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our-time-is-now · 4 years

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June 10, 2019 (1): Fate is what you do with it

(previous play)

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Monday, 10:06 am:

David: *has woken up before Matteo again and contentedly watches him sleep for a while* *at some point feels his full bladder and is also craving some coffee, so he quietly gets up to go to the bathroom and then the kitchen to make some coffee* *a few days ago he actually remembered that Matteo and him would soon have been together for a month when he went through his sketchbook and found the sketches from May 10th and had redrawn one of the sketches for Matteo, but isn't really aware of the fact that today's June 10th* *turns on the coffee maker and while he waits for it to finish he cleans up some of yesterday's dishes and starts to wash them* *has just finished the dishes when the coffee is ready* *thinks that the dishes can dry by themselves and leaves them on the sink* *fills the coffee in a thermos, grabs two mugs from the cupboard and goes back to his room* *puts everything on the nightstand when he notices that Matteo is still asleep and crawls back into bed to join him* *softly hugs him from behind and snuggles closer hoping that Matteo might wake up from it* *starts kissing his neck*

Matteo: *is sound asleep* *is still a little beat from all the excitement over the weekend and therefore enjoys his sleep* *then feels David attach himself from behind and is only half asleep because of it* *smiles slightly when he feels his lips but leaves his eyes closed for a little while longer to enjoy it* *eventually turns his head around and looks at him* *smiles* *says in a still sleepy voice* Morning... you smell good...

David: *stops caressing his neck when Matteo wakes up and turns his head around to look at him* *loosens his hug a little so that Matteo can turn around to him properly* *smiles when Matteo's voice still sounds sleepy and quietly says* Morning... *gets a little sheepish at his words and murmurs* I've already been to the bathroom... *tenderly kisses him on his mouth and mumbles into the kiss* ...and I made coffee...

Matteo: *hums slightly when David says that he has already been to the bathroom* *wraps an arm around him when he kisses him* You're simply too good for me... *kisses him again and smiles into the kiss* *while he kisses him remembers what day it is* *is pretty sure that David doesn't know* *doesn't care* *kisses him a little more and pulls David even closer* *murmurs* What do you wanna do today? Want to do something or stay in bed?

David: *protests when Matteo says that he's too good for him and softly pulls his hair where his hand is buried* *murmurs decisively* Don't say that! *kisses him again and runs his hand through his hair* *gets pulled closer by Matteo and sneaks his arm under Matteo's head to be closer to him and to lie more comfortably* *hears Matteo's question and puts his head back on the pillow to think* *kisses his forehead again and says* Hmmm... don't know... let's have coffee first... and then... *reaches for Matteo's hand on his chest and entwines their fingers* *shrugs slightly* A whole day in bed would be really nice... *grins slightly* ...but sometimes I feel guilty when we're so lazy... we could also go out... to the park or so... or do something with the others... *looks down at him and asks* What would you like to do?

Matteo: *jerks his head a little so that he can take up his favorite position on David's shoulder by his neck* Yes, first coffee as always... *lightly runs his thumb over David's hand when he takes his hand* *nods with a grin when he says that a whole day in bed would be really nice* Hmmmm... *can't really relate to the thing about feeling guilty but knows that David is generally more active than him* Noo... let's not do anything with the others... only you and me today... and you know me... *grins up at him slightly* I don't feel guilty when I’m lazy... but we can go out if you've got ants in your pants... however you want to celebrate. *grins slightly to himself and is curious if David catches on to what he's saying*

David: *smiles when Matteo says that he doesn't want to do anything with the others today and only wants to spend the day with him* *wouldn't have known how to face Jonas and Hanna anyways* *laughs quietly when he says that he can be lazy without feeling guilty and thinks that turning off his guilt about it would also do him good sometimes because he actually likes being lazy quite a lot* *thinks about what they could do outside today and doesn't fully hear Matteo's last part of the sentence* *but then freezes and wonders what it is that he forgot about this time* *throws his head back and groans slightly* Celebrate?! *lets go of Matteo's hand and reaches for his phone on the nightstand to check the date* *sees that it's June 10th and immediately knows that it's their one-month-anniversary* *quickly puts the phone down, grabs Matteo's hand and puts it on his face* *murmurs* That has to stay there until I'm no longer ashamed of forgetting about our anniversary... *is really quite embarrassed and ashamed about it right now*

Matteo: *grins even more when David asks* *then sees him looking at his phone* *laughs out loud when he grabs his hand and puts it on his face* *but then disagrees when he hears his words* Nonsense! *rolls onto his stomach so that he can look at him and moves his hand to tenderly put it on his cheek* You just didn't know what date it was today... *kisses him slightly* Usually even the date doesn't help you... so I feel honored... *looks at him and smiles* So don't be ashamed, okay?

David: *tries to push Matteo's hand back over his face when he puts it on his cheek but eventually gives up when Matteo kisses him* *has to laugh quietly when Matteo says that he feels honored and murmurs* You’re satisfied with very small things... *looks at Matteo and sees him smile and is even more embarrassed when he says that he shouldn't be ashamed* *closes his eyes, groans quietly and says* I'm a bad boyfriend! *looks at him again and runs a hand through his hair* You deserve someone who remembers such days and who can plan a nice day and who doesn't only bring you coffee, but who brings you breakfast to bed! *grins slightly and gets ready to get up* Although... I might manage some breakfast... could you maybe fall back asleep for a moment?

Matteo: *shakes his head* Not at all... you aren’t a small thing… *lightly hits him when he says that he’s a bad boyfriend* Would you stop with that! *but then smiles when he runs a hand through his hair* *shakes his head again* Nonsense! I'm quite glad that you can’t remember stuff like that... at least there’s one thing I can do that you can't. *grins* *pulls him back when he tries to get up* Would you stop with that nonsense? You can pour me some coffee and stay here in bed with me!

David: *grimaces when Matteo hits him and theatrically says* Ouch! *laughs quietly when Matteo pulls him back, sighs, leans back and says* Okay, I'll stop! *but then sits up again and scoots to the edge of the bed when Matteo demands coffee* *grins* I can manage coffee and staying in bed... *pours them coffee and says* Besides, you can cook and I can't! You can be lazy without feeling guilty about it! And you're better at being there for others than I am... and you're better at Flunkyball... *hands him the mug with his coffee and grins slightly* Maybe I really should get a calendar... otherwise you'll be better at a lot more than I am... *crawls back on the bed with his coffee, leans against the wall and stretches out his legs*

Matteo: *sits up a little when David starts to pour coffee and leans against the wall* *laughs slightly when he lists what else he can do* I’m not better at Flunkyball, you can throw better, it’s only that I can drink faster… *takes the mug from him and at first only holds it* *puts his leg over David’s when he sits down next to him* And besides it’s stupid… to list these things… I’ll always think you’re greater than I am, get used to it. *grins at him slightly and takes his first careful sip of coffee*

David: *laughs* But who can drink the fastest is what matters during this game… *smiles when Matteo puts his leg over his’ and briefly looks over at him before blowing into his coffee* *nods when he says that listing these things is stupid and hums in agreement* *has to grin and murmurs at his next words* For whatever reason… *thinks that he feels similar and that he’ll always think that Matteo’s greater than himself* *also takes a sip of coffee when he remembers the drawing he made for Matteo* *puts his coffee down on the nightstand and pulls his legs out from under Matteo’s* Hang on… *gets up and goes over to the desk* *ruffles around for a second and eventually finds the rolled-up drawing* *hops back on the bed with the drawing and pulls Matteo’s leg back over his before handing him the roll* *the painting depicts both of them standing in the empty pool hugging each other tightly* *in the lower corner is the date, May 10, 2019 as well as David’s signature and a heart* *in the background there’s the slightly faded line of “breathing under water”*

Matteo: *laughs slightly* Well, because you’re great… *looks a little surprised when David gets up* *watches him and the roll he comes back with* *quickly puts down his coffee before David hands him the roll* *unrolls it and feels his heart skip a beat before it continues beating twice as fast as before* Wow… this is… awesome! *swallows hard before quickly leaning over and kissing him* I’ll get a frame and then I’ll put it up over the bed. *beams at him and then looks back at the painting* Compared to this my present sucks… *puts the painting down on the bed and leans down to pull a small box out from under the bed* *hands it to David with a slightly sheepish grin* The idea’s quite similar, I’m just not as talented… *there’s a button in the small box looking something like this*

[translation: “fate is what you do with it”]

David: *has picked up his coffee again after he handed Matteo the painting and is now taking a sip* *smiles at Matteo’s words an into the kiss that he receives* *is happy that Matteo likes it because it was a lot of fun for him to draw it and to remember that evening* *laughs quietly when Matteo says that he wants to get a frame for it but then gets serious again when Matteo mentions his present for him* *shakes his head* You don’t have to give me any presents… *points at the drawing* I only made this because… I thought it would be nice to not only have this memory in my sketchbook… that’s nothing… not much… *is already embarrassed because he feels like Matteo really planned this and he only remembered it by accident* *puts his coffee down when Matteo reaches for something and then accepts the little box* *murmurs a quiet “thanks” even before opening the box* *slowly opens it and has to smile automatically when he sees the button with his own picture from Instagram* *but then notices that there’s more and takes the button out to look at it more closely* *reads the words and gets a small lump in his throat when he remembers their conversation about fate and how much his own opinion on that topic has changed since then* *swallows to somehow get rid of the lump and pulls Matteo toward him* *kisses him briefly, wraps his arms around him and hides his face in his neck* *murmurs* Thank you! *has to smile into his neck and adds* I think we did something pretty cool with it…

Matteo: *shakes his head when David plays the painting down* Oh man, you’re really being impossible today… *then watches him a little insecurely when he opens the box* *doesn’t know if he’ll like the line about fate and if it was okay for him to use his post* *is glad when David seems to like it and kisses him happily* *wraps his arm around him and kisses his head* *smiles slightly* You’re welcome… *laughs a little and nods* I think so, too… *leans back again and simply pulls David with him* *thinks a little more and pushes his thoughts around and then quietly says* You know…when I saw you for the first time, when you only walked past me… that was somehow… there already was something… and until then I always thought that this would only happen in movies or so… but somehow… that was fate… but everything that came afterwards… and I really mean everything, that was us, that was real and wild and hurt and was wonderful and simply… everything. So yes, I think we did something absolutely cool with it.

David: *holds onto the button when Matteo leans back and pulls him with him* *leans against him and happily looks at the button again before wrapping an arm around Matteo* *listens to him and has to smile because he didn’t know that Matteo also remembers their first run-in in the hallway* *finds it strange to hear that Matteo also felt like the moment was somehow special and not like any other because so far, he had always thought that he’d only persuaded himself to think that* *grins slightly when he says that this was fate* *still doesn’t really like the thought of fate but gets closer to doing so whenever it’s about Matteo and thinks that Matteo might be right while he keeps listening to him* *beams at his description even when he gets a small lump in his throat again when he thinks about everything they have been through* *at the end nods and squeezes Matteo to him* *thinks about his words for a while and eventually quietly says* Maybe I was a little too hard on fate… I always thought that it wanted to take something from me… my free will and my own decisions… but… maybe all this time it didn’t have any ill-intend, after all… the thing with us… that was really only us and in the end it all made sense… as if fate had already known exactly where this would lead to even back then in the hallway at school… *grins slightly and absentmindedly runs a hand over Matteo’s chest and stomach*

Matteo: *listens to David and has to smile automatically* I think it’s a mix… that fate gives you a nudge but if you go or how you go that’s still your decision… *kisses his hair again and squeezes him slightly* *thinks about their first meeting, about everything that came afterwards, about his attempts to get into contact with him, to spend some time with him and eventually their first kiss* *nudges him slightly* Can I ask you something? *sees him nod and continues* If you actually didn’t want to get to know anyone… didn’t want all of this… why did you run away with me? At Abdi’s birthday? You could have said no…

David: *nods slightly when Matteo talks about it probably being a mixture of fate and own decisions and hums in agreement* *enjoys being close to Matteo and comfortably being in bed and that after the turbulences on the weekend it’s now calm and safe and nice again between them* *looks up at Matteo when he nudges him, smiles and nods* *laughs quietly at his question and thinks for a moment* Hmmm… eventually there was a point when it came to you where I simply thought “screw this!... Just let it happen”… even after such a short time I wanted to get to know you so badly that somehow nothing else mattered… *absentmindedly runs a hand along Matteo’s side and remembers* And because I had been thinking about the neon party all week long… and that we almost kissed and somehow… *laughs quietly* …I think I somehow wanted to finish it… the kiss. I was curious if we’d actually go through with it… *briefly kisses his chest and says a little more serious* And when I saw you at Abdi’s party I remembered that you said that everything was fucking you up at the moment… *hesitates briefly and adds a little quieter* I was concerned… or worried… I don’t know… I wanted you to be okay. *grins slightly* I think if you’d asked me if I wanted to move to another country with you, I’d probably have agreed…

Matteo: *laughs quietly when David says “screw it”* Screw it is good, we should have said that more often… *continues to listen to him and absentmindedly runs a hand up and down David’s arm* *laughs again when he says that he was curious* *murmurs* I was also curious… *then grimaces slightly* *wasn’t really in the best mood during Abdi’s party or rather during the preparations* *laughs slightly* You wanted me to be okay? And then you thought a derelict building with an empty pool would be exactly the right environment? *laughs slightly and then softly says* Loon… *smiles at his last words* If only I’d known… *looks down at him and kisses his forehead*

David: *grins when Matteo mentions the derelict building and slightly pinches him in his side* Hey, at least it took your mind off things… *shrugs slightly* Besides… I really did want to go there for some time… I had seen pictures of it online and had been on the property a few times but I never dared to go into the building… at least not on my own… *grins again* So I thought… a Matteo as a protective shield would probably come in handy… *smiles when Matteo kisses his forehead, looks up at him, puts a hand to his cheek to pull him down to get a proper kiss* *sighs quietly and stretches a little* Hmmm… where would we have moved to if you’d known it? *grins slightly and turns away from Matteo for a moment to grab his coffee from the nightstand* *takes a sip, puts the mug down on Matteo’s chest and puts his head back on his shoulder*

Matteo: *looks at him fake-aghast* You only used me? As a protective shield? I’m shocked! *but then smiles into the kiss* *hums slightly at his question* Well, probably to Detroit… after all, I have to impress you… *holds David’s mug with his free hand and then also takes a sip* Or maybe to Amsterdam as a start… or some city with a port and then we’ll stowaway on some boat… *grins slightly and shakes his head* Actually, it doesn’t matter… an empty pool was also pretty exciting…

David: *laughs quietly when Matteo acts aghast and again when he mentions Detroit* *murmurs* One day we’ll surely get there… *grins about Amsterdam* At least that would be more realistic than Detroit… *takes the mug back from Matteo and also takes a sip* *nods about the pool and then smiles slightly* By the way, there are more abandoned pools in Berlin… maybe we should check them out one day… *pushes one leg between Matteo’s and is silent for a moment before asking* And what about you? Why did you ask me if I wanted to run away? Only to get away from Sara and Leonie? Or did you also think a little bit about an interrupted kiss?

Matteo: *nods slightly* Yes, one day… *listens to him* Really? Is this going to be our thing? Exploring abandoned pools? *moves his leg a little more against David’s* *laughs slightly at his question* No way, I never thought about you… never… *shakes his head and squeezes him a little tighter* It was also a total coincidence that I got into a fight with Sara as soon as you showed up… *but then swallows and is quiet for a moment* From the moment we first talked to each other I basically constantly tried to spend time with you… especially after the neon party… but… you didn’t answer or were taciturn… but I think before Abdi’s party… I also felt a little like “screw it”… I did know how shitty it is of me to just take off…

David: *laughs and nods at the thing with the pools* Why not!? Or is that too much exercise for you? *grins* I can do research beforehand to find out how many fences we have to climb… *pffs at Matteo’s words and tries to fake sulkily moving away from him but Matteo squeezes him closer against him* *plays along and says* Yes, somehow I seem to have this aura that everybody starts to fight with their girlfriends as soon as I show up… *grins but is silent when Matteo doesn’t say anything* *empties his coffee and briefly leans over to put it back on the nightstand before taking his position on Matteo’s shoulder again and wrapping an arm around him* *listens to Matteo and nods at his last words* *quietly says* True – that wasn’t the nicest thing to do… *smiles slightly and adds* But I’m glad that we both didn’t care in that moment… *searches for Matteo’s hand and entwines their fingers* *strokes his thumb over his hand a little and then pulls Matteo’s hand to his mouth to kiss it before he sighs and says* I’m sorry that I was so taciturn… or didn’t answer… whenever we didn’t see each other… I somehow only had thoughts and doubts and fears… and my mind always told me to keep you at a distance… and whenever we saw each other… then my mind was usually quiet and everything was somehow… good.

Matteo: *pffs a little but then grins* No, no, I’ll manage… *then laughs slightly* Oh, really, that happens to other people as well? Who else has started to fight with their girlfriend because you showed up? *moves his arm when David moves but immediately pulls David back to him* *slightly nudges his hair with his nose* *shakes his head slightly* No it wasn’t… but it doesn’t matter… *plays with David’s fingers until he pulls his hand to his mouth* *smiles slightly at the kiss* *then listens to him and gets more serious as well* *would like to tell him that it wasn’t so bad, that he understands* *and even though it’s true that he understands he also remembers too well how much he himself has doubted things during this time, how he replayed their meetings in his head over and over to find out if he had said anything stupid or somehow did something wrong* *carefully says* It… wasn’t so easy… I always thought that I somehow screwed up… but, you know… somebody once said – I think it was Jonas, or Hans? Well, doesn’t matter, anyways he said whenever love is created it always hurts a little in the beginning… and even though that might be a little pathetic there’s also some truth to it…

David: *grins and waves a dismissive hand to the thing with the aura* Oh, you don’t know any of them* *nods hesitantly when Matteo says that the situation back then wasn’t really easy* *on the one hand thinks it’s great that he’s so honest about it and doesn’t downplay it saying that it wasn’t that bad but on the other hand realizes how much he had hurt Matteo because of his fear* *smiles slightly at Matteo’s quote and murmurs* Sounds more like Hans than Jonas… *sighs quietly and shrugs before answering* I don’t know. It shouldn’t hurt in my romantic, sappy imagination… everything should be perfect there, shouldn’t it? *squeezes Matteo a little closer without letting go of his hand* *hesitantly says* I know, now in hindsight it doesn’t help you but… you didn’t screw up anything. I think what you did was exactly the right thing… so that I… *grimaces slightly because he can’t really explain it well and stops before he starts again* Even back then you showed me that you care about me – no matter how stupid I acted… you kept trying to stay in contact… *briefly presses his lips together, looks up at him and says* I’m sorry that I’ve made things so difficult for you… but… I’m really grateful that you were so persistent…

Matteo: *nods slightly* True… probably it was Hans… *smiles slightly when he talks about his sappy imagination and squeezes his hand a little* It is now, isn’t it? *looks down at him while he talks and once again feels the words go directly to his heart, somehow as if they were a coat in which he can wrap himself up in* *smiles honestly when he looks up at him* I’m sorry that society is so crappy that we still have to come out… and be afraid of the reactions… *strokes his hand over David’s arm and smiles* Somehow it’s strange that you thank me for that… I… I wasn’t really thinking about it… or maybe I did, but not in a way that I thought you’d thank me in the end… *grimaces because he can’t really explain his thoughts* It wasn’t really planned as a big deed or something like that… you don’t owe it to me to thank me… I already got the best reward there is… *grins slightly*

David: *smiles slightly when he apologizes for society and shrugs* There are all kinds of societies… in Lychen society really sucked… but here… I think it’s more the experiences that you’ve made that cause you to be afraid… *laughs quietly while Matteo philosophizes about gratitude and stretches a little to kiss his chin, to cover up his embarrassment when Matteo refers to him as the best reward* Maybe it was special exactly because you weren’t expecting me to thank you… *shuffles a little upward to kiss him more comfortably and murmurs* For me it was a big deed… *runs a hand through his hair and kisses him again* *grins slightly* Can we stop being sappy now and make out instead?

Matteo: *shrugs* *thinks that at first he didn’t want to come out here and to him either* *but drops it for now* *smiles when David says that it was special because he wasn’t expecting him to thank him* *puts his hand in David’s hair and plays with a few strands* *kisses him back and grins* That’s the main thing… *laughs at his question and nods enthusiastically* Absolutely! *kisses him and lets go of his hand to wrap his other arm around him as well* *leaves the other one in his hair while he deepens the kiss*

David: *grins into the kiss when Matteo agrees to making out but then gets serious again and deepens the kiss* *sighs quietly when Matteo wraps his arm around him and scoots even closer to him so that he’s lying half on top of him* *tenderly runs a hand over his neck, his cheek, his temple and through his hair and after a moment forgets everything else around him – there’s only Matteo and being close to him and the incredible feeling of happiness that they really have been together for an entire month*

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supersizemeplz · 5 years

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I Won't Tell You Again

CollegeAU!Erik Stevens x Black PlusSized Reader

Another #supersizedfic short. Inspired by this post. Nothing fancy. Photo cred to @amethyst1993 cause I just seen this pic and had to have it. Enjoy!

Sunlight seeped around the side of the blackout curtain, allowing a ray of light to rest over the king sized bed. The vibrations against the nightstand sounded through the room, along with the loud crowing of a rooster from that familiar ringtone. Covers shuffled before your arm escaped and swiped your phone up. Ending the loud alarm.

Sighing, you closed your eyes as you laid your head back against the silk case of the pillow. "Come on, girl. We gotta get up." You mumbled the words to yourself as motivation, pushing past your sleepiness to get out of the comfortable sheets. When your feet hit the floor, you let out a loud yawn. Stretching your hands towards the ceiling before heading to your bathroom.

Thirty minutes passed before were out of the bathroom. Body fresh, teeth brushed, and skin moisturized. Bringing your lengthy braids into a ponytail behind you, you headed to your closet to throw on some clothes. Deciding on a tank and shorts since you would be spending the day at home. The thought of finally relaxing after working all week was heavenly.

You left your room, humming lowly to yourself as you headed to the kitchen to make breakfast. Passing Erik's room and hearing the low grunting that came with his morning workout. Your bare feet met the cold tile as when you finally made it into the kitchen. Switching on the light, the spotless kitchen greeted you. Smelling faintly like lemon scented cleaner, letting you know Erik had been there already.

That was an upside of having Erik Stevens as a roommate. He was an organized neat freak.

Opening the fridge, you bent over to look for the usual breakfast go to. Taking out the bacon and putting it onto the counter before going back in for the eggs. "Ooo, almost forgot.." Grinning, you turned to take out your favorite morning beverage. Ocean Spray concord grape - cranberry juice. But that smile fell as you picked up the extremely light bottle. "Dammit, E."

That was the downside of having Erik Stevens as a roommate. Whenever he did bring a female back to the house, she felt like it was ok to go in the fridge.

You groaned, closing the fridge with a huff. Stroming out of the kitchen, you bee-lined to Erik's bedroom. Not caring to knock, you threw open the door and put a hand on your hip. The mass of walking muscle was pulling on a shirt before he looked up to you. Admiring your thighs in their shorts and the tank top that gave away the fact that you didn't have on a bra. His eyes trailed your body before he met your gaze.

"Morning, princess.." He hummed as he walked slowly towards you. That little, effortless dip in his walk. "You always know how to make my day." His hand reached to brush his fingertips along your jaw, but you dodged it. Instead, you pushed the empty bottle to his broad chest. He looked at it, confusion furrowed his thick eyebrows. "What imma do with this? It's empty."

"Exactly, E. It's empty. Yesterday morning I had half a damn bottle, but today..." You motioned to the bottle he held, tapping it with you nails for emphasis. "..its gone. I ain't drink and you don't like it. So it had to be one of your little fuck buddies. I don't know how many times I gotta tell you to put those disrespectful hoes in line." Rolling your eyes, you watched as he sat the bottle aside. "Drinking my fucking juice and eating my shit. Like they help put groceries in that muthafu-"

"Thickems. Thickems. Calm yo pretty ass down.." Erik chuckled, grasping your elbow gently as he pulled you to him. "Aight?" You kept a pout on your lips, looking at his chest instead of his face. Trying not look at him. He tried to tilt your head up to look at him, but you were being stubborn. Oddly, he liked that you didn't give in to him as easily.

"Look, princess. I'll buy you as much juice as you want and I'll replace all your snacks.." He raised his eyebrows in questions, willing to do whatever so you wouldn't be mad. "And little shopping spree?" He tried pulling you closer into him, wanting to place a kiss on your cheek. Knowing how you loved his hugs and got that dazed look when his cologne invaded your senses.

"Noo, get back. Stop trying to charm your way outta this.." You held back a smile, holding your hands against his broad chest as you tilted your head from him. Laughing as he made kissy noises. "You think I'm playing with you, E?" Glancing at him, you cursed him mentally for being so handsome. He licked his plump lips, glancing at the fullness of yours.

"I can't show you no love?" He smirked, meeting your gaze. His golden caps peeking as he spoke. "And I ain't the one playing.." Your arms weakened as you gave him a dazed look. Allowing him to pull you closer. He chuckled, dimples deepening a bit.

"Hell nawl you can't show me no love.." You nudged his head playfully, smiling a little though your mind told you to stay mad. "But you know what you can do for me?" Smirking, you pulled him closer by the collar of his shirt. He licked his lips again as he matched your smirk. Mumbling a soft 'what can I do, baby girl?'.

Licking your lips, you heard him exhale softly. "Keep them hoes out my damn refrigerator. They ain't put in on that. K?" His face fell as you pushed him back, just enough for him to step away. "K.. You know where I'm at when you get back with those snacks, playboy."

And with that, you walked out of his room with a wink and a pat to his broad chest. Without so much as a glance back to see the shock on his face.

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nerdyblazepeach · 5 years

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19/11/09

Yesterday, I forgot to post my stats, because I visited my hometown and I was way too lazy to take my scale with me.

Anyway, the first thing I did, when I got back home was stepping on the scale, and *bad news* I'm 53.8 kg, which is not noo bad I guess, since I ate a LOT at the family dinner last night. But for today, I'll have some alcohol as food, as a friend is coming over and that'll be all I 'eat' today

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do-your-socks-have-holes-in-them · 6 years

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On the Other Side / Ch9: Thomas

Last / Masterpost / Next

Summary: For the past thirteen years, a secretive organization has been raising two groups of superpowered children. Half of them, since their very first memories, have been told they’ll grow up to be brave and strong superheroes; the rest were taught a much harsher view of the world, and groomed to become villains. Neither group knows of the other’s existence. But when a certain trio of heroes-to-be meets two future villains who really just want to be left alone, they all realize how much they haven’t been told.

Warnings: non-graphic violence, bullying, child abuse, sympathetic/good Deceit (Devon) is a main character

A/N: meant to post yesterday but im doing my best out here

Read on AO3

It was about eleven in the morning, and Virgil and Devon were finally done sleeping. They’d had a long couple of days, okay? But they were up now, and gradually making themselves at home in the trio’s room. Devon had picked up one of Logan’s science-y books and was understanding maybe half of it while Virgil doodled vaguely on notebook paper, humming to himself. It was as good a sign as any that he felt comfortable here, and Devon had to smile when he looked over at him. Of course, he couldn’t resist ruining the moment.

“Hey, Vi.”

Virgil didn’t respond, so he grabbed a pillow out of the fort and threw it at Virgil’s head, except the pillow was big enough and Virgil was small enough that it hit pretty much all of him. Virgil jumped, made a face at the jagged line that now went all the way across the page and looked up. “What?”

Put on the spot, Devon realized he didn’t actually have anything to say. “…Hi.”

Virgil rolled his eyes and threw the pillow back at him, but the corner of his mouth twitched up a little. “You’re so dumb.”

“Well, you weren’t listening.” He moved over to where Virgil was sitting and leaned over his shoulder. “What’re you drawing?”

He shrugged. “Dunno. I’m just thinking.”

“About what?”

“It’s… weird here,” Virgil said after a pause to collect his thoughts. “I mean- it’s nice! I just…”

Devon knew exactly what he meant. “It’s too nice.”

“Yeah. Like- something has to go wrong, things can’t just be nice like this. Not for us, anyway.” He set the notebook down and hugged his knees.

“Nothing’s gonna happen.”

“You don’t know--”

“I was right last time, wasn’t I? It worked out fine just like I said.”

“That’s not what you said.”

“Yeah well, I was still right in general… I’m older than you, okay, so I’m right and shut up.”

Virgil scoffed and threw a crayon at him, but he didn’t look so worried anymore, if only because he was too busy looking unimpressed. “If you’re so smart, why don’t you tell me everything that book’s about and explain it?” he challenged.

“I would love to.” Devon reached back to grab the book and prepared to make Virgil think he actually had any idea what a third of the words meant.

The bell rang for lunch, and the entire fourth-grade class jumped up. It felt like it’d been a year since class started, at least according to Roman, who was known to be biased against long division. Regardless of whether that was right, everyone was more than ready for some lunch, not to mention the free time that was to follow. That feeling wasn’t exclusive to the kids, either; Thomas, for one, was thrilled to no longer be wandering from classroom to classroom, hoping no one would notice he didn’t remember basic math. It had been a while, okay? He had a calculator app for that now.

He would’ve liked to get to the cafeteria as fast as possible- for purely food-related reasons, of course- but as it turned out, he’d forgotten his jacket, which he was going to need to join the kids outside after lunch. Logan was still putting his things away, meaning he and his friends were the last ones left in the classroom, so Thomas turned to them and said, “Hey guys, I’m gonna run back to my room and get something, okay? If anyone needs me, tell them I’ll be there in a minute.” They agreed, and he headed back to the dorms while they made for the stairs.

It wasn’t too long of a walk, so Thomas didn’t bother to hurry. He was just in a really good mood today, y’know? He chuckled fondly when he passed the trio’s room and heard noise from inside- those three were always getting up to something. It wasn’t until he’d almost reached his own door that he realized the obvious issue with that, specifically, the fact that he’d just seen them going to lunch. And if it wasn’t them making noise in there, and none of the other kids had a key to their room… well, he could only hope they hadn’t brought some animal in from outside again. He turned around and speedwalked the way he’d come, jacket once again completely forgotten.

Roman had been convinced they would die before getting to the front of the lunch line, and it would all be Logan’s fault for insisting on actually putting things away neatly, but fortunately this was not the case. They did, in fact, get their food eventually, and had just sat down at a table to eat it when Thomas came up to them.

“Hey there, did you get what you needed?” Patton greeted him, assuming he was just coming to sit with them as he sometimes did.

“What? Oh, no, I… forgot again.” He seemed rather distracted.

“Is… everything okay?”

“I don’t know yet.” He gave them all a Look, going into responsible-adult mode. “Is there anything you three wanted to tell me?”

Patton laughed nervously. “What? Noo… what are you talking about?”

“Well, I was walking by your room a minute ago, and--”

“We can explain!” Roman said hurriedly, attempting to shush him. “Just- not here.” That should buy them some time to think of an excuse.

“Okay,” said Thomas, now even more sure they were hiding something than before. “How about we take our food and go talk in your room?”

The three exchanged a look of panic, but none of them could think of a good reason why that wouldn’t be a good idea that didn’t involve either the truth or something equally incriminating. Well… crap. Hopefully Virgil and Devon would know to stay hidden, and one of them could come up with something on the way.

“Sure,” Logan finally agreed weakly. “I don’t see why not.”

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quiet-night-musings · 3 years

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Justine and Just Him (02)

02 - Not All Magic Wands are Pointy Sticks

2. Start a new hobby

"The first thing you need to know is how to make a slip knot for crochet. You need to cast the yarn onto the hook so you can start crocheting. It's simple. Quickly twist and loop the yarn onto the hook, wrap the yarn under the hook and pull it through the loop to tighten. It will look awkward. But don't worry. Just keep practicing and you'll master it."

"What's that?" biglang dumungaw si Tasha sa cellphone ko. "Crochet? You know how to crochet?"

"Just watching. Ang cute, eh," I reasoned out and locked my phone.

I don't know why but of all hobbies that I could think of—crochet ruled out everything else. At first, I picked cross-stitch but I realized that I'd be needing a lot of threads in different colors to complete a project. So I switched to scrapbooking but eventually gave up the idea because I'm not artistic. In the end, crochet it is. Maybe it had something to do with the crochet bikini top I found on an online shop. It's so cute and I want to own one too. When I read the reviews, others mentioned how bad it was made. And that they could make a better piece. It piqued my interest and searched how to make a crochet bikini top.

Voila! I found loads of tutorial videos on YouTube. Natuwa ako nang malaman na ang dami palang magagawa with yarns and a needle. I don't need dozens of colored threads or adhesive and embellishments like in cross-stitch and scrapbooking. Sa crochet, isang kulay lang ng sinulid at isang hook, marami ng magagawa. Maliban sa bikini top, may bikini bottom din pala. Akala ko kasi dati scarf at mga cover-ups lang ang pwede.

My excitement led me to buy a dozen of yarn, new scissors, and crochet needles of different sizes. I already have a plan. I'm going to crochet a bikini top for my best friends. A perfect present if I could finish them all before Christmas. But I'm confident. It's so easy. Or at least I thought.

"Crochet is mag burda?" tanong ni Nadia.

"Embroidery 'yon. Gantsilyo ang crochet," I informed her.

"Di ba pang-matatanda!"

"Sa matatanda lang ba 'yon?" kunot-noong napabaling si Gevi.

"It's a craft for all ages," Tasha interjected.

Thank God sinabi ni Tasha 'yun. Nahiya ako ng kaunti dahil sa sinabi ni Nadia. I almost revealed that I'm learning the craft to surprise them. Now I'm doubting if they will like it. Do they like handmade gifts?

We've known each other for almost six years now and classmates kami since Grade 7. They went to different elementary schools while I studied here since kindergarten. The bond between us four didn't start great.

Nadia envied Tasha, terribly. Tasha was from Australia and their family moved to the Philippines due to her grandmother's condition. She was so sweet and nice when we first met. Akala ko maldita kasi ang nipis ng kilay at parating mukang mataray. But she turned out different from what I thought.

My seatmate was Nadia. Akala ko ang bait-bait. I mean... she's not evil. But in the next days that we sat together, I noticed her remarks on other people, especially to Tasha. She would often make fun of our classmates who can't answer when called. Ang judgemental niya! Nang minsan pa nagkasama kami mag recess, she eyed Tasha with a raised brow, from head to toe. Her smirk and her eye roll didn't escape my sight. Napatanong tuloy ako kung tama na kaibiganin siya.

I thought it was just that one instance. But during lunch breaks, Nadia's eyes would follow Tasha and comment 'Akala mo kung sinong maganda.' Akala ko ako ang sinasabihan niya nung una. But she was quick to honestly tell me she was referring to Tasha. Wala namang ginagawa ang tao sa kanya pero bakit ang init ng dugo niya sa isa. I was hesitant to ask why she was acting that way towards Tasha. They never talked. So why?

Gevilyn, or Gevi as she prefers to be called 'coz she hates the Lyn in her name, was quiet. She would only talk to you if needed. At ang 'needed' na 'yon eh kung tungkol sa K-pop. The girl is a diehard K-pop fanatic. Ang sabi niya nagsimula lang 'yon nang marinig niya ang kanta ng Big Bang sa isang TV show. And it was the same song they danced to during an event. After that, nagsunod-sunod na ang pagkahilig niya sa K-Pop. She surprised me one day when she approached me and talked about EXO. I'm not a fan but I've heard the name. She told me about them like she's the marketing operations manager of the boy group. I enjoyed her company and realized that she was far from the person I thought at first.

Nadia's envy towards Tasha ended when they were paired for a class activity. I don't know exactly what happened and how Nadia transformed into a different person in a matter of a day. Yesterday she was sneering at Tasha, the next day they're giggling together. I didn't ask her or Tasha. The question is still there at the back of my mind though. Maybe I will when the time is right.

We're currently on a break but working on a seat work for the next subject. I studied each of them. Tasha owns knitted scarves and cardigans. I'm positive she will like a crochet bikini top too. Gevi loves to draw and print shirts. She loves the beach and even posted her photos on IG in a bikini. I guess she will love a crochet bikini top. Nadia... she loves branded stuff. I wonder if she will accept my gift.

Ah! Bahala na. I'll make the bikini top first and worry about it when I'm about to give it to them. Why bother now if it hasn't happened yet? Waste of energy.

WHAT A BOLD move to crochet a boho bikini top. I searched for patterns and it only gave me a headache. Iyong akala mong madali kasi yarn at sinulid lang ang kailangan pero sasakit pala ang ulo ko kakabilang kung ilang stiches ang kailangan gawin.

Not only do I need to count the number of stitches. After making a long chain, I have to change stitches in between. There are single crochet, double crochet, and slip stitch.

Natapos ko na ang chain kasi 'yon ang pinakamadaling gawin. Dire-diretso lang hanggang makagawa ng mahabang chain. But the important part of the bikini top is the cup. Iyong tatakip sa dibdib.

"Chain one... turn... single crochet into next 9... three single crochet... single crochet into next 9..." I read the instruction.

Gosh! Ang daming numbers!

Gusto kong ipahinga ang utak ko sa mga numero pero itong ginagawa ko kailangan din pala magbilang. Hindi yata ako tatakasan ng mga numero. Sa school numbers na ang kaharap ko. Even in my new found hobby, numbers pa rin? Ugh!

I went to YouTube. I searched for the easiest DIY tutorial. Iyong less complicated at para talaga sa beginners. I was able to follow on the first two rows. But I got confused when the video skipped and it showed an almost done cup.

"What the hell? Paano naging ganyan 'yan?" I exclaimed.

I didn't notice that I began to sweat. Matindi na rin ang pagkunot ng noo ko kumpara kanina habang nagsisimula pa lang. Sino ba kasi ang hindi mamo-mroblema? I thought I'm watching a step by step tutorial. 'Yong per row ang ituturo. 'Yong sasabayan ang mga beginners sa pag crochet. I don't care how long the video is. I just want a detailed tutorial! Ugh!

Dahil sa sobrang frustration, pinatay ko ang laptop at niligpit ang yarn at needle. I don't want to see them until the week ends. It will only remind me of my impatience.

I was confident that I could finish at least one of the cups tonight. But looks like I have to put this off for the weekend.

NAIWAN AKO NI DAD. Hindi naman niya kasalanan kasi hindi naman talaga ako sumasabay or nagpapahatid sa kanya sa school. I forgot he was going to leave earlier than usual today. May school bus kami at gusto ko na sumakay doon. Minsan diyahe lang kung hindi ko maabutan sa labas ng village then I arrive late during homerooms.

It was only 7:15 and the school bus often passes outside the village by 7:30. Hindi ako nagmadaling maglakad papuntang bus stop. Hindi naman malayo ang bahay namin sa exit. At isa pa, ang ganda kaya ng sikat ng araw kapag ganitong oras. Hindi gaanong mainit at masakit sa mata at balat. Nakaka-relax din kasi maraming mga puno. Gusto ko maglakad sa gitna talaga ng daan pero pumapagilid ako kapag may marinig akong daraan na sasak—

Ugh! So early in the morning at siya pa talaga agad makikita ko?

I instantly halted from walking towards the bus stop when I saw him. He was standing there— one hand in his pant pocket and the other on his backpack strap. He was tapping his left foot, probably listening to a song.

Whatever! Dito na lang ako maghihintay ng bus. Malayo sa kanya! I don't know where this annoyance towards him comes from. Just the sight of him could ruin my day. Gosh, Lord. Napaka-early naman nito. Ano ba ang nagawa kong mali ngayong araw, or kahapon? Hindi ko na uulitin.

Minutes after, the bus arrived. Hinintay ko muna siyang maka akyat bago ako naglakad palapit doon.

Bwes— I stopped from mentally cursing. Hindi dapat. I shouldn't. Maaga pa masyado. Kinalma ko ang sarili pagkatungtong ko sa loob ng bus. Iyong pwesto ko kasi inupuan niya. Ugh! I don't like sitting at the back of the bus but now I need to. Ayaw ko siyang katabi!

"WHAT IS THE ROLE OF BUSINESS FINANCE?"

Walang laman ang utak ko. I studied last night pero walang na-retain? Alam mo 'yong buong gabi ka naman nagbasa at nag-aral pero wala kang mapiga sa utak mo. And I hate it. What if tawagin ako for recitation? Tapos wala akong masagot. That's embarrassing.

"Para kang ipis! Huwag ka magtago diyan," udyok ni Nadia pero hindi ko siya sinunod.

I ducked even lower behind Felix to hide from our lecturer's sight. Good thing Felix has broad shoulders and he sits straight. I noticed his smoothly ironed uniform. I wonder if he washes and irons his uniform. Hmm, I don't think so. Boys are lazy. Si Kuya nga, eh. Never kong nakitang maghugas ng pinggan or magligpit ng plato niya. He would even ask Ate Elvi to wash his handkerchiefs.

I discreetly tittered when I was reminded of that time. May lalaki kayang naglalaba? I glanced at Mond, the guy sitting beside Felix, and his pants were smoothly ironed too. His right socks took a peek when he moved and it was clean. Hmm, he's a rich kid. Hindi siya naglalaba.

Hmm... wala pa kong nakikitang lalaki na naglala—

Oh... I found him at the laundry shop.

I grimaced. Ugh! Bakit siya pa? Bakit siya na naman? I couldn't contain my annoyance when his face flashed into my mind. 'Yong itsura pa niya mismo na mukhang natatawa nung lingunin ko ang naalala ko.

I shook it off my head and sighed heavily before sitting straight.

"Justine, what are the scopes of financial management?"

Great. Just great!

"MUKHA KANG baka na kakatayin!" Nadia's boisterous laugh roared in the hallway.

Ano ba ang mukha ng baka kapag kakatayin na? Silly. I imagined a cow in a slaughterhouse. Ehh... it's gruesome. Sanay na ako sa mga panlalait ni Nadia. Mas malala pa nga noon mga sinasabi niya sa iba kumpara sa ngayon. If there's something I don't want to hear from her, it's her laugh. Her annoying, irritating, and pesky laugh. Iyong malakas na halakhak na nakaka insulto. Ganun!

One time, Gevi shoved a polvoron into her mouth and that shut her up. It was hilarious.

"Nag message ka pa kagabi. Sabi mo nag-aaral ka. Saan na napunta ang inaral mo?" tanong ni Gevi habang nasa pila kami.

I picked chicken cordon bleu for lunch. Favorite kong ulamin kapag nasa school. And we agreed to have it for lunch every Tuesday.

"I don't know really. My mind just went blank," I replied and we went to our table.

"Nasaan ba ang isip mo kanina at nawalan ng laman yang brains mo?" tanong ni Nadia.

"Brain. Isa lang ang brain ng tao, Nadia," Gevi corrected her which Nadia didn't mind. Her eyes are somewhere. "Mabuti nasagutan mo ang follow-up question. Kung hindi, baka nakatayo ka the whole time."

I sipped on my banana milk before responding. "Yeah. Ayun lang din ang pumasok sa isip ko. I should focus. Kailangan ko bumawi."

"Nakatatak ka na kay Ms. Be ready in the next meeting," Gevi advised.

"Your sweet and chili sauce, ladies," Tasha joined us with the sauce for the cordon bleu that Gevi and I forgot. Nilagyan ko naman ng tig-iisang kutsara at tinidor ang mga plato namin.

"Wait! May kukunin lang ako." We all stared at Nadia's retreating back when she hurriedly left.

"Strange," Tasha remarked and started eating.

Yeah, strange. But I just shrugged it off and started eating.

Pero susubo pa lang ako, napapapikit ako kaagad. I look stupid. Probably.

Nakapikit, nakanganga at may hawak na kutsara sa ere nang pumasok siya sa cafeteria. Of all times, why now? On my first bite pa talaga? Hindi ba pwedeng pagkatapos ko na kumain siya magpakita para naman magkaron ako ng gana?

"Are you okay?" Tasha inquired. Napansin niya siguro ang pagbuntong hininga ko. "I thought you like this ulam. Loss of appetite?"

Umiling lang ako at sinimulan na ang pagkain. Pero nawalan nga talaga ako ng gana. Nakakainis. Nasira ang umaga ko nang makita ko siya sa bus stop at umupo pa sa pwesto ko. Kanina sa klase, siya ang pumasok sa utak ko nang may inalala ako. Ngayon naman nakita ko siya bago ko pa isubo ang pagkain ko.

Nawalan ako ng gana. My mood was only lifted when Nadia came back with a box of cupcakes. She didn't tell who it was from. I didn't ask kasi masyado akong naka-focus sa cupcakes.. Nakita ko lang ang nakakatakam na cupcakes, bumalik ang sigla ko sa pagkain. I was able to finish my lunch in a jiffy.

"Ano ang masarap dito?" tanong ko kay Nadia habang hindi ako makapili kung saan sa anim ang kukunin ko. They were all yummy!

"Aba malay ko. Hindi ko pa nga natitikman yan," sagot niya.

May red velvet, may sweet corn, chocolate and ube. I asked Gevi to pick for me and she knows me well because she chose the ube flavor with macapuno on top.

"Saan tayo uupo?"

May dalawang lalaking estudyante na dumaan sa gilid ng table namin. Hinintay ko muna silang makadaan. Kasi ang awkward naman na ngumanga ako habang may paraan no!

"Dito na lang!"

I closed my eyes and sniffed the cupcake.

It smells delectable! It's so sweet at masasabi kong ube halaya talaga ang ginamit dito at hindi ube flavoring lang. Oh, when did I become a pâtissière?

I took a big bite of the cupcake. I was so happy savoring the flavors I didn't open my eyes yet.

Pero sana hindi na lang ako nagmulat ng mga mata ko. Because the second I opened my eyes, I saw him. He was sitting across from me on the table in front of us, behind Tasha.

I stopped chewing when I noticed he's staring at me. When... when did he get there? Nakita niya akong kumagat sa cupcake? Pinapanood ba niya ako habang kumakain?

As if it couldn't get any worse, I choked when he smiled at me.

"ARE you okay na?"

"Yeah," sagot ko kay Tasha.

"Tingin ko nabulonan ka kasi ang bilis mong kumain kanina," hula ni Gevi.

Hindi ko naubos ang cupcake. Malaking sayang man kasi masarap talaga pero nang mabulonan ako, patakbo akong dumiretso ng comfort room. Doon ko niluwa lahat ng kinain ko. Pati na ang chicken cordon bleu.

Pakiramdam ko nanghina ako kaagad pagkatapos mailabas lahat ng laman ng tiyan ko. Hindi naman ako nakaramdam ng gutom kaya inubos ko na lang ang laman ng tumbler ko.

But now, I'm famished.

Tasha offered her chicken sandwich. Gusto kong tanggihan dahil alam kong paborito niya 'yon pero paborito ko rin yon at gutom ako kaya tinanggap ko na.

We're still having our P.E. class so I restrained myself from eating the sandwich. But my stomach has been grumbling. Tinatakpan ko na lang ng book ang tiyan ko baka kasi mapalakas ang ingay.

Gusto ko na kainin ang sandwich! One hour pa 'tong klase namin at kakasimula pa lang.

I waited at least 20 minutes for the class to start before I excused myself to go out. Hindi ko naisip kung saan ako kakain. Ayoko naman kumain sa CR. Kadiri! So I went to the back of the gym. May mga concrete table and benches doon na madalas tambayan ng mga students. Medyo tago kasi sa maraming tao kaya paboritong lugar din na pagtaguan ng mga nasa in a relationship status.

I chomped the sandwich with gusto. Hindi ko na ipinikit ang mga mata ko kahit pa sarap na sarap ako sa paborito kong sandwich. Ewan ko ba pero kapag masarap talaga ang pagkain, hindi ko na ma-kontrol ang sarili kong mapapikit. It's like heaven in every bite.

Binilisan ko ang pagkain ng sandwich. If I stay out longer than the given time, I won't be excused next time. And since I left my tumbler in class, dumaan muna ako sa cafeteria para makabili ng maiinom. I bought a cup of sago't gulaman. Maglalakad ng mabilis tapos titigil sandali para makainom ang ginawa ko. I want to finish the drink before I enter back into the room.

Kakatapak ko pa lang ng third floor pero huminto muna ako para maubos ko ang inomin.

"Alonzo!"

Sh*t! The tapioca entered the wrong pipe. Sh*t! Ang sakit sa ilong!

Napaubo ako ng malakas. Gusto kong suminghal pero hindi sa hallway. I ran fast towards the girls' comfort room and tried to sneeze the sago from my nose. Ilang beses ko pang inulit hanggang sa lumabas na nga.

Naluluha ang mga mata kong tumitig sa salamin at hindi mapigilang mapaungot.

This day is infuriating! Ano ba ang ginawa kong kasalanan at sunod-sunod naman ang mga nangyayaring ganito? Ugh! Ang malas ko ngayong araw! At isa lang ang may kasalanan sa kamalasang 'to!

Huwag na huwag siyang magkakamaling magpakita sa 'kin! Kung hindi...

I groaned loudly in irritation.

THE REST OF the week went well. I made sure to focus on my priorities. And I made sure not to meet the dork!

Dahil malaki talaga ang paniniwala ko na siya ang dahilan ng mga kamalasan ko nung Tuesday, nagpahatid ako kay Dad sa school, we moved to a different table for lunch, and I used the other stairs going to and from the classroom. Kahit hindi nagtatanong ang mga kaibigan ko, halata sa mukha nila ang kyuryusidad.

Everything worked out. And as I planned for the weekend, I went to the village park and started my crochet project. The breeze was perfect and the sunshine was gloriously warm and mild. I occasionally glance at the kids running and rolling in the grass. They're so cute I want to pinch their cheeks.

It is indeed the perfect day to spend my alone time at the park. This is one of my favorite places in the world. I smiled. "Aside from our house, of course."

"Justine."

Literal na napatalon ako sa upuan ko. Tumigil pa yata ang tibok ng puso ko dahil sa pagkagulat. Pagkalingon ko sa pinanggalingan ng boses, I immediately saw red.

I pressed my lips as I glared at the dork.

Here he is again. He's behind the bench I was sitting on with both his arms resting above the backrest.

Strands of his black hair are slightly blown by the breeze. There's a hint of amusement on his face and that annoyed me.

"Ikaw na naman?! What are you doing here? I avoided you for a couple of days tapos magpapakita ka na naman! You are the jinx in my life! Ano na namang kamalasan ang dadalhin mo ngayong araw na 'to? Ha? Ano?"

"Justine."

Napukaw ang atensiyon ko at mabilis na nag-iwas ng tingin sa kanya. I tried my best to calm myself. I need to be calm so I took a deep breath. This is my me time and I don't want it to be ruined by just anyone. But... but what should I do now that he showed up in front of me again?

Don't mind him, Justine. Just act you neither saw nor heard him. Don't let him completely ruin your day.

But he has already ruined it! Just seeing his face is enough to spoil this afternoon.

Ibinalik ko ang atensiyon sa ginagawa ko. Pero agad ding napatigil. How many stitches again? What was the last count? How many rows have I already made?

I... I forgot. I lost count.

"What are you doing?" he asked.

I continued stitching even if I already lost count. I just need to do something else and not be distracted. Minutes passed and the silence was deafening. I silently hummed inside my head any song I could think of making up a tune just to occupy my mind.

"That looks nice."

I'm the one making this. Of course, it is nice. I fought a smile after hearing praise for what I'm working on. Then I remember I shouldn't notice his presence.

Labanan mo, Justine! Act like he's not beside you.

Hmp! I don't need your compliment.

Nagpatuloy pa rin ako sa ginagawa hanggang sa hindi na ayun sa pattern ang kinalalabasan. Binuksan ko ulit ang cellphone ko at pinanood ang video tutorial kung paano gawin ang cup. Nilakasan ko ang volume ng pinapanood ko dahil hindi ako nagdadala ng earphones kapag nasa park.

I tried to focus on what I was watching but the dork's presence was so strong that I forgot the number of stitches for the corresponding rows. So I kept on moving back to the beginning of the video and memorized the number of stitches I have to make.

"You're making a bra?"

I was slightly startled upon hearing his voice. Then, my forehead creased because he thinks I'm making a bra? Nanonood siya sa pinapanood ko? I want to correct him.

"I'm making a bikini," I emphasized without glancing at him.

"A bikini bra."

"A bikini top."

"It's the same."

That silenced me. Yeah, it's the same. No use bickering with him. Ugh! Kainis!

"Are you gonna wear that?"

I paused what I was doing and pursed my lips. This... this guy is testing my patience. I took a deep breath before I faced him. But it was a bad move. Nagkatitigan kami mata sa mata kaya mabilis akong nag-iwas ng tingin.

Kailan pa siya nakatingin sa 'kin? Kanina pa ba? Bakit siya nakatingin sa'kin? May dumi ba 'ko sa mukha? May kanin ba sa pisngi ko? May muta ba 'ko?

Justine, calm down.

"Anong ginagawa mo rito?" I calmly asked, without looking at him.

"It's nice here," he answered.

"Mas maraming magandang spots kesa dito. Doon ka."

"This spot is the nicest."

Hindi pwede! This spot is mine! I wanted to yell it to him but it would be a waste of energy. Ano ba? Bakit ba siya nandito?

I took a deep breath. Again. I reminded myself that this should be a peaceful and calm weekend. This should be my time to relax after a week-long of computing, memorizing, and reviewing. And this guy beside me is not part of the relaxing week I planned.

Pero anong magagawa ko? Nandito siya. Nasa iisang village kami nakatira. And it's not like I own this park para itaboy o paalisin ko siya. And this bench isn't exclusive to me. It's unreasonable of me to think this is mine. So... yeah. I have to deal with him. Again.

Thank goodness he didn't ask more after that. I didn't even notice when he left. Well, tama talaga ako na aalis siya kung hindi ko papansin. Everybody should learn the art of deadma. It truly helps.

The next day, I went to the park again. Nag-isip pa 'ko kung lilipat ako ng ibang pwesto baka makita ko na naman ang isang yon.

Pero bakit ako lilipat dahil sa kanya? Hindi naman sa kanya ang park at lalo na ang bench na yon. So like any normal person would do, I went to my favorite spot in the park and continued my crochet project.

It was already four in the afternoon when I noticed dozens of people walking towards the village chapel. Mga magsi-simba. Marami na ring mga batang naglalaro sa park, naghahabulan at naglalaro. Pumasok sa isip ko ang mga panahon na kasing edad ko rin sila at nakikipag-laro sa kapitbahay namin noon. And then Kuya came into my mind. If the rumors were true, I bet he's here and watching over his kid or kids.

I heavily sighed. Kapag naiisip ko si Kuya, either naiinis lang ako or natatawa sa kanya. Kaya para hindi ko na siya problemahin, tinuon ko na lang ang buong atensiyon ko sa ginagawa. Hindi ko napansin ang oras sa sobrang tutok ko sa ginagawa. Napa-angat lang ako ng tingin nang tumunog ang kampana sa chapel hudyat na tapos na ang misa.

Nang ibalik ko ang atensiyon sa ginagawa, napapitlag ako. Someone's sitting beside me. Who else? The dork of course. I just rolled my eyes when our eyes met. Iyong ngiti pa niya na nakakairita kasi mukang masaya talaga siya na nagulat ako sa presence niya.

Ilang beses na akong nag single stitch and I lost count again. Kaya kinalas ko muna at para mabilang ang gagawin ko sa bagong row.

I didn't know how but I was focused on what I was doing. Hindi ko na napansin kung sino ang nasa tabi ko. Basta bilang lang ako ng bilang sa stitches na kailangan. Malapit na 'ko matapos sa unang cup nang may marinig malapit lang sa 'kin.

Napa-angat ako ng tingin at napangiti nang makita ang mga batang tatawa-tawa habang naghahabulan. Sa hula ko, mga nasa pito hanggang siyam na taon ang mga batang lalaki at babae. Ang iba sa kanila madalas kong makita sa park. Ang ilan naman ay napapansin ko lang kapag nagjo-jogging ako sa village.

"Do you want to join them?"

I just rolled my eyes. Ang wrong timing talaga ng lalaking 'to. Binalik ko na lang ang atensiyon ko sa ginagawa. Pero nakalimutan ko na naman ang number of stitches na nagawa ko na! Last five rows na lang, e.

Tinuloy ko ang pag stitch pero hindi na pantay. Hindi na kagaya sa gusto ko ang kinalabasan. Kinalas ko ulit para mabilang mula sa umpisa ang kailangan kung gawin na stitch.

"Why do you keep on untangling the thread?"

"I lost count." Wait... Pinansin ko siya. Sinagot ko ang tanong niya. Pero hindi dapat, e!

Hindi ako nagpahalata na nagulat sa sarili kong ginawa. Itinuloy ko ang ginagawa at nagsimula ulit mag crochet. This time, with the right number of stitches for the row. And when I finished the first cup, I felt relieved.

Finally, the first cup. Ang dami kong pinagdaanan para lang matapos ka. Ang daming naging sagabal para lang magawa kita. Sana kasya ka sa boobs ni Nadia.

Mahinang natawa ako sa naisip ko.

"You did right this time?"

Napatigil ako sa pagtawa. Epal talaga nitong katabi ko. Ang ganda ng moment ko, e. Nagce-celebrate ako sa small achievement ko, tapos biglang sisingit.

Bakit ba hindi siya makipag habulan sa mga kiddos?

Inilagay ko sa tabi ang natapos kong cup. Iyong tote bag ko na sa gitna naming dalawa. Tyaka kinuha ko ulit ang thread at ang isang hook para simulan ang isa pang cup.

"Is this the finished product?"

Napabaling ako sa kanya at nakitang hawak niya ang natapos kong cup. Inagaw ko at nilagay pabalik sa tote bag. Pakialamiro!

"That's just one of the two cups. Can you not touch which isn't yours?"

Kunot ang noo niya na nandoon pa rin ang tingin sa tote bag ko.

"That's small. Is it enough to cover?"

"The thing is... iba-iba ang cup sizes namin," I answered without looking at him. "Tasha and I have the same cup size. B. Pero si Nadia malaki ang cup size niya. Pareho sila ni Gevi na D. So the measurements aren't the same. I have to stitch more for bigger cup sizes."

I paused and realized, why the hell am I even explaining this to him?

Tumingin ako sa kanya. "What's wrong?" I asked when he raised his head.

His lips were tightly pressed and his brows drawn in one line. Parang may sinabi akong hindi niya nagustohan? Or ako lang talaga nag-iisip nang ganoon?

"Nothing," sagot niya sabay iling at umiwas ng tingin.

Weird.

A ball rolled near us. Agad siyang tumayo at kinuha ang bola at tumakbo palapit sa mga batang naglalaro.

Ayan! Doon ka! Sumama ka sa mga bata.

Nagpatuloy ako sa ginagawa ko. I was done with the first three rows when an elderly sat down beside me. Medyo nagulat pa 'ko dahil hindi ko naramdaman na may lumapit na pala. Inayos ko ang mga gamit ko para maka-upo siya ng maayos.

I heard her slightly groan as she leaned back. Her cane was positioned between her slightly parted legs. From holding the cane, she rested one of his hands on the armrest of the bench.

It seems to me she walked a mile and needed to rest.

She glanced at me and smiled. Contrary to what I noticed earlier, her milky eyes gleamed with energy. Her smoky-grey hair is neatly combed in a bun. Ang ganda rin ng damit niyang bistida na may bulaklak malapit sa laylayan ng mga manggas at paldang suot niya. Bagay na bagay sa edad niya. Siguro mga nasa sixty na siya or nearly seventy but she still managed to look and smell clean. Amoy powder siya actually kumpara sa ibang matatandang nakatabi ko.

I smiled back at her and nodded.

Bumaba ang tingin niya sa hawak ko bago bumalik ang mga mata niya sakin. "Naga-gantsilyo ka?"

Mahina at mahinahon ang pagkakatanong niya. Parang ang bait niyang lola.

Nakangiti akong tumango. Bumuka ang bunganga ko para sana magsalita pero nahiya ako na sabihin kung ano ang ginagawa ko. Baka kasi conservative si Lola at ayaw niya sa mga biki-bikini.

"Swimsuit ba yan?" tanong niya.

Ngumiti ako. "Bikini. Yung pang-taas lang."

Ngumiti siya na may pagka mangha. "Sexy, a. May ganoon na pala ngayon? Dati mga bonnet, bandana at punda lang nagagawa ko. Mayron na palang bikini? Ang galing naman. It just proves that not all magic wands are pointy sticks. Ang daming nagagawa ng isang hook."

"Marunong po kayo mag-gantsilyo?"

"Oo, ayan ang pinagka-abalahan ko ng ilang taon tuwing bakasyon at nang tumigil na ako sa trabaho."

"Bakit hindi niyo na po pinagpatuloy?"

Umiling siyang nakangiti. "Hindi na. Maliban kasi sa nangangalay na ang mga kamay ko, hindi na rin klaro ang mga mata ko."

Tinignan ko ang mga kamay niya. Her fingers are slim and veiny. Probably caused by years of crocheting and work. Will my hands look the same if I continue this hobby for years? Maybe. It's not a bad thing. Kung pumangit pa ang mga kamay ko, idadaan ko na lang sa manicure kagaya ng kay Lola na naka-bloody red pa ang nail polish. Huwag lang maglaba talaga.

"Sino nagturo sa'yo?"

I sheepishly smiled. "Ako lang po. Nanood lang sa YouTube."

Her lips shaped in 'o'. "Self-taught. Ang galing mo kung ganoon. Kailan ka nagsimula?"

"Last week lang po. Ilang beses akong umulit kasi hindi ko kabisado kung ilang chains ang kailangan gawin sa kada row." Napasimangot ako. Kasi naka-ilang beses pa talaga ako bago ko natapos ang nag-iisang cup lang. "Isang linggo na nga po akong gumagawa nito, pero ito pa lang iisang cup ang natapos ko." Ipinakita ko mula sa tote bag ang unang nagawa. Ikinuwento ko rin kung bakit ito ang gusto kong gawin.

Inusisa niya ang gawa ko. "Natapos mo 'to sa loob ng isang linggo? Magaling." May pagkamangha sa boses niya habang nakatingin sa gawa ko bago bumalik ang tingin niya sakin.

Tumatango-tango siyang nakangiti. "Trial and error. At the beginning, you weren't sure how it will turn out, right? Ganyan din ako noong una. Hindi ko nagustohan ang kinalabasan ng mga ginawa ko. Ang sabi sakin, 'Sige lang. Ituloy mo lang'. Hanggang sa nalaman ko kung saan ako nagkamali at inayos ko . Ang mga sumunod kong gawa, kagayang kagaya na ng gusto ko. Napagtanto kong, hindi ako makakabuo ng mga magagandang disenyo kung hindi muna naging palpak ang mga nagawa ko."

"Oo nga po, e. Medyo mahirap nga din po pala ito. Akala ko madali lang. Pabalik-balik nga po ako sa umpisa. Ilang beses ko din pinagtatanggal at binalikan ang unang stitch. Pinapanood ko ulit ang video tutorial para makita ko kung saan ako nagkamali ng bilang."

Ngumiti ulit siya. Iyong ngiti na maganda at magaan sa pakiramdam. "That is actually one of the lessons I learned in crochet. It's okay to start over. You can undo and redo your projects. You can start again if you know where you did wrong. At maganda na binabalikan mo ang pinanood mo para maitama ang pagkakamali mo."

Bumaling ang tingin niya sa mga punong nasa tapat namin. Feeling ko tuloy ang lalim ng iniisip ni Lola at bumabalik siya sa retro age. "The ability to start over. Noong minsan akala ko nasa tamang daan ako. Pero dumating ang araw na hindi ko alam kung ano na ang susunod kong gagawin. Bumalik ako sa pinanggalingan ko at humingi ng tulong sa iba. Dahil sa kanila, nakapag simula akong muli."

Bakit parang hindi na tungkol sa crochet ang sinasabi niya? Her words are coated with wisdom that she probably learned through experience and age.

Nakangiti ulit siyang tumingin sakin. "If you ever get stuck, just take a pause and acknowledge that you need help. And be brave to ask for it. Maybe that's how you can start over again."

It's definitely not about crochet anymore. Hindi ko na alam kung ano ang sasabihin ko sa kanya. Ngumiti na lang ako at tumango para mag agree. Well, I get the message she wants to convey though and it's not every day I meet a lola.

"If you're having a hard time with the bikini top, it's never too late to make something else. Your best friends won't mind if you give them anything that you worked hard for. Magaling ka. Pero sigurado ako mas may igagaling ka pa."

Mas lalo akong napangiti sa sinabi ni Lola bago siya nagpa-alam na uuwi na. May sumundo sa kanyang batang babae, siguro apo niya o kasambahay nila.

I felt proud of myself. Someone praised what I did. Ganito pala ang pakiramdam no? Kahit hindi mo kakilala kung pinuri nila ang isang maliit lang naman na bagay na nagawa mo, nakaka-overwhelm. It motivated me to continue the hobby.

NANG maka-alis si Lola, tiyaka ko lang na-realize na hindi pala kami nagpakilala sa isa't-isa. Pero di bale, nasa iisang village lang kami. Malamang magkikita kami ulit.

Pinagpatuloy ko ang paggawa ng pares ng unang cup. Medyo naguluhan ako kasi hindi ko namemorize kung ilang stitches ang kailangan at ano ang susunod na stitch ang gagawin.

"Does it have to be a bikini top?"

Sinimangotan ko siya kaagad pagkatingin ko sa kaniya. Hindi naman nagtagal at pinanood ko na lang ulit ang tutorial. Focus na sana ako pero naramdaman kong umupo na naman siya sa tabi ko. But I shook off the bad vibes from my head. Masyadong maganda ang araw na 'to para maging maldita ako.

"Is this a bracelet?"

When I turned to him, he was holding the long chain I made. Iyon lang sa tingin ko ang malinis at pinaka-tama kong nagawa simula nang umpisahan ko 'to. Ang simple lang naman kasi kailangan lang i-braid.

"Hindi yan bracelet. Ibalik mo nga yan sa bag ko," utos ko sa kanya. Pero ang gago ipinalibot pa sa pulsohan niya ang chain.

I was about to stop him until an idea came to mind. From the video I was watching, I searched for 'crochet bracelet'. There wasn't plenty of what I was expecting but I watched one tutorial and it was easy. Well, I said the same thing for the bikini top but ended up having a hard time finishing a cup. But it isn't too late to start again and try something new, right? Just like what the grandma told me earlier.

Pero akalain mo nga naman. Itong lalaki pa sa tabi ko na dine-deadma ko ang nakatulong sakin. Let's not tell him that. Deadma ko nga siya, di ba? Mabuti nga umalis na naman siya at sumali sa mga batang naglalaro ng dodge ball. Such a kid.

Kinuha ko ang chain na gawa ko at ipinalibot sa pulsohan ko para gawing wrist band. It looks good on my wrist. Nakaka-puti ang mint na color ng sinulid.

I think I can do this. Madali lang gawin ang wristband based on the tutorial I watched. I think I can finish one in less than a week. With the beads, I have lots of them at home from my old and broken bracelets. Okay, final na. I'll be making beaded crochet wristba—

Sheet! One whole sheet of pad paper!

My world rocked back and forth cutting off my thoughts after a ball smacked on one side of my cheekbone and leaving it numb. I didn't see the ball coming. It happened quickly after losing the wristband from my wrist. And when I raised my head, the ball struck me uninvited.

Mabuti na lang at nakapikit pa ko. Hindi ako nakaramdam ng sakit pagkatapos akong matamaan pero tatlo hanggang limang segundo ang nakalipas, nakaramdam ako ng kirot sa kaliwang pisngi ko at malapit sa ilong.

I opened my eyes wider and shook my head to regain awareness of what happened. Then he went near me.

"Justine, okay ka lang?"

Tinignan ko siya ng masama.

"Okay?!" Tumayo ako na medyo nahihilo pa at hinarap siya. "Ihagis ko kaya ang bola sa mukha mo at malaman mo kung gaano kasakit ang ginawa mo!"

"It was an accident. We were playing an—"

"Pakialam ko kung naglalaro kayo? Hindi mo man lang naisip na may mga tao rito sa park at baka matamaan ng bola? O baka hindi ka nag-iisip kasi sinadya mo?!"

"No! I didn't do it on purpose."

"Ikaw naman tamaan natin ng bola. Tignan ko kung hindi mayanig utak mo!"

"Look, it was an accident. It wasn—"

"Shut up! Instead of saying it was an accident, why don't you apologize? Baka sana naging maayos pa ang pakiramdam ko kung humingi ka ng sorry at—

"I'm sorry," he cut me off.

The ball in his hands caught my eyes that my jaw clenched and my fists into a ball. I'm panting from anger and I couldn't calm myself now. I already lost my temper. I can't tell if he's sincere with his sorry but even if he is, hindi ko magawang magpatawad kaagad. Masyadong mainit pa rin ang dugo ko sa kanya.

"Too late. If I didn't ask you to apologize, who knows kung ano pang excuse mo!"

Dali-dali kong niligpit ang mga gamit ko. Wala na akong pakialam kung magka buhol-buhol pa ang mga threads ko basta nilagay ko lang lahat sa loob ng tote bag at mangiyak-ngiyak na umalis ng park.

Ang sakit ng pisngi ko. I kept on pausing from kicking my scooter to softly wipe away my tears. Masakit at mahapdi kasi kapag madiinan.

When was the last time I was this furious? I've always tried to be calm because I don't want to shout or yell at someone. I know how horrible it feels, especially when being shouted at in public. It's embarrassing. But I just couldn't help lashing out at him for what he did. It was rude of me to shout at him while he remained calm.

Parang ako pa yata ang naging mukang masama. Pero masama na kung masama. Basta nailabas ko ang galit ko. Masakit kaya ang pagtama ng bola sa mukha ko. Akala niya malambot ang bola? May kasama pang lupa at damo. Bwesit!

When was the last time I was this mad again?

Oh great!

It was with him.

He hurt me again.

He always awakens the beast that I'm trying to calm inside me.

Just him.

***

Be proud of yourself if you get the hang out of crocheting or any other craft you are trying to learn and enjoy. You created something and it deserves to be celebrated; small or big.

Here is a video tutorial on basic crochet lesson:

#unlovingraisin #wattpad #stories #Justine and Just Him #KaoDon

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youreoneofthegays · 3 years

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Ok lol since Saturday everyday has been a lil adventure ahh

This morning I came in wearing a beanie bc it was cold and said hi to everyone and we started moving some book-table-things outside and when I walked back in I put my sleeves over my hands bc I was cold and my crush was right behind me and she was in such a good mood and she said "awww is someone cold, awww is someone tired, awww did someone not get enough sleep" and teased me and I looked at her like I was mad/annoyed and started whining lol and I told her that today is not a good day bc I lost my rainbow bracelet in bed bc the knot opened up and I also forgot to wear my necklace and then I showed her my bracelet bc I put it in my pocket and asked if she could fix it and she said definitely not but tried anyway and then she asked how I could even forget to wear a necklace and it was just niceeee I like talking to her ahh

We're gonna sell some really cool plant pots on comission soon and someone brought 2 over so we could have a look and they're super cool and I took some pics to post on Instagram and she helped me make the story and she was so sweet again and was like "how are you not in charge of our Instagram" and idkkk like she's different sometimes when a lot of people are around or if it's just the two of us and she's always standing close to me when we're talking and when she's teasing me she always makes really strong eye contact lol

And like this customer came in and asked about books for a 9 and 12 year old and I asked her what you normally ask someone to kinda figure out what kind of book would be good but I have absolutely no idea about children's books and like young adult and stuff and I've told my crush that I wanna have like training for that at some point (from her bc she's just really good) and I knew she listened to my conversation with the customer bc she was like a few metres away and when I told her I'd get my coworker I saw how she started smiling and then she teased me about how she thought I wanted some training and again she made some really intense eye contact lol and I told her not today (the customer laughed too, she was really nice ahh) and then I told her thank you but like more quiet so only she could hear and she said 'of course' in a really sweet tone ahhhh

And she left early today bc she wanted to buy plants and I asked "what you're leaving early again" and she made that joke again about how she knows I'm miserable without her lmao and later she posted a story of her cart at that plant store and I texted her and she texted back and she always uses that 😉 emoji and I'm just weak lmao

I 👏🏻 like 👏🏻 her 👏🏻 a 👏🏻 lot 👏🏻

And dudeeee I missed her so much this afternoon like she left at 1pm and I had 5 hours left without her and it felt like time passed so much slower lmao I'm so deep in lol

Omg and yesterday we talked about little paper decoration things we got from a publisher for free and I told her I thought they were ugly and she was like "whattt noo I think they're prettyyy I wanted to hang them in the window" and I said I really hate them but she's gonna do what she wants anyway and then she teased me again and said 'yeah I will. And you're gonna hang them up for me' (she's still kinda my boss lol) and and I acted annoyed and whined a lil but agreed overall like yes of course I'd do it if you asked me to and she was surprised bc I didn't argue and she teases me about not saying no to her lol

I also told her that my bed is blue bc I thought about buying one of those plant pots and they would match so nicely and she was very idk interested? Like "ohhh so you're bed is blue?" And idk us talking about my bed makes me feel things lmao

#crush #work crush #hot coworker #wlw #useless lesbian #this got long #i just love our interactions lol #it changed love into live and honestly i also live for then lmao #this is also tmi sometimes lmao

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drama-nerd · 7 years

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Trees & Pee

Pairing: Xiuchen

Word Count: 1,323

Summary: To some, it is difficult to find love, no matter how hard you search. Yet, Kim Minseok found his chilling in a tree one fine summer day.

Tags: Humor

It had been a fairly normal day for Kim Minseok. He had finished his shift at the local coffee shop, Ghost Town, and was resting at home. At the moment, he was laying on his side on his couch, an extremely uncomfortable couch at that.

Minseok was a 23-year-old living on his own after earning his bachelor’s degree at a local college. He had many friends, including Byun Baekhyun and Lu Han, both of which he met during elementary school. Despite being twenty-three, he never had the time to have a devoted relationship with someone. Now that he thought about it, he only had one relationship during second-year college. Huh, he mused, I wonder how he’s doing.

The clock ticking resonated throughout the room. I’m bored, Minseok thought. Option one; he could go grocery shopping. The fridge had been empty for the last couple days. I don’t want to though, Minseok ruled out option 1. He could clean the house. But I already did that yesterday.

Minseok sighed loudly, absolutely bored to the point he was willing to do anything to entertain himself. Suddenly, an idea popped into his head. I could go to the park and run some laps. Since he had no other options, Minseok shrugged. Why not?

Soon after, Minseok jumped off the couch that had seen better days and proceeded to change into his sports attire. He quickly packed a water bottle, his phone, and two granola bars (also known as the necessities) into a small, lightweight bag and headed to the park.

Once he arrived, he started immediately to run the perimeter, not forgetting to plug in his earbuds to listen to some empowering music he found on the radio. (He forgot the name of the singer but they had a nice voice).

It had only been 20 minutes and Minseok started to feel the burn often associated with exercise. Beads of sweat effortlessly glided down from his forehead to his cheeks. He ran about four laps, judging from the fact he passed by the same tree four times now, yet Minseok was still bored. Since nothing was stopping him, he continued to run the perimeter of the park, not noticing a young man in the background scaling a tree?

Minseok ran five more laps before he decided to take a quick snack break. He settled next to a large tree, its branches flowed with the slight breeze. It was calming and aesthetically pleasing, the perfect spot to rest in after such an intense workout.

Minseok unplugged one ear bud as he took a large gulp of his water bottle, leaving approximately ¾ left in the bottle. After drinking his water, Minseok dug through his bag to fetch a granola bar, which turned out to be an extremely difficult task. I swear this backpack ate my granola bar. How large is this thing? How much stuff do I have in here? I need a new backpack. Wait a minute, I think I found it. Nevermind. NOPE. It was a wrapper.

Several moments passed before Minseok finally found the damned thing (Turned out it was in the outer pocket). As he unwrapped his prize, a voice suddenly broke him out of his relaxation time.

“Hey is that the chocolate chip one? Damn bro, that is some good stuff, I tell you!”

“AHH!” Minseok jumped, dropping his unwrapped granola bar on the grass in the process. He ripped out his other earbud, in the unlikely case the voice originated from his iPod.

“NOO!! YOU DROPPED IT!” There it was again. (Was it just him or did the voice suddenly become hotter?)

Surprised, Minseok stood up. “Please tell me that I’m not imagining things and that this voice has a body.”

“Up here!!”

Obeying the voice’s orders, Minseok looked up. There, he found a (hot) stranger perched on a thick branch in the tree. He took note of the stranger’s pronounced cheek bones and feline-like appearance, from his sharp eyes to the way his lips seemed to naturally curve upwards towards the ends. Overall, he wasn’t half bad, in terms of appearance that is. Apparently, Minseok was staring (He was not! He was studying this new person) because the stranger suddenly smirked and said, “Checking me out? I’m flattered. You aren’t bad yourself.”

Minseok reddened before blurting, “No! I was not! I was just… wondering why you were in a tree.”

Nice save, Minseok, he mentally praised, let’s just hope he didn’t notice the hesitation.

“Oh, this?” The stranger gestured to himself. “I was just enjoying the nice view and the beautiful air.”

From the seemly sarcastic tone of the stranger, Minseok thought otherwise. “You’re stuck, aren’t you?”

The stranger sent a sheepish smile toward him. “Yeah… My cousin left me here after I scaled this tree to retrieve his kite. After I threw the stupid kite out of the tree, he dashed… Damn you Jongin… That was an hour ago.”

Minseok gave out a low whistle. “Tough luck.”

“I know I just met you 5 minutes ago, but can you get me down. I really need to take a whiz. I’ve been holding it in for an hour and a half now.”

“Oh… yeah… sure…”

It took Minseok several attempts to get that mysterious stranger, whom of which introduced himself as ‘Jongdae’, out of the tree. First, he asked Jongdae to jump from his position of the tree. The drop was only 4 meters, therefore the worst case scenario was a broken ankle or something like that. Yet the scaredy cat (no pun intended) did not want to ‘damage [my] delicate skin’. Next, Minseok attempted to create a staircase for Jongdae to safely descend from, yet it looked as stable as a year’s worth of dishes piled on top of each other. Third time’s a charm, Minseok hoped as he attempted the third option.

“Minseok, I really need to take a whiz… I swear I’ll pee up here!”

“Hold on, Jongdae!” Below Jongdae, Minseok gathered a pile of leaves into a concentrated section on the grass. It resembled a bed of green, inviting Jongdae to sleep there. Suddenly, he felt the tree shake. Looking to his right, Jongdae found Minseok climbing the trunk of the tree. “What are you doing?!”

Without words, Minseok scaled the tree with minimal effort, landing on the stop next to Jongdae. “I have an idea but you won’t like it.”

“Great! Now we’re both stuck!” Jongdae complained. “Do you know how important it is for me to pee right now?”

“Not exactly…” Before Jongdae could respond to his cryptic message, Minseok roughly pushed him off of the safe branch into the bed of leaves.

“THE FUCK!!!” Jongdae landed on his right arm, which was not broken thankfully. “Owwwwwww….” He gradually sat up and looked up to where Minseok was perched. “Why did you do that, idiot?!”

With grace, Minseok carefully scaled down the tree. How….? Jongdae silently whined as he stared at him. This is unfair. Curse him and his athletic abilities. It took a lot of willpower for him to not stare at Minseok’s ass because damn, does he have a fine booty.

Once on the ground, he rubbed his hands together, symbolizing a job well done, and glanced at Jongdae. “Because it was the last option and you would have peed up there if I tried to do anything else.”

“You could have done it with, oh I don’t know, a warning, you know!”

After a few moments, Minseok stared at Jongdae with a confused expression. “Don’t you need to pee?”

In an instant, Jongdae stood up, ignoring the pain due to the urgency of the situation, and raced to the nearest park restroom. As Jongdae’s figure grew smaller and smaller, Minseok yelled after him, “A ‘THANK YOU’ WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE!”

“- and that kids, is how I met the most beautiful person on this earth, your father.”

Congrats to me on my first Tumblr post. *Claps sarcastically for self* Hopefully, this is not my last.

-A

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What a WILD weekend home

Man this weekend has been incredibly eventful...

I’m trying to recall my past weekend, but I wonder if it’s possible to even remember everything.

I believe that I could have went home on a Thursday night, but I decided to go home Friday. There was some plane crash on the 405 freeway, so traffic home was incredibly long. I had to go back home, since I had lunch plans with Catherine and Jenn. I did eventually make it back and pick them up outside a 7 Leaves, since they were together already. I did lag tho, so we finally ate lunch at like 3:30 PM or something ridiculous lol. Afterwards, hmhm I forgot what we were gonna do. I think we went to ultra beauty that’s right. It was at bella terra, I’ve never been before. I was feeling REALLY sick for whatever reason. I felt like throwing up. Idk if it was from being in traffic for like 3+ hours in the heat, getting me car sick/heat sick or idk, and being really full from lunch. But while they browsed ultra beauty, I went outside for a walk since fresh air and chilled. Then I had to drop Jenn back home, but nobody was home. So we went to my place and chilled for a bit, since I was feeling sick. I kinda wanted to just rest at home by myself, since I was feeling bad. I just wanted to take a nap but rip. But after a nice break lying down at home and chatting to the girls, I felt good. They wanted to go to Irvine Spectrum, to take some pics for fun. We did, but it was too dark (like 8:30 PM-ish), so we didn’t really get any nice pics lol. But we stopped by honey and butter, and Jenn really liked the macarons. Then we went to this drinks place, and I bought us this huge cotton candy alcoholic drink. We shared it, and it was kinda fun. I didn’t get tipsy or anything, but prob slightly buzzed. I think Cat was buzzed, but she wouldn’t admit it. Jenn was definitely buzzed lol.

Then the next day, I woke up early to pick up Cat, and then we headed to Anime Expo! I’ve been to anime expo every year, since middle school lol pretty crazy. I think I told the anime expo story in the previous post. Along with some indepth details of convos with Jenn/Cat at lunch yesterday. But yeah, cut the anime expo line lol and saved 3+ hours. I remind Cat to ditch the kcon line in the future like how I just taught her now with anime expo. Anime Expo was overall not bad. Bought corgi plushie, and chilled. Then on Sunday, I met up with Erika. Dang she was fiesty with the text messages. I was slow to reply, since I was out to dinner with Jenn/Cat at jazzcat on Saturday night. Jenn, Cat, and I made plans to get boiling point next time lolol. Jenn later texted us that she had so much fun and loved us! I feel special :D and glad to become better friends with my models ;-;!! Idk photography is lit. Anyways, I was slow to reply to Erika, and she was super passive aggressive like, “oh okay I guess we’re not getting lunch tmrw” and even dmed me that I never replied on ig! I was like omgg O_O!!

But yeah, I replied to her saying sorry that I was kinda busy, and am free to reply! We made plans to hang at like 12:30ish, maybe grab lunch, and then head to sky space la or something. I had plans with helene at like 8ish for dinner. We had to postpone to like 3:30ish, since Erika was in the emergency room for throwing up several times and etc. She was diagnosed with a throat infection and got antibiotics in the morning. So we didn’t get lunch, but I met up with her at her apartment in LA. Since she was in LA for the summer, since she got a job at some news company. Then we headed to this coffee place, took some pictures, and caught up! Asked her about spain, washington, school, her new bf, how she had a class with Stefanie, what she’s up to in her spare time nowadays, and etc. Then she caught up with me, and I felt like I had a lot to catch up with her on. From anime expo, new hobbies, photography, instagram, my new model friends, summer, about SB friends, how Rebecca is a rave fiend now, how Kai is doing, Jessica/Kristy, school, Stefanie and me, how I’ve been to 626 night market/oc night market/ktown night market, chinese novels that I read, tv shows, and so much more. She made me take photos of her, and she took some of me for fun. She liked the photos a lot! Then we headed to Skyspace LA, pretty cool view, kinda pricey, and stayed there for a couple hours taking photos + talking. I introduced her to so many new things lmao and she was so grateful. I showed her/got her into stocks and made her download Robinhood. I got Kristy and Jessica into stocks~ Then, hmhm I told her stories about models, and yeah. Erika wanted to play smash with me, since apparently she wanted to destroy her bf at smash. I told her my smash setup is back in sb lol, and she was like let’s go. I was like O_O... Okay... So she decided to spontaneously go to sb with me lol. I had to cancel plans with Helene, since we were just gonna go to sb lol. But yeah, after taking photos at skyspace, we got ramen in little tokyo, and the ramen place was pretty good. She threw up :( since sick :( she might have coughed up blood too ;-;... Idk if she was good to go to sb, but uhh yeah we went back to her place in apartment, she packed, and then we headed to sb. We played lots of hip hop music, and it turns out she likes hip hop music a lot too. We both like j. cole, drake, logic (she doesn’t listen to him as much tho), some post malone, blackbear, travis scott, and many more. It was pretty cool! We got to SB, then we edited photos together. I showed her how I edit and stuff. Then I showed her my toothpaste lol, since idk she was fascinated by my room and stuff. I gave her my 2nd electronic toothbrush and she tried to buy my toothpaste off me... I was like uh noo.... I just bought it from Amazon ;-; got buy your own! Then we played smash and I taught her. She’s actually probably the slowest smash learner I know tho haha, since I’ve taught Stefanie/Kristy/Jessica a bit before. They all picked it up really fast, but erika took like 3 hours just to kinda understand the controls. But it was fine, it was nice spending time with her and kinda cool having a friend visiting me in SB :D We stayed up till 6 am, and she forced me to take pottermore tests at like 6 am to determine what house I would belong in... Then I passed out and slept, while she slept on my bean bag chair. She could have slept on the other side of my bed or the sofa downstairs, but she was fine with my 6ft bean bag chair. I asked her if I snored, but she didn’t notice at all, and she asked if she coughed through the night, and I told her that I didn’t hear anything. We got bagel cafe, and she enjoyed it. Then went back, played some smash, I showed her stuff like pretty ugly little liars that i found out from my model friends. I don’t browse it, but I figured she would like it, since she likes instagram personalities a lot lol. Then idk I taught her a lot of things like reddit, toothpaste, how I am making music nowadays, lightroom, how I know how to do contouring via photoshop lmao, stocks, and a lot more. She was like mann my eyes are opened now, and thinks it’s cool I have so many different hobbies and know so much, and apparently super good at all of them. Like how I’m good at smash/overwatch/photography/fashion/etc. She was much impressed and grateful for me showing all those things to her. I really enjoy showing ppl new places/teaching ppl new things :D and I thought I showed a lot of stuff to Stefanie in the past too (but maybe she would disagree idk). Then Kai came over and Erika caught up with Kai. They played smash together, and yeah. They talked about relationships, makeup, instagram ppl they follow, life, and idk. It was fun, we got an early dinner together, and Erika told Kai about how I showed her so many things. Then we met up with Harrison, who I haven’t really hung out with in a long time, but we made plans to over the summer. Erika and Harrison went to same HS, and we talked about how it’s crazy how we all met each other. From the fire alarm in 1st year, that let jessica and me meet harrison + erika, to erika convincing jessica and I to go to the A2F meeting which was how I met rebecca + kai, and yeah. Harrison gave us a tour of his place, we chatted and caught up, and Erika told Harrison how I was teaching her smash and how she spontaneously came up to SB with me lol. Harrison was like yeah Theo is top 3 in SB for smash 4, and how Harrison talked to Peter (someone who went to HS with me, and currently living with him) about how I somehow get good at every game I play from League to Smash to Overwatch lol. Then we played mario kart together, got boba together at wake cup, then went back to my place to play sm4sh a bit, then Harrison left. Erika and kai played a bit more sm4sh, then we watched Hasan Minhaj standup on netflix that I showed them. Erika and Kai loved it, and yeee I felt like a cool boy showing ppl all these cool things lmao. Then we just went to sleep and I think Erika threw up one more time. Oh I showed her soylent too. But yeah, showed her many things this past weekend. In the morning, I woke up at like 8 am, and took her to the train station. I played jeff bernat as we waited for the train, and she loved the album lol and was like wowow this is so good. I was like haha. So I managed to show her one more thing before she left, and then we hugged good bye and said to keep in touch. Afterwards, I passed out, and it turns out she accidentally took my charger for my tooth brush.. So now I have to buy another one from amazon ;-;... Overall wild weekend, spontaneous adventures, and fun times with friends. I spent the rest of this day catching up on sleep, since I barely got that many hours of sleep this past weekend. From waking up at 8 am for anime expo, to 6 am taking pottermore quizzes with Erika to waking up at like 10-11ish, then waking up at 8 AM again to take Erika to train. I could have went home for july 4th, but I decided to just stay in sb, since I do have a vector calc test on Thursday.

Glad to make more happy memories though with friends :) hopefully Wednesday will be a great day even tho I have to study hehe.

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