Chapter 69 – Lance I wasn’t expecting the rest of the coming days for me to have a somewhat hectic schedule, not that I manifested it but I became busy. My usual routine before was just to go to my part time job at Fidelitea and serve some teas and coffees, and then after that I group up with my bandmates for our usual nightly gig. That was how my life went for the past five years and it’s basically stagnant ever since and it was never the progressive type of adult life. Everyone who thought I was going to be the most likely to succeed right after high school and college were all dead-ass wrong with that and I guess that’s one of the main reasons why I didn’t want to meet a lot of people from my past. The reality is that I don’t really have any plans on making any efforts to better my life and that was just it. Or at least that’s just how I was thinking, the mind set was very negative and nonprogressive then I suddenly remembered most of the conversations that I had with Yhannie. I kn
Chapter 70 – Lance “What? It’s your birthday?!!!” I scowled almost in shock at what was just revealed towards me. I was walking along the busy city streets and I had to quickly lower my voice to prevent catching so much attention from other people around me. I just remembered Jayler mentioning that his birthday is approaching but I guess it’s my own fault that I didn’t ask for the exact date when asking doesn’t really cost a thing. “Friday next week. Yup.” Jayler uttered and I could feel the lack of excitement gritting in his already crestfallen tone. I felt bad for him and if I could just hug and console him right at this very moment, I would do it. “For real?” I trailed in utter disbelief. It’s surely a total bummer to know that it’s his birthday next week when I have already some plans plotted for the rest of the coming week. It’s not like it’s easy for me to back out from the plans that I’m mostly needed to be a part of. Yhannie and I had a lot of things to do, plans to execute
Chapter 71 – Lance The Babylon Club was at a full house the moment we got inside but that’s not a surprising thing at all. It’s Friday and weekends are usually the time where people go out and have some little fun. I know all of that because being a part of the industry, I’ve been aware of when and what time do people starts flooding liquor houses and entertainment clubs. Thankfully, I’ve already made a reservation with the club that we don’t have to line up and wait before we could get inside. They prepared the most spacious couch and table for all of us and it was at the mezzanine area of the club overlooking everyone. Dominic and the rest wasted no time, they immediately ordered bottles of whiskey and vodka and I know the night is going to be long and wild. We began drinking constantly having a toast in mid-air while screaming Dominic’s name and his last day of freedom before he would tie the knots with Valentine and be owned by him forever. We aren’t even drunk yet but everyone
Chapter 72 – Jayler I miss Lance. I have been longing for him ever since the day we separated ways when we hanged out at the mall. I had a really great time with him and that moment with him watching the sunset was electrifying. I feel like I’ve found the right person for me the first time that I tried to open my heart for someone. It might feel very lucky for someone to have found that first the first time but that’s just how I feel about it. I have been eager to talk to him and just have casual conversation with him. I miss his smile and that hazel eyes that seem to speak to me every time I stare at it. Lance has been the safest person that I’ve ever known outside of the friends that I’ve made along my life. When I’m around him, I could be stripped self. I could be without filter or the constant act of being a straight guy. I could be gay around him and I don’t have to feel the urge to act normal, conform to what my parents view as normal. I don’t have to be tightly perfect and wel
Chapter 73 – Jayler When I finally opened the front door, I instantly saw a black sedan waiting at the side of the road. At first, I wasn’t sure if Lance was in there because I don’t remember him having a car. Then I thought maybe he called an Uber just to pick me up from the misery that I was in. The window slowly rolled down and my vision immediately recognized Lance’s face as his head popped out. He waved at me and the excitement that I’ve been feeling earlier just increased to a maximum level. I could feel my heart beating in my chest. I have been longing for this moment for several days and it feels so good to finally see him. I don’t even know how to thank my sister Joyce for setting this up. This was probably the best birthday gift that I received from her and I’m going to be grateful that she made some efforts just to make me happy. I thought everybody from the house had already forgotten about my birthday but my sister proved that she’s different. “Hey, Jayjay” I heard my s
Chapter 74 – Jayler “Jayler, Lance!!! Jayler, Lance!!! Jayler, Lance!!!” Everybody’s chanting my name along with Lance’s name making it pretty hard for me to say no. I’m used to this type of hyped up crowd where everybody’s drunk and they just want to have fun but it never felt like this. I have a few reservations on me mostly because I don’t know most of these people and while I consider myself as friendly, I’m only confident and comfortable around people that I’ve known for quite a long time. Yes, I’ve heard of Dominic and Yhannie from Lance himself but that’s not going to cut it. To be quite honest, I have done body shots before and it’s very intimate and sinful in a different type of way. I clearly don’t have the intention to pass on the body shot but I’m pretty shy to do it partly because I don’t think Lance would agree to it. He seemed like he doesn’t have a say to anything but I could read his mind. I have done body shots a few times before and it was fun and intimate and very
Chapter 75 – Lance I was feeling superbly ecstatic deep down inside when I heard Jayler said yes to making us official. My inner self wanted to scream out and shout out the absolute fact that I’m no longer single and that I’ve finally found someone who’s really going to take care of my heart as if it’s the most fragile thing in the world. The long search of finding someone who would truly love me for who I am was finally over. I’m admitting the fact that I don’t really planned on making a proposal for me and Jayler to make this thing between us official but it happened. It was just something that came into my head and my heart right in the moment that I’m staring at him in the eyes. When I stared at Jayler’s eyes, I saw nothing but the purest soul that I’ve ever met in my entire life aside from the existence of my very own foster parents. I saw how he truly wanted me, I saw how he wants to make me feel good in every possible way, I saw how he doesn’t plan on hurting me. Everything fla
Chapter 76 – Lance I have decided to pay my mom a visit today. I don’t know what dawned over me but I woke up earlier this morning feeling like the ever growing guilt and longing have already crunched me down all the way to my spine. I suddenly had this utter feeling of wanting to see and hug the woman who raised me with genuine and unconditional love even though I didn’t come out directly from her own womb. I know I wasn’t a bad and ungrateful son and that she didn’t raise me to be either one. She taught and raised me to be grateful and kind and thoughtful no matter what and I am forever thankful of having her as my mother. I have proven all of that time and time up until I reached college when everything spiraled down. I didn’t know that I would end up to be this ungrateful being and the feeling had already caught up to me. It’s been years since the last time she saw me and I though this time would be the best time to come home and see her. I’m fully aware of the underlying fact th
The three of them left Bradey who was enjoying the company of beautiful girls grinding with him. He surrendered to his bed and pleaded for the mercy of sleep to come and rescue him butit won't just come. He began thinking about what he said a few hours earlier, at first it sounded funny and even more insane but it could possibly be the solution to his problem. Dating a man.He was always open to the idea even before he met Samantha, but he couln't just take the risk without properly thinking about it, plus he wasn't gay at all. Day by day, he is losing every singledrop of hope he had to the point that he is starting to become desperate. The thought of getting old alone was squeezing his spinal cord; he never wanted to be left alone in this world like her mother.Richard was sitting taciturnly in front of his computer monitor, tapping away the keyboard, and while sipping some of the Matcha he bought from where he worked, he did not turned hisfocus away fro
After the kiss everything went crazily awkward yet it felt like doubled heaven. However there had been no clear apprehension of moving from sleep to consciousness or if he did ever had the chance to sleep at all. At first he was just lying around eyes wide open firmly fixed above the idle ceiling. Usually things always do sink in as swift as a blink of an eye but now it actually took about less than twenty-four hours for him just to fully process and accept everything that happened. It's sure is real and it was wild, hungry, ardent, and awfully wrong in a way yet he wanted it all.He needed every second of it.Not that he was regretting it or something but it sure opened the closet to the realization of how sexually confused he is. Jasper and Kenneth kept on asking him about when will he ask somebody out, or when will he fuck somebody and as a response he was just telling them words of wisdom. It was obviously hilarious but, even if you consider how smart he is, he jus
Kenneth's increasing excitement almost gave a successful infection to Jasper and Jayler, as soon as the lazy tattooed bouncer let them in without even having some second thoughts or even laying an eye to verify their legality, they started moving with the funky beat playing within the background. Clearly, even a nine year old kid could tell, they seem to resonate sheen light of minority within them though, in the most teenager sense of thinking, they dressed themselves plausibly in accordance and tried to be as oblivious as possible. They were successful about it, no one noticed and even if someone actually noticed they wouldn't give a damn anyway. They were just having fun and having fun means breaking rules, or at least that's how teenagers believe it to be."Oh lord I’ve got to admit I missed this damn place” Kenneth whistled.“Are you fucking kidding me Kenneth?” Jasper blurted in response while giving him a disbelieving glare.“Well, yeah I was here yesterday and the day before t
The long and tiring day finally reeled to an end, Richard arrived at his unit at exactly eleven pm with the thought of Jayler actually staying in, and as usual like yesterday and the day before that,there was no sign of Jayler to be found. He was not fine with it, he doesn't understand why or how did something like this be happening to him but he felt like just being with him soothes allthe sores of a tiring day, but he has to be fine with it, and of course realizing the mere fact that his shift ends at 10 pm, Jayler probably had gone home, he has some parents and a sister toworry for his safety. He has a family, a sweet thing that he had once. And this is Friday night, and Friday nights were supposed to be the youngest of the young nights for him, and even if heis already at the early stages of getting real old to this crappy life, he and his friends still have the finest time to seek pleasure with their party people mindset. The clamorous thought of feeling
Friday came crashing down like a tremendous blazing fireball of blessing, aside from the mere fact that Fridays were always a blessing, it was the last day of Jayler's three day suspension andafter that he can finally return back to school. He woke up very much delighted with the idea that it was all over at last, and, just like the fresh and lustrous morning light, his smile was the brightest.He took the shower with such ease and pleasure while singing some part of a certain song, humming happily into its funky and perky beats and later on doing some awkward dance moves.He arrived thirty minutes earlier today at Richard's condo unit, appearing quite youthful and reinvigorated as ever. Purely for his own amusement, in the high spirits of this stirring and exciting day,Jayler had been trying to act accordingly, keeping himself pulled together, as he found how endearing Richard could be, who based on the sole evidence of his bachelor upbringing have sethi
It was past ten before Richard arrived at Fidelitea. This was the hour when he found Fidelitea most lovable; the shop was not yet the busiest, the smell of fresh teas making its way to invadehis nostrils never failed to relieve his accumulating anxiety, and he was so eager to kick start the bright day with his indefatigable enthusiasm bolstered by the good night sleep he mustered.Though, a thousand of trembling hearts were beating restlessly in close proximity within this heaving ancient mall, and many of them, after all, would be aching in agony but his heartache wasfar worse than theirs. Considering all of the things, whether all of the good or the bad, that happened in his past, he was impotently reduced into nothing but an incapacitated marionette madeout of fragile skins and broken bones with a deplorable heart from stitches of mismatched parts from varying textiles that were scraped out from the anguishing memories of all of his past lovers.Strang
"What the fuck is that?" He mumbled quietly, precisely questioning what was that that he just felt earlier. His heart was still fluttering like a butterfly until now. The stare was still like the oddestfive seconds of his entire life, it was as though a moment from a romance series where the lead actor accidentally stared at his leading actress and the time suddenly went into a slow phaseof motion happened to him. This was, as far as he knows, the very first time that something like that happened and it was undoubtedly unexplainable that made his heart tramble, jerk and flutter.He walked out of the shower room then went to dress himself. Hardly aware that he had moved, he found himself lying motionless back in his own bed in which he had spent the latter of thecold night, slowly and lazily scrolling down onto his social media accounts. Fortunately, thanks to several groups of fandom that follows him, the girl who posted their kissing photos receivedmyri
Denny was promptly fished out from the short film of bittersweet memories that he was virtually viewing in his mind by a loud ring coming from his cellphone. He came to his sense and tardilypicked up the call. It was Bradey."Hello?""Where are you?" asked Bradey."At home, why?" His voice was soft and broken."Why you sound like that?" Bradey asked inquisitively."I'm watching Korean drama" Denny lied, he doesn't want to but it appears that Bradey doesn't remember that today is Jesse's death anniversary."Oh, I didn't know you watch those stuffs" Bradey knew that Denny hated dramas and he was baffled that Denny is watching Korean dramas."Now you know, now can you please spit the reason why you called because I'm really busy crying about this sick drama" Another lie. Denny truly hated dramas, too much that without beingaware of it, he became one."Er, I just want to ask help from you""Proceed""I'm calling here fr
Jayler decided to stay outside of the guidance counselor's office. He was quivery and unsteady; he kept on moving around, back and forth, doing random things that he thought might keephis nervousness down. Anxiety was sending several swift arrows of thoughts inside his brain. Can Richard make a good bargain with the guidance counselor? Will he be successful? Will hebe convincing enough to act as his uncle? All of it was softly and slowly killing the very most of him and the longer he waits, the more queasy he gets. Slowly, he was losing the dull light ofhope he have and was already on the verge of detaching himself from present towards the future of what will probably happen to him. Finally, the squeaking sound of an opening door awakenedand pulled him back to his sense."How did it go?" The uneasy anticipation of a good answer forced him to run instantly in front of Richard."Shush" Richard shushed him, pulling him into the farthest corner of the b