this guy named Levie. He was our classmate. Levie is a gentleman, he's good at math, he is also good at cooking, he loves to play guitar and so on. He's a full package that's why Louise fell in love with him." There was sadness in Coleen's voice as she told the story.
"But Levie was in love with someone else." Laura added.
I just took a marshmallow and cooked it again. I smiled as I remembered those thrilling moments with Levie.
"It took me 3 or 5 years before I let go of my feelings for him." I sighed while eating a marshmallow.
"Where is he right now?" Jacob asked me.
"I don't know but I saw on his Instagram that he's happy with his own family." I said while smiling.
Silence prevailed over us. I'm not in pain anymore. It's been 10 years so I probably moved on to him.
"I considered him as my first dance. He always told me that I'm beautiful. He protects me. He always asks me if I'm okay and he always looking at my eyes whenever he's talking to me. Sadly, we didn't end up together." I said sadly. "But still he has a special place in my heart. I experienced those butterflies in my stomach because of him and I'll never erase the memories I had with him." I continued with a smile on my face and that smile was real.
I was still happy even though Levie didn't like me. It's fine with me because if he went to me he wouldn't be happy.
"You experienced one-sided love." Yohan said like he's grieving at me.
I just nodded as I was stared at the fire.
"But why he did those things if he didn't like you?" Sheena suddenly asked.
"It's confusing isn't it?" I looked at her. "But let's forget it. It's been a long time since that one-sided love happened."
"You like Marvin hyung now." Karl suddenly uttered.
"Yeah." I looked at my friends. "Honestly, Marvin Oppa inspired me with so many things. I've made him an inspiration to attain my greatest dreams and to face my fears. Every time I watch the old videos of RealSeven, they give me hope and reason to live." I hugged my legs and looked up.
It's night again and I love it.
"I think Lord used him as an instrument to pick myself again. He's an angel." I smiled at Marvin.
"Louise said to me that she's praying for Marvin every night." Jacob suddenly said so I averted my gaze at him.
"Weeeehhh? Is it true?" Marie asked.
I just nodded. "I always pray that Marvin Oppa is the right person for me. But I realized that I'm too ambitious to wish that. He will end up with the person who he loves and that's okay." I smiled genuinely at them.
There was silence and I could not read what was on their minds. I'm crying inside but I know I'm happy. I'm happy to be able to say how I feel.
I sighed and stood up. "Hold on. I'll get my notebook to write down our following activities while we're still here at the resort."
"But Louise, we've already thought of an activity, haven't we?" Marie asked.
"Let's just change it. This time we will plan with RealSeven." Lovie replied.
I just nodded at them before I turned around but Jacob suddenly grabbed my arm so I looked at him.
"I'll come with you." Jacob said and then stood up.
"Me too." Marvin said as well.
I frowned and looked at my friends.
"No, you two stay here." I said before I pulled my hand away from Jacob.
I walked alone into the hotel. I quickly picked up my notebook and went back to them as well.
"Lovie, can we split our groups into two? Because we're too many to do one activity." I said while removing the ballpen cap.
"We can. But we have different activities we need to do?" Lovie asked.
"It looks like that but for example tomorrow you will do surfing, fishing and anything else that can be done at this resort. Then on the next day, we will exchange activities so that we can also enjoy the various activities with RealSeven." I explained it to her with an example.
"Ahhhh. I got what Louise says." Marie got my point.
"But you guys? It's just my suggestion." I smiled and told them as I wrote in my notebook.
Seven Days
"I go with what Louise said." I heard Coleen say.
"How do we split the group?" Haye asked.
"The three singles should be in one team." Axel said.
"The people who are with us in the van, are the people we can be together in a team." Lovie said while staring at us.
Coleen and Laura went to our side.
"How about RealSeven?" Junior asked.
"Guys, we will split our group into two groups. Is it all right?" Laura asked them.
"I'm fine with it." Ivan said.
"Me too." Yohan also answered.
"Okay! Marvin Oppa, Jacob Oppa, and Ivan Oppa will go to her side." I said while pointing at Lovie. "And the rest will come with us."
"Is it okay if I'll come with you? Because I'm more comfortable when I'm around you." Marvin suddenly said while looking at me.
I was immediately teased by my friends and I couldn't speak right away because my heart was beating so fast.
"A-Ahmmm… Y-You can join us on the 4th day." I assured him as I smiled at him.
"Let's just change the group on the fourth day so we can get to know each other better even for a short time." Sheena suggested.
"Go there. You will be having fun with their company." I smiled and tapped him.
The three hesitated to stand up but eventually, they stood up and went to Lovie's side.
"I just brought one notebook." I said to Lovie.
"It's fine. We'll just put it on the phone. " Lovie said before she faced her group.
We have already planned what we will do for tomorrow.
Watching sunrise together
Play on the boardwalk
Fly a kite
Take photographs
Look for seashells
Those are the things we want to do. I just don't know what various activities the other team will do.
"Johan Oppa? Are you okay with our plans?" I asked.
"Yeah. I think it's fun." He said while smiling at me.
"Everyone is a leader. You can lead us to your chosen activity." I smiled at them all.
When I was in college I don't want to be a leader. Whenever they choose me, I always say that they are the leader in the subjects that they excel in because I can't handle a group. I'm not good at that so we might not be able to do anything if I become the leader in all subjects because all I know is laughter.
"We will wake up at 4:30 am to watch the sunrise." I said.
"Noted." I heard Justin say.
I smiled at him before turning to Laura. "Hey! 4:30 in the morning huh? We will destroy your door just to wake you up." I said arrogantly to Laura.
"Okay. We will set the alarm." Laura said.
"Make sure about it. Maybe later you will do a miracle before you go to sleep." Axel teased them.
We just laughed in our groups and then we decided to end the night.
"Let's wrap up guys!" Ivan shouted while stretching out his arms.
We got up and picked up the clutter. We went back to the hotel together and said good night to each other.
"Johan Oppa! Good night!" I gave Johan a big smile and then waved at him.
I entered the room wearing a genuine smile.